#rose crawley

[kidcataldo]

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

[madamrosier]

It's funny that Julian Fellowes just... forgot to give Cora a proper plot in S04. She's there looking beautiful and trying to mother Rose (when she remembers to).

[ohtobealady]

October Prompts

This is inspired by @modernamericangirl ‘s observation that Robert had ignored Cora’s comment about another lady’s pearls in S5E5 … only for us to see Cora in S5E8 absolutely dripping in them.

6 October: Pearls

He narrowed his gaze and peered closer.

“I’m not certain,” he mumbled, and across from him the thin jeweler hummed appreciatively.

“Ah, of course.”

Robert stood straighter and he watched as the velvety boxes of sparkling gems and jewels were swapped nearly instantly, the third set of options sliding across Rosamund’s tea table.

“That’s quite nice,” his sister said quietly, and Robert peered closer again.

“Yes,” he said thoughtfully, but frowned. “Though I’m not sure for Cora.”

He could feel the air change besides him as Rosamund stood straighter. “Excuse us for a moment?” she said very primly to the jeweler who, nodding a quick “of course,” took a few steps across the room.

“While I don’t mind your using my home to choose the surprise—“ she hadn’t even waited for Robert to look up “—I do want to remind you that I am due to leave at any moment and cannot be late.”

“Of course I know that,” Robert grumbled, “but this cannot be rushed.” He beckoned the man over once again.

“What is this for? Can’t I know?”

He ignored that and leaned in to inspect the shine of one of the necklaces.

“It was her birthday a month ago now, so surely it isn’t that. She isn’t the mother of the bride, so it isn’t for Rose’s wedding. Nor is it Christmas or your anniversary.”

“No,” he conceded.

“Hmm. I wonder—“

Again, he ignored her and instead pointed at the pair of earrings at the far right corner of the blue velvet box. A teardrop of a pearl dangling from dainty sparkling diamonds.

“Those.” He felt himself smile. “Please.”

“Oh, excellent choice, my lord!”

Rosamund, too, leaned closer and watched as the man took them up gently and found the little card with the price. Rosamund leaned closer, too, when the card was slid face down upon the tabletop towards him.

“Are you sure?” his sister said softly. “She does have so many pearls.”

“She likes them,” he turned to the footman who brought his cheque book. “And they suit her.”

“Well, then, how lucky she must be to have someone to shower her with them.”

“I don’t shower her.” Robert sat, unscrewed his pen, and began to write out the payment.

“No?” Her voice was grating his nerves now. “So what exactly do you call giving her a rather expensive pair of pearl earrings for no other reason besides being in London?”

“She deserves them,” he admitted.

“Oh? Pray tell, what for?”

“I can’t say,” he glanced at her only briefly, and then back to his cheque. “But I assure you, she does.”

“You can’t say? Or won’t.”

He finished his writing; he tore the cheque neatly from the booklet; he stood, and with a smile, traded with the jeweler who in turn gave him a beautiful, small box.

He and his sister nodded gratefully at the man, and left the drawing room to leave him to clear everything away. Robert knew Rosamund would start in on him again now that they were truly alone, but to his surprise, she did not. In fact, she was silent.

It unnerved him.

Robert chanced a look over at her, and he found her peering at him, too.

“What is it?” he asked when at last he could bear her studying him no longer. “Do you not approve?”

“Oh, no. Nothing like that. Only—“

“Only?”

“—Did something happen?”

Robert blinked at his sister. Yes, his conscience said. He’d ignored Cora. He’d been callous and beastly. And worst of all, he hadn’t trusted her with that man Bricker.

No. That wasn’t quite true: he hadn’t wanted to trust her with that man Bricker. She was too good; she was too true, and it made the guilt that he had not been all those years ago rear its ugly head.

“That is,” Rosamund went on when he stayed quiet. “Mama did mention she’d noticed …”

And to his surprise Rosamund’s voice trailed away.

“Noticed?” he asked, his heart quickening..

“Well, at the cocktail party. You did seem—“

“—I don’t recall.”

His sister looked at him, stared at him, really, until at last she smiled. “Hmm. Do you know what they symbolize? Pearls?”

Robert shook his head.

“No. Of course you don’t.” She patted his arm. Then, Rosamund turned and began to walk up the stairs, tossing over her shoulder as Robert watched her climb, “But you’re right. I suppose they do suit her”

[breadloaf04]

Hey everyone, Chapter 14 is now up and available for your reading pleasure. Hope you enjoy and feel free to leave a comment or an ask. <3

[thetempleofthemasaigoddess]

DOWNTON ABBEY HEADCANON

In 1948, Edith interviews a potential new journalist for her magazine; she is young, but capable and ambitious. "I have always wanted to become a journalist, ever since I was a little girl." she says; she has dark red hair "My parents have always encouraged me, especially my mother; se said writing and typing was in our destiny."

