fancast memeexisting characters’ younger versions (1/11) 

one way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.
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downton abbey
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maggie smith
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violet crawley
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francis fisher
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downtonians
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my gifs
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fancast meme
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the irony?? of using a titanic character
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who knows
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i mean short of footage of the younger dame maggie herself
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making things making things i can do that
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this is not super coherent forgive me for that

fancast meme. canon or headcanon backstories (2/6) 

and what would be the point of living if we didn’t let life change us? 
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downton abbey
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charles carson
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elsie hughes
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downtonians
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my gifs
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fancast meme
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which i'm not really doing but i wanted to do this so
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god it took me forever too trying to make colourings look okay
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i know mrs. hughes' face doesn't really fit w the rest of it but just let it be
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also i know the figure in carson's third gif doesn't really work but idk i liked the ~*~* symbolism
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from stage to well downton now that i've bastardized AK
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i couldn't think of anything else with a stage and even though i know it's too grand
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it fits with how carson sees his past and all its melodramatic glory
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there are other things i would have liked to do with mrs. hughes
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since i have a pretty detailed headcanon backstory for her
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that's really important to how i understand her character but that's okay i'm really happy with her last gif
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and that i actually used shots of young! phyllis logan
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not that you can tell
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idk is it too late for anyone to see this
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idc i've been working on this for too long i want it done

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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lmao i'm really sorry i hate myself too
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downton abbey
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violet crawley
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cora crawley
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downtonians
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a cap a day

HOW IMPORTANT IS MAGGIE SMITH TO DOWNTON ABBEY?

JULIAN FELLOWES: She would be the hardest to replace. She would be the greatest loss. 

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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i don't know the exact quote but these are two things he did say and they're the most important things so
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downton abbey
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maggie smith
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violet crawley
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downtonians
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a cap a day
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i love you so much
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from CBS 60 minutes - the quote

i think in numbers, i’m pretty sure that you think in rhyme,
the sum keeps changing, i’ve worked the math out far too many times.

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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okay finally something
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downton abbey
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charles carson
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elsie hughes
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downtonians
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my graphics
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this was not what i wanted to do at all for these lyrics but it
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happened
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so
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now we have like a twister-esque graphic for them idk
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i tried to make someone pick one of them but we decided why have one when you can have 23923 billion
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one day i'll figure out how to do something cool and new and unique
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(obviously mrs. hughes is the one who thinks in ~equations and ~sums and numbers and w/e)
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(and carson is the poet of the situation)
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(no matter what he thinks)
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(lol will i have ever quit you two?? no.)
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(never)

and i just wanna know, where do you keep your kings? 
and if they ever fall, then will you think of me? 

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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downton abbey
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mary crawley
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michelle dockery
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downtonians
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my graphics
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um i wasn't sure about this one but hassle and jemma likes it so good enough
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fun fact that bottom half of her dress is hopefully identiable as a statue's lower half
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but it's from a statue of athena
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because i thought that would cause pain for some people
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i'm trying to do a carson/hughes thing but it's not working so here
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have a weird mary thing instead???

I can’t pretend that all is well, it’s like I’m haunted by a ghost, there are times I cannot speak your name, for the catching in my throat / ( praise the water under bridges, praise the time we say we’ll heal, praise the fonder that still grows on the absent heart and fields, praise be to this pain these days, it’s all I seem to feel )

(Source: elsie-hughes)

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downton abbey
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mary crawley
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matthew crawley
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downtonians
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sometimes i make matthew/mary things too!
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my graphics
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i'm p sure this one won out over the coloured version when i polled everyone so
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so we'll live with this one
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this song doesn't actually work in context but it's all i've been listening to for the past few days so
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s o

Death by association,
I swore I’d never take anyone there again,
To this nation, a nation under your command.

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downton abbey
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cora crawley
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robert crawley
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downtonians
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my gifs
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i guess this minimal + song lyrics is now i thing
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maybe i'll do one for a few more pairings?
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idk who would have guessed a cora/robert graphic
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i have a ~happier song for them
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idk i have songs for literally everyone
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like try me i have a song i promise
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i actually really like how cora's gif turned out??
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was going to post this but then the ntas happened and phyllis logan was herself and it was dumb

Downton Abbey at the NTAs (2013)

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downton abbey
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julian fellowes
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phyllis logan
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sophie mcshera
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downtonians
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my gifs
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if you don't like these people you're really missing out
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phyllis logan is rlly just here because i want her everywhere
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also sophie is precious look at her nodding in agreement idk i just
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a good cast a good group of people
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fun fact: phyllis logan winks 3 times in this interview
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(at least)
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i just thought you'd like to know that
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downton abbey
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elsie hughes
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charles carson
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downtonians
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my gifs
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idk i was listening to the first one
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annnd it seemed to be a nice match to laura marling's
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which has been applied to elsie/c x h in the past
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and i felt like i needed to make something
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so here
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have this bizarre things
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while i continue to play around with this new theme
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long overdue i was so sick of the old one

i know you have spirit, m’lady. that’s what counts. that’s all that counts in the end.

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downton abbey
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charles carson
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mary crawley
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downtonians
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my graphics
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for carson/mary + red
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opted not to do a picspam because i feel like i've used all the caps before but
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i needed to do ~something
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priority relationship
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perfect relationship
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not sure how much i like this
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but we'll get back into step sooner or later
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downton abbey
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jim carter
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charles carson
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downtonians
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awful colouring and ugh so grossly choppy
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i had to cut it down a ridic amount i'm sorry
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this cast is full of dumb human beings
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i need a bts with the ladies tyvm
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what are we really here for
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my gifs
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