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And the(ir) walls come tumbling down. Mary’s visibly shaking and I think her emotions are much more clear in the whole episode (and Michelle Dockery’s performance took my breath away). But it was Matthew whose emotions seemed to travel much further in this particular scene. To my eyes you could see that he was saying these lovely, but not romantic*, words to her but that his every defence, every mask, is just starting to crumble around him the longer he’s in her presence. You really see it when he’s sitting in the train. It’s as if, after telling himself for two years that the world is flat, he’s suddenly realising that it is in fact round.
*By romance I mean declarations of love and affection. However, I think it is incredibly romantic that he asks her to look after his mother and Lavinia (as if Lavinia were a niece that he had guardianship of!). He can rely on Mary, depend on her. To me, that’s love, that’s marriage, that’s OTP.
Absolutely. He gets visibly more and more emotional as he talks to her but it’s when he’s alone he looks as nakedly vulnerable and shaken as he used to in S1 when he often wore his heart on his sleeve esp. when it came to his feelings for Mary.
And the(ir) walls come tumbling down. Mary’s visibly shaking and I think her emotions are much more clear in the whole episode (and Michelle Dockery’s performance took my breath away). But it was Matthew whose emotions seemed to travel much further in this particular scene. To my eyes you could see that he was saying these lovely, but not romantic*, words to her but that his every defence, every mask, is just starting to crumble around him the longer he’s in her presence. You really see it when he’s sitting in the train. It’s as if, after telling himself for two years that the world is flat, he’s suddenly realising that it is in fact round.
*By romance I mean declarations of love and affection. However, I think it is incredibly romantic that he asks her to look after his mother and Lavinia (as if Lavinia were a niece that he had guardianship of!). He can rely on Mary, depend on her. To me, that’s love, that’s marriage, that’s OTP.
Absolutely. He gets visibly more and more emotional as he talks to her but it’s when he’s alone he looks as nakedly vulnerable and shaken as he used to in S1 when he often wore his heart on his sleeve esp. when it came to his feelings for Mary.
You must have been up before the servants. 注意这句话是接在Mary说的那句Don't worry, I haven't come to undo your good work of the other night.之后，注意Mary的那种急切和快速的语气，可以看作是一种半开玩笑的掩饰和鼓足勇气的开场白（我觉得她是担心Matthew察觉自己的真实感情，你不要误会。。。）。所以Matthew接的这句话在我看来是最好的一种安抚，巧妙地转换话题，让Mary立刻就放松下来，不过这是我旁观者的看法。在Matthew，我觉得他就是一种自然感情的流露，他明白Mary此来是送行（或者是为了什么别的事，但她来了，为了见他），而他又时时刻刻不自觉地关心着Mary，你起这么早累吧？——老夫老妻，呵呵。多漂亮的回合，火花四溅，又衔接的天衣无缝，符合人物各自的性格和特定的心态，赞编剧。
Mary的反应是将此轻描淡写地带过（除了因为时间紧迫，还是要掩饰内心的窘迫和不安），立刻切入正题，递上lucky charm，一股作气。Won't you need it? GOD, Matthew还是这么自然又宠溺的语气！
I'll try not to be a hero, if that's what you're afraid of.世上还找得出第二个这么善解人意又这么体贴的soul mate老公不？
Mary的反应是将此轻描淡写地带过（除了因为时间紧迫，还是要掩饰内心的窘迫和不安），立刻切入正题，递上lucky charm，一股作气。Won't you need it? GOD, Matthew还是这么自然又宠溺的语气！
I'll try not to be a hero, if that's what you're afraid of.世上还找得出第二个这么善解人意又这么体贴的soul mate老公不？
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Let’s talk about this parallel right here. The producers have put Matthew and Mary - who are seeing each other for the first time in a long time - in the exact same positions that they were in during their first dinner together, back in 1x02. They do this for the familiarity; their context and purposes may have changed, but these people are still the Matthew and Mary that we, the audience, have grown acquainted with. It means something in-world, too, as Matthew/Mary have this established rapport that revolves around the things they say taking a deeper meaning and both reflecting and contradicting the way that they feel. This begins when they first meet in 1x02, with Mary’s scathing “I wouldn’t want to push in”, and builds from there, becoming as much a part of them as it is a symbol of their relationship.
In 2x01 this element of Matthew/Mary is moulded again, this time to fit the WWI backdrop of the season. Matthew comes home to Downton and tries as best he can to leave the war behind him, taking comfort in the routines and regularity he equates with that lifestyle. But his want to leave the war behind is not synonymous with what actually happens, and he finds himself seeing things at a distance; in many ways returning home and feeling like he doesn’t is more difficult for him than facing the war front. And then there’s Mary - Matthew is close to his mother and loves her dearly, but Mary is his only true equal, and the only person in the world who he can speak candidly to - through their established repertoire, of course. It’s Mary alone who asks him what the war front is like - everyone else keeps up the charade that Downton is a refuge away from the conflict, for Matthew - and if it was anyone else Matthew would’ve gone into military strategy, or brushed off the question; only it’s Mary, so he doesn’t. He tells her that he can’t talk about it; not that he doesn’t want to or that he doesn’t need to, but that he can’t. It’s an emotional repsonse and he feels safe enough to give it because it’s Mary, and Mary is the only one who is able to see his heart.
