#thomasbarrow

[kaaaaamii]

Pictures of the downton abbey cast + thomas shelby and lizzie that i adore :)

[soldatvinter]

I really like this picture because I like to think Thomas and Daisy are good friends. They had a rough start but in the end they could probably see they had a lot in common. It’s easy to imagine a time typical umbrella right?

[fundiesimsfamily]

Babynews

We are so in love with our little blessing from the Lord, Selah. She is adored by all of us. Max&Grace Villareal, Shania, Harry

We are thrilled to be expecting another gift from the Lord. Praise him in his glory. Timothy&Lydia Barrow, Christa, Heather, Rick, Isabella, Samuel, Thomas, Ivanna

We are deeply touched by the birth of our dear twins, Ekram and Ella. We named them after their greatgrandparents and Rohan's mother. Rohan&Faith Elderberry

Another baby Clarkson is on the way! And we couldn't be more excited to expant our family one more time. Romeo&Cassandra Clarkson, Julian, Annabell, Owen, Meghan, Nancy, Derek and Addison

[marieamardill]

Thomas Barrow x Daughter!Emma

Prologue

Thomas opened the back door annoyed, only to find that nobody was there anymore, even though the doorbell had just rung. Instead, a basket lay at his feet. He peeked inside. A small whimpering creature was lying there. Thomas audibly sighed and lit a cigarette. At the same time, he read the note lying on the baby's stomach.

Thomas Barrow,

It's your child

Born on March 15, 1912

Martha is dead because of you.

If she hadn't carried your child, she would still be alive!

Don't you dare show up at the funeral.

O.T.

Thomas took a long drag from his cigarette. As if he didn't have enough problems already, he now had an abandoned baby at the doors of Downton Abbey with a note claiming it was his child. Ridiculous. He had only slept with a woman once in his entire life - his childhood friend Martha Turner, to be exact. Like him, she was curious to see if it would change them, so they had sex together. But it didn't. It was even terrible. In any case, he couldn't have this problem now. Just today, he had clashed with his lordship and Carson. They had rejected him as a footman. But he wanted nothing more than that. He didn't want to be a common servant anymore, but now a new footman was supposed to appear.

A cry brought Thomas back to reality. He took another drag from his cigarette, slowly exhaling the smoke from his lungs. The little dwarf looked at him with big blue eyes. Wrapped in a cream-colored blanket, Thomas threw his cigarette to the ground, stepped on it once with his boots. What should he do now? He didn't expect to find a crying baby in freezing temperatures.

"You're unwanted too," Thomas remarked as he gently reached for the baby. Still wrapped in the blanket, he carried the child into the servants' room. By now, the crying had also stopped, and the little baby probably just longed for a little closeness. Thomas sat down in his chair by the fireplace. The warmth would surely do the baby good. His colleagues' gazes did not escape him. Anna looked at him, bewildered but smiled. William was also wondering where the child had come from. However, it was Carson who looked at him in shock and asked, "What is that?"

"A baby," Thomas replied briefly, rolling his eyes. Wasn't it obvious?

"I can see that too," snorted the butler. "Where did you get it?"

"It was outside the door in the cold. I brought it in to warm up."

"A good decision, Mr. Barrow," Mrs. Hughes appeared behind the butler. "Our little guest is probably still hungry," nodding to the little baby, who was sucking on Thomas' finger. It didn't bother Thomas as it didn't hurt, but he wasn't exactly eager to be covered in baby drool.

"I'll notify the police and the lordship," Carson said.

"Please telegraph Dr. Clarkson as well," Mrs. Hughes requested. Now Carson rolled his eyes. He was the butler here, not a messenger boy.

Overwhelmed, Thomas handed the baby over to Mrs. Hughes. Immediately, the baby started crying. It cried as loud as its little lungs would allow until Mrs. Hughes gave the baby back to Thomas. The crying stopped.

"Oh, it looks like you have a favorite here," she grinned.

"Mrs. Hughes, wouldn't you rather take the child yourself? Please!" The dear housekeeper sighed and took the crying baby once again. "Let's see if you're a boy or a girl," smiled Mrs. Hughes, gently laying the child on the table. Carson grimaced. That was the dining table! You couldn't lay a child on it.

