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emcgoverns · 24 days
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elizabeth mcgovern as cora crawley, countess of grantham (with hugh bonneville as robert crawley, earl of grantham, maggie smith as violet crawley, & penelope wilton as isobel crawley) in season 5, episode 6 of “downton abbey” (october 2014) | 🎥: dir. philip john
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thecrownnet · 1 year
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Jim Carter with wife Imelda Staunton and their dog Molly in the garden of their London home. Photo: Andrew Crowley/Geoff Pugh/The Telegraph
Although I only live seven stops from Westminster on the Jubilee Line, I’m lucky enough to have a garden, and spending time in it with my wife [Imelda Staunton, currently starring as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown] is one of the major pleasures in life.
-Jim Carter interview: ‘Children need to put their phones away and get out into the garden’ The Downton Abbey actor reveals why he is campaigning for gardening to be added to the national curriculum, The Telegraph Sept 16, 2023
*Carter and Staunton are  patrons of Greenfingers, a children’s hospice garden charity.
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Still living in my Polin era. Not leaving anytime soon. But since they announced Benedict will be the focus on season 4, which came as absolutely no surprise and didn’t really probably warrant an announcement at this point in time since we’ll be waiting forever for the next season, I decided to start making a list of potential spin offs that Shondaland and Netflix should take advantage of and make for us.
I hope they have something planned similar to Queen Charlotte but who knows. Queen Charlotte is definitely very different because it was more based off actual history and to me it still feels very separate other than bringing in Violet and Danbury that sticks more to the Bridgerton side of things.
Anyway here’s some ideas that could be added to the Bridgerton collection:
1. The Featherington story. I’d love to see Portia’s origin story. We got a big glimpse of it this season and I’d love to see her originally as maybe a very carefree debutante and realizing just what is expected of her and the choices she made. And maybe combining this with current timeline with a new heir. This would be more dramatic. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the Featheringtons in a comedy because they’re hilarious.
2. Edmund and Violets story. We know how this one ends and honestly I don’t know if this would ever be explored now because we have seen Edmunds death and we saw a young Violet so it just might not be an interest. Or it would’ve probably be a very long series. I think they could draw on the aunts and uncles of our Bridgerton siblings. We know Francesca stayed with her aunt in Bath and Julia Quinn does have her whole prelude to Bridgerton series so…I’m not opposed.
3. Bridgerton Christmas. I stole this idea from a few people I saw on TikTok. It wasn’t anything I had thought about before but it would be an easy way to keep production costs low. Would be more of a movie than a season with multiple episodes. Very similar to what shows like Downton Abbey have done that they have where they have a special I think this could be something fun to hold people over.
4. Lady Whistledown. Something. Season 3 had the opportunity to delve into the origin of LW and have some flashbacks and didn’t do it. They did explain why Penelope started the column but I think it would have been interesting to see more to see how in the world she created this empire. There was also mention of other gossip columns in the first episode of season 1 so the competitiveness of this. The danger Pen put herself in could lend itself to something. There probably isn’t enough here for this idea to become a spin off.
5. The servants. Anyone love Footman John? Yeah we all do. Want to know more about Varley or Wilson? Or season 3 MVP Rae?! Taking a note from shows like Downton Abbey this could be an interesting story to tell from the servant “downstairs” point of view. This would be unlikely. They haven’t delved much into this side of things so not many people probably do care about these side characters plus if they stick with Sophie being a ladies maid for season 4 that probably wouldn’t be likely at this point. Maybe after season 4 but they’d have to dig more into these side characters and bringing them into the more prominent storylines.
Kudos to you if you made it through that list. Mostly I just want more Polin so they could get their own spinoff, a film series, a travel series. Or just cast Luke and Nic in some rom coms for me so they can go on more press tours that’d be great.
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buzzardly28 · 2 years
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Weekend number 5 of December - 1910s Set part 2
Part 2 is a teens version! I have hopes of converting these to children as a part 3 but that will have to wait for the new year.
The set was inspired by the Julian Fellowes's Titanic series and the first 2 series of Downton Abbey and each hair is named after someone from the survivors list from the Titanic sinking for that extra 1910s authenticity.
Although they’re for the 1910s, they can also accurately be used from the 1890s and beyond.
TOU: Feel free to recolour or edit to your hearts content, just don’t make people pay for it. (full tou here)
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@mmfinds @mmoutfitters @simshistoricalfinds @twentiethcenturysims
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just-two-blokes · 11 months
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Tw: Talking about Thomas Barrow‘s CYOP storyline in season 5 of Downton Abbey.
To those people who decided to cut these two scenes from DA Season 5 with Thomas and Phyllis which explain what Thomas was really doing in London and show how much Phyllis actually cared / knew and how she wanted to talk Thomas out of it..
I will never forgive you.
The scene with Phyllis saying 'I don‘t believe you can change a person‘s nature with drugs and electric shocks' is not just an explanation for those who didn‘t understand what Thomas was doing in London but also a statement that some people might still need to hear today..
Phyllis mockingly asking Thomas ‚So you feel differently about women now..?'
Only shows that she knew that it wasn’t working and wanted to show Thomas that he should stop for his own sake.
But Thomas was too determined.. too stubborn to admit it. Especially in front of Phyllis Baxter.
The scene in the backyard with Phyllis saying 'I wish you would tell me what you‘re doing with this syringe' just shows how much she cared about him and wanted to make sure Thomas is not doing something stupid.
She already had a feeling that it wasn‘t something good and she stubbornly wanted to know more about it even though Thomas constantly pushed her away and told her to mind her own business.
And in the end.. she was right..
I think these scenes would have been helpful in the series not only to show how much Phyllis really cared and knew but, more importantly, to explain and show people what the 1920‘s were like for people like Thomas and what was really happening behind the scenes.
The whole storyline felt a bit brushed over and they could have made so much more with it. It robbed us of some true friendship moments and I will forever be mad about it.
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Group B, Round 1, Poll 2:
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Starscream
This mf is THE gaslight gatekeep girlboss of Transformers. He manipulates EVERYONE he can and is constantly trying to kill his boss to take his position. He has probably tried to literally gaslight someone before I'm sure, there's a lot of versions of him and they have different levels of fuckery but they're all A Bitch (affectionate). He's also tried to kill a bunch of people so you could say he's trying to gatekeep being alive. He also has an exclusive crew in a few different continuities that he has high standards for
Every 5 seconds he's trying to assassinate Megatron and declare himself leader, lied to everyone about succeeding, actually succeeded, became immortal, is the queerest transformer (which is saying a lot bc they're all really gay) and has high heels. Also I think it would be really funny and there are exactly 0 tf fans who would object to him being in this.
