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lemonisntreal · 1 year

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IT'S THE BOYYYY, MY [deceased ;-;] BOY-

My heart hurts whenever I write about him I'm gonna cry but he's so perfect to me you have no idea

Ok, so, I have written so much on this man because of how overly complicated I made Buster's entire family situation. But I can't. Share. A single. Crumb. Of. It. And it's killing me. Guys, I'm dying. I'm simply gonna perish if I don't write about him. So. I'm gonna headcanon dump, heehee :> [gonna do this with a bunch of other characters once I get art for them going ~_~] [I look at my drafts and weep-]

TD!Charley:

Age: 47 [deceased] Height: 3' 02" [96cm] Male - He/Him Sexuality: Aroace Build: H A T

The name is a headcanon in itself. Charley. He was never given a real canon name for whatever reason.

It just felt like it fit

Oh boy,

Ok, heavy lore time-

TW: Mentions of religious trauma and [briefly] kidnapping

[there's a fluff tab if you're wanting to skip all that]

So for a quick lore-dump, there was a HUGE war between the different animals [mammals, reptiles, and birds being the most prominent groups] that lasted from 1903-1955, before finally cutting off because a bunch of animals had practically gone extinct

Koalas being one of them

And Charley was born in late 1956, right after the war had ended, so yeah. Generational trauma's real rough-

Plus his hometown [all Koalas btw] was extremely religious and controlling over him, and he wasn't even allowed to buy his own clothes until he started to carve out his own life in Calatonia

The only thing they let him do was play music, usually with the idea that he'd be playing for the church band

[which he never did]

He was set up on arranged dates, made to feel like he was wrong for not wanting a relationship, and ridiculed for his desire to have a different life in the city- along with a lot of other things I probably couldn't fit into this post

He has a sister, Holly Moon, who is 4 years younger than him, who was seen as a golden child because she always listened and did everything their parents asked

[Parents being Darrick and Kara, for more TD lore]

He had a horrible family life before sprinting away at age 18 to Calatonia to hopefully make it big

This is where he met animals who weren't Koalas for the first time

Let me reiterate that- first time

[he'd read about other animals and seen what a few of them looked like in pictures, but never the real thing]

He learned the true meaning behind the words his family always spoke

"Make a family, there aren't many of us left"

Yeah, he was the only Koala in Calatonia for a good minute

Which kinda sent him spiraling-

Imaging you growing up in a small gated community, where you're a human around other humans, and then you leave and find out that there aren't any humans left and the rest of the world has been populated by aliens or something

He was very curious at first, which got him into some trouble

He met Harry after almost getting poached/getting ganged up on and almost kidnapped. Harry saved him, took him to calm down at his restaurant for the night, and the two quickly became friends

Ok, fluff time

Meeting Harry for the first time, the thing he offered Charley was a sandwich, which would start Charley's "give sandwich = I care about you" thing

Like his go-to way of making friends after this encounter would be to meet somewhere for sandwiches

It became a comfort food, and an introduction into other flavors besides the basic food groups + eucalyptus

This little quirk got passed down to Buster

Amazing cook

Like, he invented a couple of the recipes on the menu at Harry's Bar [despite having a diet of mostly eucalyptus, which is poisonous]

Even back in his hometown with his limited ingredients, he was fantastic, but after learning that there were other foods, he got a little obsessed

He has a cookbook he put together [which got passed down to Buster, who cannot cook for the life of him lmao]

Harry tried to get him to go to culinary school or something, but Charley always insisted on loving his little bundle of odd jobs in Calatonia [including the carwash, which was his baby]

After coming to Calatonia, making his home in a shady little apartment complex [which he ABSOLUTELY ADORED], getting a job, and finally getting his first-ever paycheck, he immediately went thrifting

Which is where he got his raggedy hat and patchy coat

And learned what a turtleneck was

He taught Buster the art of thrifting too :D

He dresses like he's homeless by choice [mostly]

[money's always tight]

Back to the odd jobs that he got instead of getting a real job- Charley always hated "luxurious" things if that makes sense. Not only did it remind him of home, but he's just a minimalist in general

If he doesn't need it, he won't take it

Modest guy [opposite to his entire family ~_~]

The hat is kinda a symbol of his independence and freedom in a way, so that's a little sweet

He never takes his hat or coat off really, even in the hot summer days in Calatonia

Harry always has to remind him to drink water [woah, Koala moment]

Oh yeah, Koala stuff-

Harry ends up helping out Charley with the complete lack of Eucalyptus products in Calatonia by ordering it in with his usual imported restaurant food, and then just giving it to him

