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avoverud · 2 years

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Cora Crawley (née Levinson), Countess of Grantham

“if I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

#omg this is beautiful #and if my memory isn't failing me that quote is from emma #i JUST READ EMMA OMG

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avoverud · 2 years

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i really just tried to type "down to earth" and ended up typing "downton" before i even noticed

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avoverud · 2 years

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

#be happy <33 #this goes to everyone too

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avoverud · 2 years

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i apologize for disappearing for a week but here's a relationship analysis (maybe) to make up for it.

starring cobert, obviously.

i actually scribbled down something a month or so ago about this, but i didn't remember anything about it until this week and decided to actually get it down. anyways, it came up when i was watching rewatching da2 ( mostly the cobert scene from da2 ) and i noticed something really interesting

we all know cobert is the most amazingest perfect couple in the history of the world, but sometimes you have to realize that their relationship is still human, so they have their ups and downs and difficulties, right?

well, i noticed that robert and cora's relationship is a beautiful example of two people with different love languages.

that scene in da2 PERFECTLY sums it up. i will put it in bullet points because i like bullet points.

nothing really happens at the start. they're talking, arguing, being hysterical (mainly just robert), stuff like that

when robert starts crying, cora responds by immediately rushing up to him, and she cups her hands around his face.

that's her way of showing affection, physical touch. she's being more physical to try and comfort him

robert doesn't show affection that way, though, so he's not very consoled, but he accepts the gesture and places his hands around her waist

which is probably my favorite part in the scene, after the kiss obvs because it's SO SWEET UGH

when she says "we're not sad people," the way she says it is probably the most american thing i've seen out of her. i don't know why.

and now both of them are crying and i'm definitely not crying shut up

so then he tells her that he loves her, not in those exact words, but as you can see he uses words instead of actions

i think up to this moment, cora knows that he doesn't understand that she's saying i love you, albeit not in his way

so i think her saying "i loved you from the start" was a sacrifice on her part

also fun fact it shows how expressing her feelings that way is so completely out of cora's comfort zone, because she's been living under the "i don't have much time left" mindset for the past few months

when she says that, though, he literally STOPS CRYING. ITS SO FUNNY BUT SO CUTE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

and then she says "we have been happy, haven't we?" i feel like happiness is very important to english people. i mean once in a while in a relationship it gets brought up.

they kiss.

the tension goes back down REALLY QUICK, though, thanks to cora, and i thought that was really interesting

thank you for reading my bullet points that were supposed to be me doing a relationship analysis but ending up being me commentating on the scene in da2 :)

#cobert #robert crawley #cora crawley #relationship analysis thing #downton abbey

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avoverud · 2 years

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a little late but thank you so much to everyone who tagged me <33

favorite time of year:

i usually find something to hate on for all the seasons, and i think spring used to be my favorite before it got so hot, but my favorite time of year is probably fall. i don't like extreme temperatures, but i like to stay on the cool side :) it also brings a lot of nostalgia for some reason, and i love how it gets dark sooner

comfort foods:

i've never been very interested in food, honestly, but i like soup, and my family is asian so i tend to lean towards that range of food

do you collect anything?

books, especially book series, and a few paintings here and there. fun fact: i arrange my books in rainbow order so my bookshelf is just a whole jumble of colors. it's fun though!

favorite drink:

i like tea. tea is fun. otherwise i probably don't drink enough water BUT IT'S FINE.

favorite music artist:

my music taste is all over the place and i don't really have "favorite songs", i like to call them irregular song obsessions, so here's a few of my recent ones :)

favorite songs:

numb little bug by em beihold

sunroof by nicky youre, dazy

dandelions by ruth b.

favorite fics:

OKAY. SO. i have actually been doing my homework and i am currently reading a few fics that seem to be highly read among us cobert people, but i haven't read enough of them to really choose favorites haha

if you see this and you haven't been tagged, this is your sign that you've been tagged. :)

#get to know me

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avoverud · 2 years

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Cora Crawley reactions, Downton Abbey, Series 2 (Set 1 of 2)

#HER EYESS

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avoverud · 2 years

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this is the hot cobert summer writing challenge finished product!

i'm so proud of everyone (even if i've only been here since may or something), i've read most everyone's and they're all SO GOOD, and i'll edit this post later to fill in everyone who hasn't yet :)

i see a lot of people thanking me, but i'd like to thank all of YOU for participating and making this whole thing come alive. a special thanks to @abumperprize and @ohtobealady , this whole thing probably never would've started without them <33

here's the list that i promised you, with the participants, their prompts, and the link to their work/first chapter so you can find it :D

once again, thank you all SO SO much.

