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Old 11-02-2011, 11:04 AM
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Mary Crawley ღ Matthew Crawley - Downton Abbey #5 - Because even the characters on the show ship them!

Lady Mary Crawley

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Because Even the Characters on the Show Ship Them!




An appreciation thread for the epically amazing Mary and Matthew from Downton Abbey. The show is a brilliant and awesome period drama set in a great house in early 20th century Yorkshire. It follows the lives of the great Grantham family and the servants and has recently won 6 Emmy's, been put in the Guiness Book of Records for the most critically acclaimed TV Show and has broken Amazon's DVD boxset records!



Lady Mary and Matthew are distant cousins (4th), hence they share the same surname. When Mary's finance (and the heir to her father's earldom and estate) drowns on the Titanic, Matthew Crawley becomes the new heir presumptive and moves to Downton to learn the ropes.


In the style of Pride and Prejudice, and any decent hate to love romance, Mary and Matthew do not get on at all at first. It doesn't help that Mary sees Matthew as stealing her inheritance (as she's rightful, if not lawful, heir) and that she overhears him insulting her when they are first introduced. As they get to know each other though, they thaw towards each other and begin to fall in love. The second series has recently started and Mary and Matthew have a strong focus - although so far it's been full of heartbreak and angst and rollercoaster ride of emotions!


Reasons we ship them:

* They have absolutely awesome chemistry
* Their love/hate relationship is very reminiscent of Darcy and Elizabeth
* They insult each other using Greek Mythology
* Their relationship is full of lots of angst and arguing, yet also fun banter and friendship
* They are both super stubborn and proud characters who just refuse to tell each other what they really think
* Everyone else wants them to get married to save the family's fortune
* Both are awesome and complex characters, especially Mary
* Because their faces are just so expressive
* Their relationship is a real emotional rollercoaster ride
* They are just so well matched and completely perfect for each other
* Because they understand each other in a way no one else does

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Hardest of Hearts
I Won't Say I'm in Love
Shattered Ones
How to Break a Heart
Someone Like You
The Winner Takes it All


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Mary and Matthew fanfic community - on ff.net, where new M/M stories get posted quite often!
LJ Community - M/M Monday Madness - where new Mary/Matthew related fanworks get posted every Monday!
Mary and Matthew on Tumblr - A great tumblr blog I found with lots of M/M goodness
Such Good Luck - Another great Tumblr blog for Mary and Matthew
Mary/Matthew at AO3 - Great Mary/Matthew stories at Archive of Our Own

Past Threads

Thread 1 - Mary and Matthew
Thread 2 - Because Their Faces Show Everything They Refuse to Say
Thread 3 - Because she felt terribly cold right before he got hurt.
Thread 4 - "Why, don’t you want me?" "Of course I want you. Very much."



Basically they are just epically awesome!



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Silver's/Laura's fanfic and LJ.

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Old 11-02-2011, 11:20 AM
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Because Even the Characters on the Show Ship Them!
That's so true

Could I be added to the shipper list please ?
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:24 AM
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That's so true

Could I be added to the shipper list please ?
Added you. If anyone else doesn't see their name in the shipper list, please let me know. I'm currently updating the OP to take into account all the recent wonderfulness of Mary and Matthew!!

Oh and yeah, I love how many people on the show want them together - I can't decide if Violet or Carson should win the award for the biggest shipper though!
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TFTNT!

Soooo excited for sunday!
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:57 AM
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Can you please add me to the shipperslist! Although I don't post here a lot (I read what you guys write every day) I am a huge fan. I just don't have the time to write here as much as I write on the FF board of my other obessionshow. But I do love these two together and I truly hope we get some sort of a happy ending by the end of next episode. At first I didn't think that would happen but now I'm not so sure anymore b/c I read this episode has 15 extra minutes and a lot can happen during those 15 minutes
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:11 PM
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I thought about the sequence of events and I will be very disappointed of Matthew if
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:23 PM
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Because Even the Characters on the Show Ship Them!

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New thread - how much have I missed in a few hours.

Can I be added to the list of shippers please - pretty please !!
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Link to 30 second TV trailer for Ep08
Downton Abbey Advert Series 2 - Episode 8 Series Finale - YouTube

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at about 15/16 second, a man is leaving Lavinia's room, who is that?
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at about 15/16 second, a man is leaving Lavinia's room, who is that?
She is crying isn't she ?- it has to be Mathew - no other male really talks to her in the house- though the person looks a little plump and I cant honestly make out
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She is crying isn't she ?- it has to be Mathew - no other male really talks to her in the house- though the person looks a little plump and I cant honestly make out
She is. I didn't even realize that was Lavinia in my previous viewings. Exactly, this man looks a little plump that is why I raised the question. But why would other men be allowed to walk into her bedroom?
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She is. I didn't even realize that was Lavinia in my previous viewings. Exactly, this man looks a little plump that is why I raised the question. But why would other men be allowed to walk into her bedroom?
Maybe it was Dr Clarkson who had just told her she had the Spanish flu?
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Maybe it was Dr Clarkson who had just told her she had the Spanish flu?
Yes..that seems very likely..there aren't that many men that household anyway
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at about 15/16 second, a man is leaving Lavinia's room, who is that?
I've watched that snippet about 5 times and I can't figure out who the man is. Could be Matthew (in that case I understand why she's crying), could also be dr Clarkson but from what I've read about this flu she would already be too ill to look the way she does by the time the dr would be there.
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Maybe it was Dr Clarkson who had just told her she had the Spanish flu?
If that's the case, than I'm definitely not worried about her. As if Dr. Clarkson ever diagnosed anyone correctly. I can't believe they are still keeping him around.
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