Do me a solid, if you wouldn't mind. Please reblog this if you would consider yourself someone who enjoys (and, dare I say, talks about) Jonathan Byers.
Anthony is a great viscount but kind of a shit brother especially when emotions and feelings get involved. He's very practical which is great when you are trying to manage a household practically. Every season so far he's managed to deeply offend his siblings and him "solving" the problem only makes it worse. The eldest sibling excuse doesn't obsolve him of the hurt he brings onto others. It says a lot that Benedict of all the siblings has frequently shown that he won't go to him with actual feelings. Even though Anthony and Violet have regularly relied on him to fill in or advise emotionally. Anthony refuses to have actual conversations especially when it comes to his siblings feelings. He did it with Daphne, Colin, Benedict, and even Eloise
Watching Anthony eat crow at the end of season 4 was one of my personal favorite moments.
In which Benedict and Sophie come back to town after letting his adhd run a little wild at My Cottage
āIt looks almost like my brother. It certainly moves like my brother. But it is far hairier and much sturdier than he has ever been.ā
Penelope looks out the window and giggles a little at her husband's confusion. āConsidering the lady he is helping out of the carriage is Sophie, I do not see how it could be anyone else.ā
Colin is off like a shot then, out of the Featherington sitting room and off out the door across the street.
Penelope herself is a little slower in following him, pregnant again. When she gets across the street Colin and Benedict are hugging tightly.
Benedict is, in fact, bearded and much more muscular than he was at his and Sophie's wedding. And Sophie herself looks rested and healthy, as if she has blossomed in the sunlight of My Cottage.
āWhat is this weed on your face?ā Colin teases, tugging a little on Benedict's beard, neatly trimmed as it is, it's still a little bushy.
āMy mind was elsewhere,ā he admits, patting Colin's arm. āYou look well, brother.ā
Sophie beams at Penelope, hugging her gently. āCongratulations. Number two on the way, that is so exciting.ā
āWe are thrilled,ā Penelope agrees. āYou both lookā¦different?ā
Sophie smiles sheepishly. āIt is my fault a bit. I began gardening in the country and so we spend quite a lot of time working in the dirt. And I am probably a little too indulgent of Benedict's new hobby. He started woodworking. And he is quite good.ā
Colin looks surprised. āWoodworking? Truly?ā
Benedict shrugs. āIt keeps brain and hands busy.ā He's distracted by John the footman, going to unload their things and jumps in to help.
Colin frowns, confused.
Sophie smiles and turns to Benedict. āHusband?ā
āYes?ā
āWe agreed we would be less self-sufficient in town,ā she reminds him gently. āLet John do his work.ā
Benedict freezes. āYes. Right. Forgive me.ā
John gives Sophie a grateful grin, before pulling their belongings off the carriage.
āDo you do most things for yourself at My Cottage?ā Penelope asks.
āMany,ā Sophie shrugs. āOur staff is small, and sometimes it is quicker and easier to help them than to wait.ā
āHold on!ā Benedict cries, jumping back in to help John again, this time with an oddly shaped, wrapped package. āCareful.ā
āHe made a rocking horse for little Neddy for his birthday,ā Sophie says quietly. āHe worked very hard on it, so he is a little precious about it.ā
āHe made it?ā Colin asks, confused again. āWhat happened to his painting?ā
āHe is still on that, too,ā Sophie confirms.
āDoes he ever sleep?ā Penelope asks, amused.
āMuch less than he did before we married,ā Sophie shrugs.
Colin and Penelope give each other a knowing look as Benedict carries the rocking horse into the house himself, a slightly stressed out John following him.
*****
There are shouts of excitement and surprise as Benedict enters the drawing room, setting the gift down quickly before Hyacinth can jump into his arms for a hug.
āYou are soā¦woolly!ā She cries as she hugs him.
āDo they not have barbers in the country anymore?ā Anthony asks as he lines up for his own hug.
Benedict chuckles and hugs him tightly. āI suppose I did not think much about it.ā
Anthony smiles and pats his shoulder. āYou look well. Scragly but well. We will call the barber at once.ā
Benedict rolls his eyes playfully before turning to their mother.
