When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go #downtown abbey


Many thanks to the anon on wank_report for this small but delightful treat. I've used much of your wording in this post.


Sherlock, Merlin and Downton Abbey all go up for the National Television Awards.

Downton Abbey wins.

The Sherlock fandom on Tumblr goes batshit.

To 'get back' at Downton Abbey for winning, some people decide to start a mass campaign for Sherlock fans to spam the Downton Abbey hashtag, thereby pissing off the Downton fans.

Except for one problem...

They incorrectly spell Downton as 'Downtown' and instead spam the mispelled hashtag of "Downtown Abbey", a hashtag no one cares about or tracks.



It seems to be mostly over but here is a selection of links:

Angry fans


(1) KENNEDYS JUST GOT ROBBED what the fack is Downtown Abbey (I don't think this is Sherlock related but it was on the tag, so here you go)


(2) And the winner is...Downtown Abbey!


(3) I WILL GO ALL LIMA HEIGHTS ON DOWNTOWNS ASS.

Haha good luck with that, since “Downtown Abbey” doesn’t even exist, dumbass. Way to make yourself look like both an idiot and a douchebag in one blow.


(4) All respect to Downton Abbey, and the fanbase. I am sure that the show deserved to win just as much as the other three nominees. But as I am sure you will understand the Sherlock, Doctor Who and Merlin fandoms are a bit upset right now, just as you would have been if Downton hadn’t had won. So please do not take any offense in our disappointment post, we mean no disrespect to the show.


(5) now there’s really no way i’m ever watching downtown abbey.


Amused responses


(6) ngl this “downtown abbey” thing is cracking me up.

SO MANY PEOPLE. SUCH POOR SPELLING.


(7) It’s 3:56 AM and I just woke up and started giggling because I remembered that angry fangirls spammed the downtown abbey tag instead of the downton abbey tag


(8) I’M STILL LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY and I need to break it down

• Some Merlin, Sherlock and Doctor Who fans are pissed
• Because their shows lost to Downton Abbey
• (Which has the highest ratings, largest audience of the 4)
• But they all think its called Downtown Abbey
• So they took their hate to Tumblr
• And tagged their hate (like douchebags)
• But they tagged it with a typo
• And so none of the hate ended in the right tag
• And it’s just
• Really
• Fucking
• Hysterical

I’m sorry to keep bringing it up but this is honestly my favorite thing since “Don’t instagram your ballots!”


(9) okay guys

so i’m writing a television show called downtown abbey and it’s about abbey and her life in downtown boston and it’s going to be great okay just TRUST ME because she says stuff like, “i was cooking that up in my head for like 2 weeks before i was like, that needs to go on the internet.”

perfect person


(10) Thank god for fans who can’t spell.