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[antifranchael]

Why I hate Fem!Michael & why that's got NOTHING to do with Homophobia.

I feel like it's important for me to make this post, so y'all understand WHY I've made this blog.

So, first off - the central theme of Francesca’s book is moving on from the love of her life.

I don't need to see the script for their season, when we already know she's not in love with him & she literally let her pussy drop for Michaela the second she met her, in front of her husband - DAYS (at most)! after her wedding.

That's disgusting. & 2nd CHOOSING a partner she knows she can't have a kid with is entirely different from not being able to have a kid because you're struggling with infertility!

Most of you are the making the case "oh, they can still do all that", & it's giving the vibe of someone who's never looked beyond their own mental issues.

I'm a proud lesbian. But using Francesca’s story for our issues is NOT it.

If it was gonna be anyone, it 100% should have been Eloise. Her story doesn't represent a big issue that would have largely impacted her character, of a topic in our society or any marginalised group.

She could have easily chosen not to have the kids she ends up having & be content raising Marina's children with Philip, an OC or even Marina instead of Philip! She's a nonconformist already! It wouldn't have been a stretch for her to fall in love with Philip's sister, who's raising the kids after both Philip and Marina died. It wouldn't have been a stretch for her to move in with the lady who doesn't care about society, and only worries about her studies and children.

It IS a stretch for Francesca to marry what is essentially a beard, attempt to have a child with him, lose that pregnancy after the tragedy of losing said beard-husband (or maybe she just can't keep her baby while she's unhappily married to someone she's not in love with), while her pussy tries to climb up his female cousin's leg, who she knows she can literally never really be with in the way she wants to when she decides to remarry in the books. Or she can never have a family with - the way she yearns to in the books. Instead she chooses someone who won't ever be accepted as her partner in the society she grew up in ON THE SHOW! That's a subject that should be discussed - BUT IT'S NOT FRANCESCA!

Doing this to Fran is making a Frankenstein's monster out of her story, no matter how her season is written! No matter how much any of y'all approve with this form of genderswap representation! No matter who the actors are or what they look like!

I am definitely triggered by the topic because my Mom struggled with infertility for YEARS before and after having me. She killed herself when I was younger. After a miscarriage. It's WHY I'm so passionate about this change & why I hate it so much! My dad took years to move on from the loss and fall in love again.

Francesca's story always spoke to me on a personal level. & while I COULD have accepted Michael's gender change, the loss of love between Francesca and John, along with it, PISSED ME OFF DOUBLE.

Like, this WAS NOT the way to do it!

Also - I feel like it's important to say this : Don't go harassing the actors over this. That whole Franchaela debacle isn't their fault! If you have to - go after Jess, Shonda, Netflix & Julia. ✌🏿

[antifranchael]

[antifranchael]

lesbophobe :( loser :(

[antifranchael]

Tagging hate with the ship tag is kind of lame btw.

Also if you are making a full hate blog about a f/f pairing I think you should probably self-reflect on your homophobia.

Does running this negative blog actually make you happy and add something positive into your life? Probably not.

I'm so tired of the "homophobia" accusations, at this point I'm just not gonna dignify that shit with a response anymore...

Using the ship tags is the most effective way to ensure that actual media criticism stays visible to the fandom. If you wanna live in an echo chamber, move to TikTok or something.

The block button is a free and accessible tool for anyone currently struggling to handle an opposing viewpoint on their dashboard. ​🫡

Analyzing the structural failure of a beloved book's adaptation provides a significant amount of intellectual satisfaction, actually. Plus, I argue for work, so it's nice to goof off, every now and then.

My happiness remains completely independent of whether a stranger on the internet approves of my media critiques. 😉

Sending unsolicited and condescending life advice to strangers is the only truly embarrassing behavior happening here. 😙

[antifranchael]

If you don’t like what they’ve done with the show why don’t you just go read the fucking books?

[antifranchael]

I cannot wait for this season to drop

Couple things.

If you really cared about book accuracy you would have thrown a bigger fit when Queen Charlotte popped up or the ‘diamond of the season’ storyline did. Neither were in the book!

Wanna know another big difference? Kate and Simon were both white in the books. Which I know you know.

