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* HairTriggerTemper: Tom's uncle Michael flies into rages at the littlest things.
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* ChekhovsGun: Tom starts using Gwen's typewriter when he starts taking the same correspondence course.
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* DoomedByCanon: Edward Courtenay, William Mason, Major Bryant, Vera Bates, Lavinia Swire.
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* LastRequest: William has Tom promise that he'll protect Daisy from Barrow and, if she wants to move up, to help her do so.
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* PetTheDog: In a rare show of solidarity, Thomas acts as a pallbearer for William's funeral alongside Tom and Bates.
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* ShotgunWedding: Tom invokes this by trying to make Major Bryant take responsibility for Ethel's child. It fails.
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** The second Downton chauffeur is named Pratt; his backstory is that the Crawleys had a neighbor who had to sell their estate, so Robert hired him (in fact he would have hired all the servants if he could afford it).
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Since the fanfic was started before Tom's family was fleshed out, his older brother Kieran in Series 3 becomes his cousin.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Tom Branson and his brother Francis. Tom is shown to be a good worker and helped provide for his siblings, Frank is a near-stereotypical hooligan.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Irish revolutionary Michael Collins is mentioned popping his head in and out of Tom's newspaper the ''Irish Republic''.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Irish revolutionary Michael Collins is mentioned popping his head in and out of Tom's newspaper the ''Irish Republic''.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chapter 13 is about Gwen's job interview and the mishap that ensues.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Major Charles Bryant is a {{Jerkass}} in the series proper, but really shows himself to be a nasty piece of work here where he attempts to steal one of Lord Grantham's cars for a joyride, is racist towards the Irish, and hacks up Tom's hands with a knife when the chauffeur tries to make him take responsibility for his child with Ethel.
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* AllForNothing: It turns out that Tom and Sybil's elopement would have failed anyways since Sybil's friend Susan writes that Gretna Green requires married couples to be residents of the area for at least three weeks.
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* AllForNothing: It turns out that Tom and Sybil's elopement would have failed anyways since Sybil's friend Susan writes that Gretna Green requires married couples to be residents of the area for at least three weeks.weeks, giving whoever would be chasing them down enough time to find them.
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* TheyDo: Tom and Sybil is a ForegoneConclusion.
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** Tom Bellasis in ''Stepping Stones''.
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** Tom Bellasis Bellasis, the acquaintance of Sybil's who was killed in Series 2, appears in ''Stepping Stones''.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Discussed in Chapter 19 after the Ripon count where Tom's hands are shaking so badly that he would have asked Barrow or O'Brien for a cigarette.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: After breaking Major Bryant's jaw and some of his teeth, Tom pours alcohol on him to a) wake him up since he has to catch a train and b) make it look like his appearance is due to drinking.
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* HighTurnoverRate: In the two years between Series 1 and 2, there were apparently a lot of housemaids after Gwen left to become a secretary; Ethel stayed the longest. Tom halfheartedly wonders if Gwen put a curse on the position.
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* HighTurnoverRate: In the two years between Series 1 and 2, there were apparently a lot of housemaids after Gwen left to become a secretary; Ethel stayed the longest.longest at nearly two years. Tom halfheartedly wonders if Gwen put a curse on the position.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Tom's family isn't completely welcoming of Sybil, particularly his sister Kathleen. This isn't helped by the fact that Tom and Sybil are supposed to stay with Kathleen and her husband Sean.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Tom's family isn't completely welcoming of Sybil, particularly his sister Kathleen. This isn't helped by the fact that Tom and Sybil are supposed to stay with Kathleen and her husband Sean.
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* SideBet: The servants apparently had one over how long Mr. Lang would last before being fired/resigning.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Nurse Templeton is a nurse variation of this trope who has little patience for young women who don't have the stomach to handle viscera.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Nurse Templeton is a nurse variation of this trope who has little patience for young women who don't have the stomach to handle viscera.viscera (or even talk about them in conversation).
