#kanthony stans stand the hell UP!

[dearabsolutelynoone]

“It was that spark. That damnable spark that never seemed to dim between them.”

Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)

[eww-y-tho]

Wanna preface this by saying I love s3, don't think this is an attack. I just have some complaints I need to get off my chest. I'm not trying to come across as salty or rude, just frustrated that just as I start feeling comfy, they cut. And most Polin shippers probably agree with me.

I watched Bridgerton back to back with the smallest breaks possible. I'm saying, running once I'm done w/ work, skipping lunch, and eating snacks.

And I just wanna say that we WERE robbed of screen time. While I do think that the screen time we got was good and satisfactory, seeing Saphne and Kanthony spending exorbitant amounts of time on screen made me very envious.

The shorter episodes were the real sin, and if they just added another 10 minutes of Polin to each episode we wouldn't be having these arguments.

I really don't care about the Mondriches anymore, sorry, why do I need to see this scene of her trying on dresses and jewellery, or the couple being separated? Why do I need to see Will stressing about the club? What did they contribute to the plot? Sorry for any Mondrich stans, but I think they should've been fully cut from the story, making them stick to being static side characters so we can keep the club.

While they are funny, why do I need to see the 70,000th scene of Prudence and Phillipa talking about babies?

I love Francesca, I really do, but why the hell did we not just shave off Violet's arc about her relationship with John and just focus on their romance? Why was Francesca named the Diamond when it ultimately does nothing to her character arc? We didn't even need to see their marriage this season. Like, sorry, but Francesca stans can wait until Benedict decides to get his girl.

Ya know what would've been wild? Penelope being named the Diamond. Like, tell me that wouldn't be fucking perfect. That would make Colin's pining even worse, which is great.

I don't mind Violet getting her garden plowed, god knows she deserves it, but the conflict didn't have to be jam-packed in the second half. Introduce him at the start and let that flow through the season.

And oh my god, the Benedict threesomes make me rage. I love bi Benedict as much as the next girlie, like, I'm bi as well, he's great, but you literally had to show one 20-second scene, not this constant cutting. Also, I AM UNCOMFORTABLE with how promiscuous that framing was.

I am the last person to slut shame since I am one in spirit, but this isn't a positive portrayal of male bisexuality. Straight up cut Tllly and make him genuinely fall in love but have to break up cuz angst. Kinda like a better Eliose and Theo.

Give me more lessons, they lasted a grand total of one episode with like... 5... scenes?? Give me EVEN MORE PINING, ditch the balloon scene, let there be another strong LW fight, and let them have a longer make-up sex scene. Idk, I think these flaws are fine, and I'm happy with what we got

(like, I wouldn't say the season is bad because of them. I still stand by my original rating.)

But it could've been better.

Also, if Benedict isn't going to be interrupted by Polin every two seconds as they can't keep their hand off each other in S4, I'm throwing hands.

[bridgertonbabe]

as much as I love show!kanthony and the fact that they chose to get married instead of being forced into marriage which fit their storyline of finally doing something for themselves, i'm still low key sad benedict won't be the first one to marry someone because he wants to. i'm literally just trying to think of all the ways they could make benophie stand on its own bc in some ways show!kanthony took some tropes from them.

Yeah to be honest I much preferred the chaos from The Viscount Who Loved Me where Kanthony are forced to marry to cover a scandal and the chaos that follows as they blatantly love one another but are too consumed with Kate's insecurities of Anthony having to marry her and Anthony's determination not to be in love with his wife. I thrive off of miscommunication and how obvious it was to everyone else but themselves that they did in fact love each other. I understand why the show went down the route that they did because it would be similar to Saphne being forced to marry to cover a scandal, but at least Saphne were more open to actually being in love with one another than Kanthony were in the book by keeping their deepest feelings to themselves.

So while the show did alter Kanthony's romance to a certain extent, I think they'll be incorporating different elements or taking moments from other books to use for future pairings, for example the way they had Simon say "I burn for you" in S1 when this was actually Anthony's line to Kate from his book. I don't know how Kanthony stans felt with Simon taking Anthony's line, because I sure as hell would be incensed if they gave Benophie's adrift/anchor exchange to a different couple. I'm hoping that going ahead into future seasons if Kanthony stick around that we'll see some more moments between them that came from their book - I want them to have a funny storyline of Kate deciding to take up the flute and Anthony teasing her for her abysmal playing until one of his siblings makes a joke of her attempts and Anthony jumps to his wife's defence, admonishing them for judging Kate when she's still new to the instrument, and then we cut to Anthony joining his wife by trying to learn the trumpet, much to his family's astonishment (and slowly deafening ears).

A line from Kanthony's book which didn't get used but I still want to see I think could be used for Benophie. After Kate and Anthony first sleep together he tells her "it's never been so good" - and having just reread An Offer From A Gentleman, Sophie asks Benedict if it's always like that after they make love for the first time. Benedict's too overwhelmed to say anything but shakes his head and I think considering at the end of S2 he confesses to never having been in love that the first time he sleeps with Sophie would make him realise that he has never truly made love to another until her. If he confessed to Sophie that it's never been like this for him then it would speak volumes of just how deeply Sophie has affected his mind, body, and soul. There's a lot of powerful moments as well as smaller moments in Julia Quinn's writing that I would love the show to take better advantage of, but I guess we'll see how they continue going ahead.

[queenofmean14]

I missed them so much 😭😭😭😭😭

“It was that spark. That damnable spark that never seemed to dim between them.”

Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)