This Is Why Thomas Shelby Is So Irresistible - Character Analysis (Re-Upload)
WARNING!
*This video may contain spoilers of Peaky Blinders Season 1 - 5.*
In this video I talk about a couple of observations I've made throughout the show that I believe make Thomas Shelby irresistible and admired by both men and women.
Thomas Shelby is the protagonist in the TV-series Peaky Blinders that aired on BBC the summer of 2013. He's one of my favourite characthers to ever grace the TV screen and his charisma is out of this world. I've thought long and hard about what it actually is that make him so attractive to other people.
I mean, we all can see that the actor Cillian Murphy is blessed with good looks, a deep voice and a well defined jawline that certainly helps, but I believe that there has too more to it.
So going into the TV-show a second, and a third time with the mindset of looking for clues. I've managed to dig-out a couple of moments in the show that I believe really highlights the rich pesonality that Thomas Shelby posses.
I also asked myself what else could help fill the picture, so I decided that I would compile the highlights a long with some historical background and little bit of his childhood-story to give you guys an idea of what hidden forces helped shap this awesome mobster.
So if you're new to this channel or have no idea what this video may contain I hope I've been able to shed some light regarding what it is that I'll talk about in this video..
If you have any questions, thoughts, ideas or suggestions. Feel free to send me and email or comment down below and let's have discussion about it.
Contact: / thexlearningxcurve
⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰
00:00 - 00:40 = Introduction/Background about the TV Show
00:40 - 03:40 = Lesson #1 - ''Create favourable opportunities for others''
03:41 - 05:08 = Tommys Imperfections
05:09 - 06:44 = Tommy Looks for WIN/WIN Situations
06:45 - 07:44 = Lesson #2: '''Tommy walks the road less traveled''
07:45 - 10:20 = The Dark Side Of Tommy's Childhood
10:21 - 13:53 = Lesson #3: ''Live in the moment, but plan for the future''
13:54 - 17:20 = Lesson #4 Tommy is in-touch with both his feminine and masculine energy
17:37 - 18:51 = SUMMARY OF ALL TALKING POINTS.
⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰ 00:00 - 00:40 = Introduction/Background about the TV Show 00:41 - 03:40 = Lesson #1 - ''Create favourable opportunities for others'' 03:41 - 05:08 = Tommys Imperfections 05:09 - 06:44 = Tommy Looks for WIN/WIN Situations 06:45 - 07:44 = Lesson #2: '''Tommy walks the road less traveled'' 07:45 - 10:20 = The Dark Side Of Tommy's Childhood 10:21 - 13:53 = Lesson #3: ''Live in the moment, but plan for the future'' 13:54 - 17:20 = Lesson #4 Tommy is in-touch with both his feminine and masculine energy 17:37 - 18:51 = SUMMARY OF ALL TALKING POINTS.
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“I warn you, I’ll break your heart” “already broken”
Just letting you know the Scene at 4:09 was an intentional foreplanning. He picked that fight there with them so that he can create a conflict with the Lee family for the time being. So that when Mr Kimber comes at him angry later on (at the pub) he shows him the bullet with his name on it in order to substantiate he is on his side 100%. He didnt start the fight at 4:09 out of anger or spite. It was a calculated move and conflict that was necessary. To which he went and amended that conflict by marrying John with one of the Lee girls in order to fix. All his moves were cold and calculated. Only time he reacts out of emotions is when they took his kid in season 3. The mans playing 3d Chesse while everyone on 2d.
Excellent observation!
Yes it was intentional
@@TheLearningCurveX you don't need to observe to know that, you just need to watch the show.
@@aljoooooowwwnn23 I think I must've missed that because I was confused as to why Tommy setup John. Maybe I fell asleep 😂
I was going to drop the same comment.
he looks and sounds like a leader of mine when i was in the army. Similar style and body language but i like tommy better tho 🤣
What body language do soldiers do?
@@Sapientia-in-senectute upright posture maybe smth... No slouch
Yeah he sounds like a CSM.
I may be your leader
Cap
I just realized that Tommy's experience as a tunneler is an allusion to voluntary confrontation with the unconscious. 1. He volunteered for the position 2. Tunneling literally involves submersion under the superficial 3. He transcended his previous state, which was naïve and unprepared for what was to come, through the full integration of his desire for power.
The war forced tommy to integrate his jungian shadow. Leading to him being more hyper aggressive which corresponds well with his high ambitions and hunger for money and power.
great Video, but please increase your voice volume and decrease your sound effect/clip volume. It really detracts from the viewing experience.
