Sothebys got Luke Thompson to read a few lines from a rediscovered collection of love letters John Keats wrote to his beloved Fanny Brawne.
Such a creative marketing tactic! Funny too because since Luke doesn't have ISTG, they tagged the RADA IG account instead.
Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZYTdjnk5rG/?igsh=NXFiZDVncGVoc3pz
A clip of an upcoming video with Will, Johnny, and the Lukes!
Ross Poldark and Demelza Carne from Poldark.
James Bellamy and Sarah Moffat from Upstairs, Downstairs (1971).(Even though it was more of a lust thing and he ended up abandoning her after she became pregnant).
James Bellamy and Hazel Forrest from Upstairs, Downstairs (1971). (Even though she wasn't a maid, she worked as his father's secretary. They later marry and their marriage turned out to be quite the unhappy one. They gave me book! Benophie vibes, as well as Ross and Demelza).
Tom Branson and Lady Sybil Crawley from Downton Abbey.
Charles Brandon and Brigitte from s4 of The Tudors. (They are a minor plot point and are focused on during the last several episodes of that season).
I know Violet is a beloved character but her cluelessness this season is frustrating.
It's clear she doesn't think that highly of her son if she thinks he's only after Sophie to have casual sex with her. Benedict is a rake but he won't ruin someone's life for pleasure. She knows her son well but she sees him baring his teeth when they try to stand between him and Sophie, has he done this about casual sex before? I don't think so, but okay Jan
Wanted to point something out that I saw in the main sub because I know some were disappointed that S4 didn't make Netflix's top 10.
Netflix's calculation for total hours viewed is directly impacted by run time. Season 4 has a runtime of 8 hours 45 mins compared to Season 3's runtime of 7 hours and 55 mins. That's a whole hour more.
This is how Netflix calculates the views: Total hours watched ÷ runtime
If we reverse the calculation for both seasons to derive at total hours watched, it would like this (assuming S4 got 95m views, the higher end of the estimated range):
S4: 95m x 8.8h = 836 million total views
S3: 106m x 7.9h = 837 million total views
Virtually identical. Meaning if S3 had the same runtime as S4, it would also end up at a calculated 95m views.
Just wanted to put this out there because I'm getting so tired of the fandom treating viewership numbers like Kpop stan wars. The show has always done well and has consistently gotten 90 to 100m views. I hope it continues to do so.
Hey everyone, one of my favorite reaction channels has finally gotten to season 4, sharing in case anyone else like me likes to watch reactions to keep reliving the glory that is season 4
Thank you Shondaland for introducing many non book readers like me to Benedict and Sophie's world. Which has indeed made us go back to books as well.
Happy june 05th, Benophie day🪁💕🥰
Like Luke told Yerin, they'll always be Benedict and Sophie. It really is the beginning. Even after 200+ years of their meet cute timeline at the masquerade ball🎭
Can't wait for future seasons, until then here's a pouty Benedict yearnington in the last 2 slides representing all of Benophie fans🫠
I'm so happy that I came across the Benophie world via Lukerin❤️ here are some pics I absolutely 🥰 (damnit there's a limit of only 20 pictures, when I have a whole gallery)
Happy Benophie Day, everyone
So much gorgeous symbolism! 🪁🇰🇷
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNyyELjYZK/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
The Book:
The Lake Scene.
The entire Jailhouse sequence.
The Bath Scene.
The first epilogue.
The Show:
The Masquerade Scene.
The entire My Cottage sequence.
The Bath Scene.
The Wedding.
Welcome all to the return of Fan Fiction Friday! Your place to talk Benophie fan fiction and get recommendations for your next read!
To kick us off, we’re celebrating the sub’s own authors with these five stellar recommendations. We have some old, some new, some incomplete, some complete, and that one where the author lost absolute control and is somehow on chapter 130 and still not done?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/80762686/chapters/212146096
From Now Until Forever
liss99 or u/Glitterrain99
Summary:
Benedict Bridgerton will never tire of kissing Sophie Baek…Sophie Gun. Soon to be Sophie Bridgerton. Especially now, with the threat of them being torn apart abated, finally.
