#and then at one point Anthony mentions Napoleon and THAT is straight up impossible

[hamletthedane]

I have been banned from continuing to discuss the existence of the French Revolution in the Bridgerton universe at family dinners

[chocoholicbec]

#jokingly banned but banned nevertheless#this is my roman empire#it haunts me#Bridgerton#the entire regency aesthetic and era would not exist without the context of the French Revolution and yet?? no Revolution??#are the napoleonic wars happening?? the war of 1812 in North America???#why are there no militias???#and then at one point Anthony mentions Napoleon and THAT is straight up impossible#Napoleon would be an entirely unknown minor officer without FRev??#and the regency era folk were NOT throwing these huge dramatic balls at the time#they were fairly simple as Jane Austen herself went to great efforts to emphasize. country dances and simple hellenic gowns#and do you know why? BECAUSE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION-#which means the French Revolution did NOT happen. And yet we have a classical aesthetic and Napoleon is there???#adding to this: everybody seems to be on great terms with the Americas and have business dealings there#even though the COUNTRIES SHOULD BE AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER!??#THEY BURNED DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE???#so did the American Revolution just resolve peacefully and create the neoclassical movement on its own#without the influence of the NOBLES GETTING THEIR HEADS CUT OFF ON THE CONTINENT#WHY WAS THERE A CLASS REVOLUTION IN AESTHETICS BUT NOT FACT????#*I am forcibly escorted from family dinner* - @hamletthedane's tags are worth keeping

I have been banned from continuing to discuss the existence of the French Revolution in the Bridgerton universe at family dinners