#Benophie is real!

[rhaenyraqueenred]

Yerin Ha as Sophie Beckett

(or maybe Baek So-hye / Sophie Baek if they change her name like they did with Kate Sheffield to Kathani Sharma).

“She was utterly radiant, and Benedict suddenly realized that it was because she looked so happy. Happy to be where she was, happy to be who she was.”

[dalessandra01]

Dear Bridgerton writers,

I wish for this exact scene to happen in season four

Thank you very much

[winterxfrost]

THE BENOPHIE ERAAAAA IS HERE

Finally, the Benedict and Sophie season is *here*, and it’s honestly everything. Their story has always hit different, and seeing it play out on screen? Feels unreal. The casting? Absolutely nailed it—these two are *perfect* for the roles. Can’t wait to watch their story unfold. The vibes are immaculate.

This season is about to hit me so haaaard!

[sophiebaek]

Benophie Week 2024: Day 4 - Cottage

Places and moments at My Cottage.

[littleblackraincloudofcourse]

Disappointed and Disgusted with Bridgerton "fans"

Of all the fandoms I am a part of, filled with criminals, murderers, vampires, demons, and all sorts of other morally grey (dark grey at best) characters, some how the most toxic and offensive one is for a regency romance that was designed to be diverse and inclusive. No where else do I see such blatant racism, body shaming, homophobia and general disrespect for not just the characters but the cast as well. As is it is ever alright to talk about people you don't even know that way, they have the audacity to go so far as to tag them. What has to be broken inside you to behave this way? Make it make sense!

That last bit was obvious dramatic sarcasm. Don't be foolish enough to bring your hate speech here. I Will Not Tolerate It!

[hopepaigeturner]

UPDATE

Chapter 6:

Real world implications hit Sophie and Ben.

Read on AO3 here.

“Benedict!” Hyacinth cried, running into the kitchen with Gregory hot on her heels—both in their pyjamas. “Hy, it’s not him,” Gregory argued trying to grab her phone. But Hyacinth whirled away. “It’s definitely him, Greg.” “Would both of you please stop shouting at each other and calmly tell me what is going on?” Benedict asked. Just as Hyacinth went to speak the front door slammed open. He barely got two steps before Kate, Miles and Neddy splurged across the threshold. “Kate, what on earth?” Benedict asked looking at her disarrayed hair and the wailing Miles on her arm. “What happened?” “They’re everywhere, Benedict,” she said, “They ambushed us.” “Who?” “The b----y paparazzi, that’s who!” 

[bipunkharrington]

So Sophie is actually transmasc and he and Benedict are going to live life as a quiet gay couple in a little cottage off somewhere, and he just has to put on a dress and try not to cringe at the name "Sophie" every so often when they have company, but all the household staff call them both "Mr Bridgerton" and Benedict calls him Tom or Tommy.

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

Luke Thompson Yerin Ha you could never be them actually! sorry they are my benophie the fact they are same age now this is the only yt man East Asian trope we care about getting in Bridgerton I’m sorry but she was the lady in silver she really did that oh benophie you could never

I actually habe real chest pains we never lost this bad it should’ve been them but it’s fine I’m just gonna edit their face in everything Luke T and Y so we can get real hot leads back like Sophie pretty but Benedict yeah need my real hot yt Eng man not his👴or 60y dumbledore 😔

ate their 15m of love story the chemistry tension and promo yeah Luke T could never they don’t make them like this no more wasian ships like this no more 😔 the way we could’ve had everything but instead we got Benedict Bridgerton that’s literally older then both of these actors

and this movie is 14y old 😔 we lost so BAD my chest hurts it’s actually legit hurting the hot leads we could’ve had but instead we get Yerin and her 👴 and when i make every non toxic non book benophie scene about imagine it all happening with them instead then what? Bridgerton

what i ordered(Chanel) VS what I got(Wish) Jess is 🤢

‪Look at this the perfect age too! They R my Benophie sorry but since she’s in it I’m just gonna imagine the story is about her and once I get that cameo from rob you’ll be so sick of me bc they R besties so if she did ask rob he’ll actually say yes like that’s her BFF ya dont knw‬