I wanted to watch but had to turn it off.
I'm sorry to hear that!
It's shit
@@dermotjones8753 I'm sorry you feel that way :/
seen seasons 1 through 5 three times. waiting for 6. So much to learn in there. I implement his body language skills, the way he thinks a lot and talks less, reads people, and commands respect.. and I have had positive responses so far. This movie is to be studied, not just watched
Cillian murphy really does become the character. Thomas Shelby us a role model to me
You've got some tips mate?
@@Michael-rm1bx just be unreactive and as calm as possible at all times
I'm watching the entire series for a third time. In my opinion, THE BEST series on Netflix!!
Lmfao the loud ass clips and bleeps sound hilarious man. You gotta get your audio mixing in order.
Thank you for sharing, but please read the comments! You're not the first and won't be the last to notice this and I've fixed this in other videos 👍
@@TheLearningCurveX i wasn't expecting a response tbh. Good work though!
This channel is a work in progress, I appreciate the sentiment though!
@@TheLearningCurveX i was just messing bro. No harm intended lol.
You're awesome. This content brings so much value. You dissect meticulously Thomas Shelby and synthesize with proper words, great job. I would recommend you Harvey Specter from Suits as an other prodigy of character🔥
I appreciate this content. You did a great job 👏🏻
Well written man! Incredible value
I really like this video. Love close analysis of a well loved complex character!
Thank you for sharing Lisa, I appreciate it a lot. Who would you like me to analyze next?
@@TheLearningCurveX kind of late, but how about Polly?
I already did!
Great character analysis. The key is vulnerability in creating, sustaining and maintaining any relationship. If more people and businesses knew this and took advantage of this knowledge, we would all be in a better place. I dissect and analyze Astro chart forensically - through the lens of a criminal or gangster mainly. So well done!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it all. I like the way you think, I'll have to take a look at your analysis aswell 👍
What do you mean by this? How do you use this in relationships?
Great video, I admit tommy isn’t a role model but from suffering people become like him, I do understand his ways.
One can't help but to be inadvertently shaped by ones surroundings and environment.. and Tommys upbringing hasn't been easy to say the least!
Modern society wants to label people the hero or villain good or bad etc. That's not realistic at all. He's traumatized and been dealt a bad hand just attempting to carry on why embellish or label it? Look at the era too. Prohibition so if you drink automatic judgement back from the war so expectations there too. It's just death and suffering people don't know unless they know.
Amazing video bro👍🏽
Thank you for the support bro! 👊
Man you're just a natural with your analysis; watched the "Ghost' analysis and it was authentic too. Salude🤝
Thank you!! 🤝
Pleasure 🤝
I think the quote you're referring to in 14:00 is Carl Jung's Anima/Animus archetype theory, as he says "If you pay close attention you will see that the most masculine man has a feminine soul, and the most feminine woman has a masculine soul."
Took the time to give this a thumbs up! Great job! Thank you!
Thank you, I appreciate it a lot 💪
Took the time to lol dude your not that special
@@thisguy9536 it's you're, not your 🧠
I am aware bud
I'd like to point out that fighting the Lee boys was part of his plan to put him on the side of Billy Kimber
Yes, it has come to my attention as well by other commenters, but great observation nonetheless!
Good analysis of character
good work
Re do the other part because of sound please thanks 🙂 Wil help gef you more views and recognition as a guy that cares for his viewers as others have stated this too 🙂
This video was great. I adore the Tommy Shelby character. Thank you, so much. Would you consider doing a video on Alfie?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Diana, I really appreciate your feedback. I'm starting to believe that I must make one on him given how many times I've been asked haha
It's a good video but there's something you need to understand. On the early Tommys Imperfection part, they are not mistakes, it's his strategy to start a war with the Lee so he can work together with Kimber. He used the strategy "The enemy of my enemy is my Ally"
"By order of the bloody Peaky Blinders "
Ive always thought of the Lee fight as a voluntary move
👍 for the fact that you suggested a healthier way to stay calm like meditation or exercise instead of glorifying alcohol and cigarettes.
Absolutely! Thank you my friend for supporting the channel 🤜🤛
Bhai kisi gangster ko meditate krte hue dekha hai?🤣🤣
Hey man, nice video. But the volume of your voice, sound effects (bleep) and clips are all over the place. Increase the audio of your narration next time. Great work on writting the vid tho! I enjoyed it throughly
Hey! Good videos thank for subtitles. Dou you have done script for this videos?