"A little girl," announced Anna joyfully, the tiny baby already having wrapped her delicate hand around Anna's finger. Whether housekeeper, kitchen staff, or housemaid, the women gazed at the small baby with fascination and love - except for O'Brien. The gentlemen of the staff kept their distance, not understanding how one could be fascinated by a drooling thing - especially since it wasn't their own child.

Lord and Lady Grantham, along with their daughters, came down as the police officer and Dr. Clarkson arrived. Clarkson immediately began examining the health of the little guest.

"What will happen to the child now?" asked Anna.

"We cannot keep or raise an abandoned baby," Lord Grantham said firmly. "If it gets around the village, we'll have more infants at our doorstep soon."

"Then I'll take the child to the orphanage," said the police officer.

"An orphanage? Poor child, you might as well take it back out into the cold," said Mrs. Patmore.

"The only other option is adoption by a family," the officer said, "but since your lordship doesn't want to adopt an abandoned child..."

"I'll do it," Thomas said. How could he let the situation get so out of control? If it was true and the child was his own, he couldn't in good conscience hand it over to an orphanage, could he? Why didn't he say from the beginning that it was his child? Because he missed the chance? Or because he hoped the letter was wrong? Did he even want to have children?

"Mr. Barrow!" Carson's outraged voice echoed through the room.

"I can raise the child as if it were my own," the servant pleaded. It was probably the only way to have a family, since he couldn't love a woman. And the child would be a sure guarantee of keeping his job and possibly advancing professionally. After all, they all believed it was an act of great charity. They believed he would take in a stranger's child. But that was the big question here: was the child really his?

"Have you really thought this through?" Lord Grantham doubted. "Taking on a child means taking on responsibility."

"My lord - I'm sure I can offer the child a better, happier, and safer childhood and future than an orphanage."

"I have no doubt about that, Thomas," Lady Grantham agreed with the servant.

"The child can't stay here, what will people in the village think?" Carson said.

"That Thomas was married and his wife died in childbirth," Lady Mary considered, "And since people in the village don't know Thomas that well, no one will question the story."

"That sounds plausible," the police officer said.

"The child is at most a week old," Clarkson agreed.

"Well then," Lord Grantham said after briefly looking into his wife's eyes for confirmation, "It won't be because of us. I don't want to stand in the way of the little baby's future."

"Thomas already is," O'Brien commented.

"How do you plan to manage your work?" Carson asked, still not convinced of the idea. "You can't very well serve dinner with a baby in your arms."

"We can certainly help out, or Mama, Papa?" Lady Sybil said hopefully. "We'll just organize a nanny for the first year. If necessary, I'll step in as a nanny."

"We can consider hiring another maid with experience in caring for children, but certainly not a whole nanny right away," Lord Grantham said.

"For the first few months, we'll need a wet nurse anyway," Lady Grantham added.

"A woman in the village recently gave birth. She certainly wouldn't mind looking after the child," Dr. Clarkson revealed.

"Then it's settled," Lord Grantham said optimistically.

"Since the child is so young, we would issue a birth certificate to you. It makes the story more credible," said the police officer. "You would be officially the father."

Thomas could hardly believe his luck or misfortune. Uncertain whether he should be happy to take in his own child or if it would prove to be the biggest mistake of his life in a few weeks, months, or years. Officially a father on paper and most likely biologically considered, but only time would tell if they would have any similarities.

"What shall the girl be named?" Lady Grantham asked curiously.

"I haven't even thought about it," admitted Thomas as Dr. Clarkson handed him the newly dressed baby, "Congratulations. Your daughter is perfectly healthy."

"I need a name, otherwise I can't issue the birth certificate," explained the officer. The mother's field only entered with a pseudonym, Thomas' name was in the father's field. It made him a little proud to know that he was having a child. A child that was officially his, and no one could question it anymore, as he could provide a certificate. His father would surely be ecstatic to know that his kind was reproducing. He was grateful to the woman who left her child at Downton's gates. And probably, it was that woman with whom he had been intimate. He just wondered a little, he had never felt that she was heartless. So why would she come all the way to Downton to abandon the baby? A question he may never get an answer to.

