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[definitelynotgold]

meet the admin ♡

hi, i'm gold/goldie!

i'm 22 years old, live in the UK, and use they/them pronouns.

this blog is mainly where I post bridgerton stuff plus a few random fandoms here and there

[definitelynotgold]

ok regardless of whether season 5 is eloise's or francesca's, here are some subplot predictions / hopes I have

hyacinth doesn't debut yet (I think she's still a bit young for it even tho she seems to be actively preparing for debut in season 4), but is brought to non-ball society events as a sort of soft-launch into society. she speaks to a few bachelors and is quickly disappointed by the men of the ton, much like she was by the boy at her recital - her and eloise bond over this, and she decides to dedicate herself more to her studies, with several mentions of her learning Italian as an early set up for her season

minor subplot of sophie learning to fit in with high society, perhaps getting advice from the mondriches. several comedic moments of her learning to kick maid habits. I want to say that for variety's sake, her and benedict don't have a child yet, since the main couples from the first three seasons all have their first child quite quickly (which makes sense for the time period, but I think it would be nice if it goes a bit slower for sophie and benedict)

more posy (I don't care how I just want more of her). maybe she becomes friends with hyacinth (I think they would get on)

michaela inherits john's title (women could inherit titles in regency scotland when there wasn't a direct male heir), and maybe it's revealed that that's why she left so suddenly at the end of season 4 (or at least that's the excuse she gives)

I believe someone on the team said that lady danbury is going to be back in season 5, I don't really have any ideas on what I think her plotline will be - if anything, i do think she'll be absent for the first half, and that she'll probably have a small but impactful role in the main couple's story

gregory "falls in love" with another random girl, maybe several, slowly setting him up to be a loverboy that is mistaken for a rake in his season. maybe one girl is a maid or someone lower class, influenced by benedict and sophie, showing how he tries to emulate his older brothers (I strongly believe the next 2 seasons will fully establish the youngest two's personalities in preparation for their stories)

the queen tasks alice with uncovering the new lady whistledown. also, penelope having very mixed feelings about someone taking on the lady whistledown mantle. don't really have more predictions on the new lady whistledown plotline yet, I think I need more info (and a solid theory about who it is) before I can form more thoughts.

I've seen theories that we might get a queen charlotte style spinoff of violet and edmund before season 5, which I would love and definitely see the evidence for but personally don't think will happen. instead I think it's more likely we'll see violet reminiscing and rediscovering the person she was back then, maybe finding some old mementos from her childhood and sprinkling in a bit of lore about her and edmund's love story. potentially her trying to embrace the more rebellious side of herself throughout various events.

[foxgirltail]

If you're in LGBT friendly spaces and someone introduces themselves and cautiously says they're fine with any pronouns, it is your duty to notice which pronouns the people around you tend to default to for them and ensure that you refer to them with any and every pronoun under the sun except for that one. You must.

[definitelynotgold]

getting so overstimulated that you can't do literally anything. including getting up and leaving the situation that's overstimulating you.

[shamebats]

[definitelynotgold]

"Station of play, fifth of its variant" gets me EVERY TIME

[definitelynotgold]

sometimes I forget that the posts that me n my friends regularly quote are actually kinda niche and it's more an inside joke than a known meme. ur telling me "oughhh I'm exactly the same but a process has occurred" isn't recognisable to most ppl??

[definitelynotgold]

ppl talk about like. the characters and plot and whatever of zzz. they grind hollow zero and build characters. meanwhile I am apparently in the top 0% of soul hounds players.

[definitelynotgold]

my uni assignment rn is a video essay on the activities that fans and fandoms participate in. we were told quite strictly that just because its a video essay doesn't mean it shouldn't be formal and we're not allowed to make jokes. my workaround is to talk about hilarious examples with total seriousness.

this is in a section that just generally talks about fan conventions btw

[hawberries]

silly pubsec meme i forgot to post

[definitelynotgold]

sometimes when I'm doing my uni readings I whisper-read aloud to myself (if I don't I have to reread the same paragraph 3 times bc I didn't process any of it). I am currently reading a paper that sounds like the author used a thesaurus on every other word. I am also half asleep. so I am saying things like

"literary transpositions build on an array of visual patterns that have their own genealogy- what the Fuck are you even talking about"

[definitelynotgold]

none of my friends are writers and it's making me go feral bc I want to yap abt my current project but none of them have the mindset that I need to thoroughly yap, they're all just like "that sounds awesome! good luck!" like yes thank you I love you, please analyse it and throw me some ideas. basically none of them are artists and the very few that are are more skills focused than ideas focused. I need to talk to someone with imagination. if u don't have entire universes in ur mind u just won't get it.

(also psa bc tumblr is infested with whataboutism, I do not think I am superior because i am a writer, I love my friends very much and would not trade them for the world, I simply find that people who don't create characters and stories in some way are difficult to discuss fiction WIPs with and I really want to discuss my project with someone. end post.)

[aletheyass]

when the blind man shows frankenstein’s creature the pleasures of life he shows him cigarette and music. notice how he doesn’t show him linkedin and email

[annabelle--cane]

[scrolling through a fandom tag] wrong. wrong. incomprehensibly wrong. wrong but harmless. nice style and color palette but I don't care about that ship. mildly entertaining liveblog update. they whitewashed my girl :( . good joke, reblog. wro--well that's my mutual so I will politely look away. fifteen posts in a row by an innocent rp blog that I don't have the heart to block. take I agree with but op was annoying about it. chapter twenty-eight of a longfic wip. !! GOOD POST !!, instafollowed. bot. technically correctly tagged but uses this acronym for something completely different. museum worthy art piece by a sixteen-year-old from the philippines. wrong. wrong but in a new and exciting way that provokes thought.

[isa-ah]

it should be illegal to take a nap and still have a headache when you wake up. like no i shut it off and back on again why are you still here

[definitelynotgold]

started playing for the king and my god it is such a struggle. like in a satisfying and fun way but they truly are not kidding with the 'do not expect to beat this game quickly' disclaimer. I must have played roughly 15 saves by now (all original story at lowest difficulty) and I cannot get my characters past level 3/4ish before i die. I can feel it getting easier every time, especially as I buy new things from the lore store, but by god is the grind crazy.

[what-even-is-thiss]

If you’ve got the time, slow cooked scrambled eggs is really good on toast.

[definitelynotgold]

one of my favourite things about my degree is that I get to study things like fan culture and part of my attendance is for screenings, so when I have to get up at 7am and get on the world's most crowded bus to get to campus, at least i get to watch black panther when i get there