#violet todd

[bonobochick]

Every once in a while I recall the outrage from some Grantchester viewers that Sidney's S4 happily ever after exit from the show was with a Black woman. It shouldn't've been a surprise after ep 1x05 yet long, angry posts and pearl clutching happened anyway.

[vicarshands]

Okay so I decided to start counting hugs because why not.

Also this was too damn cute to not include.

Sidney Chambers and Violet Todd, Series 4, Episode 1

[jamesginortonblog]

This isn't your world, I know that. But it's not mine any more, either, not without you. I'll come with you.

James Norton and Simona Brown as Sidney Chambers and Violet Todd in Grantchester season 4 ep. 2

[unswerving-dysfunctional-loyalty]

Geordie, every time Sidney gets into yet another angsty, guilt-ridden romantic entanglement:

[nocontextperioddrama]

[vicarshands]

Always the Gentleman Vicar.

Sidney Chambers and Violet Todd, Series 4, Episode 2.

[vicarshands]

Umm, Sidney I think this is beyond your pastoral duties— comforting an attractive single woman at night whilst you are both wearing night clothes.

Sidney and Violet Todd.

Series 4, Episode 1

[jamesginortonblog]

"The concept of happiness perhaps has no subject. It exists outside ourselves, unrelated to any specific human being." "Then why do we all want to have it?" "Because we are human." "And therefore we suffer." "Yes, Geordie" (James Runcie, Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil)

James Norton as Sidney Chambers in Grantchester, seasons 1-4