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majorjohnandre:

AU: Mary Smith and Anna Smith have been best friends since childhood and became lovers in their teens. Mary and Anna were set by their parents to marry the Woodhull brothers. They would marry and promised to continue their relationship in secret. But when Thomas Woodhull, the elder brother, dies Mary is urged to wed Abe, the younger brother, instead. Anna is forced to marry a Woodhull relative, Selah Strong.

Their relationship is difficult to maintain, but for the love of their son Thomas they strive on. When Anna hears that Ben Tallmadge is recruiting spies for the war effort, Anna creates her own spy ring with the help of Mary and Abigail, a slave in Anna’s employ; a ring that will eventually dissolve British Intelligence in the colonies.

Dangerous times threaten to break the pair apart. However, after the war is over and the dust has settled, Selah having perished in battle and Abe fled once his cover was divulged, Anna and Mary can finally live and love together in peace in their hometown of Setauket.

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Anonymous: Mary is one of my favorite characters and I think it's obvious that she's gotten the shitty end of things (being with a husband who's not in love with her) and I really hope she emerges as a prominent character. However, I also love Anna. I feel like people think you have to like one and dislike the other. That shouldn't be the case, the human condition is a lot more complicated than that. And the fact that Abe & Anna love one another and have a history, that's not easy to just shake off.
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majorjohnandre:

i agree with everything here, and let me add more if i may.

i’ve agreed with every decision mary has made thus far (minus when she asked richard to bring selah back basically as a leash for anna, i thought that was passive aggressive BUT that’s really how women wage war, especially in those times when women had little to no voice). mary makes the best of the terrible situation she’s in. she’s grateful for thomas, her one light in this awkward marriage and years of unhappiness. and then she faces her husband’s childhood friend (suspected lover and, unbeknownst to her, previous fiancee) and she assures mary she’s not sleeping with him. then mary gets evidence that her husband is cheating, but what can she do. then she finds out her husband is a spy. which will not only be his head but her head and more importantly her son’s head if he gets caught (and didn’t even bloody tell her about it). so she has every right to be angry. and on top of all that her husband shoots a redcoat in their very house. so she’s forced to clean up her husband’s mess as she always has.

anna is not in the happiest marriage either. she makes the best even though she has to see the love of her life basically everyday in her tavern. and even though she’s a patriot she has to house these redcoats in her own home. then not only is her husband taken away for a bullshit charge, but she thinks he died. so she turns to the one man she’s always loved (NOW i really hate that she did this to mary, especially after she assured her she wouldn’t, but i also understand her rash decisions that night). they get back to town and she’s the happiest she’s been in a long time, after these long years of war. and then she finds out her husband is alive, like seeing a ghost. but she just can’t go with him. she’s impulsive again and goes with her heart over her head (that she seems to be doing as of late).

i haven’t agreed with every decision they’ve made but i understand where they’re coming from and i think that’s very important when you’re watching a show or movie or anything. we all hate simcoe and know he’s made stupid decisions, but if you look at his way of thinking his actions make sense - again i’m not saying i agree with them but i understand them.

(ALSO the reason i don’t like the abe/anna relationship is because i feel like it’s a tool for the writers to add drama. now if we get a bigger picture view next season, like if we find out that their relationship had a bigger impact (and i can’t think right now of what it can be) then i will be more than okay with it. but i’m not okay with it right now. i’m not okay with writers creating unnecessary storylines that go nowhere and serve no purpose other than to take up time and add drama)