#mr barrow

[barrowing]

#thomas barrow #Mr barrow #downton abbey #my stuff #it’s!! not the best but I wanted to draw him !! #it looks dull compared to the original but idk how to fix that yet lol

[hats-and-lamps]

<<DA2 Spoilers>>

Been rewatching Thomas and Richard's scenes from DA1, and a bit of dialogue stuck out to me. Then it all clicked.

After the police station rescue, Thomas says, "I'm not sure I've shown enough gratitude for what you did," and it hit me like a bus. He was expecting Richard to now hold this rescue over him as a way to control him or get favors. He was waiting for Richard to claim this "gratitude." Looking back over the show, whenever Thomas was close to someone, it was always because that person was using him in some way: the Duke, especially O'Brian—I'm blanking on the others—But whenever anyone did something nice for him, he always thought that kindness was done for the sole purpose of building his debt to that person.

All through his scenes with O'Brian, it was always a, "do this thing for me, and I'll help you out here, so you can later help me out there." There was always a tally of who's done what for who. They would help each other out but only so they could hold that favor over the other's head. It was a toxic relationship that Thomas always seemed to get the wrong end of. Then into season three with Jimmy, Thomas didn't even dare ask for Jimmy's friendship until he had gotten himself beat up for the kid. He was physically beaten for Jimmy and only then did he feel comfortable reaching out for that friendship.

When Thomas met Andy, he kept trying to do favors for him in hopes that he'd get his friendship too. But it was always because Thomas was doing something for Andy. This is literally the only way the poor man knows how to make friends!!  Later with Baxter, he couldn't understand why she was helping him after he had been so mean to her. It just didn't register in his little traumatized brain. He pushed her away until he finally had to accept that she was genuinely being kind to him, and that was a behavior people could have towards him.

Jumping back to DA1, Thomas meets this really nice fellow who's fun to hang out with then bam! now Thomas is in his debt because of the police station thing. The pattern is already laid out in Thomas's mind: this man only did this so he can get something from Thomas in the future or use him. Thomas is uneasy, knowing Richard is going to hold it over him now, but then he just doesn't. Thomas is waiting for the, "oh yes, actually I'll be expecting favors from you in the future, because you are in my debt. I OWN you because I helped you." But instead, Richard just dismisses the whole thing with his, "we have to stick together, men like us." It's so cute seeing Thomas's mindset go from, "oh no, what do I have to do to be even with him again," to, "oh, oh wait, he doesn't want anything in return??? We're really just two blokes having a conversation??? Have I just made a FRIEND?!" And he needs that. so much.

...

Then I got hit over the head with Thomas's plot in DA2. Thomas gets whisked off to Hollywood so he can live a free and glamorous life. Sounds great on paper, but looking at the deal he was given, it was just that: a deal... His whole life was filled with relationships built on propositions. Relationships based on,"here, do all this for me then we'll see about what I can do for you." It makes me sick. Thomas is right back to where he was before. And he walks right into it, because that's what he's been conditioned to expect from friendly people. They always want something from him and every nice little thing they do comes with a price. He's so used to it, that it doesn't even stand out to him anymore. This is the environment he knows. Of course he runs right back into it as soon as his heart is broken. Why should he believe in people anymore, or unconditional love?

#thomas barrow #downton abby #downton #da1 #da2 #richard ellis #mr barrow #can jf please stop using thomas as the punching bag of da??? #can thomas have something nice without having to be punched in the face first?? #can thomas finally heal from his trauma??? #he had a perfect ending in da1 can jf please stop uprooting him??? #i scream into the void

[panic-in-the-multiverse]

Important question

Did Thomas Barrow ever see homosexuality between two men get legal in England, like did he ever get lo live in a time where he didn’t need to hide

Bc I don’t know how old he is in the Downton series so idk can someone answer this pls

#thomas barrow downton abbey #Downton Abbey #Thomas Barrow #mr.barrow #thomas barrow my beloved #Thomas barrow and homosexual history #homosexual history #gay history #mr barrow

[queenmelancholy]

Everyone’s reaction when they thought Thomas was leaving:

To them at Downton, Thomas is really a son, a brother, and a father.

