u/Fickle_Baker1393

What do you think?

Feyre: Florence Hunt is 19 Years Old (perfect age for Feyre although by the time filming begins she'll be well into her 20s). She has the look and energy and she's up and coming**.**

Elain: Iris Apatow is 23 Years Old (again the perfect age) and she has the sweetness to Elain and the innocence to her that I think would work well.

Nesta: Jessica Alexander is 27 Years Old (another perfect age for Nesta). She's got the sultry, dark, serious, guarded, protective vibe to her and fiesty energy in her eyes. She fits. ​​

Thank you to the wonderful u/alwshunter who found these slides and posted it over on the r/PhiloiseHQ subreddit (please come join us for more in depth and fun discussions, analysis and theories on all things Phillip and Eloise if you are interested) and I thought I'd bring it over to the main subreddit as well.

It feels like people who claim to love Eloise are shocked that she will end up getting married after she initially spoke of her disdain for marriage in previous seasons but I think that's because people do not have a nuanced view of Eloise and her opinions/beliefs and why she thinks the way she does about the marriage mart and society.

But I'm personally not shocked at all. Eloise doesn't want to be alone. She spent the last 4 seasons talking about how she'd be happier as a spinster but show me one scene where she was genuinely happy in her spinster role? Girlie was constantly complaining about her situation every season.

Eloise is a character who craves human interaction and companionship. She's codependent when it comes to other people even though she has an independent spirit. She wants to talk to people who are likeminded to her. She wants someone to challenge her and someone she can speak to about all her interests and interests that align with her. She is always distraught when she isn't around someone whether it's Penelope, Benedict, Kate, Sophie, Colin, etc.

She's unhappy.

She's lonely.

All of her friends and family members are getting married and she's being left behind and she hates that. She also hates all the spinster duties that were expected for spinsters back then like chaperoning her younger unmarried siblings and sitting through finishing lessons. Spinsters who still lived at home did that. They even went as far as becoming governesses to the children of their siblings or children of family friends (See The Other Bennet Sister for this plot).

Being a spinster wasn't a luxury for many women.

People who are Pro-Spinster Eloise rightfully have fears that she will just end up becoming the very thing she fears of becoming (a dormant, dutiful wife with no ambitions or opinions or independence for herself) and that's why they are so vehemently against Eloise getting married and they think the writers are "forcing" Eloise into a life of servitude when she would be much happier being alone and doing things on her own terms.

I understand the sentiment but I do think people are viewing Eloise through a modern 21st century lens which, in part, has to do with the fact that Eloise is the character who's a fish out of water in this Regency England world. She's the closest to our modern day sensibilities than other characters and therefore many relate to her that way, but also people tend to project A LOT onto her, and when she does something that's contrary to the character they made up in their heads they then blame it on "bad writing" or "the writers are forcing Eloise to become a wife or mother or babysitter or nanny etc".

But Eloise is a 3 dimensional character with her own beliefs and opinions, and some of those opinions are valid and others are a bit misguided as well.

She's not perfect.

She's allowed to change and grow and learn every day.

And we will see over the course of these next 2 seasons that Eloise isn't the same 17 year old girl we saw in the first season but I don't think she's going to change so much that she's not going to be recognizable to us.

She's going to get married. She's going to find love and her season is going to be a romantic one. It won't be a "SINGLE ERA WITH NO ROMANTIC PLOT AT ALL" storyline. Bridgerton is just not that kinda show.

Bridgerton is a romance show first and foremost. Eloise's season is going to have romance, passion, sex, a wedding, marriage, children etc.

But that doesn't automatically mean that Eloise is going to be a completely different character to justify all of that. I imagine a lot of the qualities we fell in love with Eloise for in the 1st season will be kept, but she's just going to have a newfound outlook on life now as a mature woman in her possibly mid to late 20s when we get to her season.

Eloise doesn't need to avoid marriage and love to prove a point. Marriage has its disadvantages especially in that period, but it also has its advantages which we will see since her season is going to be a marriage of convenience story.

She just needs to find the person who will support her and value and respect her opinions and dreams and vice versa.

And we all know who that person will be. 😏😉

Season 6 preproduction has finally begin as the production team have begun writing the first scripts for Philoise's season!

