#lesbian francesca bridgerton

[sunny-rants]

yes I am devastated about the death of Creloise, but I’m actually weirdly happy that Francesca is the first canon sapphic Bridgerton? Benedict being queer has made me so happy, but having the promiscuous second son and the man hating forward thinking woman be the two queer characters felt kinda on the nose stereotype wise. making Francesca queer is so much more interesting to me, because this season she has already become not only a fully fleshed out character, but one that does not fit neatly into any token queer archetypes.

[bipunkharrington]

Love all the straight bridgerton fans like "why don't the make X character gay instead/introduce a new character, I'm not homophobic but they're ruining my favourite book/character"

Like people wouldn't say the same no matter what character your talking about, I've seen "X character should be the queer sibling, not X" about Benedict, Francesca AND Eloise, everyone's happy for a character to be gay as long as its not "their" character, you're so transparent

"I hope Michaela has a brother called Michael" I promise she won't to feel free to start getting over your shit "it's taking away a story for women who struggle with fertility" Francesca can still struggle with fertility, and in fact her desire to be a mother will add additional conflict to her eventual relationship with Michaela that will resonate with many people who struggle with fertility

"Eloise shouldn't be gay because we shouldn't stereotype that feminists are automatically gay" okay first off she's vocally stated she has no interest in marrying a man, also queer women have always been a huge huge part of the feminist movement so just stop

I don't think I've seen anything specific about benedict beyond "he has to end up with Sophie because she's my fave and they can't change that" and he's clearly bi so maybe he will end up with Sophie, but if he doesn't no one cares if you're butthurt about it, the book is there for you to reread

I've also seen a lot of people be like "why not make Gregory/Hyacinth the queer sibling instead?" making the characters that are children and won't have romance storylines for years is not the fabulous alternative you think you're suggesting, if they're queer AS WELL I'm all for it, but in the meantime considering this is primarily a romance show I'm gonna focus on the characters that are actual adults.

[littleraeofsunshineda]

I truly don't want to get in a squabble about this so anyone who disagrees, great, scroll on by

But I CANNOT read Francesca as bisexual based on the text we've been given.

And that is not meant at all to disparage her relationship with Kimbolton, or to cut out bisexuals (I am myself a bi woman).

They clearly like each other very much, to love each other either platonically - which at the time was a FANTASTIC foundation for marriage, and certainly still can be - or maybe she is even biromantic.

But two things have been shown to us that I simply do not think we can accurately read any other way than her only being sexually interested in women:

Her reaction to Michaela, obv. All the show context up to now indicates this to be signalling clear sexual attraction.

Her reaction to the kiss. It was really noticeable the difference between this and the first kisses between all the other couples. All the other women have had a wondering "That's what everyone is talking about!" face afterwards. Fran's? It can only be described as "That's what everyone is talking about?" Completely underwhelmed. Stone dry down there.

That girl is gay (in the sexual arena), your honour.

And there is nothing in that to say I don't love her and Kimbolton together. They're adorable. But I just cannot believe that she is bisexual. No. Way. That is a non-sexual love connection (on her part) if ever a show has signposted one.

Gay.

[kat-rose-griffith]

Bridgerton season 3

[ydolem-art]

[Oh shit I'm gay]

[hauntedfictionland]

Everyone who's disappointed or mad about changing Francesca's love story of Michael to a woman's version, argues that the show—writers shouldn't have changed the books so drastically. What they don't know is that the show ALWAYS has drastically changed the story and lines in every season compared to the books. And trust me they've changed it for the better. Kate and Anthony in the books got caught sucking the venom out of Kate's chest and forced to marry and then, did they have their enemies to lovers. Now tell me, which version did you like more.

Also, I agree Francesca may have loved John in the books truly and madly, but that's not the case in the show and they've changed the relationship accordingly. She sees him as a companion, not a partner. She feels peace with him, not butterflies. She feels he really understands her, and those are the sole purposes of wanting to marry him. Now when she meets Michaela, her breathing stops, she feels the swooning and butterflies her mother always talked about and wishes for her to feel the way Violet felt with Edmund. And the thing is, by the interaction, Michaela seems an extrovert and far from quietness. And yet Francesca still fell in love with her, because in love, as shown in Bridgerton, you love them not because it benefits you, but because your heart calls for their soul, whatever that may be.

