Take the weakest thing in you and then beat the b*****ds with it | Me + Richard Armitage

Take the weakest thing in you and then beat the b*****ds with it

Who’s the face for? His opponent? Or himself?

John Porter (Richard Armitage) takes out a prison guard in Strike Back 1.3. My caps.

~ by Servetus on October 30, 2012.

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10 Responses to “Take the weakest thing in you and then beat the b*****ds with it”

The size of his guns on that show…OOOF! He must have pumped iron for hours week after week. Every time I get upset because he had to leave the show, I remind myself of the reason. Still, I love John Porter and I did not like THAT last episode. *sigh* My favorite RA fight though, is still the one on Spooks, Series 7, episode 1, where he takes out the kidnapper/terrorist with the bottom part of his open palm. DANG! It was HOT!!! Oh, Richard…

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Mujer Tropical said this on October 30, 2012 at 7:54 am | Reply
- I love the look on his face in this scene — like he’s psyching himself up to give everything he’s got.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm | Reply
He is an inspiration when we need to fight back, isn’t he? The “Porter muscles” are the kind that martial artists get, not overblown like a bodybuilder’s, but ever so useful.

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Leigh said this on October 30, 2012 at 8:28 am | Reply
- he definitely makes you believe he’s actually fighting — it’s not some kind of a choreographed dance.
  
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  Servetus said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm | Reply
  - He makes me believe it, unlike some “actors” who just go through the choreopgraphed motions. There have only been a few times when I could see Richard pull a punch, and thank goodness he did. If it connected, both the other guy and Richard’s knuckles would have been a bloody mess. I can’t bear to think of any damage to those beautiful hands.
    
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    Leigh said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:55 pm | Reply
  - So true. More like, choreographed mayhem.
    
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    Gratiana Lovelace said this on October 30, 2012 at 6:19 pm | Reply
    - well put.
      
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      Servetus said this on November 1, 2012 at 5:13 pm | Reply
Looks so frighteningly realistic! *shudders*

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Judit said this on October 31, 2012 at 10:10 am | Reply
- yeah, I would not want Richard Armitage to get mad at me.
  
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  Servetus said this on November 1, 2012 at 5:13 pm | Reply
[…] Take the weakest thing in you and beat the bastards with it. And always hold on when you get love, so you can let go when you give it. […]

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