Harry insists on paying for it all, despite Charley's objections

Charley always gives monstrous tips when eating at Harry's to balance things out

He's actually pretty tall for a Koala

He made good friends with all of the waiters and staff and musicians at Harry's, and was always there for the music nights where Harry'd get someone to play atmospheric stuff on stage

You see this in the first movie

Charley's actually really great on the guitar, and has a very nice voice [I don't have a voice claim yet ;-;;;;;] so he was eventually given the offer to try playing in front of a crowd at Harry's. Which he took

[And Harry made him take money for it, of course]

Had no intention to have kids, but ended up taking in Buster due to family drama and strange circumstances [later explained in Tone Deaf] [also why they have different funky patterns btw! :DDD]

Please, it's so complicated-

He quickly fell in love with the idea of show business after seeing some street performers, and eventually got over his discomfort with doing illegal things [the idea of it being a sin really had him in a chokehold for a while-] and grew into his true personality of "very chill and very shady charlatan" after a few years away from his hometown

Actually, it was his urge to steal a ticket to see a show at the theater that drove him to get over it all

Learned how to pick locks and pockets to scrounge around enough money to get by

Charley and Harry were best friends. Practically brothers

To the point of Harry being called "uncle Harry" by young Buster

Charley was the best man at Harry's wedding to his Panda wife, Claire. Buster was given the honor of being both the flower boy and ring bearer lmao [he pulled it off]

Claire definitely mothered both Charley and Buster quite a bit

Back to Charley living in the apartment complex, he made good friends with an old Lizard who lived next door-

Yeah, Miss Crawley [Irene Crawley]

After Harry realized that Buster was an absolute demon child, Charley tried asking her to babysit instead

She must've had the magic touch or something, because he was perfectly behaved with her

Harry was speechless

Buster was absolutely a problem child, and Charley would frequently get calls from school about him [especially in elementary]

[half of the trouble he got into was due to bullies, but this ain't about him 🤭]

Charley taught Buster how to commit crime, and play guitar

And when he got older, the two would duet together at Harry's

[I'm crying it's so sweet]

Crawley would always bring homemade candies around to give to Buster when she came over to visit with Charley, specifically Turkish Delight

She eventually taught him [with lots of hand-holding] how to make the candy himself. If left alone, he'd just set things on fire and eat the chocolate chips plain though :D

She lost her lover in the war, and even before that, struggled with infertility problems [they were different species- working with the idea of a Gila Monster] so she never had any of the children she had wanted before the war basically ruined her life

She adored that child and never accepted pay

[she was paid by the government anyway since she was a war vet]

All of the money that Charley would slip into her pocket, she'd either secretly give right back, or spend it all on Buster

She was like a mother to him

Still is

She offered to help with the theater after Charley realized that the place didn't just come with staff

Charley and Buster's bond was basically unbreakable

Charley would always stand up to the school system whenever they treated Buster unjustly

[Trust me, there was a lot of prejudice against Koalas and other endangered species, no matter how small or harmless they seemed. People fear what they don't know, and to say Koalas are an oddity would be an understatement-]

[Like even irl, they're Marsupials, sure- but they're so different that they've been given a classification all to themselves called Phascolarctidae. They're so alone in the animal kingdom, it's not even funny. Their closest "relative" is the Wombat, and even then barely]

[Give me another animal that's even remotely similar to Koalas appearance-wise. Their facial structure, the double-thumbs, massive ears, the fact that they can only eat one thing, and it's poisonous [catch me writing Buster poisoning someone with eucalyptus >:D]- yeah, they're super interesting to work with. And of course, I give them hardships for it ~_~]

[Everyone that saw Buster and Charley just immediately knew they were endangered just because of how alien they looked]

["freaks"]

[They just rolled with it]

[Well, Buster was always bothered by it, but Charley was always there to tell him that it should be something to be proud of. Didn't always work all the way]

[I'll talk about Buster later, don't you worry]

[Ok enough with the gushing about Koala facts in brackets-]

Buster would also stand up for Charley during family gatherings [which they eventually just stopped going to entirely] because Charley would just freeze up and not say anything whenever people started fighting with him

✨trauma✨

The two protected each other is my point pretty much

Ok, for a rough timeline:

[1903 - 1955] - Great War [1956] - Charley was born [1960] - Holly was born [1974] - Charley ran away to Calatonia [1980] - Buster was born [1988] - Charley took Buster in [1990] - Harry meets Claire [1994] - Harry and Claire get married [1997] - Theater was sold to Charley and quickly opened [2003] - Charley is killed

