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Trust Us, It's Not Just The Accents: Our Favorite Cravat-Wearing Brits




Listen, you don’t need to be a 40-year-old kookaburra Cat Lady to appreciate a good British period piece. I mean, I’m sure it helps if you’re someone who enjoys knitting with cat hair, but it’s not necessary. A good bookishness does come in handy, though — an appreciation for Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte and the like, for the clothes and the manners, for the longing looks and broken hearts. Even the most cynical among viewers can’t help but swoon, no doubt thanks to the plethora of British actors who have starred in one or more of the TV miniseries or film adaptations around, several of them on Netflix Instant for your guilty pleasure.

So, on this cold, three-day weekend, part of which you’re sure to be nursing a hangover, curl up with these delicious suitors and imagine untying their cravats.


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unapologetic 31st-Dec-2011 01:16 am (UTC)
omg the things i want to do to rupert in persuasion.
qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 01:20 am (UTC)
lol i was channel flicking one time and ran across this god awful Catherine Cookson mini-series with Ray Stevenson in it.



i was like "HOLY SHIT TITUS PULLO IS THAT YOU?"

and then i ugly laughed for about half an hour

Edited at 2011-12-31 01:21 am (UTC)
loony_moony 31st-Dec-2011 01:25 am (UTC)
WAIT WHAT. THAT IS TITUS PULLO?

...he's hotter now. *hides*
qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 01:46 am (UTC)
factually correct statement

lay_of_luthien 31st-Dec-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
LOL. Much better aged.
kira_may 31st-Dec-2011 02:59 am (UTC)
Ray Stevenson can do no wrong. The end.
squirtodile 31st-Dec-2011 01:25 am (UTC)
Holy damn there's a lot of Austen on this list. I like it.

Fassbender was just UNF UNF UNF as Rochester. And I liked the way Macfayden played Darcy but he definitely didn't do anything looks wise for me. Idek how I feel about that movie tbh.

Also, HEATHCLIFF IS NOT WHITE!!!!
alzzers 31st-Dec-2011 01:57 am (UTC)
I read Wuthering Heights so long ago...do they clearly say what ethnicity Heathcliff is? I pictured him dark, or swarthy, but not necessarily "not white", if that makes sense.
squirtodile 31st-Dec-2011 03:00 am (UTC)
No I don't believe she does but I do remember him being described as dark skinned fairly often. (tbh it's been a while since I read it too) And yeah, that does make sense. He was a gypsy child after all, he could have been eastern European...but I always imagined him part black or something.
johnjie 31st-Dec-2011 06:03 am (UTC)
Well, Cathy did call him 'an Indian prince' at one point...
sorya86 31st-Dec-2011 01:28 am (UTC)
So much pretty in this post.
qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 01:37 am (UTC)
i am signing out of this post because according to hubs we have to go and do shit and be functioning adults (overrated, tbh) so imma gonna just leave this here....

qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 01:38 am (UTC)
whoops that's huge. oh well. no regrets.
kira_may 31st-Dec-2011 03:00 am (UTC)
Is this where I make the joke about what exactly is huge that we're not regretting? Either way, Sharpe for the win.
lucythedragon 31st-Dec-2011 01:45 am (UTC)
Bless you for this picture.
unapologetic 31st-Dec-2011 01:49 am (UTC)
should be bigger imo.
lalikitita 31st-Dec-2011 02:15 am (UTC)
Thank you for this.
squirtodile 31st-Dec-2011 03:01 am (UTC)
Damn Sean Bean, daaaaaaamn.
gary_sinise_fan 31st-Dec-2011 03:10 am (UTC)
Hellooooooo
jiggawha 31st-Dec-2011 01:55 am (UTC)
FLAWLESS! Single-handedly made my 2011 suck slightly less, tbh.
lay_of_luthien 31st-Dec-2011 02:14 am (UTC)
Ive seen only some of these so thanks to this list I'm off to start downloading.
slagathor42 31st-Dec-2011 02:17 am (UTC)
I want to have sex with this post and have its beautiful period-piece babies.
fourteller 31st-Dec-2011 12:53 pm (UTC)
A+ comment.
qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 02:21 am (UTC)
i said i was going but i'm back. because of reasons. and also...

lalikitita 31st-Dec-2011 02:57 am (UTC)
HOW COULD WE FORGET ABOUT HIM?!
kira_may 31st-Dec-2011 05:24 am (UTC)
Damn, I couldn't find any good ones of David O'Hara. And I'd make jokes about Henry's big long sword, but...I'm sure your mind has already taken that about as far as it can go.

Still, I feel that my icon is appropriate.
winter_lace 31st-Dec-2011 02:25 am (UTC)
I fucking adore the forsyte saga
ides_of_smarch 31st-Dec-2011 02:34 am (UTC)
Post of the decade. Brit actors in period dramas are soooo hot. <3
ides_of_smarch 31st-Dec-2011 02:37 am (UTC)
I'd also add Henry Cavill, Hans Matheson, and JRM.
lexia269 31st-Dec-2011 02:55 am (UTC)
Agree with Firth, RPJ and McAvoy, but I always found the Rickman/Winslet pairing in S&S a bit weird, and don't even get me started on THAT version of P&P.
lalikitita 31st-Dec-2011 02:59 am (UTC)
I'm going to live here forever. I'm gonna make this thread my homepage and all...
qween_tartii 31st-Dec-2011 03:10 am (UTC)
lol i'm supposed to be getting ready to go out for NYE but i cannot tear myself away. what is my life, tbh.
lalikitita 31st-Dec-2011 03:16 am (UTC)
Don't worry honey, I'm supposed to be studying for my grad exam but I'm so comfortable here LOL
asherlev1 31st-Dec-2011 05:13 am (UTC)
GODDDDD. IF I DIED, THIS WOULD BE MY HEAVEN.

Can we joint-kidnap all the people in these post and create our own internet society of period drama lovers? Lolol, I just find myself ~agreeing with everything everyone is saying in here. No wank at all. Most other posts at ontd can be a landmine of things I never needed to read.
pastelstar 31st-Dec-2011 03:05 am (UTC)
McAvoy, Armitage, Fassbender and DAMIAN LEWIS THE GINGER GOD
gary_sinise_fan 31st-Dec-2011 03:11 am (UTC)
Good taste, imo
grammaire 31st-Dec-2011 03:30 am (UTC)
COLIN FIRTH, Alan Rickman and Ben Whishaw are sexy as fuck.
loony_moony 31st-Dec-2011 03:38 am (UTC)
IA with capslocking King Firth.
grammaire 31st-Dec-2011 06:33 am (UTC)
I kind of feel embarrassed about how much I am attracted to him, it's borderline weird!
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