I wanna turn into one of those people with a tumblr full of tint-shifted anigifs from DOWNTON ABBEY

most anticlimactic prison release ever

man i'm so glad they killed off the lovely and charming sybill in order to bring us a plotline where branson and matthew manage a farm

I actually came here to post that the most exciting subplot this season is Matthew modernizing Downton and making it self-sufficient.

I actually came here to post that the most exciting subplot this season is Matthew modernizing Downton and making it self-sufficient.

this! have loved the last two episodes, precisely what i want from downton abbey.

2 months pass...
Did anyone watch parades end last night

― just sayin, Saturday, 25 August 2012 12:29 (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

2 weeks pass...

i actually watched an episode of downton abbey for the first time recently. it is such a weird show! neither the cameras nor the people move! i felt like they were all being pushed around on wheels to arrange the shots between times -- the one scene where someone said something and walked away felt like high drama

also

everyone makes very long pauses before they say anything

"That bloke Ponzi seems to be doing some remarkable investment opportunities" ...

most anticlimactic prison release ever

― akm, Monday, October 29, 2012 11:05 AM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha otm, all that build up and then dude is just like "cmon stop"

tint-shifted anigif?

still have no idea what that means

let alone what it would be to turn into someone with a tumblr full of them

its like you take a gif from downton abbey and you put an instagram-style filter on it and then you have a tumblr with a lot of them

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8jiwgpDs1qejuifo1_250.gif

i'm having trouble finding those now

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7pnmkd0d1qcm0m3o1_250.gif

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7newLIBB1rrdqgmo1_r1_500.gif

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7jpf0eUM1qkyf0no1_500.gif

ty

plenty of shit like this tho

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcn1uq9U4q1qdg2p2o1_1280.jpg

omgggg

really felt like they were fumbling around for something to anchor the plot to this season, the 2 dramatic climaxes (edith left at the altar, sybil's death) both just happened without leading to anything, and yeah the estate's financial crisis and bates' imprisonment resolved themselves in the most boring ways possible. i figure they'll either rush through edith marrying the newspaper dude in the christmas special (can't remember what happened with that) or have that be a plot arc throughout the next season (but is she pretty enough?) i liked everything with o'brien's cousin & thomas a lot

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNDM2NDUwNDU5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTY0MzcxOA@@._V1._SX214_CR0,0,214,314_.jpg

lol when newspaper guy revealed his wife was in an asylum i was like smh this show is even more old-fashioned than i think it realizes

lol @ drawing, i could see liking bates non-ironically in s1 but surely we're beyond that now.

were people heartened or pissed off when every major character was like "oh yeah we knew thomas was gay ha ha."

i just finished season two + christmas special
watched the whole thing in like 2 weeks
WILL ADMIT that even though i have a heart of stone, i cried more than once
not reading this thread until season 3 airs

is this show so popular that there are well known stereotypes of different types of fans?

is that what this means? lol @ drawing, i could see liking bates non-ironically in s1 but surely we're beyond that now.

were people heartened or pissed off when every major character was like "oh yeah we knew thomas was gay ha ha."

i apologize for my ignorance -- i don't know anything about the hubbub surrounding this show. i can't say i even knew there was hubbub aside from the fact that i saw a "free bates" tshirt being loled at somewhere and i was like well, i guess bates goes to jail. and that was recently.

i will admit that i have enjoyed the ott camp elements as much as the genuine ones.

my knowledge of downton fandom is mostly from lol tumblr, which runs the gamut from earnest love to snark. bates get a lot of snark these days because his plotlines have been pretty cartoonishly written, especially in s3.

oh we don't have S3 yet...how could it be more cartoonish than p. gordon!?

I thought this thread got revived because of nu-Shelley Long.

oh this show

i know, right

yeah holy shit. this was a super boring christmas episode until the end.

season 3 starts on the 6th right? i put it on my calendar so i wouldn't make any other plans :-/

I wish I could get into this show because I want a show. I saw the first two episodes then never caught it again. Saw the special and couldn't get into it.

If they keep this up, by season five just saying "I love you" out loud on this show will get you instantly beheaded by a passing hot air balloon.

loved the plot in the xmas special about how branson needs to be ok with his elevated social status and not hobnob with his lessers, no matter what that vixen says

fukken thomas dude

and poor mrs padmore :(

Is there a tumblr of people making Cora Face? I'd like to see as many people making that face as possible.

didn't watch lol

I'm so excited - I spent this weekend watching Season 1 and Season 2 for the first time, and now I just have the Christmas ep left to go and I can watch last night's new episode :D :D

I kinda surprised myself by how much I like it!

I didn't think I would like it either, but it's just crazy enough.

It's just Jane Austen-y enough to hook me. Also Carlson reminds me of Sam the Eagle <3

fell asleep during the s3 christmas special, will rescreen soon but kind of feel like the downton abbey era might be over for me

the two hour premiere felt a bit long, i'll say that
i also find sybil extremely boring

well then

sorry if she is your favorite sister

by far

she's a "strong character" and super pretty, but i feel like she's so predictable
Edith is my favorite because she clings to everything she has so desperately and could go off the rails at any moment -- that makes the show more interesting for me

also seeing Mary become LADY Crawley is kind of weird and interesting

Sybil just keeps doing what I expect her to do, and that's kinda boring to watch imo

has someone clocked how many mary eyerolls there were?