#folkloreweasley

[folkloreweasley]

Incomparable

fandom: Bridgerton

pairing: Anthony Bridgerton x Reader

summary: you don’t fit in quite well with the rest of the ton, but you still manage to catch the eye of the Viscount

note: this is for the girlies with resting bitch face, warning this is a fem!reader as much as i prefer a gender neutral reader, the heteronormative regency society just doesn’t allow it

this was already once posted before on my since deleted blog by my same current name but has been slightly edited :)

It was only one of the first balls of many and you were already regretting your unfortunate position as a newly presented flower of the season. You never thought you had what it took to be this year’s diamond, nor its ruby, nor its pearl, or any jewel for the matter. In your eyes you didn’t have the effortless glimmer that Daphne Bridgerton had last season nor the graceful steps of this season's ingénue, Edwina Sharma.

Of course, you had prepared all your life for this moment like every upper class girl. Knowing all that you should to be presented into society. You sat through the pianoforte lessons and even tried your hand at singing (which was a terrible mistake). You learned to embroider from your mother, much to the dismay of your aching fingers which always manage to burn and go numb far too quickly for her liking. You read all the textbooks even though you much preferred novels, never understanding the point of your tutors' comments about men wanting to marry educated girls. Quickly learning as you grew older and more outspoken that gentlemen like to know a woman is well read, but hardly ever that they use that knowledge in conversation.

But somehow, even after the painstakingly long hours at the modiste getting fitted for new dresses and the even longer time you spent getting into them, none of it was enough. Not the lessons, not the newly dropped hem, not the hours of sitting for your hair to be expertly styled and bejeweled by the finest gems your family had to offer. Still every other lady and her mama have had to comment on how you are so far from even the realm of possibly being considered a diamond. You heard their whispers through the silk and lace of their folding fans as clear as the night.

‘They barely graced the Queen with a smile,”

‘They’ll definitely grow to be a spinster with that face,’

Oh, but this wasn’t only from the women, of course not, they just have the decency to try and say this behind your back. You are well aware of how men love to grace you with their opinion, despite you caring very little for it. They always have the audacity to say these things straight to your somber face as if it would do you any good.

‘You know, you would be slightly prettier if you smiled,’

‘If you would smile, you would seem much more amiable,’

and most recently,

“I am sure more gentlemen would ask for a dance if you didn’t look so miserable, my Lady,”

You had been approached by a well-respected gentlemen named Mr. Hastings when you had escaped your mother’s disapproving clutches to find solace at the refreshments table. Drinking lemonade desperately wishing it were wine. He asked you to dance. Much to your misfortune you couldn’t fain a full dance card as the one clutched in your gloved hand was mockingly empty. This left you enduring a dreadfully boring conversation about his horse, how much it had cost him, how much it is actually worth, and just how incredible this horse was. You quite frankly wished to be anywhere else. As would anyone else you’re sure, but while they may have hid that behind a polite smile you showed your boredom evidently in your downturned lips.

But what would be the point in hiding it? You were tired of the facade that enwrapped these balls and society. Everyone was smiling, but was anyone truly happy? Even then who is happy and just goes around smiling like some loon. You were having a terrible time parading around the room with your mother’s stern grip on your arm showcasing you like a piece of meat, or a show pony— or to be terribly on the nose, Mr. Hastings prized horse.

Then once you had finally escaped her and found peace hoping to blend in to the wallpaper, you have been made to endure small talk and dance with a man you had little interest in. All while he made you listen to his horrendously dull conversation and he had the nerve to ask— no, to want you to not look miserable. This man who looked like molding swiss cheese and only spoke of his horse.

“I beg you pardon, sir?”

“That you look as if you are attending a funeral, my lady,” he says as he spins you following the choreography of the dance, “It is only polite that you smile as we dance.”

His own obviously fake smile is painted across his face, all thin lips and no teeth as he eyes you expectantly waiting for you to obediently heed his suggestion—or more likely it was a sort of social command. Polite society would have deemed you to be all smiles and perfect wit, to ease yourself out of this treacherous conversation you were wormed into with a poised grace or give in to his orders with a sickly sweet smile because it would be rude not to, no?

