u/Miserable-Maleficent

I just finished rewatching She-ra and it make me reflect on how important this season will be. Just 6 years ago, the best we could hope for was a kiss in the series finale after 5 seasons and it took fighting for it to happen. Now, we will be getting a full season on a mainstream show. Bridgerton is doing something so amazing and I’m so grateful to be here to experience it. I hope they can change the way lesbian couples are treated in media.

While there’s a lot of blatant racism present in the bridgerton fandom overall, I think Michaela has exposed a lot of not so blatant racism. I wasn’t in the fandom for earlier seasons so this might not be a new thing, but it’s something I’ve noticed. People will call Michaela pushy, obnoxious and manly when that is not the case at all. I’ve even seen the criticism that it is racist for the show to portray a black woman that way. But in reality, it’s those people projecting their own bias and prejudice. I wonder if they realize they’re doing it or if they do it on purpose to justify ripping into her as a character.

Every time I stop to think about this show, I’m left in awe at how they nailed Francesca Bridgerton. Watching Francesca is like looking into a mirror. They perfectly captured what it’s like to unknowingly go through comphet.

They laid the ground for the reveal from the first moment the other debutants asked her what she was looking for in a husband - “kind, i suppose”. It was clear she had never thought about it. The attention from suitors doesn’t move her, marriage is still just a practical decision and it’s what she’s supposed to do. Her willingness to pick any man reminds me of picking a random boy to have a crush on because you thought that’s what everyone did.

When she met her best friend, John, she thought that’s what love is- finding someone who gets you, caring for them, enjoying their company.

The first crack was her confusion at the kiss, it didn’t feel like the passion everyone else describes. You expect it to ignite a flame but it doesn’t. She just ignores it and goes on.

[ I can’t imagine how confusing must have been to meet Michaela. She made her feel something that she didn’t even know what it was. It’s frustrating when you can’t label a feeling you’re having. And that makes her uncomfortable, so she think Michaela’s presence makes her uncomfortable. ]

And then more cracks in the relationship. Everyone else makes it look so easy. And everything was so easy when you were just friends. But once you get into a relationship with your best friend, there’s this invisible weight. You love him and you want to be the best partner for him but you always feel like you’re failing at it. And you don’t even know why. That makes you feel so crazy. You always feel like you’re lacking even when the other person never makes you feel that way. Francesca clearly expresses these feelings.

The pinnacle plot line actually hit me like a ton of bricks. People like to villainize Francesca for it but they don’t understand how upsetting it is when you try your hardest but still don’t get there. To add to that frustration, she believes that’s the reason they haven’t had a baby. She blames herself for not being the wife she’s supposed to be.

I know she loved John. Not in the way people wanted her to but she did. I know she did because I also loved my John. You can see how hard she tries. She tries to be the perfect wife, to perform how everyone expects her to. Even at the funeral, she suppresses her own feelings in order to be what society wants her to be.

She still has a long road ahead before she can accept her sexuality and I’m really excited to see it. There’s definitely a lesbian in that writers room that knows exactly what she’s doing (and is probably living in my walls).

It’s also crazy to think how groundbreaking this season will be. A lesbian couple that will get an happy ending in a show so mainstream like bridgerton. To think Netflix went from only giving us a kiss at the end of she-ra to having a full lesbian story now. They’re making history and i’m so grateful to be witnessing it.

Every time I stop to think about this show, I’m left in awe at how they nailed Francesca Bridgerton. Watching Francesca is like looking into a mirror. They perfectly captured what it’s like to unknowingly go through comphet.

They laid the ground for the reveal from the first moment the other debutants asked her what she was looking for in a husband - “kind, i suppose”. It was clear she had never thought about it. The attention from suitors doesn’t move her, marriage is still just a practical decision and it’s what she’s supposed to do. Her willingness to pick any man reminds me of picking a random boy to have a crush on because you thought that’s what everyone did.

When she met her best friend, John, she thought that’s what love is- finding someone who gets you, caring for them, enjoying their company.

The first crack was her confusion at the kiss, it didn’t feel like the passion everyone else describes. You expect it to ignite a flame but it doesn’t. She just ignores it and goes on.

[ I can’t imagine how confusing must have been to meet Michaela. She made her feel something that she didn’t even know what it was. It’s frustrating when you can’t label a feeling you’re having. And that makes her uncomfortable, so she think Michaela’s presence makes her uncomfortable. ]

And then more cracks in the relationship. Everyone else makes it look so easy. And everything was so easy when you were just friends. But once you get into a relationship with your best friend, there’s this invisible weight. You love him and you want to be the best partner for him but you always feel like you’re failing at it. And you don’t even know why. That makes you feel so crazy. You always feel like you’re lacking even when the other person never makes you feel that way. Francesca clearly expresses these feelings.

The pinnacle plot line actually hit me like a ton of bricks. People like to villainize Francesca for it but they don’t understand how upsetting it is when you try your hardest but still don’t get there. To add to that frustration, she believes that’s the reason they haven’t had a baby. She blames herself for not being the wife she’s supposed to be.

