#yk bad shows have their place in the ecosystem

[lemonhemlock]

Hi Lemon!! Have you seen Bridgerton and what are your thoughts on it? If you do not wish to attract that crowd feel free to ignore this ask I won't mind!!

i have seen all three seasons, anon, but, unfortunately, i did not like season 3 at all, i'm sorry! 😵

seasons 1 & 2 were decently entertaining but i don't think there's anything i actively liked about season 3. the plot was so contrived and even for a telenovela-like show it was really hard to believe. polin had no chemistry whatsoever, which is why i found the romance scenes.....cringe and painful. nicola is so lovely, she looked really beautiful this season (that blooming dewy makeup really suited her) and she can obviously act (love her in derry girls) but colin's actor is so... one-note, for real. watching him pretend to be in love with penelope was a downright chore. the man was giving nothing!! colin also has no personality. or, if he does, it changes without explanation and we are just told how he is and are supposed to buy into it. at one point, his mother (?) tells him how kind he is and i was like? gurl? where?

also, i have to be honest, i really can't stand penelope. i think there is a huge watsonian/doylist problem with her character in that the plotline needed her to be lady whistledown but her in-universe explanations for doing what she did are so unsatisfying. marina nearly killed herself because of what she wrote ffs! and she kind of acts like the world is unreasonably unfair. but, at the same time, i found it uncomfortable the way the show was so set on humiliating penelope with every opportunity. and it had nothing to do with the harm she caused by writing her gossip magazine, it had everything to do with the fact she was fat! it was very weird. and she IS classically beautiful, so it was also far-fetched. just very exaggerated how all the bachelors went out of their way to be so nasty to her for shits and giggles.

cressida was actually one character i found myself liking. giving her a redemption arc and fleshing her out were unexpected decisions and it piqued my interest. love a good mean girl storyline! but hers didn't make sense! she has a spectacular fashion sense and her father is very rich. why would it be difficult for her to find a husband? be so for real. her dance card is empty! all that brouhaha about her difficulties in making a match with NO man interested in her at all? please. i get that this show is not supposed to be serious, but this goes beyond my suspension of disbelief

and don't get me started on francesca's snoozefest romance. it was about as riveting as watching paint dry

the fact that they keep including queen charlotte as a character and the only thing she does is obsess over lady whistledown..... you'd think the freaking queen would have more important things to occupy her time....

also i cannot believe my girl simone ashley quit her sex education job for bridgerton and they give her fuckass to do in season 3