The Philoise era is finally coming but we won't get anything for at least another year.

I'm so excited for Claudia Jessie and Chris Fulton's first interview together after their season gets announced. I'm sure it's going to be pure chaos and laughs 😂

In case you didn't know, canonically Eloise and Francesca have an age difference of exactly one year to the DAY!

Eloise was born in late April 1796 and Francesca was born in late April 1797 (likely 30th April) and so that makes them both Irish Twins, or as the books refer them as "Accidental Twins".

In other words, Francesca was Eloise's first birthday present. 😭

I hope we see more of their connection in S5 because the show doesn't seem to invest as much time in their bond as others.

But I find that sweet.

Curious to hear what you guys think because from my vantage point it definitely reads as though they are planning a long term future set up for Nathan Summers (Cable) to appear in the X-Men universe especially with the introduction of Mr. Sinster.

Obviously, Mr. Sinister is important to Scott's backstory as he was tortured into trauma through Nathaniel Essex's experimentation and manipulation on him.

I do think the MCU are going for the OG origin story with the plane crash and orphanage for Scott and that's where Mr. Sinister first encounters him and at some point in the movie he'll get his hands on Jean and experiment on her probably with the help of Bill Metzger in tracking her and holding her captive.

Then while he's conducting his experiments on her, Scott, Charles and the other X-Men save her just in time to stop him from torturing her but Nathaniel was able to get enough left of her DNA that he will eventually use to clone her and then perhaps in 3 or 4 movies time we get Madelyne Pryor's arc which opens the door for Nathan Summers.

In my opinion, I can't see the MCU not adapting this storyline.

I don't think we'll see it anytime soon of course. Probably in a decade or 12 years or something. Definitely not now. We still need a lot of ground to cover before introducing the Cable storyline which is just so complex and convoluted but I'd love to see a proper live action adaptation (I did not like the Deadpool version at all especially since Jean and Scott weren't in the story).

And with Rachel, well... It depends if they want to do the Days of Future Past storyline again and if the MCU want to do more of the time displaced storylines because we've dealt with lots of timeline shenanigans for a while now since Infinity War/Endgame but I'd love to see Rachel in live action.

What do you think?

Here's a list of all the main countryside estates of the Bridgerton couples, their locations, their residents and what's their significance to the story. . .

• Clyvedon Castle - The countryside residence of the Duke and Duchess of Hastings and their children is located in Yorkshire. In the books it's Sussex but I do believe it's in Yorkshire on the show but I could be wrong. It's very grand and enormous. Very opulent. This home appears only in season 1 and in the books once (The Duke and I).

Filming Location: Castle Howard, North Yorkshire

• Aubrey Hall - The countryside estate of the Bridgerton family and run by The Viscount and Viscountess, Aubrey Hall, is located in Kent on the show and the family retire there for the summer holidays and winter period. This home appears in season 2 and season 4 and appears a few times in the books (The Viscount Who Loved Me, On The Way to The Wedding).

Filming Location: Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire

• My Cottage - The one and only residence of Benedict and Sophie Bridgerton is located in Wiltshire in the books. This is where Benedict and Sophie live after marriage. This home features two times in the books (An Offer From a Gentleman and To Sir Phillip With Love) and as of now in its first appearance, only in season 4.

Filming Location: Loseley Park, Surrey

• Kilmartin Castle - This is the countryside estate and main home of Francesca and Michaela in The Highlands, Scotland. We finally got our first glimpse of it in set photos which confirmed that this is where Francesca and Michaela will live. It's very grand and opulent with classic castle fixtures. This is the place where most of their story takes place in the second half. This home doesn't appear in the books until Francesca's book (When He Was Wicked) and will first appear on the show in S5.

Filming Location: Ardverikie Estate, Kinloch Laggan, Scotland

• Romney Hall - The countryside estate for baronet Sir Phillip Crane and Lady Crane (Marina) is located in Kent in the show but in the books it's in Gloucestershire. This is where Phillip and Eloise live after their wedding with the twins. They used the grounds to film a lot of scenes on the show such as the promenade scenes and the two lake scenes in S2 and S4. This home appears in season 2 and only once in the books (To Sir Phillip With Love).

