r/Franchaela

I know this has probably been discussed to death, but I genuinely find it bizarre how a large portion of the fandom shrugs it off.

At the end of the day, we’re watching a romance show — a historical romance, even if it has taken plenty of creative liberties. Every couple we’ve seen has had mind-blowing sex. It’s basically part of the show’s entire thing: true love = passion, chemistry and crazy sex. We’re supposed to lose ourselves in a fantasy where men pleasure women.

Then we get Francesca.

A woman who seems uninterested in men, looked disappointed after her wedding kiss, felt butterflies when she met Michaela, and now has bad sex with her husband.

Yet somehow the conclusion a lot of the fandom has reached is: “It’s a realistic representation of the orgasm gap 😍”, “Most women don’t come, this is so realistic!”, or “I feel so seen because I have bad sex with men too.”

But... this is a romance show.

If the writers deliberately chose to portray Francesca and John as sexually incompatible, then that is a narrative choice. Everything they do, especially when it comes to the relationships, is deliberate.

There’s a reason Penelope looked shocked at the mere thought of having an unfulfilling sex life. Within Bridgerton, sexual compatibility is clearly part of how romantic compatibility is portrayed.

Can you imagine if any of the other married Bridgerton couples had a bad sex life too? Would we really just shrug and call it “realistic representation”?

I would have thought that Twitter would be the worst for Franchaela considering the fame that this app has for being very toxic, it’s instead the place where it’s most difficult to find Franchaela haters, and if they are there they get low interaction or rationed by the ship fans.

One of the rare instances where I love Twitter, the abour of support they get there is beautiful to see😭💖

Hello, have lurked on the sub and look forward so much to Franchaela! I know this topic have been discussed to death, but when I have seen this topic being discussed…am I the only one feeling like nobody mentions that them being lesbians works for the infertility story, just not in the same way?

Francesca choosing to be with a woman does close the door to her having a biological child( if we do not consider other ways), and would depending how they do it make it a subject she need to tackle for her to give up even if the chances are slim as far as Francesca knows?

For example, in the beginning before she realizes she likes women, knowing she had a hard time to conceive can be discussed if she is back on the marriage market

And then when she realizes she likes Michaela, the aspect of choosing to be with her and knowing she won’t have any opportunity might be something she needs to overcome

And then in the end, them either getting a ward or choosing to be the best aunts to all the other bridgerton children

Like I get it’s not the conventional way, but I think they can definitely tackle it if they want to, and even though it might not end the same way (unless they get a ward) is it not still a worthy story? Is a story about infertility only worth something if it’s solved? (I know the people that are not happy with this change will not be satisfied with anything but the original so I don’t really care about them being satisfied)

Sorry for being clumsy regarding my wording and maybe this have already been mentioned or people might not agree with my reasoning which is fair, but I just needed to rant

Now that filming is rumored to have wrapped or is expected to wrap by October 19th, I think we've all been estimating that the release date would be about 7 to 8 months later, which is the normal post production time needed for each season with season 2 being the one outlier. That would put us around the May/June timeframe and would be perfect for pride month marketing.

However, Wednesday S3 just wrapped filming as well just last week. Although they have more CGI and post production work that they'll have to get through, they have a similar 7 to 8 month post production timeline as well. This completely clashes with S5 and since these are two huge flagship shows for Netflix, they are likely not going to air both in the same month/quarter.

I do think Netflix may give the priority to Wednesday since S2 aired in August/September 2025 so there's already been a longer wait and the viewership numbers for S2 really took a hit because they've been taking way too long to release each season.

My official prediction would be that Wednesday gets the May/June slot and S5 gets July/August, potentially August/September depending on whether Netflix really cares about spreading them apart further.

who do you guys think will confess their love first? and when in the season do you think this will happen? I’m leaning toward the end but It could also be earlier on.

I really want a sappy confession scene with like tears and all the drama.

how do u guys feel