#Downton Abbey tour

[bella-caecilia]

Title: A Tour of Old Love

Rating: T

Chapter Summary: Cora and Robert's journey begins as they take the train from London to their first stop, Paris. The thrill of the undertaking heightens their emotions and expectations. Robert's intention is to set the things right that he messed up the first time, 40 years ago.

"But as he looked at her familiar profile in the muted rainy light that permeated the taxi, he realised that this knot in his stomach was so tight because he not only hoped, he needed everything to go right for her. He needed his gift for her to be perfect and to be everything she wished for and more."

This project is co-authored with the lovely @whydidnttheyaskcora who wrote the great first chapter <3

[whydidnttheyaskcora]

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Title: A Tour of Old Love

Rating: T

Chapter Description: With their stay in Paris winding to a close, Cora and Robert take in a few more sights. As they continue their tour of the city, memories from years past resurface. Including a very important one that sheds new light on the beginning of their marriage.

 “You remembered,” she whispered, voice full of surprise. Robert’s cheeks pinked as he nodded his head.  “Yes, I remember,” he stated, clearing his throat.

This story is co-authored by the amazing @bella-caecilia <3

[byeletty]

Taylor sang King of My Heart tonight and that is a MaryxMatthew song in case you even care

[dreaminginsteadofsleeping42]

I think God is punishing me for playing God because I wrote a character in my thinly veiled Downton Abbey fanfic but everyone’s gay who has a crush on a priest then what happens to me? I get a crush on a priest. Then I write another character throwing up then what happens to me? I throw up. These can no longer be considered a coincidence.

[glassesandcocoapuffs]

Currently fulfilling my "guy falls in love with mysterious girl just by hearing her voice" fantasy by very dramatically yelling Taylor Swift songs in my room with the balcony door open while a bunch of people have a barbecue outside my house.

My boyfriend, in the meanwhile, is sitting here eating pretzel sticks watching me recreate the eras tour performance of My Tears Ricochet for the millionth time.

[fannyrosie]

Back in August, my mother, my sister and I did a three day roadtrip to Lake Placid in New York State, where the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were hosted. We hiked and visited Adirondack natural wonders the two first days, but because my health was starting to fail me on the second day, we kept the third one for visiting the Downton Abbey costume exhibition at the Lake Placid Center for the arts.

On our way to the exhibit, we passed by the Pines Inn, formerly known as the St. Moritz Hotel, a hotel built in 1907. I had wanted to stay at that hotel, but my mom refused, saying it was in poor shape and looked haunted on the hotel booking sites (she wasn't wrong, but I love that stuff, as you know). I still insisted for us to at least visit it, and we sure did NOT regret it. We stumbled upon one of the concierges (or new owners, correct me if you see this!), and he loved my outfit so much that he gave us a tour of the hotel, including in areas closed to guests. He told us that Albert Einstein and the Kennedys had been guests at the hotel, that there was n*de sunbathing on the roof in the 1930s and that a lot of the furniture was original. Sadly, after the 80s, the hotel slowly went into decrepitude and abandonment, and many things got stolen and damaged. The new owners are currently working hard to restore the hotel, and it's indeed a lot of work.

Outfit rundown Dress: vintage Ingeborg (Pink House) Velvet michiyuki: vintage Hat: Rudsak with added brooch by Fuwari Gloves: vintage Shoes: old Clarks Bag: second-hand Vivienne Westwood Belt: thrifted Big British stamp brooch: second-hand Jane Marple Small marine cat stamp brooch: Via Carousel Anchor and crest brooches: vintage Earrings: old Dracolite

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Blue dresses Round 2 Bracket!- Wil be updating with the links once esch poll is posted

