This one I thought about writing the second one. Also once again I'm not completely sure if this is cannon accuracy's but I think I'm thinking of the right scene:
The first time Finn Shelby saw his father he had just turned eleven years old. The second time Finn Shelby saw his father he was twenty and it was when they went to bury the man.
Ok so I can't actually remember if in the scene I'm thinking if it's their father they are burying but I thought it's maybe a good idea. It the one where they are all dressed in black (unusual I know) and are all on like black horses and I think one of them is pulling a casket in like a wooded background, but I don't think it's from when John died. And I can't remember if the family actually buried their father but the idea came to me and stuck. Not because it's necessary what is actually happening, but because it made me think about how Finn would have felt.
Like here was a man he met once and now they have to bury him. It's been almost a decade since the last time Fin saw him and all he may remember was that this many was why Arthur (Jr but still the only "Arthur" Finn thinks of knowing) almost killer himself soon after. And we know much Arthur Jr seem to love Arthur Sr (at least before the last time) and it was likely because out of all the siblings as the oldest he may have remembered a time when their Father wasn't as much as a horrible person as he was and still clung to those memories. From the series we know that Arthur isn't emotionally repressed like Tommy and in fact is very loose with his emotions. It seems like every thing Arthur Jr does is with strong passion and that could be good or bad and he is also very very loyal to those he cares for. So it makes sense for him to cling to the better memories of their father. And then we know how much the middle three siblings and Polly hate the Shelby Father for what he's done and rightly so...
But Finn. I'm not super sure how he would feel, but I can honestly see him not caring too much at all. Like their father was never around enough for Finn to really form a close hate or live relationship with him and I feel like Finn had trouble forming bonds with people he doesn't get the chance to know. Like he may feel bad the man is dead but I can also see him not really looking to much into it and just going through the motions with his family because he feels like he has too or someone will try and correct him. Finn seems like the person to desperately care for attention from those he cares about.
In season 5 when he told Arthur and Tommy he found a girl he wanted to marry and all he could say about her was she "liked the life". First off I want to put emphasis on how "life" and not "me" meaning that I don't think he really knew too much about the girl other than she gave him attention because he could get her drugs and drinks and the thrill of gangster life. Which makes me feel bad because like if I want to marry someone the first thing I want to think about them is how they like me for me and not what I can give them first if that makes sense. But I really think he only liked the girl and said that because he wanted his brothers to be proud of him or notice him because he found someone who could "fit with the family ways" and allow Finn to be more like them. Through the whole series we see Finn trying to be like his brothers or at least be noticed by them. Because even after he tells them he found the first girl Tommy tells him to find a girl who "doesn't like the life" and he eventually does with Mary (at least from the small bit we saw of her... I kinda wish we had more in the end) But even then when he does and actually seems to find someone who loves him for him and actually pays attention/cares for him as more than a worker, his brothers still condensed him (but again that's another topic)
Ok back on topic.... but the point is that I think Finn Shelby is someone who has a hard time forming solid and real bonds and he's the type of person who takes time to care for someone for than just them being a general human. And I think that if he didn't have time to form those bonds he may like the person but really wouldn't be too affected by their death even if he saw them regularly. Like I think Finn Shelby is the person who will only cry after someone in their direct family dies or his best friend dies or his lover or his pet. So since their father was never around I think that when he died it Finn may have cared a bit, but not very much. At least in the sense that it would have affected him as much as the rest.
Note: I really hope I worded that correctly and it didn't come off as too harsh or insensitive. I'm just trying to convey how Finn seems like he has a hard time making strong bonds and if those bonds aren't made he's much less affected by why happens to that person, no matter who they are or should be. And I don't want to portray it as a bad thing it's just sometime I've noticed and thought I may comment on!
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Ok so I just saw something with the quote from season one from Peaky Blinders where Tommy's calming the white horse that got scared by the noise and says
"In France we used to say it’s just the musical hall band turning up. Shh. It’s just trombones and tubas, that’s all."
and that made me think.