Look at the difference see what they are giving for a 15m romance the buzz serotonin and what Benophie arent giving for a 8ep full szn of period love romance show it’s giving coworkers! yeah not selling anything sorry my girl is trying but he never has chem with his love interest which is so funny because why not tho?

they even did the whole Asian world tour promo thing oh benophie LukeT you’ll never be them probably why Shonda hired the OG in this specific season she so real!

I love when actors are actually besties irl bc u can tell the chemistry just be hitting harder why LukeNic ate everyone up N now we gonna go back to coworkers like in s2 😔we lost so bad but at least we have Katie

the only ball and lady in silver that matters that cheap zorro mask benophie could never🤭🤭 🤭🤭🤭🤭

[thekatebridgerton]

Looking at the exes AU, I’m kind of pissed at Benedict for sleeping around. Granted, yes they aren’t dating but that would still be a tough pill to swallow if I were Sophie. I’m just imagining Violet, sick and tired of Ben being a hoe, let’s it slip one night that she’s decided to set Sophie up on a blind date much to Ben’s chagrin. “How can you do this to me mother?” “In all fairness dear, YOU were the one to end things with her. Besides, Sophie deserves to find happiness with someone. I know she would love to have children one day and with her looks they’d be gorgeous.”

She totally set up Sophie with Roger Rokesby, who happens to be the son of Benedict's aunt Poppy. Violet was sneaky, she pretended it was a meet cute, and look at that her handsome nephew the naval officer. In a cruise with his mom? Wow what a coincidence. Let's just not tell Sophie we're related

When Benedict demands to know why she did that Violet decides to pour more salt in the wound " Why because I want grandchildren of course, I may not get them from you, but Sophie is a different story, that darling girl loves me like a mother, I'm sure any child of hers and Roger is obviously going to call me grandmama... Admittedly if she had stuck with you, I wouldn't have to share my future grandchildren with Andrew and Poppy, but oh well, one can't have everything in life..."

Let Roger wine and dine Sophie. She deserves a fling in the french Rivera while Benedict hoes around.

But Benedict is now discovering that it hurts to think about Sophie building a home with someone else. And all his meaningless one night stands make him feel pathetic and empty. Only Sophie made him feel like life was worth living

Cue tortured artist collection of paintings dedicated to his muse, Sophie who he totally doesn't miss and doesn't leave embarrassing voicemails to in the middle of the night. Benedict takes this whole tortured artist phase very seriously. Doesn't matter that all he seems to paint is his beloved lady in silver.

And that's the tea

[nostalgicmiscellaneous]

It's confirmed. Anti-polin and tulipanon is factually the same person, and uses some others tumblrs i'm compiling, together with more names of others tumblrs that are helping her with her lies, even goign as far as creating other social medias to continue their farce. Sad to see they amount of Kanthony and Benophie fans taking stupid fanwars too far and attacking actors. I believe in holding those people accountable for the lies and the participation on lies and hate. She sends fake anons to herself and use multiple fake tumblrs. She is portraying herself as Simone Ashley fan, Kanthony and a Benophie fan, but her ''thing'' is Benophie, who hates Polin and she hates Nicola (she hates Luke too but has been pretending not to so her target is only Nicola recently, but we know and have the receipts of her awful comments), because to her Netflix only loves Nicola, thus she hates them so, to a point of even creating lies and multiple accounts at social medias to hate on actors and lie about seasons. Yes, it's pure insanity because she's dissatisfied with how Netflix handled Kate and Anthony's story and the delay of Benophie. It's been more than two years and she's becoming more and more deranged. She's no insider, she has never worked on Bridgerton nor Netflix. And not even in the industry. She has no crew who has worked for Bridgerton and Netflix. When challenged to facts and names, departments and of people who work/worked there would know, she reveals herself for the liar and fool she is. You would laugh if you actually know how far from it she really is, who she really is. Everything she says is contradicted by actual crew and cast members, by the factual informations and by actual data. She tells your her opinions and manipulates you. She's a mentally disturbed person with a fixation. But even her manipulations are wrong. It's incredible. She knows nothing about the season 4 production and grabs only a few online public infos to pass to the naive people. And even that she manages to inform wrong. She has no idea how the production works, it's wrong take after wrong take, that anyone who works in any production spotted easily from the start that she was lying, that it was just a common fan. Her behavior would be enough to deduce that, but some people are naive enough ( not to say stupid enough) to fall for anyone who says they have inside information, and some are just malicious enough to do it because they can't separate real life from their hatred about a show, characters and actors, and want to believe. And it speaks on your ( lack) of diginity if you are mad at Shonda and Netflix but attack actors with lies.

