Behind The Camera

I write stuff. I direct stuff. I annoy people.

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If you want sweeping romance and grand angst, watch Bollywood films.

I said what I said.

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Romance readers, grab your spicy books now. As many as you can from wherever you can. Get the physical copies. Don’t rely on digital.

That certain project will label them as 🌽and they’ll be gone.

Romance writers, backup your work. Print hardcopies if you can.

Readers of queer and LGBTQIA fiction as well, do the same. Grab physical copies now while you can.

There will come a point, very soon, that someone will tell you what you can and cannot read. We have to save the books as a small sliver of rebellion. So we don’t lose them.

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Whistledown reveal prediction.

I think Colin and Pen will go to the Queen and tell her themselves. Queen Charlotte will be impressed with Pen and also pleased she has the true identity before anyone else. Charlotte does so love to win.

Charlotte will then announce to the Ton who LW really is.

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Reading back on these posts and…I was almost 💯 correct on this.

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Seven Stages of Love - Jonsa style

This is all in fun. 

The seven stages of love are commonly used in Masala movies, those big and beautiful Bollywood romantic films. 

1. Dilkashi (Attraction) (@athimbleful gif owner)

2. Uns (Attachment)  (@athimbleful gif owner)

3. Mohabbat (Love) (@athimbleful gif owner)

4.  Akidat (Trust/Reverence) ( @theirwinterfell gif owner)

5. Ibadat (Worship) (@sistark gif owner)

6. Junoon (Madness)  

7. Maut (Death)

We haven’t gotten there yet

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To all my writer friends who are on the struggle bus/suffering from writer's block/just dealing with life stuff right now!

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Me as I’m trying to work my Polin smut

[jellolegos]

I think they should all kiss

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This is good. But the original is better 😜

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I think Sophie should be Hawaiian. Or at least Pasifika.

The Kingdom of Hawaii had delegations sent to England at this time. The storylines are RIGHT THERE.

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Not to fight…but Colin didn’t love Mariana. He loved the idea of Mariana. He believed himself in love, but once he was away from the situation he understand what he felt wasn’t love.

Mariana was a novelty in the Ton. That’s why she had many callers. She chose Colin because he was young & handsome & easily led.

This is what caused a shift in Colin & made him “harden himself” as he says to Cressida.

It wasn’t until he understood his feelings for Pen did the blinders fully come off.

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Soooo I found a theory on Threads that I love about why Colin looked away from Pen several times while they were making love:

Colin is looking at them in the mirror here to soak in this moment with the love of his life

And here Colin's just readjusting his arms to get a better angle

Any other fun headcanons about this? 💋🔥

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So as a romance novelist, I can tell you he reached down in the one scene to hook her leg over his hip for better thrusting. They just didn’t angle the camera in a manner so we could see it.

😏

[aureliacamargo-deactivated20181]

(insp.)

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I will die on the hell that Jonsa was endgame but D&D are stupid and were in a hurry to get to Star Wars (which they lost anyway)

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I need someone more adept than I to edit all the Polin moments over all three seasons together into one video for me.

Because reasons.

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The weird speculation and gaslighting about s3 on TikTok is wild as hell.

Some of the weird shit I’ve seen today alone…

1. Angry with Lukey Newts for having gf who isn’t Nicola and then proceeded to provide “evidence” of how the rest of the cast hates him based on Instagram posts

2. Claiming that there’s an article that says the writers used chatgbt and AI to write the season…without providing the name of the article or a link. Also not taking in to consideration the hard caught battle against both during the writer’s strike

3. Petitions to restore “lost and cut” Polin scenes, which Nicola has confirmed don’t exist

4. Petitions to make Michaela back into Michael

It’s a fucking mess.

[austinbutlermischief]

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I might watch this scene once a day.

I’ll be taking no questions at this time.

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Can someone explain to me why people on TikTok are hating on Lukey Newts?

What did he do, if anything?

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Let’s talk timeline. Yes Pen could be preggers by the butterfly ball. The editing in the show is a bit misleading. It’s at least 4-5 weeks to the wedding day which means it’s likely 5-6 weeks since their nookie party on the sette. That means when Pen holds Colin’s hands to her tummy (photo below) she could be about 8 weeks preggers. It’s pretty specific placement.

She likely wouldn’t know for sure, but she’d probably have an inkling as her “courses” would not have shown up. Bridgerton

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Overwhelming passion in Bridgerton.

“Isn't physical attraction one of the ungovernable forces? You know, like gravity - that's what we like about it. Downhill, release the brakes, loosen your grip and then - whoosh!”

What is overwhelming passion? It’s when the MC (main characters) can not function because of their all-consuming need for their person.

We see this on s1 and s2 too for sure, but it’s on full display on s3. Colin’s obsessive searching for Pen in crowded ballrooms and across meadows afterward balloon attacks shoot him to the top of the overwhelming desire list. The tender kisses yes, but the feral touches and kisses he claims from her are the epitome of overwhelming desire.

The scene in the alley, albeit a bit too short in my opinion, is a prime example. Despite his anger at Pen’s betrayal a simple declaration of love from her makes him a beast. I love a good backward walk against a wall scene in romance and we get two in s3. One Colin’s dream…also a moment of overwhelming desire, and the other is the alley.

One can even say their first time scene is the culmination of their overwhelming desire for each other. It’s tender and sweet but also raw and passionate. The perfect blending to achieve just the right feel. I’ve seen many people comment that they feel like a voyeur in the moment, like they shouldn’t be watching as they are intruding. That’s the best kind of love scene. The one that feels real.

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Subtext is an amazing thing in romance (and any genre really) and depending on how something is written (or delivered in film/tv) the subtext can be so much more than the simple moment of the scene.

For example, in e7 after the wedding scene where Colin says “she will find you, eventually” the subtext of the next unspoken part of that line is “and she will take you from me”

Subtext. Media literacy. All part and parcel of the same basket of literary devices. Bridgerton