the 'i'm bored! let's have a comment ficathon!' comment ficathon

[dollsome]

Presenting ...

The
'I'm Bored! Let's Have A Comment Ficathon!'
Comment Ficathon

(My reasons, they are profound.)

RULES1. Bring all your fandoms, all your characters, all your pairings! Specificity, who needs it

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downton abbey -- edith/sir anthony -- you were all my possibilities

[philliebird]

When he drives her home from the opera, he asks her a million questions. Did she enjoy it? Had she ever seen it before? What did she think of the prima donna? And the way that the ending had been staged? At first, she responds tersely; after years of disappointment leading her to force her way into a conversation, she is completely unaccustomed to being invited to lead it. He seems not at all bothered by her apparent noninterest, simply persists in asking, asking, asking. And she finds herself letting loose paragraphs of thought, thought that is not thought through a dozen times to insure that it will be exactly what she wants to say

Re: downton abbey -- edith/sir anthony -- you were all my possibilities

[dollsome]

OH MY HEART. This is so beautiful and sad and exactly right; Edith, you break my heart. The sense of discovery in this, that dawning realization that he enjoys her company and how she reacts to it, is so well-written and heartwrenching. This makes me want to read all the Edith fic in the world.

Re: downton abbey -- edith/sir anthony -- you were all my possibilities

[philliebird]

thanks very much! i always end up liking characters when i write from their perspective, so i feel much more sympathetic to edith now. however, i do kind of think she deserves a lot of what she gets from mary, which is why i wrote this scene instead of an actual reconciliation. will they continue to fight or will the war lead them to finally grow up?

ohhhh downton abbey, you inspire so many many feelings in me.