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I have never been in a fandom as sensitive as this dear god

#I’m astonished #you cannot be serious. #this is a joke? right? #I’m actually leaving this time I cannot😭😭😭

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Barris shippers when they can’t guilt trip and lie themselves out of accountability

I’m not being funny but when one side is making posts hoping Guy dies of syphillis or referring to his “withered body” (he’s like 45 you absolute children), and the WORST anti-Richard post you have to hold up is a mild joke from a Barris shipper about him being dead to them after Guy whisked Thomas off to America, you cannot keep on making in-depth posts about how both sides just need to stop fighting and get along and ‘both are as bad as each other.’

You’re really not showing your best selves.

#baby go talk to your peoples #your cousins are out here running buck wild and your concern is on us (normal people) #don’t make me get disrespectful I already had to get on a white woman for her lips

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Me whenever Thomas or O'Brien appear on screen:

Its either

"Yes hunny! Go destroy those lives!"

Or

"Oh hunny..."

#evil gay 🤝 diabolical lesbian #I support all evil especially done to the rich #and also heteros so I forgive all their actions #and since I make the rules of the universe my word is law

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Do you think Thomas would have a nickname for Richard? Like Rich or Richie?

#asking the hard questions here #just stared off for a good minute debating it #I like Rich more tbh #thomas barrow #downton abbey #barris #richard ellis #I’ve never known any man named Richard always go by his full name so #not dick I cannot stand that shit I’m too immature

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MYRNA DALGLIESH | DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA

“You should’ve heard them at every premiere, ‘Don’t speak! Don’t open your mouth!’ They despise me!”

#I am on all fours foaming at the mouth begging for her to spit on my forehead

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after the life he's had I personally think Thomas Barrow deserves to have his back blown out by his handsome film star husband after a long afternoon of lounging at the pool and drinking cocktails in the sunshine

#YES #YOU SEE THE VISION #I want Guy to lay it down long dick style while Thomas counts money with a California sunset in the background #Thomas deserves life without tireless labor and love without constant fear #AND GOOD DICK LET IT BE KNOWN

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Downton Abbey: A New Era Spoilers from the Guy Dexter pages of the companion book

“As a romantic lead, he would have needed to keep his homosexuality out of the public eye, but a private arrangement such as this would have attracted little comment in Hollywood. It's also apparent that Guy has the acting ability and charisma to do well in the talkies, and with Thomas by his side, the two are destined for an exciting future.”

#you forgot to mention the part where they have 20 cats

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Heavily disagree on Thomas seeming uninterested in Guy, but then again he could have done jumping jacks on his dick and people would still be unsatisfied

#‘but Richard-‘ he’s dead #god shut the fuck up #oh wait I’m ruining dexmas shippers reputation😭😭😭😭😭 #I need to go back to twitter ya’ll are so lame on here #thomas barrow #downton abbey #guy dexter #hollywood husbands

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I can smell the brain rot off those tags. Ya’ll really want Thomas to become furniture aka Carson 2.0 to stay with a man that left him for a woman ijbol

And this?

It’s truly hilarious seeing people vilify Guy and his intentions yet him being nice to his co star makes him more interested in her. Just for being a decent person😭😭

i’m not one to rob thomas barrow of a happy ending. hell, i’ve been rooting for thomas since season one even when he was a cunning little shit because i saw the man in pain underneath that hard exterior - a man who could only act on his desires in the shadows - a man who believed himself to be an unloveable monster for so many years so he behaved like one. and then i saw thomas grow and stumble and BLOSSOM into the kind loving man he was always meant to be. i saw him find community with other queer men in the first film (before the raid) and experience a simmering romance with richard ellis. i’ll never forget that dumbstruck look on thomas’ face when richard touched his lips before pressing that same finger to thomas’ lips, their “first kiss”, and arguably thomas’ first kiss with a man. i say first kiss because richard was the first man who touched thomas without shame or disgust. the first man to look at thomas as if he were the most beautiful thing in the universe - and not some dirty secret. and then we got the ACTUAL KISS: the nerves, the wanting, the electricity of a new romance with the promise that they “would meet again.”

