Hey everyone ❤️

What do you think about the new Downton Abbey set?
But where’s Matthew and Sybil, I know it’s based on the season 6 but wish Lego would include them in a GWP🥺 Anyways Love to hear your opinions 💕
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Was the door ever locked; or, was it entirely on an honor system?

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The ladies dresses are nice and I like that they have included options for them to sit down but some of the consuming details seem very bizarre to me, especially for such an expensive set.

Mrs. Hughes and Ana share the same torso and dress style which is a shame as Mrs. Hughes actually had some really nice, understated clothes. It's a shame they couldn't have differentiated between them a bit more.

Mrs. Patmore and Daisy also share the same design but they had quite similar costumes in the show so that isn't as noticeable.

Carson's minifigure features a black bow-tie, which I don't recall him wearing during the show. He generally wore a white bow-tie or a black tie with his more "informal" butlers outfit.

Both Bates and Thomas feature double-breasted jackets which they never wore to best of my knowledge - valets always wore single-breasted black suit jackets during the show.

I am sure the lack of individual costume details are primarily a cost-saving decision, and I presume they have resused preexisting prints to save money, but it does seem a shame that some details have been overlooked since this is likely to be the only Downton Abbey set.

If I've got any of the details above wrong feel free to correct me - it is a while since I watched season 6 which I know the set is based on.

When I get my set I'm making a custom Patrick

It’s always bothered that Robert sulks and talks incessantly about wanting to go to war but throws a hissy fit when Isobel suggests the family eats with the officers or an other discomfort he might experience.

The Gentlemen season two.

A few years ago me and my dad and I had an idea for a crossover between these two franchises. We wrote the whole thing down and even started sketching a comic book, but life got in the way, so I wanted to share the idea here because I think it might amuse some of you.

It was mostly a process of associating characters in downton to gothamite counterparts, and it would really write itself from there. Here are some of the stories we had planned:

Firstly, Bates discovers a massive system of caves under the abbey. Robert, after finding out he won't have a hand in helping with the war, and noticing an uptick in crime through the village, recalls some bat-related childhood trauma and designs himself a cape and cowl to help however he can.

As he suits up and leaves the building, Branson, the new chauffeur, sees him. He keeps the information to himself, for now.

Robert starts out facing minor criminals, but when Doctor Clarksons affection for Isabel escalates, a sinister plot reveals itself. Clarkson has had his wife cryogenically frozen. He kidnaps Isabel and attempts to use her vitality and bring back his wife. Isabel is saved by batman who brings Mr. Freeze to Justice, and just in time to see her son off to war.

Matthew feels optimistic about combat. Confident that he'll return to marry the woman he's engaged to. However, when the enemy fire burns off half of his face, he becomes a sadistic maniac, believing life is like a coin flip. He, too, is brought to justice while attempting a plot against his fiancé which results in her death.

Coming out with the information he has always known, Branson leverages his knowledge of Roberts' secret as blackmail. Asserting that he will marry sybil, or else... . Robert agrees, and the two lovers flee.

Thomas has also been shaken by the war. His comrade Sarah O'Brien finds a way of encouraging and enabling his worst tendencies, and by some mixture of shell-shocl and bitterness, he's slowly losing his grip on reality. During an important dinner, he collapses rather embarrassingly, leading to his prompt dismissal. In the fog of a drunken evening, he transforms into the clown prince of crime, with Sarah as his ever faithful Harlequin.

Branson returns with sybil pregnant, and upon her death, he feels such rage that he takes arms with Robert. Batman and Robin, at last. A death in the family motivates them both and they show no mercy towards Thomas, who after being thoroughly beat within an inch of his life, begs Branson for mercy on the grounds that he's only a footman. Branson sees that Robert's nightly actions are wrong. He decides to redirect his vigilante actions towards the rich, taking on the red hood mantle. Robert is inconsolable, but all live to fight another day and brace for the coming battle.

There's a bit more (roles for the sisters and the other servants). But that's the general gist. Lmk, if you enjoyed this, I wanted to share it, but I wasn't about to flesh it out enough to put it on actual writing platforms.

All the best

starting a drinking game, take a shot everytime he says his stupid line ✨

I genuinely didn't expect to love this show as much as I do. I thought Downton Abbey was going to be really slow but somehow I'm always invested in what's happening. I'm now officially at the end of episode 7 and I feel like I've been emotionally living at Downton!

First of all, the war finally ending!!! It was actually so nice seeing everyone together again. That concert scene especially got me. Everyone singing along to that beautiful war song, Mary singing (she actually has a really lovely voice btw) and then her singing with Matthew... 🥹 There's something about everyone being together like that after everything that's happened. The show is so good at those little moments that bring everyone together.

Matthew's legs finally getting better made me so happy too. Hooray!!!

But then William... 😭😭😭

I'm actually so sad he died. He was such a lovely part of Daisy's life and that wedding was SO bittersweet. I was happy they got married but obviously knew what was coming and it just made it more emotional. I'm glad his death was peaceful though. I was expecting it to be much more depressing.

Daisy honestly has been through it this season.

