frotcake

interwar:

no

#OMG MAFIA AU #is that not the best idea ever #with mary being the killer cunning mafia matriarch in training #and matthew being the lawyer whose been covering up the crawley mishaps for YEARS who suddenly becomes heir #he’s always had a secret passion for mary but he hates the brutality of the mob #HE TRIES TO GET OUT #BUT MARY KEEPS PULLING HIM BACK IN #edith tries to become the perfect ~mob wife~ but realises it’s not for her #sybil is an anti violence protester who unwittingly falls for branson - a hit man under her father’s employ #cora was the daughter of the crawley’s competition and now she runs the fucking show #there’s lots of tommy guns and bootlegging #bates is a weary old dog~ who is hired as a new ‘enforcer’ #carson runs the crawley house - and secretly keeps the mob accounts in check #richard carlisle is a media magnate who threatens to expose the crawleys so they send mary in to ~placate him #lavinia is vanilla ice cream who falls for matthew without knowing who he really is #we chart the progress of matthew from morally conflicted legal goon to organised crime lord #with mary working by his side #MACBETH AND LADY MACBETH TBH #IT’S SHAKESPEAREAN AS FUCK #the majority of the ~downstairs people are those who turned to them mob in times of need and now owe the crawleys their loyalty #some of them are not happy about that #ooomg i wish this was a show