But no, indeed. You were not going to give in. No matter how many whispered or backhanded compliments you received only on your first night into society. You had seen how your female cousins and older friends had broken their backs to bend to the whims of society. Left behind forgotten ideals to suit their new suitors to get the ring and the wedding that would never even scratch at their fanciful girlish dreams of prince charmings and knights in shining armor. You would not let society break you.

“Well, I would smile if I was having a nice time. Maybe if you said something funny I would laugh or if the conversation was pleasant,” you had stopped dancing now, tired of this day and all the niceties and manners you were to follow.

You stood before him with your jaw clenched and your brows furrowed absolutely seething, “But you are far from pleasant. All you do, sir, is speak of your race horse and how much it is worth to you. If you care so much about your horse, I wonder why you ever wish to marry when all your attention seems to be going to your insipid horse!”

“Why you rude, intolerable girl—”

You didn’t care any more about the staring eyes of the ton or the gasps from appalled mamas. You would have welcomed all of Mr. Hastings angry words to at least hear something real for the first time all day. But instead he is cut short as the figure of a man approaches your side.

“I beg your pardon Mr. Hastings. How dare you raise your voice to a lady, have you no honor or decorum?”

Viscount Anthony Bridgerton stood before the two of you. Chin tilted upwards and shoulders set back in an unspoken challenge with the less titled man in front of you.

His question goes unanswered, but he continues nodding to you, “I believe the Lady makes a very agreeable point, sir. You speak entirely of your horse and nothing else, this would bore any with a brain in the ton.”

You almost would have laughed if you weren’t so shocked. What exactly was the Viscount doing? You hardly ever spoke other than short introductions and nods exchanged while you were in the company of his sister and your friend, Eloise.

But there was not a moment to think on this further as the scene that was forming around you was all too captivating. Mr. Hastings, who it should be mentioned once more felt so prideful of his horse, can be seen visibly shrinking shoulder hunching forward slumping as if he were a little boy who lost a game. He clears his throat, “Well then, I shall take my conversation elsewhere.”

Before he could turn to leave the eldest Bridgerton son stops him, “Sir, you have forgotten to apologize to the Lady,”

Mr. Hasting freezes in his place turning to eye the man and you bite your lip fighting the laugh that threatens to erupt at the odious man whose eyes widen and mouth becomes agape like a fish out of water.

“My apologies,” the words seem to clog at his throat and so he says nothing else. Nodding, “Lord Bridgerton...” and your name before meekly making his way through the crowd, his head down avoiding the gazes of the onlookers.

At this point most of the ton had gone back to their conversations around you, though there were still some lingering eyes as the dance floor had been oddly shaped as you and the Viscount remained standing in part of the appointed area. Anthony notices this and leads you further into the crowd.

Once he finds an agreeable spot he stops turning towards you, “I actually do wish to counter your statement, my lady,” he begins. You expect for a moment to be met with some stern lecture from a man who seems to think he’s entitled to an opinion of you as if he were your father (who you also do not think should have an opinion, but alas it is only 1814). Anthony surprises you however as instead he grins and says, “I actually believe Mr. Hastings would marry his horse if the Queen would allow it.”

And you couldn’t help but laugh, despite all your pride and pettiness to not grace this event or anyone in it with any pleasurable countenance. You laughed loudly tilting your head back, jeweled neck on display even letting out a small snort against your will. When you finally compose yourself, giggles dying down at the thought of Mr. Hastings in a horrid muddy green suit with a horse in a wedding dress, you can’t fight the smile that falls on your lips. Although unnatural to you, the light hearted joke and your vivid imagination make it easy. It lasts for a few seconds before you become very conscious of it as you let your lips fall back to their usual place.

Though if anyone was truly looking for it— which Anthony was— they would see the slight quirk in your lips as you told the Viscount, “It looks like you’ve gained the honor of making me laugh, Mr. Bridgerton.”

“I relish the title, my lady,” he says and you can tell he does from the smile that meets his ears, all teeth and pushed back cheeks. You acknowledge that this might be the realest encounter you have had since your debut. Anthony Bridgerton smiling from ear to ear was a sight to see.

He continues, “But I do have to disagree with the comments I have been hearing tonight. Smile or no smile you present the ladies looking to wed this season with quite the competition.”