[aubreyplazawife]

Lesbian Bridgerton Esque Books

{Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend is my favorite}

[faebobaggins]

i hope they ✂️ on screen bc some of you are so pressed and for what? a mediocre white man?

[iroesset]

“You know, when I first met your father…I could barely speak my own name. I was so taken by him” 💘

[insane-hag]

a lesbian in straight-dominated fields (the bridgerton fandom)

[sunny-rants]

they are so sun and moon coded!!

[thelolarahaii]

BRIDGERTON 3.01 | "Out of the Shadows"

[diamonds-of-the-first-water]

I Have Evolving Thoughts on Fran’s Sexuality

(god hannah dodd is so pretty)

First of all let’s thank GOD francesca is the queer sister and not…that other one.

Anyways upon my initial viewing of part 2 I definitely read Fran as bisexual and if you continue to read her as such I think that’s fine but my mind has changed on the matter.

I believe that Fran is actually a lesbian suffering from comphet.

The reason this actually started to seem likely to me is because of her wedding scene with John. The whole season I thought they seemed so taken with one another and I enjoyed their quiet dynamic. They were more than comfortable sitting in silence with one another and seemed to grow closer in that way.

I like many others assumed this meant their love was romantic, but that kiss

Would a woman who is attracted to men make this face after kissing the man she loves? I don’t think so. Some people seem to think it’s because she’s shy but it doesn’t seem like she’s even thinking about her family here. It seems like she has retreated into her own thoughts. It seems like she was disappointed. And after spending the whole season feeling nothing for any of the men she meets why wouldn’t she be. She met a man she loved and she kissed him and she didn’t feel those sparks.

Now Fran is also autistic coded so this initially affected the way I viewed her relationships as well, but all of that changes when you take into account Michaela.

Francesca immediately starts to stutter and is flustered when she sees Michaela. We have never seen Fran act this way with a man, even her husband. It wasn’t for no reason that Violet describes how she felt the first time she fell in love with Edmund and then almost immediately after Fran reacts the same way to Michaela. The butterflies, not being able to string a sentence together. This was foreshadowing.

Some people were upset because they said it erased everything Fran said about having a quiet love and that is somewhat true, but I disagree with people saying that it erases slowly built love when Polin’s whole story is about love not striking you like a bolt of lightning.

None of this is to say she can’t love John, I believe she does I just feel it is platonic, and the loss of John would hit hard even if he was her best friend. John is one of the great loves of her life but who is to say that love is romantic? Friendships are the foundation of our lives and they are equally as important as any romantic relationship. Fran met someone who understands her and is like her, that doesn’t mean she has to have romantic attraction for him.

Some of this is affected by personal bias as I am a late-blooming lesbian, but holy shit the way I relate to Fran wanting to get married just because it would mean she wouldn’t have to pursue any other relationships with men and the way she was willing to accept whoever the Queen deemed fit because she didn’t have any criteria except ��is kind to me”. Fran does not seem to be searching for love as she has not felt it before. The closest she comes is with John because the two of them are so similar and I believe she thought that because she liked him so much that she must be in love with him which is just so…lesbian coded I don’t know how to explain it.

This isn’t to say bisexuality isn’t real or is “just a phase”. Ew. Gross. No. This is just the way I am interpreting the character with the information we have now. If it comes out definitely that she is bisexual then I will accept that, sapphic rep is so needed.

All in all they look so good and I can’t wait to see these queers kiss and have a romance.

Also I think that Michaela still could have fallen first. Fran just realized she was a dyke at that exact moment and her brain stopped working which is valid. But did you see the way Michaela looked at her. I KNOW A LESBIAN FALLING IN LOVE WHEN I SEE ONE.

[livsch4se]

francesca bridgerton and michaela stirling . . . . . . i love gay people so much thank you shonda

[kat-rose-griffith]

Actually it was a genius move to wait until Polin’s season to reveal that (at least) 2 of the Bridgerton siblings are queer because Nicola, being our wee lesbian from Derry Girls, brings a sapphic audience, most of who were waiting for her season to start watching Bridgerton, which they needed to defend their queer characters and maintain their numbers long enough to tell their stories

[bitching-barista]

Rip to the people having a fit over queer and racial diversity in Bridgerton, you could never have handled Anne with an E