* LikeASonToMe: Reversed with Tom thinking of Mrs. Hughes as a second mother, which leads him to attack Major Bryant after he insults her over the Ethel predicament.
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** In Chapter 9 Tom wonders what Daisy sees inBarrowBarrow.
** Sybil wonders this about Mary and Sir Richard, noting that she doesn't see the spark in Mary that Matthew brings out in her.
** In Chapter 9 Tom wonders what Daisy sees in
** Sybil wonders this about Mary and Sir Richard, noting that she doesn't see the spark in Mary that Matthew brings out in her.
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* EyeScream: Susan's beau James loses one of his eyes and most of his vision in the other due to an explosion.
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* AgeLift: Tom is born in 1885 in the show since it's said he and Matthew are about the same age. Here, he is born in 1980, making him slightly older than Mary (born 1891).
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** Tom is one for Anna/Bates and even serves as a witness for their wedding.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Nurse Templeton is a nurse variation of this trope who has little patience for young women who don't have the stomach to handle viscera.
* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Gwen names her twins Anne and Tom, for Anna and Branson.
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* EasterEpisode: Chapters 8 and 9 concern the Easter celebrations at the Branson house.
* PromotionToParent: It's mentioned that Tom and his eldest sister Kathleen helped their mother raise the younger siblings.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: A good portion of the story is Tom's return to Ireland and facing scrutiny from everyone he knows because of his choice to marry Sybil.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Mrs. Branson reminds Sybil of Nurse Templeton.
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* EasterEpisode: Chapters 8 and 9 concern the Easter celebrations at the Branson house.
* PromotionToParent: It's mentioned that Tom and his eldest sister Kathleen helped their mother raise the younger siblings.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: A good portion of the story is Tom's return to Ireland and facing scrutiny from everyone he knows because of his choice to marry Sybil.
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* HairTriggerTemper: Tom's uncle Michael flies into rages at the littlest things.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The author believes that Sybil is unaware of the Pamuk scandal.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Charles Bryant is a {{Jerkass}} in the series proper, but really shows himself to be a nasty piece of work here where he attempts to steal one of Lord Grantham's cars for a joyride and hacks up Tom's hands with a knife when the chauffeur tries to make him take responsibility for his child with Ethel.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Charles Bryant is a {{Jerkass}} in the series proper, but really shows himself to be a nasty piece of work here where he attempts to steal one of Lord Grantham's cars for a joyride joyride, is racist towards the Irish, and hacks up Tom's hands with a knife when the chauffeur tries to make him take responsibility for his child with Ethel.Ethel.
* AlasPoorScrappy: In-universe; Tom doesn't like Ethel, but he still feels sorry for her due to being sacked.
* AllForNothing: It turns out that Tom and Sybil's elopement would have failed anyways since Sybil's friend Susan writes that Gretna Green requires married couples to be residents of the area for at least three weeks.
* AlasPoorScrappy: In-universe; Tom doesn't like Ethel, but he still feels sorry for her due to being sacked.
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* {{Fingore}}: Tom's brother-in-law Sean loses two fingers in World War I.
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** Invoked with Tom using ''Literature/ArabianNights'' to explain Sybil's trouser pants toDaisy.Daisy.
** Tom and Sybil use the name [[Literature/{{Persuasion}} Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth]] as a cover name when they elope.
** Invoked with Tom using ''Literature/ArabianNights'' to explain Sybil's trouser pants to
** Tom and Sybil use the name [[Literature/{{Persuasion}} Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth]] as a cover name when they elope.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Tom occasionally writes letters to his deceased cousin Martin, referred to as "Letters to Nowhere".
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* FaintInShock: Happens to a nursing student named Gretchen when Nurse Templeton asked her if she had ever seen human organs before.
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** PassionateSportsGirl; An InformedAttribute. She used to play Cricket.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Sybil, in spades.
