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heliopausa December 2 2015, 14:40:46 UTC
Downton abbey, Branson and/or Edith, Madrid 1936 'No Pasarán'

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Not a fill, sadly ext_3406253 December 3 2015, 00:39:10 UTC
Oh, how I wish I knew the fandom just so I could write a fill for this awesome prompt!! I eagerly await someone who does...

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autumnia December 5 2015, 02:46:47 UTC
Had to do some research and am going to give this one a try...

"Are you really sure you want to stay for all this?" Tom asked, pulling his sister-in-law away from the balcony of her hotel suite as an army of men appeared at the far end of the Gran Via, marching briskly down the broad street. The family thought he was the best person to reason with Edith and bring her home admist the chaos that ran through Madrid as the clash between the Republicans and the Nationalists literally came to a head.

With pencil and notebook in hand, she brushed off his concern and made her way to the window where cries of "No pasarán" drifted in and said, "I promised Dolores I would tell her story and that of Madrid and I'm not going back on my word."

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profshallowness December 5 2015, 10:21:50 UTC
Determined!Edith, I love how much she's grown, and of course the family would think Tom could talk her back and forget his capacity for understanding.

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autumnia December 5 2015, 13:27:00 UTC
Thanks! I would like to think by this point in time (without knowing what will happen in the Christmas finale), Edith would be doing some reporting herself as well as manage the newspaper/magazine that was left to her. And given the political events going on in Spain, of course Tom would be the perfect choice to go and bring her back.

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heliopausa December 6 2015, 00:35:24 UTC
Yes! :) Thank you for this lovely fill, which shows Edith having become so sure of who she is and what she can do - cheers for the power and courage of journalists! (and for the power of fic-writers! \o/ Thank you again! )

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autumnia December 6 2015, 01:56:09 UTC
You're welcome! I've stared at this prompt for a few days and finally went to look up the historical context.

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ext_3406253 December 7 2015, 03:57:58 UTC
Yes, yes, YES! Thank you :-) Even though I don't know the fandom, I feel like I get to know these characters in just 3 short sentence - and you did a great job with the historical setting, and the balcony over Gran Via.

And Tom was right - Edith really shouldn't stay for "all this" (so much worse than he knows) - but Edith is right, too. As written here, she reminds me of the International Brigade volunteers who fought and died for a country not their own... And she needs to tell the story while she can: before the 40 years of silence that followed the Guerra Civil.

I was so looking forward to a fill for this prompt -- I was so happy to see this! Thank you for an awesome ficlet!

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autumnia December 9 2015, 02:47:09 UTC
In Downton Abbey, Tom's a socialist and it was his political beliefs that got him into some trouble a while back. But after marrying into the family, he and Edith grew close -- she's a bit of an outsider herself and they get along very nicely. :-)

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