chaos of gomorrah

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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real talk: i love daisy a lot

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also filler cap i'm trying to make this other idea i had ~work

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but until then: daisy

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downton spoilers

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oops did i just go really wrong with the last chapter

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is this a sign to retreat back into the dakr recesses of private crackfic

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i feel like i'm getting in everyone's hair

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u gh i should probably make gifs or sth

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inspiration come to me

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colouring too that would be great

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s orry i'll stop talking to myself here and just

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go

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(too much of the same thing?? too much pointlessness?)

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i don't know which anymore

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downton spoilers

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lol i didn't think it needed to be said but like

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i understand that everyone's views on ethel would have been the views of the time

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but from a modern viewer's perspective i'll categorize it in modern terms because like that's what it is

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i understand where it comes from

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but it was also always wrong

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and if we can have fanciful heirs

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rising from canadian sarcophaguses

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and live in some lalaland where servants are allowed to go to their master's weddings and get also sorts of care and protection

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i can dream of downton breaking down other barriers

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or at least narratives on the side of modernity

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but lol i'm just seventeen and i also don't know shit

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so whatever man

“i won’t leave him now. not while he needs me.”

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gross everything is gross

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sorry about my existence

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idk i felt obligated to make something

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and someone requested william so uh close enough

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this is lame but idk i'm really uninspired

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also if i see one more post about how o'brien is secretly in love with bates i may hurt something

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i wanted to tag this 'kitchen people' but

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so more like 'x factor'

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there are actually so many lovely stills of you

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ugh you are precious and perfect

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a relationship that should have been more explored tbh

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i have a lot to say but the most important thing is that

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i love the image of edith with books

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because edith's 'power' in the household comes from information

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and this is exactly how o'brien (and thomas) contrive power as well

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amongst the lower classes they have to use information

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people like robert and cora and violet all rely on their authority

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same with carson and to a lesser extent mrs. hughes (only because she's also willing to deal in information)

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(but she does rely on her position as well)

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in fact carson and cora and robert all withhold information

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whereas o'brien for example collects and divests it as she sees fit

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and edith has been so disconnected by her family in many ways

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she has been pushed so far to the side that she has to operate like the outsiders like the servants

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outsiders because this is also how carlisle operated (see: spymaster)

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but not someone like isobel who tries to rely on her authority - she just doesn't have any

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so edith has adapted i guess

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i don't know what i'm saying anymore

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edith can be the real spymaster

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librarian of secrets

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and really nice floral shirts

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remember that time the whole house was falling apart

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and mrs. hughes managed it sans butler + took care a sick carson + dealt with ethel

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remember that time she watched lavinia die and that time she sassed sir richard below stairs

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not to his face but whatever

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elsie hughes is the hbic

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actually too adorable

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like when you two get together

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who let you guys be a ~~family

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