Group A

Laeta, Spartacus vs Wu MeiNiang, The empress of China

The princess, Donkey skin vs Isabella of France, Braveheart

Juliet Capulet, Romeo and Juliet vs Catherine Gordon, The white princess

Viola de Lesseps, Shakespeare in love vs Françoise d'Aubigné, L'aillée du roi

Group B

Max, Black sails vs Louise de la Tour, Outlander

Catherine of Russia, The great vs Orlando, Orlando

Umrao Jaan, Umrao Jaan vs Christine Daae, Love never dies

Parvati Chakraborty, Devdas vs Daphne Bridgerton, Bridgerton

Group C

Lajjo, Heeramandi: the diamond bazaar vs Mary Crawley, Downton abbey

Anne Shirley-Cuthbert, Anne with an E vs Katherine Lester, Lady Macbeth

Emily Dickinson, Dickinson vs Ann Walker, Gentleman Jack

Duchess d’Antan, Impromptu vs Isabelle de Merteuil, Dangerous liaisons

Group D

Kosem sultan, Muhtesem yuzyil Kosem vs Rosaline, Love's labour's lost

Anne Boleyn (2), The other Boleyn girl vs Ki Seung Nyang, Empress Ki

Vannozza Cattanei, The Borgias vs Nergui, Marco Polo

Lygia, Quo vadis? vs Ariadne, Atlantis

[bridgertonandchocolate]

Still living in my Polin era. Not leaving anytime soon. But since they announced Benedict will be the focus on season 4, which came as absolutely no surprise and didn’t really probably warrant an announcement at this point in time since we’ll be waiting forever for the next season, I decided to start making a list of potential spin offs that Shondaland and Netflix should take advantage of and make for us.

I hope they have something planned similar to Queen Charlotte but who knows. Queen Charlotte is definitely very different because it was more based off actual history and to me it still feels very separate other than bringing in Violet and Danbury that sticks more to the Bridgerton side of things.

Anyway here’s some ideas that could be added to the Bridgerton collection:

1. The Featherington story. I’d love to see Portia’s origin story. We got a big glimpse of it this season and I’d love to see her originally as maybe a very carefree debutante and realizing just what is expected of her and the choices she made. And maybe combining this with current timeline with a new heir. This would be more dramatic. I also wouldn’t mind seeing the Featheringtons in a comedy because they’re hilarious.

2. Edmund and Violets story. We know how this one ends and honestly I don’t know if this would ever be explored now because we have seen Edmunds death and we saw a young Violet so it just might not be an interest. Or it would’ve probably be a very long series. I think they could draw on the aunts and uncles of our Bridgerton siblings. We know Francesca stayed with her aunt in Bath and Julia Quinn does have her whole prelude to Bridgerton series so…I’m not opposed.

3. Bridgerton Christmas. I stole this idea from a few people I saw on TikTok. It wasn’t anything I had thought about before but it would be an easy way to keep production costs low. Would be more of a movie than a season with multiple episodes. Very similar to what shows like Downton Abbey have done that they have where they have a special I think this could be something fun to hold people over.

4. Lady Whistledown. Something. Season 3 had the opportunity to delve into the origin of LW and have some flashbacks and didn’t do it. They did explain why Penelope started the column but I think it would have been interesting to see more to see how in the world she created this empire. There was also mention of other gossip columns in the first episode of season 1 so the competitiveness of this. The danger Pen put herself in could lend itself to something. There probably isn’t enough here for this idea to become a spin off.

5. The servants. Anyone love Footman John? Yeah we all do. Want to know more about Varley or Wilson? Or season 3 MVP Rae?! Taking a note from shows like Downton Abbey this could be an interesting story to tell from the servant “downstairs” point of view. This would be unlikely. They haven’t delved much into this side of things so not many people probably do care about these side characters plus if they stick with Sophie being a ladies maid for season 4 that probably wouldn’t be likely at this point. Maybe after season 4 but they’d have to dig more into these side characters and bringing them into the more prominent storylines.

Kudos to you if you made it through that list. Mostly I just want more Polin so they could get their own spinoff, a film series, a travel series. Or just cast Luke and Nic in some rom coms for me so they can go on more press tours that’d be great.

[isobelline]

What your favourite Dickens novel says about you:

(bear in mind, most of these are severely vibes-based)

The Pickwick Papers: You're most likely gay and have a close group of friends. Your favourite hobby is prank calling your local pizza place. You miss Vine.

Oliver Twist: This is the only Dickens novel you've read or you just really like the musical. You feel extremely sorry for Nancy. You're really attached to your pet(s).

Nicholas Nickleby: You have a strong sense of justice. You either have a travel blog or want to have one. Despite everything you believe that people are fundamentally good.