Sir Richard Carlisle
Self made man, sure, and keeps ranting about it to his oldmoney fiancee. Gaslight/gatekeep? He bought the exclusivity for a story about Mary from someone who wanted to ruin her and then instead of publishing it he announced their engagement (she knew they were engaged, she didnt know he would publish about it in a newspaper). Vera, who sold the exclusivity to the scandal, now has to shut her trap or be dragged in front of tribunals. Carlisle proceeded to threaten Mary with that scandal when she wanted to break things up. Offered her personnal servant money to spy on her for him. Left the series after being punched in the face by a friend of Mary who was sick of him.
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okay-j-hannah · 1 year
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Episode 4: The New Heir
Doctor Who : Multishot
Eleventh Doctor x Reader
Word Count: 3790
Warnings: the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and lots of references to characters in Downton Abbey - I apologize if you’ve never seen the series but I would highly recommend it 🤩
Request: This just came from my own head 😊
A/N: Follow the lives of the Crawley family and their servants in their Edwardian country estate as they search for the next heir, who will be asked to learn from the Lord and will be encouraged to be friendly with the eldest daughter.
Episode 3: As You Wish
Episode 4: The New Heir {You Are Here}
Episode 5: The Unknown Subject
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The sound of tinkling forks and knives sang throughout the dining room. The rich mahogany table was bedecked with a number of alluring dishes and delicious scents. The guests were all alight by candelabras and the newly installed electric light.
(Y/N) cut a piece of the roasted chicken, tasting the rosemary instantly. The kitchens never disappointed in Downton.
Nor did the company. Seeing as life on the estate was frightfully dull without the people, (Y/N) took pleasure in the conversation. She enjoyed recognizing each of them as people from her own life.
Most of all the Doctor.
He sat beside her, taking on the persona of John Smith once more. “Please send my compliments to the kitchen,” he said politely, “You’re quite right – jammie dodgers are my favorite. I appreciate the homemade touch.”
The table rounded with laughs. (Y/N) looked over and eyed his plate full of desserts. He was lucid like her. Truly the Doctor playing the part just like her.
She turned back to the guests. “How have you enjoyed our gardens, Lady Cassandra?”
The heavily laden woman pursed her lips. She was covered in furs and feathers, practically getting in the way of the food she was pecking at. It was a surprise she could move her eyelids at all with the amount of makeup packed there.
Clearly she was a woman desperately holding onto her beauty as she fell out of her prime.
“I prefer roses over your tulips. But they’re beautiful, nonetheless. I didn’t expect the grounds to be so sunny in the country. It’d dry me out if I didn’t have my butler with me.”
(Y/N) held back a snicker thinking about her sniveling little comrade, Chip. The Doctor cleared his throat, apparently thinking back on the troubles the Lady Cassandra had caused in their own reality.
“You must visit our Downton Village Flower Show,” Lady Crawley said. She was the one supposed to be (Y/N)’s mother – she was one of the few (Y/N) didn’t recognize from her own world.
“I made a report on that,” Sir Octavian recalled from down the table, “And I will say the Lady Cassandra has a point about roses. They were the flower that won the show.” He played the local head of the newspaper in this reality.
(Y/N) took a sip of her wine, “If I’m not mistaken, you have a likeness for gardens, Sir Octavian.”
The man nodded, “I rather enjoy taking strolls. Particularly through statues and fountains as well. I’ve recently acquired a set of stone angels for my own garden.”
The Doctor spoke suddenly through a full mouth, “Weeping angels?”
“Yes, fascinating, aren’t they?” Sir Octavian remarked.
(Y/N) swallowed her chicken. If only the Sir remembered what the weeping angels did to him in the real world.
Mrs. Smith spoke, “I would be interested in seeing a piece about the local hospitals in the newspaper – if you don’t mind me saying so, Sir Octavian.”
“Mother, please,” the Doctor spoke quietly, “You can engage in your advertisements aside from the dinner table.”
His mother was being played by Harriet Jones.
“I apologize – Mother can be rather headstrong about the good causes.”
“I do believe you inherited that trait,” (Y/N) mumbled his way.
Lady Crawley spoke loudly to change the subject, “How have your tours of the village gone, (Y/N)?”
The Doctor responded, “Splendid, really. You’ve got countryside that will last for hundreds of years. Just imagine how they’ll grow and be preserved as national parks one day. An honorable way to preserve the ancient grasslands of England.”
The table had gone silent, forks and knives still.
(Y/N) kicked the Doctor beneath the table.
“Forgive me – just voicing silly antics Lady (Y/N) and I came up with on our adventures.”
“Adventures?” Lord Grantham, (Y/N)’s father, spoke, “Is that what you’re calling your daily outings?”
(Y/N) smiled, “That’s what they are more or less. The latest included a picnic overlooking the village. We tried to attract the rabbits with leftover salad clippings,” she snickered.
The table now shared their fondness for each other. It was no secret they were all in support of the pair to end their friendship in marriage. John Smith was the new heir to Downton and would inherit the title and estate from the family.
Should (Y/N) marry him, the family would have proper cause to remain at the house.
It was peculiar to play a part in a story where they should end up married. (Y/N) certainly didn’t mind, but she wondered what the Doctor thought.
He lifted his glass of wine, took a rather large sip, and spit the entirety of it back into the cup.
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Amy was undoing (Y/N)’s hair, braiding it into a style to sleep in. “I’ve heard some wonderful things about your time with Mr. Smith.”
(Y/N) smiled, “I’ve heard similar things about you and Mr. Williams.”
“The valet?” Amy said with forced surprise, “Heard what things?”
“That you’re to be married,” (Y/N) eyed the woman through her vanity mirror, “That Father has starting searching for a cottage you two could stay in near the house.”
Amy sighed heavily, “Who told you?”
“I was the one who asked for cottage advertisements from Sir Octavian today on Father’s behalf.”
“Fine,” Amy grinned, “Now you share. I’ve noticed how Mr. Smith watches you when he thinks nobody is looking – if you don’t mind me saying.”
(Y/N) turned in her seat, “I rather like your forward nature, Amelia. Just don’t let Mother hear you speak like that.”
There was a knock at the door and a whispered voice, “(Y/N)?”
Amy was frozen and hesitant as she neared the door that was already opening. There stood the Doctor.
“Oh, hello,” he said in an animated voice. “I mean, I’m sorry – could I have a word with Lady (Y/N).”
“Let him in, Amelia,” (Y/N) spoke softly, “And I’d rather you keep this event to yourself, please.”
Amy nodded, letting the Doctor in and shutting the door behind her. Not before she shared a smirk with (Y/N).
The Doctor strode in, rubbing his hands together. (Y/N) took a relieved breath every time she saw him act like himself now. It was comforting after spending a couple realities of him not knowing the truth.
But it was still peculiar with how different he looked. He was still wearing his dress clothes – a suit with an ironed collar and shiny brass buttons – and shoes polished to see your reflection in them. His hair was combed and styled in a professional manner; it made her miss seeing it bounce about as he got into his usual eccentrics.
