Such Small Hands

I really love the dress.

dracke:

Lady Mary’s epic facial expressions #1

Oh she’s just wonderful :)

Michelle Dockery’s favourite moments in Downton Abbey [x] :
“The third series. There were some really beautiful moments between Matthew and Mary. And the characters have really moved on, you know. They’re not… we’re not playing that sort of will they/won’t they… you know. The way that they’ve been for the past two years. In this third series they’re kind of settling a little bit. And I’ve really enjoyed playing those scenes with Dan Stevens.” 

Was Michelle surprised when Dan decided to leave “Downton”? [x] :
“Initially, I was very sad to hear he was going. It has been strange not having him around because we had become very good friends and had done pretty much every scene together for three years. […] I remember when I first read it, I was just in a flood of tears. It was the finality of mine and Dan’s time together on the show. “

Oh, this is lovely.

And Michelle comes across as an adorable person every time she talks about her time at Downton Abbey (and not only in that case, of course :D)

snowball4:

I love Michelle’s love of having fun - she’s just a real sweetheart.

theendinthebeginning:

12 days of Matthew and Mary - day 9: best cast/crew quote

orangeshipper:

patsan:

Michelle Dockery and Dan Avery Dan Stewart Jonathan Rhys Meyers accdg to Getty website Dan Stevens arriving at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Or, in other words, how the world’s fallen in adoration of Michelle Dockery, and forgot Dan’s name.

And, of course, it reminds me one of the most brilliant (and sadly not available anymore) of Eolivet’s posts, the parody My week, by Stanley Devers. You know, I certainly don’t wish Dan to fail at his career, nor I question his freedom to choose what the best step for his career was, but I do think that leaving when he did (and how he did) was a misstep. But oh, well, what’s done it’s done.

Still, I hope we’ll get a picture of Dan and Michelle together at some point! My shipper heart would be very happy :D

I hope so too! I really do, but I can’t help thinking that if there were a picture of them together, it’d have appeared by now… anyway, I guess we’ll see!

I just wanted to add, without disagreeing necessarily, that so much of peoples’ response to this depends on their measure of ‘success’. It may seem like his ‘career is failing’ that not as many people recognise him, or if less people were raving about talking to him - I don’t even know, I didn’t watch the feed. 

But really, so what? For both of them, if they’re continuing to do work that they enjoy, and find fulfilling, and are happy with where they live and their family - that’s all equally as important in a measure of ‘success’ and the worth of a decision as how many people know their name. I don’t know, I just felt the need to express that. Everyone, as you were! :) 

Well, thank you for doing so, and I think you’re absolutely right. When we think about success in the acting career we ofter think about Hollywood and big movies, but it doesn’t mean necessarily this, especially for European actors, I believe, who are more than content to try themselves at more than just movie roles and are often seen in television movies or series, in theatre, on radio drama, reading audiobooks. And it’s definitively a trend that even big American movie stars sometimes star in TV shows or mini series when they’re good (and television writing is often very good).

As for getting Dan’s name wrong, to be honest I think this mostly shows incompetence from the people who wrote that information wrong than anything else.

Mine was a light joke, an affectionate laugh at his espense if you wish, because sometimes I feel like I need it. As far as I’m concerned it’s not hate that fuels this feeling, it’s just… I don’t know, irony, the need to get past the fact that his decision ended my otp with a good laugh? Take it how you like, but rest assured that it’s never done with malice ;)

Sadly, I think you might be right about the Dan/MIchelle pic too :(

Michelle Dockery and Dan Avery Dan Stewart Jonathan Rhys Meyers accdg to Getty website Dan Stevens arriving at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Or, in other words, how the world’s fallen in adoration of Michelle Dockery, and forgot Dan’s name.

And, of course, it reminds me one of the most brilliant (and sadly not available anymore) of Eolivet’s posts, the parody My week, by Stanley Devers. You know, I certainly don’t wish Dan to fail at his career, nor I question his freedom to choose what the best step for his career was, but I do think that leaving when he did (and how he did) was a misstep. But oh, well, what’s done it’s done.

Still, I hope we’ll get a picture of Dan and Michelle together at some point! My shipper heart would be very happy :D

Love both of their outfits. Happy times.

grand-duchess-anna:

Just when I thought I could not love her any more.

Simply adorable :)