She pulls away from his kiss, not from a lack of want, but simply to take a breath. He is astonished that he will get to be her husband.
Their moment together is fleeting, he knows. Despite their previous intimate connections, Benedict is aware that now that he and Sophie are officially engaged, his mother will insist on propriety.
Still, he will relish this moment with his fiancée for as long as it shall last.
or,
The moments in between Benophie's terrace dance and their Our Cottage Wedding <3
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/82745461/chapters/217842311
Studies in Light and Longing
Plastic_deer or u/Plastic_Deer8416
Summary:
Sophie Baek is starting the graduate program at University College London Slade School of Fine Arts. Benedict Bridgerton is a Drawing and Painting Professor at the School of Fine Art. They meet by chance at a crowded start-of-term party. Before names are exchanged, one fleeting night leaves them both with something impossible to forget.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/83889721/chapters/221466176#workskin
Fluency of the Unspoken
Snarkmcsnark or u/born2bmild
Summary:
“I don’t pay an interpreter to be a ghostwriter,” Sophie said.
“I translated the version of you who wasn’t panicking,” he replied calmly.
On a high-stakes European press tour, actress Sophie Baek needs a literal parrot. Instead, she gets Ben Ledger: fluent in six languages, infuriatingly perceptive, and secretly hiding a Bridgerton inheritance. When he starts translating her hidden intent rather than her PR-scripted lies, their claustrophobic proximity combusts. She is determined to strip away his bohemian disguise, while he is determined to unravel the fiercely guarded woman beneath the fame.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/78662756/chapters/206268931
The Bachelor
Benophiefan or u/Vegetable_Comfort366
Summary:
After two failed seasons, the international edition of The Bachelor takes a risk on an unlikely lead: Benedict Bridgerton, a man unsure of love and uncertain of himself.
Women from around the world arrive ready to compete for romance.
Sophie Baek arrives because she is told to.
Under constant surveillance, attraction begins to surface where it was never meant to exist—and the line between performance and truth starts to blur.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/58432300/chapters/148841107
The Heart Doesn't Forget
fictionfrek101 or u/Skyrogue77
Summary:
In 1803, sixteen-year-old Benedict Bridgerton is spending the summer in Paris when the Napoleonic Wars are declared and he becomes a prisoner of war. The Bridgertons constantly worry about their missing brother, working to find a way to bring him home when suddenly the letters stop.
In 1807, eighteen-year-old Sophie Baek is illegally sold as a maid to a family in Verdun, when she meets Benjamin Sojourner, a mysterious and handsome young Englishman who lost his memory in an accident three years earlier.
In 1814, twenty-three-year-old Colin Bridgerton is touring France when Sophie Lefèvre, a happily married seamstress invites him home for dinner. Upon arriving to the Lefèvre residence, Colin is shocked to run into his long thought dead brother, Benedict, now happily married with four children and has no idea what the hell Colin is talking about when he calls him “Benedict” much less “brother.”
How Colin is going to explain this one to the family is anyone’s guess.
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Enjoy! Don’t forget to share any fics you want to shout from the rooftops about. Who knows? Maybe they’ll show up in next week’s recommendations with their own custom story collage!
Upcoming Themes
June 12: Regency AU
June 19: Modern AU
June 26: Pride
We always wonder if Benophie will be pregnant or already with a child at the beginning of S5, but what if their subplot is actually them trying to get pregnant? Not with an infertility storyline, but them starting to try for a baby after 2 years of birth control.
All the couples so far got pregnant rather quickly, but what if Benedict and Sophie defied expectations (which would be on brand for them) and actually decided to have a couple of years just for themselves before having a baby?
Benedict is the second son, so there's no pressing need for an heir. Also, S4 made a point to show us that: 1) Benedict knows how to avoid pregnancy; 2) Sophie is aware of her cycle and knows how to track it; 3) Benedict and Sophie know how to have a good time without going all the way.
So I think them still being childfree at the beginning of S5 and only getting pregnant by the end of it is a real possibility. Also, there hasn't been a pregnancy reveal moment between a Bridgerton couple yet, and I'd love to get one with Benophie. Lukerin's acting would probably turn this scene into a masterpiece. ❤️