I know she loved John. Not in the way people wanted her to but she did. I know she did because I also loved my John. You can see how hard she tries. She tries to be the perfect wife, to perform how everyone expects her to. Even at the funeral, she suppresses her own feelings in order to be what society wants her to be.

She still has a long road ahead before she can accept her sexuality and I’m really excited to see it. There’s definitely a lesbian in that writers room that knows exactly what she’s doing (and is probably living in my walls).

It’s also crazy to think how groundbreaking this season will be. A lesbian couple that will get an happy ending in a show so mainstream like bridgerton. To think Netflix went from only giving us a kiss at the end of she-ra to having a full lesbian story now. They’re making history and i’m so grateful to be witnessing it.

Every time I stop to think about this show, I’m left in awe at how they nailed Francesca Bridgerton. Watching Francesca is like looking into a mirror. They perfectly captured what it’s like to unknowingly go through comphet.

They laid the ground for the reveal from the first moment the other debutants asked her what she was looking for in a husband - “kind, i suppose”. It was clear she had never thought about it. The attention from suitors doesn’t move her, marriage is still just a practical decision and it’s what she’s supposed to do. Her willingness to pick any man reminds me of picking a random boy to have a crush on because you thought that’s what everyone did.

When she met her best friend, John, she thought that’s what love is- finding someone who gets you, caring for them, enjoying their company.

The first crack was her confusion at the kiss, it didn’t feel like the passion everyone else describes. You expect it to ignite a flame but it doesn’t. She just ignores it and goes on.

[ I can’t imagine how confusing must have been to meet Michaela. She made her feel something that she didn’t even know what it was. It’s frustrating when you can’t label a feeling you’re having. And that makes her uncomfortable, so she think Michaela’s presence makes her uncomfortable. ]

And then more cracks in the relationship. Everyone else makes it look so easy. And everything was so easy when you were just friends. But once you get into a relationship with your best friend, there’s this invisible weight. You love him and you want to be the best partner for him but you always feel like you’re failing at it. And you don’t even know why. That makes you feel so crazy. You always feel like you’re lacking even when the other person never makes you feel that way. Francesca clearly expresses these feelings.

The pinnacle plot line actually hit me like a ton of bricks. People like to villainize Francesca for it but they don’t understand how upsetting it is when you try your hardest but still don’t get there. To add to that frustration, she believes that’s the reason they haven’t had a baby. She blames herself for not being the wife she’s supposed to be.

I know she loved John. Not in the way people wanted her to but she did. I know she did because I also loved my John. You can see how hard she tries. She tries to be the perfect wife, to perform how everyone expects her to. Even at the funeral, she suppresses her own feelings in order to be what society wants her to be.

She still has a long road ahead before she can accept her sexuality and I’m really excited to see it. There’s definitely a lesbian in that writers room that knows exactly what she’s doing (and is probably living in my walls).

It’s also crazy to think how groundbreaking this season will be. A lesbian couple that will get an happy ending in a show so mainstream like bridgerton. To think Netflix went from only giving us a kiss at the end of she-ra to having a full lesbian story now. They’re making history and i’m so grateful to be witnessing it.

They are a famous lesbian couple that was the first to successfully marry in 1901. Elisa Sánchez cut her hair, dressed in men’s clothes and took the name of her deceased cousin, Mario Sánchez. With this, her and Marcela Gracia managed to fool the priest and be legally married by the Catholic church in Spain. The story doesn’t end here, but I won’t spoil any more of it. There’s a movie made about them, which I have not seen (yet).

I don’t think the show will take this route, marriage through a male alias. It’s not the way I would go about telling Franchaela’s story, but it would probably be a cute nod to book fans if they did.

They pretend to care about homophobia and stereotypes when they’re the ones doing it. They claim it’s homophobic to say that this season will be the steamiest because it enforces the stereotype that queer people are promiscuous. At the same time, they claim we just want to see sex and no love. Now who’s perpetuating the stereotype? How is it outlandish of us to expect sex scenes in Bridgerton, the show known for the sex scenes. Apparently it’s also really appalling that we use such graphic language like… fingering.

When they’re excited to watch Colin finger Penelope, it’s fine. When we want to see fingering, it’s graphic and pornographic.
And they have the nerve to call us homophobic for the connection they make in their own minds. Projection much?

It’s crazy how they associate lesbian sex scenes to porn and straight scenes to love and don’t even realize they are being homophobic by thinking like that. There’s so much irony in it, it actually becomes funny.

Anyway, I hope it is the steamiest, hottest season of all. They should dedicate a full episode to a biblically accurate lesbian all-nighter

I’ve been having this issue with pinterest. No matter what I type in the search bar when looking for nail inspo, it’s always the same pins. Wether aI type simple nails, maximalist nails, white, pink, whatever, it’s always the same over and over again 😭 Is this just a me issue? And If I save a pin, it then always shows up in the search results.

This has been a thought in my mind for a while. A lot of people seem to think that Francesca and Michaela will live together and pretend to be just friends to the outside world. Why? That would be so uncharacteristic for Bridgerton.