Wanna know another one? Pen was a spinster for TEN years. Which I know you ALSO know.

The show has NEVER been book accurate and I can’t thank Shonda enough for it.

You can be a lesbian and still be homophobic.

Also, LESBIANS CAN HAVE FERTILITY ISSUES *AND* HAVE CHILDREN. God forbid Francesca accepts her infertility and still finds love.

Comparing a change in race to the total erasure of a character’s internal struggle is embarrassing.

In the Bridgerton show universe, race does not create a barrier to marriage or inheritance, so it doesn't change the mechanical plot of the books. It's literally race race-blind society by season 1. People used to complain about that 💀💀💀

However, changing Francesca’s story from a desperate, biological desire for a child into a "choice" to be with a woman fundamentally breaks the narrative!

Reducing the deep, psychological trauma of infertility to "she can still have kids" the 1800s way, proves you have zero understanding of the source material, the time, or the medical reality I discussed in my previous posts.

This story was never about "accepting infertility" and finding a consolation prize (which, great, the black, female love interest is the white woman's consolation prize 💀).

It was about the devastating grief of losing a husband and a pregnancy while trying to find the strength to try again!

Also, trying to call a lesbian homophobic because she wants her own community's standards for media to be higher is a tired, lazy move.

I have been vocal about how much of a mess Season 3 was a hundred times, but that ain'twhat my blog is about, so pretending I only care now is a blatant lie.

This isn't about "accuracy" for the sake of a checklist; it is about respecting the emotional weight of a story that deals with real-world pain.

[antifranchael]

Someone posted on the Heated Rivalry subreddit about Heated Rivalry fans needing to band together to watch season 5. It’s interesting to see once the Franchaela exited the Bridgerton echo chamber just how much people actually disagree with the changes. Not just the general changes but everything that’s been happening since season 3. So many people dropping the show, upset about book accuracy, pointing out that Heated Rivalry for big because it stuck to the book and the show was written with care. A lot also pointing out that they’re there for entertainment and romance first, not pandering to certain crowds. Well…not that they care about any of those points cause they’re getting season, and maybe it’s better that it’s over faster so we don’t have to keep talking about it. I just really want this show to end at this point.

Hollywood has a massive problem with hiring artists who actively despise the original source material.

We saw the exact same disaster happen with The Witcher, Lord Of The Rings, Start Wars, even shit like the Winx Club reboot or Snow White. They hand beloved stories over to people who solely want to write their own original material or make points about what they think should matter to the world. Those people use popular titles to smuggle in their own personal vanity projects.

Gutting Francesca's story to push a specific agenda completely destroys the emotional core of the book.

The audience shows up specifically for the romance and the established character arcs.

Watching these writers butcher a beautiful story just makes everyone who liked the book, thoroughly exhausted. Wanting the show to just end quickly feels completely valid reaction right now.

[antifranchael]

People need to get a grip. It’s been two seasons going into three with Franchaela being major focuses, and there’s enough material where it’s not just about the gender swap that people have an issue. JB proposed and got the gender swap into the show, and is is showing *clear favoritism* about it. Many are noticing.

Season 3, Franchesca had a huge story line and the gender swap came as a plot twist that overshadowed any conversation of development having to do with Polin. Season 4 was more balanced, but some of the most emotional beats were having to do with Francesca, again overshadowing Benophie in the end. Not to mention how much more promo Franchesca was getting in comparison to the *main couple*. And now, season 5 is Franchesca and Michaela where many people wanted Eloise, and it’s barely been two months after season 4 released.

And don’t give me some nonsense about “Eloise wasn’t set up cause she’s not writing to Phillip blah blah blah.” Both season 3 and season 4 had room where Philloise could have been set up if the pacing and writing were tighter and had their priorities straight. Hell, even if there is a time skip, it could have been two years later and we find out what happened in the time skip, how Eloise began writing to Phillip and we have the first few episodes or first half of the season being a recap of what was missed. Literally anything is possible with good writing.

But no, Franchesca is the priority because that’s what the showrunner wanted. I’ve seen so many people start saying they’re just exhausted by this character and story line, people who were fine with gender swap too, and I absolutely agree. I love this book, was starting to like the idea of the gender swap, but they’ve managed to butcher it in ways where the gender swap is actually the least of the problems.

