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[chenanarama]

Edwina: So. Out with it. How long have you two been in love?

Kate: *gently* Edwina...It took me a while to even realize -

Anthony: From the moment I saw her, fam.

Edwina: 😠....

Kate: 😳.....

Anthony: 😌

[letmerain]

image how shocked anthony will be once francesa told him that she will be married to john like ‘sister, but there hasn’t been any scandal thus far?? frannie my most beloved sistar’

[chenanarama]

He thinks with Francesca that he finally — FINALLY! — has a sister who won't drive him to drink on her way to being wed. Everything will be perfectly. respectable.

And then Michael comes in like a wrecking ball.

[stevenrogered]

It is clear to any member of the Ton that the Viscount and Viscountess are rather smitten indeed.

[chenanarama]

YOU HAVE TO STOP

[stevenrogered]

Regency Dating Rules: Couples could only call each other by their first names if they were engaged.

[chenanarama]

Also, the fact that when Anthony and Edwina are engaged he still calls her "Ms. Edwina" and never asks her to call him "Anthony". The contrast is so important.

[chenanarama]

Anthony in episode 7 is honestly such a vibe. Man had 3 wavelengths he alternated between throughout the better part of the episode:

1) apathetic

2) bitter

3) desperate to be near and/or alone with Kate

He was over the games, over the pretense, like, "I'm not even going to TRY to pretend she is not the only thing I care about right now. Sorry." Basically, "If it's not Kate, I don't want to even hear about it." All the subterfuge was just beat out of him — his attempts to "play the part" were tepid, at best — and he was done pretending he wasn't in love, blowback be damned.

[carisi-rollins]

[chenanarama]

In episode 6, Anthony and Kate, each thinking the other had written them a note asking to meet at the altar, raced to each other like their lives depended on it.

Says it all really.

[everylastlinex]

[everylastlinex]

#edwina: how can i be sure they both show up???? #girl *saw* them #she played the players not the game! (via @ladytharen)

[chenanarama]

Edwina: I need them to come quickly and I need them to come unchaperoned.

And, reader, she IMMEDIATELY selected the winning strategy

[chenanarama]

In episode 6, Anthony and Kate, each thinking the other had written them a note asking to meet at the altar, raced to each other like their lives depended on it.

Says it all really.

[chenanarama]

I don't think we talk enough about how Anthony, who has been meticulously managing every penny of his family's finances for a decade, managing the estates and all of the people that rely on them for income, hiring staff, ensuring bills are paid... Lord Bridgerton, who regularly stayed up until the wee hours balancing accounts and sifting through mountains of paperwork, got married and ran off with his wife for a SIX MONTH HONEYMOON. Man said, "We're busy. Those documents will have to sign themselves. Don't call us and and we sure as hell will not be calling you." Six. Months. Anthony Bridgerton left the management of his estates for six months, no fucks given.

Kate Sharma. Her power!

[chenanarama]

Nobody asked BUT Anthony is going to be an absolute wreck when Kate is pregnant. There will be 0.5 seconds of unfettered joy when he finds out followed by immediate anxiety and overprotectiveness. He questions every one of her doctors (yes, she will have multiple doctors at his insistence "Just in case"), follows her from room to room around the house, asks family to check in on her when he has to step out for longer than 10 minutes, and just generally hovers. It will amuse and vex Kate to no end.

[christophernolan]

BRIDGERTON 2x04 | ’ VICTORY’

Bonus:

[chenanarama]

It's even funnier knowing that Anthony is actually a terrible shot

[chenanarama]

You just know Anthony and Kate had the shortest engagement ever.

Anthony probably jotted a note to his family like, "Kate and I are getting married. Honeymoon already booked. Be at Aubrey Hall in 45 minutes. If you don't make it, we're starting without you."

[chikhaibardocowboy]

Sure.

[chenanarama]

Days later: banging in his mother's backyard gazebo

[chenanarama]

Do you guys ever just think about the conversations Anthony and Dorset must've had when Anthony was enlisting him to distract Kate so he could get closer to Edwina?

Because even though Anthony put him up to it, Dorset was clearly interested in Kate and must have said so. And Anthony knew.

He KNEW.

And at the time, all he really cared about was that it was convenient. Dorset likes Kate so he can distract Kate. Win win.

But after Aubrey Hall?????

When Anthony sees Dorset with Kate after all the events at Aubrey Hall....After realizing how much he wants her....

Can you imagine the intensity of the jealousy Anthony had to have felt? Kate is speaking with Dorset, laughing with him, presumably enjoying his company and all the while you just know that whatever Dorset previously said to him about Kate was playing in Anthony's mind.

Is it any wonder the man couldn't keep his eyes off of them? Didn't wait a single minute to interrupt their pleasant interlude? Lord Bridgerton was STRESSED.

[carisi-rollins]

kathony + tags part 3

[chenanarama]

Crying at "lord I am not your strongest soldier"

[dreamsuvivor]

Daphne be like: I don’t know who you describing but it sure as hell ain't my brother

[chenanarama]

Still completely drowning in

"I will stop"

"Do not stop!"

"I will stop"

"Do NOT stop!"