It's fucking tragic how he dies

Like, him and Buster were literally in the middle of planning the show when Buster got the call

Late too

He couldn't get to the landline at first because he was busy with set design, and actually saw it a LOT later, which- yeah. Cue horrific amounts of stress as he bikes as fast as he can to the ER

"Where's dad!??" he's in the hospital bucko

Why must I kill all the characters I love-

Charley'd just gone out to get some supplies from like, home depot or something, and then yeah. Dead

Buster could never finish the show, so it sits collecting dust in the attic now

Grief made him unable to write much, which is how he eventually went into debt too

The whole thing with them is absolutely tragic, oh boy-

Can't wait to draw the funeral scene

Ok, so I keep forgetting what's been posted and what's still a draft, so sorry if something just- absolutely jumps out of nowhere here. I think I've mentioned the war before? And Poachers- I hope I at least mentioned Poachers-

Well, if you didn't know before, you do now ''':D

Thanks for reading

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downton-bridgerton · 1 year

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DOWNTON ABBEY + Barbie Posters (2/3)

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perioddramapolls · 2 months

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Grey/Silver dresses Round 2- Group C: Phryne Fisher, Miss Fisher's murder mysteries (1) (pics set) vs Mary Crawley, Downton abbey (gifset)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #phryne fisher #miss fisher's murder mysteries #mary crawley #downton abbey #gs r2

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coffeishowifunction · 7 months

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Elizabeth McGovern being in "Miss Americana" (Taylor Swifts documentary that received multiple awards and millions of views) has got to be one of the most iconic pop culture moments of all time. My cousin just squinted at the laptop and said "is that Lady Grantham and T Swizzle." And it is.

#elizabeth mcgovern #downton abbey #cora crawley #taylor swift #t swizzle #miss americana #documentary #netflix

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whack-patty · 1 year

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Today on; sneep snorp doesn't know Spanish

[ start / previous / next ]

#my art lol #whack patty's pats #sneep snorp #sing 2 #mr s #oh man there's like everybody in this one should i tag them all #sing ryan #sing nooshy #sing gunter #sing rosita #sing ash #sing johnny #sing miss crawley #sing clay calloway #clay calloway #sing meenah #sing buster #buster moon

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mmfan1 · 7 months

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WIP - no name yet - another scene from the AU I started yesterday

“Not grieving so much as I should. Our match was an arranged one, one that would keep our estate in our family. You see my father is the Earl of Grantham and I am one of three daughters. As you probably know primogeniture does not give the right of inheritance to daughters, but to the next male in line to the title. In this case, my second cousin. He was a nice chap, but had no sense of business, and I did not find him the best company.”

“How long were you married?”

“We married in 1912, after he survived the Titanic disaster. My parents felt it was a divine sign that we should in fact be married. Before that the engagement was not official and I thought I might be able to snag a duke and leave Patrick to my sister, to whom he was much better suited.”

“So I guess your husband was a lucky chap”

“For a while he was, survived the Titanic, served in the War, but ultimately made it through without injury”

“What happened to him?”

“He was killed in a stupid car crash on the day our son was born. He held him once, told him earnestly that he loved him, and died on the way home”

“How awful for you, for the whole family. When did this happen?”

“Robert Patrick is 7 months old now and he shares his birthday with his father’s date of death. And yes it was awful, the shock of it, and also knowing Robbie would grow up without a father. Because I do believe he would have made a good father, he was so looking forward to being a father and teaching our son to be the next Earl. You see the whole point of our marriage really was to produce an heir and we were finally successful at that. It had taken us eight years, I was beginning to think our marriage really had been pointless “

“Was there not a little element of love?”

“Oh you are so middle class. There was some respect, perhaps appreciation. But we spent more than half our marriage apart during the war. And Patrick was quite injured by it. Miraculously not physically, but mentally.”

“As most men of our generation “

“May I ask you something?”

“ I suppose you should be entitled to, I’ve done nothing but ask you questions “

“Do you still think about the war? More than three years later?”

“ I would be untruthful if I said I did not. But I do try to move on. It’s just that so many things have happened since the war ended, not all of them good.”

“Does it hurt to talk about? Because we don’t have to if you don’t want to. Surely you did not come to this club to hear tales of woe”

“For now l will only share that I too have lost my spouse. She was sweet and Spanish flu stole her life not long after we married after the war.”

