#floweryshell

By coming together, all of us, by pledging our solidarity, our friendship, we’ve made history. Back in our miners’ lodge, in Wales, we have a banner. And it’s old, it’s very old. Maybe 100 years. And it’s this: two hands together, joined like this. Well, I tell you now, you’ve worn our badge, “Coal Not Dole”, and when the time comes, you have my words on this, we will wear yours. Shoulder to shoulder. Hand to hand.

VENOM

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby 

wow mia ty ilu.

How I feel about this character

one of the best characters out there lemme tell u and it’s not just because he has tom hardy’s hands and face but it has something to do with that. i love aflie’s entire demeanor; he’s such a complex character in the sense that you really have NO idea what’s going on in his head. he has this weird sense of loyalty and how he defines it but i also just like how he clearly has 1 priority and it’s himself / his people. once again, a morally ambiguous character that i stan. there are a few things that i really enjoy about this character: his personality is barely contained (this can be seen in how he talks to arthur or my personal favorite when he goes over the rules of his bakery), how he runs a ‘bakery’ is also a great fav, he’s multi-lingual and i think we all need to think about this real quick, and rINGS. The man wears a lot of rings and I’m permanently weak. Remember when we all had clown makeup on because we thought this bitch was dead, I can’t.  I also enjoy how much Aflie seems to know who he is as a man–he’s not ashamed to be exactly who he is and he doesn’t pretend to shy away from being violent or determined to get what he needs (aka ‘just like me’ scene when he screams in tommy’s face…*eyeballs emoji*)

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Thomas Shelby. That’s it. That’s the post. 

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Arthur (because the angst and banter is far too delectable), I would LOVE to see some interactions between Alfie and Lizzie? Another personal fav of mine. I also think some conversations with Ada would be awesome because they could both torment the heck out of Tommy ;) 

My unpopular opinion about this character

I don’t think I have any unpopular opinions–I didn’t enjoy the whole betrayal between him and Tommy which eventually got him shot in the face but if you think about it, that’s exactly who Alfie was as a character. I just hate that we missed him for so long on screen. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Oh man I’m just saying, I’m really looking forward to more development between Alfie and Tommy and how they’re going to work together in the upcoming season (or one can hope, I guess). I would also like a deeper backstory into Aflie because there’s really no way you’re giving me an argument that the man is straight :)! Would love some bi Alfie / some past development of his relationships. What kinda man are we dealing with here. I’m equal opportunity. Give me scenes.