“Me? Hardly, did you not hear my Lord, my countenance would never get me a marriage proposal,” you say fiddling with the hem of your gloves at your wrist.

“I would disagree, I think any reasonable man in attendance would be foolish to not see how incomparable you are, my lady.”

Incomparable.

You fight it like you had once your laugh, but you feel the heat spread to your cheeks and the nerves that begin to twist in your stomach. You didn’t need it, but the compliment was well appreciated after a night such as this one.

Giving you no time to compose the fluttering in your chest, Anthony adds, “Any lady who manages to be bold enough to tell Mr. Hasting how insufferable his horse talk is, ranks high in my book.”

“Well you might be the only one, sir,” you try to be as brave as you feel and dare to smile at him, but his gaze causes you to look away bashfully. That is when you notice your mother approaching and wishing not to make a fool in front of the Viscount you excuse yourself, “I do believe my mother has just been informed of the scene I have caused, so if you’ll excuse me.”

But before you can turn to go he calls out your name placing his warm bare hand on your own gloved fingers making you turn back to him.

“Would you save me a dance?”

And despite yourself, Anthony Bridgerton manages again to make you smile, “Of course”.

[labrunereve]

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔶 𝔅𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔬𝔫 𝔐𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔱 ⋆·˚ ༘ *

💯 super great fic║⭐️ chef’s kiss

𓆤 Story Time by @fanaticalfantasist

Summary: Ever since marrying Anthony Bridgerton, the reader had discovered that her husband had many hidden talents, but there was one that surprised her…

𓆤 Coming Undone by @musical-shit-show 💯

Summary: One of the ton’s notorious rakes decides to settle down and marry for love after all…

𓆤 Five Senses of Love by @libraryofloveletters 💯

Summary: In which, Anthony falls in love in every single sense possible.

𓆤 Morning Walk by @fanaticalfantasist

Summary: Reader goes out to find air leaving Anthony worried that his wife wasn’t by his side.

𓆤 Firstborn by @vintunnavaa 💯

Summary: Anthony Bridgerton has a heart-to-heart with his firstborn, only to have his declarations witnessed by a silent observer.

𓆤 Dear Anthony by @vintunnavaa

Summary: If you thought that having an unrequited crush on Anthony was troublesome, wait till you write and lose the letter you wrote for him.

𓆤 Trouble by @folkloreweasley 💯

Summary: Stolen first kisses with the eldest Bridgerton boy.

𓆤 The Next Bridgerton Part. I | Part. II by @fanaticalfantasist ⭐️

Summary: Anthony becomes a dad for the first time.

𓆤 Heart in Chains by @hvproductions ⭐️

Summary: A night before your wedding to Anthony, he appears in your garden where the two of you share a dance under the stars.

𓆤 Priceless by @butterflybuckethat

Summary: Reader goes to a married-only ladies’ club hosted by Lady Danbury and comes home drunk. But her husband, Anthony, is there to take care of her drunken state.

𓆤 Waking with the Sun by @mybrainiswild

Summary: Anthony wakes with the sun to tend to his duties as husband and father with nothing but happiness and warmth in his heart.

𓆤 To Save It From the Tricks of Time by @bridgertoncore 💯

Summary: He always resented time–anticipated with a hatred when the passage of time would take him as it did his father. Now, rather than it take him, he could never have its tricks take away a certain little girl.

𓆤 New Sunday Tradition by @wonderlandprose ⭐️

Summary: Reader gets Anthony to help her cook even though he never knew she loved to cook.

𓆤 Enchanted by @delehosies

Summary: In which Anthony Bridgerton is enchanted to meet you.

𓆤 The Four Times Anthony Realised He Loved You and the One Time He Confessed by @imthebadguyyy 💯

Summary: The title is self-explanatory, right?

𓆤 Troubled Sleep by @offictionandfandoms 💯

Summary: Unable to sleep and afraid of waking up his wife, Anthony leaves to spend the night in his study, where he finally manages to fall asleep, only to face a nightmare. His wife, the reader, wakes up to find him gone and seeks him out.