Filming Location: West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire

Polin canonically have a countryside estate but we just have not seen it on the show yet so that's why it's not included.

Which is your favorite?

I love how Claudia is ready for Eloise to enter her "spicy era" 🌶️ now. She just wants Eloise to find someone hot.

And by God, it's what she deserves! She needs a fine AF daddy!

Looks like we are getting Hot Arthur Weasley after all.

It was just announced by Deadline and Variety that HBO cast British actor Rafe Spell as Arthur Weasley who is best known for his comedic roles. I've seen him in a lot of films and shows. I loved him in Trying.

He's 43 years old so they went for someone younger than Katharine Parkinson.

He's a comedy actor so we are probably leaning more into the goofy side of Arthur but he's also had some serious roles as well so he can balance things out.

I like this casting.

Violet will tell you "I don't have a favorite child, I love all my children equally and for different reasons" or if she's pressed to answer the question she'd tell you "My favorite is the child I see less of at the moment and that I miss the most" as she said in the books.

But...

Let's be for real... She definitely has a favorite 😂 Even if she doesn't, she has one or two who she showers more attention to.

Who do you think that is?

Let's say she has a favorite son and a favorite daughter to make it fairer.

I think if we go by the books, her favorite is definitely Hyacinth because she said in the books that Hyacinth saved her and she would forever cherish her. You can also argue that Colin is also her favorite child in the book.

But on the show... IN MY OPINION, I think it's a toss up between Benedict or Francesca.

We saw Benedict and Violet's bond in S4, and honestly I think that's the first time Violet has ever been truly involved in one of her children's love stories at such a large degree and I think in part that has to do with how Violet will end up being who Benophie names their firstborn daughter after so they had to deepen that bond but Violet did say Benedict reminded her most of her when she was younger. That he was her son "through and through".

She may have been hard on Benedict but that's only because she wanted the best for him and he reminded her of her wild rebellious self and they both influenced each other. Benedict took the role of a husband seriously, he grew up and now was ready to settle down and live a calm, quiet life while Violet reignited her wild rebellious spirit that we'll probably see more of in S5 which is exciting.

And I think Francesca is also a favorite ​​daughter of hers. That might change when we get to Hyacinth's season though but I think currently, Violet has a much stronger bond with Francesca of all her daughters. Daphne is the most like Violet in her current state as a wife and a mother and taking on the responsibility that comes with that but they didn't always see eye to eye in S1 even though they believe on fundamentally the same things and they mirror each other's lives.

There's an emotional tether to Francesca and Violet's relationship though and it was made stronger after Francesca lost her husband in death just like Violet. So I do think Violet has a tender spot for Francesca and we'll see more of that in S5.

I do see a case for Colin being a beloved child of hers because he is the only one who didn't give her as many headaches as the others 😂 but Colin is just the type of person that nobody has a problem with really. He's just cool with everyone.

Her least favorites though...Definitely think it's Anthony and Eloise. She is always butting heads with them the most haha.

And Anthony was more of a coparent than a son sometimes and that's why there wasn't really a strong mother and son bond between them. Anthony has always been closest to Edmund.

And the same can be said about Eloise who took the death of her father the hardest second to Anthony in the books.

Eloise and Violet's relationship is always contentious as they both have differing views on life, women, marriage, children, society etc and Violet doesn't seem to understand Eloise nor does she seem to want to understand her which probably frustrates Eloise a lot.

Curious to see how that relationship will evolve and develop in Eloise's season.

But yeah right now I think Benedict and Francesca are the favorites but that could change when we get to Gregory and Hyacinth's seasons 😂.

It's just a bummer we don't see Violet bonding much with the youngest two.

BY THE WAY, this is just an opinion discussion not a factual or objective take because I do welcome differing views on this.

Congratulations to Phoebe Dynevor who recently got married to her longtime partner Cameron Fuller over the weekend!

I find it so interesting that she is the first of the Bridgerton sibling cast to get married just as Daphne was the first Bridgerton sibling to get married. ​

I just realized that Eloise's declaration at the start of season 4 might've been a double entendre in that yes she decided she is a spinster but it could also be a reflection of the show teasing to the audience that her season will be delayed longer.

