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forthehordeCharacter: Alec Hardison
Series: Leverage
Age: Mid-20s
Job: Computer liaison for the young, the temporally challenged, and the generally incompetent.
Canon:
When the innocent and powerless are cheated by the people at the top of the pyramid, there's not much to do-- that is, unless those who have been wronged know who to contact. Leverage follows the adventures of a team of criminals who use their less-than-legal skills to play Robin Hood and help the bad people of the world get what's coming to them.
The techie of the group, Hardison is incredibly capable behind the keyboard, able to hack into anything with a battery. He's slightly less capable when it comes to social interaction, as his sarcasm, ego, and tendency to go overboard about certain things can grate on the nerves of his teammates. A self-affirmed geek who loves sci-fi and video games as much as he dislikes the outdoors, Hardison's sometimes flippant attitude hides a guy who is determined to do right by the team's clients and the people he cares about.
Sample:
I just want y’all to know I was fine with this when I thought this was just gonna be a normal kinda teaching thing. Kids are our future and the future belongs to the geek and there ain't no one more qualified to talk about that than me. So this is a public service I don't mind doin', even if y'all's quote-unquote computers are hi-larious examples of what the cool kids were using to play Minesweeper-- five years ago. I'm just assuming they're here to keep the kids from getting in too much trouble on them scary ol' internets and to make those "temporally challenged" people more comfortable. Whatever, those ain't an issue, I can work around that.
But I gotta draw the line somewhere, and this is it. Nobody said this techno learning pow-wow was gonna happen in the middle of nature central. Now there ain't nothing wrong with nature, long as it's the right time and place. Shark Week, those inoffensive screen savers new computers come with, the websites with all them cute animals talkin' in all caps, that's cool! That's cool, that's fine, I am all for that kind of nature. But this is a swampy forest fulla bugs and smells and I'm pretty sure I saw a baby duck settin' something on fire earlier. That ain't nature! That's the planet fighting back, and it's fighting dirty. Literally fighting dirty. Me and my geek skills want nothing to do with that.
Anyway, y'all can do fine without me. Gotta be honest here, but I not only am I qualified for this job, but I am overqualified. Seriously overqualified. Anybody wanna learn about how to press the on button or put in blinky text or whatever can crack open a book. Hell, you find me a decent laptop and give me five minutes and I can make it so the little Microsoft talking paper clip can do this job. Puttin' me in charge of teaching basic computer commands is like asking Spock to stand around and be the "repeating all the stuff the computer says" guy. Unnecessary and a waste of all kinds of talent. Not that half y'all's gonna know what I'm talking about, since the setting's making me think y'all are more up on your rural horror movies than classic sci-fi. Too bad I ain't got a metaphor that suits that genre that don't end in grisly death, and I ain't tempting fate with them little pyro-ducks wanderin' around. 'Sides, I wore my red shirt today.
Alright? Yeah? ...Yeah, we got this. We have come to an understanding. So I'm just gonna leave y'all with some book titles, maybe a couple helpful little lists of what keys y'all shouldn't push if you wanna keep your glorified paperweights in working condition. If anybody's got any questions or feels like they're ready for the advanced class where we learn stuff like how to punch holes in high-end security systems, you lemme know! I'm gonna be in the nearest building with wi-fi and walls capable of keeping Mother Nature out of my hair.
Series: Leverage
Age: Mid-20s
Job: Computer liaison for the young, the temporally challenged, and the generally incompetent.
Canon:
When the innocent and powerless are cheated by the people at the top of the pyramid, there's not much to do-- that is, unless those who have been wronged know who to contact. Leverage follows the adventures of a team of criminals who use their less-than-legal skills to play Robin Hood and help the bad people of the world get what's coming to them.
The techie of the group, Hardison is incredibly capable behind the keyboard, able to hack into anything with a battery. He's slightly less capable when it comes to social interaction, as his sarcasm, ego, and tendency to go overboard about certain things can grate on the nerves of his teammates. A self-affirmed geek who loves sci-fi and video games as much as he dislikes the outdoors, Hardison's sometimes flippant attitude hides a guy who is determined to do right by the team's clients and the people he cares about.
Sample:
I just want y’all to know I was fine with this when I thought this was just gonna be a normal kinda teaching thing. Kids are our future and the future belongs to the geek and there ain't no one more qualified to talk about that than me. So this is a public service I don't mind doin', even if y'all's quote-unquote computers are hi-larious examples of what the cool kids were using to play Minesweeper-- five years ago. I'm just assuming they're here to keep the kids from getting in too much trouble on them scary ol' internets and to make those "temporally challenged" people more comfortable. Whatever, those ain't an issue, I can work around that.
But I gotta draw the line somewhere, and this is it. Nobody said this techno learning pow-wow was gonna happen in the middle of nature central. Now there ain't nothing wrong with nature, long as it's the right time and place. Shark Week, those inoffensive screen savers new computers come with, the websites with all them cute animals talkin' in all caps, that's cool! That's cool, that's fine, I am all for that kind of nature. But this is a swampy forest fulla bugs and smells and I'm pretty sure I saw a baby duck settin' something on fire earlier. That ain't nature! That's the planet fighting back, and it's fighting dirty. Literally fighting dirty. Me and my geek skills want nothing to do with that.
Anyway, y'all can do fine without me. Gotta be honest here, but I not only am I qualified for this job, but I am overqualified. Seriously overqualified. Anybody wanna learn about how to press the on button or put in blinky text or whatever can crack open a book. Hell, you find me a decent laptop and give me five minutes and I can make it so the little Microsoft talking paper clip can do this job. Puttin' me in charge of teaching basic computer commands is like asking Spock to stand around and be the "repeating all the stuff the computer says" guy. Unnecessary and a waste of all kinds of talent. Not that half y'all's gonna know what I'm talking about, since the setting's making me think y'all are more up on your rural horror movies than classic sci-fi. Too bad I ain't got a metaphor that suits that genre that don't end in grisly death, and I ain't tempting fate with them little pyro-ducks wanderin' around. 'Sides, I wore my red shirt today.
Alright? Yeah? ...Yeah, we got this. We have come to an understanding. So I'm just gonna leave y'all with some book titles, maybe a couple helpful little lists of what keys y'all shouldn't push if you wanna keep your glorified paperweights in working condition. If anybody's got any questions or feels like they're ready for the advanced class where we learn stuff like how to punch holes in high-end security systems, you lemme know! I'm gonna be in the nearest building with wi-fi and walls capable of keeping Mother Nature out of my hair.