11:26 am - 12/12/2012
Stunning queen of love and beauty invites you into this picture post.
Flopbert wearing a dinner jacket and staring into your soul.
Queen Cora getting on a train? Or getting off of a train? IDK. THERE IS A TRAIN IN THE BACKGROUND, OK?
Bates hanging around on a train platform partially obscured by the steam from the train? Whatever. Mary totally did it better in series 2.
Robert is also trying to recreate the stunning beauty of Mary standing the steam at a train station from series 2. It's not working out for him.
Here comes the queen to show everyone how standing in train stations should be done. lol. Actually the reason I am posting this is because of the background. I am pretty sure that is Tom with Isis? LMAO. So Tom either brought Isis to the train station to say goodbye to Robert or to welcome him home. ISIS IS ROBERT'S FAVORITE CHILD. Also, Isis is like a billion years old at this point. She is immortal.
I'm posting these three pictures together because the backgrounds make me think they might be taken in the same place??? But the background also doesn't look like Downton? IDK IDK. Matthew looks kinda ridiculous in his picture. Edna looks fierce. Tom is looking good.
Matthew looks Very Serious about something. idk.
I don't think we've seen the full length version of this shot yet so I'm posting it. Also I am super interested in that neckline detail that is peeking out behind Mary's coat. I want to see the whole outfit!
Walk, walk. Fashion, baby.
Matthew squinting into the sun?
Edith posing with a car, again.
If I'm being honest, I'm just posting this because Branson's face is making me lol.
Mrs. Hughes is also a bit bewildered by Branson's face. (Or more likely she spots Mrs. Patmore's suitor or something.)
Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Patmore smiling and being cute and stuff.
"I'm not a model. The camera just went off."
The enigmatic Shrimpie. (Imma be so mad if we don't find out the origin of that nickname.)
Love the coat. Not too fond of the hat.
Oh look! Edith gets to pose with people this time and not cars! Also judging from the outfits + the fact that it is outdoors, I think this is a shooting lunch? WHERE'S MARY THO? I WANT TO SEE HER OUTFIT!
Idk what is up with Flopbert's face in this picture.
Lady Grantham and her stylin' hat.
Cora!!!
Oh. It looks like her flop of a husband came along too. Whatevs. I'm mostly focused on Mary and Matthew in the background of these pics.
OH LOOK! THE BACK OF MARY AND MATTHEW! And the front of some other people.
Shrimpie clutches at his heart when he comes face to face with Cora's perfection.
Matthew standing on some steps? IDK. WHERE IS MARY? He's been clinging to Mary in like every shot of her. And now he abandons her to walk up the stairs by herself. The horror!
Lady Grantham looking grumpy.
Matthew looking constipated? IDK.
Another shot of Shrimpie for good measure.
Rose, Shrimpie and Robert at the shoot, I guess.
source 1 and source 2
P.S. Are we ever going to get a press pack for the Christmas special?
A Lot More Promo Pics from Downton Abbey's 2012 Christmas Special
Stunning queen of love and beauty invites you into this picture post.
Flopbert wearing a dinner jacket and staring into your soul.
Queen Cora getting on a train? Or getting off of a train? IDK. THERE IS A TRAIN IN THE BACKGROUND, OK?
Bates hanging around on a train platform partially obscured by the steam from the train? Whatever. Mary totally did it better in series 2.
Robert is also trying to recreate the stunning beauty of Mary standing the steam at a train station from series 2. It's not working out for him.
Here comes the queen to show everyone how standing in train stations should be done. lol. Actually the reason I am posting this is because of the background. I am pretty sure that is Tom with Isis? LMAO. So Tom either brought Isis to the train station to say goodbye to Robert or to welcome him home. ISIS IS ROBERT'S FAVORITE CHILD. Also, Isis is like a billion years old at this point. She is immortal.
I'm posting these three pictures together because the backgrounds make me think they might be taken in the same place??? But the background also doesn't look like Downton? IDK IDK. Matthew looks kinda ridiculous in his picture. Edna looks fierce. Tom is looking good.
Matthew looks Very Serious about something. idk.
