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Mary Crawley ღ Matthew Crawley - Downton Abbey

Lady Mary Crawley
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Matthew Crawley

Downton Abbey

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Not sure if anyone has seen the tv show Downton Abbey, but it's an epic and awesome period drama set in a great house in early 20th century Yorkshire.

The show follows the lives of the great Grantham family and the servants.

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.

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. As they get to know each other though, they thaw towards each other and begin to fall in love. The second series is out this autumn in the UK and I cannot wait to find out what happens with Mary and Matthew.

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 character, especially Mary
Because their faces are just so expressive
Their relationship is a real emotional rollercoaster ride

You Tube Videos

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

Shippers

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Fanfiction/Fanart

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
Mary/Matthew at AO3 - Great Mary/Matthew stories at Archive of Our Own

New Threads

Thread 2 - Because their faces show everything they refuse to say

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Basically they are just epically awesome!

Graphics made by me, so apologies!

No posts? :(

Please add me! And thanks for starting a thread, great OP!

I'm waiting for DA to explode lol...it'll happen, I think once more people catch on...took Misfits like a year and a half so anything is possible, lol.

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Originally Posted by LHScott (Post 56876210)

Hi LHScott! Welcome! I've added you to our, currently quite short, list of shippers!

I'm waiting for DA to take off too - I know it will. It has been very popular with TV audiences, but it seems yet to break out into its own fandom!

I'm sure once the second series hits in autumn, it'll become even more popular. I just hope there's lots of Mary/Matthew goodness in the second series - and a succesful proposal!

Thanks for the welcome! You can call me Jess :)

I can't wait for S2, fingers crossed for some great MM moments.

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Originally Posted by LHScott (Post 56893526)

Thanks for the welcome! You can call me Jess :)

I can't wait for S2, fingers crossed for some great MM moments.

Hi Jess, I'm Laura.

I've had my fingers crossed for lots of great M/M moments since the end of series 1 - after I'd got over my shock and despair at how it ended! :(

I'm also hoping for some nice Sybil/Branson moments too, which I see you ship from your old avatar and sig. I think they have great potential, but Mary/Matthew are my OTP.

I can't wait until ITV shows the trailer for the new series - especially if we get some nice pics of the men in uniform :D

I've added a list of M/M fanfic to the OP now. Considering it's such a small fandom, there's a surprisingly large amount of fanwork for them. YAY!

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after I'd got over my shock and despair at how it ended!

Oh no! I haven't seen the finale yet...this doesn't sound good at all! I think no matter what though, MM will end up together. Or at least I hope!

I think Sybil/Branson have potential too, but I wish they had more scenes, lol. Hopefully in S2.

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especially if we get some nice pics of the men in uniform

:drool: I wonder who will go off. Matthew seems a certain. I haven't seen the finale, but I've read that war was announced.

Thanks for adding the fanfics!

Oh dear, sorry Jess. I keep on forgetting it's not finished showing in other countries yet. Sorry to give a few spoilers away!

Still, the finale still is really good and it's jam packed full of cliff hangers!

Thanks for the thread :D

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Originally Posted by silverduck2day (Post 56917276)

No worries! I have some vague ideas what happens anyways, lol.

So excited to see it.

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Originally Posted by Rainstorm Jenny (Post 56938372)

Thanks for the thread :D

Hi Rainstorm Jenny

Welcome to the thread. Would you like to be added to the shipper list?

A teaser trailer for the new series has just come out and it's pretty angsty and spoilery, but man, it's interesting and pretty ARGHHHHHH and FLAILING inducing!!

Teaser Trailer for series 2

Edit to add - Grrr, I see ITV have blocked it, guess it must have been a leak. I hope we get the official trailer soon!

OMG! Add me! I love, love, love these two. Had no idea there were any Downton Abbey threads here on ff!!

I can't wait for the new series! I'm even gonna be watching the rerun on itv, eventhough I have the dvds, because I feel like this is a believable excuse to watch the series again!

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Originally Posted by hlgreenie (Post 57544001)

Hi Hlgreenie - welcome to the thread! Would you like to be added to the shipper list?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mary/Matthew too, I think they're actually my favourite fictional couple. Not sure how I'll cope if they don't get together at the end of series 2.

I have the DVDs too, but also get very tempted to rewatch it when it's on ITV too - any excuse yes!!

Can't wait until the 18th September, when series 2 starts!!

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Originally Posted by silverduck2day (Post 57544388)

Yes please! I love them so much!

I need them to be together, they are just too made for each other not to!

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Originally Posted by hlgreenie (Post 57554406)

Yes please! I love them so much!

I need them to be together, they are just too made for each other not to!

Ok, I'll add you. I need them to be together too and yes, they are both so totally made for each other - even if you take out the whole "entail" business.

Hurry up September!!