You've been warned and as i said, i'm still collecting data from these fakes blogs and have the next action outlined...for the sane Kanthony and Benophie fans, that i believe are the majority, know that their behavior is maculating your fandom, their behavior is being also sent to official offices, even though she is an insignificant and obvious troll, and resources aren't likely to be spent on her, but i fortunately have the means to do that, so i do it, to bring awareness at least. I advise you to hold these people accountable and decry them. It's the image of your fandom and your favorites names she is bringing issues to with her insistent abusive behavior and obsessive harassment.

[thebluemallet]

EARLY Predictions for Bridgerton Season 4

BENEDICT IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED TO BE THE LEAD FOR SEASON 4!

I've had this in my drafts for a couple of weeks. But now that Benophie is officially happening next season, I have some EARLY predictions for the next season. I'll have more predictions when we finally have a clip or a trailer, but for now I'm gonna cast a wide net for what I think will happen in season 4.

1- MASQUERADE!

They really name-dropped that masquerade ball like Tahani Al-Jamil name drops her celebrity friends. And they mentioned it in the promo with Luke T. The masquerade ball is happening! My guess is it'll happen somewhere in the first two episodes of season 4. This will be where Benedict meets his Cinderella/mysterious Lady In Silver/Sophie Beckett.

The code name for season 4 is supposed to be Vauxhall, where we saw Daphne and Simon launch their fake dating plot in season 1. That was a public ball, which means that anybody who could pay the fee could get into it. Perhaps we'll return there for the masquerade ball. Makes much more sense for Sophie to be able to crash that instead of a private ball at the Bridgerton house.

Let's just hope her carriage doesn't turn into a pumpkin before she can make her escape.

2- A Possible Time Jump

In Benedict's book, he meets Sophie at the masquerade, she runs away at midnight, and then he doesn't see her again for another two years. I think a time jump could happen again. Specifically for a few of my upcoming predictions.

Also, it would add to the drama.

Can you imagine the reaction from the fans with the screen fades to black and then some text fades in that reads TWO YEARS LATER?

3- Kate and Anthony Might Not Make An Appearance Next Season

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I almost dont know why they bothered with having Kate and Anthony in season 3. It seemed like it boiled down to "We're here! We're hot! We're horny! And we're fucking off now! Bye!"

At least when Daphne showed up in Anthony's season she helped drive the plot forward and tried to help guide her brother on the bumpy road to matrimony. Anthony had one half-assed conversation with Colin about his engagement to Penelope. Kate did most of the heavy-lifting when it came to important talks with the family. She did most of the talking to Colin the night before his wedding to Penelope. (Not that it mattered because all of her work was undone the moment Charlotte showed up to the wedding.)

Kate also gets credit for speaking with Eloise to try and smooth things over between her and Colin. And then they left their family for a third time to go all the way to India, a journey that's going to take them six months one way.

But with a time jump, that would give enough time for Anthony and Kate to go to India, have their baby, spend some time there, and then make the long journey back to be present after the time jump with a toddler.

