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elephant-in-the-pride-parade · 21 days

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ask #2 what head canons do you have about Tom and Mary's relationship

OHHHH A DOWNTON ABBEY QUESTION

Okay okay so i need to acknowledge how feral I am about these two. Also i sorta checked out after the show shoved Mary and skinny chad number 7ish down the aisle (Is his name Henry or something??? the race car driver whatever, fuck him 😆)

(I still dont understand how they expect me to believe that the love of her life dies in a devastating car accident but she would willingly re-marry a race car driver. brain does not compute)

I digress. I think Tom and she develope this insanely deep emotional bond in that first year without their spouses as a result of their shared grief. They each married for love at a time when few others of their social group would have had the chance to do so (Tom is extra isolated on account of he isnt yet accepted into that social group). I think they really heavily depend on eachother in the beginning. someone else who just gets that grief. and also was close to the spouse who died so it's two sides of a coin. they gravitate towards the one other person they feel fully understands them and they help the other A. remember the love who died and B (more in Mary's case) remember what kind of person that love inspired them to be.

And i headcanon that by the time they might be ready for romance again theyve fallen into this inexplicable deep emotional entanglement with the other. it would be incredibly hard to find something more fulfilling. at the same time, transforming that connection into romance would probably be terrifying (would the other want that? would it be a betrayal of Matthew and Sybil to move on together) oodles of grief there.

I think Tom actually goes to Boston at all because he realizes whats happening and it scares him. on the one hand he thinks it isnt fair to mary to hold her back from a romance. on the other hes not quite sure if he could ever move on from Sybil. (And of course be comes back because he cant bear to be away from Mary and figures he can find a way to control the attraction. maybe by committing himself to helping her find new love.)

Which is about where what I headcanon and what the show does diverge. I cant wrap by head around her marrying skinny man number 7. i just cant. Husband material is right there at the breakfast table with her. Why would she go for Henry when she already has Tom?

I also think theyre good for eachother okay! they encourage and empower eachother. She helps him navigate the code switching he needs to do to be a part of the peerage. he helps her find her way out of the constricting box the peerage has always pressured her to conform to. Him being estate agent opens the door for her to take control over it. theirs is a partnership. running the whole thing together. beause he respects her opinion and welcomes her to the table as an equal, it effectively gives her the control over her home shes always felt like she cant have due to her sex.

So in my headcanon she either dumps skinny man or has an unhappy marriage to skinny man that prompts Tom and she to have a conversation about what they really want. And then they would get together And i could frankly read stories about them getting together foreverrr.

#downton abbey #mary crawley/tom branson #also honestly i would love for her to tell him what happened with Pamuk in the pilot #because if anyone was ever going to be able to tell her it wasnt her fault it would be him #Also also also Mary has been pressured to marry for status or money or to secure the line of succession at Downton her whole entire life #even skinny man comes with new money and a kind of nouveau rich prestige that tom doesnt #and so i would love if she finally got to embrace a love that was not thrust upon her from the outside #and i would love for him to have someone who respects every part of him and who has been there for his whole journey #all my other ships are together or open to possibility and then theres THESE TWO AND THE NARRATIVE DOES THEM DIRTY #if Downton werent trying to keep up the drama of Mary's lovelife #Tom and Mary would be married by Season 6

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such-g00d-luck · 2 months

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you know it hits hard

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elorrabean · 1 year

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Downton Abbey and Onion Headlines

#downton abbey #mary crawley #robert crawley #edith crawley #tom branson #rose macclare #the onion #onion headlines

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downton-bridgerton · 7 months

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Live Crawley Reaction™

Downton Abbey: A New Era dir. Simon Curtis

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kaaaaamii · 1 month

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Pictures of the downton abbey cast + thomas shelby and lizzie that i adore :)

#thomas barrow #downton abbey #rob james collier #thomasbarrow #mary crawley #allen leech #tom branson #michelle dockery #dan stevens #matthew crawley #peaky blinders #thomas shelby #lizzie shelby

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velvet4510 · 2 months

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coffeishowifunction · 9 months

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Manny was always so real for that.

#downton abbey #cora crawley #cobert #robert crawley #mary crawley #tom branson #downton #thomas barrow #modern family #manny delgado #jay pritchett #gloria pritchett #my two fav worlds combined

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historicattractions · 6 months

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#downton abbey #period drama #mary crawley #edith crawley #charles carson #thomas barrow #tom branson #cora crawley #robert crawley #elsie hughes #daisy mason #historic attractions #character poll #podcast #anna bates #john bates

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mrburnsnuclearpussy · 1 year

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Downton doodles pt 3!

#:D #just dumping all these unfinished sketches coz I wanna share but I’m never gonna finish them #Downton abbey #my art #doodles #animal au #art #safe fur work #furry #anthro #mary crawley #Charles carson #beryl patmore #tom branson #sybil crawley #Thomas barrow #Anna Bates #John bates

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herladyshipssoapp · 10 days

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Got jumpscared by both of Mary Crawleys husbands being in 'Abigail' tonight, and not a single one of my friends knew what I was talking about so I'm telling Tumblr

#downton abbey #thomas barrow #downton #downon abbey #tom branson #lady sybil #mr carson #mary crawley #mary and matthew

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lucimiir · 8 months

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If I had a nickel for every sibling relationship that was actually in-laws whose relationship was even stronger because their person in common died tragically I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

#this is about ingrid and felix and mary and tom #fire emblem three houses #downton abbey #ingrid brandl galatea #felix hugo fraldarius #glenn fraldarius #mary crawley #tom branson #sybil crawley #sybil branson

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such-g00d-luck · 10 months

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Downton Abbey characters in their opposite sexes.

Not gonna lie, for me, 'Mrs' Carson wins.

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polikszena · 1 year

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Downton Abbey: A New Era - Behind the Lens Episode 3 (Part 2)

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downton-bridgerton · 8 months

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Have you seen your faces on the Downton Abbey Cluedo set? (x)

#i love that they were all surprised at the existence of the Downton cluedo set #they probably have played with it AT LEAST #michelle dockery #mary crawley #laura carmichael #edith crawley #allen leech #tom branson #downtonabbeyedit #downtonedit #downton cast #downton abbey #my post #i love queue very very much #*edits

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kierancaz · 4 months

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Rewatching the first ep of downton abbey before I start the final season and there was soooo much that I missed. The little seeds planets so early on between Anna and Mr. Bates. The great introduction to literally every person but specifically everyone upstairs and also a great introduction into all of the important relationships and the main plots.

Like I’m sure that none of this is new information but it’s just all stuff that I spotted just like half way through the episode.

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velvet4510 · 12 days

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