You hit the nail right on the head with this observation.

Seeing someone else point out the blatant truth feels incredibly validating, thank you ❤️

The showrunner clearly prioritized her own preferences over telling a cohesive story for the actual main couples.

Season three gave way too much screen time to a twist things for future seasons.

Then season four did the exact same thing to Benedict and Sophie.

They forced Francesca into the spotlight constantly just to rush this specific plotline for season five.

The writing issues clearly go far beyond the initial character changes - Your point about Eloise makes perfect sense.

Good television writers easily establish a time skip and a pen pal romance.

The writers simply chose to bypass those creative solutions to fast track their favorite project.

They sacrificed the profound narrative of complex love and trauma and grief just to push this specific vision forward.

The entire structural foundation of the original book got tossed aside for forced screen time. It leaves readers feeling completely exhausted by the whole situation.

[antifranchael]

Some of those homophobic franchael benophies are now making up excuses as to why Franchaela surpassed their S4 announcement engagement saying that they were already established like Benedict was not on the show since s1

People acting like Instagram likes are some kind of moral victory is genuinely so embarrassing.

The show has just been accumulating new viewers every single year since the beginning.

By the time season four dropped, the audience was massively inflated compared to when the earlier seasons were airing. Season 3 literally set a new record, I think? & we all know S3 was garbage, so there's that.

Benedict has just been chilling in the background having random side plots for years while Francesca and Michaela got a massive setup for two whole seasons straight - Obviously the engagement numbers are going to be much higher for the characters with recent heavy screen time on a show that is currently at its peak popularity.

It is literally just basic math at work.

Weaponizing those audience numbers to call people homophobic is crazy work. They just desperately want to feel superior about their ship.

[antifranchael]

I’m gonna need some book receipts to ever believe that WHWW was such a profound book about infertility struggles.

[antifranchael]

So like.

You could just not watch the show lmao. I get being mad but it looks like your issues run deeper than the actual show.

I get upset when my favorite things are changed, too. I'm terrified of a lot of upcoming adaptations, because I'm worried they won't be true to the source, or may even disrespect the source.

I would simply... Not watch. Ultimately, being silent about it would hurt the show way more than being mean about it. Negative engagement and discussion about the show, is still engagement and discussion about the show, which will make it even more popular.

Like I said, I get the frustration, but this isn't benefiting anyone but the show itself. You know. The show you're mad at.

I'm going to block you now, because I quite like the ship, and seeing this pop up in the tags was kind of a shock. I hope whatever you're going through gets better!

People sending an entire paragraph just to announce a block always cracks me up. You essentially walked into my house just to tell me you plan to leave immediately. Like, bitch, this ain't an airport. Bye 🫡

Weaponizing the real tragedy of my mother passing away under the guise of fake concern crosses a massive line. Using actual maternal trauma as a smug gotcha moment over a Netflix ship exposes a severe lack of basic human empathy.

Telling disappointed book fans to stay completely silent only benefits corporate executives erasing complex medical trauma.

This blog serves as a dedicated space to find community with other readers mourning a beautifully written story.

Shondaland executives possess billions of dollars and care absolutely zero about my personal blog tags.

Venting my completely valid frustration alongside other disappointed fans helps process the absolute destruction of a beloved narrative. I fully intend to keep discussing the erasure of severe infertility right here on my own page. 🫡

[antifranchael]

I don’t understand how they can’t still do the idea of book Michael justice with Michaela? Other than not delivering eventual children in the end which I might remind everyone- was an epilogue afterthought.

I’m excited about the change. Michaela can still inherit John’s estate with the whole Scottish loophole. She left because of her intense feelings for Francesca and profound guilt after John’s death- all as Michael did. Michael loved Fran from the moment he met her and hid it.

We haven’t even seen Michaela’s side to it all yet.

She’s going to return… 2 years later… and it’s going to stir things up between them. Yearning, anger, guilt, passion. It’s all going to still happen.

John was perfect as the man Francesca needed and she loved him.

Now she gets the chance to love again in Michaela and I do think the show will do it respectfully regarding John’s memory. They both loved him.