The Old Curiosity Shop: You're the oldest sibling. You're interested in lost media because you're hoping to find that one cartoon that scarred you as a child. You believe that things aren't what they used to be.

Barnaby Rudge: You've watched at least one major 90s sitcom in its entirety. You love gossip. You call yourself "a little gremlin" unironically.

Martin Chuzzlewit: Oh wow, you exist? Good for you, good for you... You like nature and I mean REALLY like it. You're a completionist. You love Tom Pinch with all your heart.

Dombey and Son: You have daddy issues (duh). You're very lonely but too proud to admit it. You love gothic literature and movies about creepy children.

David Copperfield: You relate to Aunt Betsey an ungodly amount. You like listening to podcasts and imagining that the hosts are talking directly to you. You just love life, man, and all that it has to offer.

Bleak House: You're academically gifted. You know how to knit/crochet/cross stitch/all of the above. In every social situation you're the "mom friend".

Hard Times: You're not like the other girls. You had a steampunk phase. You like to read about famous shipwrecks in your spare time.

Little Dorrit: You love Downton Abbey and/or The Gilded Age. You prefer Jane Bennett to Lizzie. You are on good terms with your parents.

A Tale of Two Cities: You're a centrist. Biopic is your favourite genre of film. You don't like going to concerts because they are too loud.

Great Expectations: There's a good chance you've read this because of South Park. You think Estella deserved better (and you're right). You read a lot of fanfiction.

Our Mutual Friend: You like your characters to be actual characters and not caricatures. You call tell a Cabernet from a Merlot. You have many dating horror stories.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood: You've been on at least one ghost tour. You dislike BBC's Sherlock because it is unfaithful to the books. You strongly considered going to mortuary school at some point.

[eolewyn1010]

Downton Abbey Fashion 80 - indoors fashion in 1925

Edith has blue moving into her wardrobe this season in a prominence it didn’t have before, but she’s markedly toning down on the peach and coral shades. Let’s see what she chooses for business chic and for homely comfort.

This first outfit is, alongside Mary’s first indoor outfit of the season, only seen from afar and briefly before it never shows up again, so I never get a close-up look at Edith’s brown shirt. It pairs well enough with the blue silk satin skirt, and I like the long tassels waist tie as a playful addition. My feelings about cloche hats remain mixed.

Time to, again, out myself as a hypocrite, because while I have complained about this exact style of tie-looped-through-a-hole-in-the-dress style before, this is one of my favorites. I guess it’s because the tie loop sits right at the neckline and thus doesn’t look quite so random. Also, who could resist this print? It’s gorgeous, like painted Moroccan tiles but in brown and cream with the subtler red curlicues woven in. The gathered skirt is elegant, the cuffs pick up the white of the tie – overall, a very beautifully composed dress.

This steel blue suit is one of Edith’s preferred business outfits. I personally like it better with the first blouse and the little neck tie; the yellow ruffle jabot looks a little stuffy to me, but there’s no complaints about the color pairing. Something I noticed is that Edith in her office get-ups dresses quite similarly to her female employees – neat, stylish, but not betraying at first sight that Edith comes from a considerably wealthier background. The whole look is kept simple in 1920’s sleek lines, the only decoration element the little button closure at the left hip. And what lovely button rows they are!

Little brighter sky blue, and Edith pairs the checkered (?) vest with her preferred business blouse with the double tie collar. Love this blouse, and it gives this outfit a little necessary touch of smart when the vest could easily come off a little grandpa-ish. Also, I would like to know if the front of her skirt is just drapey or if they put in a box pleat to achieve the way it falls.

A black dress, but Edith wouldn’t be Edith if she didn’t embrace funky prints, in this case in white and red, to give the fabric something to do. The way it drapes and the translucence visible at her shoulder makes me think it could be chiffon, and Edith brings back the little tie collar and, to make it pop a little, a plain black front panel that reaches around her neckline.

Hm. A nice dress, in theory. Only, later in that episode, Edith completes the ensemble by slapping the matching cardigan on top of it. And while this cardigan is sweet with the asymmetrical opening and the rounded corners, it firstly robs me of the nice color contrast between the red checker and the cream blouse, and it secondly is not flattering for her figure which is saying something because the Crawley girls are all very thin. Also, I don’t like the cutesy bow. The dress itself is pretty though; Edith rarely goes for jewel shades, and the fabric seems to have a pile, so it might be quite warm.

