I know you're depressed but I think it's there. Maybe I'm kidding myself, but episodes 1-3 have Mary completely hiding her feelings for him. He's so relieved they are friends again it just shows there is SOMETHING he can't let go of. And it seems to me while he's around Lavinia, he seeks out Mary whenever he can
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Yeah, there's something there. My problem is that it isn't enough. Like a beggar gladly accepting morsels of bread, I have been fed on Matthew's "longing" looks. But that isn't quite a meal, is it? And I am still left hungry. I am curious about E7 too, even if I know I shouldn't expect much. Not the way the writing has been going, anyway. By next week, we'll know where M/M stands. Once Matthew is lectured to by Violet, he has no excuse to live in his happy oblivion bubble. What he'll do with that knowledge seems like an interesting thing to explore. But of course, JF will fall short and I will be hungry again :P
Yeah, I supposed the illness argument is partly to explain is detachment. I thought he wasn't happy about Lavinia because he was so self-absorbed.
But Mary's language is so...Mary. I mean, that's the way she talks, and it's a sort of guarded and double-layered speech. Part of it is cultural too, I am sure. And I wonder why Matthew isn't more aware of this. If he's been part of that culture for a while, he should at least have come to know more about the subtleties in such people's speech.
Without getting too personal, I know people who talk like that. I was raised that way. But those in my community knew how to interpret these verbal and social cues.
Aww I'd like to think it's adoration too. But a part of me thinks it's Matthew being excited about singing (albeit with Mary). I can actually imagine him looking like this at Sybil because he's just that friendly.
Yeah, on re-watching their scenes several times, I've come to agree with you. I think he does want her to have a good life and worries that she might be sacrificing her life for him. But why can't he see that she might actually want to be with him, come what may? Why can't he see that that's real love? It's one thing to wish Mary had a good life; it's another to not realize her motives for being with him (Matthew) and saying the things she did.
But I feel a bit calmer about M/M. I guess I am holding out for the next 2 episodes. :)
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I am curious about E7 too, even if I know I shouldn't expect much. Not the way the writing has been going, anyway. By next week, we'll know where M/M stands. Once Matthew is lectured to by Violet, he has no excuse to live in his happy oblivion bubble. What he'll do with that knowledge seems like an interesting thing to explore. But of course, JF will fall short and I will be hungry again :P
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But Mary's language is so...Mary. I mean, that's the way she talks, and it's a sort of guarded and double-layered speech. Part of it is cultural too, I am sure. And I wonder why Matthew isn't more aware of this. If he's been part of that culture for a while, he should at least have come to know more about the subtleties in such people's speech.
Without getting too personal, I know people who talk like that. I was raised that way. But those in my community knew how to interpret these verbal and social cues.
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Yeah, on re-watching their scenes several times, I've come to agree with you. I think he does want her to have a good life and worries that she might be sacrificing her life for him. But why can't he see that she might actually want to be with him, come what may? Why can't he see that that's real love? It's one thing to wish Mary had a good life; it's another to not realize her motives for being with him (Matthew) and saying the things she did.
But I feel a bit calmer about M/M. I guess I am holding out for the next 2 episodes. :)
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