(With how pregnant Kate was looking at the wedding, I would not be surprised if she gave birth at sea. She and Anthony did not think that plan through at all. And why the hell did they leave without attending Francesca's wedding??? And when the Queen was certain that a Bridgerton was behind Lady Whistledown???)

Anthony and Kate being absent would also be a convenient way to keep the Bridgerton House set around for a little while longer.

Anyway, sending Kate and Anthony off to India felt like a way to let Jonny and Simone do other projects for a season instead. Jonny himself is probably gonna be busy with all of the press for the upcoming Wicked movie. So if the announcement comes that they won't be around, I wouldn't be surprised.

4- Last Season for Queen Charlotte Queen Charlotte Lives Forever!

Bridgerton is not known for being 100% historically accurate. And let's face it, even if it were, people would still be complaining about the historical inconsistencies. But one thing Bridgerton is creeping up on is the year 1818. And it's in November of that year that the real-life Queen Charlotte passed away.

Season 4 will, I assume, start in 1816. If they do a one-year time jump, we'll get the rest of the season in 1817 when the main events of Benedict's book take place. If they do a two-year time jump, like they did in the books, then we'll be in 1818 and we'll be in the year we say goodbye to Queen Charlotte.

BUT, the showrunners have pretty much said that they've decided the show exists in an "alternate universe" and they're just going to keep Queen Charlotte around for a while.

The Queen lives. Long live the Queen.

5- Eloise Meets Sir Phillip Crane (?)

While the masquerade references were heavy-handed, the references to Philoise were more subtle. In episode 3x02, Eloise wears a dress that is patterned with the same flower that was gifted to her by Sir Phillip in the books. And in 3x05, when trying to make herself feel better about her betrothal, Cressida tells Eloise that the two of them can "flirt with widowers." The showrunners are slowly setting up the Eloise/Phillip dynamic--they have been since season 1. I think they'll set more things into motion in season 4 and set them up for season 5.

Eloise already expressed to Kate how she felt as if everyone was pairing off and leaving her behind. Benedict's marriage will end up being the tipping point for Eloise.

Phillip would have lived the life of a botanist/academic if it weren't for his brother's tragic passing. Perhaps his academic connections could play a part in Eloise's desire to meet new people and change the world?

If they meet in season 4, it could be the catalyst for them to begin to exchange letters like they did in the books. Which will ultimately set them up for their story in season 5.

Of course, this also means that Marina is going to have to die offscreen at some point 😐

6- Cressida Redemption (?)

One of my major gripes with season 3 was that they gave so much time to the threesome subplot that two other subplots seemed to have no real conclusion or were dropped completely. One of the subplots that didn't get wrapped up as nicely as it could have was Cressida's. We didn't see her reaction to Penelope unmasking herself as Lady Whistledown. She just kind of...left.

There is a long-standing fan theory that Cressida will have a part to play in the Benedict/Sophie story based on a piece of script that named Cressida's mother "Araminta". If this is true, then I think we'll see Cressida in some way next season. And maybe she'll get a happier ending. I never thought at the beginning of the show that I'd want Cressida to end up happy somewhere, but boy season 3 did a great job of making me actually sympathetic to her character.

7- Another Offscreen Wedding

One thing that I know frustrated Kathony fans last season was not seeing an onscreen wedding for Kate and Anthony. I mean, we saw a wedding, and Kate and Anthony were there, but he almost got married to the wrong person. The closest we got was Anthony disassociating so hard that he astral projected himself into an alternate reality.

The only onscreen weddings to canonical spouses we've seen have been the Daphne/Simon, Colin/Penelope, and Francesca/John weddings. But if anybody was hoping to see an onscreen wedding with Benedict in season 4, think again.

I believe that the drama of Benedict and Sophie's story will keep up through all eight episodes of their season. And, like Kate and Anthony's season, we'll flash forward in time at the end of the episode to Benedict and Sophie several months into their marriage. But we won't get to see the actual wedding.