Pretty similar to the dress she was wearing for breakfast further up, in that it’s black working with print in red and white shades, although I would rather describe it as silver and copper here, and they flow more into each other because the colors aren’t blotted onto the ground in contrasting shapes. It has a V neckline and one of those nice gathered skirts, and I like how it’s subtly shimmering.

Back to the business looks – okay, the blue skirt definitely has a box pleat in the front. The combination of colors is nice and the double-layered collar quite charming, but the shirt looks like it could have used a decent ironing. Come on; I can tell crepe from crinkles! I do love the printed tie though.

Seeing more blue on Edith than I’ve seen on Mary for at least two seasons. I won’t complain. For a tour of the house, she’s wearing a triple-tiered silk satin skirt and an asymmetrical deep V wrap top that’s either slightly darker or just less shiny (possibly both). The little white cuffs are a darling addition, giving it all a little contrast.

We’ve seen this crocheted shirt in soft vanilla before as an under layer of walking suits, but at home, Edith also wears this on its own. It’s got a little velvet-y looking collar, shut with a brown tassel on a little wooden toggle, and I’m here for little useless shit like this; it’s so cute. Also, slightly drapey sleeves.

Edith’s double-tie blouse is back with a little matching straw hat, and I wish I could remember if this is a full suit or just the vest with the flower print to a generic skirt. Could be the latter since I didn’t bother to keep a shot that includes the skirt. Anyway, it’s a lively print, but in subdued colors because mah gurl wants to be taken seriously at the office, and while I lowkey wish she’d sprung for a few fitted waistcoats at some points that are tailored smooth in the front, I have to concede that that’d make for more of a Mary look.

Keeping with the pale blue, but going back to crocheted clothes: This dress has short sleeves and a rose motif in the front and an overall summerly look. I love these lacey strips in the sleeves and down at the hem, and I’m glad to see Edith’s lovely flowery coat on her arm – that means that, for going out, she added some wild print on top!

Peach is not dead yet; Edith still retains a spot for it in her wardrobe, and can I just say that I’m fascinated? Yes, this is a fairly simple blouse with a tie collar as is well-established for her, but it is chiffon draped over a printed layer, with the apparent purpose of letting the print shine through, albeit without unleashing all the potential colors of it. What a sweet concept. Also, when Edith marches out, we see the beige skirt she’s wearing to this, a sort of split, layered affair that looks ruffly when she moves.

A pre-established beige blouse, paired with an orange skirt – and then the most extravagant jacket Edith ever wears in the office, quite possibly the most extravagant she owns. Chinoiserie is back in action, and there are birds and flowers and architectural elements, in a whole rainbow of pastel colors… and the worst is, I’m not entirely sure this is print. It could be embroidered. In which case, RIP to the maker. I would have murdered someone after the lapels alone.

Edith’s final day dress on the show is a surprising return to form as she reaches for something sage green again, and it’s very charming. The plunging cowl draped over the front? Peak. I’m so into this, and it’s got a fluttery gathered skirt and all, and the layering of the flower print over the plain fabric. This looks so elegant; no notes.

[justforbooks]

Maggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose work ranged from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to Harry Potter to Downton Abbey, has died aged 89.

The news was confirmed by her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens in a statement. They said: “She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27 September.

“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days.

“We thank you for all your kind messages and support and ask that you respect our privacy at this time.”

Smith’s gift for acid-tongued comedy was arguably the source of her greatest achievements: the waspish teacher Jean Brodie, for which she won an Oscar, prim period yarns such as A Room With a View and Gosford Park, and a series of collaborations on stage and screen with Alan Bennett including The Lady in the Van. “My career is chequered,” she told the Guardian in 2004. “I think I got pigeonholed in humour … If you do comedy, you kind of don’t count. Comedy is never considered the real thing.” However, Smith also excelled in non-comedic dramatic roles, performing opposite Laurence Olivier for the National Theatre, winning a best actress Bafta for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, and playing the title role in Ingmar Bergman’s 1970 production of Hedda Gabler.