𓆤 Entirely a Matter of Chance by @libraryoffandomsuniverse

Summary: When Anthony interviews the reader to find a suitable wife, the reader purposefully answered with things that is opposite to what he’s searching for. But, it actually made him realize that what all this interviewing was pointless.

𓆤 In Her Arms by @violetwishestowrite ⭐️

Summary: Anthony falls for the reader’s motherly nature, and it’s pretty clear to everyone that he’s in love.

𓆤 Exquisite Beauty by @tontattletale

Summary: Anthony talks about the reader over drinks with Simon.

𓆤 Tea and Crumpets by @imthebadguyyy ⭐️

Summary: The viscount, your husband, decides to join you in the kitchen.

𓆤 A Kiss by Any Other Name by @make-me-imagine

Summary: Five times Anthony kissed you on the back of your hand, one time, he didn’t.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine 💯

Summary: Anthony speaks with his newborn daughter.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine 💯

Summary: When Anthony couldn’t find his daughter, it might be best to check if she was in the drawing room with her favorite uncle.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine

Summary: Anthony dances with his daughter at the ball.

𓆤 An Equal Future by @multifailures

Summary: If a young lady is not just a prize to be won, could she convince her husband for a world in which their children can share an equal future.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine

Summary: Anthony asking the reader to marry him.

𓆤 One of the Family by @justdaydreamsandimagines ⭐️

Summary: Anthony comes home to the whole Bridgerton family gathered in one place with the love of his life.

𓆤 Kisses in the Study by @justdaydreamsandimagines 💯

Summary: The reader is everything a sleepy and tired Anthony needs after a long day in the study doing his work.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine

Summary: To celebrate Anthony’s birthday, the reader decides that the whole family goes on a picnic together.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine

Summary: Anthony falls for Colin’s best friend and her being immune to his advances just makes him try harder.

𓆤 Girl Dad by @fanaticalfantasist

Summary: Anthony being a father to 4 girls.

𓆤 A Long, Long Time by @anthonysharmaa ⭐️

Summary: Y/N has waited a long, long time for Anthony Bridgerton to finally decide to get married. But by the time he finally decides to find a wife, Y/N has run out of time and Anthony is suddenly faced with losing her to someone else.

𓆤 Proud Hearts by @vintunnavaa ⭐️

Summary: Y/N is the most beautiful woman in the ton, with suitors lining after her even in her second season. But past heartbreak has made her wary of love. When she finally decides to settle down and marry, a certain Bridgerton refuses to let her move on, but won’t declare the matters of his own heart.

𓆤 Marigold Part. I | Part. II by @bridgertoncore ⭐️

Summary: Whenever they fought, he could always find her alongside the marigolds. Until one day he couldn’t.

𓆤 The Viscount’s Fiancee by @heloisedaphnebrightmore 💯

Summary: Being engaged to the eldest Bridgerton brother makes you the happiest person alive, occasionally so much so that it makes you act as though you were a foolish child. But all that giddiness is about to disappear upon your findings.

𓆤 On His Mind by @inknopewetrust ⭐️

Summary: Being married to Anthony brought many surprises–including a baby. Being pregnant, you were increasingly careful around the house and town but one accident could end everything Anthony Bridgerton loves in a second.

𓆤 Sore by @butterflybuckethat

Summary: Reader gets assaulted and Anthony is quick to rescue her.

𓆤 So This Is Love by @wonderlandprose ⭐️

Summary: Anthony is looking for a wife when his plans take a turn but for better or for worse is the question?

𓆤 Longing by @calaryssia ⭐️

Summary: Anthony struggles with his choice of a wife, when he has had feelings for you for a year now but looks for a loveless marriage.

𓆤 The Silent Treatment by @ficnacs 💯

Summary: Reader goes to Anthony's study to talk to him about feeling as if she's alone in the marriage because he's been too busy, spending most of his time locked inside. After a small argument, she tries to open the door but it’s stuck, leading to a silent treatment.

𓆤 Fainted by @ladysharmaa

Summary: Anthony is away at Simon’s house despite not wanting to leave Y/n alone. His worst fear happens when she faints, pregnant with their child, and he is not there to help her.

𓆤 Thunderstorms by @delehosies ⭐️

Summary: In which Y/n is scared of thunderstorms and Anthony Bridgerton brings her comfort.

