Jonathan Strange - Tumblr Posts
Haha, second that striked out part...
The Education of a Magician (aka the episode where Jonathan got really hot)
“Perhaps I am too tame, too domestic a magician. But how does one work up a little madness?”
Yess!
Jonathan & Arabella aren’t they cute and adorable?
Everybody's hair seems to turn white when dealing with the gentleman with the thistle-down hair!
I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not bear the way they mocked me
This sums it up!
Reasons why you all should be watching/reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
(because I will not rest until my tumblr is inundated with this stuff)
It’s about magic in Napoleonic England; it’s kind of nerdy and mystical and adventure and moral conundrums all at once.
(just. MAGIC)
The faerie world in this book/show is so deliciously eerie and well-done
There’s so much important social commentary in the story, all without it ever feeling as if you’re deliberately being taught a lesson. Seriously, the whole story takes apart classism, sexism and racism, all without ever really demonising individuals. Without spoiling too much, the entire narrative is about two white rich men who are able to get away with pretty much anything and - with the best intentions in the world - do not use that privilege responsibly. This post explains it better than I ever could.
The two main characters’ relationship is so wonderful and conflicted and dorky and painful all at once; and it’s only going to get so, so much worse…
Because Mr Norrell is all of us, and we are all Mr Norrell
We all are.
(except we’re really, really not)
This dork.
It is fundamentally impossible not to love Jonathan Strange, and his moral conundrums and his cockiness and his dorkish inability to behave like a grown-up. You have been warned.
LOOK AT HIM
The Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair
He might be a bastard with no morality or understanding of the human race, but just look at those eyebrows.
The Relationship of Jonathan and Arabella
LOOK AT THEM. JUST. LOOK. AT. THEM.
plus the book might go into more detail than the show, but I love love love how the book shows Jonathan’s inability to be the perfect husband and occasional lapses into prattishness without slamming him and immediately portraying Strange as a villain or a failure.
YOU GO, ARABELLA
and on that note, Arabella Strange in general is just a complete marvel.
Ladies helping ladies
and friendships forged by adversity and looking after each other in impossible circumstances and just all things wonderful
It’s physically impossible to go through Stephen Black’s character arc and not dissolve into a puddle of emotion
MISTER SEGUNDUS
So I’m reasonably convinced fandom’s opinion on many different characters will split and divide as time goes on, but one thing I can promise you: no-one will think of Mr Segundus as anything other than a precious little lamb who should be protected at all costs.
Childermass
Oh Childermass. Grouchy sassy unexpectedly-attractive northerner of my heart. Everyone loves Childermass, and then some.
Finally, it’s just really really good. So go watch/read!
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015) - 1x04 - The King’s Roads
Also, his most adorable sideways look!!
You're the only person I know that I can squee to about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Not even my English teacher friends are watching. What is WRONG with the world?! And ugh, Strange, what an adorable bastard. His freaking gorgeous hair.
OMG, it’s just so damn good, right?! It should be compulsory viewing! Have you read the book? If not, go…. read it…. now!
And as to Jonathan… welll…. in the book, I loved him as a character, but he was never anyone I found especially attractive. TV!Jonathan on the other hand….
He’ll be the death of me.
And what a way to go.
So would I.
We’ve had no time to be married. And I would like that time very much.
Why, Mr. Strange! You look dashing tonight!
You two!
It’s like chocolate for the eyes - Bertie Carvel & Charlotte Riley for “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell”
>> watch the video
‘Such nonsense!’ declared Dr Greysteel. 'Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!’ 'Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner,“ said Strange. 'That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one’s imperfections.’
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell (via quoted-books)
‘Such nonsense!’ declared Dr Greysteel. 'Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!’ 'Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner,“ said Strange. 'That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one’s imperfections.’
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell (via quoted-books)