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tsuncda · 4 months

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so am i right or am i right in my assertion that bridgerton doesn't actually do character work, it just rebrands it's main characters before their season begins and tries to recontextualize them as poor little meow meows.

#olive rambles #watched the first half of season 3 #was thinking to myself: huh. pen isn't that bad.#and then decided to rewatch some season 2 scenes to recontextualize who the characters are. y'know. so i can be an intelligent viewer #and all that jazz.#and damn you bridgerton i fell for your trap for a second there.#SHE'S NOT !!!!!!! THE SAME !!!!!!!! CHARACTER !!!!!!!!!#this isn't just about framing a narrative differently season 2 pen and season 3 pen are different girlies entirely #WHERE IS THE WRATH #i *want* a vengeful penelope featherington damnit #even if i don't like her as a person i could respect her as a character #and yet #they just make her a soft sadgirl #which also feels very cheap because women can be angry and messy and vengeful and still find love #honestly get polin out of here and get penelope angry again #i want to see BLOOD or season 2 is cheapened in retrospect #look me in the eye and tell me i'm wrong #you can't #i am the god of this chilis and i have spoken #i think over the summer i'm going to watch all of bridgerton over again so i can make a corkboard of theories #and be intelligent in my hate #PENELOPE WAS ANGRY AND LOUD ABOUT IT IN SEASON 2 AND SOMEHOW SHE IS NOW JUST SAD AND RUMINATING IN SEASON 3 #BITCH WHEN AND WHERE DID THIS CHANGE TAKE PLACE AND WHY #AND ALSO FOR WHAT ANGRY ACTIONABLE CHARACTERS ARE DYNAMIC AND HARD TO PREDICT AND MAKE FOR GOOD CINEMA #SAD CHARACTERS THAT SIT AND THINK ABOUT THINGS ARE OKAY TOO BUT THEY ARE NOT !!!!! THE SAME !!!!! AS THE FORMER ARCHETYPE #AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE!!!!!!!!

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