r/Franchaela

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 🫶🏻

Y’all I physically cannot wait for their season anymore and i’m going slightly insane lol.

Any other good wlw recs with similar romantic vibes? I feel like i’ve watched 99% of lesbian rep that exists but im hoping there’s something im missing.

Let me know!

I found a post today while scrolling through the Franchaela sub, and in the comments, I came across a really interesting theory that I wanted to share here. This is the link to the original comment, and all credit goes to them because it’s such an interesting find. I recommend reading it before coming back to this post.

With that being said, regarding the Geoffrey’s pinery board for Franchaela’s season, do we think this is the Geoffrey who unfortunately made unwanted advances toward Francesca? I had heard about that scene before from other Franchaela fans that had read the book, but I never knew the suitor’s name was Geoffrey. What do we think - and why a pinery?

Is there like franchaela discord servers out there?

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 just wanted to ask this because I know some people tuning into Franchaela's season haven't watched Bridgerton beforehand and are only tuning into the show now because of this specific season. I don’t know if that specific demographic would be on this subreddit currently as most of them will probably just tune in once the season releases instead of actively engaging in the fandom before then, but I still thought it would be an interesting question to ask lol.

So, were you already part of the Bridgerton fandom before the Franchaela season 5 announcement, or did you join after the announcement was made?

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Ngl, I'm really stumped by this. From a marketing standpoint, wouldn't it make sense to promote them during Pride Month? The demand is there for them, they have gone viral multiple times. I know some of the Netflix accounts on Twitter posted them, but it was all old scenes. No promotions, no leaks, not even an unreleased BTS photo with Hannah and Masali.

Hey y'all! I follow the show and I'm aware of the official news that dropped a while ago, but I’ve been a bit detached from social media lately, so I totally missed out on the deeper fandom updates.

​I wanted to ask: what’s the current consensus on the season as a whole? Has there been any legit plot leaks or major predictions about the overall storyline and the other characters? Also, regarding the cast, any clues about new actors joining the show (like the crew following new people, which might hint at new characters)?

​If you guys could catch me up in the comments or point me toward some masterposts where all these plot theories, leaks, and casting clues are compiled, I’d highkey appreciate it!

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?