sybil & branson, part 3

the lovely story of sybil and branson.

[@viy4581]

I just love Lord Grantham and Tom's relation after Sybil's death. He grew so fond of him and treated him like a son

[@lilliansunshine7499]

I give her quite a lot of credit for doing exactly what she said she would.

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

Love granny. She knows Sybil is a rational sensible girl and wouldn’t just be frivolous and thoughtless. She tries to convince her out if it but never disparages her except that maybe she romanticised whirlwind romances. Her philosophy that when bad things happen there no point in hindsight only mitigation. She sends them money to visit because they might as well welcome him to the family rather than keep them away

[@KFC79Q]

He's political and a writer, well I could make something out of that and there's a family called Branson with a place not far from Cork I believe they have a connection with the Howards. Well, surely we can hitch him onto them! - Lady Violet is the best!

[@mery5989]

XD I'm dying

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

Violets philosophy is super practical. Her advice to Edith after her pregnancy and To Cora about pamuk, being that when bad things happen there’s no point lamenting it happened but only to do damage control

[@SonyaFlynn]

I'm from cork ,it was cool hearing her say that

[@rossen8384]

She's hilarious!

[@mlgraham6]

I LOVE THE COSTUMES AND SETTINGS AND WAS SHATTERED WHEN SYBIL CHARACTER DIED. I LOVE THE SYBIL/BRANSON LOVE STORY

[@simonemuncknielsen4394]

I know these videos are really old by now, but I just want to say thank you very much for making them. Most people simply makes videos with their highlights and background music, but I wanted to watch all the scenes with their love story, so thank you so much for making these three videos :)

[@katiesmemories4690]

Love these two!! I miss Sybil so much!! ❤️❤️

[@mfitzy100]

Love Lady Grantham at the end, with age comes wisdom!

[@abhinayamarykoshy1264]

m k And yet the aged aren't always the wisest.

[@Crystal-HR]

I wish someone would look at me the way Branson did, at 00:57 to Sybil..this love for her is all that matters to him and I'm glad she finally reciprocated his feelings.

[@sophianash6097]

7:01 what a queen😂 'I do hope I'm interrupting something' shes such a moof

[@patelliott8720]

Whats a moof?

[@sophianash6097]

@@patelliott8720 mood*

[@alissac4894]

I miss Sybil so much. I loved their story, and I cried so much when she died.

[@gainal9080]

Violet might seem really old-fashioned but she's almost always quite adaptive and flexible. Here you can see that her reaction to Sybil marrying Tom is to figure out a way to make Tom sound more upper class than he is than to object it like Robert does. When Tom said he wants the child baptised as Catholic her reaction is not to fight it, but to cite some other random aristocrat's catholicism as a way out. Is it shallow? Yes, very. But it makes everyone happy.

[@spblakeney101]

i love these two so much!!!!! my favorite couple in downton

[@peterschlotter9226]

Sybil & Tom 💗💗

[@sophianash6097]

The only times sybil really smiles properly is when shes with tom,and when a family member accepts them

[@BrightAwake]

That scene at the funeral gets me every time.

[@patelliott8720]

No we didn't see her funeral

[@teddy9770]

Lord Grantham is a foolish man. He could not have hoped for a better man for any of his daughters than Branson. He was very lucky that Mathew turned out to be a good chap. He would have let Mary get into a loveless marriage with Patrick had he not died. I understand that he tried to hold on to social standards and traditions. But in the end he always did what the ladies wanted anyways.

[@joanbernsten3960]

Lord Grantham is a man of is time, you can't blame him

[@clairecadoux471]

@@joanbernsten3960 you took the words right out of my fingers. The character of Lord Grantham was limited by the time he lived in, he showed himself to be not just kind hearted, but flexible enough to accept a radical shift. A dynamic we could do with now in abundance to help welcome and manage the present difficulties!

[@joanbernsten3960]

Exactly, imagine how hard it must have been for him to accept that Sybil married Tom. A noble lady marrying a socialist (in the eyes of any nobleman, extremist) chauffeur, wasn't a thing allowed to happen, Robert probably lost a lot of trust and liability in his circles. It was not easy for anyone in the family and hardest for Robert, he had to deal with the consequences. Him then taking Tom in, after being wanted in Ireland is so much more that anyone would have done in his position. He did a amazingly brave and kind thing, this could have ruined him, this whole business could have destroyed his and his familys' whole life. He was not foolish in any way with Tom. And of course he wanted Mary to marry Patrick, Patrick was going to inherit all Robert had. He was basicly going to inherit Roberts' whole life. Even though Patrick was a relative, he was no close, close relative. You wouldn't give your entire fortune, a fortune that has been in your family for centuries to your cousin once removed if you had three daughters. So, yea, of course he wanted Mary to marry Patrick, it was rational and logical. It was what was needed to keep his life's work in family.

