#tga spoilers

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

George to Gladys: I will let Oscar down gently

George to Oscar: Get fucked, Mr. Van Rhijn

#The Gilded Age #The Gilded Age Spoilers #TGA Spoilers #Ah yes George darling. So gentle. #Gilded Age Spoilers

[laurabenanti]

LAURA BENANTI as SUSAN BLANE 02.02 - some sort of trick

#thegildedageedit #tvedit #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #femalegifsource #userladies #singinprincess #userairi #usertina #userbarrow #userhella #userrobin #uservalentina #userhollywood #userbuckleys #💛 #c*elb #susan blane #fuck idk if it's blane or blaine or bane or #tga spoilers #c*

[servants-hall]

The Gilded Age, 2x08

#the gilded age #tga s2 #tga spoilers #marian brook #jack trotter #larry russell

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

can’t believe oscar wilde is here picking up on all the gay vibes but i can’t even enjoy it because THE PARENTS ARE FIGHTING 😭

#this episode is absolutely wild(e) for me #IF BERTHA CRIES I CRY #dollsome's deep thoughts #the gilded age #the gilded age spoilers #tga spoilers

[likehandlingroses]

can I say it now: we can’t let that man get married he doesn’t have the constitution for it

#I just don’t think he can do it for real #tga spoilers #the gilded age spoilers

[malspinningyarns]

Larry, don’t sleep with your clients. This can only blow up in your face.

Like, sleep with older women, fine. Just don’t sleep with people who will owe you money.

#the gilded age spoilers #the gilded age #tga spoilers #larry russell

[goodthingscomeinthrees]

george russell i will no longer be time travelling to the 1880s to whack you, you're (temporarily) safe

#the gilded age #george russell #bertha russell #bertha x george #tga spoilers #the gilded age spoilers #2.04 was SO MANY THINGS #i just kept muttering holy shit over and over #IN A CHURCH #the DINNER #ENID #that last scene is what dreams are madeeeeee of

[bookwormchocaholic]

Okay, I've only seen episode one of The Gilded Age Season Two... but hasn't Peggy suffered enough?!?!?!

#peggy scott #the gilded age #tga spoilers #period drama

[dnickels]

Intertextual but somehow the text is House MD

#the gilded age spoilers #kind of #tga spoilers

[veronicaleighauthor]

Embracing My Inner Marian Brook

SPOILER ALERT!!!

First of all, Praise Jesus, we’re getting a Season 3 for “The Gilded Age!”

::WARNING:: ::THIS IS A LONG RAMBLING POST::

::sighs::

I can’t believe Season 2 of “The Gilded Age” is over. Why did we get nine episodes in Season 1, but only eight in Season 2?!?!?! Not that another episode would have been enough for me. The costumes, the snobbery, the grandeur, the upstairs/downstairs relations – I love it all. It may even surpass my love for “Downton Abbey.” I think it’s because I’m American and this is based in America, and we just don’t have the period dramas that Britain has. We had “Mercy Street” for only two seasons – I’m still not over the cancelation of that show. Anyway, I can easily get lost in the show’s world, even though my ancestors of that era were farmers, laborers, and factory workers in the Midwest. There’s a derogatory comment made in Season 1, that in the past, Bertha Russell dug her own potatoes before she married George and they made their fortune. My people would be closer to that than anyone else on the show.

Last season, I was really drawn to Peggy Scott’s character. I still adore her, but during my rewatch of season one and watching this season, I’ve realized something. My personality is closer to Marian Brook’s. According to a Myer-Brigg’s personality test, I’m an INFJ-T and though I’ve searched around on line, I found only one site that claimed Marian was an INFP. We’re not twins, but I really feel I’m closer to her in personality than I am with any other character on the show. Except maybe Gladys Russell. I might be similar to Gladys…Poor girl.

We’re introduced to Marian Brook in Season 1 when her father dies and she learns she’s left with nothing. Her world is turned upside down. She receives a letter from her Aunt Ada in New York; it contains a train ticket and encouragement to come live with her and her older sister, Agnes van Rhijn. Marian accepts, arrives in the city with Peggy Scott who helps her on the journey, and she is thrust into New York society. Since Agnes married into an Old Money family, Marian is considered part of that family by connection. She makes friends with the Russell siblings across the street, who are New Money! She is also friendly with Mrs. Chamberlain, who broke the rules and is ostracized. ::gasps:: As she navigates society, an attorney friend from her hometown in Pennsylvania, Tom Raikes (who lives up to his surname) shows up and much to Agnes’ disapproval, he pursues Marian. She is persuaded to believe she is in love, and maybe in a sense she was. Maybe it was a first love kind of thing. The audience, and Aunt Agnes especially, knows something isn’t quite right. Tom proposes, Marian accepts, and an elopement is planned and attempted…Well, Marian follows through with the plan, Tom fails to show up and later dares to show his face at Mrs. Russell’s ball. ::boo, hiss, boo:: Marian is brokenhearted, but she’s young and resourceful, she will heal.

