"Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day."
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So said novelist and screenwriter, Richard Price ( Read more... )

"[W]hat's the matter ... [t]hat you have such a February face ...?"

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Well, we know the answer to that do we not? (:points to meme title:) ... We are saying goodbye to the month of February, and I thought I would let the Bard of Avon play us out with today's quote. (Besides, I could not let my mirror shipper buddy, eolivet, down, could I?)

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"I will never love again the way I love ... [them]."

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Day 27 - When it's over, where will Matthew and Mary stand in your annal of OTPs?

Well, dear Anna (in one of the best, quietest, most effective -- and affecting -- scenes from S2) said it best. And I will never love a fictional couple the way I love(d) them. I never had before and now, even ( Read more... )

"We were always optioned for three years."

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Day 24 - What is the chief reason you believe Dan Stevens left Downton?

It has been exactly two months since Dan Stevens' "exit" interview with The Telegraph and still, "we were always optioned for three years" is the only concrete "explanation" we are left with once we clear away the dross of the " ( Read more... )

"My vanity requires an audience."

Day 23 - Describe what you feel will be the main attributes of Dan Stevens' post-Downton career.

It is a (cautionary) tale of two Morris Townsends (and two Matthews as it turns out). No, it was not Dan Stevens who spoke these words (though the sentiment is appropriate enough, so I could not resist), but rather ( Read more... )

"Deep down you're not on our side!"

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It is a trifecta! In an effort to catch up (again), it made sense to take on not two but three topics today since, in my mind anyway, the next three on the list are thematically linked. What is the theme? In a word: loyalty.

Day 18 - Other than Matthew not dying, what is the one thing you'd have changed ( Read more... )

"We  must never take us for granted."

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Day 14 - When did you begin to suspect that Matthew was going to die?

So we are going a bit morbid for (a belated) Valentine's Day. (And knowing how the creator of this meme loves irony, I suspect it is not coincidence!) But for a character who got down on one knee in the snow to pop the question (even if ( Read more... )

"Downton has served its purpose for him."

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Day 13 - Favorite media quote/tweet about Dan Stevens.

When the Sunday Times interviewer drew this conclusion about Dan Stevens' relationship with Downton back in September, some fans took offense at her blunt (and in retrospect, spot-on) assessment of his attitude towards the show. Oh, how perceptive ( Read more... )

“It is a very monopoli[z]ing job."

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Day 12 - Most memorable Dan Stevens quote about Downton.

[Readers: Check out the last paragraph of eolivet's response to Day 12 of this meme. She is one seriously funny gal ( Read more... )

"I don’t know if I will be returning to Downton."

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Day 11 - How long did you hold out hope that Dan Stevens would sign for S4?Dan Stevens' line up until late last fall was always that he "didn't know" if he would be returning for S4. In August, as he was preparing to cross the Atlantic for his Broadway debut, he said, "I will be taking the ( Read more... )