#😭😭😭 #they are his family #Daisy’s expression actually got me the most #lost and sad #downton wouldn’t be the same without thomas #downton abbey #s6e9 #thomas barrow #rob james-collier #robert james collier #favourite tv character #robert crawley #mary crawley #george crawley #mr carson #mrs hughes #john bates #phyllis baxter #anna bates #beryl patmore #daisy mason

[downtonabbeysferalhousewife]

Thomas when he sees Stowell being rude to Branson:

#downton abbey #thomas barrow #tom branson #I wouldn’t mind taking him down a peg or two #Mr barrow usually has a card or two up his sleeve

[elorrabean]

Downton Abbey and Onion Headlines: Downstairs Edition

#downton abbey #downton downstairs #workplace humor #the onion #onion headlines #daisy mason #mrs hughes #alfred nugent #jimmy kent #joseph molesley #mrs patmore #andy parker #thomas barrow

[cottoncandiescupcakes]

Why was Thomas Barrow treated like a leper for being gay when the Earl of Grantham OPENLY ADMITTED to having several gay experiences at school and Carson was literally in a circus act with another dude called the Gay Charlies or whatever

???

#downton abbey #thomas barrow #robert crawley #mr carson #downton

[t0yearnf0r]

Again watching downton abbey and I hope I’m not the only one who thinks Mrs Hughes has like a kind of motherly relationship with Thomas?? She’s kind of strict sometimes, but she never seems to *hate* him. I think that’s quite nice to be honest.

#downton abbey #downton #thomas barrow #elsie hughes #mrs hughes #julian fellowes

[thief-of-eggs]

Nothing, and I mean nothing could have prepared me to hear Jeremy fucking Jordan voicing Lucifer.

#LIKE THIS IS MR JACK KELLY MR CLYDE BARROW MR VARIAN !!!! AND HES IN THIS SHOW TOO??? OH MY GODDDD #WHAT THE FUCKKK #the musical theater kid in me is going WILD #and the tangled series fan in me #jeremy jordan #hazbin hotel #varian

[downton-bridgerton]

DOWNTON ABBEY + Barbie Posters (2/3)

#downton abbey: a new era #downton abbey #downtonabbeyedit #downtonedit #matthew crawley #henry talbot #bertie pelham #tom branson #lucy branson #mr. carson #charles carson #mrs. hughes #elsie hughes #thomas barrow #miss baxter #phyllis baxter #perioddramaedit #periodedit #perioddramasource #perioddramacentral #tvfilmsource #cinemapix #my post #*edits

[polikszena]

Downton Abbey: A New Era - Behind the Lens Episode 3 (Part 2)

#downton abbey #jack barber #tom branson #lucy smith #andy parker #george crawley #sybbie branson #teo #guy dexter #daisy mason #mrs patmore #mr molesley #edith crawley #mr carson #marquis of montmirail #mrs hughes #mary crawley #thomas barrow #caroline talbot #myrna dalgleish #photoshop misadventures #though some people pronounce it jif #hugh dancy #allen leech #tuppence middleton #michael fox #fifi hart #dominic west #sophie mcshera

[acewithobsessions]

I've been laughing the past 5 minutes because

THIS WANTS TO SAVE TO MY DOWNTON BOARD ON PINTEREST

Been borderline crying thinking about what if this was how Thomas met O'Brien, like "oh she's cool how can I get her attention.........makeup ✨"

#Carson: Mr barrow #with respect #what is on your face #Thomas: *bats his eyelashes* it's called mascara sir #thomas barrow #Downton abbey #Sarah O'Brien

[papa-evershed]

THOMAS BARROW | DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA

spoiler alert: he’s very fortunate.

#rob james-collier #phyllis logan #dominic west #thomas barrow #elsie hughes #mrs. hughes #downton abbey #downton abbey: a new era #downtonedit #thomasbarrowedit #downton abbey spoilers #da2 spoilers #larry don't look #mine #why is every scene with him and guy in such poor lighting or bad angles 🙃 #be free baby boy

[kierancaz]

Rewatching the first ep of downton abbey before I start the final season and there was soooo much that I missed. The little seeds planets so early on between Anna and Mr. Bates. The great introduction to literally every person but specifically everyone upstairs and also a great introduction into all of the important relationships and the main plots.

Like I’m sure that none of this is new information but it’s just all stuff that I spotted just like half way through the episode.

#this show is so good but that’s not news to anyone #downton abbey #mary crawley #matthew crawley #sybil branson #edith pelham #john bates #anna bates #thomas barrow #tom branson #mr carson #cora crawley #sybil crawley #anna smith #daisy mason #mrs hughes #violet crawley #robert crawley #lord grantham #lady grantham #isobel crawley

[downtonabbeysferalhousewife]

All the kind, maternal women in Thomas Barrow’s life: offering support and practical solutions

Thomas:

#thomas barrow #downton abbey #he’s just like me fr #mrs hughes #anna bates #phyllis baxter

[polovision]

this is the only thing happening in my head right now

#thomas barrow #downton abbey #mr bates come out to play