not an expert on british "food" but i'm 99% sure the green lump jopson crawls past is wet floral foam

yknow i think about this tiny little scene so much it's probably criminal

because for one, i read this scene as like, a glimpse into who jopson is off duty, when he isn't tending to his captain. he's hunched over, eating directly out of the can, not particularly concerned with appearances. it's a side of him crozier has probably never seen.

and on top of that, the way jopson and little exchange this knowing glance with each other when that bell rings—because jopson is needed again, and they've all probably heard this bell ring dozens or hundreds of times by now. a steward's duty is never quite done, and jopson just scoops a last bite of mystery meat into his mouth and rushes off to his captain's side without hesitation. his expression seems to say "welp, here we go again," but there's no malice in it. if anything, he looks fond.

it just lives in my brain rent-free because it's such a different jopson than we get for the rest of the series: relaxed, casual, easygoing. when he's around crozier, which he is in nearly every other scene he's in, he's more alert and caring and gentle, consumed by crozier's presence. and between crozier's jopson and hickey's jopson ("my aim's fine, mr. hickey") and this unclaimed jopson, he just drives me insane. i don't even know how to express the point i'm trying to make really, i just think the genuine thomas jopson underneath his rank and role is so interesting to look at. and also how eager and willing he is to come running to crozier at any moment's notice.

Thomas Jopson for the delightful @rochestyre

Liam Garrigan in Belgravia: The Next Chapter

Jopson failing to be normal about that Old Man for the 100k time

[Image ID: drawing of Jopson from The Terror huffing on croziers discarded shirt. There are little hearts floating off of him. End ID]

he should've been at the club (looking at older men)

sketch commission for @manicpixiedreamjop!! vampire jopson from their fic pale blue eyes 💋

Thomas Jopson more like Service Topson

going fucking insane over jopson right now. he didnt deserve that. he did not deserve to go out thinking that he had been abandoned by crozier. he didnt deserve to be abandoned like that at all, none of those men did. but they were doomed from the moment the ships’ plans were thought up. sobbing. HE DIDN’T LEAVE YOU FOR DEAD, JOPSON. HE DIDN’T DO THAT TO YOU. JOPSON. JOPSON PLEASE.

jopson looks at everyone like this

jopson fixing crozier's hair while he's sick and jopson fixing his own hair when crozier comes in to care for him and crozier fixing jopson's hair when he finds him dead

hair and the caring for it as a motif for the relationship they share. caring for each other's hair as an act of intimacy and love, mutually acted upon. and the tragedy of crozier only returning jopson's love once he's gone and it's too late

hi i absolutely refused to spend more than like 15 minutes editing this

I f Jopsom was my assistant

I would feed.him almonds from my palm like a frightened horse

Yes yes, Jopson looks like a Haunted Victorian Doll made alive, true

but can you explain to me why he looks so flustered when hes taking care of crozier? Hmm?

Hmm??

fellas is it gay to not like to hear a woman laugh now?