#brdigerton season 3

[remusawoooo]

I first watched bridgerton last month (all seasons for the first time), and the racism in fandom caught me by surprise somehow. there is always some to be expected in any fandom, unfortunately. but with black (light skin) leads and important characters, I expected a little different, I suppose.

anyway, this is about the general hate towards the actor portraying John Stirling. it is absolutely insane. It's driving me a little mad. He is so good in the role ! wdym he's not attractive??? you eurocentric racist freaks can't see beauty in dark skin, and we are sure of it. he was adorable in the role, btw. (saying his portrayal is akin to horror or that he's too "feminine" I SEE YOU ALL)

tbh I wouldn't have cared if all they did was call him unattractive (because theres the plausible deniability regarding racism). to go the next step and spew casually racist nonsense?? in 2024?? the fandom demographics are so obvious. sick sick people.

maybe it's the general state of this fandom idk I just got here but???? we need to bring back shame

[harryfeatgaga]

Hiiii Paige I know I’m sending this to you after you’ve gone to sleep but I wanted to say first of all I love you & have missed you 💖💕 I feel like I don’t send you many things anymore cause I started a new (& very rough) job + you’re in London now right??? Also I was working so I didn’t see any of the shit that went down at the Oscars just read about it on here 😭

But the main thing I wanted to know is if you watch Bridgerton???? I have a friend who loves period pieces & whatnot & while I do enjoy a few of those movies (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, etc.) I honestly am not big on them. Anyway she is a huge fan of Bridgerton & I remember her binge watching it. I thought about watching too, but I never did for various reasons. But I reminded her that the new season was out & I remembered seeing on twitter like a month ago that a classical rendition of Sign of the Times would be featured (they take a bunch of modern songs & turn them into classical music lol—even if you don’t watch you should listen to the sott one).

I finally watched the show though. Binged it in two days lmaooo. It might not be your thing, but I really enjoyed the characters, settings, & the music ofc (even if the plot sometimes gets messy). Season 2 was my fave so far though cause I thought the two main characters of the season were both hot af & had great chemistry (I will warn you that there is angst & ik you are not a huge fan of that 😭)!!! The scene where sott played drove me insane though (iykyk)! They also had classical versions of Dancing on My Own & Wrecking Ball which were soooo good!! I haven’t read any of the Bridgerton books (my friend has ofc) & ik a lot of ppl who have read them have certain opinions of the show (as most book fans will), so I can’t really say whether it’s a decent adaptation or not but I enjoy the show nevertheless. I also just really like the fact that there are a lot of characters of color in the show & that many of them are main characters. I know some ppl may complain that it’s not “”“historically accurate”“” but I don’t think period pieces necessarily have to be (+ sometimes they are more enjoyable when they’re not).

Anyways sorry for the long message!!!! I hope you are doing well & please inform us if you decide to watch Bridgerton ❤️🥰

HIIII I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL im actually back from london now and doing better! and okay tbh i have like zero interests in period pieces like you said you are jrnbfhhuji so brdigerton appeals to me in no way if im honesteyhudfjiko I do wanna listen to the sott version tho maybe one day ill try it but yeah NJBHDFHJIK sending you love I hope your job gets better! <3

[remusawoooo]

not to mention white actors get away with sm mediocrity. (I can never bring myself to call an actor mid/ugly). white actors get to be as they are, while actors of color need to be a very specific kind of attractive (cough eurocentric cough). Otherwise, we have gone too far.

I first watched bridgerton last month (all seasons for the first time), and the racism in fandom caught me by surprise somehow. there is always some to be expected in any fandom, unfortunately. but with black (light skin) leads and important characters, I expected a little different, I suppose.

anyway, this is about the general hate towards the actor portraying John Stirling. it is absolutely insane. It's driving me a little mad. He is so good in the role ! wdym he's not attractive??? you eurocentric racist freaks can't see beauty in dark skin, and we are sure of it. he was adorable in the role, btw. (saying his portrayal is akin to horror or that he's too "feminine" I SEE YOU ALL)

tbh I wouldn't have cared if all they did was call him unattractive (because theres the plausible deniability regarding racism). to go the next step and spew casually racist nonsense?? in 2024?? the fandom demographics are so obvious. sick sick people.

maybe it's the general state of this fandom idk I just got here but???? we need to bring back shame