#season 3 kanthony is about to give me EVERYTHING i deserve

[dearabsolutelynoone]

“There was something about her that suited him like no woman ever had before (…) Something about her was…right.”

Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)

[thekatebridgerton]

Here me out. I think s4 could be philoise. Sophie is not introduced yet & even if the ball happened in s3 dont forget there I'd suppose to be a gap between their 1 meeting to when the story takes off. Plus 1 of the reason we're polin now is because they don't want to aggravate the fan, well the same applies for philoise. Add the actress playing Marina is sick she might not be up to return to a project so close to what she's going through her story could be wrapped in 1 scene or with her not even present in s3, paving the way for s4 philoise.

Okay so before I answer this I'd first like to encourage all of you to support Ruby Barker, who plays Marina. Like I always do. She's an amazing actress who has been trough a lot and deserves all the love.

Now for those of you who don't know the context, Ruby Barker was quite open about her hospitalization in May 2022 due to mental health problems. She has subsequently been posting pictures of what we assume is a happy and healthy path to recovery. BUT we haven't heard anything about her taking on new projects. Which likely means she's not ready to go back to work yet. (And honestly, acting, is a job, glamourous as it is, if any of us had a job that caused us to have mental health struggles, the least recommended thing would be to go back to that job, until healing was well and truly accomplished)

Because of the situation with Marina's actress I do think s4 is going to be Benophie. I love Phillip as much as any other Philoise fan, but 1) Benophie fans were left pretty high and dry after they polin season was announced 2) Eloise has a lot of growing up to do, before she's ready to start her journey towards true love. At least with Benedict, we know he is open to finding love.

I disagree with what you said about not wanting to aggravate Philoise fans. Because, and I say this with all the kindness in the word, Philoise fans are less rabid than Polin fans. They're even less rabid than Benophie fans. (by a landslide but they are). You will find that when push comes to shove, Philoise fans will be happier to wait for s5 than Benophie fans ever would (and I say this with all the love in the word, Benophie fans, you are as scary as the Polins)

In fact, with the recent recasting of Francesca, there is a possibility that s4 will mash up An Offer From A Gentleman and about half of what happens in When He was Wicked.

I'd also like to add something very very obvious about TSPWL. that for Philoise to happen benophie NEEDS TO EXIST FIRST. at least one quarter of TSPWL involves Eloise and Phillip going in and out of My Cottage. The philoise proposal happens in Sophie's study and the scene where Phillip saves Benophie's son from a fever is pretty pivotal for Phillip and Eloise character development. Netflix can't just cut that part out and I will seriously riot if they decide to substitute those scenes of Philoise bonding with Benophie, with Kanthony or Polin.

the point of showing in s1 and s2 how much closer Eloise is with Benedict than she is with the rest of her siblings. Is to draw a parallel of how they both fall inlove with people who love them and accept them for who they are. Both in Sophie, who has always seen Benedict as his own person, and never confuses him with Bridgerton #1 or Bridgerton #3. And with Phillip who sees everything that people consider flaws in Eloise and celebrates her for it.

isn't it also interesting that Eloise and Benedict have the only 2 Bridgerton spouses who have suffered childhood physical abuse as well. Because here are two people who need to be loved so desperately it hurts because they have received so little love in their pasts, and that just tugs at that weak spot inside of Benedict and Eloise. Because they can give all the love and they just want to feel needed but still maintain their independence and holding on to their right to do what they want in life. Sophie and Phillip not only need them, but also support their individuality and encourage their self expression to the extreme.

So when the Philoise season does come Benophie kinda needs to have already happened.

and that's the tea

[theopinionofalady]

After watching Bridgerton for a while and reading book 2-6 of the series, I began to re-examine the differences and similarities.

Eloise revealing Penelope's secret first is more profound and valuable than if it was Colin as it is in the books. You see, the whole scene of the two of them arguing with each other and hurting each other is more emotional. Colin is a love interest, and they still (even more so in the books) aren't close enough to be anything more than fueling their story. But it's different with Eloise especially the fact that Penelope wrote about her in her last issue. Betrayed by a friend, hiding a secret from a friend and more and more, for goodness sake the scene makes me cry every time. So I want to thank Shondaland and the writers and whoever else is running things for giving us such an emotional and profound reveal of Whistledown's identity. I like Colin, but Eloise really deserved to find out first and for herself! They are best friends and that comes before love always and forever!

The other thing that really annoyed me a lot (like everyone else of course) is too many scenes of Federington and not enough of Anthony and Kate or the Bridgerton family or a deeper reveal of Sharma.. but in the series you have to fill the time with minor characters too not only with the main ones. And that was clear to me before and I apologized to them. But it has a different meaning for me now that Season 3 will be about Colin and Penelope. In season one, we saw Anthony's relationship with the singer (forgot her name), which ended at the end of the season, leading to a more serious Anthony in season two. Or to put it another way, they are building their way to the next story. I think everything related to her family will play a factor in Penelope's season, and it won't all seem to be just to have a story and action with them.

Ow and Kanthony will remain my favorite couple in all of history (books and series). And not because of the book, but because of their season. After watching the season for the 4th time and reading the book, I dare to say that in their season their relationship is better described and played out in terms of action, events and dialogue than in the book (sorry about that).

other than that, each couple has their good and telling moments, but I'll wait for Gregory and Hyacinth's stories, as well as Daphne's before I rate them. And as cruel as this is, I just really want to do it before all the seasons.. And I just want to point out that every love story is wonderful and magical and bluesy in its own way (I'm not just talking about Bridgerton, but in general).