#Downton abbey

[belovedrival]

The man can rock hats

Thomas Barrow x CVNTY HATS 🎩✨

[sarcasmisfluffy]

[oceancentury]

Dame Maggie Smith (1934 - 2024).

[petratherrock]

On a tangent, Edith Crawley (certified middle child of Downtown Abbey) and Anne Elliot (actually smart, overlooked, with good virtues) are who Mary Bennet imprinters wish she is

Now that I think about it, Austen really wrote several middle children as the mains in her novels; Anne Elliot, Catherine Morland, Henry Tilney, Elizabeth Bennett, Emma Woodhouse, Marriane Dashwood

Usually in fiction, the middle child gets the middle child treatment (see : Edith from Despicable Me and Edith from DA) but not in Austens :)

there needs to be a study on why people who want to make adaptations about p&p always somehow imprint on mary. like wouldn't kitty be easier if they just want a self insert? ig they think of her as the underdog of pride and prejudice (?)

I think it's fairly easy to explain, a shallow understanding of Mary Bennet is that she's an underappreciated bookworm/ugly duckling. Kitty Bennet, who is basically a blank slate, doesn't have enough personality for someone to identify with her.

What I don't think the casual reader or viewer grasps is that Mary Bennet is pedantic, self-righteous, callous, and downright annoying. And listen, I know she's a teenager, most teenagers improve over time, but the Mary presented in the novel is not someone I'm dying to be friends with or someone who I view as an underdog. She doesn't care about her sisters, not when they are sick or ruined; she isn't isolated by her siblings, she isolates herself; and she is very much promoting herself as Not Like Other Girls.

I don't find her unsympathetic, because I do think that she's the way she is because her intelligent father gives her no guidance and her mother points out her plain looks often, making her search for something else to distinguish herself, but I do think she'd need some reforming to be a palatable character to me. A lot of fan fiction writers just have her turn into a second Elizabeth once she finally has a chance to "come out of her shell", which I don't think is justified by the text. She's already out of her shell, it's not pretty.

But in the end, it's fine. I might not want to read those kind of stories, but I have no problem with people writing them. They just aren't for me. I just hope the writer knows that they are writing out of character.

[cleopatragirlie]

Rest in peace to Maggie Smith, who passed away today, aged 89. A wonderful actress and woman.

[ancientsstudies]

Farewell, Professor McGonagall.

[yeesandhaws]

AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY BC WHEN I FOUND OUT CELEBRIMBOR WAS IN FACT MICHAEL GREGSON FROM DOWNTON ABBEY I FELL TWICE AS HARD IN LOVE WITH HIS CHARACTER-

like why are they both so tragic :(((

credit: @elronds-pointy-ears

... Can I speak freely?

Because-

[jakeperalta]

★ countdown to christmas (take two) ★ day 17 of 24: downton abbey - "christmas at downton abbey" (2011)

[chaoskilled-dinosaurs-darling]

if a show is trying to be historically accurate then it better have employed the best historians and researchers and have everything fact checked….

on the other hand, if they are throwing historical accuracy to the wind and saying ‘fuck it, the Tudor princess is going to say ‘Slay Queen’ and they’re all going to do the cha cha slide’ then i am on board

[k-wame]

THE VANISHING TRIANGLE | S1.E3

[laolafi]

Who needs a sweet fluffy little Atticus & Rose story with a side of grumpy Lord Sinderby and a lot of Aldridge backstory? Because I think I do. BRB writing.

"Hope"

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[ianmckellen]

DOWNTON ABBEY | 1.04

[eternalremorse]

Another icon now gone. RIP Maggie Smith 💔

[sarcasmisfluffy]

Monkeys... Lord Grantham's dog.... Same dif

[galebucky]

Thomas Barrow smoking ❤️‍🔥

[corporalicent]

DEBUTANTE SEASON

Bridgerton (2020-) The Buccaneers (2023-) Downton Abbey (2010-2015) Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) Gossip Girl (2007-2012)