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she/her lover stan | abigail marston’s attorney

[evercornelias]

Abigail Marston Is THAT Bitch

“abigail is such a bitch” yeah she’s THAT bitch! everybody in the rdr universe wanted her! she got not just one, but BOTH main characters to want to marry her. every other character? OBSESSED. abigail was rejecting and humiliating micah bell every day and he STILL wanted her. that loser bandit harassing geddes in the epilogue? all he ever talked about was how pretty abigail was. the entire gang was still talking about abigail ten years later saying shit like “we all had her”. we get it!! you’re bragging that the sexiest woman ever paid attention to you!! that’s what good pussy does to a mf fr

[pailiky]

i've been meaning to draw that statue of venus and amor as them for one million years now

[veckati]

a short break

[nikoisme]

doggy!

[howverymiddleclass]

I love Matthery more than life itself

[elizbarns-blog]

No one looks together as good as they are

[autumnrose11]

This scene is perhaps my favourite Matthery scene. They walk off the cricket pitch together, discussing their plans for the future - their baby and Downton. They're a team, they're partners in every aspect of their lives.

Matthew tells her "I hope I can count on you not to laugh when I drop the ball", another of the many examples of his dry, witty, self-deprecating humour. But Mary takes it to a deeper, more serious level, when she says "You can always count on me", and she accentuates those few, profound words with a tender caress to the side of his face. You can always count on me because no matter what, I'm always going to be here for you. She's saying "I love you" with her EYES.

"I know that", Matthew answers as he looks into her eyes. THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HER ASDFGHJKL

The thing about this scene is that you can feel how much he loves her. How much they love each other. His adoration is so evident, so visible, it's radiating from his eyes and every word he says. "I didn't think it was possible to love as much as I love you." This is from Matthew, who has such a big heart, and he's telling his wife that he loves her more than he ever thought he could love another living soul, he loves her beyond human capacity. THAT IS DEEP.

Robert interrupts the lovers, impatiently calling Matthew back. Matthew looks back at her, saying, "I've got to go." What he's really saying is: "The last thing I want to do is leave you, but I've got to." Mary answers, "Of course you have", with that loving smile. Translation: Go and play cricket. I'm always going to be right here. Kiss me to your heart's content later.

He understands her unspoken message as he always does, and suddenly he can't help himself, he has to give her one last kiss before he goes off to play, just to show her what she means to him. He dives under her hat, and the kiss is sweet and short and yet it means SO SO MUCH. Matthew's eyes meet hers, and he grasps her hands briefly, to tell her "I'll come back and continue this as quickly as I can, my darling." He turns and runs off to join Robert (who, by the way, WAS IN THE BACKGROUND WATCHING MATTHEW KISS HIS DAUGHTER IN PUBLIC) while Mary looks after him adoringly. SHE IS SO IN LOVE.

Sorry about the rant, I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS SCENE. And, of course, Matthew.

[elizbarns-blog]

this scene make my heart break

[ladymarycrawleyofdownton]

🌼 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 🌼

[countess-of-bingewatching]

Matthew: When I try to think of my future I just see your face over and over again.

Mary: It's a very beautiful face.

[autumnrose11]

I adore this picture because Matthew is so obviously thinking what a wonderful, wonderful mother she's going to be ... the way Mary smiles and plays with Sybbie and Matthew watches them both adoringly and this is right after they've both learned that it is now actually POSSIBLE for them to have children and the way he supportively puts a hand on her shoulder to tell her he's so proud of her for being a mother figure to Sybbie <3 <3 <3

Also, he looks EXCEPTIONALLY adorable in cricket whites.

[pinkysburg]

love the generally agreed upon fanon modern au john and abigail. like yes, they would have bad tattoos, he would drive a motorcycle and she would show bra for fashion and of course they steal from walmart. obviously.

[vitxhdh]

Whatev

[dloeza]

RDR2 + horse studies

[marsh-mallow-5]

In the comics, although Mark and Eve spent more time together and kissed before they started dating, they still rushed things. They both said "I love you" on their first date, had sex right after, and were already determined to move in together. This makes them the kind of young couple who rush things because they let their emotions get the better of them. In the show, they act this way too, but it becomes more obvious when Mark and Eve realize they were moving too quickly and decide not to move in together, something that doesn't happen in the comics. In the comics, they don't even realize they were rushing things. I think a lot of people who dislike Markeve didn't notice this dynamic between them in the show and just focused on the fact that they were moving too quickly into the relationship.

[dazednstoned]

the naivety surrounding Abigail's backstory and the gang’s treatment of her will never fail to make me mad. You are doing her a great disservice by electing to ignore the traumatizing aspects of her previous profession for the sake of defending male rdr characters.

Regardless of whether Dutch's whole "we all had her" is true or not, she was a MINOR brought into a gang where she continued to work as a prostitute. If you think for a moment that a group of men in the 1800s (particularly Dutch considering his history with young and desperate girls) did not abuse that, you lack not only an understanding of the history of sw/the treatment of women, but also Abigail and several rdr characters as a whole. Whatever your take on Dutch's "we all had her" is, it doesn't negate the fact that she was exploited by the gang, for funds to maintain her place or sexual favors. I think both.

I've seen the argument of "Arthur and Hosea would never let that happen" multiple times and I just think that's an incredibly weak take. Sure, Arthur and Hosea are morally better than Dutch, but I think people forget that these are people who blindly follow Dutch. Not to mention, they are still men in the 1800s (when prostitution was not recognized as harmful. It was literally the most common career for women). Many rdr fans are analyzing her from a modern lens, and that doesn't really work when it comes to things like this.

Takes like this are not a defense of Abigail but a disregard of her trauma both outside and within the gang. It's incredibly weird to see people downplaying a 17 yr old who was forced into sw for the sake of defending grown ass men. All in all, I think it's a great misunderstanding of Dutch's character (and even Hosea/Arthur/etc in terms of the time period+blind loyalty) to say she was saved from prostitution by him of all people.

[evercornelias]

JOHNABIGAIL: you are the best thing that’s ever been mine.