#sonny sullivan

[aziraphalesangel]

[lukasadss]

Been watching The Halcyon with my friend(her 1st time, my 3rd) and I love these two!

[emma-garland]

The Halycon » Series 1, Episode 8

[ghostantine]

Halcyon Series Two(in my dreams)

Here is a little animation i made. it’s my artwork brought to life with inspiration from the Halcyon intro. I made this as a course work for my animation course on Adobe After Effects. Because it’s a course work it’s more like and ad than a title intro but that’s only cos the assignment was an ad.Hope you want to take a look and have the 40secs to give to my hours of work :’D damn i wish there was actually S2 coming this fall….

[taehyngsv]

so i've just finished watching the halcyon and i would just like to say it was honestly one of the most amazing shows i've had the pleasure to see adil joshi is one of my favourite fictional characters and he is way too good for this world he's selfless and would sacrifice his own life to make the people he loves happy as we very much saw with toby he's in a shit situation where almost everything he earns goes to his rent leaving him barely anything leftover BUT does not once complain and in fact considers himself lucky and is grateful for what he is given touching on his relationship with toby we see a more vulnerable side to him he tries to be the strong one for the both of them but is deeply insecure and needs just as much reassurance he tries his best but in his mind he's not good enough and he never will be he believes the world would be better without him and toby's words push him over the edge which honestly made me feel 874990952 emotions toby watched adil crumble as he made him feel like he wasn't even good enough to help him nor good enough to love him he genuinely believed his words and his insecurities were confirmed to the extend where he was convinced toby hated him we realise that his relationship with toby is the ONE thing that keeps him going and having messed that up he feels he has no purpose anymore luckily toby manages to rescue him in time and that's the first time we get confirmation that toby loves adil it's a sweet and desperate moment where true feelings are revealed PROTECT ADIL JOSHI AND TOBY HAMILTION 2K17 THEY'RE MARRIED NOW WITH TWO KIDS AND A PUPPY THIS SHOW IS AMAZING IT TEACHES YOU SO MUCH AND IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH A WATCH AND THEN A BINGE WATCH AFTER YOU'VE FINISHED IT

[annavolovodov]

the halcyon rewatch - (3 of ?)

I’m thinking if we get a long enough lead for the microphone all the way down here, it might work.

[sopharra]

The Halcyon is a British TV series created and written by Charlotte Jones. Produced by Left Bank Pictures and shown on ITV. A period drama set in 1940 during World War II through the eyes of The Halcyon Hotel staff and clientèle. The show delivers a realistic representation of London in the 1940's with...

PLEASE PLEASE sign this petition. An ITV series called The Halcyon has been canceled after only one season despite its mass popularity and demand. We fans are pissed.

 Description: “The story of a bustling and glamorous five-star hotel at the center of London society and the world at war”

But this series is so much more than that:

Firstly: POC and LGBT Representation

It has an interracial (Indian and White) same-sex male couple: Toby Hamilton, the second son of the late Lord Hamilton who owned The Halcyon hotel which is now owned by his brother, and Adil Joshi, the Indian bartender/cocktail maker at the hotel to which experiences a racial slur thrown at him in one scene. (Spoiler alert) Both survive at the end of Season 1. Honestly, this couple was so beautifully written and groundbreaking for a period drama and their story still had much to be told. As a couple, they were treated as fairly as the straight couples in terms of screen time and that is rare within shows. Not to mention that due to the time period, the couple has to keep their relationship a secret, addressing the homophobia of the time. Unlike Downton Abbey which had Thomas Barrow treated less well (I love him though), these two are not. Toby has constant pressure from his mother to find a girlfriend and was more or less bullied by his father for not being good enough - so Toby’s realisation of what he wants and who he wants to be with is very beautiful. I don’t want to give away too much about Adil’s history but it is something that is mentioned briefly but is interesting as it concerns immigration (very applicable to today)

It had another interracial couple (a black man and white woman), Betsey Day, a cabaret singer at the hotel who is constantly degraded and judged by the conservative society because she “sleeps around” but never lets that get her down; she is in a band with Sonny Sulivan, a black male pianist who I think (it isn’t clear, but his accent suggests it) may have emigrated from the West Indies. He is the possibly the sweetest character who does something (not going to say what it is) for Betsey but doesn’t let her know it was him and doesn't expect anything in return. Sonny and Betsey also keep their relationship secret, not because it was against the law but because of the judgment from society. (Spoilers) In one episode, they are found out by a man who wants to sleep with Betsey and the man is very racist towards Sonny. Sonny is a selfless character who is honestly the sweetest guy on tv ever not to mention Betsey and Sonny have amazing banter together. Their relationship too was beautiful but it is unclear whether both survived. Another reason why we need a season 2.

Not to mention it has many background POC (here are a few examples):

Secondly: The dealing with Social Issues

Sexism - As I said, Betsey is called a “whore” on many occasions and this “reputation” she seems to have is something that Sonny is shown not to care at all about. It also has one episode in which one of the male guests tries to force himself on one of the chambermaids, Kate and when she scratches him to get away, he hits her. Since the man is a wealthy and powerful man, his assistant tries pay her to keep her quiet. One of the young men working at the hotel called Billy confronts the man, the man says that she wanted it to which Billy says no she didn’t and what he did was wrong.

Homophobia - The obvious is that homosexuality between two men was illegal and so Toby and Adil can’t be open about their relationship. The villain in the show (who I am not going to spoil) finds about their relationship and blackmails both Toby and Adil and calls Adil Toby’s "disgusting little boyfriend”.

Racism - Both Adil and Sonny are main characters and are both called racist slurs. In the case of Sonny, he was confronted by a group of white men and called an “ape in a suit” and other things to this extent. None of the other main characters that know about this incident support this racism.

Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia - There is an Austrian-Jewish refugee who works in the kitchen who experience extreme bullying and xenophobia from the Head Chef because he believes that him being Austrian means that he is German. The Head Chef gets fired for this. The refugee storyline is prevalent to today. Another example is the late Lord Hamilton’s mistress Charity Lambert was a Nazi sympathizer, anti-Semitic and wanted to try and sway Britain to join Germany.

Thirdly, the female characters are great:

The series has both young and older female characters

Emma and Betsey's’ female friendship is amazing

This villainous woman, Lady Hamilton, who is complex and both love and hate

Fourthly, Matt Ryan playing an American man:

No need to explain

Lastly, it’s beautiful and well written, good ass show but the finale of season 1 left so many unanswered questions and we need more. I could go on and on about the many reasons but please sign this petition and watch the show (if you want). It would be much appreciated.

[connorjesup]

I've loved you since the day i met you. June 6th, 1938.