@avoverud

breathlessly

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/avoverud/691056306056052736?source=share

@abumperprize

as a reassurance

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116738/1/The-Bell-at-Easton-Lodge

@ohtobealady

timidly

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14117033/1/A-Collection-of-Cobert

@bella-caecilia

as a confession

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116351/1/A-Little-Less-Lost

@dream-of-ragtime

as a sign of happiness

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14115616/1/Reminiscing

@idoloveouradventures

woefully

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116538/1/Three-Pairs-of-Eyes

@whydidnttheyaskcora

quietly

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14116012/1/I-Heard-Every-One-of-Them

@modernamericangirl

as a goodbye

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/modernamericangirl/691359019926994944?source=share

@whatsabriard

as a promise

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14115292/1/all-i-want-and-i-ve-waited-so-long

@randomabiling

as a last attempt

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14117230/1/

@downton-bridgerton

as a question

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14115955/1/Blended-Toast

@andallthatmishigas

as a dare

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14114869/1/Forbidden

#thank you to everyone for making this possible <33 #hot cobert summer writing challenge #cobert #cora crawley #robert crawley #downton abbey #cobert fanfiction

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avoverud · 2 years

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here's my hot cobert summer writing challenge product!

i'm going on vacation for a few days, but hopefully i'll find some time to organize the finished product of everyone's work. in the meantime, take mine <3

i had a headcanon once for pre-canon cobert, i never did get to writing more than just a synopsis, but i decided that i was going to be productive for once in my life and actually have it written down. so here we are :)

my prompt was "saying i love you breathlessly", to be honest it's not so much a prompt as me sticking the word breathlessly into the love confession but um.

and i decided to have some fun with the ending and see if anyone noticed :D

HAPPY.

Robert sighed, standing in his dressing room. A cold, biting wind whispered across the sky, and the rain went pitter-patter against the windows. The atmosphere itself felt heavy, something the viscount did not appreciate. It felt like the weather was mocking him.

Couldn’t it just pretend that everything was fine?

Robert certainly was.

His life so far had not been the most.. satisfactory, what with his mother grilling him every time she saw him, and Rosamund giving him looks when they passed each other in the candlelit corridors. Mainly his mother. And of course it was all about his new wife. She was quite the talk of the town. Cora this, Cora that.

He envied Cora, just a little bit. She didn’t have to sit through lecture after lecture about how they were dependent on Americans now, and oh my was this the best course of action, and oh well at least they could save the estate.

But she wasn’t happy. He could tell, and it hurt him every day seeing her struggling to fit into the mold society (and his mother) had set. She didn’t deserve that. But what else could he give her?

It was funny how a four letter word could describe her when no other adjectives could. It was funny how a four letter word could encapsulate someone like her, could sound so foreign yet so perfect when it was spoken.

Cora.

She was so beautiful, the room seemed to light up whenever she entered. He already knew he loved her, had loved her for while, however improper it was to say it. He just wanted to be with her without anyone glancing surreptitiously their way. He just wanted to hear her laugh, that was all, to tell her that he loved her. But he couldn’t.

It was ridiculous and he knew it. But deep inside, he felt like he had cheated her out of something. That he hadn’t earned her love, because he hadn’t. That maybe if she knew the truth when he had courted her, she wouldn’t have married him. Someone like Cora deserved better than him. And so he pushed her away.

Suddenly realizing that he was still in his dressing room, Robert pushed open the door to the hall and headed downstairs, his hand trailing lightly on the banister. One day this would all be his. His and Cora’s.

Passing through the Great Hall, Robert opened the door to the library. Not that he expected to see anyone, of course.

But there she was, and his heart did the funny little jump it did every time his eyes met hers.

“Oh!” said Cora, looking up from her book. Yes, she was very beautiful, Robert thought. Even in the shadow that the rainclouds cast, she seemed to glow.

“I hope I’m not disturbing you,” he replied, briskly. “I’ve just come to get a book.” Well. Not really.

Cora’s gaze trailed him to the desk, where he stopped.

“..Do you remember what occasion tomorrow is?” she asked, a little hesitantly. Robert turned to face her, lifting an eyebrow.

