#the gentleman with the thistledown hair

[occasional-owl]

[thinkanamelater]

Roses

the gentleman with the thistledown hair + three of his victims

[himbohaggins]

every haunted fucking interaction the gentleman with the thistledown hair has with stephen black is just like. oh do you like this parasol, stephen? how like you, to choose something so regal. it is made of only the finest materials. the body of the shaft must be harvested from the femur of an old impoverished widow who has had seven miscarriages. crucially, it is only worth something if her husband has been trampled to death by a unicorn! oh, the rainbow pickled tripe has captured your interest? only the rarest of delicacies for dearest stephen. of course, for the tripe to attain its otherworldly and prismatic properties, it must be brined in the tears of dozens of orphans. but only if they had been orphaned as a result of several ancient war crimes, and if the tears have been passed through a sieve made from puppies who’d been abandoned on the banks of tartarus. and to drink? ah a fine vintage, stephen, how exceedingly handsome and discerning of you! that one is straight up satan’s blood, from his cock. let us retire to my haunted decrepit-ass halls so that we may have gay sex

[puddinginthemix]

Since I finished watching The Terror I've been thinking about "The Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell to The Terror Pipeline" (cf. Tumblr user pudentilla). I came to the show because a number of people I followed for JSAMN posts were also posting about The Terror, and naturally I was like, dudes on ships looking very cold and rather gay, what is this. Of course, I liked it immediately, but the reason for the "pipeline" still seemed fuzzy.

I joined this conversation about Tuunbaq's role in the story--how The Terror would still be a great show without the demon bear, but his presence definitely adds a certain whatsit--but things didn't really crystallize for me until I was reading an article that discussed speculative fiction as a form of resistance to the Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist model of literature that is often unfortunately dubbed "realist" fiction.

It would be easy to write The Terror as a "realist" narrative about the doomed Franklin expedition. All you do is take out Tuunbaq. It would still be excellent. And yet Tuunbaq--the entity that turns the story into speculative fiction--is the force that overwhelms the entire Western, colonialist, capitalist, masculinist enterprise.

I was fascinated by the end of Mr. Hickey: on the one hand, he appears to reject his native culture in favor of reinventing himself as a wild cannibal shaman of the frozen north. On the other hand, everything about what Hickey wants/tries to do is colonialist, exploitative, and driven by the urge to dominate. He fantasizes that he's connecting with Tuunbaq, but he doesn't understand it at all. And then it eats his face.

That was the fantasy moment that made me think ohhhh, what a beautiful connection. Magic in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is always and forever the enemy of colonialist, capitalist, masculinist domination. Lots of other people have blogged about this (recently @fluentisonus, good stuff), and I won't rehash that in detail here. But in JSAMN, magic puts itself into the hands of a Black man, servants, women, people who reject conquest and domination as a way of living. It rescues and sustains those people (like Tuunbaq brings Silna a nice fat seal). But those who would use it to dominate others, it utterly crushes.

tl;dr: 1) The Terror isn't The Terror without Tuunbaq; 2) I rode the JSAMN to The Terror Pipeline and I think I get it now

[evilestgentleman]

Round 2.3

(Ty artwork used with permission from @7cfc00)

Thistledown Propaganda

His character name is literally ‘the Gentleman’, so that part is covered. He also does quite a lot of murdering and torturing and and kidnapping and celebration of other people’s misery, which in human society is all frowned upon. And he’s a terrible best friend to poor Stephen Black, who’s just trying his best. Additional Propaganda: Previous Poll

Ty Propaganda

SO one thing about him is that he does some time travel shenanigans at his base for "experiments" and in the process definitely traumatizes the main character and several side characters. HOWEVER!! He does this all very professionally and with his silly little (/pos) british accent :) Additional Propaganda: Previous Poll

[are-you-romanticizing-murder]

whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil. whimsical characters that are evil.

Reblog if you agree

[shloodles]

ID: several digital drawings of characters from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. 1) strange with a manic expression holding up a dead mouse by the tail, eye twitching, saying "THIS IS A GREAT IDEA." he has red-brown curly hair and wears a brown coat. 2) a sketch of emma pole looking dead tired. she has messy ash-brown hair, purple circles under her eyes, and written next to her is "#girl." 3) stephen black polishing a spoon, and the gentleman with the thistledown hair behind him monologuing. stephen is a black man wearing a black coat, white necktie, and white gloves, and closely cropped hair. his expression is deeply haunted and disturbed. thistledown is a fairy gentleman in a green coat. he has fluffy white slicked back hair, long white eyebrows, long pointed ears, an angular face, and turned up nose. he is grinning devilishly, one long-clawed hand raised in emphasis, as the parts of his monologue that are visible read, "dearest stephen...feel...killing...some...hell...blood...skin." 4) a black and white sketch of childermass, a disheveled looking man with long greasy hair, a pointed nose, and a stubbly face. a speech bubble from someone offscreen (presumably norrell) reads, "WHAT SHALL I DO I HAVE NO ONE-" and childermass looking annoyed says, "I'm right here." 5) a 3 panel black and white sketch of childermass looking to the side, then seeing something and narrowing his eyes in recognition. the last panel is the raven king, a young man with a pointed nose and long hair falling into his face and flowing in the wind. he has leaves and twigs in his hair and ravens circle about him. written next to him with an arrow pointed at him is, "just childermass but more goth." 6) a sketch, colored in yellow, of strange lunging to the side and peering up from under one arm, shirt open, tie hanging loose about his neck, unshaved and unkempt. he has a crazed smile on his face. on a messy table beside him is the mouse tincture and a half-eaten apple. he is saying, "sO yOu HaVe To GIVE Me SOMETHING?" 7) a sketch of thistledown, colored in a light green, staring at strange with a bewildered and agitated expression. written around him is an ellipses, a "wtf" and a "how." end ID

jonny weird and mr normal sketchdump

[carlandrea]

Because I am valorous, chivalrous, generous, and as handsome as the day is long!

[owlish-creations]

Look at him!

[occasional-owl]

[thinkanamelater]

Love wins <3

[ghoulsister1]

The Fae

Puck from the new game "Nightingale" and The Gentleman With Thistledown Hair from "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"

🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿

✨️Oh how wonderful it would be to dance with these charming Fae in a fairy soirée somewhere in Lost Hope or somewhere in the Fae Wilds together!✨️

Fun Fact: Puck is voiced by Marc Warren, the brilliant actor who played The Gentleman With Thistledown Hair in the series of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell!❤️

[miramar-stuff]

[himbohaggins]

ID: a screenshot from jonathan strange and mr. norrell of the gentleman with the thistledown hair speaking to stephen black. a text post by tumblr user willgrahamscock is edited over it. it reads, "they're horrors to YOU, however i'm turned on by them." end ID

[evilestgentleman]

Round 1, Group 5

Togami Propaganda

A rich dick. 

Gentleman Propaganda

Gentleman: king of several magnificent and beautiful fairy kingdoms, also it's in his name. Evil: Loves kidnapping his friends, cursing his friends, and committing murders for his friends. Not keen on listening to his friends when they ask him not to do these things.