#eloise being rude to cressida after the wedding also was really out of nowhere

[decaf-lesbian]

okay so i watched bridgerton (which i said i never would but oh well) and honestly? really fun ngl. season 2 is my favorite and the instrumental covers are all bangers (looking at you give me everything and snow on the beach). but i do have to say that season 3 part 2 bothered me quite a bit, specially regarding one plot point that they never addressed.

SPOILERS AHEAD

my problem with part 2 is that all of the characters completely ignore the most obvious solution to their issues: OFFERING CRESSIDA'S HAND IN MARRIAGE TO LORD DEBLING. i know a lot of people have pointed this out but really. if penelope did that, she wouldn't be exposed as lady whistledown and cressida would escape social ruin and isolation in wales (and she would have the freedom to be with eloise too. i am in fact a shameless creloise stan). and like, lord debling had planned to propose to penelope so he probably was still in town while the drama was happening. most importantly, if eloise wasn't so bothered by colin and pen's engagement, she probably would've helped cressida get with lord debling. they royally fucked up my girls in part 2 and i am very annoyed by this.

i understand why they didn't do it though. i know it follows the plot of the book closer but also. it would've been a 5 episode series if they went the easier reasonable way. it's fine honestly, i love me some unnecessary drama for the plot. i just needed to rant because this has been bothering me and i will in fact write a fix it fic to restore my soul.