I just clocked it right now.

​I feel stupid that I didn't realize this when the season came out. 😭 Now I have to look out for any phrases Eloise might say in S5 such as "I have decided I'm staying home" or "I've decided I'm a perishable good" to prepare for another potential season delay after S5 so that Hyacinth can lead S6. 🙄

Im kidding! Jokes! 😂🤭😝

But it's funny that the clue was right under our noses and many Philoise fans refused to see it which is understandable. But I'm never gonna be fooled again because I'm preparing myself for Hyacinth and Gregory's seasons.

I've always wondered why we haven't gotten anything from S5 as we have in past seasons. We haven't gotten any stills or images or BTS videos or promo clips after 6 months of filming and usually around this time we do.

And I think I know why...

It's because they are trying to preserve the new costumes we are about to see in S5 as we are about to be entering a new era and time period in the 1800s.

S5 will take place in the 1820s or approaching the 1820s which historically saw a shift in fashion in a Post-Regency and Pre-Victorian period.

There were many important, transitional years for women’s fashion during the 19th century. For example, in a single decade sleeves might transform from slender and straight to enormous gigot or leg o’mutton style sleeves. While skirts which began a decade flowing loose around the legs might end the decade standing several feet wide atop a crinoline. .

In the 1820s, a decade which stood between the Regency era (1811-1820) and the Victorian era (1837-1901), British fashion moved from traditional empire, straight waistline of the Regency period to bigger sleeves, dropped waistline and fuller skirts but not as full as the skirts would be after Queen Victoria ascends the throne in the 1830s.

This decade is notable in fashion as providing a bridge between the classic, high-waisted Empire styles of the early 19th century and the large sleeved, full-skirted styles of the mid-19th century.

So I complied a list of dresses from the 1820s-1830s to give us an image of what to expect for S5 and all the subsequent seasons after for Bridgerton.

We are totally getting a complete revamp!

EDIT: The Bridgerton costumes designers confirmed back in March during a Cosmopolitan interview that S5 is going to have a fashion shift to reflect the 1820s.

I've always wondered why we haven't gotten anything from S5 as we have in past seasons. We haven't gotten any stills or images or BTS videos or promo clips after 6 months of filming and usually around this time we do.

And I think I know why...

It's because they are trying to preserve the new costumes we are about to see in S5 as we are about to be entering a new era and time period in the 1800s.

S5 will take place in the 1820s or approaching the 1820s which historically saw a shift in fashion in a Post-Regency and Pre-Victorian period.

There were many important, transitional years for women’s fashion during the 19th century. For example, in a single decade sleeves might transform from slender and straight to enormous gigot or leg o’mutton style sleeves. While skirts which began a decade flowing loose around the legs might end the decade standing several feet wide atop a crinoline. .

In the 1820s, a decade which stood between the Regency era (1811-1820) and the Victorian era (1837-1901), British fashion moved from traditional empire, straight waistline of the Regency period to bigger sleeves, dropped waistline and fuller skirts but not as full as the skirts would be after Queen Victoria ascends the throne in the 1830s.

This decade is notable in fashion as providing a bridge between the classic, high-waisted Empire styles of the early 19th century and the large sleeved, full-skirted styles of the mid-19th century.

So I complied a list of dresses from the 1820s-1830s to give us an image of what to expect for S5 and all the subsequent seasons after for Bridgerton.

We are totally getting a complete revamp!

EDIT: The Bridgerton costumes designers confirmed back in March during a Cosmopolitan interview that S5 is going to have a fashion shift to reflect the 1820s.

Deadline just reported that Bonnie Hill is going to replace Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter Season 2 "The Chamber of Secrets".

Pretty little Girl. Not a natural ginger though but that's what box hair dye is for I suppose.

One of the subplots they could give Eloise is to have her chasing down the new Lady Whistledown in S5, and I pray TO ALL THE GODS they do not do that.

If I have to sit through Eloise trying to unmask Lady Whistledown for a 3rd season I'll scream!

Eloise has been involved in the Lady Whistledown storyline for 3 seasons! The only time she wasn't involved was S4 and they gave her virtually nothing to do all season long but be the resident babysitter.

