#tommy of course makes the dubious decision of telling him about linda's whereabouts; there's certainly a culpability here in enabling
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TOMMY: Arthur, Frances was right. Linda was here today.
#peaky blinders#tvedit#peakyblindersgifs#don't like this at all but this scene is impossible to capture in gifs#had to omit a lot of tommy's (very anxious) reactions (like the cyanide capsule for example)#but it is such an interesting insight into their relationship and one that fandom tends to miss#any kind of 'authority' tommy has over arthur is the one he grants him (out of his own desire to abdicate responsibility)#he's not the cowed oppressed mindlessly servile party in that relationship#and the hierarchy here is telling as well#arthur threatens tommy because he knows he can do that and that it will work#tommy of course makes the dubious decision of telling him about linda's whereabouts; there's certainly a culpability here in enabling#his abusive behaviour towards his wife#but here's the reason for it too: if tommy doesn't help him get linda back he'll be tommy's problem. that *is* the threat#and tommy can't even bargain with him: he has to tell him now and not later. just gets completely steamrolled lol#it's not like arthur always acts like that but it's important to understand that he can and does
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