“Well, it can’t be your birthday,” he said, half-heartedly. “And it’s not a holiday, I don’t think. No, I don’t remember.” It was no wonder that he didn’t, with everything happening so fast these past months. It was probably just a special guest coming over to dine with them. “Tell me, then.”

“It’s our anniversary,” Cora said, putting on a small smile, trying to hide the sting of disappointment.

The words seemed to hang in the air.

Upset that he had forgotten, Robert’s next words slipped out of his mouth. “It doesn’t matter much, anyways.” I should not have said that.

Cora stared at him in disbelief. “It doesn’t?” she questioned, not really wanting to hear the answer.

“Well, everyone thinks I only married you for your money.”

“And did you?”

The question was inevitable, wasn’t it? The answer was even more so. He knew, she knew, but they had left those words unspoken. And now what was he supposed to say? It was one of those decisions he knew he would regret before he even made it, but he did it anyways. “I suppose, but-”

The book Cora had been reading clattered to the ground as she stood up, facing him. Tears filling her eyes, she fled from the room. She didn’t know why, but she couldn’t stay there, not with the emotions that were flooding the room, spilling onto her. She couldn’t stay to see the expression on his face.

She needed air.

Then it was silence. A terrible, heavy silence that made Robert feel sick. Expecting to hear the sound of Cora’s door slam, he glanced back out the window for a second. His eyes widened in shock.

Cora was running down the path, her hair twisting in the wind. The raindrops shattered on the pebbles around her, glittering like pearls in her hair.

I don’t understand, Robert thought, his hand pressed against the glass. And all of a sudden, his feet were taking him into the hall, past the front doors, into the rain, to somehow set this right, whatever it took. It was too late to go back now.

The rain sloshed around him as he raced across the gravel path. She had stopped, standing there, beautiful in a sad way. He couldn’t bear it, he couldn’t, wouldn’t let her be sad. Not anymore.

He realized that maybe, just maybe, there was something he could give her.

“Cora?” he whispered, when he had reached her at last. “Are you alright?”

She laughed, taking a breath before replying. “I’m sorry,” was the first thing she said. “I shouldn’t have done that.” She bit her lip slightly, turning her head away. “It’s not been the best year, has it?”

“No, it hasn’t,” Robert admitted. “But you shouldn’t be sorry. I should be.” He couldn’t stop himself from rambling on. “That you were so unhappy. For bringing you here.” His gaze dropped to the ground.

Cora’s cheeks were flushed from the cold as she studied the expression on his face. When she finally, spoke, it was with that familiar lilt in her tone. “I’m not sorry you did, Robert.”

And oh, the emotions that seemed to rush to his head. He wasn’t even quite sure what she had just said to him, because at the moment everything seemed to be spinning. But he didn’t care, not as long as she was here. And she didn’t blame him for everything.

He told her, somehow he did, and he meant it with all his heart.

“I love you, Cora,” he told her, breathlessly.

She was silent, the raindrops coming down even harder now. Her blue eyes caught his for what seemed like forever.

“Cora? This might sound silly, but- you- we- we will be happy, won’t we?”

It was freezing, but neither of them could feel it. The rumble of thunder was distant as Cora laughed. “Very, very happy.”

And as Robert leaned down to press his lips to hers, maybe they weren’t the three words that he had so desperately wanted to hear these past few months. But he believed them, all the same.

#pressing the post button scares me #hot cobert summer writing challenge #cobert #robert crawley #cora crawley #downton abbey

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avoverud · 2 years

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What made you watch Downton Abbey in the first place?

Quarantine. Quarantine made me watch it

It was like, just a few months in since it started (early 2020). I was in the middle of an online class (I hate Math anyway so I don't bother one bit about it) and was watching Enola Holmes at the same time

I then looked through other period dramas and shows on Google, and one of the first shows I saw was Downton

And the rest is, well...history

#my mom made me watch downton abbey haha #it wasn't even really a choice she watched it so i watched it #and yeah

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avoverud · 2 years

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i took this decent personality test. (on personalitydna.com). i like how the questions were structured with graphs and how many possible results there are. i got “free-wheeling inventor” and my brother got “reserved leader.” both were quite true and the advice at the end is advice we often do tell each other … so ! feel free to tag this with what you got if taking 💐

#faithful visionary #which is actually kind of accurate i think #maybe

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avoverud · 2 years

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can anybody describe robert in a phrase? i have used practically all my braincells and i still can't think of anything that describes him in a phrase

#give it a shot please #i think it's interesting seeing how people use phrases to interpret people #instead of adjectives #and i didn't even start to wonder about cora because i can't even write a paragraph for her #much less describe her in a few words #robert crawley #downton abbey

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avoverud · 2 years

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your discord pfp and your tumblr pfp are locked in a room together. what happens?

