Discussion: Calling All Shippers!

[roseandheather]

So, this is something I've been pondering for awhile. I have my own theories, of course, but tell me, Lynley/Havers shippers - how do you think Lynley gets over his aristocratic background enough to accept the idea that he might be in love with a working-class girl from the East End? No one who knows this series can forget just how big the

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[lovefromgirl]

Well, if a king could do it with an American divorcée, it's not that big a stretch to imagine an earl and a working-class woman. I mean, at least they're both English.

I'd say both of them would have some gap-bridging to do; she's just as uncomfortable in his world, remember?

[missish]

I honestly never thought of this as an issue. Yes, he's an aristocrat and yes, she's a working class girl, but they get on fantastically (most of the time!), and I think Lynley has gained a respect for both her and the class that, to him, she represents through working with her.
She's met his family and they like her, even if she clearly is somewhat out of place in that world. I don't believe that his family would shun him for marrying her - maybe they'd be a little unhappy with him at first, but I think after his marriage with Helen and the way that ended, they would understand that Havers could make him happy.

[lullabymoon]

I think that by the time it would be realistic for their relationship to progress that far (for me after the sixth series and I definitely think it does eventually), Lynley would have gotten over it way of them knowing each other so long and so well. He would be realistic enough to know the attitudes of other people outside his family but I don't think the idea would bother him at all.

I think the biggest problem would be Barbara feeling out of her depth in certain situations, especially in the beginning but that over time it would mostly fade.