#but also to the salty people about Bridgerton family members being queer: deal with it

[colourofthekites]

the last thing I will say on Benedict Bridgerton is this. I know his season is looming and from what I have read, the hint at the masquerade ball at the end of season 3 is a reference to where he meets his love interest, Sophie Beckett, in the books. And no, I have not read the books.

However, and call me selfish, but I don't want his queer revelation to be swept under the rug. I want to see Benedict come to terms with his sexual identity, and that he has comfort in it. I am not saying that Benedict cannot find his love and settle, but I am saying is that I don't want his queerness to be minimised or dismissed in favour of his love interest.

I just think, personally, it would be a shame to see a character spend so long yearning for freedom and wanting to understand himself over the course of 3 seasons only for it to be squandered. I want Benedict's queerness to be as essential to him as it should be, regardless of whom he marries.