“Children?”

“I’m afraid not. But this whole conversation has been way too serious for this club.”

“And what should we be discussing at a club like this?”

“Well I believe everyone is dancing, may I have the privilege of this dance, Lady….?”

“Lady Mary, and yes you may Sir…?”

“Not Sir, just Matthew”

He held out his hand, she placed hers in it and they headed to the dance floor.

#mary crawley #Matthew Crawley #OTP #suggest a title #Commuter writing on an iPhone #So happy to be writing just a Iittle again #I miss my Mary and Matthew #@autumnrose11 #@kehlana wolhamonao3

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kierancaz · 4 months

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MR. CARSON AND MRS. HUGHES OH MY LORD I NEED THRM TO BE HAPPY FOR FOREVER THEY’RE SO CUTE I COULD CRY

#and lord grandthom admitting how fond he is of Tom and how he’s going to miss him 😭😭#and I can’t with the way that Edith Mary and Tom have bonded after Sybil’s death I miss them already #downton abbey #tom branson #mary crawley #will Anna and Mr Bates ever escape the murder accusations?? the world may never know

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aimeedaisies · 2 years

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thank you the official downton abbey tiktok for feeding us all the content 🙏

#downton abbey #cora crawley #elizabeth mcgovern #robert crawley #hugh bonneville #mary crawley #michelle dockery #edith crawley #laura carmichael #mr molesley #kevin doyle #miss baxter #raquel cassidy

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baynton-nation · 1 year

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Mathew Baynton as Bute Crawley in Vanity Fair | Episode 2: Miss Sharp Begins To Make Friends

#mathew baynton #mat baynton #bute crawley #vanity fair #miss sharp begins to make friends #6 idiots #six idiots #the six idiots #themthere #them there #baynton-nation

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herladyshipssoapp · 1 year

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Mary in DA1:

#downton abbey #thomas barrow #downton #downon abbey #tom branson #lady sybil #miss baxter #downton carson #mrs hughes #Lady Mary #mary crawley

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downton-bridgerton · 8 months

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Downton Abbey: A New Era - Behind The Scenes (Part 6/6) (x) (x)

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perioddramapolls · 3 months

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Green dresses Round 1- Group A: Edith Crawley, Downtown abbey (gifset) vs Phryne Fisher, Miss Fisher's murder mysteries (pics set)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #edith crawley #lady edith crawley #downtown abbey #phryne fisher #miss fisher's murder mysteries #green r1

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whack-patty · 1 year

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so the Sing Hunger Games by @picapicamagpie have been comedy gold

aaand last but not least,

I don't think Sneep Snorp understood the point of the hunger games at aaaaaall

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kidcataldo · 11 months

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Not saying I exactly *want* another downton abbey movie or series. However—

if it did get rebooted it would be fun to see these storylines explored:

1.) Carson training the new butler

The end of the movie hinted at making Andy the new butler but to me that’s silly and I think he would say no 100%

So, then, who does that leave? Barrow’s gone now. Albert’s far too young. And Mrs. Hughes, despite Carson’s persistence, knows her husband can’t go on forever; he’s supposed to be retired

So, much to Carson’s dismay, they place an ad in the newspaper and so begins their outside search for downton abbey’s butler. The interviewing process begins

Each person Carson meets, he finds something wrong with them: this one didn’t greet the family properly enough, that one was too short, and the one after that one called it a “good” house instead of a “great” one. Excuse after excuse, until—a familiar face arrives

Yep, Mr. Lang, recovered from his shell shock in need of a job

2.) The brief return of Miss O’Brien

O’Brien left the show so abruptly that if she were to ever come back, it would certainly shake the house

So maybe, she’s a lady’s maid to some high up bigwig that just so happens to be visiting Downton Abbey for a few nights. And Cora at last confronts her, and obrien breaks down and apologizes for the person she used to be (probably after a heart to heart with the now Mrs. Molesely)

3.) Daisy gets into politics

Daisy’s transition from skittish scullery maid to confident educated woman is probably one of the best developments within the show

Maybe she forms a closer friendship with Branson. They bond over their want for change and he encourages her to pursue politics, much to Carson’s dismay

And at first Andy doesn’t approve. Thinks she needs to be putting her focus on him and the family he wants to start with her, but eventually comes around and is supportive

Clearly there’s still a whole lot of story to tell. It’s just, just because you can doesn’t always mean you should, yknow?

Also, do we really want a sequel/reboot without this lady around to make snarky remarks at everything and everyone?

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