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Let’s talk about this parallel right here. The producers have put Matthew and Mary - who are seeing each other for the first time in a long time - in the exact same positions that they were in during their first dinner together, back in 1x02. They do this for the familiarity; their context and purposes may have changed, but these people are still the Matthew and Mary that we, the audience, have grown acquainted with. It means something in-world, too, as Matthew/Mary have this established rapport that revolves around the things they say taking a deeper meaning and both reflecting and contradicting the way that they feel. This begins when they first meet in 1x02, with Mary’s scathing “I wouldn’t want to push in”, and builds from there, becoming as much a part of them as it is a symbol of their relationship.
In 2x01 this element of Matthew/Mary is moulded again, this time to fit the WWI backdrop of the season. Matthew comes home to Downton and tries as best he can to leave the war behind him, taking comfort in the routines and regularity he equates with that lifestyle. But his want to leave the war behind is not synonymous with what actually happens, and he finds himself seeing things at a distance; in many ways returning home and feeling like he doesn’t is more difficult for him than facing the war front. And then there’s Mary - Matthew is close to his mother and loves her dearly, but Mary is his only true equal, and the only person in the world who he can speak candidly to - through their established repertoire, of course. It’s Mary alone who asks him what the war front is like - everyone else keeps up the charade that Downton is a refuge away from the conflict, for Matthew - and if it was anyone else Matthew would’ve gone into military strategy, or brushed off the question; only it’s Mary, so he doesn’t. He tells her that he can’t talk about it; not that he doesn’t want to or that he doesn’t need to, but that he can’t. It’s an emotional repsonse and he feels safe enough to give it because it’s Mary, and Mary is the only one who is able to see his heart.
人无完人么，Matthew最大的问题，我觉得就是不够勇敢。Lord GRANTHAM曾经在原谅和鼓励Mary的时候说I want you to marry a good man, a brave man. 伯爵这绝对是有感而发！Matthew is a good man, but not a brave man. 比较有意思的是，他周围的人都挺勇敢的，呵呵，比如老妈，Mary，包括白兔，这三个他生命中关键的女人，外加奶奶，都能够直面自己的人生，并"教导"他直面自己的人生。
Mary: You should have more faith.
奶奶：I would just say one thing. Marriage is a long business. There’s no getting out of it for our kind of people. I mean, you may live forty...fifty years with one of these two women. Just make sure you have selected the right one.（奶奶这话堪称经典，我想到了她这样的年纪，就是所有人都站在道德至高点批判她这么说的动机，也无所谓了，she is not one of those people who needs to be liked, she is just to be herself...所以我们才都觉得Mary可贵，因为她还年轻。）
白兔：Be happy, for my sake. Promise me. It's all I want for you. Remember that. That's all I want. (我不赞同白兔说这个话有腹黑成分，白兔在我看来，真纯洁，在我们现在的时代很少有这样的女生了，但在那个时代，我觉得很多)
老妈：And you can do something about it and don't, well,the war has taught you nothing.
而Mary，相比与Matthew，是真正地能做到"stick to" the choices we make.这挺好的，两人都这么厉害，结果就是火星撞地球，长久不了。就因为这一点，我宁可喜欢Matthew的softness，不然完美官配就泡汤了(小声说，男人，还是要“傻一点儿的软一点儿”的好，哈哈～～)
Mary: You should have more faith.
奶奶：I would just say one thing. Marriage is a long business. There’s no getting out of it for our kind of people. I mean, you may live forty...fifty years with one of these two women. Just make sure you have selected the right one.（奶奶这话堪称经典，我想到了她这样的年纪，就是所有人都站在道德至高点批判她这么说的动机，也无所谓了，she is not one of those people who needs to be liked, she is just to be herself...所以我们才都觉得Mary可贵，因为她还年轻。）
白兔：Be happy, for my sake. Promise me. It's all I want for you. Remember that. That's all I want. (我不赞同白兔说这个话有腹黑成分，白兔在我看来，真纯洁，在我们现在的时代很少有这样的女生了，但在那个时代，我觉得很多)
老妈：And you can do something about it and don't, well,the war has taught you nothing.
而Mary，相比与Matthew，是真正地能做到"stick to" the choices we make.这挺好的，两人都这么厉害，结果就是火星撞地球，长久不了。就因为这一点，我宁可喜欢Matthew的softness
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