Violet hugs him tightly. āHow was your journey?ā
āUneventful,ā he responds, hugging her in return.
Kate hugs Sophie tightly. āWelcome back to town, sister. You look well.ā
āAs do you,ā Sophie beams. āHow are you fairing so far?ā
Kate takes a breath. āViolet has talked me into co-hosting the first ball of the season.ā
āSo you are very busy,ā Sophie surmises.
āIncredibly so,ā Kate confirms. āThough now that you are here, maybe you could lend a hand? You have quite the tasteful eye.ā
Sophie smiles. āI would be happy to. You know I enjoy being busy.ā
āWere you busy in the country?ā Hyacinth asks. āI always find it quite dull.ā
āI started gardening,ā Sophie explains. āI planted quite a few fruits and vegetables. And roses. It has been marvelous to learn about growing.
Kate squeezes her hand. āWe will have to come visit and see your work.ā
āIsn't itā¦dirty?ā Hyacinth asks.
Sophie laughs softly. āYes, quite, but I find it soothing.ā
āWhat did you do?ā Anthony asks, poking the wrapped gift with his foot.
āI made it,ā Benedict responds simply. āFor Neddy.ā
Anthony frowns and kneels down, opening it. āAs his father I demand to see if it is suitable.ā
Benedict shakes his head as he unwraps it, revealing the little wooden rocking horse with its swirled wooden tail and detailed face.
Anthony freezes. āYou made this.ā
āYes.ā
āIt looks bought!ā
āI made it from a fallen tree at My Cottage,ā Benedict explains.
āIt is lovely work,ā Kate beams. āIt seems you are good with more than just paints, brother. Neddy will adore it.ā
āAnd working with fallen trees explains why you are so much sturdier than when we last saw you,ā Anthony comments, getting to his feet and hugging him again. āThank you, brother. It is marvelous.ā
They keep hold of each other as they step to the other side of the room.
āHow are things here?ā Benedict asks.
Anthony shrugs. āWe are getting through. We asked Francesca to come today, butā¦ā
āI'll call on her tomorrow,ā Benedict promises. āGregory still at Eton?ā
āYes, and Daph and Simon are arriving tomorrow from Clyvdon,ā Anthony adds.
āWe seem to be missing a sister,ā Benedict comments.
āIā¦may have given Eloise an extra week in the country ā Anthony admits. āShe was so miserable about fighting through another seasonā¦ā
Benedict nods. āIt is good of you to give her a little more time, and some breathing room from mother.ā
āWell, now that you are settled, she is fully focused on Eloise,ā Anthony nods. āHow is it going, by the way? Married life?ā
Benedict smiles slowly.
Anthony laughs and pats his shoulder. āPossibly a little more enjoyable than you expected?ā
āShe isā¦everything,ā Benedict admits quietly. āShe lights up every room. She eases every darkness in me.ā
āYou and your poetry,ā Anthony teases.
Benedict shoves his brother's face and they both laugh.
āMrs. Wilson,ā Anthony calls. āPlease send word to the barber so we may be rid of the furry beast on my brother's face.ā
āYou don't think it distinguished?ā Benedict asks.
āNot even a little.ā
āAt least I can grow a proper beard,ā Benedict teases back. āYours came in all patchy from India.ā
āIt was a good beard!ā
āI fear this is what they will be like all season,ā Violet laments.
āI hope so.ā
Sophie and Kate say it at the same time, and then grin at each other.
Benedict Bridgerton, king of being taken out of context.
No, he wasn't judging Violet for sleeping with Lord Anderson. He was calling out her hypocrisy and was frustrated because she was micromanaging his relationships "its none of my business but neither is mine yours"
The mistress thing while absolutely horrible, I stand by Sophie saying no, makes sense considering the historical and social contexts. He had a lot of social conditioning to work through and he still has a ways to go there.
The Std conversation is overdone and plagued with bi and homophobia especially since it's gotten so much louder in regards to Benedict, the only main character who has had sex with someone of the same sex. All the men have been rakes who visit sex workers in fact Benedict is the only one who we haven't seen pay for sex. Suspend disbelief or he used the regency version of a condom, yes they existed. The first record of a condom like device dates back to 1350 BC Egypt.
