#anti Grace Burgess

[songof-thelark]

I just started Peaky Blinders. I’m on episode 5. I don’t understand the point of Grace Burgess…or rather I don’t think the writing or acting for this character makes her worth while. She is so one note. Even in dramatic scenes with her I feel nothing. Her motivation of getting revenge for her father on paper seems great and understandable but again the writing and acting has left me uninvested and uninterested.

She has no chemistry with Tommy so it makes his overlooking her lies seem even more ridiculous. I do not feel the connection between them so I can’t understand why he would overlook the red flags or why he would want to overlook them. I can see what they are trying to do here but it’s not working. I think they should have abandoned it. It brings nothing to the show IMO.

…..and if I have to FF through one more singing scene

[evita-shelby]

Just saying, if Grace was supposed to be a person to root for why did she spend her wedding wanting Tommy and his family to conform to her racist ass family's expectations?

A person who wants you to 'behave' to gain the approval of her family, same family who was disgusted by the poc around them and particpates in the oppression of poc at an international scale, is still racist even if she only communicates it in winces, grimaces and accusing your aunt of wanting to fuck you.

[loveisalwaystheanswer]

Hi! Everybody who writes quite scathing posts about Grace Burgess, I understand that maybe I'm asking a lot, but if it's not too difficult, could you please use 'anti grace burgess' tag? You see, it has its own specific purpose. Therefore anyone who doesn't enjoy your thoughts on that subject could block the tag to keep those posts from hitting their dashes. Be respectful, it's not hard. Thanks in advance.

[sinnbaddie]

It’s funny Grace dies because the necklace she’s wearing is cursed by Romani because we all know she wouldn’t respect Tommy’s roots. Like even if he explained why she should take off the necklace she would’ve thought it was stupid bc she’s a dumb racist lol

[tommygrace]

I'm a fan of grace and tommy x grace who was harassed by the user mrkdvidal and his followers. I didn't even get into arguments, but there he was, harassing us and sending his friends to us. It will sound ridiculous, but now I'm a little afraid to show my love for Grace and her union with Tommy after that experience. Reminded me of that whole anti-grace tag incident 🤣😭

Aww yes, most of us Grace fans went through that. I did have a fight with him, to defend Grace, because he started insulting her, and calling her a bitch, and the actress, and he tagged her, then I saw it, and I defended her, he became completely aggressive, he went to my blog and started insulting everything I wrote on my blog. There I realized that this person is completely sick in the head, it was clear that he was not normal. But that didn't stop me from continuing with my blog, and from continuing to love Grace, and I love her much more after that, and I love being on this Team. I began to analyze Tommy and Grace, and the two marriages, and Lizzie's fans began to attack me anonymously, insulting, or threatening, things like that. So my advice is to ignore them and continue loving this great couple Tommy and Grace, and our queen Grace.

[somepeakyblinders]

Why isn’t the “anti grace burgess” tag used?? Especially when people know that there are fans who like her?? Is it really that hard??

I’m just here to have a good time.

[misstressshelby]

Grace and Tommy

If you're a Grace fan this probably isn’t the post for you. But I've been saying how Tommy isn't in love with Grace just the idea of her so I thought I'd explain.

Something that I have a hard time grasping is why Tommy would take her back after she snitched on him. He states time and time again that loyalty is the most important thing to him. So I think the only reason is that he chooses to ignore it for the most part. He thought that Grace was his one chance at a good life and love after the war. He clings to that feeling to help him to escape all the horrible things in his life.

The thing to remember in S1 Grace is playing a character to get close to Tommy. He thinks that she’s a posh girl who got involved with the wrong guy and had to run away from home. He's created this version of Grace in his head of a rich girl who is trying to make her own way in life. She sees him at his lowest when he killed a horse and then he’s retraumatized after brutally killing a man. Instead of being afraid of him, she comforts him. Even at this point in the show, Tommy thinks that he’s unforgivable and has a lot of self-hatred. I think her accepting his bad side and not running away makes him think he’s not this horrible unlovable person. Also, Tommy isn’t in a good place mentally at this point. S1 is his ‘healthiest’ season but he’s still not sleeping, abusing drugs, fresh out of a war, the stress from his family, the guns, etc. He’s very vulnerable even he tries to act like he’s untouchable. After he sleeps with her he tells her that he doesn’t hear the shovels anymore. He’s already created this life for them together in his head where they’re partners in life and business. This is probably the first time in YEARS that Tommy has felt peace or happiness. Probably the first time he thought he could have love after Greta died. So of course he’s going to associate that feeling with Grace. That one perfect moment. After all, love is blind and sometimes unfortunately we overlook the bad stuff and focus on the good. He holds onto that feeling for two years and winds up putting Grace on a pedestal even though canonically she, not a good person. ( it’s Peaky blinders no one is a ‘good’ person)

So fast forward to S2 Grace is a completely different person, I’ve noticed this is when a lot of people stopped liking her myself included. This is the ‘real’ Grace in my opinion. She comes across as a spoiled brat most of the time. She lies to her husband (very easily might I add) and in my opinion, uses Tommy to get pregnant. Then when she meets Tommy to have an affair she's offended that he calls her out on it. She almost leaves when he jokes about her being armed because she thinks she’s above guns and violence now. She still mad that he didn’t drop his business and family to run away to New York. ‘Not worth a toss of a coin this time?’ She comes across as arrogant in her interaction with May. She just assumes that Tommy will take her back when she appears out of thin air after two years. This is a completely different Grace than in S1. But Tommy is so attached to this ‘perfect’ life they could have together he overlooks it. He is the king of compartmentalizing after all.