I'm tired of Eloise serving other characters' story. I'm tired of seeing Eloise being used to serve other people's subplots.

She was involved with the Penelope subplot in S1, she was involved with the Penelope subplot in S2, she was involved in the Polin storyline in S3, she was involved in Hyacinth's subplot in S4... She had NOTHING for herself.

"But it's not her season yet" Well it seems LIKE Alice Mondrich of all people gets to have her own interesting storyline except for Eloise who is either used as a punching bag or she's looking for Lady Whistledown 🙄.

I don't wanna see her tracking down LW. I don't wanna see her helping Penelope search for the new LW. ​I don't even wanna see her holding a society paper​​!

Keep Eloise away from LW and actually take the time to set up her season. S5 is going to be the S6 before hers! So I expect them to actually invest time in setting her up for becoming the lead (even tho I have no faith in this production).

The only way I'll accept Eloise being involved with Lady Whistledown in some capacity in S5 is if those around her suspect she's the new Lady Whistledown because she's been sneaking around a lot.

So let's say, Hyacinth starts to believe that Eloise is the new LW because Eloise has been acting weird and secretive for months but she's actually been writing to Phillip.

That was a storyline in the books so I will allow that.

But other than that... Keep Eloise away from LW. I don't wanna see that! I'm not watching that.

I don't want them to make Eloise LW either. Please come up with something new for Eloise to do.

People think Eloise is being "forced to marry" when it's her season and I find it weird that people believe Eloise would ever be forced into doing anything.

If Violet or Anthony ever tried to force her to marry anyone, Eloise would resist and resist until they eventually give up as we've seen in the past.

So this notion that Eloise will be "forced to conform to societal expectations" is frankly false and insulting to Eloise who is a woman who has been fighting to make her own decisions and if she ever decided to marry, it's HER choice.

That's going to be her season, proving that she has her own agency and is capable of making her own decisions and that she won't be put into a box. I don't know why people don't see that.

She doesn't have to stay single and unmarried to prove her beliefs are true. She doesn't need to shrink herself and be forced into marriage and subjection to prove that marriage is a trap for women. She is just going to do what she feels is right for her.

Her season is going to be a season of CHOICES and her inner turmoil between keeping her independence and freedoms vs. falling in love which is something she never thought would happen to her.

It's the first time I think a season where the female lead won't ever feel pressured to marry because it's "expected for her to do so" because of society. She's not going to have a story like her sisters who all met their husbands in the ton attending balls and such.

She won't be engaging in the marriage mart when she meets her husband. It'll be very unconventional and modern. She meets her husband in the Regency equivalent of Tinder.

Her season will be a MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE trope which means the reason she will get married will have benefits to HER.

She will find an advantage to marriage that won't necessarily begin with love and during the marriage she will find herself falling in love with her husband.

This season will be different than any other season because every season ends with a marriage but Eloise's season will essentially start with a marriage, or at least she will marry very early on in the season.

So she will make the CHOICE to marry. She won't be forced to marry by Anthony or Violet, but it's HER CHOICE.

And the man she marries would need to be super special for Eloise. Everyone wants Eloise to be happy and to still be herself and to not be changed. Nobody wants Eloise to end up with someone who won't respect her and support her opinions.

The show WANTS you to root for Eloise finding love and finding her forever person. They would never pair Eloise up with someone who the audience won't believe is right for Eloise so why are people so skeptical about Eloise's season being a romance and Eloise getting married?

Do you doubt that all the other couples were horrible for each other? Do you ever end the season thinking "man they really ended up with the wrong person". No!

So why do you think Eloise will end up with the wrong person if she marries her book endgame, Phillip? Make it make sense!

"Eloise is so different on the show!"

"Eloise would never marry Phillip because they don't make sense together on the show!"

"Phillip is not right for Eloise on the show!"

"They're two different people!"

"Eloise is nothing like the book so it wouldn't make sense for her to marry Phillip!""

"They changed Eloise so much for her to marry her endgame from the book!"

"It is uncharacteristic for Eloise to marry!"

If Eloise is so different from the books and the show has changed her so much, then what makes you think they won't change Phillip to suit the version of Eloise we know on the show?

