Good Morning, Gratuitous Ben Ahlers

I contemplated calling this post "Good Morning, Gratuitous Clock Twink" but actor Ben Ahlers is one of those rare cases where I find him hotter outside of the costumed drama than I do on it -- usually all of those semi-fetishistic costumes with their inherent high-collared repression really snap my suspenders, if you catch my drift. But it wasn't until I recently saw Ben here...

... outside of The Gilded Age and as his own adorable (and uhh surprisingly ripped) self that he actually caught my attention. (Also it turns out that he's 6'2" which doesn't hurt either.) So what I'm saying is -- don't think I'm only into Clock Twink now that his character's gone and gotten rich! I'm an entirely different kind of superficial.

For real though... who'd have guessed it? Wish I'd been paying attention sooner. But consider my twink-blindness your success story because it means I've got dozens upon dozens of photos to share with you this morning. If anybody wants to say what they thought of the third season of The Gilded Age as a whole and its finale (which aired last night) you can do that in the comments, but let's get to the real reason we're here and hit the jump for all of those pictures, videos, and gifs...