“One of those dark layers is the sickening realization that when you hand your heart over someone, you automatically lose the option of yanking it back if they wound you.
If I loved you less I might be able to talk about it more.”
I’m a sucker for parallels and show-and-don’t-tell, and Season 5’s writing of Lizzie and Tommy was so good in that regard, that it honestly kind of shocked me. I was absolutely not expecting that because subtlety isn’t exactly their forte when it comes to the Peaky Blinder romances lol
I ended up gathering my favorite bits as I watched it but I wanted to finish S6 before posting this, to go over everything at once. Having finished the series, I think I’d much rather just share my thoughts about S5 and S6 separately, so here it goes lol
The TL;DR is that before watching S5, I kept seeing people say that Tommy doesn’t love Lizzie. Since I had seen so many people say it, I assumed there must be some truth to it.
But when I watched S5, I found the show told me the exact opposite.
Mum, I’ll come with you. I’d rather be with you. Wherever it is. You’re not my mum... but you’re more my mum than he’s my dad. He’s never here. I’d be on my own here.
Let her hold on to you. You hear me? Always let her hold on to you.
I regret marrying you, Lizzie. Cause I’ve put you through so much. I’ve put you through all of this. Ruby. Everything that is to come. When you married me, you married a man and you married a curse. You have shared my fate. That is my regret. But know this, Lizzie. In this moment, in this room… I love you.
I regret marrying you, Lizzie. Cause I’ve put you through so much. I’ve put you through all of this. Ruby. Everything that is to come. When you married me, you married a man and you married a curse. You have shared my fate. That is my regret. But know this, Lizzie. In this moment, in this room… I love you.
This is just a fancam edit I posted on twitter after last night episode, so I decided to share here too because why not right? btw PLEASE SOMEONE DROP THE TOMMYLIZZIE FICS, please 😭