It's not like they haven't done it before. They've done with all the characters.

Anthony isn't totally like he is in the books nor is Kate. Colin is different than he is in his book. Francesca isn't like Francesca in the books. Benedict isn't like he is in the books and the list goes on and on...

So, obviously Phillip will be different. He'll be familiar and similar to his book yes in terms of backstory and story beats and some character motivations but his characterization will obviously be different to suit Eloise on the show.

Jess Brownell even said that Eloise's season won't be 100% book accurate and we should expect changes but nothing MAJOR like changing her endgame to being single or a different love interest🙄.

The fact that Eloise's endgame is STILL a topic of great debate and discussion is frankly exhausting.

Granted, I'm not sure if Eloise's season will be good or whether the writers will execute her story well. I do have the same fears that they could butcher Eloise's season because the writers/showrunner hasn't given us anything really to be excited about or to trust them to tell her story well BUT... I'm trying to be open minded.

Just watch the damn show. Have fun! Enjoy the romance and whimsy. No one wants to have fun anymore! 😭 Be open minded. It's a romance show good God😭

People think Eloise is being "forced to marry" when it's her season and I find it weird that people believe Eloise would ever be forced into doing anything.

If Violet or Anthony ever tried to force her to marry anyone, Eloise would resist and resist until they eventually give up as we've seen in the past.

So this notion that Eloise will be "forced to conform to societal expectations" is frankly false and insulting to Eloise who is a woman who has been fighting to make her own decisions and if she ever decided to marry, it's HER choice.

That's going to be her season, proving that she has her own agency and is capable of making her own decisions and that she won't be put into a box. I don't know why people don't see that.

She doesn't have to stay single and unmarried to prove her beliefs are true. She doesn't need to shrink herself and be forced into marriage and subjection to prove that marriage is a trap for women. She is just going to do what she feels is right for her.

Her season is going to be a season of CHOICES and her inner turmoil between keeping her independence and freedoms vs. falling in love which is something she never thought would happen to her.

It's the first time I think a season where the female lead won't ever feel pressured to marry because it's "expected for her to do so" because of society. She's not going to have a story like her sisters who all met their husbands in the ton attending balls and such.

She won't be engaging in the marriage mart when she meets her husband. It'll be very unconventional and modern. She meets her husband in the Regency equivalent of Tinder.

Her season will be a MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE trope which means the reason she will get married will have benefits to HER.

She will find an advantage to marriage that won't necessarily begin with love and during the marriage she will find herself falling in love with her husband.

This season will be different than any other season because every season ends with a marriage but Eloise's season will essentially start with a marriage, or at least she will marry very early on in the season.

So she will make the CHOICE to marry. She won't be forced to marry by Anthony or Violet, but it's HER CHOICE.

And the man she marries would need to be super special for Eloise. Everyone wants Eloise to be happy and to still be herself and to not be changed. Nobody wants Eloise to end up with someone who won't respect her and support her opinions.

The show WANTS you to root for Eloise finding love and finding her forever person. They would never pair Eloise up with someone who the audience won't believe is right for Eloise so why are people so skeptical about Eloise's season being a romance and Eloise getting married?

Do you doubt that all the other couples were horrible for each other? Do you ever end the season thinking "man they really ended up with the wrong person". No!

So why do you think Eloise will end up with the wrong person if she marries her book endgame, Phillip? Make it make sense!

"Eloise is so different on the show!"

"Eloise would never marry Phillip because they don't make sense together on the show!"

"Phillip is not right for Eloise on the show!"

"They're two different people!"

"Eloise is nothing like the book so it wouldn't make sense for her to marry Phillip!""

"They changed Eloise so much for her to marry her endgame from the book!"

"It is uncharacteristic for Eloise to marry!"

If Eloise is so different from the books and the show has changed her so much, then what makes you think they won't change Phillip to suit the version of Eloise we know on the show?

It's not like they haven't done it before. They've done with all the characters.

Anthony isn't totally like he is in the books nor is Kate. Colin is different than he is in his book. Francesca isn't like Francesca in the books. Benedict isn't like he is in the books and the list goes on and on...

