#edith crawley

[kidcataldo]

Thinking how future historians in the downton abbey universe will wonder if the crawleys were actually murderers, bc there’s just an excessive amount of deaths on record to make any of it look innocent

And like an entire subreddit would exist to prove lord grantham was some type of mob boss in the aristocracy, who killed anyone who wronged his family. The descendants of the granthams are constantly in the media trying to disprove these theories, like “no great grandad was just a guy… we think” but they don’t really have any solid evidence to disprove any claims bc the family took those secrets to the their graves

It’s so bad that people wholeheartedly believe he was the one who sunk the titanic and caused World War I

[alienas]

COSTUME APPRECIATION Lady Edith Crawley, Downton Abbey

[theremarkablemrshall]

Because, in the end, you're my sister and one day, only we will remember Sybil... or Mama or Papa or Matthew or Michael or Granny or Carson or any of the others who have peopled our youth... until, at last, our shared memories will mean more than our mutual dislike.

[moonofthechilcotin]

I have a really hard time believing Cora -"I carried a corpse for my daughter" and "I stood up to Violet and Rosamund and orchestrated a recovery mission for Edith / I'm bringing my granddaughter Marigold home" - Crawley actually missed Sybil's wedding.

[northbndtrain]

What was the real reason?

[torchwood-99]

It's funny how in sending that letter, Edith wasn't just getting her own back on Mary, but her parents too.

Had they not happily accepted that Edith was the designated spinster of the family, the one that will inevitably grow old and unloved, the one that they never bother to talk about, except to denigrate her, had they not vindicated Mary in her bullying of Edith with their constant contempt, Edith might have not been so resigned to having to settle for a mediocre sort of life, and therefore not been so willing to risk her family's standing by sending that letter.

What? By exposing Mary's scandal she puts her entire family's social standing at risk, and therefore her own chances of makingg an advantageous match? Oh no, what a disaster! Wait...hasn't it already been agreed that she's never going to find love and get married anyway? Oh well, might as well send that letter then, she hasn't got much to lose anyway? She might lose her family's love and respect? hahaha that's a laugh.

[bonhughbon]

Downton Abbey cast have a day at the races as they film upcoming movie.

The cast of headed down to Ripon Racecourse to film the third movie outing of the hit period drama.

The whole household were seen taking a trip to the horses in the scenes which were captured on an unusually warm day in North Yorkshire.

[such-g00d-luck]

you know it hits hard

[ebenelephant]

edith crawley is like if a highly competent woman was actually cringefail and kinda annoying. i will defend her until the day i die.

[kill-bill33]

I am unashamed at the sick satisfaction I get at seeing Mary’s face when she realises that Edith would outrank her.

[kidcataldo]

If Downton Abbey had a 1980s theme song part 2 (with credits)

[alienas]

COSTUME APPRECIATION Lady Edith Crawley, Downton Abbey

[byeletty]

apparently it's National Sisters Day and I don't have sisters myself but I do have Them 🥲

[eolewyn1010]

"Edith? My most darling girl, what's the matter?"

. . .

Robert, are you fucking kidding me? After "poor old Edith", after "what a dreadful thought that we're stuck with her into our old age", after "she doesn't have as many advantages as [Mary]", after "don't do that with the car-driving; you're probably no good at it", after "don't do that with the writing; they are only hiring you for your name since you have no skills to speak of", after "I don't like that crippled boyfriend of yours", after "I don't like that common-born boyfriend of yours"... Now you're suddenly playing the loving father and emotional support? Where was that when Edith was growing up with an inferiority complex as big as Mary's ego?

[kookyburrowing]

downton abbey is soooo funny to me bc like. they really SHOULD have been at the club. “oh no she’s 24 and died in childbirth—” should’ve been at the club. “oh no im a widow—” get thee to the club. “no one wants to marry me—” THE CLUB.

[torchwood-99]

The interesting thing about Edith and Mary is that at a glance Mary seems like the strong, independent women who never relies on anyone and can handle everything herself, but the truth is that everyone lives their life catering to her and whenever something goes wrong she gets hand held and coddled until it's fixed for her, whereas Edith seems the more dependant, less capable of the two, but more often than not when stuff goes wrong for her she's left to deal with it by herself, with minimal support, and the people who fix things for Mary tend to just make things worse for Edith.