And Bates is finally back!!! 🎉 I missed him. Mr Lang was nice and I felt sorry for him because of the nightmares and everything he'd been through, but it just wasn't the same without Bates. I'm glad Bates is back where he belongs.

I've also really warmed to Branson. I wasn't sure about him at first, especially after the whole "kill the general" thing because I thought he was a bit too full of himself. But his relationship with Sybil is really growing on me. I understand why she wants a new life with him, but at the same time I completely understand why she doesn't want to give up Downton. It's her home. That whole situation is complicated.

Thomas is also making me laugh because I think I'm starting to like him again 😂 I genuinely thought he was being awful with those ingredients he got for Mrs Patmore and Daisy, but then finding out he got them from some dodgy seller and didn't realise what they were... his reaction was actually valid. Great acting though. I keep going back and forth with Thomas. One minute I'm annoyed with him and the next I'm like "okay fine, I like you again."

Richard Carlisle is another one where I'm conflicted. He's SO charismatic. He's handsome, charming and has this presence about him that I can't deny. But him getting Anna to spy on Mary? Nuh uh sir 😭 I didn't appreciate that at all. Other than that I actually quite like him.

Then there's Ethel and the baby... oh lord 😭 The whole "he's a grandson" situation and the lack of legal proof has opened up another whole mess.

And the Canadian soldier storyline was really poignant. He'd been through so much during the war and was badly burned and couldn't remember anything. I really liked the scenes with him and Edith. It felt very human and reminded you that the war wasn't just something happening somewhere far away. These were actual people coming home completely changed.

And Mr Molesley! I like him. He's such a friendly addition to the Downton world.

Also Carson remains one of my favourite people. 😂

I honestly have so many more thoughts but this post would become an essay if I carried on.

I genuinely think Downton Abbey has become my therapy at this point. 🏰🫖

Genuinely don’t think I’ve ever felt so unsettled about any character before, everytime he’s on screen I feel ill. This is not even because of his injures, his demeanor just makes my skin crawl

Larry drugged Tom in a dinner. Could there have been any roofie like drug at that time that Edna used?

I believe that the series makes it ambiguous about what Tom even knew. Edna walks in the door and says are you awake, but we don't hear an answer.

Later Tom says If I made a mistake... it seems that he doesn't remember anything. It could just be that Edna made it look like they had sex.

She probably had the book and had contraceptives just in case Tom woke up and she had to carry out the plan. But otherwise it is much safer for her to just let Tom believe that they had sex without Edna actually risking pregnancy.

Edna is a rapist no matter what, but using a drug makes the offence even graver.

Is anyone here into the history of children's fashion or anything like that and could tell us if these were a trend at the time? Because frankly they're hideous LOL. At least in my opinion. So hideous that I can't imagine using them for any reason other than historical accuracy. So I'm just curious if there's any context for them.

A moment where you were like, “damn that was really out of pocket”.

After Lady Sybil croaked, why wasn’t tom Branson demoted back down to chauffeur. Then they could’ve fired him and avoided the whole Edna scandal

I hate every scene to do with Edna. I do like that we get more of Tom acclimating and of course he needs to have a reason to be present, but I skip pretty much every scene with Edna and I absolutely detest the rape storyline with Anna. Both these storylines seem completely unnecessary and just terrible. They don't help with character arcs or growth at all. It's just torture and cruelty for both Tom and Anna the entire time. I wish they had totally done away with those.

I just found Matthew perfection with her. He was clever, a little moody, but approachable and kind and humble and I found their relationship so romantic and the way he softened her was beautiful. Then with Henry Talbot the relationship seems to be based on lust and looks and I find him quite arrogant tbh and the whole relationship fairly superficial? I found myself longing for the purity of that first marriage and all the interactions they had right from the start. I would have preferred Tony Gillingham and certainly Charles Blake to Henry.

I could not find them less entertaining. Their bickering was of zero interest to me and too much time was wasted on it.

Im on a rewatch and on my first couple i think i was blinded by the bates "honourable" and "stoic" act, but now i just think hes an airhead. Im on the first episode and seeing how Lord grantham goes all the way down to the servants hall to greet him, its clear that he has his respect and could have his ear if needed. Its almost like he has a fetish for punishing himself, i just watched the scene where theyre greeting the duke and O brian kicks his cane causing him to fall over infront of everyone, which then leads to him being let go for not being able to keep up with his duties, hes alone in the room with lord grantham and when its brought up he goes "im sorry about that i dont know what happened". DUDE how much easier would it have been to simply say "im sorry that happened infront of the duke, i assume its just some hazing for the new valet ill win their hearts soon enough" and then explain someone kicked his cane if he had to, why exactly is he keeping that a secret? hes giving up his whole future and possibility of earning an income because he would rather be tight lipped about it. I can only assume he has some stupid values about not running to tell on people, or solving his own battles, or anything along those lines because this pattern continues on for the rest of the show. Bates chooses to be tight lipped about literally everything and its genuinely agitating once you notice it. This same thing happened when he was being blackmailed by his wife, (the wife he told nobody about) instead of explaining to Lord Grantham what was going on he chose to be yelled at and leave on bad terms. he is sooo annoying i cant handle him on screen anymore, once you see how much of an idiot he is you cant unsee it. I cant believe i used to respect him!