#mariana lawton

[lovelydialeonard]

Gentleman Jack, S01E07 (1/2)

MARIANA LAWTON "So it’s all off?" ANNE LISTER "Mm. All off." MARIANA LAWTON "Freddy, are you crying?" ANNE LISTER (yes she is) "No."

[employee645-gay]

“And then tomorrow, you'll leave me.”

M and Anne from season one, episode one.

[misswlister]

"my aunt wished me my health and many happy returns of my birthday" abril 3, 1836.

happy birthday miss Lister! 🎂💗

[cuervom]

Today, I’ve seen a man who had tattooed this symbol: π.

I could only read ‘Mariana’ all the time.

[wynonnacanitryonyourleg]

also aunt Anne Lister

[rivriv03]

Thursday 8th June

Mariana Percy Lawton

(1790 - 1868)

Bisexual

“As long , my dear Fred, as I reign undisturbed over your heart, I am satisfied. ‘Tis the only kingdom in the world that I covet and, assured that no rival can have power to dethrone me, I am fully and entirely satisfied.”

Mariana was the first wife of Anne Lister. The daughter of Anne’s first lover’s doctor, her and Mariana had a relationship that carried on throughout Percy’s marriage to Charles. The event many considered where Anne started wearing black. The plan was to live together after Charles’ death, however Anne moved on to Ann Walker. Despite Anne being with Ann, Lister and Lawton’s relationship continued till Lister’s death. Mariana died at age 78 in her sister’s home in London.

[crownspeaksblog]

If marianas only concern is money then i feel like she'd have moved in with anne when she inherited shibden but she didn't.. living with anne was always a last resort after her husband died and i honestly don't believe if she would have moved to shibden after Charles died because she always thought she'll have his brother to take care of her.

I don't think mariana could handle living in shibden and have to witness people talk about her and whisper whenever she's with anne and i doubt she wants to live this kind of life no matter how much she might love anne.. a woman dressing and acting like anne lister and being a woman who lives with anne is probably the closest thing to being openly out in that time..

I think mariana wants anne to stay relatively "single" so they'd only spend time together few times a year.. i think mariana likes the arrangement they had of seeing and traveling with anne for a short period of time each year and then going back to her life.

So this notion that mariana is annes one true love is stupid.. how much love does a person still have for someone they only see a couple of times a year and they spend alot of that time arguing and having sex.. like marianas brother said.. too much water has passed under that bridge.

Their relationship (as we see in the show) is familiar.. mariana is the ex anne goes to when there's no one else that'll have her and anne is the person that mariana goes to for a change of scenery and routine (and good sex)..

And here's the thing i don't hate mariana for not being able to be with anne full time, i don't hate her not wanting people to talk and whisper rumors about her and anne.. i don't hate or blame her for not being able to live like this but also i don't like her.. i get her, i sympathize with her but i don't like her and i most definitely hate the way she's treated anne and what she put her through for 20 years.

So tell me how and why am i supposed to believe that mariana is not "the other woman" and that her and annes relationship is anything other than mutual familiarity..

[maggiester]

[lovelydialeonard]

Reblogging because this was just too beautiful.

Mariana Lawton | Gentleman Jack 2.03

[lovelydialeonard]

Gentleman Jack, S01E07 (2/2)

MARIANA LAWTON “Seriously, you asked her to marry you? To - (she whispers, even though there’s no real need to) To exchange rings? And alter wills? And move in?” ANNE LISTER “Yes. Well. I hadn’t raised the matter of wills yet, but - (MARIANA goes quiet and thoughtful) What’s the matter?” MARIANA LAWTON “All the things we talked about doing?”

[wine-dark-soup]

If i had a nickel for everytime i realized a ffxiv character was voiced by someone who played in gentleman jack, i'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[incorrect-gentleman-jack]

Anne Lister, to Tib Norcliffe: Did you ever know a woman, Tib, who took your heart and rattled it like a bird in a cage?

Anne Lister: Who joined you on a sequence of heists and schemes until the two of you were forced apart by circumstance?

Anne Lister: And also because you ran off in the middle of the night with a bunch of her valuables?

[crownspeaksblog]

To a person who had no knowledge outside of the show of the real anne lister and her life, the thing with mariana being the one and that ann was the other woman makes no sense whatsoever and it wasn't apparent in anyway shape or form especially in season 1.

To me she was the toxic ex who didn't really and truly know who anne is and that kept dragging anne back to her bullshit, back to the past. Not once did i think mariana was the one.. remember when mariana was like you should marry a man to anne.. that doesn't sound like someone who knew and loved you for 20 years it definitely doesn't sound like "the one"..

I know there no point of me dwelling on this. I just finished season 2 like two days ago and I'm just so disappointed i can't stop thinking about it.

looooool at

Sally saying “Mariana and Anne really should have been together” & “Ann Walker really was the other woman”

suddenly the second season makes so much more sense in the way it was written…

anyway — I disagree with her completely.

bye

edit: the interview

[ofprevioustimes]

*kisses Mariana's hand* ♥️

It was so absurd that Anne could weaken her to the very core of her being with just a simple kiss to her hand, but no amount of resistance would take that power away from her. Mariana shuddered, holding her breath for a second. Her lips parted faintly, but she didn’t know whether she’d meant to say something or merely to invite her for a kiss, so instead she just stood there in silence, wanting. She had to be resilient, or else the world around her might drive her mad. Anne was so strong, so fierce and independent… it was perhaps the most attractive thing about her, and it certainly lured Mariana like a moth to a flame, but even then she knew she couldn’t be like her. There were just too many chains that restrained her from being thus.

“Fred…” she called her tenderly, keeping her hold of Anne’s hand even after her lips had parted from Mariana’s knuckles. She wanted so much more than that: more of her kisses, her touch, her company, but Charles’ hall was hardly the most appropriate place to enjoy them with all his servants around, and even then it wasn’t enough. A life together with the woman she loved was the only thing that could satisfy her, but all she could have was a few stolen moments like this. 

The only thing she had left was the hope that her husband would die first, and if God allowed Anne would still be free... but it was still a torture to be near her, even the memory of her was a walking, talking reminder of all the things that she was missing.

Will you ever forgive me?

“I’ve missed you”, she confessed with a whisper, meaning: I love you, I love you, please don’t ever leave me again…

[s-cullayy]

I am SICK of dating apps where is the love of my life!!!!

[marzipanandminutiae]

"for this Historical Lesbian look, I went with inspiration from Tomboy styles like cycling bloomers and riding habits! masculine inspiration! because that's what Looking Gay is! I'll try to Look Gayer next time!"

meanwhile, this is Isabella, Archduchess of Parma (1741-1763), who fell for her sister-in-law instead of her alliance-marriage husband:

and this is Angelina Weld Grimke (1880-1958), a gay playwright:

and this is Loie Fuller (1862-1928), an equally gay dancer and lighting designer wearing a stage costume she created and voluntarily wore often:

and this is Anne Lister's first wife, Mariana Belcombe Lawton (1788-1868), who may have been bisexual but who was indisputably Queer:

this is Alice Longfellow (1850-1928), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's daughter, a very gay writer and preservationist:

and Edmonia Lewis, world-famous (probably) gay sculptor:

guys. there's no single way to Look Gay, nor has there been throughout history. stop it