This season is my absolute favourite and the reason is this goddamn yearning🤌😭 I mean how can someone not fall for this🥹

My favourite moment is when she walks past him and he just gets lost in her scent and our dear lady danbury sees it🙈 and then the confession sequence has allllllll my heart🤌😭💟

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I don’t like the notion of Eloise being with Phillip meaning she loses her freedom or independence. In fact I think getting married even for show Eloise is probably the best thing for her.

Eloise currently has no real autonomy or independence just like the audience thinks lol. She’s still under Anthony Kate and Violet. She can avoid getting married because they let her, go on her rants because they’re supportive and let her and do what she wants because they love her and let her. I think this is where people confuse being accommodated with being independent.

Her family loves her and gives her room to be herself but they still have authority over her life. If Anthony decided Eloise was getting married and picked the first man he came across she would have very little say in the matter. Even if she remained a spinster her ability to live that way would depend on her family being willing to accommodate her. The freedom the audience thinks she has is largely a result of her family allowing her to have it. Not excusing it obviously.

This is why I find it annoying when people act like Eloise getting married automatically means losing her freedom. She’s already in a cage albeit one with a little more room to move around in.

Obviously marriage could restrict her even more but remaining unmarried doesn’t automatically make her free either. What matters is the kind of life she gets to live and how much control she has over it.

What Eloise needs is a marriage where she can hold on to her beliefs pursue her interests and have a partner who respects and supports her. This is why I’m not opposed to Phillip. Phillip has the potential to give her the kind of support and room to be herself that she needs even more than her family does.

I also find it interesting that people think Eloise can only be independent if she remains unmarried. Why is a woman who is still under her family’s authority automatically freer than one who marries someone who respects her autonomy?

If we’re going to talk about Eloise’s freedom and independence then we also need to acknowledge the hold her family has over her life and not just focus on marriage. Her family is part of the same system limiting her choices even when they love and support her. I just find it interesting that the audience is so worried about marriage taking away her independence when she doesn’t really have that much to begin with lol.

Purple is definitely their colors. I absolutely LOVE IT 💜💜

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this is a screenshot from season 2 episode 1
Anthony’s notebook about suitable brides lists
“lady Julia” and “miss Quinn”
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Let’s bring this diamond back, she needs to be in S5 and S6 for her younger sisters it just seems absurd that she’s been missing all this time. I feel like we just need to all spam Tom Verica, Betsy Beers and Shonda Rhimes’ Instagram and let them know we want her back because I love Bridgerton and all the seasons, but the fact that a Bridgerton sibling is not involved like that anymore is just strange. The whole show is a family ensemble. I’m actually not fussed if Simon came back because he’s not a Bridgerton sibling and I wouldn’t be so against recasting him but she definitely definitely needs to be back and I think that they need to know a lot of people want her back as part of the family, it just feels way too odd like for god sake she’s missed weddings, children’s births and funerals it’s a bit insane now.

the fact that when he was stung by the bee, he was looking for flowers for violet and even when he was dying in her arms, the way he looked at her and cupped her cheek…god, it was so difficult to watch the first time and every time since then as well!😭💗my heart aches so bad for them :( violet’s crying ALWAYS guts me in this scene, such incredible acting. yes, i’m excited for how their epic love story began, how they fell for each other and ended up making such a beautiful life for themselves with so many kids but there can only be so much happiness when you know what’s coming!! cannot wait but also? not ready for the tears this will bring. this is gonna be as painful or even worse than what the queen charlotte series did to me💔

“edmund was the air i breathed and now there’s no air.” WRAP IT UPPPPPPPPPPPP😭😭😭

I love it so far. I studied film in college 13 years ago so this is an exciting read!

Truly one of the best seasons.

Although I have heared people liking season2 better, I found season 4 to be exceptionally good.

It had something that felt real and I really connected with that.

Sooooo,

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With the new Violet and Edmund spin off, I just can't stop thinking about how Claudia looks like she really could be the real life daughter of Rupert and Ruth.

As much as I love violet, which is a lot, I think she is a horrible girl mom.
We have watched this woman talk to her sons about pretty much anything, she confronted Anthony about having a mistress, also Benedict about him being a rake and how he should be careful about not getting any of his “women” pregnant.

And yet this woman, witnessed first hand not talking about sexual and marital relationships did to her first daughter, and how miserable she became and somehow ended up avoiding the talk with Fran in season 4, when Fran literally went to her mom, someone that she trusts, begging for help.

This woman has 8 children and we saw her finding some sort of pleasure with Lord Anderson, and yet somehow can’t get herself to talk to her daughter who’s in desperate need of some guidance after she already failed her first daughter (Daphne literally confronted her about it)
And she keep pressuring Eloise into getting married. Now I’ve read Eloise’s story whatsoever however we see how accepting John or Michaela’s family are of her decision to become a spinster, and while we know that that’s mostly because they’re aware of her sexuality, why can’t Violet just listen to her daughter’s for once?
Eloise also had crashed out in season 2 about how her rebellious tendencies aren’t just a phase.

And in Queen Charlotte we see that young Violet is such a fierce and logical girl, standing up to her mom about Lord Danbury, which again I understand that she was pure and didn’t even see where her mom’s rejection came from.

Still, I love love love Ruth Gemmell, and I’d love to see where Violet’s avoidant tendencies started in her spin-off.
But I can’t help but feel frustrated and how she fails her daughters one after another.

