#thank god

[firstkanaphans]

JOONG RE-FOLLOWED EST ON INSTAGRAM THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

Can you explain what you mean abt how productions treats simone? I dont follow any bridgerton official accts are they like saying bad things about her?

Hi Anon!

It has taken me a little bit to get to this one, mostly because I have been genuinely sad about it. Not just in a silly little show way, but viscerally. Not just the way Simone has been treated but to see certain parts of the fandom go out of their way to defend this treatment.

Anyways, I’m adding a link to this unfortunately very long thread the lovely @chrkrose made detailing everything, including things like the Executive Producer calling Kate “a hooker” and Kate being depicted as a lizard on an official Bridgerton collaboration (so the answer to your question of are they saying bad things about her is a resounding yes)

But I will also quickly explain everything that went down post season 3 under the cut

Post Bridgerton season 3, when the cast list for season 4 came out, Simone’s name was not on the cast list. Now, if this was a normal production one would assume that she was not a part of season 4.

But this same writer had left her off the cast list for season 3 AFTER pictures of her from the set had already been leaked. And Simone had said multiple times, during the season 3 part 2 premiere that Kate is here to stay.

So there was considerable confusion among fans and the media as well. Several big outlets, including People, reported on it. There was nada from the production team, not a statement, not a single word, even after all this uproar.

If you’re tempted to think “oh maybe there were scheduling issues to sort out”, don’t be. Because when she won her Glamour award, an interview was released in the magazine. This interview happened earlier than when it was released, it took place somewhere around July 2024, when Bridgerton season 4 was scheduled to start filming. In this interview, she confirmed that she would be on season 4 and spoke about how much Kate Sharma meant to her as a character.

Then when Simone began doing press for her animated film The Night Before Christmas, in interviews, she once again spoke definitively about Kate being in season 4.

Now remember that in all this time, the cast list, that mentions everyone from Anthony to Varley, was still not updated to include Kate. Despite Simone outright confirming her presence 272839 times. And this is the second time a shondaland writer had left her off the cast list after her presence was confirmed.

Finally, during the Valentine’s Day event for season 4, in 2025, mind you, Jess Brownell says, “we are glad to have Jonny back with us for season four, oh and Simone”. And that’s the first statement in all this while mentioning anything about Kate.

And just as a cherry on the this cake, the trailer for season 4 shows every single character BUT Kate. And according to the finally updated cast list, Kate is “additional cast”, even though Anthony is a series regular, despite the fact that Jonny also only filmed for two weeks and both Anthony and Kate will likely appear in a similar amount of episodes.

And this is all just from this time around, the thread I linked has stuff like this from all the way back in season 2. So you can imagine how evident it has been for a very long time.

[dooanuh]

OMG BUTCHNATURAL???????????????

[lovewritteninthestrands]

chasing clouds over rubicon

[wdcmaxy]

taylor getting no grammys the world has been freed from evil

[slc99]

they will be releasing videos a month early on their site but otherwise it will be put on youtube for free (link)

[bridgekc]

sorry for the slow posts, my wrist does NOT appreciate a college work load of art projects 🥲

but anyways here’s an absolutely DESPICABLE line from a fic i read the other day

like i asked for hurt/comfort, not shatter my heart to pieces

[indywasdeepfried]

With da text

This game was so fun to play I’m literally shaking look at them :’)

[melody-starlight]

Oh my god.... OH MY GOD!!!!

Gangle... GANGLE MY BELOVED!!!

I wanted to hug her so badly 🥺😭🩷❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I mean... Look at her sad face...

I can't believe the devs made her look so relatable to us... I believe that back then then when she was a human, she most likely went to art school cause she wanted to become an artist who makes comics and stuff and pursue her dreams in the want she wants to!

But.. OF COURSE!! since the DAMN society never encourages artists to make a living of their career, Gangle had no choice but to end up working in a fast food restaurant.. (mostly likely McDonald's) and accepts her harsh reality as "you need to remember that they're completely unrealistic and you need to stop trying" (gosh... This line freaking hurts me...)

And Gangle, tried to be optimistic, but with the way the characters have treated Gangle at the restaurant (EVEN RAGATHA WAS UNHINGED LIKE BRUH) I am assuming that the co-workers were also bullying/not taking her seriously irl which made her feel hopeless and believing that no matter how hard she tried... She would always be.... A failure........

The more I learned about her, the more I loved her deeply more than anything else and I want to hug her tightly and give her multiple kisses in her cheeks

[ato-dato]

My iPad screen broke and I doddled this to find out if it still works 👍🏻

[feminineenergylife]

All of my basic necessities are met. Thank you God. I am so grateful ❀

I have:

Food to eat

Clean water

Peaceful, safe environment

A roof over my head

A comfy bed

Clean clothes to wear

Free Oxygen to breathe

Free Sunlight for health

Be grateful for what you already have to attract more things to be grateful for ❀

More Daily Gratitude Affirmations ❀

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

[randomalistic]

Only like a minute and a half into editing the Rio video and it's already more deranged than the turbo video

[jubilly]

nightcrawler survived the fight with bastion

[ae-cha08]

[honeypieshortcake]

immediately panicked bc i thought ao3 was down again!!!!!