“Right,” he said quickly, “Splendid work playing the part. I thought a few times there we’d been spotted for being frauds but thankfully we were spared an immediate time jump.”
“You mean the times you ate nothing but jammie dodgers, spit back up the wine, and prattled on about the future national parks of the England grasslands?”
The Doctor threw a hand in the air, “Not important. I only meant to congratulate you on keeping up appearances.” He made to exit the room, but (Y/N) grasped his arm.
“What, that’s it?” she said with sudden anger, “You haven’t been cleverly thinking of some escape plan?”
“We’re surviving with the plan we have.” He held onto her head and planted a kiss in her hair. “Enjoy the fun while we’re stuck here!”
And he bounced for the door before she could lash at him with something more harsh. She still had yet to say something about her mysterious conversation with River Song. She very much wanted to hear from her again.
Not that she didn’t mind the luxury of Downton in the meantime. It was rather enjoyable going on rides or picnics with the Doctor while being treated like royalty on the estate. But that didn’t stop her from wanting to be just (Y/N).
(Y/N) and the Doctor. Companions traveling through time and space.
~~~
It was shaping to be a rather dull weekend as (Y/N) walked the grounds. Looking towards the skies she noticed incoming storm clouds. Clouds that were abnormal for the current season.
The Doctor had gone to meddle in the cottage affair with Mr. Williams and Amelia.
It left (Y/N) with a sense of boredom as she wandered. That was until she heard strange sounds coming from the estate.
She flew around, pebbles scattering around her feet. It sounded like… well, it sounded like the tardis.
She ran for the house, finding herself the staircase immediately and following the sound as it grew louder. She reached rooms that only the servants dealt with. Running through corridors and bumping into footmen and maids.
“Pardon me, Miss.”
“Sorry, Miss.”
“Lady (Y/N), is everything all right?”
(Y/N) ignored them all, hearing the wheeze of the tardis louder and louder until she reached a tearoom. She stood against it, catching her breath and hearing the sound warp.
She braced herself and opened the door. There in full glory was the tardis. It stood glowing and ominous as the day she saw it concealed in the trees.
Closing the door behind her, she whispered, breathless, “River?”
There was no answer.
“River, please,” she pleaded, reaching the box handle and pulling. It remained locked tight. “Hello?” (Y/N) knocked.
“Hello?”
“River!”
“(Y/N), finally!” River laughed, “I’m sorry our last conversation was cut short.”
(Y/N) sighed, leaning against the police box, “We don’t have much time. The dream doesn’t like us asking questions… or making escape plans, for that matter.”
“Have you gotten the Doctor to see the truth?” she spoke within (Y/N)’s mind.
“Yes, though I don’t think he sees the entirety of it.”
River grumbled, “What’s he going on about now?”
“Well, he refuses to think of another way out other than playing our characters assigned to us.”
“No, no – that’s just a mode of survival,” River said, “We can’t talk here. I can already feel the connection getting severed. You need to be somewhere away from the place you woke up.”
(Y/N) nodded, “Somewhere away from the estate.”
“Get somewhere far as soon as you can. Then I’ll try and reach you again – good luck, sweetie.”
(Y/N) felt a tug in her heart. River became silent and when (Y/N) blinked, the tardis was gone. She was left alone in a tearoom.
It was imperative that she got to a faraway location. Feeling out of breath, she ran for the staircase once more, the house slippers dainty on her running feet. She had to lift the hem of her dress as she ran outside, noticing how the grumbling clouds ahead seemed closer, and angrier.
Not trusting herself to remember how to ride a horse like in the last reality, she took off for the tree line on foot.
Trying to convince a chauffer to drive her would be impossible, besides she had to be alone when she sought after River Song. The delicate hairstyle that Amelia braided was coming undone as she fought against the hills and grass and incoming wind.
If the Doctor wasn’t going to do anything about an escape plan, then she was going to have to step up. She didn’t want to be stuck having to pretend in each new existence. She wanted the Doctor back. The Doctor and their old life.
Finding cover under a grove of trees, the light became considerably darker as the storm clouds sat heavy above her. She was far enough from the house now that perhaps the dream would be preoccupied with trying to locate her.
Then there was the wheeze of the tardis again.
“River!” she shouted, unafraid in the sanctuary of the woods. Quite like in the last reality, the tardis appeared nestled between the trees.
“(Y/N)? Brilliant, you were able to get away.”
“But I don’t know for how long,” she replied, running to the blue wood and placing a hand there. “Tell me how to get out of here.”
The tardis warped as River’s voice came through like a static walkie-talkie. “I told you there’ll have to be a big shock. (Y/N), I think you have to scare yourself awake. Like waking from a nightmare.”
(Y/N) leaned against the spaceship, ignoring the light spackle of rain that began to fall. “How am I supposed to scare myself awake?”
“I have my theories,” River continued, the metallic sound of buttons being pressed could be heard through the trees. “But none of them are pretty.”
“What can I do?”
“You’re going to have to die.”
(Y/N) felt the breath stick in her lungs, the smell of damp soil and rain filling her quickly emptying brain.
“What do you mean?”
“It’s the natural survival instinct. Like if you were trapped underwater, your body has a natural self-preservation instinct to get air back in your lungs. In this case, your body will wake itself up if your dream state is compromised.”
She soaked up the information, “And the Doctor?”
“I can imagine finding you dead would be enough of a shock to wake himself up.”
(Y/N) now leaned her head against the tardis, the rain beginning to fall more forcefully, “How do you suggest it happens?”
“For the last couple hours I’ve been working on how I can manipulate the conditions of your dream. I could make something plausible happen to you – something realistic to the reality you’re in so the dream isn’t suspicious.”
“Seems a little farfetched.”
“I’ve been manipulating the atmosphere from inside the tardis. Has the weather changed at all since we’ve been talking?”
(Y/N) gave a choked laugh, “It started to rain.”
River sighed, “Excellent. You should expect to get sick in the next day or so.”
“By your doing?”
“Precisely,” River said, “I hear the Spanish flu is all the rage in this time period.”
(Y/N) grimaced, “That doesn’t seem like a pleasant way to go.”
“But it’ll wake you up,” River urged, “We’re running out of time. I’ll see you soon, please keep the Doctor in check.”
The tardis was beginning to fade beneath her fingers, “Sure, thank you River,” she said, backing away and under the full deluge of rain. “You better make it quick.”
The spaceship was fully disappearing now, and the massive droplets of rain were feeling colder by the second. Being drenched in the cold would surely weaken her immune system. And then all River had to do was put someone with the flu virus in her vicinity.
With so many members of staff and incoming guests at Downton, that part was simple.
