#WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR

[mirai-desu]

On the MSATD News

I didn't have time to post a knee-jerk reaction (which those of you from the Downton days know I was apt to do - thank you to all my long term mutuals of my side blog for sticking with me through those days), as I saw the news as I was getting ready to head out for work and it's been… a bit of a day.

Suffice it to say… I am devastated. And my initial reaction was (well after cursing), that it should have ended with S4, but with a different (happier) conclusion. It's called Miss Scarlet AND THE DUKE for a reason. And after all that happened in S4… it really feels like… what was it all for?? Especially if they knew WHEN FILMING THIS?? "Goodbye for now" is NOT "goodbye forever." They really, really really fumbled this.

There's a lot of theories going around, and I will admit it's too hard for me to listen to Stuart's new interview, but going off what other's have said and the parts of the transcript I did manage to read… I just cannot feel like this was actually his decision unless there's something else going on with him (either in his personal life or maybe he has some secret role he's got, because supposedly he hasn't worked since he did ADR on S4). He's been the captain of the ship, and he has always been enthusiastic with discussing the show and had just great insight into playing William. It doesn't feel like he himself was ready to move onto other things (and that's not even how it's worded - some BS about how the show needed it him to be gone for ~longevity~ of the show), like I've seen with other actors are on shows (e.g. Dan Stevens). He still promoted S3 (which came out in the UK after they filmed S4), he still even promoted S4! He was an executive producer for S4!!! Nothing makes sense!

So if it's due to RN… why keep having the other characters say William was only going to be gone a year? Why bother to have the flashback? why bother to have him stay at at Eliza's to recover?? hell I'm surprised they just didn't keep in the coma then--

But really, why even bother to have Eliza write to him? Or have Ivy say what she said to her?? The time apart was supposed to be them looking at their options. They literally foreshadowed him joining Eliza at her agency upon his return. So… what happened?

If it was actually for personal reasons that Stuart left, he has a right to his privacy. But then they should have rewritten S4 to be the end then, since they knew all this time. I can't believe we are getting the full story on this, one way or the other. The more and more I think about it... I do think it was RN's doing though.

Just two nights ago I drafted up a whole meta extolling how one of the best things this show has done has been how they developed William and how he grew as a character. The progression he made as he not only accepted Eliza having a career but encouraging her. His mentorship of Fitzroy. How he came from nothing, from a teenager living on the streets, to become an inspector at Scotland Yard. But they have chosen to toss that all out the window.

Who knows, maybe S5 ends with Eliza deciding to go to New York. But it doesn't seem like they are handling this like Babington's absence in Sanditon. They will make Eliza quickly fall for someone else, and slap fans in the face who have been following their friends to lovers slow burn for five years (because we had to wait for S2 in the first place thanks to the pandemic). And what sucks is that we still got promo saying they are in love with each other. From Stuart, from Kate, from Rachael New herself. We have still gotten promo promoting the romance. Why not have them have a big fight then or something, idk. They gave us hope. And you know what Fellowes says about false hope.

So I'm just supposed to believe that William gives up on Eliza and doesn't return…? No, I cannot. As much as we hated the deaths on DA when they wrote out actors, at least those characters still died in love with their spouses. And while I'd still be foaming at the mouth in anger if they killed him off… yeah.

William's last lines of the show is a flashback including him saying "is it all worth it?" And the answer is… no it's not.

[socialbutterfly19]

To say goodbye

[cherish--these--times]

Ted Lasso lying to us through song ♪♫

[trashquisitor-shirozora]

I hate that the decision I made to wait out Season 3 to see if they could improve on the season premiere keeps proving to be the right one. I hate it so much.

[golden-lovers]

um

[mexicangela]

i am truly rockin' and rollin' here and now i have to have some impulse control so i don't drop several chapters at once, but here's another preview for my lovely readers <3

“Hey, get this,” Ted said, a subtle, lingering smile settling on the upturn of his mouth. “I found that little green matchbook from Ola’s in my coat pocket today. Ain’t that somethin’?” Her heart skipped a beat. “Th-the what?” “Y’know, those green matchbooks Sam was handin’ out at Ola’s when he invited everyone.” He was flipping the matchbook through his fingers as if it was a playing card. “Guess I’ve been carryin’ it around with me this whole time.” Her heart was pounding. She reached into her purse and dug around for the matchbook she’d been carrying ever since that night as well. Her fingers found Ted’s green army man instead. She pulled it out and gazed down at it fondly. She never left the house without it, much like the matchbook. Although, the latter had become more of a nuisance to her and the former only warmed her heart on days she felt hollow. Still, the mere implications of Ted having kept the same matchbook she had all this time was sending her mind into a frenzy. Goddamn Tish the psychic. “I have the very same one in my bag,” she said, knowing the significance of that statement was lost on him. “How ‘bout that,” he said, holding the matchbook between his middle and forefinger. “It’s like we had this connection without even knowin’ it, huh, darlin’?” “I guess we did.” She tilted the toy soldier, keeping her eyes steady on it. “I have your army man.” His eyebrows lifted, just so. He was happy to hear she still held onto it, but he wouldn’t have been surprised if she hadn’t. He’d given it to her so long ago. Hell, even he’d lost some of Henry’s little army men over the years. “You do?” “Mhm. I can’t leave home without it. It’s my first line of defense, remember?” “I remember. Have you needed him a lot?”

[birf]

I think mystic messenger single handedly ruined my academic career

[khodorkovskaya]

i hate it when recovery isn't linear. it just doesn't get easier does it.

[far-hall-bridge]

brb just crying about how I can't give my parents the life they deserve

[depressedromanticism]

Regret is all that stays at the end. Being haunted by the memories of you is not something that I asked for .

What a waste of us. What a waste of love .

[meaningtotellyou]

would y’all believe i haven’t even spoken to my ex roommate in months

[socialbutterfly19]

Really no one cares what you’ve been through

[miniaturecatmentality]

guys I just found the greatest video on the internet

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[sleepygaymerdisease]