All posts by SlayerNina

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SlayerNina·1/9/2018

I find strange that only Allen has to gain weight while the others are just the same... It would have been easier to just grow a moustache or something like that

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SlayerNina·1/8/2018

Movie confirmed: filming starting on summer 2018

express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/893319/downton-abbey-film-highclere-castle-maggie-smith-julian-fellowes-michelle-dockery

Downton Abbey FILM slated for summer 2018Express.co.uk

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SlayerNina·1/8/2018

He was filming other stuff that required high training or something like that

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SlayerNina·10/2/2017

They will made a special announcement in the Facebook page tomorrow... I wonder what could be...

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SlayerNina·3/14/2017 in News and Announcements

Downton Abbey Prequel

Fellowes was not finished with DA and there were rumours about an upcoming movie, but it seems it could be a prequel... Anyone can confirm this? Hollywood reporter Telegraph Dailymail.co.uk CBS News Pros: Cora as central character, young Violet in her young sassy days Contras: Fellowes' writing, not to see most of the actual characters (some of them weren't born) What do you think?

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SlayerNina·1/4/2017

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I Feel Sorry for Him Poor Jimmy left Downton Abbey I Will do it Sad for him leave . </div> Yes, we knew where everybody go except him :( I suppose he came back with Anthstruder, at least at the beginning

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SlayerNina·11/18/2016

To me, what it fails is all the characters around saying "they love each other" constantly. it felt forced. "Show, don't tell" is like the first rule to write something

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SlayerNina·11/11/2016

One of the big cues is Maggie Smith's presence. It has to pass time, but not enough to give us a 120 years old Violet. Unless, of course, that the main plot is Violet's death (murder or normal death, but it is a big thing, since she's a main character and the Queen of Sass). And big lol for Edith, I can totally see a scenario in which she gets more crap and goes Poor Edith Meme XD

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SlayerNina·11/4/2016

Downton Wars and Text Santa was like the actors/writers knew about fandom fantasies XD

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SlayerNina·10/30/2016

Actually, Molesley was the most surprising for me. At first he was just a random servant and then, he starts poping at Downton, until he was a full time. Then, I was giggling everytime he was onscreen, specially with Baxter and Daisy XD The only character who never have character development or anything at all was Cora. Shame, she was a good actress and a cinnamon roll too

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SlayerNina·10/27/2016

Long time ago I watched this post and thought: ey, Internet, surprise me!

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SlayerNina·10/27/2016

Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton holding a lightsaber was a gift from God Rob to the Internet

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SlayerNina·10/27/2016

Annnnnd even more rumours. Welcome to the hype train. http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/julian-fellowes-finishes-downton-abbey-script-1003965.html Conflict schedeules' actors could be a raisonable thing to destroy the possibility of a movie or to kill/write off a character. Suggestions?

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SlayerNina·10/27/2016

1. Thomas 2. Edith 3. O'Brien 4. The bunch of cinnamon rolls: Daisy, Mrs Patmore, Mrs Hughes, Anna, Isobel, Sybil, Molesley, Andy (not sure which one I like more, but they are all adorkable XD) 5. Violet.

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SlayerNina·10/15/2016

If she wanted him, why she said GTFO when they kiss? If she wanted him, why she said GTFO again in her room? Why he didn't stop after the first time? So yes, it's still rape or, at least, absence of consent, which is still a form of rape. Do you think she won't ruin her reputation anyway if she started to scream? The fact he was in her room is enough to ruin a woman's reputation back in those days, even they were fully dressed and not kissing when someone stormed in the room.

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SlayerNina·10/15/2016

So... "Keep insisting until she says yes, or until she doesn't say no"? That's f*cking rape and sexual assault! The absence of "no" doesn't mean "yes" or "I'm being difficult"! "She doesn't resist enough" is something used to victim blame rape victims and free rapists from jail...