Benedict and Sophie are my personal favorites. I loved the fairytale vibes and how there was no question of their feelings just outside obstacles.
Benedict would've been far better off if his family actually were safe places for him to go. His biggest problem was that he wasn't being accepted by his family but the duty and love he felt for them was conflicting.
Sophie was such a breath of fresh air and brought new life to the show. She was a perfect leading woman. Smart, elegant, opinionated, and so much more.
People are missing most of season 4 because they refuse to look at the context clues. Sophie was tracking her period not counting down the days till she left. She doesn't bring up leaving until she's a week past the red X. Benedict wasn't jealous of the baby he was conflicted over thinking that if he and Sophie had a child the child wouldn't be welcomed. There was a very clear pregnancy scare subplot. (I do think Sophie miscarried but that's neither here nor there, it can be interpreted as either a scare or a loss that they can't be sure about because of time period science). Benedict didn't care that Violet was sleeping with Lord Anderson he was tired of the hypocrisy same with Anthony. Benedict only asked Sophie to be his mistress because of societal bias. He literally didn't think he could marry her, not because of his lack of feelings but because he literally thought that he would not be able to get the marriage license to do so.
pov you cheat on your gf. she goes missing and is presumed dead. sheās back but itās not her sheās possessed. you crack the case with her friends and the girl you cheated on her with. your gf gets to return to her body. she tells you she fucked the ghost of a guy who died at your school 40 years prior (she never let you hit). also you can see her dead dad now
Although School Spirits is rated as TV-M, it isn't too graphic or dark in certain aspects (except for the obvious death/murder). It's considered a supernatural teen drama, but can you imagine if there was a darker aspect to the spirits' deaths? the little things from each of their deaths that linger with them in limbo?
On the rare occasions when Wally's quiet, people can hear the sound of bone grinding against bone when he swivels his head.
Sometimes Charley speaks with a rasp, his voice laced with a wheeze like he can't really breathe.
Rhonda will occasionally bleed from her head, the fabric of her hat dented and matted with a dark spot. Don't stand too close, you might see the bruising underneath her turtleneck that eerily looks like a hand.
The smell of smoke, singed hair, and skin linger around Mr. Martin and Janet. There are times when they don't speak much, their throat itchy and tired from coughing due to smoke inhalation. Blink and you might miss the pink rashes and blisters that appear on their skin.
Periodically, Quinn and the band kids have road-rashed band uniforms, their instruments bent/dented, and shards of glass embedded in their skin and clothes.
This one's more lighthearted: The sound and faint feeling of buzzing grow the closer you stand next to Dawn. If given the chance, she can shock the other ghosts by poking them; she giggles when they flinch.
it honestly shows such a fundamental misunderstanding of their own character that the duffers even THOUGHT jonathan saving steve would be shocking to any extent. it borders on bastardization. it's blatantly written with this general-audience filter and i hate it.
firstly, to anyone paying attention, they'd already proven themselves to be more interested in surface-level "badass edit" moments than actually ever doing something that could genuinely endanger any of the characters they'd personally attached themselves to.
they couldn't even commit themselves to killing off ted fucking wheeler, the least consequential character in the show. they couldn't even kill off murray, whose purpose is just to never shut up with the one liners he thinks are snappy and sassy but really just come off as vapid and repetitive, despite how little that would have mattered in the grand scheme of things. their response to accusations of a bloated cast was to add twelve kids, dr. kay, and a bunch of military men that all joined together to make a truly underwhelming, uninteresting, clunky swerve into madness.
it's pointless. no character is that attachment more evident than steve harrington, who essentially only exists to be a ditzy audience-stand in and a perpetual sidekick. he has had no real trauma in his life, especially comparatively to the rest of the characters. his depth is surface-level and it's long since peaked. they got so enamoured with seeing him as a perfect, lovable doofus they ran out of successful arcs to give him, and there have consistently been no genuine stakes since the duffers refuse to do more than kick him around a little.