Thank you my friend! I do use notes, or more so bullet points that I want to highlight or adress
Great video, the audio isnt mixed properly though. Voice is low volume, the show's clips are high volume.
My hand has blood,mine too.classic😁
A simple phrase with so many potential meanings! Sometimes less is more
Keep up the GREAT WORK! and you don't need a piece of paper that says your qualified.you impressed me, and that's damn near impossible!👍
Tommy has serious woman issues about his mom.hes more compassionate towards them, and very brutal towards men over his hatred for his dad.ive used the blood on hands,a the wh#re line numerous times.who wouldn't want a thomas shelby as a friend?
I appreciate the support and great feedback! Thank you for spreading good vibes 💪
He, Cillian, is playing a gypsies perfectly, they are wild and free. If he did things the way of your analysis, it would be very boring to watch. There have not been a lot of instances where Tommy had lost his temper. He was very patient i would say, in spite of him having to do most of the thinking to move his business forward.
I think the character of Tommy eroded a lot of the stereotypes people have of g*ypsies
'You think we are jokers' Tommy:'Am i laughing? '
Brilliant video overall, but wanted to comment on a small part that i feel you sligthyk misunderstood. In 3:54 he didnt fall in a trap as amtrer of fact he set a bait for them. He wanted the lee boys to get in a conflict with him and declare war to have something in common with billy kinber
I'd suggest a video on Michael next. He's such an interesting character in my opinion.
I'll take that into consideration, thank you JP for sharing your thoughts and ideas!
Ew
Fook Michael
Michael Corleone
Michael seems to be the another Thomas Shelby in making!!..
You put so much quality content + quantity but somehow it is difficult to understand what you're saying cause of how you speak ( thank you for making this type content really appreciate 🔥)
Listen then
I have an accent that I can't really hide, but I appreciate you watching, I'll try to annunciate better in the future though!
The audio tho. My earphone cried.
Thanks ❤️
Thank you ❤️
You should do one on Lizzie
I thought he was one man that sold his soul for money! He definitely has his flaws! He’s torn between money and family! My favorite character was Alfie Solomon! He was my favorite character in this Netflix series!
Alfie is awesome, I'll have to make a video on him soon!
The Finnish accent 👌🏻
I'm not finnish! 😀
I really liked the video and your analysis of Tommy, but I just need to tell you that your audio goes from very soft (when you speak) to very loud when it switches to the clips from Peaky Blinders or when you add censor bleeps. It's very distracting, and I would've clicked away had I opened the video in another circumstance. Just letting you know for improvement.
He makes the brumy accent sexy
He sure does!
Thomas Shelby is my dream man
No fookin fighting!
good video, but why do some parts have to be so loud?
Do a video on ~James St Patrick~ in the series ~Power~ He is similar Love the video🔥
Thank you for the support my friend! Coincidentally, I've already done a video on James St Patrick very recently, check it out 🔥
You attribute the lack of emotions shown by Thomas Shelby to the historical conditioning of men to refrain from overt display of emotions.However,there is a contradiction here. Similar to Tommy, his brother Arthur also fought in WW1 and faced similar traumatic experiences. He also shared the similar upbringing of Tommy.However he is one character who almost wears his heart on his sleeves and has zero control over his feelings or passions. His wife Linda in fact manipulated his emotional nature to get close to him in early part of the series, Arthur attempted suicide and Tommy asked him a number of times to get a hold on himself.
Arthur wasn't a leader though. He didn't have to think in order to save the lives of his men.
@@kimonaNo1 That is exactly the point. Tommy's stoicism can't solely be attributed to some 'historic conditioning of men' as suggested in this video. Tommy's stoicism was his individualistic trait that made him a leader whereas the more emotional Arthur who shared Tommy's upbringing and had gone through similar traumatic experiences remained largely a follower.
And comrades it all ends today........A great era comes to an end....hats off to the peaky focken blindersss....
Is it bad that I knew every word he bleeped out by heart? 😅
We all do.. 😬
R.I.P John
Do More of Thomas Shelby please
People keep telling me this.. I'll see what I can do! Do you have any other character you find fascinating?
@@TheLearningCurveX MICHAEL CORLEONE
wr can i get the hats, they're really dope hats
He's like Littlefinger... except so much better.🙂🤔
Great vid 👍 but please record Ur voice a little higher and clips a little lower
Thank you for the feedback and support, I appreciate it a lot 👍
At the end of the that, a criminal is a criminal. No peace, no joy in life....sad and tragic.