8- Crossdressing Sophie (?)

Admittedly, this is less of a prediction and more wishful thinking on my part. This is the route I would go down if I was writing for the show, anyway.

Show!Benedict now being canonically pansexual has opened up the possibility for him to have an LGBTQ+ partner. But I have a slightly different idea. One plot point of Benedict's book is that Sophie, after running away from her stepmother's house, cuts off all of her hair to sell when she's desperate for money.

I think Show!Sophie could still get her hair cut off like in the book, and then go around disguised as a man for safety/freedom of movement/job opportunities. Then Benedict gets confused when he discovers Sophie in "boy mode" because he hasn't felt this level of attraction to someone since his Lady In Silver.

Maybe we'll get a Victor/Victoria scenario out of it (woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman).

Like I said, this is less of a prediction and more of the route I would go down if I was writing for the show. It probably won't happen this way. But maybe I'll give fanfic writers some plot bunnies.

[sophiebaek]

The amount of urls I have saved trying to predict Sophie’s new name if they change her surname…

[unfortunate-arrow]

Alternative Second First Meeting: They run into each other by accident, somewhere, maybe near Aubrey Hall and its village. Sophie recognizes him, but he doesn’t recognize her because she’s lost weight and has shorter hair and no matter how magical, it was still fairly dark when they shared their moments. There’s some catalyst that results in Sophie returning home with the Bridgertons.

Alternate Jail Scene: I’ve never been able to picture Sophie actually reaching the boat to the US. A confrontation with Araminta is very necessary for Sophie. My alternative jail scene would be in a universe where Araminta is more vindictive and learned about Sophie being at the Bridgertons earlier and then organized for Sophie to be kidnapped. She just didn’t count on the fact that Benedict Bridgerton was head over heels in love with Sophie or that he would do anything to find her. Benedict very much blames himself because if he hadn’t lost his temper, then Sophie wouldn’t have felt the need to leave. He’s a disaster at handling it and immediately labels Sophie his fiancée. Anthony hires Bow Street Runners because of how devastated his brother is. In this ending, it’s Benedict and Anthony confronting the kidnappers and then it’s Benedict, Anthony, Sophie, and Violet confronting Araminta. Posy still comes in to save the day by revealing Araminta’s crimes.

Who Else at the Jail: No one. I can’t imagine Violet, or Benedict, actually letting one of the girls come with them and it’s with great urgency that they need to leave for the jail. There’s no time to recruit Anthony or Colin or anyone, especially because Benedict and Violet are having a private conversation. I think that Hyacinth and Eloise would work to pull the family together to greet them, and then be very disappointed when Violet returns alone.

Benophie Week Day 5 - Final Day!

Today’s Prompts are: Masquerade / Reunited / “you’re much better off without me…” “you’re not the judge of that”

And it’s our final of Benophie, at least for now, once we get confirmation of S4 being OURS and who Sophie is going to be, then we shall celebrate with an additional few days later on!

But for today… I want to know the following:

How YOU would write about Benedict and Sophie meeting again, so take away the book, and the whole Cavender incident… if that never happened… how would you have them meet again?

How would they recognise one another? Would Benedict recognise Sophie?

And

If the Jail scene never happened, so as Sophie walked out of Number 5 to wait for the carriage, and the carriage came, how would you write their reunion? Would Sophie board the boat to America? 

And WHO else would you like alongside Benedict and Violet? Either in the Jail or in your alternative scene?

[bohemian-nights]

Like clockwork, the moment that Sophie is almost surely going to be played by a Black woman there is a sudden uptick in the Sophie should be a man or trans because that would be “true representation” discourse.

Representation for all communities is important(although that’s not what this rally is about), but Sophie Beckett is the last character in Bridgerton who should be gender-bent or made trans since her story is directly tied to her being a working-class biological woman.