I don't think we've seen the full length version of this shot yet so I'm posting it. Also I am super interested in that neckline detail that is peeking out behind Mary's coat. I want to see the whole outfit!
Walk, walk. Fashion, baby.
Matthew squinting into the sun?
Edith posing with a car, again.
If I'm being honest, I'm just posting this because Branson's face is making me lol.
Mrs. Hughes is also a bit bewildered by Branson's face. (Or more likely she spots Mrs. Patmore's suitor or something.)
Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Patmore smiling and being cute and stuff.
"I'm not a model. The camera just went off."
The enigmatic Shrimpie. (Imma be so mad if we don't find out the origin of that nickname.)
Love the coat. Not too fond of the hat.
Oh look! Edith gets to pose with people this time and not cars! Also judging from the outfits + the fact that it is outdoors, I think this is a shooting lunch? WHERE'S MARY THO? I WANT TO SEE HER OUTFIT!
Idk what is up with Flopbert's face in this picture.
Lady Grantham and her stylin' hat.
Cora!!!
Oh. It looks like her flop of a husband came along too. Whatevs. I'm mostly focused on Mary and Matthew in the background of these pics.
OH LOOK! THE BACK OF MARY AND MATTHEW! And the front of some other people.
Shrimpie clutches at his heart when he comes face to face with Cora's perfection.
Matthew standing on some steps? IDK. WHERE IS MARY? He's been clinging to Mary in like every shot of her. And now he abandons her to walk up the stairs by herself. The horror!
Lady Grantham looking grumpy.
Matthew looking constipated? IDK.
Another shot of Shrimpie for good measure.
Rose, Shrimpie and Robert at the shoot, I guess.
source 1 and source 2
P.S. Are we ever going to get a press pack for the Christmas special?
this show has disappointed me a lot but i still love it. plz don't let me down christmas special
All bow down to kween Mary, etc.
It's like he stole Stoven's handsome
As my love for Stovens decreases, my love for Allen grows stronger
But OP, the queen of of Love and Beauty is Sailor Venus. She even has an attack with Love and Beauty.
forever weeping.
I don't even want to watch the CS because of all the anxiety I'm feeling.
UUUUGH.
But then maybe I'm freaking out over nothing.
Because he's not confirmed if he's staying or going, my mind is assuming the worst and I'm imagining a lot of scenarios where Matthew dies and my princess Mary is heartbroken.
M/M baby
BF for Thomas
Happy spinsterdom for Edith
Death for Robert
Bates being hanged for Vera's murder. I WANT TO BELIEVE, even though he was let out
Anna being a good person again
Tom being more of a radical
Can Cora's mom come back and date Violet?
Idk. Mary is obviously the queen of my heart. And then there is Cora and Edith and Thomas. But idk who rounds out the top 5.
I have been so thankful to see Mary going against Robert this season, because it has always frustrated me that she puts him on such a high pedestal and yet treats her mother so carelessly because she's "American" and has different values. I understand her perspective, but to a degree it's also just hard to watch.
She's still a great character, but I don't always know how I feel.
I think Mary is a bit like Cersei in a lot of ways (well, except Mary is nicer and hasn't killed anyone). But like in the way that both Mary and Cersei recognize the unfairness of their situation that stems from how their society treats women and they are angry about it. But they also aren't actively trying to overturn the system.
I agree, but I feel like with Cersei she participates less in the bullshit. Mary, while she hates the entail seems to have no other problems with her society, but that's just my opinion.
Now that you mention how old Isis is, if they need a death scene next season, we know who is getting it.
Although we do have a family friend who does it with their kids' hamster, it's going to be a bit scarring when they get older.
here for allen. he looks good.
I would link you, but tumblr is down, so I can't find where it is rn.
I'll make a post here on ONTD when the trailer finds its way to youtube.
ThNknyou for bringing Downton to ONTD, where I can find it.
But if someone whips out a hot pink opera jacket in a couple of years... That would become my new favorite. Especially if it looks like one I saw on ebay four years ago that was being (not) sold for something like $10k. I still think about that jacket every day. :(
Edited at 2012-12-13 02:03 am (UTC)
what is my life though, home in the middle of the day watching The View