Born in 1934, Smith grew up in Oxford and began acting at the city’s Playhouse theatre as a teenager. While appearing in a string of stage shows, including Bamber Gascoigne’s 1957 musical comedy Share My Lettuce opposite Kenneth Williams, Smith also made inroads on film, with her first substantial impact in the 1958 Seth Holt thriller Nowhere to Go, for which she was nominated for a best supporting actress Bafta. After starring in Peter Shaffer’s stage double bill The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Smith was invited by Olivier to join the nascent National Theatre company in 1962, for whom she appeared in a string of productions, including as Desdemona to Olivier’s Othello in his notorious blackface production in 1964. (Smith repeated the role in Olivier’s film version the following year, for which they were both Oscar-nominated.)

In 1969 she was cast in the lead role of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the adaptation of the Muriel Spark novel about the Edinburgh schoolteacher with an admiration for Mussolini; Smith went on to win the best actress Oscar in 1970. Later the same year she starred in Ingmar Bergman’s production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler for the National Theatre in London’s West End; the Evening Standard’s Milton Shulman described her as “haunt[ing] the stage like some giant portrait by Modigliani, her alabaster skin stretched tight with hidden anguish.” Another Oscar nomination for best actress came her way in 1973 for the Graham Greene adaptation Travels with My Aunt, and an Oscar win (for best supporting actress) in 1979 for California Suite, the Neil Simon-scripted anthology piece in which she played an Oscar-nominated film star.

Smith continued her successful parallel film and stage careers in the 1980s. She starred opposite Michael Palin in A Private Function, the wartime-set comedy about food rationing, co-scripted by Alan Bennett, and had a colourful supporting role as gossipy cousin Charlotte Bartlett in Merchant Ivory’s A Room With a View, for which she was nominated for yet another Oscar. She followed it up with The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, a character study in which Smith played the unmarried, frustrated woman of the title. On stage she played Virginia Woolf in Edna O’Brien’s 1980 play at the Stratford Festival theatre in Canada, and in 1987 starred as tour guide Lettice Douffet in Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage. She also reunited with Bennett for his Talking Heads series on both radio and TV, playing a vicar’s wife having an affair.

Film roles continued to roll in: she starred alongside Joan Plowright and Cher in Franco Zeffirelli’s loosely autobiographical Tea With Mussolini, a dowager countess in Robert Altman’s country-house murder mystery Gosford Park, and opposite Judi Dench in Ladies in Lavender, written and directed by Charles Dance. She also accepted the prominent role of Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series, appearing between 2001 and 2011 in every instalment apart from Deathly Hallows Part 1. Meanwhile she achieved arguably her most impactful TV role as the countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey, created by Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes – reprising the role in two standalone cinema films, released in 2019 and 2022. Having played the role on stage in 1999, Smith enjoyed a late career triumph in The Lady in the Van, Alan Bennett’s memoir about the woman who lived on his driveway.

Smith was married twice: to fellow actor Robert Stephens between 1967 and 1975, and Beverley Cross between 1975 and his death in 1998.

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[bella-caecilia]

Title: A Tour of Old Love

Rating: T

Chapter Summary: With their next stop being Cannes in the south of France, Cora and Robert arrive in the Mediterranean city and find themselves caught between the conflicts of the past and the present despite the idyll of their surroundings.

"Back then, she was sure he didn’t notice her longing looks at the stormy sea. He had been too wrapped up in his properness and in himself to waste one look too many on her too-American face. Now she wasn’t too sure whether she had been right."

This story is co-authored by my lovely friend @whydidnttheyaskcora <3

[whydidnttheyaskcora]

@bella-caecilia and I are so excited to introduce our co-authored, multi-chaptered fic, A Tour of Old Love. We’ve had so much fun working on this project together and are thrilled to finally share the first chapter. So please enjoy! :)

Title: A Tour of Old Love

Rating: T

Summary: After forty devoted and love filled years, Robert marks the monumental occasion by surprising Cora with their honeymoon trip. Still so unsure and awkward around each other the first time, Robert is determined to make this trip special for Cora and make up for some of his previously doltish behavior. But a series of difficulties looming on the horizon begin to threaten their enjoyment of the trip, especially when they find themselves with differing view points.