so i hope i’m not the only who was majorly disappointed by thomas’ “happy ending” in downton abbey: a new era. to go from having the beautiful yearning tension between thomas and richard to then this stale sugar daddy arrangement made zero fucking sense to me. not only was thomas and guy’s chemistry non-existent, but their scenes (which were criminally brief) were like two co-workers making awkward small talk at the water cooler (unless you count a smile and a chummy pat on the shoulder as romantic tension). honestly, i wouldn’t be surprised if the macho dominic west who played the character of guy told his agent he’d sign on for the role on the condition that he wouldn’t have to kiss a man. 

also, is it really a hooray moment for thomas if he’s leaving downton to essentially be another man’s servant/employee and lover? i understand that leaving england’s oppressive institutions to travel to america with a famous actor would be liberating for thomas, but i’m not buying what julian fellowes is selling. unlike thomas and richard, he and guy have an unequal power dynamic. guy saying to thomas “i don’t have a wife to take care of me so you can do it” was honestly one of the most unromantic declarations i have ever heard.

i don’t know, maybe if they had casted a better actor and actually gave thomas a well-developed romance like they did in the previous film, i would be satisfied with this ending. honestly, they should have brought ellis back (and don’t even get me started on that bullshit conversation btwn thomas and mrs. hughes). but no, julian fellowes had to throw away everything he built in the first film to wrap up thomas’ ending with a sloppy cishet white bow. i’m disappointed.

#I’m about to get very disrespectful #and biphobic all bisexuals are catching strays over this I’m so tired😭 #Richard fucked off to marry a woman and told Thomas about it in a single letter #that’s ya’lls knight in shining armor though!! #idgaf if this pisses any of you off btw I’m inside of your mother

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Downton Abbey a New Era

When Jack said that Myrna was nicer now because she's not afraid anymore and then the camera cut to Thomas smiling I died. That moment killed me.

#3rd time I’m the theatre I saw and I gripped my sisters arm so hard #she hit me but I was a woman possessed #too many typos in this but I own my mistakes

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RIP Thomas Barrow, you would have loved Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande

#thomas barrow #downton abbey #barris #guy dexter #hollywood husbands #richard ellis #dexmas #jimmy kent #thommy #there’s others goddamn he was a whore

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I want Thomas to collect boyfriends like Pokémon cards

#thomas barrow #downton abbey #guy dexter #hollywood husbands #barris #dexmas #Richard Ellis #chris webster #jimmy kent

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julian: thomas gets a happy ending :)

this fandom: actually he's going to be murdered and his ghost is going to end up begging on the streets of los angeles and no one will give him any ghost pennies to buy ghost bread because no one gay can ever be happy, this is very normal behaviour and i am very smart

😂 no you don’t get it, he will be isolated and alone in a new country in a big city!! As we know, he has a really hard time connecting with other gay people, and it will dEfinitely be hard to find them in LA, when his new boyfriend is a CELEBRITY.

He’s also not really, really strong at diverse skill sets and good at picking up new skills and finding avenues for success, so that will probably be very difficult for him to navigate!! He’s definitely going to have nothing going for him career wise ever again! The dying field of service is perfectly fine for another 5-10 years at least, he should get his money’s worth there First because otherwise what was the point of the first hellish 18 years??

I also think Thomas is overly emotional and doesn’t know what he wants and he should stay at Downton Abbey until he has sufficiently proven to us all that he can handle ever leaving the immediate area without dissolving into a pile of forlorn dust!

#😭😭😭

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I did not shit on anyone’s ship lmaoo

The conversation was about Thomas’s future and I said that him pursuing a relationship with a married man wasn’t smart. That wasn’t shitting on your ship😭

Highly doubt you’re being honest saying that post was sarcasm. You were waiting for someone to not spoon feed you answers which have already been said if you’d look for them, so you could bitch about the bad reputation dexmas shippers have🥺

Asking in good faith for meta or any thoughts on this question regarding Thomas Barrow's storyline in Downton Abbey: A New Era:

Why is becoming another man's servant and lover combined the best thing that could have happened to Thomas?

Some people seem to absolutely adore the idea of the servant & lover package as something that is especially suitable and beneficial for Thomas. Others cringe at the idea and feel that Thomas of all people would not be happy in that kind of arrangement at all. The range of opinions on this particular matter is staggering.