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

I wouldn’t judge him too harshly. He is bound by the times he lives in and the values he was raised on. But also must remember that he doesn’t know Tom. He was the chauffeur the whole time. And it looked to him that Sybil had been seduced or swept up by his employee which to any man is very suspicious and underhanded to want to run off with their youngest daughter. Besides that, Tom is also a revolutionary. His principles are directly contradicting roberts. So even if he were a good man, by that alone Robert would never allow it. And also that the deal with Patrick was ages ago way before the events of the show. And everything from the first episode is what we’re concerned with. Cos the titanic sinking, WWI and the Spanish flu, they all influenced the family. They changed with the times drastically. That’s why thre shows events are important. Mary was a snobbish woman who hated the middle classes like her father. She would’ve made it work with Patrick if he hadn’t died the way violet did with her husband and coras with hers. That’s their way. Until the titanic and everything after that. After that. Things changed. And to start with Sybil was the game changer. She was the one who shook the house; with her career choices and her choice of husband. It’s because of her that Robert allowed Edith and Mary to marry who they wanted even if he disapproved. Because Sybil rebelled against the system he began to change too. Even Lavinia’s death changed him. It made him see that life is precious and what matters is happiness

[@kapilshastry]

Tom Branson is not a middle class person rather he belonged to servant class in this series. If you remember correctly Mary and everyone in the family at the beginning looked down upon Mathew and Isabel because of their middle class upbringing. Imagine if a lawyer son in law wasn't good enough for Robert then how the hell he could ever approve a chauffeur who used to work for him to be his darling daughter husband. Forget 1920's even in this era do you think any middle family would ever truly accept a chauffeur as their son in law.

[@prakritipandey5250]

I am here So I can see .... 😂😂😂😂He wasn't talking to you Robert

[@cfinch74]

Thanks for posting. I couldn't help cheating and looking forward for my favorite couple

[@morfydddarcey3830]

They are so beautiful together, I am so glad they made it work. If only other people could see the inevitable changes and proper future of the social divide at the time.

[@forchun88arrereh50]

Thanks for sharing this 💕 downtown 🥰🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@monlokiana]

tom- I am here Lord Granham- so I can see (ahahahahahaaaaaaa) and the Dowager killed me (Would you...Someone please tell me what is going on or have we all stepped though the looking glass? (I cant ahahahahahahahaa)

[@joemercedeschannel196]

Super for me was super strong and was super talented she must get an award for that

[@princessalexandra1613]

Princess Mako of Japan's English fiction character equivalence!

[@maskeyfilmz117]

I think u should add the scene in the Christmas special when lady grantham announces sybil is pregnant for part 4. That's my favorite Sybil & branson scene even though they're not in it.

[@HappyStars234]

If I proposed to a woman and she said "I'm ready to travel and you're my ticket. To get away from this house. Away from this life." I would have called off our engagement.

[@emmad.176]

It does sound bad but I don't think that's all she sees in Branson and she does love her family, she's just not meant for their kind of life.

[@sarahlelys9268]

I really hope it was just awkward writing, because I agree with you, the way she phrased it makes it sound like she isn't choosing *him* and he's just a practical way out, a tool.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Have sense of humour

[@alexthelizardking]

Downton should have just ended after season 2.

[@readsomebooks666]

Curious omission that we never met Branson's mother.

[@patelliott8720]

Well you don't see many of the other relatives, they're not in the story...would have been nice to see the wedding in Ireland tho with Mary and Edith there.

[@glen7318]

@@patelliott8720 probably would have been miserable with Tom's mother lamenting that he was marrying an Englishwoman

[@readsomebooks666]

@@patelliott8720 True but given this storyline, Branson's family would've been relevant.

[@Polisciandfries]

Yaaaas gowan the irish

[@stellamanurung519]

lord grantham is a great father

[@prakritipandey5250]

And later that Branson became Tom for them inseparable from the family

[@prairiedoggy1]

Carson to Branson: "Leave in a dress". Kinky....

[@SK28th]

"Leave an address" Not leave in a dress😂

[@beth9603]

😂😂

[@Marina-pe1gx]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAGAHAHA I CAN'T

[@erin0719]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@topdownAC]

I dont like branson -.-