It's because she's a woman that her only means of employment is as a maid. It's because she's a woman that she was almost raped by a pack of men. It’s because she’s a biological woman and fears birthing children who will be illegitimate and who may have to go through life as she did that she refuses to be Benedict’s mistress.

You can’t just plop a (white cause that’s what the real issue is) man or a (white) trans woman into her place without changing her story which is unique in the Bridgerton universe and dare I say the most empowering. So while yes it would be nice to see a gay love story on the show or a trans person, Benophie isn’t the couple to turn to for this representation.

And said representation definitely shouldn’t come at the expense of representation for Black women who are rarely shown as love interests or get to be leading ladies in media. Representation for Black women may not be your representation, but it's still representation for an under-represented marginalized group.

Seriously if your idea of representation hinges on the fact that Black women should step aside and wait “our turn”(aka we shouldn't be represented because y'all always come up with some excuse for why it isn't “our turn”) you need to reassess some things because that isn't going to happen any longer.

This also goes out to the people who keep saying that there are “too many” Black people on show therefore Sophie shouldn't be Black when the only Black woman* that has been featured has been Lady Danbury who is a side character who most certainly does not have a happily ever after(HEA).

*I love Queen Charlotte and both India and Goldie’s portrayal of her and I loved the spin-off, but both women are mixed.

Let’s not forget the people who said Sophie being Black would be too “problematic” since she’s slave(she’s not a slave you’re insulting the enslaved when you refer to her as such) while cheering on every other group of women playing Sophie.

That was what some said a year ago when people suggested Sophie could played by a Black woman, but now that it’s coming you’ve moved on from that excuse to needing to see two white men on your screens.

So once again this isn't about representation it's just another instance of fandom misogynoir aka trying to keep Black women off your screens useless we are there to serve you or be tortured.

Cause somehow seeing Patsey getting wiped and raped 23 million times is “powerful” representation, but seeing a Black woman being loved and cared for and getting a HEA with a man who adores her is “problematic.”

Again I do understand the ones who genuinely want to see themselves represented on screen, but to make this much of a fuss about a Black woman in the role of Sophie Beckett, it’s inexcusable.

Reference point to this rant.

[hopepaigeturner]

Holiday Hiatus

Just wanted to put a quick note out there that I'm going on holiday and I'm gonna use it to take a break from Tumblr etc. Just as an opportunity to refresh myself.

But that does mean I won;t be able to update on many things until w/c 14th August. Please still comment and ask stuff, just know they won;t be answered till then.

And then Light In These Shadows....

I'm really sorry but this story is gonna have a long waitiing time. I;ve spent the last month desperately trying to write the net chapter and nothing is working. I've tried and tried but it's not flowing and I can't take shortcuts because this chapter is a very important chapter. So I'm gonna try and respark my love for this AU over the net couple months by trying a different tactic in the hopes that I can put out more chapters. But that means potentially a really long wait for an update...

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your patience already, your lovely comments and I really hope that the wait won't be too long.

Thanks once again,

Hope x

[herejusttosufferalong]

I'm not sure if you've ever answered this, but what do you think about the tulipanon tumblr blog. This person seems to have a real hatred for N the way they paint her as this horrible egotistical narcissist and claiming that she was always rude to them and their co-workers and that essentially she's only interested in the fame and notoriety based on what they know of her. That she also isn't very close to the cast and uninterested in anything involving them that doesn't benefit her. It's really sad to go through that mess of a page and read that crap cuz it reads like a Kanthony fan that is butt hurt for some reason and wants to victimize JB and SA. I can't get past them not being able to spell fortunately in their pinned PSA post and can't really take them seriously, but I wonder what you think of them and if you believe they're really someone who works within the production of the show.

I think they claim to be in the know to appeal to a certain audience, Kanthonies and Benophies.

But it's clear they don't have a clue as to what is really going on.

The antipolin blog was the one pushing their inane BS awhile back and it seems to have progressed from there.