So, obviously Phillip will be different. He'll be familiar and similar to his book yes in terms of backstory and story beats and some character motivations but his characterization will obviously be different to suit Eloise on the show.

Jess Brownell even said that Eloise's season won't be 100% book accurate and we should expect changes but nothing MAJOR like changing her endgame to being single or a different love interest🙄.

The fact that Eloise's endgame is STILL a topic of great debate and discussion is frankly exhausting.

Granted, I'm not sure if Eloise's season will be good or whether the writers will execute her story well. I do have the same fears that they could butcher Eloise's season because the writers/showrunner hasn't given us anything really to be excited about or to trust them to tell her story well BUT... I'm trying to be open minded.

Just watch the damn show. Have fun! Enjoy the romance and whimsy. No one wants to have fun anymore! 😭 Be open minded. It's a romance show good God😭

I'm sure most of us, if not all, have seen #that rumor being spread of a possible recast for Phillip Crane that has been bubbling for weeks, maybe even months, now.

Deuxmoi recently posted a blind item that alluded to the possibility of a Phillip recast because Chris Fulton is now booked for another show.

How convenient right???

The timing is very suspect because it comes right on the heels of a fan who spread that viral rumor on Twitter that Phillip is going to be recast and played by a Latino actor (which made absolutely no sense to begin with) just to spite Philoise fans and stir up drama —of which she admitted to being their intention all along with spreading that rumor.

I want to appease and tell those Philoise fans who are experiencing doubts or are panicking over this rumor to remain calm.

Obviously we don't know what the future will hold for Phillip's character or whether Chris will 100% return or not. We don't have official confirmation (thanks a lot, Shondaland @ Jess Brownell).

But all the evidence we've gotten over the years points to Chris Fulton still being our Sir Phillip Crane:

• He has spoken about wanting to return for at least 2 years now.
• During his last Outlander Land Con event, he told fans who asked him whether he would return in S5 that he "doesn't know but he is hopeful"
• He also said to fans to "keep asking him" about his return to Bridgerton and hopefully he will have a "good answer" next year (meaning 2027 when S6 is likely to be announced).
• He was the first one to ever mention S5 in April 2025 before we got the double renewal announcement a month later in May 2025 so that suggests he was told he was going to be the lead for S6 with Claudia by then.
• He has been taking photos with fans holding the book, signing autographs with Phillip Crane's insignia, graciously spreading all the love back to Philoise fans and giving them some glimmer of hope and reassurance when the production remain quiet.
• He participates in Bridgerton related events. Just last month he attended a Highlander 9 convention panel with other Bridgerton alums Rupert Young and Sam Phillips.
• There's been many articles and posts approved by Chris' team I imagine, that have left subtle clues of his eventual return to Bridgerton. Just recently after the announcement of his new show, articles from outlets talked about the show being his project before he goes back to Bridgerton to film his season.

There's many other instances and signs that point to Chris Fultons return as Phillip in S6. Just because he is filming a new show as a main character doesn't mean he has left Bridgerton or that he won't return.

He's an actor. He can't just sit around and wait for the S6 call to begin filming his season which won't begin filming until late summer at the earliest next year.

He has to WORK during this wait.

I think all this mass hysteria could've been avoided if the damn production actually confirmed Chris Fulton will return but they want to keep the "surprise" factor I suppose 🙄. I'm so sick of this.

Sir Phillip is the title of Eloises book. Eloise's endgame is literally on the title of her book and her book has been out for 20 years! If that won't spoil her endgame then confirming that Chris will return as Phillip won't be that much of a spoiler.

But I digress...

The reason we are getting all these rumors is likely because of bitter anti-Phillip, anti-Philoise and Chris haters wanting to make a funny and cause discourse and drama within the fandom by spreading these rumors.

The rumor of Phillip being recast originated on a viral Twitter post by a fan who wanted to stir up drama and now it's spread and apparently reached Deuxmoi who I almost guarantee was given a fake tip by a different fan who wanted to stir up drama.

Right now there is no evidence Phillip is being recast. There's more evidence of him returning than him being replaced.

I think it's particularly very nasty that fans would spread a recast rumor for a couple or character they don't even care about. What will they gain from this?

Anyway, Chris Fulton IS Phillip Crane.