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SlayerNina·10/15/2016

Actually, both of them could lose her reputations for a kiss. Even now, it's a thing. You didn't see in high school any slut shaming? Or in the media? Women get slut shaming for things men don't. Kemal Pamuk was raised as a British gentleman to deal with British gentlemen/ladies, so "another culture" is not an excuse here. If he knows what to do in a hunt or how to behave in a dinner, it's obvious he was raised on that matter too. Coming back to the subject of the post, it is assault if one of the involved, even if they have a loving relationship already going on, is uncouncious, drunk, drugged or sleep. Thomas is my fave, but I won't excuse his actions here ever. Was that so difficult just to wake up Jimmy before? I mean, even without the kiss, noone wants anyone in his room, watching you without being noticed, no matter what Twilight says it was "romantic"... Also, there's too the power dinamics overlooked here: Thomas is Jimmy's superior. Thomas doesn't really have much power in truth, but if he were the butler, for example, he just could fire Jimmy instantly if he refuses, which is something usually happens when you're harassed at work. Did Anna a chance (a woman, a maid) against Green (a man, a valet) or Thomas himself (a man, a footman) against the Duke (a man, a Duke)? They were really in a position to refuse? Jimmy has a good reason to want this silenced, even Carson said that (it was more for the family's reputation, though).

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SlayerNina·10/14/2016

Wrong. Ivy (and by extension Mrs Patmore, Mrs Hughes and Daisy) are upset when Jimmy made advances on her. And Mary gets upset with Kemal Pamuk too. They don't call it "assault" because of the mentality of the era, but it definitely counts as assasult and something not to do. And both Ivy and Mary were awake and kissing someone who knew and of the same social status than them, so definitevely Thomas assaulted Jimmy. On the other hand, it should be noted that Carson, Mrs Hughes, Bates and Lord Grantham outrightly slut-shamed and victim-blamed Jimmy, exactly like Anna did to herself with Green's thing.

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SlayerNina·10/7/2016

<div class="quote">98.234.216.5 wrote:
<div class="quote">SlayerNina wrote:
<div class="quote">98.234.216.5 wrote:
I am not so secretly glad that his new job comes at Carson's expense. I liked him in the beginning but he turned really nasty towards the end and I lost my sympathy for his situation and personality.</div>I was a Carson's fan, until last season. Suddenly, he changes from the "grumpy old values dad" to "sack hiiiiimmmmmmm!". Not just the way he treated Thomas, though that really bothered me, but what put me off also is how he treated Mrs. Hughes. That whole harassement over the cooking. I was thriled about the plan Mrs. Patmore and she came up with to show him. Those ladies rule! He became much more Machiavelli and much less benign dictoator in Season 6. I also do not tend to think of Thomas' approach Jimmy as sexual assault. He really believed it was mutual and the scene is actually quite tender. As soon as he noticed his mistake he backed off. Okay, one shouldn't approach ones colleagues in that manner while sleeping - ever, regardless of sexual orientation - but I think he really just didn't know how to do it right and with O'Brien egging him on ... Again, I hope for a movie and a decent lover for Thomas! Fingers crossed. </div>
</div> I totally understand how Carson behaves toward food and marriage. It was the 1920s! He maybe never think about the matter before. Sadly, most of the younger generations still think (consciously or not) that house management is a woman's duty and that women are inherently capable to cook, take children or clean, while men are just clumsy. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Patmore response to the incident, though hilarious, is the best way to act (they are teaching him, after all). In my book, kissing someone who is sleeping and unable to consent, lurking in his room at night is sexual assault, no matter if they had a previous consensual relationship or not. It's about time to cut all the "stolen kisses" crap. If someone's is attracted, is not an excuse to behave doing what you want.

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SlayerNina·10/7/2016

I didn't see Molesley as a mean spirit character ever. I don't think it was intended. I think it was more of "leave him a bit of space if he wanted" mixed with the whole mentality of "men/English don't have feelings". Most of the Thomas debacle was a mix with bad timiming in both Thomas' and the rest of the staff interactions.

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