Emile Pingat skirt with polonaise. 1885
A refined musclehead: Everyone is quick to point out Rose's flaws but where are the posts pointing out Reid and Faulkner's cruelty to Drake?
Reid and Faulkner were far worse to Drake over the series. Reid consistently takes advantage of Drake/s loyalty with no signs of appreciation or concern for the Sergeant’s well being. Faulkner pulled Drake into crime, lied to him, threatened his life and forced him to relive the most traumatic…
In the episode with Faulkner, Reid’s treatment of Drake is particularly callous. He’s so focussed on the case he completely fails to see his team as human beings with lives outside their job. His attitude towards Drake’s predicament with Rose is emphasised by the fact that the one man who tries to offer comfort to the Sergeant is the last person you’d expect it from, Homer Jackson.
As for the Rose hate, the fact is she’s just not in to Drake. We’ve all experienced unrequited love from one side or the other, all given off or received the wrong signals. It makes their relationship more real than if she had just fallen in to his arms. Besides, as Drake points out in episode 7, he deserves a partner who loves him, not just one who’s grateful. At least by turning him down Rose spared him from that.
I’m interested to see where they take Rose’s character. Drake has had to rescue her a few times over the course of the season and I can’t help but think that this last time changed something. She realised exactly the type of man she turned down. I look forward to Series 2.
I’m intrigued to see what happens with Jackson and Susan. It seems they are at least partially reconciled at the end of Season 1 so I’m curious to see if Jackson will forgo his womanising ways.
Ripper Street Fic - The Dragon of Dempsey Street
Next part is up.
In which Jackson gets his hands dirty and Reid suffers a bad case of deja vu.
It just goes to prove my shocking taste in men that I loved Homer Jackson in this episode.
(Source: angelic37)
#what kills me about this #is that I’m pretty sure that Hobbs charged after Goodnight because of this scene #maybe the guilt spurred him to be a better cop #and the influence of the trio too #when have the trio ever backed down from a case? #what if Hobbs just wanted to be like them??? #ripper street #Dick Hobbs
I thought this too. Hobbs must have known that Goodnight would at least give him the pasting of his life when he stood up to him.
(Source: angelic37)
A refined musclehead: Everyone is quick to point out Rose's flaws but where are the posts pointing out Reid and Faulkner's cruelty to Drake?
Reid and Faulkner were far worse to Drake over the series. Reid consistently takes advantage of Drake/s loyalty with no signs of appreciation or concern for the Sergeant’s well being. Faulkner pulled Drake into crime, lied to him, threatened his life and forced him to relive the most traumatic…
In the episode with Faulkner, Reid’s treatment of Drake is particularly callous. He’s so focussed on the case he completely fails to see his team as human beings with lives outside their job. His attitude towards Drake’s predicament with Rose is emphasised by the fact that the one man who tries to offer comfort to the Sergeant is the last person you’d expect it from, Homer Jackson.
As for the Rose hate, the fact is she’s just not in to Drake. We’ve all experienced unrequited love from one side or the other, all given off or received the wrong signals. It makes their relationship more real than if she had just fallen in to his arms. Besides, as Drake points out in episode 7, he deserves a partner who loves him, not just one who’s grateful. At least by turning him down Rose spared him from that.
There is way too much Cumberface on my dash at the moment.
—There I said it.
Spitalfields Market, the corner of Commercial Street and Brushfield Street, Whitechapel. Taken from the steps of Christchurch, Spitalfields, looking north to the City of London. General Gordon’s Temperance Hotel is sadly no longer there. The building was demolished. The site is now occupied by a bank.
One street to the west of Brushfield Street lay Dorset Street and the entrance to Miller’s Court, the location of the last of Jack the Ripper’s officially recognised murders. Dorset Street was one of Whitechapel’s most notorious slums and was demolished so completely at the turn of the 20th century that the street no longer appears on maps of the area. The line of the street survives as the goods delivery entrance for the London Fruit and Wool Exchange.
Ahhhh, the Big Fat Quiz of the Year. The best thing about Christmas after the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Awards.
(Source: winterforlovers, via blackbirdblade)
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was a Victorian-era painter, notable for his moonlit scenes and landscapes.
(via isaythee-eh)