The trek back to the estate was much more grueling than running from it. With the combination of the rain and the slip of her soaking slippers, she was a mess upon entering the house.
Having fallen in the overflowing hills, the white of her tights were torn and muddy. The delicate soles of her shoes were compromised and left her toes wet and cold. Her hair fell from their braids, left damp and curled against her face.
She resisted the shivers as a lady’s maid gasped at the sight of her.
“Lady (Y/N)!” It was Amelia, “What happened to you?”
“Good evening, Amelia,” she replied, “How was your house hunting?”
The lady’s maid ran over to grasp her arm, “Abysmal – the rain ruined the fun. We just returned. My lord, you’re chilled to the bone.” She pulled on her arm, towards the stairs, “Let’s get you warm. There’s a cold going around and I’d hate for you to catch it.”
(Y/N) smiled ironically at her maid. The year was 1918 and the Spanish flu pandemic was fully on its way. River knew what she was doing.
“I hope Mr. Smith hasn’t returned,” Amelia continued, guiding (Y/N) into her bedroom. “I’d hate for him to see you like this.”
“Would you now?” (Y/N) sighed, the forward nature of her maid – gossiper that she was – could be just what she needed now. “Why is that?”
“Well, on our ride today…” Amelia began, gathering dry clothes and stoking the fireplace, “I told you of my suspicions of his affections toward you. Now there isn’t a doubt in my mind.”
(Y/N) waited for the maid to help her into her nightgown. “Quite the spy you are, Amelia.”
“I beg your pardon, miss. But it’s true – that man has got his heart set on you something fierce.” She fixed the buttons on the nightgown and got a towel to dry (Y/N)’s hair. “I know he’d fret over you if you fell ill.”
“Kind of him,” she said quietly, seeking the softness of the bedsheets. “I’m terribly tired, Amelia. Please send apologies to my family. I don’t believe I’ll attend dinner tonight.”
“Of course, M’lady,” Amy bowed, “I’ll ask that they don’t disturb you.” She made sure the fireplace was full and hot before exiting the room.
(Y/N) laid there trying to get warm. A headache was already growing, and a tickle residing in her throat.
~~~
River worked fast.
Within the next three days a fever grew to exponential degrees. She was wracked with insomnia and coughing fits. She was prone to nosebleeds and sweating through the sheets.
A medical doctor listened to her lungs and met with the group of people waiting for the prognosis outside the room.
With the door ajar, (Y/N) could just barely make out the conversation.
“She’s entering respiratory failure,” the doctor whispered, “Pneumonia has ravaged her lungs. I’d expect things to get a lot worse within the next day.”
Other worried mutterings filled the space. “How long?” came the determined voice of John – the Doctor.
“It’d be a miracle if she made it through the night.”
And that’s why the pandemic was so historic. People would catch the flu and a few days later would die. It killed them quick.
The family thanked the doctor, but John was quick to request time alone with her. The door was shut and (Y/N) could feel the pressure of someone leaning in beside her.
Nimble fingers found her clammy hand, “(Y/N)…”
Her feverish head rolled on the pillow, rasping when she said, “Doctor?”
“I don’t understand,” he said quietly, holding her hand more fiercely. “I didn’t think this would be a part of our script.”
“It’s just a dream, Doctor,” she coughed, “I’ll be okay.”
“You don’t know that,” he said darkly, “We don’t know what’s keeping us here.”
She fell victim to the pneumonia, coughing savagely. The Doctor grabbed her arm as if he could pull her to him and make it all better. He felt hopeless. He felt angry.
“We need to change the reality,” he ground out. “We need to leave this script.”
“That won’t change anything,” she rasped. “We have to let this play out.”
“I can’t,” he said quietly.
The fever was making her delusional, but it sounded like the Doctor was teary.
“Stop,” she said breathlessly, her eyes closed against the heat in her head. “Leave it be.”
“I can’t,” he repeated, “I won’t.”
She was fading, about to succumb to another bout of terrible, sickened sleep. She weakly wriggled her fingers within his grasp. “This is how we escape.”
The Doctor froze beside her, the wetness developing behind his eyes stalled. “What do you mean?”
“River…” she whispered, falling deeper in her sickness.
“River?” he said, “You’ve contacted River Song?” He stood from where his was kneeling, “What has she been telling you?”
(Y/N) had fallen under, the wheeze of her breath the symphony of her bloody lungs. The Doctor leaned over her, furious at being left out of a conspiracy. He was shaking, unable to look at the speckle of sweat against her temples, unable to look at the bluish tinge of her lips or the dark circles under her eyes.
Was it River’s doing? Was she the reason (Y/N) became fatally ill? She was smart enough to trick the rules of the dream state.
“Oi!” he suddenly yelled, “Hey!” He left (Y/N)’s bedside, screaming up at the ceiling, “You’re being manipulated. This was a revision of the dream. Someone is trying to invade. Please…” he breathed heavy, looking towards the sky. “Please don’t let her die.”
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(Y/N) woke up sitting in a rolling desk chair. She was dressed in a professional women’s cut suit and a brown file folder was on the round table in front of her. She was in a meeting room with glass walls and a flatscreen tv.
She rubbed at her temples, the last remnants of the Spanish flu fading away. “What the hell…” she grumbled.
The door suddenly flew open, a group of people all similarly dressed in professional attire coming in with their own file folders.
Jack Harkness, Donna Noble, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams.
“Good morning, beautiful,” Jack winked, sitting beside her, “Did you sleep here?”
“Must’ve,” she said, massaging a crick in her neck, “We’ve been swamped with the press.”
Donna scoffed, sitting down and kicking her feet up, “You’re telling me! Those scavengers will pick our bones clean to get the tiniest detail on this case.”
“Hey, you’re the best liaison we have,” Amy nudged her friend, “I just can’t believe they asked the DAU to help with the case.”
(Y/N) scrunched her brow, finally reading the ink stamp on the front of her file folder.
DAU: Disaster Analysis Unit.
“This is a high profile case,” Rory said, opening his side bag to find his glasses, “They need as much help as they can get.”
“I don’t fancy the world ending because of some lunatic in a cocktail dress,” Donna said, flipping through the folder, “I mean who decides to be on the run from international governments in four-inch heels.”
“Classy,” Jack said with a grin, “If I was a criminal, I’d want to do it in style too.”
The door opened again, and (Y/N) had to consciously keep her mouth shut. The Doctor came walking in, file folder in hand. He was in a clean, pressed suit, his hair combed to the side and the lightest bit of scruff growing on his face.
He looked so un-Doctorish, but terribly attractive.
“Good morning, team,” he said with a commanding tone. He must have been the head of the DAU team. “We’ve gotten our next case and have pressure from all sides to apprehend her before a doomsday occurs.”