The young woman is hired. "Welcome to The Sketch, miss Harding." Edith says, and her new journalist beams.

"Thank you, my lady. But please, call me Sybil."

Hello, I'm Sybil. Sybil Harding.

[juanatrastamara]

the white queen 10 year anniversary: most underrated characters -

[ J A C Q U E T T A • O F • L U X E M B O U R G | M A R G A R E T • B E A U F O R T | I S A B E L • N E V I L L E | C E C I L Y • O F • Y O R K ]

dowager duchess of bedford | countess rivers | mother of a queen | not a witch • mother to a king | duchess of suffolk | countess of richmond | lady stafford | countess of derby | my lady, the king's mother | patient | pious | venerable | survivor | the red queen • kingmaker's daughter | duchess of clarence | house of york | the forgotten sister | lady warwick • viscountes welles | daughter to a queen | sister to a queen | lady kyme |

[skippingdown16]

downton abbey cricket episode my beloved

[ladyrosse]

I don't know... Maybe it's just me but I think Rose helped Cora a lot with Sybil's duel, not as a replacement I just think that Cora saw a girl to take care of and Rose needed a good maternal figure... Both consoled themselves in a certain way

[bonhughbon]

Mary: Mama, you know the mailman that Papa got fired and almost stole our dogs? *points to her sister* Edith did that!

Edith:

Edith: Well, the snowstorm didn't break the statues at the driveway, Mary did!!

Mary:

Mary: Edith was having a rendezvous in London with that magazine editor for the past months!!!

Edith: Mary is sleeping with multiple men in London!!!!

Mary: Edith is going to Geneva because she's about to give birth!!!!!

Cora:

Rose: I love Atticus Aldridge!!!!!!

Tom: I shouldn't have gone to that political rally!!!!!!!

Bertie: I WANNA GO!!!!!!!!

Cora, still processing everything: That's a lot of information to get in 30 seconds

[moonofthechilcotin]

What I'm really missing in life right now is the Cora/Suzanne and/or Cora/O'Brien FACE OFF we never got 😭

EDIT: Was only missing the most important part of the sentence for CONTEXT 😂😂😂

[downtondays]

Teachers : characters pt.1

Anna Smith

25, English Teacher, lives with Mary, best friend with Mary and Thomas, childhood friend with Gwen

John Bates

42, school librarian, divorcee, lives alone, best friend with Robert, Mary's godfather, Irish-Scottish

Mary Crawley

24, school psychologist, lives with Anna, best friend with Anna, daughter of Cora and Robert, sister of Edith and Sybil, John's god-daughter, dates Matthew

Thomas Barrow

26, PE teacher, lives with his boyfriend Jimmy, best friend with Anna, grew up knowing Phyllis, O'Brien's godson, gay

Robert Crawley

43, school headmaster, married to Cora, father to Mary, Edith and Sybil, best friend with John

Elsie Carson

55, school maid, married to Charles, mom figure to Anna, Scottish

Gwen Dawson

25, school secretary, best friend and lives with Sybil, engaged, childhood friends with Anna, half-Scottish

Matthew Crowley

26, school accountant, best friend and live with Tom, dates Mary (he's not related to her, just has a similar last name)

Sybil Crawley

21, school nurse, studying medecine, best friend and lives with Gwen, daughter of Cora and Robert, sister to Mary and Edith, dates Tom

Rose MacClare

16, Year 10 student, lives with the Crawleys since the divorce of her parents, friends with Albert and William, Scottish

[misscrawfords]

On the subject of long train journeys, I've often wished I got round to writing a Mary/Charles Blake fic in which she somehow ends up on the sleeper train to Poland with him and they have to pretend to be married to justify her presence in his compartment and then somehow there's an awkward misunderstanding when they arrive in Warsaw and all his colleagues think she is his wife too and at this point it would be more embarassing for him to admit what happened as he starts his new job so they just roll with it being fake married in Poland for a bit.

It would have been such! a! fun! fic! (Also very stupid, but hey.)

[breadloaf04]

Hi all, we are back again for another chapter and I have to say this is probably the chapter I am most nervous to share. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. <3

[hitchell-mope]

Good finale. Kinda wish it was more about Mary. But still. Good finale.