BATES FAMILY SCENES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE NEW FILM (please feel free to write fanfic for these!!!! )
- The Bates family getting ready to attend Tom and Lucy’s wedding. Imagine how proud they would be with Johnny all dressed up in the cute outfit :’)
- The Bates family on the way home from the wedding. Johnny is tired, Anna and Bates reminisce about their own wedding
- Whilst the Crawley family are having a picnic on the lawn, the Bates family are having their own adorable little picnic in one of the fields near their cottage
-Johnny in the servants’ hall, sitting on his mothers lap and interacting with the other downstairs staff.
-Also Bates’ cottage scenes generally (breakfast chaos before work, getting Johnny ready for bed, reading together on the couch, Johnny drawing)
- Anna and Bates in the cottage after Johnny has gone to bed or even whilst at work, discussing their future plans (more kids, small hotel, how they feel about missing out on special moments up until now in Johnny’s life, because whilst Anna certainly takes pride in and enjoys working, she has repeatedly said starting a family is her primary dream and surely would be at least somewhat concerned that Johnny is spending so much time in the nursery).
- John and Anna go to the nursery to pick Johnny up before John leaves for France. They take him down stairs and in the side garden have a sweet family goodbye.
-While Bates is away, Johnny and Anna are invited to Mrs Hughes’ cottage for afternoon tea and it is super cute
-Johnny is definitely best friends with Caroline and Mary and Anna both love to see it
-Johnny sleeps in his parents’ room while John is away and they discuss how much they miss him
When John gets back from France, he goes to Anna, and together they go straight back to the nursery to fetch Johnny, then head home together and he tells them about France.
-DO NOT try tell me Johnny did not get to see his mum dressed up as a princess in *that* scene. John would have definitely grabbed him from the nursery either before or after, and Johnny would have been overjoyed and pointed at Anna and said “Mummy is a princess!” And John of course would have enthusiastically agreed. Then that night they would have discussed it more, but appreciated that although it is fun to have extravagant clothes, they have everything they could possibly need with the three of them together .
-And finally, the week Tom and Lucy showed their baby, Anna finds out she is pregnant again. She tells Bates back at the cottage, and then they tell Johnny who is of course over the moon at the prospect of being a big brother (it ends up being a little girl this time).
PS OKAY IM SORRY I NEEDED THIS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I HONESTLY LOVED THE MOVIE, ANNA AND BATES’ STORYLINE JUST WAS NOT IT.
