#also if you ask me the actual love triangle this season is pen/eloise/cressida which I LOVE

[iheartbookbran]

My favorite part about the Debling plot was Penelope and Cressida doing the most over there top cat-fighting in order to win him over, not because they genuinely liked the guy, but because they wanted to escape their families and also lowkey just hate each other.

[wildwren]

Thought you were a Bridgerton hater?!?

What are your highlights?

Lolololol this is so funny, I’ve had an up and down relationship with Bridgerton but you literally could not PAY me not to watch it. if there’s one thing about me it’s that I WILL be invested in a soapy period romance.

I think the post you’re talking about is the one where I claimed Henry Fielding writes consent better than Julia Quinn and you know what, I stand by it. (and if I’m being honest, Bridgerton owes as much to Henry Fielding as it does to Jane Austen, but no one wants to have that conversation do they!!!) ANYWAY.

Okay okay, Season 3 has given me full on brainrot. I’m invested in Polin now???? Help???????? This is mostly fueled by my unspeakable horniness for Nicola Coughlan but also I think it’s a really strong season so far, I like the conflict and the stakes as well as the rom-com vibes, and I feel like it’s dramatic without being all about The Drama.

My favorite thing however is the GAY DRAMA and by that I mean the toxic exes dynamic between Penelope and Eloise, the bitch4bitch Creloise courtship, and the lesbian friendship triangle between Pen, Eloise, and Cressida. I’m also invested in the emotional triangulation between Pen, Colin, and Eloise (what can I say? I love a good triangle) and I’m really excited to see how that shakes out in Part 2. And no I’m definitely not writing a toxic modern gothic Cressida x Eloise x Penelope (x Colin) fic I don’t Know what you’re talking about that must be someone else

Other highlights are Francesca and John, I looove the way they’ve characterized Fran and developed that relationship so far. Bad news for me is that I’ve also become a full-on tin foil hat Michaela Stirling truther which doesn’t bode well for my mental health either way. I would actually kill to see it but also the full on lesbophobic meltdown the fandom would have would probably cost me several years of life sooooo

ANYWAY yes I am very much invested in Bridgerton Season 3 with my clown makeup FULLY ON thank you for asking!!!!