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Mr. Bates: Sort of a jerk, no?

Blasphemy! Mistah Bates is a Beatrix Potter character come to life.

The post at the link above is depressing. The writer assumes that Bates (from Downtown Abbey) is shady for not wanting Anna to be his mistress. Typical reactionary thinking (applied to television this time). If Anna lived as Bates’ mistress, rather than waiting for him to divorce and marry her, at that time in history she would have to continue to be a maid for the rest of her life. She would have no access to retirement or any other form of security. However, if she was actually able to marry, not only could she and Bates make a life on a farm somewhere, meaning they could have babies and such, but she would also have property as security if he died. So, Bates is actually doing a very good thing by enduring the disgrace of a divorce from a shady woman who is likely to make it hard on him, all FOR ANNA. 

IT JUST DRIVES ME CRAZY WHEN PEOPLE REACT TO THE RELATIONSHIPS ON A PERIOD SHOW AS IF THEY WERE HAPPENING TO THEIR STUPID SHALLOW FRIENDS. 

via flavorpill • 19 Jan • 57 notes • ∞
  1. bexesyearofbooks reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Read the linked article first. Ok, so Mr. Bates does sort of naively and ridiculously not tell Anna anything about...
  2. jeanfivintage reblogged this from flavorpill
  3. petits-mains reblogged this from flavorpill
  4. deardelirious reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Mr. Bates is a buddy.
  5. therealmegumi reblogged this from bbook and added:
    HE ISNT A JERK HES JUST A MAN CAUGHT IN A BAD ROMANCE!!!
  6. noitistrue reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    If you think Bates is a jerk, you’re watching the show wrong.
  7. grimlyneat reblogged this from flavorpill
  8. onthecuspofnormal reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    I’m watching every Sunday like a punk. This show needs to be on at all times
  9. sakeyser reblogged this from peterwknox
  10. elizatrick reblogged this from bbook and added:
    this person obviously did not watch the latest episode when Anna ask to be his mistress and he says no. why? cos he...
  11. peterwknox reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    What! Watching Downton Abbey this week has been a crashcourse in Being a Man taught by Bates. He’s my only constant in...
  12. ohtheironyofit reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    The post at the link above is depressing. The writer assumes that Bates (from Downtown Abbey) is shady for not wanting...
  13. coldbitterness reblogged this from oh-whiskers and added:
    Yessss all aboard the “I do not understand his appeal one bit” train
  14. oh-whiskers reblogged this from chiaraatik
  15. flavorpill reblogged this from bbook