If they decide to pursue the fertility thing- well maybe they will. They definitely still can. Those worries can continue to plague Francesca even after she commits herself to Michaela.

But gifting her a child in the end doesn’t mean she magically defeats infertility. Lots of people don’t get that happy ending ever and that’s a much more powerful story to tell in the long run.

All achieveable with Michaela.

So other than needing to get a dick involved, why does Michaela need to be Michael?

Okay first of all, calling Francesca wanting a baby an "epilogue afterthought" means you literally skipped reading the actual book. 🙄

Her entire motivation for re-entering society is desperately wanting to become a mother!

The miscarriage she suffers right after losing John absolutely destroys her entire world. ​

Calling the permanent denial of a family a "more powerful story" is genuinely sickening.

Severe infertility and miscarriages cause real, life-altering trauma. Pushing people to their absolute breaking point leads to devastating real world tragedies.

Telling someone to "just embrace a childless fate" completely disrespects the severe psychological pain of that specific medical grief. My own pinned post explains exactly how serious this trauma gets in the real world. Feel free to read that.

Also, claiming the show will "respect John's memory" ignores the actual scenes we already watched with our own eyes.

The writers made Francesca visibly swoon over Michaela literally days after her own wedding!

Reducing her complex desire to conceive a biological child down to crude comments about male anatomy completely misses the entire point of the plot.

The original story requires the specific biological reality of the 1800s to carry the actual emotional weight of her tragedy.

[antifranchael]

Hey I'm the same anon who sent you that really long ask. I just read your pinned post, and I gotta say, you're channeling the wrong energy here. You're not upset because of the change, you're upset because the change doesn't validate and/or comfort you from your trauma with your mom. It's understandable, to want a story that comforts you in a way that helps that situation feel better. But launching an entire hate blog just for hating this change is not the way to cope. You should get in contact with a therapist, or a good, trustworthy, emotionally intelligent friend, and work through your trauma. Hateblogging about a change to a story that will do more good than any harm it could ever do will not help your mental health, nor will it help your trauma. Get help.

Weaponizing a stranger's incredibly painful family tragedy to defend a Netflix television show is absolutely unhinged behavior.

You read a completely vulnerable post about maternal suicide and severe infertility and decided to play amateur therapist in my anonymous inbox.

My ability to process grief remains entirely separate from my literary and television critiques.

Having a deep personal connection to a specific storyline makes my anger over its corporate erasure entirely justified.

Telling a grieving daughter to "seek psychological help" over her dislike of a television script shows a terrifying lack of basic human empathy.

My blog exists to mourn a piece of media that deeply resonated with my actual lived experiences. Please exit my page immediately and seriously reevaluate how you speak to real human beings on the internet.

[antifranchael]

Saying Eloise should have been the lesbian is a hit reductive... And is a really harmful stereotype.

Just bc Francesca doesn't fit your box of what a lesbian should be doesn't make the change horrible.

You say you yourself are a lesbian. You should be ashamed, dude. This shit sets us back so far

Telling another lesbian to be ashamed of herself over a Netflix opinion is actual insanity. 🥴 Please log off and go outside today, sis. ​🫡

Saying Eloise makes more sense for a queer storyline relies entirely on actual plot mechanics.

Eloise already has a rebellious personality on the show perfectly set up to break those boundaries.

Her book plot translates seamlessly into a sapphic romance.

She basically just wants an intellectual equal to escape the marriage market.

Francesca actually needs the original marriage setup for her specific plot to happen. Her entire story requires her to be completely, profoundly IN LOVE with John. Reducing him to a stand-in ruins the entire foundation of her grief!

Add to that, that her journey revolves around severe, ongoing infertility. It involves a constant, devastating struggle to conceive a biological heir along with experiencing a deeply traumatic miscarriage. ​

The story absolutely requires that profound first love and those complex medical stakes to carry any emotional weight.

Erasing that long-term fertility trauma completely guts the entire book.

Wanting a television adaptation to respect the actual plot just makes me a dedicated reader mourning a beautiful story.

[antifranchael]

Yeah so the problem is that this IS homophobic. I have never seen a blog entirely dedicated to a specific change in Bridgerton before this, but the second Michael was Michaela, they started popping up like daisies in spring. Calling the next season Jess's "self-insert fanfiction" is hilarious, because the author of the books herself SIGNED OFF ON THE CHANGE AND FULLY SUPPORTS IT.

