bumblingbuttons

Because I'm a bumbling idiot. 28 / she+her Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[downtonabbeysmeangirls]

[papa-evershed]

Rob James-Collier as Bill Trevett

Girl In The Coffin 2026

[papa-evershed]

Rob James-Collier as Bill Trevett

Girl In The Coffin 2026

[chesacakeripper]

Just remembered the breakfast scene immediately after The Kiss incident where Thomas tries to make amends by offering Jimmy the last slice of toast in the most pathetic kicked puppy way possible and Jimmy just looks at him with the cuntiest little eyebrow raise, right before becoming Mr Overcompensation and Loudly Hitting On Ivy because he is a Red Blooded Young Man.

[papa-evershed]

Rob James-Collier as Bill Trevett

Girl In The Coffin 2026

[i-am-the-oyster]

[gloosoli]

Starry Night Over the Rhone, Vincent van Gogh.

[r2x2]

The Amnesty International report that JK Rowling is trying to censor through legal threats.

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

[cbarc]

Please save and share this info where possible. This report has since been removed by Amnesty International due to legal threats of libel from JK Rowling. This information is no longer easily accessible.

[katus77]

I was thinking about the paradox of justice, Downton-style. When Mr. Bates was suspected of pushing Mr. Green onto the train tracks out of revenge, the "good guys'" response was complicity: they burned the train ticket, lied to the police, and made sure to shield him from any suspicion. In that instance, the narrative chose to romanticize a criminal loyalty shown "to one of our own." In contrast, when Thomas stole wine in the first season, Carson invoked the Downton penal code with relentless puritanism. To the system, violating the master's property is an unforgivable sin, whereas eliminating an "outsider" (Mr. Green) beyond the estate walls does not disrupt the corporate order. Good heavens! To me, that seems like an ethical monstrosity.

[fic-dumpster]

[mediadreamylovers]

Downton Abbey

Allen Leach

Rob James-Collier

[barrowkent]

thomas/jimmy parallels

→ flirting with the kitchen maid to infuriate the other footman (+ mrs. patmore knowing whats up)

[thememedaddy]

[imnotfoul]

Now come on, let’s go up and you can wish me luck.

[khrusch-on-art]

lovers, to bed. 'tis almost fairy time.

love & affection

tip jar

[imnotfoul]

Jimmy Kent: 0402

[penny-anna]

what the hell is going on

[penny-anna]

i believe in you Binface. you can do it. this could be your moment.

[penny-anna]

Please god it would be so funny

[penny-anna]

there is no downside to voting for Count Binface. its not taking away from other candidates bcos they aren't any and the more votes he gets the stupider Farage looks.

[penny-anna]

for people out of the loop:

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

[butterflyslinky]

So what happens if Count Binface actually wins? Does he join Parliament? Does he have to take the bin off his face?

[penny-anna]

I've seen some people saying he would have to give up his title but it would seem that is no longer the case as of 1999; so, no, he can keep his ceremonial bin if he wishes.

Important to note also that Count Binface is the alter ego of comedian & political satirist Jon Harvey who seems to be an intelligent individual with reasonable politics. As I said no real downside.

[penny-anna]

The no hats rule clearly does not apply to him. He is not wearing a hat. It's a bin.

[thesummoningdark]

Experts* have determined that if elected, in theory he would have to remove the bin in order to participate in parliamentary votes.

*a bunch of randos on discord