smallheaths:

Proof that Tommy Shelby is the one true edgelord / a 19th century poet / an absolute drama queen:

• is a goth
• shaved sides
• “already broken”
• cheekbones
• always has a bleeding face
• romanticised Grace to the point that he couldn’t tell she was a spy even though it was so fucking obvious
• had a communist phase
• “and that’s why you should never pretend to be me”
• Believes in magic & plans crime around the phases of the moon
• cute date idea: take her into a dimly lit church and expose all her LIES”
• has to say “…there is a very important reason why i am employing you” before he kisses her and then looks really fuckin sad when she says “you disappoint me”
• “I think so you don’t have to”
• signs his letters with stuff like “I have always learned to hate my enemies, but I have never loved one before”
• likes animals more than people
• has “in the bleak midwinter” as a catch phrase
• lurks in alleyways so that he can mock people
• calls his horse fuckinn “GRACES SECRET” omg
• consciously participates in acting mysterious “I rarely answer questions is what I do.”
• finds out that he might die so goes around hinting that he might die to all his family
• sick death speech in which he announces his love for Grace in front of total strangers -he probably wrote it out before hand
• probably has thoughts like “hark! there is bloodeth on my hand!”
• poetic torture threats 
• kills his friends on windy beaches
• an actual thing he said “and idc cus i’m already dead”
• did the whole stayed by her side until she dies routine
• existential crisises all the time
• always putting his head down on the table / in his hands
• stares at fire
• – probably Arsonist’s Lullaby is his favourite song
• gets offended when people insult his fashion
• recreated A Nightmare Before Christmas in his kitchen
• what more can i give you his gin label literally says “Distilled for the eradication of seemingly incurable sadness”