an incomplete list of the absolutely deranged things anthony bridgerton did this season that are making me feel cuckoo bananas insane:
when they’re riding out to the hunting grounds and kate says “lord bridgerton” and he nearly broke his neck he whipped his around so fast to look at her and say “yes” like man was practically vibrating out of his saddle just waiting for her to talk to him
not even really insane but just the biggest dumbass energy: when he caught one (1) glance at kate’s bared thigh and his last two brain cells immediately stopped functioning
i mean the whole bee scene. but specifically how after kate was able to calm him down he briefly touched his forehead to hers, like are you joking
their dance scene in 2x04 when kate tells him she’s returning to india after edwina is married, saying “there will be no more reason for me to stay” and the WAY that anthony looks like the floor has fallen out from under his feet. Sir please control your face !!
also right after the dance scene when they’re in the library and the man can scarcely breathe for the thought of kate leaving, and he’s still chalking it up to her trying to prevent him from marrying edwina, i’m distraught
on the topic of the library scene, the desperation in his voice when he says “why is it that you dislike me so?” the vulnerability there. the way he can’t stand that someone dislikes him, but more than anything he wants to know why kate doesn’t like him bc he likes her SO much. thank u jonathan bailey for all your excellent line deliveries this season
ALSO the whole “i am a gentleman,” “and your heart is with my sister” “and my heart… is with your sister” bit of dialogue from that scene. the way that you can barely hear him say sister. His voice just—drops off. he’s just staring at kate and her mouth and he can barely repeat the line back to her because it’s not true, his heart is already elsewhere, and i just.. head! in! hands!
him yelling at daphne “because she is agGrAvaTiNg!” two minutes after he and kate were literally sharing oxygen bc their mouths were so fucking close, like please anthony.
speaking of line delivery: the fucking scene in the closet during the wedding episode. first kate tells him he shouldn’t be there (she is correct) but he stays, and then!!! him holding her hand, like if he lets go he won’t ever see her again, and then the softly whispered, “wait,” like wtf wtf they’re in a closet anyone could catch them i—
and good gOD don’t even get me started about the wedding scene. the way he watched kate coming down the aisle. the way that edwina is up there with him for barely a minute and his eyes shift upwards to look over her shoulder at kate. The man is at the ALTAR!! with his FIANCÉ!!! kate’s SISTER!!!! and he CAN’T. NOT. LOOK AT HER !!;;?;!;? And then AND THEN. as if the insanity of that wasn’t enough, not only is he imagining it’s kate in front of him, not edwina, this man is sooo attuned to kate in this moment that he dives down to grab that damn bangle before kate has barely registered that it fell off. no hesitation!!!! he just acts!!! HE JUST DOES THAT IN FRONT OF LITERALLY EVERYONE INCLUDING GOD AND THE QUEEN!!!! and then he has the nerve to hold her hand and let the moment linger like i hadn’t already paused the damn episode bc it was too! much!!! i Know i’ve already talked about this but I’m still not over it. he’s nuts. he’s absolutely unhinged for this,
that moment where he so openly and wantonly breathed in kate’s scene as she walked by, closed his eyes and smiled and everything. literally anthony could you BE more obvious! lady danbury really banished that man to horny jail with one look
and ofc the whole “you are the bane of my existence, and the object of all my desires scene”, but i don’t think we’re giving enough attention to when anthony pulls away near the end. the little tongue click he does while shaking his head, followed by some of the absolutely most offensive lines: “if i wed your sister, it will bind you and me together for eternity. and I will spend every day of my marriage wanting you. dreaming of you. dreading the day when my last thread of honor finally snaps”. i think this puts it in perspective perfectly the torment he is feeling being around her, and we know how important his honor and duty is to him, so for him to admit that marrying edwina would put him in the worst possible position and trying to do it anyway bc he believes in his honor so much (and bc kate asked him to go through with it) like???? he wants her so far away from him while at the same wanting her close to him always and also knowing it will be torture if he marries edwina help
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