#tom raikes

[totallovestrucksimp]

Started rewatching season 1 of TGA and legitimately forgot that Tom Raikes was a character in this no joke

[everythegildedageoutfit]

Every Outfit in The Gilded Age - Outfit 296 - Tom Raikes's outfit 10 - Season 1, Episode 9

[uhyeahmaybenoidk]

Welcome to part 1 of ‘I’ve connected the two dots’ the Gilded Age edition. Basically, I decided to make this sort of post after each episode because I want to ramble about this show but I don’t know anyone who watches it too so I share my thoughts here instead. Fair notice to everyone: I most certainly suck at making predictions, I fully aware of it, later on I’ll be laughing at my own dumbness and you all are free to laugh at me too. Considering that I’m about to make some sort of conclusions after just one episode when we know next to nothing about the plot, it’s bound to end bad. That never stopped me though so let’s go.

I’m not sure whether I like Marian Brook as protagonist so far to be honest. She’s nice but a little bit bland. I got this feeling based on that scene with Agnes and Oscar that she’s supposed to have the wow factor but… nah? I just don’t see this sort of charisma in her. 

However, I absolutely adore Larry Russell. He’s this golden retriever kind of character. I just want to hug him and hurt everyone who hurts him. I’m curious how he’ll manage to work with his father because he doesn’t have this ruthlessness in him to conduct the business in the same way. I expect some sort of existenatial crisis to happen when Larry gets more familiar with the world outside of ‘greenhouse’ he was raised in.

Love triangle is coming, right? Or maybe even love square so to speak.

Marian and Larry make almost too much sense for me. IMO they would be ideal end game. It’s not important that she is technically poor because his family is so damn rich that money are not an issue for them. If they end up together, her family would have to accept his family into society. It would be sort of win-win situation. She gets financial security, he gets status. Also, both of them seem to be too naïve for their own good. They think they know life but they don’t know shit. So I expect it to be used against them and cause all sort of drama.

I slightly dislike Tom Raikes. Please don’t @ me. I have no objective reason. It’s just a gut feeling that he will cause the drama mentioned above.

Another source of drama can and will be Bertha Russell. Maaaan, that promise to make everyone who rejects her regret it one day will cause lots of tears. And I fear that it’s the innocent ones who will be crying the most.

Speaking of innocent. Gladys Russell must be protected at all cost and I have a feeling she’ll need that.

Agnes van Rhijn is a mood. I really don’t want to make any comparisons with Downtown Abbey and bring up Dowager Countess of Grantham so I’ll just say this: Julian Fellowes sure does know how to write sassy characters. I love Agnes and how everyone seems to be terrified of her. I also appreciate that even though she’s The Bitch™, she is nice to Peggy and recognises her cleverness and talent.

Ada Brook is weird. She creeps me out. That’s it. I said it. I’m not sure whether it was intended or the acting is to blame here.

As much as I like watching glitter, glitz and petty fights, I’m really curious about Peggy Scott plotline. I think that there’s a lot of potential.

Also, Peggy’s mom saying ‘I’m your mother, I’m allowed to give you money’ is such heartwarming moment. It reminded me of my mom who gives me food so I don’t need to cook and my granny who puts money in my pocket and whispers that it’s for me to buy candies every time I visit her. Mothers being mothers no matter what era you live in.

I’m F1 fan so I couldn’t help myself giggling every time George Russell was mentioned.

Screw Bertha’s maid. Me and my homies hate her.

Was that corset comment truly necessary?!

As usual the visuals are gorgeous. I just love love looove watching period dramas and this one is an eye candy. I’m not an expert on historical costumes and I’m sure there are screw ups here and there but overall I think it does the job. It looks great to me. Although, jewellery occasionally looks kinda cheap.

Ahh that’s it. I think that I said everything that I wanted to. I’d like to chat with others so pretty please share your thoughts about the show.

Have a nice day ☺️

[ladyofpembroke]

So after this week’s episode of the gilded age and watching next week’s promo (and Agnes’ comment about Tom won’t need Marian soon) here’s what I’m thinking about how Tom/Marian will work out:

-Marian will continue to ignore the red flags about Tom

-she might accept his proposal

-she will find out he’s been similarly been using other women (like the woman at the opera) to advance his social position and breaks it off OR he breaks off the engagement after getting a better “yes” from another woman

-Marian becomes socially damaged by the scandal of a broken engagement/rumors about ‘how far they went’

-we enter season 2 or 3 with Marian’s position reversed from when she entered society, she struggles to repair her reputation

-we may see the Russells remembering her accepting them when they were on the outs OR Bertha reluctantly shunning her because her position still isn’t solid yet while Larry and Gladys still stick up for her

-enter Larry/Marian romance

[zofixnrique]

the names of the main cast of The Gilded Age shown in the opening credits

[prettydollshai]

The gilded age

I liked the first episode. I'm excited to see where we go from here but most of all I'm excited about the character Peggy Scott. A black woman in the 1800s that is an aspiring writer. That's legendary for a period drama.

* I feel like Peggy's father is rich. He comes off as controlling over his daughter's life. It would be really cool if Peggy is richer than the other characters(hopeful).

* I want to know what type of novel Peggy is trying to write. It could be important later?

* I wonder if she will get a romance? I want her to have one with Larry Russell. Though he'll probably have a cliche romance with Marian. I just think it would be more interesting if it was with Peggy since the Russells are already outcasts. That type of relationship would be talked about.

* Peggy's relationship with Marian is very strong. Hopefully they become ride or die. I love the Sisterly bond trope.

*Peggy's costumes are so cute!!

* I wonder if Peggy has any siblings? She's so secretive about her life. I hope we get a flashback scene or just a scene at her school.

Let's Get This Fandom Going!

[enchantedalyse]

The Gilded Age

The fact that Marian told Larry about her secret engagement to Tom, but we didn’t get to see the scene was an absolute crime. Just imagine all the emotions and angst we could have had! Marian and Larry just got crumbs this season. With the scene in episode one, where Larry had Marian promise they would be friends no matter the drama between his parents and her aunts, I expected to actually see more of this friendship on screen. Although her telling him about the secret engagement definitely showed that she trusted him. Hopefully they will get more scenes together in season two. Also they better end up together, I’ve been rooting for them from the beginning!

[emmachillbert]

I hate him