Art: Fidelity and Sport [Downton Abbey]
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How much packing have I been doing in the last few days? None! I have been busy with something far more important: TV. Finished Downton Abbey (♥♥♥), about to get started on the rest of Sherlock, then Walking Dead, then um... I'm sure I'll find something else by then. WIFE CAN DO THE PACKING. Also, the estate agents are being an arse with our forms and have made it impossible to move before next week. Next week if we're lucky. Hrmph.
Anyway, all the way through Season 1 of Downton Abbey I was torn between shipping Lady Sybil/Gwen and Lady Sybil/Branson (it took me a while to figure out why Branson made my heart go ridiculously mushy despite his rather boring storyline: a chauffeur's uniform isn't the only uniform he looks adorable in), but then there was that hugging scene with all three of them in the final episode of the first season, and HELLO THERE NEW OT3. :D Reason why season 2 wasn't so great: no Gwen. :( Why anyone thought Matthew's penis difficulties were more interesting than more Gwen being awesome, I don't know. I went searching for fic and I found there was a grand total of 2 Gwen/Sybil/Branson fics on AO3 which made me very sad, so I had to cheer myself up with some fluffy fanart of the three.
This is basically an exercise in entirely shameless self-indulgence, so impertinent questions such as why Branson is wearing his heavy coat indoors, why Sybil's hair is up in a formal style while her dress is informal, why aren't they doing their reading in the library etc etc, are answered by BECAUSE LOOKING PRETTY IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN MAKING SENSE, OKAY?

(thank you to
demon_rum for the title! It is probably the most interesting title any of my art has ever had, because it was not thought up by me)

Now someone please take away my fingers before I draw the wild f/f adventures of the Dowager Countess' youth. TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME.
Anyway, all the way through Season 1 of Downton Abbey I was torn between shipping Lady Sybil/Gwen and Lady Sybil/Branson (it took me a while to figure out why Branson made my heart go ridiculously mushy despite his rather boring storyline: a chauffeur's uniform isn't the only uniform he looks adorable in), but then there was that hugging scene with all three of them in the final episode of the first season, and HELLO THERE NEW OT3. :D Reason why season 2 wasn't so great: no Gwen. :( Why anyone thought Matthew's penis difficulties were more interesting than more Gwen being awesome, I don't know. I went searching for fic and I found there was a grand total of 2 Gwen/Sybil/Branson fics on AO3 which made me very sad, so I had to cheer myself up with some fluffy fanart of the three.
This is basically an exercise in entirely shameless self-indulgence, so impertinent questions such as why Branson is wearing his heavy coat indoors, why Sybil's hair is up in a formal style while her dress is informal, why aren't they doing their reading in the library etc etc, are answered by BECAUSE LOOKING PRETTY IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN MAKING SENSE, OKAY?

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Now someone please take away my fingers before I draw the wild f/f adventures of the Dowager Countess' youth. TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME.
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:21 pm (UTC)I thought there was better sexual tension between Sybil and Gwen than Sybil and Branson. I loved him in Rome but I thought he was a boring sod in DA. Well, his storyline was boring. They went very timid with the Irish patriotism, I thought.
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:44 pm (UTC)Yeah, I wasn't too thrilled with Branson's story either, or the way his romance with Sybil was basically "I'm going to nag you for years until you give in!" :/ I think the only thing going for it was I didn't find it quite as boring as Matthew/Mary or Anna/Bates (also, the actress who plays Sybil is gorgeous). Here's hoping that when they come back to Downton in S3 he actually does something.
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Date: 2012-04-04 05:22 pm (UTC)I think Violet was a hellraiser in her youth, btw. I say go for it. :D
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:24 pm (UTC)I really must get a better OT3 icon. Like, at least one with three humans in it. ANYWAY. Your art, I love it! I mean, obviously, it is all your fault I love this OT3 and am mourning that there is not more of it.
I will fiercely guard your fingers from anyone taking them because I neeeeeeeed Violet's wild and crazy adventures.
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Date: 2012-04-04 05:12 pm (UTC)I have no OT3 icon either. Hrmph. :(
I am going through my Chronicle of Western Costume book and trying to figure out when Violet would have been in her late teens/early 20s. 1860s? Oh gosh, look at those awesome bustles and fabrics they had at that time... and aww, look at young Maggie Smith!
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Date: 2012-04-04 05:17 pm (UTC)I poked at the OT3 snuggly-art you made for my story, but it was beyond my very feeble indeed iconing sklls to make anything out of it. But I'm putting that forward as the art that is the solution to our lack-of-OT3 icon woes. :p Just in more capable hands than mine. *is so subtle*
Awesome f/f 1860's costume porn with young Maggie Smith, be still my heart. <3
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:39 pm (UTC)*ships Sybil/Gwen liek whoa, as they say*
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:50 pm (UTC)Sybil/Gwen is the BEST. I wish Sybil had gone off with Gwen instead and had awesome feminist f/f nursing-and-writing adventures instead. :(
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Date: 2012-04-04 05:13 pm (UTC)Also in my head that is what Sybil does. La la la can't hear you.
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Date: 2012-04-04 09:38 pm (UTC)I agree that he did redeem himself slightly in the last episode though, but he's on notice for the time being lol.
Hopefully S3 will be better than S2!!
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Date: 2012-04-04 05:47 pm (UTC)I really, really love the way you do fabric. I find it kind of mesmerizing, actually. :)
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:47 pm (UTC)I am so in love with Sybil's actress. It's not just her looks, she's got such a sexy, husky voice that does all sorts of things to me.
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:42 pm (UTC)Also, if you post me your hands, I will put them to work doing my washing up.
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:50 pm (UTC)I have not yet done my own washing up. So I would be happy to do yours. Maybe I will do that when I visit?
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:59 pm (UTC)Now I am going to go away and finish my poor Inception rBB. And you are not to pester me until it is done. If you can do that, you get a hospital illustration and you can shout at me for drawing IV drips all wrong.
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Date: 2012-04-05 05:05 pm (UTC)ARG THIS IS HARD ALREADY.
All I know about IV drips is that if you do them wrong, they go all over the floor. Which is entertaining, but not therapeutic.
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:31 pm (UTC)Why is it called "Fidelity and Sport"? Seeing it, it thought "The Joy of Reading".
I think I should watch Downton Abbey some day.
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Date: 2012-04-04 06:56 pm (UTC)Heh, I like the title - it sort of captures the devoted look on Gwen's face and the playful one on Branson that I was attempting to show.
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Date: 2012-04-04 08:35 pm (UTC)This is utterly utterly stunning and the sexual tension both tender and palpable. Beautiful colours too and yes looking pretty always makes sense. Even when it doesn't.
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Date: 2012-04-04 09:54 pm (UTC)(also, not saying Alan Leech hasn't got a nice body as I've seen him strip off in Rome and aww, he looks so cuddly, but those buttons on his coat do all sorts of happy things to me)
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Date: 2012-04-05 01:05 pm (UTC)I love that I can draw something so shamelessly self-indulgent and rare-pairy after a 2 second clip that got me squeeing, and people like it. :D
(I am uh, contemplating begging that amazing person who wrote the DA/Eagle crossover to let me illustrate it. Once I have a few more things cleared off my To Do list...)
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Date: 2012-04-05 10:25 pm (UTC)I miss Gwen. :(
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Date: 2012-04-06 10:51 am (UTC)My femslash goggles weren't on while I watched S1, but now that you mention it I love the idea of Gwen/Sybil. The writers ruined Branson for me in S2.
Because I am riddled with pestilence, the only thing that could possibly make me feel better would be a picture of young and wild!Dowager Countess. :D
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