He went to turn the tv on, “Previously our unknown subject, she’s been identified after her last attempt to devastate England. She was caught trying to plague major cities with vials of disease she developed at her university. She tried to cause a worldwide pandemic.”
(Y/N) gulped, already guessing who their unknown subject was.
The tv flickered on and plastered to the screen was a picture of the suspect:
Professor River Song.
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List of all of the fandoms that have had fics submitted so far under the cut
Marvel and DC:
Captain America and the Winter Soldier
Avengers
Thor
Guardians of the Galaxy
Young Justice
Batman
Supergirl
The Flash
Minecraft rp:
Dream SMP
SMP Earth
Hermitcraft
Crossovers:
Pokemon and RWBY
The Owl House and Supernatural
The Magnus Archives and the Mechanisms
His Dark Materials and Welcome to Night Vale
My Hero Academia and Persona 5
Mario and Worm
Big Hero 6 and Worm
Avatar the Last Airbender and My Hero Academia
Avatar the Last Airbender and Stargate SG-1
Marvel and Miraculous Ladybug
The Dresden Files and Welcome to Night Vale
Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist
Other:
The 100
Ace Attorney
The Adventure Zone
Alex Rider
All For The Game
Animorphs
Avatar the Last Airbender
BanG Dream
Community
Danganronpa
Danny Phantom
Doki Doki Literature Club
Downton Abbey
Fantastic Children
Final Fantasy XV
Fire Emblem
Game of Thrones
Genshin Impact
Glee
Harry Potter
Homestuck
House M.D.
Inception
IT
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Jurassic Park
KinnPorsche
Legend of Zelda
The LEGO Movie
LEGO Ninjago
Les Misérables
The Locked Tomb
Lockwood & Co
Lord of the Rings
Miraculous Ladybug
My Hero Academia
Ninjago
Nopixel
Once Upon A Time
One Piece
Outlander
Persona Series (3, 5, and a bit of 4)
Twisted Wonderland
Pokémon
Sanders Sides
Shameless
Sherlock (BBC)
Sk8 the Infinity
Star Trek
Star Wars
Supernatural
Sword Art Online
Twilight
The Untamed
Wings of Fire
Worm
Yuri!!! on Ice
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thomas barrow masterlist ⋆ 🎀 ˚
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➳ hey guys!! since i have a few thomas fics now (all platonic) i thought I’d make a masterlist. hope u enjoy!! 🍒
➳ requests are closed
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fluff: ♡ angst: ✧ requested: ☽
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thomas barrow…
╰┈➤ Even || Thomas Barrow & female!reader • ☽
word count: 3.4k warnings: cursing, homophobia because it’s jimmy summary: when you, a ladies maid who thomas has never got along with in the past, catch thomas making a move on jimmy you’re forced to decide wether or not to help him out
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╰┈➤ It’s Nice to Have a Friend || Thomas Barrow & friend!reader • ✧♡☽ (finished)
word count: 4.8k warnings: some mild swearing summary: when you start working at downton abbey as a new maid, thomas takes a liking to you and an unexpected relationship forms between you
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word count: 1.4k warnings: none summary: when your father dies and you’re forced to get a job as a maid at Downton you are greeted by Thomas Barrow who takes to helping you get settled in
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word count: 1.6k warnings: none summary: you’ve now been working at downton for a week and, your friendship with Thomas growing (if somewhat confusingly), something happens that could jeopardize your job
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word count: 1.7k warnings: mild swearing summary: as you suffer the consequences of your mistake, thomas stands up for you and you can’t deny your growing attraction to him. then he overhears something that might jeopardize your relationship
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friends + family…
╰┈➤ thomas barrow & friend!reader ♡✧
╰┈➤ thomas barrow & teen!sister!reader ✧♡☽
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last updated: 1/5/24
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elizabeth mcgovern as cora crawley, countess of grantham (with hugh bonneville as robert crawley, earl of grantham & richard e. grant as simon bricker) in season 5, episode 5 of “downton abbey” (october 2014) | 🎥: dir. minkie spiro
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it's been years since i made a reclist from my bookmarks, and i've trimmed down what i had and added some new things to my bookmarks, so here's a reclist, from oldest to newest bookmarks! fics beneath the cut with the original summary and my recollections/comments after. (please note that for any fics with smut, i can't comment on how the smut is, because i skip those portions.)
Tony Stark Meets an Extremely Unimpressed Time Traveler, or, Thomas Barrow Makes a Surprisingly Good 21st Century Butler by Alex51324 (87k, t, no warnings)
In which Tony Stark ditches a boring party, makes an addition to the household staff, throws a much better party, and tries not to sexually harass his new butler. Or,In which Thomas Barrow has a little trouble getting home from the pub, is generally unimpressed with many aspects of the 21st century, never thought of himself as a conservative dresser before, and may or may not be falling in lust with his new employer. tl:dr: Thanks to time travel, Thomas Barrow becomes the Avengers' butler.
my commentary: this is actually one of the earliest fics i bookmarked! i haven't been into the mcu in...........a long, long time, but i distinctly remember pulling an all-nighter to read the entire thing when i first ran across it. i'll be honest, i had clicked into it assuming it was crack, but it's not—it's played entirely earnest, and, in my recollection, does so well. and, well, what can i say; thomas was my favourite character back when downton abbey was airing (for reasons that i did not realise until much later). largely free of angst or action conflict; the issues stem largely from the conflict between thomas' biases and (mis)assumptions and the modern (well, 2010s) world.
Ain’t No Nancy Kerrigan by cleverqueen (t, 13k, no warnings)
It's 1994, and young Lisa Snart's jumps aren't strong enough for an Olympic singles skater. Thankfully, her older brother has an athletic friend who can match her in pairs. Mick Rory is hopelessly in love with Leonard Snart, though he'd never say anything about it, so he jumps at a chance to do Len's little sister a favor. If he's patient and works hard, maybe he'll even get to skate with her older brother.
my commentary: as i remember it, this fic was an absolute delight! i don't remember a lot of mick-pov fics, though i haven't............been in the dc tags in ages, let alone the cw dc tags, but it's really well-written! it's canon setting, but takes place pre-canon, and the dynamics are very well-written and enjoyable. it's even tagged "pining", which, as i remember it, applies very much so, and, well, what can i say; i have tropes i love.
and who shall wear the starry crown by consumptive_sphinx (2k, t, major character death)
Blackfoot serves Shadowclan, first and always. That is not, in fact, the same thing as serving Tigerstar.
my commentary: i think this is the only wc fanfic i have bookmarked on ao3? and deservedly so! it's a human au, and while it's short, it's so well thought out. the worldbuilding and lore that's hinted at, everything you can feel beneath the surface—so good!
The Nationwide Network of Oz by ErinPtah (3k, t, no warnings)
It's long past time Oz upgraded from the wireless telegraph.
my commentary: it's such a shame there's not a lot of oz novel fics—i truly think the series doesn't get the attention it deserves. a fun little short dorothy/ozma fic, with a dash of magitech and blogging.