It’s very polite of you to bleep the word gypsy but I’ll tell you something about us. We’ve been called tinkers, pikeys, barks, can’ts, roshite, along with gypsy, Romany and traveller. We take none to heart and we don’t care what you call us. We’ve never claimed to be victims because nobody ever cared if we were of willing to do anything about it. We are raised on this mind set and that leaves us to not care what you think so we certainly don’t care what you call us. Very polite of you though and we enjoy the videos.
Mistakes “2, & 3” were not mistakes. That fight was intentional in order to achieve a common enemy with Kimber so that he can have his men within
My ears were trying to get used to the loud and quiet the whole video 😭
Make a video about Don Draper
7:46
Why clip sound is so louder than your voice
this fight scene when he won the horse was for getting bullet it was planned
Yes! Others have commented the same thing, but thank you for letting me know just in case
Listened 03.25.23
I’m here 🤞🏽
My guy! Thank you for giving me the final push to get this out, hope you liked it!
He resembles dolph lundgreen
Yes he does 🤣🤣 but with brown hair ! Same sharp jawline and icy blue eyes
Apparently you can't say the word Gypsy now, it's beeped out. Thank God you people are watching out for me!
I don't want to get demonetized
@@TheLearningCurveX Totally ridiculous but I hear ya. It's like dealing with a bunch of little kids.
I feel like Thomas Shelby read the 48 laws of power.
It's written after studying powerful people like thomas shelby.
I haven't watched the video, but I can't answer the question as to why Thomas Shelby is irresistible: because he was written so.
Correct, I mentioned that in the other video I made about him "The Ruthless Nature Of Thomas Shelby"
Isiah and Duke
Hey `Learning Curve`.... learn how to get the volume level. ;)
Birming-HAM
INTJ 8w9
Perhaps! I haven't really analysed Tommy through that lens yet but I'm also positive that he's a xNTx like you're alluding to.
I think 8w7. He doesn't just hit back when hit. He hit first.
man fix the sound pls, good video tho
I've purchased a new mic, the audio quality will only improve from now and onwards
It's not the mic it's the volume switch between your voice and the clips you've used
Yeah it was a rookie mistake, it was my first attempt at it and it won't happen again 👍
Great video otherwise good work
Appreciate it fam! 💪@@daig8817
why reupload?
Thanks for asking! My old video got restricted and blocked by youtube and it's only viewable in certain regions of the world. Also the audio quality was too low so I decided to fix it a little bit!
@@TheLearningCurveX then the audio suddenly beeps deep into my ear 🙄 you should normalise the volume
Damn son, King Alfred is now a bookie in Birmingham. What a world we live in when a man can live for that long! Incredible. Hes at 3:09 for anyone interested.
STEP 1 : FRRRance
Est-ce que tu es français(e)?
Making it 100 comments
Thank you! 🙌
He thinks like a world class general
A true strategist, always looking at the bigger picture!
I swear I read the title as irresponsible lol
Happens to the best of us.. that would probably be a more interesting video to watch though 🤔
His grandad was a king, his family wasn’t that poor.
11:00 it was a coconut not a pineapple!
Turn down the volume on the censored noises lad
Sound of this video destroys the enjoyment of listening to it
The volume management of this video is terrible
Because he's the protagonist.
I did mentioned that in another video!
not the best analysis but cool
could you share an analysis of Thomas Shelby that you find better than this please
I can't be everyones cup of tea, thank you for sharing though!
@@TheLearningCurveX great job on the video will you make an update in the future?
@@hahahahahha8458 thank you! yes, I have a couple in mind :)
Audio volume Difference between movie scenes and your voice is to much.
top hat & coconut ...
Yeah I know.. did it change the overall point though?
Would like you to increase your voice when talking
I've purchased a new mic, the audio quality will only improve from now and onwards
Gypsy isnt a slur. lol
It is according to KZheads algorithm..
bleeps are loud as shii bro
Pretty sure it was a coconut
Nah the scene about is imperfections are false , Tommy was very calculated ,watch the show first bro
PIKEY.... is BLEEPED-OUT???
You gotta stop with the bleeps
You gotta speak louder to the mic bro 😑
Tbh.. the only thing going through my mind rn; why the hell are the sounds so out of proportion. The loudness of his speech vs the loudness of the shots. Not even talking about the scensorbeeps
Bruh, thomas is a fictional character, using his tatics on real life isnt going to work.
The bleeping is annoying af