SEASON 5 BENNY Up Close & Personal

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EMMA D’ARCY as RHAENYRA TARGARYEN House of the Dragon 1.06 The Princess and The Queen

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LUKE THOMPSON as BENEDICT BRIDGERTON BRIDGERTON: season three, episode two; How Bright the Moon

Here’s the thing about the Francesca/Michaela business…fans have a problem with it from every angle.

- Some are upset about losing Michael.

- Some are upset about Francesca falling for someone else while married to John.

- Some are upset about an unoriginal LGBTQ storyline.

- Some are upset about Francesca’s infertility storyline either disappearing or taking a backseat to her sexuality.

- Some are upset about Michaela (a black woman) potentially chasing Francesca (a white woman) and begging her to love her.

- Some are upset about it being “forced representation.”

The fans who are screaming that anyone who has a problem with it is just homophobic are dead wrong. These (valid) reactions are coming from everywhere and it’s silly to write them off as bigotry.

Omg thank you so much to your “bi ass” for that reblog 😂😂💖

I saw your tags! So from my understanding there *might* have been something said a while ago regarding not changing the original Bridgerton couples HOWEVER it was somewhat recently that Julia Quinn confirmed there was nothing in her contract that said Shondaland had to keep the couples as they’d been written.

Personally, I think there’s a lot of ways they could have given LGBTQ representation without changing the OG couples. Like how they’ve made Benedict bi/pan but they’ve confirmed that he’ll end up with the woman in his story. I’ve also seen a lot of people suggest a Brimsley x Reynolds spin-off of Queen Charlotte which everybody would watch the hell out of 💕

I don’t know, the whole thing’s just such a mess 😂😭

I think (at least in the early days) there were no plans to change the original couples. The key word being “plans” and plans change. Since then, there’s a new show runner who clearly has different plans. And so does Julia Quinn since she signed off on the idea, which I’m sure has lost her a lot of fans (I’ve seen several say as much). I feel like this decision is going to kill the show. It might not get canceled, but I think there’s going to a sharp drop in ratings/enthusiasm as the show goes on (the 2 year gap between seasons isn’t helping things).

I would love a Brimsley x Reynolds spinoff! That being said, 8 episodes for every book is a lot and lends itself to a lot of new characters and subplots. It’s what they’ve been doing for the last three seasons. There is no reason they can’t work in at least one (or a couple!) of those without disrupting the original stories and couples. I feel like Gravillew could have easily been made a reoccurring character.

And to be petty for just a moment, the name Michaela doesn’t suit the era. I know, it’s Bridgerton and complaining about historical accuracy is like complaining about water being wet, but something about unsuitable names is a pet peeve of mine. It’s like the wedding of the season being between Jaxon and Brinleigh. It just doesn’t suit.