somehow, despite being the least sympathetic character in terms of what he's ACTUALLY been through canonically, he's garnered the most audience sympathy and has been rewarded the thickest plot armor as a result. he's a head-trauma magnet who never has to deal with anything that comes along with head trauma. nothing happens to have consequences, it only happens so the duffers can pretend they risked something.
and more importantly, prior to the jizz cave breakup, jonathan might make the occasional petty comment here and there, but a) wouldn't you, when you see that steve harrington gets to be handed everything on a silver platter, act like an asshole, and then all he has to do is change up a little bit and everyone's willing to give him even more? jonathan doesn't get the leeway of that "he was bad, and then he changed!" because he was already "good" (and by good i mean that he does not harm others, only himself)
he and will are cut from the same cloth, so most of the things you could say about will you could say about jonathan. he's a poor, parentified, traumatized abuse survivor. he's giving, he's self-sacrificing, he's caring, he's compassionate, he's 10x the ally formerly-homophobic-bully steve is and was laying the groundwork for will's self-acceptance since season two.
he was already starting from the moral ground that steve gets praised for reaching /eventually/ and if the duffers couldn't even handle golden boy steve after that point, what hope did the perpetually-forgotten jonathan have? they show no care for his character in his breakup, he's ignored by his mother, he barely talks to his brother, nothing he does is for him, his arc is never realized but it's treated as complete.
i think part of it is that the duffers do not know how to handle a character who harms inwardly without ignoring or torturing them. if a character is the type to lash out, hurt others, they get to write how other characters react to them, how they're hurt, why they did it, if they apologize or don't. the duffers aren't interested in exploring those same avenues with characters who, even in their hardest times, refuse to hurt other people. for them to even consider paying attention to a character, they have to be willing to hurt someone or something else. to them, that's all that story is.
all that to say he's not the kind of character who would let someone fall to their death regardless of his own feelings about them, and we have no reason to believe he would.
for them to think jonathan would even consider it, they'd have to believe a) jonathan on some level attributes the breakup to steve and b) he's petty enough to let him die for it. the idea of them writing jonathan and not even understanding that he would literally never do that drives me crazy. there's no evolution there.
jonathan gets no credit for being as good as he is and it's so infuriating. they had so many potential avenues for jonathan to be fleshed out but he's never actually shown to be resentful of all he's given up or all steve's been given. he's just sad in a way that stays forever unresolved because the duffers can't muster up the care to actually tie up any of the loose threads dangling off him.
Taught is a bit of a stretch. But Nancy wouldn't have discovered she was a good shot or found it in herself to try if Jonathan hadn't stolen that gun off his deadbeat of a father and met her in the woods for shooting practice.
I'm making my way through Charlie Heaton's filmography. So far I've seen As You Are (2016), Stranger things, Marrowbone, New Mutants, and Industry. And here's my counts for the characters he plays.
5 nickels for low social skills
4 nickels for sad characters
4 nickels for daddy issues
4 nickels for repressed anger issues
3 nickels for child abuse victims
3 nickels for substance users which I think might get up to 4 because I know he plays a recovering addict in another movie
If anyone calls Charlie Heaton a bad actor I would show them:
Exhibit A: As You Are
Damn that whole movie is heartbreaking and sometimes less is more you know.
Exhibit B: Marrowbone
Specifically when Billy was freaking out in the bathroom after he went into the attic.
Exhibit C: Stranger Things : Season 1 (Episode 4)
When Joyce and Jonathan are fighting in the streets about Willās funeral. If you didnāt at least tear up watching that sceneā¦
Exhibit D: Stranger Things: Season 2 (Episode 9)
When they are burning the Mindflayer out of Will. Everyone was great in that scene. Holy cannoli! You understood everyoneās positions.
Exhibit E/F: Stranger Things: Season 3
Nancy and Jonathanās car fight after they get fired. Natalia and Charlie were on fire in that scene.
Then the scene when they are fighting against the monster in the hospital. Damn. Natalia and Charlie are pretty underrated in this cast and it makes me frustrated.
Also stop hating on Charlie Heaton because you donāt like Jonathan. That is not okay. These are real people and I am just happy that these actors are not on social media.
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