While the entire story has been plotted, it has not been written out in its entirety as we are taking turns writing chapters. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we plan to update once a month. :)

[merinsedai]

or the @dreamlingbingo

Square/Prompt: B4: Future

Title: Dreamling Abbey (epilogue)

Rating: G (Dreamling Abbey itself is M)

Ship(s): Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling

Warnings: n/a

Additional Tags: Downton Abbey au, omegaverse, omega Dream, alpha hob

This is a second short addendum to my CHBB fic, Dreamling Abbey, which you can read on ao3 (mind tags)

“I want to see everything,” Dream had declared, that stormy morning in 1915, atop the cliffs of Scotland where the waters of the North Sea had roiled and roared below them.

Well, Hob had taken him at his word. While the war had somewhat impacted their activities in the first few years of their relationship, the beginning of the 1920s saw them take flight. Not that they had wasted their time confined to Britain, on the contrary, they had made good use of the years.

For one, Dream had married the love of his life in an intimate ceremony in Hob’s home village. Hob’s sister, Jenny, had walked Dream down the aisle, whilst both Hob’s parents had cried tears of joy. If Dream had been nervous about meeting his lover’s family, then their warmth and kindness had instantly put him at ease. Hob’s mother, a redoubtable woman named Elizabeth, (“Or mum, if you prefer!”) had taken over the task of teaching Dream to cook from Mrs Patmore. It was thanks to her that  he became quite a proficient chef (of country fare, at least. His own parents would’ve sneered at it, but Dream could not have cared less) and it was a hobby he grew to greatly enjoy-and his husband definitely appreciated.

For another, he gained a profession. Hob’s suggestion of joining the auxiliary nurses was now no longer just a dream but a reality. And Dream excelled: he loved his job and the purpose it gave him. Even after the war, when many omegas returned to their lives at home, Dream kept up his job. ‘You are a thoroughly modern omega,’ he was told, and that pleased him greatly.

And while he worked, first facing the difficulties of the soldiers injured in the war, and then the crisis of the Spanish flu, his Hob was changing too. “You want to travel, Dream?” he had said. “Then I’d best find a career that’s going to let us do that.” So he’d talked his way into newspapers and apprenticed himself at a local paper to learn the trade of reporting.

A move to London was necessitated by Hob’s advancing career, and Dream-moving to work at St Thomas’s learned a new side to the city while Hob worked his way up Fleet Street, through local events, national news and then, finally, the holy grail for them- foreign correspondence, reporting for The Times.

With a heavy heart but also with much excitement,  Dream left St Thomas’ and followed Hob on his tour through Europe, tracking the rebuilding of countries following the privations of the war.  Then it was on to Egypt, where in 1922 Hob was there to report on Howard Carter’s magnificent rediscovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. 

Egypt would always hold a special place in their hearts, for it was here that they welcomed their children- first a boy with Dream’s eyes and Hob’s joie de vivre, quickly followed by a second son, and finally a daughter. Upon discovering Dream’s pregnancy, they had briefly discussed a return to Britain but neither were ready to call it quits on their adventures yet, and so their children grew in health and happiness under the sun of a foreign sky, raised by a village and surrounded by the wonders of the ancient world. 

And on starlight nights, while his children slept and the campfires burned, Dream would sit with his view of the pyramids, his head resting on his husband’s shoulder, and know that his was a life well lived.

[radicaloptimisms]

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favourite colour: pink and red

currently reading: sharp objects by gillian flynn (again)

currently watching: i'm about to finish downton abbey s5

last movie: late night with the devil

sweet, spicy or savoury: at this moment i want something sweet

relationship status: what's that girl say. technically single emotionally unavailable.

current obsession: setting out little vanilla ice cream with sea salt and vinegar traps around america to tempt dua lipa to come here to tour already. also period dramas.

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[adamsvanrhijn]

Was going to ask who in Downton Abbey would be Swifties but the answer I think is that Sybil likes her music well enough, Edith is a Swiftie for real, and Mary is a Swiftie specifically at the time when she is buying Eras tour tickets and there simply aren't enough available to include her friends and Edith. and then never again