Because it reminded me of how in the first season Tommy doesn't want there to be singing/music in the Garrison (then he hears Grace and ....) but like it made me wonder if at that point, hearing music reminded Tommy of being in France and the Tunnels? Like for four years they said the bombs and other noises were trombones and tubas, now I feel like any time he actually hears those things he thinks of the bombs.
Because off the top of my head right now, we never really see Tommy like listening to music or anything like that (Like by his own choice/not at a party). And I don't think it's just because he doesn't seem the type to want to sit and listen to music. I think it could be partially because of his PTSD and the memories music may bring back to him. Because we also know he liked dancing with girls before the war (I think Polly mentions it) but after not so much. So it makes sense to me with the correlation too, where he also stopped wanting to dance because dancing often involves music and music reminds him of France.
And yeah, I know it's kinda a random thought but it just struck me and I'd thought I'd share...
Tommy's mid life crisis was him marrying the woman who almost completely destroyed and betrayed his family and who he also knew for less than a year before she ran to a whole other country instead of the pretty horse trainer who adored him and didn't betray his family.....
That is all...
*note I have no idea what mid life crisis age is but given the Shelby life span it could be any time...*
Ok here's an idea that's pretty short that I thought of and It seemed cute:
Remember when John and Tommy in season one were talking about making honest money out of the family business and Tommy imitated so their grandfather briefly and John says
"Do you remember when we were kids and you use to do the voices"
or something along those lines? First off that was such a cute scene and I wish we had more like it. Especially after season one and especially between Tommy and John, because I get they were very much polar opposites when it came to how they thought but I wish we had more brotherly moments like this between them. Because it's so cute imagining a young Tommy and John, when Tommy is still taller than John and they are sitting on 16 year old Arthur's bed waiting for him get back from dragging their father back from the bar. And maybe like a toddler Ada is squished between them trying to eat John's buttons because their mum is with Polly and they were told not to let the baby out of sight. But it's getting late and 10 year old Tommy can't keep 5 year old John's attention anymore. And when John's looses his attention things get broken and they defiantly don't want their father coming home to broken things. Not while their mother's gone. So Tommy tries one last effort to tell a story if John promises not to mess with the gun they both know is hidden in Arthur's desk and Tommy doesn't want John to accidentally hurt Ada while playing with the gun. So he started telling a random story he remembers hearing from Polly one day in his normal voice and even then John doesn't seem to into it. But when Tommy starts making different voices (slow and deep for the grand tree of high and fast for the small mouse) and John starts to laugh. And Tommy likes it too even though John is only laughing at the voices and little Tommy loves to make his sibling smile. And soon enough they would like get lost in the stories and both Tommy and John would fall asleep on Arthur's bed while Ada would still be between them wide awake from their laughter! And ohhh!! I like that idea and just wish we had a few more stories from when they were younger and the family wasn't as broken as it became😭
Ok hi! Once again here's a new game I made to play! I'm going to give y'all the mini plot of an idea for a Peaky Blinders fic stuck in my head. But the thing is, this story is based off the plot of another Movie, Show, or Literature. And y'all get to guess what plot the story is based off! I will the the answer under the cut part of anyone interested to know. I figure it's a good way to clear my head of some of the ideas stuck up there and also what them with y'all! Idk if I'd ever get to writing these stories with more detail or not but I just thought I'd share the ideas and may they can inspire someone else too!❤️ But with out further ramblings here's the first one:
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It starts off in the early 1900's maybe 1903? We have two young lovers. man and woman (who are really more boy and girl) who meet at night under the bridge by the cut. Unfortunately these two lovers come from different families who are often at war. They even planned to run away together at one point and start anew life. Tragically on the very night the couple planned to leave their love was uncovered and the young man is sent away to New York to avoid further conflict. To his family, love doesn't matter, and the girl will only bring the family down. An incident only whispered about in the shadows thou never spoken out loud. Planted rumours of why he left began to spread within the hour. However the young woman doesn't know what happened to the young man, only that he never showed up their spot. Only that he seemingly abandoned her without notice? Maybe he never really did love her and was only a passing fantasy? Maybe his family really was as bad as they said? Soon her bleeding heartbreak had turned to a burning furnace of betrayal. She had heard he was engaged all this time and had finally been send off to his holy matrimony! Was she just another tick in his belt before the big day? Another notch on his bed before the shackle was locked? How dare he? Is she wasn't worth his time then why should be tears of him be worth hers?The woman is heart broken and the young man's name was Luca Changretta
A few days later the young woman is at a new bar. She meets another man that night, young and handsome, who her laugh and told her stories of his family, but he too was also full of his own sadness. His own love had just died of consumption, he wanted to drown of his feelings but the no amount of alcohol could help his thirst. The pair made love in the horse stables run up along the Cut. The hay smelled different that the stones under the bridge where her and Luca made live but the man above her was different as well. Two broken people begging for forget their pain without words....at least for a single night. In the morning when the sun rose and the whiskey wore off the pair parted ways. It wasn't that they didn't connect, given more time they likely would have become close friends, maybe even more. But that is not the path fate would take. It was still to soon for them both, their own pain was still to fresh, and their lives still to busy. He has to care for his own family now, his mother had just died and his father went off. He had so many siblings depending on his help, he didn't have time to be the man he was a few months ago. He didn't have time to be young and carefree anymore. And She still planned on leaving, she had never wanted to stay anyway. The memories still to painful and their burden to heavy in the smoke filled streets. So this time it was her who left, in the last train (the very one Luca left on days before) in the dark night, leaving only a note for her sister. And though she didn't plan on seeing the young man again she would remember his name. She would remember Thomas Shelby.
And it was the very next day when the young woman met a third man, a young Jewish Boxer which a fine beard and quick mouth. Though her final destination wasn't London, the young woman still decided to stay a few days. However on the first day luck would find her at a boxing match. It was right as their eyes first met when a forceful blow to the face had sent the young man to ground. His left eye was bruised and his nose had started to bleed two hits ago, but that didn't stop him from winking as the young woman. He then moved to get up and with a few powerful hits his opponent was on the ground...out cold. In less than a minute he had grabbed a towel to wipe off this face and jumped over the ring walls to land informs of the woman. With a sly smile and gruff tone he informed her that seeing as he had taken a fall hit for her, it was only fair for her to take him for a drink with her winnings. Shocked and amused by his confidence she had obliged and despite his first comment the man ended up paying for every drink that night. This man was neither as romantic as Luca or put together as Thomas. He spoke gruffly but honestly, not afraid to curse or shove the drunken bodies of others out of their way at the bar. He still made her laugh though and told stories of his new dog, and like with Thomas for a brief moment the young woman was able to forget her heartbreak of only a week ago. The woman and the boxer made love in his bed that night, a room that smelled of bread and a dog (who had been left in the living room). Again it was different than with Luca or Tommy but still the night was just a memorable. In the morning the young woman prepared to leave again. The young boxer had tried to convince her to stay one more day, but in the end relented to accepting the one starry night. And so he like Tommy took her to the station and helped her on to her train giving her some bread for her journey. Telling her that is she ever wished to come back she'd be welcome with open arms and warm bread. He was gruff and loud and all other so different from both Luca and Tommy. But even years later she'd remember her time with the young man named Alfie Solomons.
About twenty years later and all have gone their separate ways. The three young men hadn't heard from the young woman. who was now not so young, but neither were they. Though each man still thought of her from to time to time each realized that fate would come as fate would go. And if their time was only a stitch in the long string of life then so it would be. Though each sometimes wondered what could have been the answer never came and it was as if the young woman herself was a whisper in the shadows, fading away in the winds of lost time and old memories.
Until one day the letters came...