Furthermore, Francesca in the show DOES love John. She loves him so much that after his death all she could think is that she failed him. The way she screamed when she found him was pure agony. Love isn't sex. Just because Francesca didn't feel sexually attracted to him, does NOT mean she didn't love him with all her heart.

Knowing your kind (homophobe) you will read this and do whatever mental gymnastics you have to do to make yourself the victim here. There are millions of straight love stories in this world. Hundreds of thousands where the lead woman falls in love with another man after the death of her husband. Hundreds of thousands of miracle baby stories. This ONE SINGULAR STORY CHANGING does not impact your life so much that you have to publicly disparage and shit talk something that is going to benefit SO. MANY. PEOPLE.

Francesca being biromantic and homosexual is a fantastic, new, interesting story line that does NOT disrespect the books or the characters in any way. Especially when the author herself fully supports this change.

Self-analyze and figure out the source of your homophobia and anger. Because thinking Francesca didn't love John purely because she couldn't orgasm with him is reductive, it's overplayed, and it's not representative of millions of real relationships.

The worst part is, you will read all of this, and think you've still done nothing wrong.

Get therapy.

Please be so absolutely fucking serious right now! 💀

Being called a homophobe and being told to get therapy by a complete stranger while actively being a literal lesbian is actually the funniest thing to happen on this website today. 😂

The call is coming from entirely inside the house at this point. 🔥

​Let's talk about the Julia Quinn argument first - Authors SELL the television rights to their life's work for millions of dollars. The publishing industry operates as a massive corporate machine designed exclusively to make money. We all know exactly how Hollywood contracts work. Pretending her PR statement changes the reality of the gutted source material is just pure delusion.

Let's also discuss John and the romance aspect of the story : The entire foundation of the original tragedy requires them sharing a profoundly deep and completely passionate first love!

Relegating him to a comfortable beard and giving her an immediate physical reaction to Michaela completely destroys the emotional weight of his death!

You need that world-shattering and all-encompassing first love to make the ensuing grief and the eventual second-chance romance actually mean something!🚩🚩🚩

We completely lost a beautiful narrative exploring the severe medical trauma of miscarriage and infertility.

Reducing my very real frustration over losing vital women's health representation down to mental gymnastics just shows your complete lack of reading comprehension. 😒

If you want to have a villain to yell at today, go find someone else to project your weird savior complex onto, because lecturing an actual lesbian about queer representation while cheering for the erasure of complex trauma for women, is a massive joke.

[antifranchael]

I honestly think that the show is showing a comphet take regarding Fran.

And I think John was a safe and comfortable choice that surprised her. And she did grow to love him.

But it’s that immediate attraction to Michaela that sparks something different in her.

I see everyone crying over the fertility struggles being Francesca’s whole deal. But if Bridgerton (the show) follows the comphet angle then Fran only wanted babies because that’s what was expected of her.

And if she does still want babies - you know what makes that really hard? When you’re gay.

Bridgerton are spinning an organic adaptation and their take is refreshing.

Let the gays gay and everyone may be pleasantly surprised.

Please be so for real right now. Telling me to "let the gays gay" completely ignores the entire foundation of my argument.

As an actual lesbian, I find the comphet excuse incredibly insulting to the source material.

You are taking a beautiful story about a woman surviving severe infertility and miscarriage and reducing her profound desire for a child down to mere societal pressure. 🤮

That completely erases the actual medical trauma represented in the original book!

Yes, being queer creates massive logistical hurdles for starting a family. But facing logistical hurdles operates completely differently from experiencing the visceral physical trauma of losing a wanted pregnancy!

Furthermore, pushing this stupid narrative completely guts the emotional weight of her second chance romance!

The tragedy requires John being the absolute love of her life. Reducing him to a "safe and comfortable companion" makes her subsequent grief feel completely hollow.

We absolutely deserve complex queer representation on our screens. We simply require original stories that leave deeply important narratives about women's health completely alone to achieve that visibility.

[antifranchael]

Did you say that you’re a lesbian?

Honey you’re doing it wrong.