𓆤 True Happiness by @ficnacs ⭐️

Summary: The reader is a family friend who is in love with Anthony for the longest time, but he never notices… until she’s about to marry another man.

𓆤 Don’t Ever Leave Me by @neverinadream ⭐️

Summary: After waking up in a panic, Anthony searches through the house for his wife.

𓆤 Choice by @witheredmoondust ⭐️

Summary: You are the daughter of the Marquess of Queensberry, and have been a friend of the Bridgertons since birth. After your father allowed you to pursue your studies in France, you return to London to enter society. Upon receiving the news of your return from your father, Lady Bridgerton offers to look after you during this season. You are delighted to be reunited with your friends, confident that your past feelings for Anthony are now gone. But how true that is, you are soon to find out.

𓆤 Smoke and Flame by @iliveiloveiwrite ⭐️

Summary: A minor fire breaks out at Aubrey Hall. Anthony isn’t home.

𓆤 Cruelest Way by @peterpparkrr 💯

Summary: Reader had been in love with Anthony for as long as she could possibly imagine, but he never notices her.

𓆤 House of Bridgerton by @mickisnotreal ⭐️

Summary: Everyone in the ton knows not to mess with Y/N Bridgerton, wife of the viscount. Bothering her also bothers her husband and gaggle of brothers-in-law.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine

Summary: When the reader gets insecure about herself, Anthony is there to remind her that all the other women’s opinions don’t matter.

𓆤 [Untitled] by @multi-fandom-imagine 💯

Summary: In which Anthony asks the reader to be in a fake relationship with him to hide his relationship with Siena from his mother… but it all goes wrong when he realizes he has feelings for the reader all along.

𓆤 Wisteria & Weariness by @mickisnotreal ⭐️

Summary: Once upon a lifetime ago, Anthony Bridgerton found himself encapsulated by one Siena Rosso, but would it last forever? With his new wife by his side, would he fall for her charms?

[folkloreweasley]

spending summer days visiting bill at the burrow

[folkloreweasley]

spending your summer with warren going to the beach, listening in while the band practices, driving around with the windows down, lazy sundays dancing around the kitchen…

[folkloreweasley]

pov you’re an astronaut and you’re dating f tony

[folkloreweasley]

no thoughts just thinking about the marauder girls coming together and creating a zine. they were fed up by the news coverage, or lack thereof, the war by the daily prophet run by miss skeeter. lily and dorcas would write pieces, poems, and prose to include. marlene had an eye for organizing and laying out the collages. original photographs were usually shot by pandora. when the war is over and they all survive they have the time to make the zine even bigger. they write for ministry reform now, better treatment for those with lycanthropy, and to show skeeter what real journalism looks like.

[folkloreweasley]

I’m going to need a part two on the Anthony fic I’m giggling and kicking my feet reading it!!!!

I’m glad you liked it :’) I would love to make a part two! I’ve been asked this before the first time I posted but I have zero ideas. Anything specific you want to read happen??

the fic in question: incomparable

[folkloreweasley]

my farmer in stardew valley <3

[folkloreweasley]

thinking about a moody whimsical summer spent at twelve grimmauld place… listening in on order meetings with the twins, trading clothes with tonks, reading sirius’ tarot much to his displeasure

[folkloreweasley]

I had a dream I met Courtney, Shayne, and Spencer from Smosh (at Disneyworld for some reason) I got to tell them how much I love the channel and somehow we played this werewolf rock band game together 🥲

[folkloreweasley]

warren who is coming down from a high during a night out who is so tired. finally feeling the adrenaline from being on stage and the drugs wearing off, he is slow but deliberate with his movements asking around and scanning the crowd for ‘his girl’ so you can both go home. he’ll sling an arm around your shoulder as you walk to the cab, rest his head against your shoulder and fall asleep on the drive home his curls tickling your cheek. it’s nearly impossible for you to get him out of the cab and onto bed as he’s half asleep and groggy. but the struggle is forgotten when you lay in bed next to him just as tired feeling him wrap his arms around you and pull you closer whispering ‘i love you’ …and also how he wants to make pancakes for breakfast tomorrow.