Then in S3, their relationship isn’t that great. Sure they have some cute moments but they argue more than anything. Grace wants him to be completely legal. He doesn’t tell her about the Russian (he may love her but he’ll never trust her). When he does tell her about it he doesn’t tell her the whole truth. They’ve been together two years and have a baby but she doesn’t know what he like when he’s stressed? They’re even having an argument at the Gala before she dies. It seems like they’re coming out of the ‘honeymoon' phase. Their marriage probably wouldn’t have lasted long or been a happy one. But she gets shot before any of that can happen. So all Tommy has to remember her by is the idealistic version he created in his head.

If you've read this far feel free to send me a message on what you think about Grace and Tommy. I love to hear ya'lls theories!

@adaisnotashelby I finally made it! lol

[winged-fool]

Okay here's what I don't like about Grace. I just don't understand her motivations in s1. She double crosses Tommy and undermines his business and then tries to persuades him to abandon the empire he's been building. And I'm supposed to believe she's the greatest love of his life? Pass

[songof-thelark]

I like May. She’s intriguing and she has great chemistry with Tommy. Every scene that have has great energy. That scene where he tells her he’ll need a map was of course intense and sensual but Tommy was so…gentle(?) with her in that scene. I think they would have had an interesting love affair.

….So of course Grace shows back up to baby trap him. I’m honestly surprised they went that way given the story they seem to be trying (and failing) to tell with Grace and Tommy. Of course it was gonna be Grace the moment she said she was knocked up. There was no mystery in the brief love triangle. And it cheapened him choosing her because it leaves it open to the assumption that it was the baby that made the choice for him, not the woman.

I don’t even understand his feelings for her as the entire Time (in season 1) she was with him she was pretending to be someone else. He “fell for” a woman who doesn’t exist. Is that ever acknowledged? I doubt it. Then we keep getting time jumps so we never get to see him get to know the real her and actually fall for her…and therefore the audience doesn’t get to know her or their relationship.

All that subterfuge in season one, the low episode count, and the time jumps in season 2 & 3 make it harder to buy their “epic love” because we see so little of them growing as a couple and the actors lack chemistry. I’m told they’ve had a wild, passionate love but I never see it and the actors can’t convey it with their lack of chemistry.

[evita-shelby]

Grace looks like someone who would read Les Miserables and think Jean Valjean and Les Amis are the bad guys.

[heeahheeya]

Ohhhhhh I love to read this analysis about Grace and Lizzie. They are interesting women both!

Tommy x Grace - Tommy x Lizzie Anti-Parallels

I wanted to make a breakdown post about how both relationships have the same things happen (baby, marriage, May, working for Tommy) but have totally different outcomes. This is really long. Just warning you.

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[loveisalwaystheanswer]

The best thing about my unplanned hiatus is that I understood that if you really like something then please don't go on the internet to read what other people think about it, and even more, why they might not like what you like. It's worth nothing.

[sinnbaddie]

I’m currently watching Peaky Blinders and got to the part where Grace dies. It’s about time I was waiting for this !

[fandom-puff]

Okay so I saw that you write a lot for peaky blinders, I've never seen it but many of my friends said it really good, so can i ask you what do you think of it? Also idk I kinda trust your opinion so I would really appreciate if you told me if it's worth it/what does it talk about! :D 💗💗💗

(Gif creds to owners)

Okay SO I’m gonna try not to give too much away ;)

I absolutely LOVE peaky blinders.

First of all: it’s so visually pleasing??

The music??? 10/10

Who knew I needed to hear arctic monkeys in 1920s Birmingham??

The actors??? 15/10

Cillian is a perfect Tommy Shelby, and he commands such attention and respect when he’s on screen, even though most of the other characters are taller than him he is still hella intimidating.

(With the exception of grace) I LOVE the female characters. Ada is such a badass feminist icon. Polly grey takes no shit from her scary gangster nephews. Esme is not afraid to kick off at tommy.

Alfie Solomons (once you’re introduced to him) is SUCH an interesting character and Tom hardy plays this calculating, eccentric cockney amazingly.

There are of course, some drawbacks. I really dislike Grace Burgess as a character, and Tommy’s interactions with her seem to me to be VERY naive and out of character for him. If you read through some of my fics, you will know just how much I can’t stand her. I’m also not the biggest fan of Michael but I think that’s a pretty unpopular opinion.

Also just a head up, it’s about gangsters so there’s a fair bit of violence. There’s also drug use and quite a few raunchy scenes.

All in all, I’d definitely recommend!!

[nyarnamaitar]

Grace’s character and her relationship with Tommy are the least interesting parts of Peaky Blinders and that’s on that. 🤷‍♀️

[sortasirius]

I’m rewatching Peaky Blinders and every time I watch the show I think to myself, maybe this time, Grace won’t be the most insufferable character in existence.

And every time, I’m sorely mistaken.