Frances is a seriously compelling character and imo it’s a pity that the fanon and canon seems to ignore her because she is a huge contradiction and placing her in context of the victorian era is so interesting. On one hand, you have her as the “perfect woman”, hair pulled back, dresses conservative- a prudent and model wife. She’s a strict follower of society’s rules. Then you have the badass Frances, the masculine woman who wears *pants*, the one who dabs at her husbands tears when he gets too passionate about cricket, the woman with the swords. Like she is legit seriously the matriarch of the Midford family and theres so much contradiction between the way she strictly follows the standards of an extremely misogynistic society while also turning them on their head and being an extremely empowered woman.
Like I can seriously go poetic about Frances Midford. Please give her more screen time.
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