#and for real if whww is your favorite book in the series you sincerely will always have that book lmao

[mermaidsirennikita]

genderbent michael confirmed and benedict as the lead next season basically confirmed (??) it could still maybe be eloise we'll have to wait for the official announcement

Look, I am beyond uninvested in that show beyond watching the fandom drama and eating popcorn, I would just advise everyone having feelings about this to remember that real queer people read the comments about this.

And I would also advise that Adriana Herrera wrote a fabulous book about Latina lesbians (one of whom is Afro-Latina) falling in love in nineteenth century Paris, where queer people lived fairly openly (in comparison to almost anywhere else). Just like I think it's important to prioritize books that actually feature canonical people of color, I also want to prioritize books that feature canonical queer people. Doesn't mean adaptations don't matter, but I do tend to wonder if Bridgerton is going to get recommend as a series featuring queer rep the way it's been recommended as a series featuring rep for people of color. Also, you're supporting an Afro-Latina writer, so like. Do that.

And I would also also advise that queer people have always existed and had happy lives together and what is thought by many to be the first lesbian wedding in England occurred in 1834 and the couple lived together, fairly openly by the standards of the day, until one of them died.

And I would also advise people acting like England was burning lesbians at the stake in the Regency to educate themselves about what reality was like for queer people before 2015, because like.... Especially for upper class people, it was a DRAMATICALLY different reality than what I'm seeing people discuss online.

Never mind that in many cases, the laws used to attack queer people in the nineteenth century centered around sodomy, not "generalized gay shit". At that time, this was used in particular to pursue legal action against cis queer MEN. Which isn't to say that queer women didn't suffer from the legal and social conditions of the day, but that these were not equivalent positions with equivalent risks.