"Emma," said Thomas, "Emma Grace Barrow."

"That's a very nice name," smiled Mrs. Hughes.

And so, in March 1912, the secret "adoption" was sealed.

[lucycamb]

Downton Abbey: a New Era SPOILERS

BEFORE READING: sorry, my english is shit

So, yesterday i watched Downton Abbey: a New Era and even if actually really liked it, i wasn’t so happy about certain parts of the plot, that I’m gonna explain in this post.

1) Lady Violet

Lady Violet was one of my favourites charachters of Downton, and watching her dying was SO sad for me, so that’s my first point: why? I mean, obviously, as the other humans she is supposed to die, but I don’t understand why this should be a part of the film, her funeral could be a very sad but necessarily part of the series, but not of the film. I feel like they shouldn’t put it in the film, but instead just putting another scene of like "some months after" and let the people guess what happened.

2) Thomas

I’ll start saying that I like Guy Dexter very much, and he’s not the reason of my doubts about the Thomas plot in the film. Let’s start talking about Richard Ellis, I was so mad about what happened to him. In the first movie he’s like a gay rights icon, talking about how they shouldn’t hide and how law was stupid, AND leaving Thomas a “locket” (I don’t find a better word sorry) so it can remind he of him. Then, in the second film we discover that he’s engaged and going to marry a woman, so he was basically talking bullshit (?) I guess we’ll never know.

But what really leave me astonished is when, Thomas, in the last part of the film, leave Downton. So really, can we take a step back and think about it, because I just can’t find a sense in this. Thomas wants to live his life whit a man who loves him, ok, all fine, but I don’t understand why he should leave the place where he lived for over a decade, with the only people who truly love him, where he (an ambicius person) finally found a job as butler for going to the America with a guy whi, even if is very nice with him, he barely knows amd start a new life. I’m really lost about this, really.

3) Cora sickness

Cora sickness has no sense, well it would if we where in the TV series, but in the film it just doesn’t make any sense. It doesn't get anywhere in the plot, she isn't gonna die, so really I don't know why they put it in there.

However, as I said before, I really liked the film (even if I liked more the first one tbh) and even the relationship between Guy and Thomas could make sense, if it was explored and had more screen time that it did.

[whymustiwaitinline]

Let's all make some cool hairstyles, huh?

Inst: denisiya_art

[maalidoesart]

“my whole life they’ve pushed me around just because I’m different”

[queenturwaithiel]

i may or may not be obsessed with downton abbey fics and have planned to make my own :0

[incorrectthomasbarrowquotes]

The Crawleys bringing Carson back to replace Thomas during the Queens visit: .....

Thomas:

[mab1905]

Made a Thommy edit because I found some great b&w pics of Thomas and Jimmy and thought why not. The text is from the Allan Watts speech “Falling in love”

[jbcrochetwizard]

I made my Thomas amigurumi a hat!

[kaaaaamii]

Today i found this quiz where it tells you what downton abbey gay are you and i loved it so im putting it here hoping that you guys would reblog this with what result you’ve got

heres mine:

[clairemation-art]

With servants like these, who needs predators?

[fundiesimsfamily]

Babynews

We are in shock! God has blessed us yet again with twins! We are so excited to expand our family again with two little baby's. Pierre&Jade Clarkson, Pepijn, Olivia, Nathan, Marinda, Lennard

We just got back from our honeymoon but God already blessed us with a baby on the way. We can't be more thankful. Max&Grace Villareal

We have been blessed with the birth of Mia Rogers. She is beautiful and we are both totally in love with this little baby girl. Leo&Zara Rogers

Our two boys, Samuel and Thomas, have arrived, safe and sound. We are incredible thankful to be a family of eight now. Timothy&Lydia Barrow, Christa, Heather, Rick, Isabella

[marieamardill]

Alright guys. I need your help. Can we please collect all Headcanons in the comments about Thomas Barrow and Downton Abbey? Thank you! 💙🥰

#thomasbarrow #actor #robertjamescollier #robjamescollier #downtonabbey #butlerbarrow #headcanon #fanfiction #thomasbarrowfanfiction

[perxyweasley]

DOWNTON ABBEY - T H O M A S  B A R R O W