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Richard Kramer: “The Gay Characters on New Normal and Modern Family and Glee are snippy-sweet, proudly trivial, commedia dell’arte figures fingering price tags at Design Within Reach on a Sunday afternoon. I enjoy these shows; they’re well-meaning, and well done. But don’t we deserve the whole picture? Aren’t gay people as contradictory, compromised, fucked up as anyone else? I know I am, and I’m pretty sure Thomas Barrow is.”

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crawley ladies | purple

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Of all the characters, Mary is the one who undergoes the greatest metamorphosis over the course of the three series. When we first met her she appeared to be a hard-hearted, rather cold and ambitious elder daughter of an earl. Blighted by having been born a girl rather than a boy, she needed to prove that she could make a success of herself just as much as any male heir would have. Mary’s closest relationships are with men: her father, Matthew and Carson. This stems, perhaps, from her feeling that she should have been born a boy. If she wasn’t one, then she was going to be as near as dammit. Her admirable qualities are ones that would have been considered masculine in 1920: she’s an adventurer, brave, an excellent horsewoman and a natural leader. In many ways, a woman of her disposition at that time would have been frustrated by the stemming of her potential. — Jessica Fellowes, The Chronicles of Downton Abbey

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cookiesandboxerbriefs:

The Crawley family's reactions as Edith is being left at the altar

#all their reactions are priceless here #violet is like “oh dear not another drama” #sybil is like “wtf you can’t be serious” #tom is like “wat wait what just happened is something going on here” #cora is like “does this mean we’re not gonna eat cake” #mary is like “jfc edith these kind of things only happen to you”

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downtondownstairs:

I found it in a better quality!

New hair for Mrs. Hughes (OMG!), new lovely dress for Anna, brownies for everyone! (this made my day!) (slightly higher resolution when you click on the picture)

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“Mary is a wonderful creation – the show’s most original, complex character – capable of bouncing from romance to sorrow to sarcasm. You could say her love for Matthew transformed her, but it also had the potential to dull her…For now, we can look forward to Lady Mary at her most beautiful, because most woeful, in season 4.”  — Tom Gliatto, People Magazine

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