Spaceships, Private Jets, and Minivans: How to Start a Global Incident in 5 Minutes Flat by Scientia_Fantasia (49k, t, no warnings)
One early summer morning in Riverside, Iowa, a spacecraft crash lands into the backyard of a highschooler by the name of James T. Kirk. Earth history is changed forever.
my commentary: i actually lost this fic for a long time and only tracked it down after a year of searching; it's a fun, teenaged star trek au—i'm usually not too fond of aus where characters are teens, but this one pulled it off very well! and it's rather funny, and the way the characters run into each other and get involved in the plot is very fun!
we make our friends, we make our enemies by ORiley42 (52k, t, no warnings)
Benji finds out he has a new neighbor. This new neighbor happens to be off-the-charts hot. Hijinks, friendship, more-than-friendship, and secret agent drama ensue.
my commentary: i actually read this from start to finish as it was updating! the author, ORiley42, is a fabulous writer, and this fic? so good. i've fallen away from the mi fandom, but i have fond memories of it, so this fic has a warm place in my heart. also, the trope of a civilian getting involved in spy bullshit? so good. and the pining. the drama.
The Long Con by harleygirl2648 (19k, t, no warnings)
There are two kinds of cons: long and short. Short cons mean short-term gain, with smaller rewards, mostly just everything you have in your pocket at that moment. Long cons mean lots of time, effort, costumes, masks, props, sets, and other characters all looking to set up the downfall of the mark and take them for all that they've got. Con Artist/Thieves AU: Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter are both interested in acquiring a Botticelli, but both of them are quite fond of each other's short games. For both of them, it's the deception and thrill of the game that's worth more than the payout. And well, after all, aren't the easiest people to scam are those who think they are smart enough to not get scammed?
my commentary: it's an art heist au, what more can i say? it's funny, well-written, and, crucially, fun.
deus ex machina by coloredink (26k, t, creator chose not to use archive warnings)
"What the hell?" said Katz. "Is that--" "Yeah, I know, it's kinda flashy." Will shut the car door behind him and patted his pockets for the little fob to lock the car. "Isn't that Hannibal Lecter's car?" The car beeped to indicate it was locked. "Yeah, I guess so." Will walked away, toward the field, Katz on his heels. "I needed a new car." "So you bought the cannibal car?" ----- You asked for it: the one where Hannibal is a murderous self-driving car.
my commentary: every time i talk about this fic, people are like. [newt geiszler voice] w—wh—whhhhattttt? and, yeah, okay, i get it, i do, but i swear to you, will graham x the luxury car possessed by hannibal lecter the cannibal's soul is, in fact, a fantastic fic. it's so well written, so funny, so novel. it's the cannibal car!
The Man Who Invented Sherlock Holmes by Calais_Reno (15k, t, no warnings)
John Watson, struggling young doctor, doomed to live an ordinary life, dreams of writing detective fiction. If he can just figure out his hero's name, the story will practically write itself.
my commentary: look. i am, at my core, a lover of experimental, weird concepts. and "john watson accidentally brings a fictional character into being and they fall in love" is, in fact, precisely something i would like. and, and, and! it's acd canon, and written in such a charming style! it is truly one of my favourite fics.
A Really Private Person by astolat (18k, m, no warnings)
The end of the world started on a Wednesday in March.
my commentary: i don't have many poi fics bookmarked, but this one is absolutely the best out of all of them. the emotions i will always associate with reading it are that of being half lucid and experiencing something just so utterly satisfying it makes you smile like a cat.
I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York) by gyzym (19k, t, creator chose not to use archive warnings)
Arthur's a corporate lawyer, Eames owns the coffee shop across the street, and all good love stories start with a quadruple shot latte.
my commentary: an ode to struggling out of sunk cost fallacy, finding people who love you, and slowly, slowly building a better life. also the cafe food all sound so so good i would love to eat there.
Atonement by acedott (9k, t, no warnings)
I know how lonely you must be. All by yourself in that room. Morgana’s words stuck with Gwen long after the enchantment was broken. She recognized the veiled vulnerability in her tone from years as her servant. She hadn’t sounded like that in so long; she’d trusted Gwen with her every thought since they had both come of age. But when she first arrived in Camelot, when they were brought together as mistress and servant, Morgana had not known how much to trust her. Gwen, in turn, had not known how much to trust her new mistress.
my commentary: written by the fabulous lovely wonderful @owengrose, this fic makes me feel So Many Emotions. it's written with such care and purpose, and made me cry when i first read it. read it!!!
On the Risks and Rewards of Being Seen by acedott (8k, g, no warnings)
The year is 1815. Karla Gottlieb, the lady of the Gottlieb estate, rekindles an old friendship with Vanessa Haile, the groundskeeper’s daughter.
my commentary: yes i am putting another one of my friend's fics on here, but listen: risks and rewards is just so, so good. i can't even give further commentary beyond "it's so good" because it's just that good. it's historical, it's carefully-crafted, it's lesbians! what more could you want? go forth and comment.
Of Madness and Mammals by Briarwitched (series, four works, 619k, t-m, no warnings)
this series doesn't have a summary, but more or less: alex, suffering from horrific hallucinations and trauma, is discarded by mi6 and tossed into prison—where he meets yassen once more, and, once again, yassen tries to look out for hunter's son.
my commentary: this is, in my opinion, the best set of works i've read in the alex rider fandom. it's one of the best series i've read period. it is so well-crafted, well-plotted, and well-executed. it's a shame that the fandom isn't larger, because the series deserves more attention.
Beginning Where You Are by TF Grognon (gloss) (15k, t, no warnings)
"There's no such thing as magic," Dove-Gray said. Min snorted and flexed her fingers. "Tell that to the magic bloodthirsty soulsucking sword that lives in my hand."
A disgraced scholar and well-meaning mercenary forge an unlikely partnership.
my commentary: i found this while trawling the sci-fi tag, and honestly, i'm so glad i did, because it's just so good. the worldbuilding and lore and character dynamics and every other bit of it is just. god. so good. also, one of them literally has a bloodthirsty soul-sucking sword in her hand.