Season 2 opens and as the Opera War is being waged, we discover that Tom Raikes is newly married and though Marian is a little affected, she is moving on. She has taken a position teaching water colors painting at a school. ::gasps:: Aunt Agnes is horrified. No one from an Old Money family works. It’s not done, it’s not genteel. While Marian loves her life in New York and the society she belongs to, she finds purpose in teaching her class. It eventually involves into teaching other pupils how to read and write. Just when she finds her place in the world, a cousin of hers (or is it a nephew) by marriage, Dashiell Montgomery arrives on the scene. Newly widowed and the father of a daughter, he soon sets his sights on Marian as a prospective second wife. Marian appreciates his company and likes him and his daughter (despite them insulting her by saying “she’s not a real teacher” and making an off-handed comment that the poor people can wait to learn to read, her attendance at this fancy gathering is necessary). Dashiell is…not a bad man, and in Aunt Agnes’ eyes, he’s a good catch. I have a hard time getting past the Tsar Nicholas II beard that he sports (I swear, whenever he was on the scene, all I could think of was Tsar Nicholas II). But when he puts Marian on the spot by proposing to her in public, to be kind and show compassion to his daughter who desires the match, she accepts…

When the van Rhijn’s encounter financial troubles, I feared Marian would be pressured to continue with the engagement. Thankfully, she waited for a private moment to part ways with him. Aunt Agnes reminds Marian she must be careful – her reputation has taken two hits, society won’t accept a third. But she is free. Free to teach, to help with social causes, to perhaps find love with the Russell boy.

The internet seems divided about Marian’s personality type. One site claims she is a INFP and that’s close to what I am. In my recent binges of the show, I have seen parallels between our personalities. She seems more traditional at first, relying first upon her father and then Aunt Agnes for support. She and Peggy Scott befriend and support one another, yet it is not without some troubles. Though Marian believes all people are created equal and treats them as such, she originally thinks Peggy is poor and calls on her at the Scott family home bringing a “charity bag.” Thankfully their falling out only lasts an episode or two. We are horrified when she misses the racism Peggy faces at a shop she likes to buy from. A well-meaning person, she misjudges Tom Raikes. The audience can see he’s more in love with New York society than he is Marian herself. This nearly leads her into scandal. When Dashiell obviously begins to pursue her, rather than bluntly dissuade him, she permits his attentions because he does some kind things and he’s closely connected to her aunts. For me, that one hits close to home. Marian is nice, but when compared with the more dynamic Bertha Russell or force of nature Agnes van Rhijn, she doesn’t stand out.

A Collider article criticizes her for being the “least interesting character.” I initially overlooked her too. Maybe it was my acceptance of that I’m closer to Fanny Price of “Mansfield Park” than say Elizabeth Bennet of “Pride and Prejudice,” encouraged me to give Marian Brook of “The Gilded Age” a second look. Marian is more introverted; she often has her nose in complicated books like Henry James’ “The Portrait of a Lady” and she doesn’t make waves until she really has to. She enjoys fashion and pretty things, wishing for a fancy fan, that Bertha later gifts her. When pressed, she will stand her ground and fight for herself and others. The criticisms she’s received from articles and online comments, reminds me of the criticisms I received over the years. That I was too shy, not outgoing enough, that I rarely talked, that I could be a Miss Priss. I don’t always have the best judgment about people and I can be swayed into doing what others wish. I prefer to handle things privately.

You know what, there’s nothing wrong with being shy, introverted, reserved, traditional, etc, etc. Shy girls deserve a place in the narrative too. Marian Brook is this “least interesting” girl’s favorite character. I can’t wait to see what Season 3 has in store for her. ::sighs:: 2024 is going to be a long year.

Who is your favorite character from “The Gilded Age?”

#the gilded age #period drama #marian brook #tga spoilers

[tgabingo]

THE GILDED AGE Season 2 Bingo

2.03 - Head to Head

The bingo recap for 2.03 - Head to Head has been posted!

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#the gilded age #the gilded age hbo #the gilded age bingo #the gilded age spoilers #tga spoilers #tgabingo #period drama

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

I need Larry Russell biblically and not enough people talk about him. His dark, curly hair??? His sweet smile??? I’m SCREAMING.

I think many of us are more focused on his da- *ahem* father

But Larry is a dear. He reminds me of an 1880s Jonas Brother. I don't know why. He'a just got the look.

I think he came off as very golly-gee-wilikers during the first season, but I think his affair with Mrs. Blaine will shift that a bit

#asks #replies #anon #The Gilded Age #The Gilded Age Spoilers #TGA spoilers #TGA #Larry Russell

[laurabenanti]

Susan Blane and Larry Russell in The Gilded Age, 2x03

#thegildedageedit #tvedit #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #singinprincess #sophiedevreaux #userairi #usertina #userbarrow #userrobin #uservalentina #userhollywood #💛 #c*elb #susan blane #larry russell #hbo subtly reminding me that this show is in fact on hbo #tga spoilers #c*

[servants-hall]

The Gilded Age 2x03

#the gilded age #tga s2 #tga spoilers #bertha russell #george russell #mr. watson #jack trotter #adelheid weber #mrs. bruce #marian brook #peggy scott #agnes van rhijn #dorothy scott #larry russell #susan blane #dashiell montgomery #aurora fane #ada brook

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

now uncle luke is chilling with my forever baby girl lavinia swire at the great 'julian fellowes has a fever and the only prescription is more poorly paced melodrama' heavenly tea party in the sky

#and like 8 million other downton characters #but you know who's forever my no. 1!!!!!!! #(or at least you know if you were around when this blog was founded 12 unholy years ago) #anyway idk why it's a tea party i just think they'd have a nice time 🫖 #dollsome's deep thoughts #the gilded age #downton abbey #tga spoilers #the gilded age spoilers

[likehandlingroses]

Oscar Wilde calling Oscar OUT- “that is a weasel word” get himmmmm

#not his favorite kind of word!! #tga spoilers #the gilded age spoilers