UPDATE: The original source of the rumor of Chris being recast just debunked ​it as a FAKE rumor that was told to them.

Anybody find this incredibly strange? They've been posting about Eloise so many times during this hiatus period and I find that so weird.

Are they using Eloise for likes or something? I'm trying to understand the strategy because they treat Eloise like S5 is HER season when it's supposed to be Franchaela.

They haven't posted a single thing about Franchaela since the S5 announcement. Not even a throwback still or clip from one of Franchaelas scenes.

But this is like the 4th or 5th Eloise post in the past few weeks.

Give the Franchaela fans content they need for their season​ and stop trying to bait Philoise fans with posts about Eloise when we know they don't really care about her.

I just think since it's a Sapphic season we should be getting more content for the actual Sapphic couple on the show that the season is based on.

They've been filming S5 for almost 6 months now. They're about to approach the final month of filming. They can spare at least one still image or BTS video of Franchaela surely?

Even if it's not new content, at least give us throwbacks since Franchaela at least interacted.

If they can't do that then post about Benophie as the previous couple or something. Just all around weird.

I'm not moved by any of this Eloise stuff. I've been played by them too many times before with Eloise.

I've seen a growing misplaced desire for Eloise to end up alone just because she's said in the past that she wants to be a spinster, that she's "on the shelf" but as we've seen in last season, she hates being alone. She is lonely.

Eloise is the type of character who wishes to have a choice in life. She wants to be a able to choose whether she should marry or not, not for it to be an expectation. She wants to be able to choose the person who she wants to be with, someone who will accept her for who she is and all her eccentricies.

But she currently doesn't believe that there is a person out there who is for her and who would respect and support her in her dreams and opinions. She doesn't believe there is someone who would relate and understand to her yet.

But for the past 4 seasons, we have seen how absolutely miserable Eloise has been without someone to talk to. She yearns for human interaction, she yearns for companionship.

People deeply misunderstand Eloise's stance against the traditional expectations of high society. She isn't rebelling against society because she "hates love" or that "she doesn't believe in marriage". She doesn't believe in the EXPECTATIONS on women to have those aspirations. She believes women are more than just wives and mothers, not that she doesn't believe in love or marriage.

She has seen 5 of her siblings fall in love and marry the loves of their lives. She has witnessed the love her mother and father shared. She knows love exists out there.

And she never said she doesn't want it.

She just currently isn't swept up with the romance and whimsy of finding love. Love will surprise her. She won't seek it out.

Tired of all the constant takes that Eloise "should end up alone" "Eloise cannot marry, she should stay a spinster" "Eloise's season should not have any romance".

This is a romance show! The entire theme is literally romance, smut and a happily ever after being marriage! Having an entire season without any romance for a character is going against the kind of show this is.

This is not Downton Abbey. This is a spicy historical romance show based on spicy historical romance books. Sex is literally woven to the entire story.

The audience come to expect romance, sex, angst, yearning and love.

Claudia Jessie has said MANY times that Eloise is not "anti-love" and yet people REFUSE to listen to her. I'm starting to think people just view Eloise as a canvas to project onto but they don't actually care about the character.

They want every other character to find their person and find love but Eloise MUST be alone? Like why?

1. Daphne finds love = YAY! 🤗🤗🤗
2. Anthony finds love = Woohoo! 🤩
3. Colin finds love = Hell yeah!🥰🥰🤩
4. Benedict finds love = FINALLY! 🤘❤️💖
5. Francesca finds love TWICE = GO GIRL?! 👏
6. Hyacinth will find love = Cannot wait! 🥳
7. Gregory will find love = BRING IT ON! 😎
8. But Eloise? = SHE SHOULD DIE OLD AND ALONE AND UNTOUCHED AND UNLOVED😠😠😠

I'M so tired😭​

If you want a loveless, romanceless story about a spinster there's many historical romance shows and books for your enjoyment.

But you're not getting it from Bridgerton.

I cannot wait for Eloise to unexpectedly fall in love, to be surprised by love, to experience new emotions she cannot explain, to get butterflies over someone, to choose to marry the man who respects, supports and loves all of her. I cannot wait for her to find her forever partner. ​

It's what she deserves. ​