I know they’ll have to get creative to make gay marriage legal but they wouldn’t make a main couple stay hidden and not get an happy ending. Imagine that happening: them finally getting together in the end and now they would have to stay hidden like a dirty secret. That’s not the ending they deserve. It’s also very anticlimactic to watch

This has been frequently used to justify not wanting to watch Francesca and Michaela’s season. Why? It makes no sense. If it’s not your cup of tea its fine, skip the season. But you don’t need to use senseless arguments to justify it.
And you know it makes no sense. You know how popular Heated Rivalry is among straight women.
As a lesbian, most of the shows I’ve watched are straight because most of the shows that exist are straight. And I’ve loved many of them. Being straight does not exclude you from being able to enjoy a queer show in the same way that being queer doesn’t exclude you from being able to enjoy a straight show. It truly makes no sense to me. Especially considering you don’t even need to justify why you’re not watching the season, you can just not watch.

Last time I talked about this book here, it was about the criticism to the show I did not agree with. To have a more positive conversation, I’ll tell you what I liked and think will translate beautifully into the show.

This will absolutely contain spoilers.

When Francesca tells Michael she wants to get married again, they are having a conversation in the park. For the first time, she notices he’s attractive. She always knew, but never saw him like that. She gets flustered and kinda runs away from the conversation. She doesn’t realize what she’s feeling. That fits a sapphic story so beautifully.

Eloise and Francesca are really close when she re-enters the marriage mart. I hope they keep that as I think Eloise would be so supportive of Francesca.

Francesca convinces Michael to enter the marriage mart/talk to ladies. She is dead set on helping but doesn’t know why she gets upset every time she sees him talk to other women. Can’t wait to see our Francesca deal with feeling jealous.

When they first kiss, she immediately runs to Scotland. We don’t see a lot of her reasoning but I hope we do in the series.

The sex scenes are honestly pretty good. In the second one, Francesca is a tease and totally a top. She strips with her back to him to tease him. She also ends up being the one to ride him (regency strap here we come).

When she realizes she has feelings for him, she feels extremely guilty about it and feels like she shouldn’t, the most same-sex attraction thing ever.

In the end, John’s mom is really happy they got together so I hope they make her as supportive in the show.

And a bonus of one thing I like in the book but would not like to see adapted. Michael has malaria in the book. While the scenes of them talking about it are nice in the book, O think if they add it to the show it might become overcrowded with conflict. They will have to deal with the guilt of John and fighting for a sapphic relationship, that feels like enough already

There are probably more but these were the ones I noted down while reading. Can’t wait for next season 🫶🏻

Last time I talked about this book here, it was about the criticism to the show I did not agree with. To have a more positive conversation, I’ll tell you what I liked and think will translate beautifully into the show.

This will absolutely contain spoilers.

When Francesca tells Michael she wants to get married again, they are having a conversation in the park. For the first time, she notices he’s attractive. She always knew, but never saw him like that. She gets flustered and kinda runs away from the conversation. She doesn’t realize what she’s feeling. That fits a sapphic story so beautifully.

Eloise and Francesca are really close when she re-enters the marriage mart. I hope they keep that as I think Eloise would be so supportive of Francesca.

Francesca convinces Michael to enter the marriage mart/talk to ladies. She is dead set on helping but doesn’t know why she gets upset every time she sees him talk to other women. Can’t wait to see our Francesca deal with feeling jealous.

When they first kiss, she immediately runs to Scotland. We don’t see a lot of her reasoning but I hope we do in the series.

The sex scenes are honestly pretty good. In the second one, Francesca is a tease and totally a top. She strips with her back to him to tease him. She also ends up being the one to ride him (regency strap here we come).

When she realizes she has feelings for him, she feels extremely guilty about it and feels like she shouldn’t, the most same-sex attraction thing ever.

In the end, John’s mom is really happy they got together so I hope they make her as supportive in the show.

And a bonus of one thing I like in the book but would not like to see adapted. Michael has malaria in the book. While the scenes of them talking about it are nice in the book, I think if they add it to the show it might become overcrowded with conflict. They will have to deal with the guilt of John and fighting for a sapphic relationship, that feels like enough already

There are probably more but these were the ones I noted down while reading. Can’t wait for next season 🫶🏻

I don’t expect the show to explicitly reveal her sexuality on screen. Modern labels were clearly not a thing and it would be out of place.

But you know what I think would be a good way to subtly put the debate to rest? Using the colors of her pride flag in the show somehow as an easter egg.

Imagine she’s a lesbian (which i think she is) and they give her an orange, white and pink bouquet for her wedding, that would be so cute. A girl can dream anyway.

I saw this video (on tiktok) of a girl saying that the line “It looks like as if you’ve seen a ghost” is a reference to Xena and then I realized..

When they have the “i’m causing you distress”, they are wearing red and blue which could be an Arcane reference.

Michaela also drives the carriage herself, maybe a node to Gentleman Jack.

I love it when shows make little references to other related media. Have you seen any other references?

I personally would die if they did a “I love you, I always have. So please, just this once, stay” for Catradora from Shera. What other iconic queer moments/characters would you like so see a reference to?