downton abbey daisy robinson edith crawley downtonians a relationship that should have been more explored tbh i have a lot to say but the most important thing is that i love the image of edith with books because edith's 'power' in the household comes from information and this is exactly how o'brien (and thomas) contrive power as well amongst the lower classes they have to use information people like robert and cora and violet all rely on their authority same with carson and to a lesser extent mrs. hughes (only because she's also willing to deal in information) (but she does rely on her position as well) in fact carson and cora and robert all withhold information whereas o'brien for example collects and divests it as she sees fit and edith has been so disconnected by her family in many ways she has been pushed so far to the side that she has to operate like the outsiders like the servants outsiders because this is also how carlisle operated (see: spymaster) but not someone like isobel who tries to rely on her authority - she just doesn't have any so edith has adapted i guess i don't know what i'm saying anymore edith can be the real spymaster librarian of secrets and really nice floral shirts my gifs