Three different men. All of who were very different in almost every way. Different looks, ideas, backgrounds, personalities and so much more. These men were about as different as they could be, though there was some beliefs they shared. They all believed in their families (or those who loved) and they all believed in the woman they had met at least for a day almost two decades ago. They knew she existed despite any evidence to prove otherwise. And then the evidence came.
Three identical letters for three different men.
Three identical letters send to three different cities. Three identical letters all saying one thing.
Three identical letters all inviting the man to a wedding....
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A/n: that's the idea! Can anyone guess what movie the plot is inspired by? I think the end is the biggest clue! Only my story probably wouldn't have as much dancing as the original though I'd love to see our favorite gangsters burst into song! 😂 And anyways, that's the idea! I hope y'all enjoyed my Peaky take on .....*drum roll*.....
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We know the Shelby family comes from Roma heritage (I can't think of that's the right term for it off the top of my head, please feel free to correct me if it's wrong). But we know in the show when a family member dies the funeral takes place with the deceased being burned in a caravan right?
So my question is why did their mother have a gravestone?
I know it's mentioned in S1 there's the scene where Tommy takes Finn to their moms grave and I thinks that when he tells Finn he's going to have to watch out for himself from then on. But it just makes me wonder why she would have a gravestone and wasn't burned in a caravan like the rest of those who died? Was it because they couldn't buy/get one at the time? We know they were still pretty poor around the time their mom died. Was it because their dad was still incharge then and didn't care about it enough to put in effort for a proper funeral? I can see that happening as well. Or do they even burn the decreased and make them a grave too? Like does John have a grave by their mother as well? Would it be right by Freddie and Martha? Because that just wouldn't make too much sense to me. Is it just SK with his regular continuity errors? Most likely but I'm still curious to know others thoughts....
So this may be more on the depressing side but here's an a quickly written idea that I thought of earlier and though it may be an interesting possibility. (Tw:mentions of violent deaths):
The only people Finn Shelby's ever seen kill are his own family...or at least they were the first.
I think Finn Shelby was ten years old when he first saw one man kill another. He knew he was suppose to stay with Ada back at the house but then she left while he was in the bathroom and he wanted to follow after her. But having gotten a bit behind he got there right as all the drama was ending. And he got there right as a bullet was put into Billy Kimber's forehead. Put there by his brother Thomas. That was one of the first nights he could remember having nightmares but not sneaking into the bed of his Aunt or Siblings. He couldn't do that...not this time. They may not have even realized he was there that time. After the event he had stood still around the corner of the building he hid behind when the shots went off. He didn't know how long he started at his feet trying to figure out what he had just seen when Pastor Jesus came around the corner himself after finishing patching up Tommy. After making sure the boy was unharmed Jeremiah walked him back into the garrison where Finn spent the rest of the night sitting by Ada and Isaiah playing with baby Karl, while avoiding looking in his brothers' directions though he still wasn't sure what happened....
The second time Finn Shelby saw one man kill another was when he was thirteen almost fourteen. Him and Isiah were at the boxing rink, and the coach kept yelling at him to do better. All of the sudden he turned around to see a fight that had gone too far. This time a boy who probably wasn't much older than was being repeatedly hit by his opponent who seemed to have gotten stuck in his head. Over and over until the younger man didn't move anymore and the older one finally seemed to snap out of it. Unlike the first time this one was an accident, caused by the war mangled thoughts that had overrun the others. And it was that fact that scared Finn more this time. The time he watched his brother Arthur kill an innocent boy. That was the second time he had ever seen someone killed and the first time he ever doubted Tommy's words as his brother told Finn and Isaiah what story to say. He knew Arthur would go to jail if the truth came out, but after the dead boy's mother came barging in a few days later he still found himself throwing up in the ally behind the Garrison despite not having anything to drink yet.