Edit:

I understand the challenge of that time and era, and in no way I will imply that Portia was a good mom, however even Portia explained to her daughters how to have sex to get pregnant in season 3 after she realized they don't know what they're doing.
Violet witness Francesca's desperation and just blabbered some random words and moved on and never even asked her if she got her answers.
Even Penelope, a newly married woman who’s the same age as Francesca was worried and shocked when she realized someone who got married at the same time as her has absolutely no idea what an orgasm is.
Violet at the VERY LEAST should’ve asked Fran if everything was ok at home and with John.

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It just feels like the show has this break out of jail key that is the “time”.
Whatever criticism that it receives is either met with “Well it’s because of the time and era” or “well it’s not historically accurate” whichever one helps the case.

I really think this spin-off will serve to introduce the idea of ​​an adaptation of the Rokesbys series. I don't see how they wouldn't appear; Nicholas Rokesby is literally Edmund's best friend, and Edmund's two sisters marry a Rokesby. Netflix won't miss the opportunity to further expand the Bridgerton universe. Without Stranger Things, they need another major series besides Bridgerton.

Jokes aside, I will never get over how amazing the casting was for these two.

I’m just a bit tired of all the male romantic leads being rakes, it would be nice to switch things up a little and have something different. Although Edmund and Violet don’t have a book of their own, they do feature in a short story Julia Quinn released as part of a special Bridgerton novella, it’s revealed in that story that Edmund was a virgin when he married, which I found really sweet and unique. Edmund and his best friend, Nicholas Rokesby, are the only virgin male leads in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton universe. So, I hope they keep that detail.

Since Queen Charlotte, Violet Bridgerton will be inevitable 💜 🐝

Violet and Edmund spin off just announced!

Jonah Hauer King of The Little Women and The Little Mermaid fame.

Emily Bader from People We Meet on Vacation and My Lady Jane.

They would be the PERFECT Violet and Edmund.

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Her birth year was established in Bridgerton as 1761, which puts her at 47 at the start of Bridgerton. However, in Queen Charlotte, she was portrayed as a young girl in 1766, which suddenly bumps her age up and creates a whole host of continuity errors. She should have been 5 then!

I wonder if they will fix this for her spinoff, or if they're just gonna roll with the retcon and age her up to be closer to Ruth Gemmell's age.

I was rewatching some of the earlier seasons and realized how much Francesca’s speech after John’s death echoes things we’ve already heard from other Bridgerton characters.

First, Simon’s speech to the Queen when he asks her to allow him and Daphne to marry without waiting for the banns:

«“But in so removing it, we found something far greater. We found friendship. [...] But with Daphne, Miss Bridgerton, conversation has always been easy. Her laughter brings me joy. To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart. And it is with my sincerest apologies I must say it took the prince coming along for me to realize I did not want Miss Bridgerton to only be my friend. I wanted her to be my wife. I want her to be my wife.”»

And then Francesca, after John’s death:

«“It is quite something to spend your entire life feeling like you are somehow out of place. And then to meet someone who understands you before you even say a word. Someone whose singular qualities match your own, whose kindness makes you feel warm. Who can read your mind from across a whole room. John was more than my husband. He was my truest friend.”»

I think the parallel is really interesting because both of them describe their spouse as someone who became their best/truest friend. Simon talks about how easy conversation is with Daphne, while Francesca describes someone who understands her without her even having to speak.

And I actually think Francesca takes that idea even further. Simon says that finding his best friend in Daphne made him realize he wanted her as his wife. Francesca says that John was not just her husband he was her “truest friend.”

It also fits Francesca particularly well because her relationship with John is so heavily defined by understanding, quietness, and being able to exist together without having to perform or explain themselves.

But there’s another parallel that I find even more interesting.

When Anthony tells Violet that he doesn’t want to risk falling in love because he’s afraid of experiencing the heartbreak she went through with Edmund, Violet tells him:

«“Losing Edmund was the most difficult time of my life. I would still choose the life I had with him each and every time and I would undoubtedly feel the same pain I felt all over again if I had to. Because real true love is worth it.”»

And after John’s death, Francesca essentially expresses the exact same sentiment:

«“And I may ache at present... but, the good John brought into my life, that bond, that understanding, love far outweighs any pain I feel right now. I would not change it. For anything. To my husband.”»

This one really gets me because Violet’s point to Anthony is basically “the fact that love can end in unbearable pain does not make the love itself not worth having.”

And Francesca, after actually experiencing that loss herself, reaches the exact same conclusion.

Violet: I know how painful losing him was, and I would still choose that life again.

Francesca: I know how painful losing John is, and I would not change what we had for anything.

So in a way, Francesca’s speech feels like the continuation of Violet’s philosophy of love. Violet tells Anthony that she would willingly experience the heartbreak again if it meant getting the life she had with Edmund. Francesca tells us that even though she is aching from losing John, the bond, understanding and love he brought into her life outweigh the pain.

And I really love that the show gives Francesca her own version of this idea rather than making her love story look like Violet and Edmund’s.

It's a different kind of love. Same belief that it was worth it.

I just think it's a really beautiful bit of thematic continuity in the show.

For real, this girl would have gotten seriously audited. LW was partially writing during the Napoleonic Wars, a period when she would’ve owed income tax on her earnings. You can’t just keep that all stashed under a floor board and NOT have collectors come for you. Especially once her identity was revealed, LW would owe serious back taxes on all that moolah!