I've seen a lot of the cringe view but very little so far about the potential positive aspects. But I'm really interested in understanding what the people who like the servant-plus-lover combination see in it for Thomas and why they feel it's perfect for him, especially with regards to his personality and his history as seen in the show.

So if you've written or come across any meta that explains the benefits of the servant-plus-lover role for Thomas (or if you feel inspired to write it now), I'd really appreciate a link or a tag. Or of course just comment on this post with your thoughts!

(I know there's also a school of thought that assumes the "job" is just for show and Thomas will not be working for Guy at all, or get some other job outside Guy's household asap… but I don't get the feeling that HC is universal? Correct me if I'm wrong.)

#I’m not even an either or shipper which makes this so much funnier😭 #the interlude about Candy Grant and Randolph Scott was my favorite part personally #cary grant*

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Girl you said my response was ‘irrational, knee-jerk defensive shouting’ obviously I’m going to take offense to that😭

Also, you still haven’t answered my question. Why would Thomas pursue a married man? And damn, why did you somehow think I wanted Guy and Thomas to have a relationship modeled after Cary Grant and Randolph Scott? There’s so much to unpack here🥴

Asking in good faith for meta or any thoughts on this question regarding Thomas Barrow's storyline in Downton Abbey: A New Era:

Why is becoming another man's servant and lover combined the best thing that could have happened to Thomas?

Some people seem to absolutely adore the idea of the servant & lover package as something that is especially suitable and beneficial for Thomas. Others cringe at the idea and feel that Thomas of all people would not be happy in that kind of arrangement at all. The range of opinions on this particular matter is staggering.

I've seen a lot of the cringe view but very little so far about the potential positive aspects. But I'm really interested in understanding what the people who like the servant-plus-lover combination see in it for Thomas and why they feel it's perfect for him, especially with regards to his personality and his history as seen in the show.

So if you've written or come across any meta that explains the benefits of the servant-plus-lover role for Thomas (or if you feel inspired to write it now), I'd really appreciate a link or a tag. Or of course just comment on this post with your thoughts!

(I know there's also a school of thought that assumes the "job" is just for show and Thomas will not be working for Guy at all, or get some other job outside Guy's household asap… but I don't get the feeling that HC is universal? Correct me if I'm wrong.)

#it’s already about me bestie idk where to go from here

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Tumblr user jolie-goes-downton held a ‘social experiment’ where I answered her questions and now she’s mad at me lmaoo

This shit is genuinely hilarious like you do see how you sound?? Right?? You’re on tumblr in all serious talking about the ‘ bad reputation of Dexmas shippers’. We’re arguing over the love life of a fictional gay man and you’re obviously very upset like please be calm

And also, I said they’d be brought up in discussions about gay history. I never said anything about Cary Grant and Randolph Scott actually being together because that’s very known to be alleged. Role model?? I said they’d likely be remembered by future generations of gay men and women in a similar fashion😭 Not quite sure where you got that from ijbol

And none of this answered my question either. Why would Thomas pursue a married man, bestie? Look me in my eye while you type your answer.

Asking in good faith for meta or any thoughts on this question regarding Thomas Barrow's storyline in Downton Abbey: A New Era:

Why is becoming another man's servant and lover combined the best thing that could have happened to Thomas?

Some people seem to absolutely adore the idea of the servant & lover package as something that is especially suitable and beneficial for Thomas. Others cringe at the idea and feel that Thomas of all people would not be happy in that kind of arrangement at all. The range of opinions on this particular matter is staggering.

I've seen a lot of the cringe view but very little so far about the potential positive aspects. But I'm really interested in understanding what the people who like the servant-plus-lover combination see in it for Thomas and why they feel it's perfect for him, especially with regards to his personality and his history as seen in the show.

So if you've written or come across any meta that explains the benefits of the servant-plus-lover role for Thomas (or if you feel inspired to write it now), I'd really appreciate a link or a tag. Or of course just comment on this post with your thoughts!

(I know there's also a school of thought that assumes the "job" is just for show and Thomas will not be working for Guy at all, or get some other job outside Guy's household asap… but I don't get the feeling that HC is universal? Correct me if I'm wrong.)

#you really just woke up and started typing😭 #girl this had nothing to do with what I said

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Thomas Barrow’s movie love interests. It’s all about that Gay Lean™