in my blood like holy wine

It’s really nice to see the Thomas Barrow fandom thriving here. Obviously I’m a newbie, and I’m curious to know more about how you guys first came to like Thomas as a character (aka when “the evil one” became “HIM!!!”). So, if I may ask:

Notes: names for non-recurring characters are not used here; episodes are numbered according to ITV/Netflix version

Looking forward to seeing the results. I hope I’ll get surprised! Please reblog for larger sample size. Thanks!

I’ve always thought that in his lowest moments in S6, Thomas might recall what Edward said to him when they first met:

“It doesn’t help me to be lied to, you know. I’m finished. And I’d rather face it than dodge it.”

Then he did what Edward once did to himself. Because (he thought) he realised all the time he’s been lying to himself about how life would become better one day and the world could not defeat him. He might be wrong all along. Too wrong about the reality of the world and of himself.

So eventually he stopped believing anymore. Just as Edward never did.

Not even for him.

i had a joke about orpheus and eurydice but looking back it wasn't a good idea

Sexy St. Sebastian, obviously

Another vote for St Sebastian here. Surely this is one of those posts where OP came onto the Gay Yearning Website and left out the most obvious answer on purpose?

I'm gonna link to the animations in case y'all either don't remember or have never heard of some of these.

A quick note: these were made in the 2000s. Comedy is subjective, there's some strong examples of dark and/or "lolz teh random" humor in these. Maybe some cultural blindness, too. That said, enjoy a time capsule of stuff made before/during the birth of Youtube, now hosted on Youtube.

Kenya

Salad Fingers, episode 2

End of Ze World

Schfifty Five

The Hamster Dance

Badgers

"Rejected" by Don Hertzfeldt

Charlie the Unicorn

The Llama Song

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

how r u gonna call them love handles and then try to convince ppl thats a bad thing. insane to me

It‘s so funny that Thomas Barrow just basically told Mary and Robert to fuck off, let Carson deal with the royal staff and the broken boiler, spent his night in an illegal gay bar, got arrested and bailed out of prison from the second valet of the king and returned to his work as if nothing has happened.

Normal days at Downton Abbey.

violently throwing transgenderification beams at emmett forrest rn

Opening the vault..

Sketches of Film noir/ Bonny and Clyde Thommy I did months ago. I was absolutely not satisfied with the idea and the drafts and I completely forgot them in Narnia - the depths of my closet.

There are two other drawings somewhere in my messy room!

thomas and jimmy a few years down the line end up living in their little cottage/flat together and jimmy takes GREAT delight in singing cole porters You’re The Top as it crackles over the wireless and finding it so funny how thomas blushes and rolls his eyes but can’t hold down a smile

req'd by @wolvereaux

TRU

text: Love is stored in the friend who reads your fanfiction

sample size of friends too small. what’s the best cookie (rbs appreciated)

i joke about thomas being bad with money but at least he makes the bad decisions himself with no one more experienced or knowledgeable giving him any advice.. robert on the other hand has lawyers and estate managers and family members constantly going "hoe don't do it" and he STILL buys skiploads of bad weed gummy bears with all of his wife's money