What a wonderful Christmas gift for wildmagelet (which makes me glad, since she was so sweet to me) -- and for all the rest of us reading. ;) You have the characters and their voices down pat; I very clearly hear the actors' own voices as I read these lines!
Edith's internal monologue as she considers herself and her place in the world is very much as I imagine she would do, after seeing all the changes she went through in season 2. She has found ways of being strong and confident and needed, and of course she'd want to find a way to make that continue.
Mary and her resigned sadness make my heart ache, but it's quietly if sadly satisfying to see Edith and Mary both making some attempt to interact without tearing each other down. I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
And oh, Sir Anthony! It's a great idea to have them meet on the road, since going for a drive was so important to the development of their relationship, only now Edith is at the wheel of her own car. (And it never occurred to me until this minute that memories of Sir Anthony might have had something to do with Edith's later interest in learning to drive...) This theme, of Edith now taking more charge of her own life, also comes out in the way she stays at the wheel to back the car out of the mud. And, of course, in the way she decides to speak up at the end, which made me cheer!
(I should also say that the first time I read this was actually before watching the DA Christmas special, and it was fun to see what JF actually did with Edith and Sir Anthony; while the details are different, character-wise this was a spot-on prediction!)
I'm sorry for the delay in replying to this. It had nothing to do with JF rather brutally ruining my idea of a driving reunion for Edith and Sir Anthony in the Christmas Special, more my sieve-like memory of late. At least the awkwardness of their meeting, and Edith initiating the promise of further developments between them, were guesses that came off!
It's lovely to hear you think the character voices sound right as this did cause me some hair-pulling. Once upon a time, it was going to be an M/M story narrated by Edith, with her coming to some realizations about herself as it went along. But Edith's own story seemed more interesting than attempting an M/M reconciliation influenced by the trailers I'd seen at that time, and writing it reminded me how limited options were for young women like her back then. It was nice to imagine her wanting to find a role for herself in a changing world; a continuation of the sense of purpose she'd felt during the war.
I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
I do hope we might see some of this in the next series. Both of them attending Sybil's wedding did seem to suggest that some kind of truce had been reached. I'd like to see what the relationship between them will be like now they've both undergone such change and matured. Though it's an unlikely scenario that everyone will be happy for long in a soap-like drama!
Thanks very much for reading and commenting. Your reviews are always among those that mean the most to me, so I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
Edith's internal monologue as she considers herself and her place in the world is very much as I imagine she would do, after seeing all the changes she went through in season 2. She has found ways of being strong and confident and needed, and of course she'd want to find a way to make that continue.
Mary and her resigned sadness make my heart ache, but it's quietly if sadly satisfying to see Edith and Mary both making some attempt to interact without tearing each other down. I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
And oh, Sir Anthony! It's a great idea to have them meet on the road, since going for a drive was so important to the development of their relationship, only now Edith is at the wheel of her own car. (And it never occurred to me until this minute that memories of Sir Anthony might have had something to do with Edith's later interest in learning to drive...) This theme, of Edith now taking more charge of her own life, also comes out in the way she stays at the wheel to back the car out of the mud. And, of course, in the way she decides to speak up at the end, which made me cheer!
(I should also say that the first time I read this was actually before watching the DA Christmas special, and it was fun to see what JF actually did with Edith and Sir Anthony; while the details are different, character-wise this was a spot-on prediction!)
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It's lovely to hear you think the character voices sound right as this did cause me some hair-pulling. Once upon a time, it was going to be an M/M story narrated by Edith, with her coming to some realizations about herself as it went along. But Edith's own story seemed more interesting than attempting an M/M reconciliation influenced by the trailers I'd seen at that time, and writing it reminded me how limited options were for young women like her back then. It was nice to imagine her wanting to find a role for herself in a changing world; a continuation of the sense of purpose she'd felt during the war.
I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
I do hope we might see some of this in the next series. Both of them attending Sybil's wedding did seem to suggest that some kind of truce had been reached. I'd like to see what the relationship between them will be like now they've both undergone such change and matured. Though it's an unlikely scenario that everyone will be happy for long in a soap-like drama!
Thanks very much for reading and commenting. Your reviews are always among those that mean the most to me, so I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
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