#abitcaughtinthemiddle

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

So regarding my Bridgerton series rewatch…listen, I LOVE season 2, don’t get me wrong, but my Polin obsession and my season 3 addiction is making it hard for me to finish season 2 when I really just want to jump head-first into that sweet Polin yearning, my home.

[bygonecyon]

Gem: Tiger's Eye Location: head Power/Weapon: I'm thinking like Steven's shield which you can use as a deadly frisbee too. It's brown, empowering, and very protective of it's sons. Beware.

[thecandlewasters]

Did you mean for Claudio to be abusive towards Hero? It seems to me that his jealousy and possessiveness were hinted at since the beginning of the relationship. If it is intended that way, will it be handled as such in the end?

We meant for Claudio to be jealous and possessive from the beginning. Making Claudio have “a bit of a jealous streak” was a choice we made in adapting his story from the original play. In the play, we believe Claudio’s actions towards Hero are more to do with a code of honour.

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

The Uncertainty of Love and its Torment

As my Bridgerton rewatch continues, I’ve made it to season 2, episode 6: the failed wedding episode.

Love is in the air as Anthony and Edwina face the day of their nuptials. Yet, as we know, it is not the bride and groom that share this love- it is Anthony and Kate that long for each other. It is Eloise and Theo, unsure of their mutual attraction. And, for those of us with a keen eye, it is Penelope and Colin’s love blossoming in the palace courtyard.

While Anthony and Kate fight their love for each other- the feelings between Eloise and Theo & Penelope and Colin remain uncertain in their reciprocation.

Eloise says something important about her relationship with Theo to Penelope- that she is uncertain of his feelings and the “thought exercise” of questioning said feelings is a “thrilling kind of torment”.

(And, during this scene, we can see Pen look longingly at Colin)

While Anthony and Kate’s torment is that they do love each other, it is the torment of the unknown that plague Eloise and Penelope’s infatuations.

Eloise, because she is not used to feeling attraction and is unsure what to call it. Penelope, because she has longed so long for Colin, and his friendship with her has left her confused about his affections.

While Eloise’s attraction was new and exciting, Penelope had been living in her state of torment for years. Both a kind of uncertainty that brought each their own torment. This starts laying an excellent foundation for season 3.

And what tortuous moment can we look to in season 3?

Colin’s first confession of feelings in the carriage.

As Colin himself says, his feelings for Penelope are a “[torture] that [he] cannot, will not, [does] not want to, give up”.

Here, Colin, in a way, reiterates the sentiment Eloise shared last season. However, unlike Eloise, he, himself, is certain of his own feelings. He’s had the experience with Marina to show him the difference between fleeting attraction and love. He knows what it was like to lose Marina and to have his feelings unreciprocated- which is wholly different than his love for Penelope.

But since their kiss and as of this moment in the carriage, Colin truly does not know Penelope’s feelings towards him. The uncertainty of it haunts him as we can see with Luke’s facial acting.

Eloise’s “torment” comment, along with the struggle of Anthony and Kate from season 2 add to the context surrounding Colin and Pen’s love declarations and makes this past season that much more special.

From the first carriage scene confession from Colin, to Penelope’s admission in the church scene, these two have been through their own torments to get to each other- ones that span all the way from season 1 to season 3.

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

My Bridgerton rewatch continues. I’m on season 2, episode 4 and here I am, finding yet another moment that reminds me of season 3.

Daphne and Violet have a moment when Daphne talks about her marriage with Simon being one upon which they “find some new stone to turn over, a new foible that one of us needs the other to tease out and inspect” making the point that Bridgertons require “require a challenge” in their marriages.

I can’t help but think about the major obstacles Colin faces with Penelope. The Whistledown of it all brought to the light the issues and insecurities both Colin and Pen had and, while painful to watch, was crucial to their development as individuals and as a couple. What a challenge it was, indeed! But as Daphne says, it was “incredibly gratifying”.

Our Colin is a true Bridgerton.

[abitcaughtinthemiddle]

I’ve got SO MUCH TO DO for my media consumption hobbies.

I’ve got:

Bridgerton rewatch and analysis

My Lady Jane

Critical Role (gotta catch up on Downfall)

The Dragon Prince S6

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age 2

Dragon Age: Inquisition

How the FUCK does one do all the things??

I have a lot of things I like and it’s a problem and I’m going to make it your problem too.

[bygonecyon]

COUPLE

couple: are you annoyed by public displays of affection?

eh. idk. I guess it depends? like on my mood and on the degree of affection being expressed. sometimes it's like "meh, whatever" and sometimes I get really uncomfortable. sometimes i'll think "aw that's cute" but idk. mostly i purposefully ignore it bc my automatic instinct is to give people privacy? and also "staring is rude" (thanks for that lesson in manners, mom)

[bygonecyon]

me @ u: why tho

[bygonecyon]

I drew the meme this week…