(And because I can't quite remember where he was when this actually happened/what happed specifically then... but I can still see it happening here's this one)
The third time Finn Shelby ever saw one man kill another Fourteen. Except this time the killer was a women. One who he knew was more than capable of killing but he never thought she'd actually do it. It was a few motnths after Arthur killed the boy and now they were at the races. Finn didn't expect anyone to die at the races. The races were fun but he wanted some money to try and place a bet of his own so when he saw her hurrying across the floor with a look he'd never seen before he followed her. But she was faster than him and soon she turned down a hall that lead to the phone booths where he knew there was only one way in. Deciding to give her privacy for her call, he waited again around the corner watching the people in fancy clothes pass by, and ignoring the muffled voices around the wall. But he jumped when he soon heard a few shots ring out from around the wall as his panic arose and before he could see if the woman was safe she hurried back around the corner not a hair out of place as she passed him by. It was as if she still had a too many thoughts running through her head of dreaded past events to recognize the wide eyed boy who was once again not sure what occurred. And for a second time Finn stood staring at his feet before the dreaded curiosity won him over and he looked around the corner towards the phone booths. One look was all he needed before the bile rose up in his throat and Finn shot off towards the nearby trash can to throw up. Passers by would think it was because he was drunk. Finn knew who the man was the one who, along with the runway barmaid that broke Tommy's heard, had caused so much trouble for the family when he was ten. But Finn thought he was gone, he didn't know that the man had come back. His family never told him anything, even though they seemed to want him to know everything at times. So he didn't know the man had returned and he didn't know the man was why his new cousin went to jail so suddenly for a while. And he didn't know what the dead man had made the woman do for his cousin to be released. All Finn knew was he had just heard his beloved Aunt Polly kill a man in the phone booth only a few meters away. And that made him a big sick...
In conclusion I think that though Finn Shelby's absolutely grew up around violence and general crime, his family also had a habit of keeping him out of it (at least until John died). That's one of the reasons why he ended up being so much softer than the rest of his family. Truthfully he didn't experience most of the violent and mental traumas that they all had growing up and as he grew. And while I definitely think his family ended up kind of ignoring him for their own lives unless they need a worker (that's a whole different rabbit whole though) in doing so they managed to hide him from a good bit of the blood they saw. But because they kept tried keeping him so far from the violence and death and murder for so long, the only time he saw it.... was when it was caused by them.
Hey Y'all! Let's play a new game called "Why I'd Die!" It's easy. Y'all just take your favorite show or movie and tell us why you WOULDN'T survive for very long! I'll go first:
I wouldn't survive very long in Peaky Blinders for one simple reason. Y'all know that thing Tommy does when he like grabs people face between his hand. Not "hands" like when he's lovingly holding Grace's face in his hands, but like when he grabs Finn's face in the "No Fucking Fighting" scene with one hand or Esme's in another. Y'all remember that thing? Yeah. See I may be able to survive the gang wars and feuds and general dangers of the 1920's (probably not) but the second Tommy would grab my face with one hand I'd be DEAD!!
Because if anyone grabs my face my general reaction is to grab theirs back. It's kind of a quid pro quo situation but completely lacing instinct😂. And if Tommy were to grab my face and squish my cheeks to get close and threatening, my only choice would be to grab his face and squish back. Only my grab would done with complete commentary of ✨squish squish✨ Because that is the only noise to make when grabbing someone's cheeks. The I would follow it up with a laugh because I laugh when I'm nervous which would absolutely not help the situation. Tommy would like come up and grab my face all mad asking if I betrayed the family and I'd probably just stare for a moment and reach up an ✨squish squish✨ before laughing and those would probably be my last words ever....
And yeah. It wouldn't matter if we are friends, lovers, enemies or anything else. It wouldn't matter how pissed off he is either. When someone grabs my face it's not the Fight or Flight instinct option I get, it the Fight, Flight, or Squish back and I will always choose squish. And if Tommy squish the I too will squish...
And that's why I wouldn't live long in Peaky Blinders.... Also because unless they are blood related to him women in Peaky have a habit of being killed off, run of, or they just disappear after a while and y'all know SK's general trendlines!
