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With the changes Season 3 of Bridgerton has made on the Bridgerton universe, so must the BridgertonNetflix subreddit change. The addition of LGBTQ plotlines with the main characters comes as a celebration of representation from the queer community and confusion from fans of beloved characters written twenty years ago. The fans of Netflix’s Bridgerton love it for its inclusiveness, shattering walls and ceilings. The show is about love in all colors, forms, and flavors.

An underrepresented user coming to celebrate a character they can identify with shouldn’t be greeted with “Nooo,” “I am heartbroken,” “They’ve ruined the show” or “This isn’t my duke/Michael/Sophie” 

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This is inspired by a post I saw in here where someone said their bf thought Benedict and Edwina would’ve made a good couple lol.

So if the books didn’t exist, what’s a random couple that you think would’ve actually worked out and why? Here are mine:

Eloise and Lord Debling. 2 intellectuals that I could see having some very interesting conversations about the world and their interests. He’d probably inspire her to become a vegetarian too.

Francesca and Prince Friedrich: I can’t really explain it, but they give off similar energies. Another good example of soft love (if John didn’t exist ofc)

Lord Anderson and Portia: I think Portia’s hustler, type A personality could be balanced by a suave, type B man like Marcus. I could see her letting her guard down more with him and learning to finally relax.

And finally, Colin and me. No explanation 😉

I know that you’re probably tired of people bringing up what Pen did to Marina but it’s not the kind of thing that can be overlooked. In S3, the writers try to paint Pen as some sort of feminist because she refuses to give up Whistledown but that’s ridiculous. Lady Whistledown was built off of exploiting the secrets of others and tearing down the women of the Ton. Pen talks a lot about being dismissed and ignored but that doesn’t make it ok for her to do what she did. That’s school shooter logic. Besides, Pen didn’t just target people who were nasty to her. She wrote about Daphne, Simon and she made fun of the king’s mental illness. The writers push the fact that Pen is a published female author without really adknowledging that a lot of Pen’s writing is misogynistic. How can outing your single,pregnant cousin who is desperate to find a husband so she doesn’t end up on the street ever be justified? That scandal isn’t going to disappear and Marina’s children will probably be ostracized because of it. She wanted to hold onto Whistledown so bad but it’s like even if she stops writing as Whistledown, that doesn’t mean she has to stop writing altogether.

I think the reason why a lot of people like Penelope is because she’s played by Nicola Coughlan and Nicola is so charming and lovely. Actually, writing wise, I think it was a terrible idea to make Pen Lady Whistledown. I know it’s canon in the books but it just muddies everything. In S1, Whistledown was like this God like figure that watched over everyone and knew all their secrets. So taking the weight of all of Lady Whistledown’s actions and putting them on the shoulders of one character is just too much. When you think about all of the things Pen wrote and the lives she ruined, it doesn’t make sense for the Ton to forgive her even if the Queen pardoned her. Cressida says that the society they live in forces women to turn against each other. In that case ,there isn’t much difference between Cressida and Pen.

Edit: I’m not trying to make the Penelope girlies mad. It’s just my interpretation that the writers tried to make Pen being LW a feminist issue about a woman who finds her voice (a voice she used to say some very nasty things) to take the heat off Pen for some of her very questionable decisions.

And wastes the chance every time. This is not my first go around with Shonda rhimes and I’m sure I’ve said this about damn near every show she produces. But this one really got to me. The triad that was Benidict, Tilley and Paul could’ve really been a huge part of developing his character past the spoiled hedonist he’s devolved into. There is not a single reason that should have been so underwhelming.