#it’s cora with an umbrella and cora on a chair #i think it’ll be fine

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avoverud · 2 years

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the hot cobert summer challenge things are almost due, but i think i might be almost finished with mine and i decided to experiment with another one ;)

i think i've never had much practice actually putting feelings into words, so i played around with this, it actually has no plot or anything very sensible around it, but they're FEELINGS right, they're not SUPPOSED to make sense

this is set right after the lovely little cobert scene we had in da2 (you know which one i'm talking about)

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His heart was pounding, still. The scene seemed to replay in his head, again and again and again. He could see the way she had cupped his face, could see the sparkle of tears in her eyes, blurred by his own. He could almost feel her lips on his for a brief second.

There was a word for that. What was it?

He could feel how much it hurt. How much it still hurt. He didn't think anything could feel like this, and he'd had his fair share of negative emotions. It was like something had dropped with a thud out of his heart, leaving a gaping chasm behind.

It had happened so quickly. Now they were walking back in silence, each pondering their own thoughts. The light from the party cast a glow on everything around them, twinkling on Cora's dress, illuminating the pebbles in the road. She looked angelic, with her blue eyes watching the tiny people in the distance.

For a second, he wondered if she was just a dream.

"Cora." He had said her name without thinking. She turned to him, and the words tumbled out of his mouth. "Cora, don't leave me. Please."

That word, that feeling again.

The seconds ticked past, and the music wafted over them from far away. It felt like forever before she spoke, moving closer to him, taking his hands in hers. The gesture was familiar, she had done it countless times, but this time it felt different.

"I don't want to."

Robert could feel the tears burning his eyes. He blinked them away as the smallest of smiles appeared on her face. Sad, but sweet.

Bittersweet.

That was the word.

#is this just words at this point #or am i just trying to make myself feel sad #cobert #cobert drabble #downton abbey #tell me what you think 😭

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avoverud · 2 years

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without saying your favorite character’s name, put in the tags a quote said by your fav.

#dont be flippant

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avoverud · 2 years

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i know it's not wednesday anymore but I PROMISE I DID SEE THIS YESTERDAY

i am currently at around 1300 words ish and i don't think that's going to change because I HAVE EDITED THIS THING LIKE FOUR HUNDRED TIMES

anyways.

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Robert sighed, standing in his dressing room. A cold, biting wind whispered across the sky, and the rain went pitter-patter against the windows. The atmosphere itself felt heavy, something he did not appreciate. It felt like the weather was mocking him.

Couldn’t it just pretend that everything was fine?

Robert certainly was.

His life so far had not been the most.. satisfactory, what with his mother grilling him every time she saw him, and Rosamund giving him looks when they passed each other in the candlelit corridors. And of course it was all about his new wife. She was quite the talk of the town. Cora this, Cora that.

He envied Cora, just a little bit. She didn’t have to sit through lecture after lecture about how they were dependent on Americans now, and oh my was this the best course of action, and oh well at least they could save the estate.

But she wasn’t happy. He could tell, and it hurt him every day seeing her struggling to fit into the mold society (and his mother) had set. She didn’t deserve that. But what else could he give her?

im nosey and I want to know where everyone is in their hot summer cobert fics. It’s wip Wednesday (it IS Wednesday right?) - if you have something you want to/can share please do? and tag me im hunger for some cobert content please and thank you.

#thoughts?#this is also pre-canon cobert in case you wondered #sometimes i wake up #and i sit down and i work on this for two minutes #and then i leave again #and sometimes i forget about my prompt so #cobert #hot cobert summer writing challenge

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avoverud · 2 years

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would anyone like to share how they found/chose their user?

for anyone wondering about mine, it's not even a word, i just happened onto this jumble of letters one day (definitely didn't generate it or anything) and it stuck haha

#literally just a bunch of letters #in case you wanted to know :)

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avoverud · 2 years

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do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.

#thought i might do this #12:15 pm #i'm waiting for my cookies to get out of the oven #and i probably had too much fun w the sprinkles haha

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