You're Dead (and Outta This World) by TheOceanIsMyInkwell (10k, t, no warnings)
“Holy shit!” shouts the EMT at his side. His partner on the other side of the gurney--the other side of the body bag--follows up with a well-deserved holy fuck and stumbles backward over her boots to sag against the back of the open ambulance. “I’m fine, I’m fine, oh God, I’m sorry,” Guillermo babbles. His knees are trembling. He wriggles out of the body bag and hops to his feet, feeling like his legs are a cross between jello and underbaked macaroons, and he repeats his litany of apologies as he bounces from one foot to another to restore circulation. Pain shoots through his joints from the roots of his toes. He ignores it, instead pivoting his head from side to side wildly seeking the detritus of his phone and groceries. “Sir! Sir! You were--sir, please get back here! You were dead!” “Not today, sorry!” -- Or: 3 times Guillermo came back from the dead, and 1 time Nandor was there to see it.
my commentary: this fic preserves the horror-comedy of the show so well, and you can see poor guillermo having a longform breakdown across the fic. it's so fun.
and yet we still bloom by gdgdbaby (110k, e, graphic depictions of violence)
When the Crown Princess of Xian Le, Her Highness Xie Lian, saved a tiny street urchin from falling to her death during the nation's biggest parade, she could never have predicted that same street urchin would eventually become her greatest spymaster. Xie Lian hadn't anticipated the heavens-upending events that followed the drought either, but sometimes these things just happen. OR: Xie Lian and Hua Cheng save their country and save the world.
my commentary: i would say this is easily one of the best tgcf fics, and it fulfils so many of my desires: lesbians, fix its, slow burn, and woldbuilding/lore! i cannot recommend this enough.
rare as the glimmer by Euphorion (24k, e, no warnings)
“Do you—” Quan Yizhen started, and then on the other side of the room Pei Ming started up his jackhammer, so he waited, bouncing on the balls of his feet, and then said all in a rush, “doyouknowHuaCheng?” Xie Lian blinked. “You know—him?” she asked, in case 'San Lang' was some kind of private name, a secret code just for her. She liked the thought of that. Quan Yizhen shook his head vigorously, his curls bouncing. “No!” he said. “But Yin-ge said you were with him at Home Depot and you left together!” Xie Lian stared at him. One of the employees that had helped her a few weeks ago had been called Yin something, she was pretty sure, but that’s about as far as she could follow what was happening here. “Yizhen, if you don’t know Hua Cheng, why is this… notable?” “He’s famous. Or like. The bad one. Infamous. I thought—” His eyes gleamed. “I thought maybe you fought him.”  + Retired (read: disgraced) famous boxer Xie Lian meets a helpful stranger while at Home Depot attempting to fix her collapsing roof.
commentary: lesbians! modern aus! butch!xie lian! everything about this fic is just *chef's kiss* it makes me lose it every time. the dynamics and writing feels so true to canon, and reading it is just. so so good. i'm trying to come up with more comments and i can't, it's just. so good.
We Stan Scrap Gege! by PaidSubscription (31k, m, no warnings)
“San Lang…are you sure about this? Life on the road, storage units…it’s not glamorous. There’s junk and there’s gross fluids and roaches and raccoons and meth labs, and one time I got lead poisoning and- oh! Another time I accidentally got locked inside a unit with five families and loaded on a truck and then I think technically we were human trafficked-?” “Gege. I’m in this, all the way.”
Scrap Collector’s cancellation is inevitable. Once, Xie Lian was the most popular face in reality TV. After the...incident, Xie Lian is banished to 2am cable, and turns to making a different kind of show: storage hunting. But in his final season, he suddenly acquires a new producer: a Youtube star named San Lang. And San Lang- along with his legion of fans- is determined to save the show. 📺🎥💕
my commentary: this concept is both utterly batshit, and weirdly sensible for the characters? i loved the interspersing of social media format between the prose, and the dynamics between all the characters, especially hualian, are so on-point!
Knowing Only This by CatMouse (dioscuridevotio) (31k, m, no warnings)
Bai Yutong is handling it. Ever since he was fifteen years old and realized that the horrible, sickening, aching feeling he got in his chest whenever he looked at his best friend wasn't a sign of early heart failure but instead a warning of something much worse, he's been handling it perfectly fine. With full maturity and dignity. He's the head of SCI. He's the best cop of his generation. He's the pinnacle of self-control and an expert at compartmentalization. But sometimes—Sometimes Zhan Yao doesn't make it easy. In fact, it's times like these he's convinced Zhan Yao is determined to make his life as difficult as humanly possible.
my commentary: a wild sci fic emerges! poor bai yutong is going through trials and tribulations of being in love, and it's so so fun to read. i laughed and gasped and was on the edge of my seat while reading (well, metaphorically; i was laying in bed). it's just very very good.
codify my wasted youth by lungache (6k, t, no warnings)
“We're way too caught up in the race with time It's getting hard to take it in We're tryin hard to be the first in line Just wanna be a kid again, a kid again”
An Origin Story “We should start a band!” “Holy shit, we should totally start a band!”
my commentary: the fabulous @lungache wrote a marvelous band!au, and i wish i could eat it like a fine dessert. why does it only have ten comments. it deserves so much more. read it. comment on it. now. that is not a suggestion.
The Tiniest Heipaoshi by tehfanglyfish (6k, t, no warnings)
Jiajia was already handling a good number of Professor Shen's lectures and labs, fielding office hour questions, and all of his online correspondence. Why not add a few more responsibilities into the mix? It wasn’t like she needed to sleep. OR The one where Jiajia impersonates the Envoy.
my commentary: i'll admit, i don't go here, so i can't give a fully accurate commentary, but i stumbled across this somehow (perhaps someone else's rec list? who knows) and the few chapters of the novel plus the episode or two of the show i watched gave me just enough knowledge to enjoy this fic. and, anyway, the concept of "exhausted TA pretends to be a terrifying non-human political entity" is, in my opinion, universally appreciable.
I Love You (I Want Us Both To Eat Well) by freakesque (6k, m, creator chose not to use archive warnings)
In which Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan take it upon themselves to make sure Xue Yang eats regularly, and Xue Yang finds out he’s actually not a twink.
my commentary: @xueyang's fanfic which i got to cheer them through writing and then read; it's so so good. it will make you Feel Things and Have Emotions. read it. now.
And the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it by lucientelrunya (39k, m, graphic depictions of violence)
It's him. It’s really him. For a moment Zhang Rishan looks up from his phone again, letting his gaze wander over the pool and then the shoreline behind it. There is still no trace of the merperson, but he had come to save Zhang Rishan. Again. He smiles to himself. So he is still here, still saving drowning people. That means Zhang Rishan can start step two of his plan. To the humans who hire him, Zhang Rishan is a proficient hunter, one of the best to hunt the rare magical creatures, the yaoren. To Ba Ye, Zhang Rishan is a stranger, a poor human he saves from drowning, not a hunter that has been tasked with catching him. Their meeting will change them both and alter the course of both of their lives drastically.
my commentary: am i using this rec list to recommend my friends' writing? perhaps. but also, this fic is just so good! the worldbuilding and dynamics.................so so fun. and it gave me the perfect excuse to dabble in conlangs again. also i regularly think about the mer lore, so. @lucientelrunya did a fabulous job here and i WILL make you hear about it.
