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iheartbookbran · 1 year

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like, I still think it’s sort of weird that Shonda Rhimes bought the rights to the Bridgerton novels, did a mediocre job at adapting the material and also kinda ruined one of the most popular pairings from the books in the process, and then proceeded to hyperfixate on her own OC to the point of creating a spin-off in which the central romance is about two members of a very white, slave-owning, racist and imperialist institution that could only maintain power through the exploitation of people of color all over the world, but now the protagonist is a black woman who’s about to end racism in 1700s Great Britain through the power of Love

#i just… genuinely think it’s weird is all #like she totally didn’t have to do any of that #she could’ve easily pulled a still star crossed and say ‘this is the world; it is diverse; deal with it’#and it totally would’ve worked #but now shonda is explicitly asking me to think of the implications so i AM thinking of the implications #and the implications are HORRIBLE #you mean to tell me one of the richest and most influential women of the time is sitting on her ass obsessing over gossip #while thousands of black people are being kidnapped and sold as slaves in america #what is going on in the whole continent of africa??? or in countries like india or china???#is charlotte like ‘oh well those poor people of africa sure have it rough and my kingdom is directly reaping the benefits of that oppression #but also my hubby just gave a bunch of non-white people from london noble titles #so that’s it <3 systemic racism is over <33 #now back to lady whistledown’#bc that would make her… y’know… a shitty person….#and before anyone goes ‘it’s fiction it’s not that serious’#i know but shonda IS directly asking me to think about it with this show so! i! will!#anyways i’ll still watch the whole thing because i have no backbone whatsoever but…. i will have thoughts about it #also for anyone wondering the pairing that was ruined is obviously polin #and kanthony to an extent which is criminal if you ask me #i mean rmb is still my favorite jq book so i’m still somewhat looking forward seeing season 3 #but like. penelope. look how they massacred my girl #…..oh wow i went overboard with the tags. but i’m right #queen charlotte #bridgerton #queen charlotte a bridgerton story #bridgerton books #julia quinn #stfu pam

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