#nah but really i hope we get a resolution to this convo before it changes writers please 😭

[poisonousquinzel]

Harley Quinn (2021-) #42

understandable or not you're on thin ice bird boy bringing up joker like that smh

[gilbertandanne]

Agreed about how dancing is their best form of communication...very on brand for them.

Ok, my positive thoughts right now seem endless, (PENELOISE, PORTIA, COLIN, YELLOW, THE WEDDING DANCE, THAT SCENE ON THE STREET IN EPISODE SEVEN THAT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER, etc) so I've placed a few initial watch criticisms under the cut...subject to change upon rewatch.

I have three four critiques (the last one is just a 'aww shucks' thing) with the first viewing of pt 2. Like I said, the positives far outweigh the negatives--so much so that I genuinely don't know where to begin with things I loved:

Anthony and Kate and how they handled their absence in pt 2. Ep 5 was SO GOOD and I was SO HAPPY that they were back....but 20 minutes into episode 6, I was like "wait...where are they? Seems like they should be part of what's going on". And while I know scheduling is a lot to work around and blah, blah, blah, making their reappearance such a big thing in ep 7 with the Colin talk was jarring for me (though obvi I loved their convo). And then Anthony suggesting that his 5-6(ish?) month pregnant wife go on a FOUR MONTH boat trip to India was soooooo left field given the TRAUMA he had with his mom during Hyacinth's birth (which we saw in S2). Like....you really wanna risk being at sea while Kate goes into labor? And...it takes MONTHS to get there? There are other ways they could've handled their sporadic appearances in S3, but the way it was handled in pt 2 was very distracting to me. Could be because I adore them so much, but it was....disjointed, at best.

Benedict. Wasn't a fan of his storyline in part 1, but was intrigued by where it was headed in part 2 because he finally acted on something WE ALL suspected/figured in season 1. My issue with Benedict's overall storyline in S3, aside from it being the least compelling/underdeveloped, is the very sudden end of it? He def seemed more into it than Lady Arnold did, so for him to just be like "nah....I don't want anything serious" seemed....weird. I know it's all building up for next season, but it ended SO FAST compared to the how much time we spent on that plot line this season.

Francesca. I'm still trying to sort out my feelings on this one, and it's a criticism that's developing as I've started to think through my initial rewatch. I'm not opposed at ALL to Michaela because the chemistry in two seconds was chemistrying, but like...we just spent SEVERAL episodes rooting for her and John, so the gobsmacked reaction of Francesca upon seeing Michaela MINUTES (well, same episode at least) after marrying John felt disrespectful to the J/F ship. To me, it would have worked so much better if it had been more chill on her part and Michaela had showed a little more attraction. Obvi, I know you can absolutely have more than one great love, but girl....you JUST got married.

The resolution of Lady Whistledown. I was hoping she would, ultimately, be able to remain anonymous because I've enjoyed LW as a narrator/character/plot line throughout the series thus far. I was hoping that Colin would accept that LW is part of his wife and vice versa and she could have them both. If the queen had to be in on it (as I suspected she would have to be), I was hoping she would be thrilled at the prospect of being in on the secret and an alliance would form between them as she loves the intrigue. Having said that, I did like how they went about her reveal and I DO understand the need for it since Pen married into the Bridgerton family. I love that Portia got brought in before the reveal (GOD, I LOVE PORTIA IN PART TWO and the development of her relationship with Pen). As far as the next season, I just wonder how the show will be framed. It'll definitely be a new chapter for the series, but I am sad to see the previous one end.

KATIE!!!!!!!!!! I’M GOING TO TRY NOT TO BE SPOILERY ABOUT MY FEELINGS. ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM FREAKING OUT AND NEED TO TALK TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU HAVE FINISHED WATCHING. PLEASE!

I JUST FINISHED IT AND IDK WHERE TO START?!

Like seriously…how do we begin to unpack everything that happened because <most> of it was perfect?