Confidence Trick by duty_free (21k, e, creator chose not to use archive warnings)
"Your umma was going to die instead of you," Jae Ho said as one of his guys dragged Hyun Soo out of bed. Another guy stood waiting by the door, his back to them, looking down the corridor and smoking silently. "But it's smarter to kill you." He gestured at Hyun Soo. "So here we are."
my commentary: yes, i'll admit it, i watched the film and then immediately went looking for fics because the ending killed me. this one soothes those wounds at least partly; i like how it keeps the fucked up elements of their relationship while also still having them, well, fall in love trust. and it's such an interesting canon divergence concept, one that i think is executed excellently.
alright, that's everything, for now, anyway! i hope you can find something on this list you're interested in!
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By the Numbers update!!
With just over a day left to sign up as a creator for Fandom Trumps Hate 2023, here's a quick roundup of all of the numbers:
We have 705 offers by 527 creators (I've had to update this three times while writing this post!). Of those, 97 are offering to work in ANY fandom! The rest have signed up offering fanworks in 273 fandoms, including 177 write-in fandoms! (To compare that with roughly the same time last year, as we approached 24 hours left to sign up for FTH2022 we had 680 offers from 525 creators in 257 fandoms including 153 write-ins … meaning we have 23 more offers in 16 more fandoms by the same number of creators for 2023 … SO FAR.)
A look at the offers, broken down by type (with last year's numbers in italics for comparison purposes) -
458 Written fanwork (fic, fan poetry, etc) (457) 107 Fan art (103) 63 Fan labor (beta services, translation, Brit-picking, etc) (70) 59 Podfic (39) 13 Other Digital Fanwork (7) 5 Video (4)
Nearly 65% of creators are opting to let their bidders choose which org to support with their donation. The orgs most often chosen by those who wish to direct donations to a particular nonprofit remain the Transgender Legal and Education Defense Fund, any/all abortion fund, Rainbow Railroad, and the Navajo Water Project. The orgs selected least often are The Appeal, Razom, and Violence Policy Center.
In our listed fandoms Good Omens has increased its lead and its lock on the top spot. MCU caught up with Sherlock and Teen Wolf for a brief 3-way tie for 4th place behind HP and K-pop, but has since gained an additional signup to claim that spot, leaving Sherlock and Teen Wolf tied for fifth ahead of Star Wars, Stranger things, SVSSS, The Untamed, and The Sandman.
A handful of signups could still shake things up here, or over in the unlisted fandoms, where the Young Royals lead has been cut in half … see the full list of all 177 write-in fandoms under the cut. Sign up to create fanworks to push your fandom up in the rankings! Reblog FTH posts so your fandom friends can do the same! Sign ups are open until Sunday Feb 19 at 11:59 PM Pacific.
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thephantomcasebook · 1 year
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The Pipe Dream of a Mary Crawley Divorce
I've seen several posts here and on Reddit recently about speculation that Mary and Henry are gonna get a divorce in the next installment of "Downton Abbey".
And, you know, let me get at the head of that line.
But I just don't think it will ever happen.
I'm not sure if anyone remembers or knows about the behind the scenes drama of the "Matthew Goode Incident" but I'm pretty sure that it is a hill that Michelle Dockery will die on and that Fellowes will make sure she dies on.
Basically, cliff notes ...
Dockery got to know Matthew Goode during the shooting of a movie in which she had a bit part as Ryan Reynold's daughter - it's a long story. And later, Allen Leech got really tight with Matthew Goode on "The Imitation Game" and the three started hanging out together a lot.
It was then that someone - I think it was Dockery - got the galaxy brain idea to offer Matthew Goode a job on Downton Abbey, sight unseen ... and without permission or authority to do so. As a favor they wrote Henry Talbot in as a one-time but future prospect suitor in the - then - series finale.
At the time Dockery was pushing for a husband for Mary to close up "Downton Abbey" and Fellowes said no, that Mary was gonna be single and focused on being a mother to George and run the Estate now that Tom was leaving. They went back and forth about it. At the time Downton Abbey was supposed to end at Season 5 and the Christmas Special was written as a series finale. But then they got picked up for a Season 6 and the entire cast had to sign on.
And - allegedly (an urban legend) - Dockery used her Season 6 contract negotiation to force Matthew Goode on the show permanently as her husband. For, really, no other purpose than so that she, Matthew Goode, and Allen Leech could hang out. This went over like a lead balloon and due to the forced hand, Fellowes did the very bare minimum character work for Henry and basically shoe-horned him in at the last moment.
As it was Henry was hated by the fans and was incredibly disliked by Fellowes. Afterward, basically, the backlash was to Jar Jar Binks levels from the fandom that both Matthew Goode and Julian Fellowes want to memory hole the character at this point. However, out of pettiness, the character of Mary is now settled in a bad marriage with an absentee husband that I doubt Fellowes will ever allow Dockery to escape.
Fellowes basically gave Dockery everything she wanted and then drowning her and her character in it. Just like when Laura Carmichael continued to badger him about Gregson coming back, till he wrote his grizzly murder just to make it clear to Carmichael that it was never going to happen.
If you don't believe me ... Dockery admitted to it in a Season 6 PBS interview that has since been unlisted on youtube to erase evidence of the incident. Also, there is a interview with Matthew Goode during "The Offer" premiere in which someone asked him about appearing in "A New Era" and ... let's just say he was very cordial but not entirely shy about expressing his opinion of Downton Abbey at this point. Also ... you notice how throughout the promotion of both movies you never see Michelle Dockery with Julian Fellowes. Not in interviews nor podcasts, or any of his "Fireside Chats"?
Sadly, Mary will be saddled to Henry Talbot for all time as a long and continuous punishment for the very underhanded and arrogant play that Dockery made to get her way.
I can only say that, as a fellow writer, I can only aspire to the level of pettiness that Fellowes has exhibited to people fucking with his narrative.
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polaroidcats · 8 months
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Top 5 movies you've seen lately
ohhh this was so much harder than I thought it would be and made me realise I don't watch a lot of movies? But I did watch a few over christmas, so this is more like just the last 5 movies I've seen than a top 5 but here we go:
Frozen 2 (THEY ARE LESBIANS)
Sissi (the Romy Schneider ones, austrian tradition to watch them over the christmas/new years period and me and my friend had brunch for the entire day and watched them hehe it was great)
When Harry Met Sally (friends to lovers slowburn FAVE yes it's very of its time but ughhh I love it, and Meg Ryan in that film is 😍)
The first Downton Abbey movie (idk if it has a name?). I don't love the movie as much as the series (haven't even seen the 2nd movie yet) but still... Downton Abbey is a comfort show for me and the movie is v comforting too.
The Holiday (one of the few christmassy films i actually own on DVD and I love the 2000s nostalgia vibes)
ask me my top 5 anything!
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