lord newton

i made this blog before s3 came out and assumed id solely be posting about my beloved anthony bridgerton but here i am knee deep in the wlw creloise trenches

[notholaenas]

sweet thing

[capitanpoops]

cressida fighting her demons (lesbianism)

[avalencias]

for better or worse i’ve been speed running the end of my holiday vacation by lazing about (re)reading fanfic (on my new couch!) and drawing about it but alas that ends tomorrow

have a creloise drive-by sketch anyway though—been reading (rereading?) to lady cressida, with love and have thoroughly enjoyed myself experimenting with old/new brushes. have at it 🫡

[critter-of-habit]

Some Creloise art I started last season and forgot about till now 🤭

[its-magical-here]

Y'all remember that month between Part 1 and Part 2 when we all started shipping Eloise and Cressida? Thems were the good ol days...

[aminetko]

Creloise family portrait wip…

[iroesset]

“You know, when I first met your father…I could barely speak my own name. I was so taken by him” 💘

[bloody-advyl]

Cressida & Greek Mythology

So like I've noticed this when watching the show, but Cressida seems to be very closely associated with Greek Mythology. I've seen some people discuss it, but I don't see it discussed enough. Here are a few instances that I've found. Feel free to mention more if I missed any.

1. Let's begin with Cressida mentioning the story of Eros and Psyche to describe Polin's relationship. The story goes with Eros falling in love with Psyche when his original goal was to match her up with an ugly creature by order of his mother, Aphrodite. She referenced this because Colin and Penelope are in the same situation.

2) The scene with Lord Greer, with the pomegranates clearly being emphasized. My guess is that it's a reference to the goddess Persephone and the god Hades, and how he forced her to be with him against her will, dragging her to the underworld and trapping her there with pomegranate seeds. It shows that Cressida was being forced into a marriage against her will.

3) Finally, her name. Cressida. There is a Shakespeare play in 1602 called Troilus and Cressida. It took place in a Greek Mythology setting at Troy in the Trojan war. The story goes as Trolius and Cressida fall in love, but Cressida gets traded to a Greek camp because of her father and is forced to see another man. I'm not really sure if this is too much of a stretch, but there are parallels in both Shakespeare Cressida and Bridgeton Cressida. They both did what they did out of desperation. Not to mention the daddy issues btw.

[faebobaggins]

i hope they ✂️ on screen bc some of you are so pressed and for what? a mediocre white man?

[newtonbridgerton]

wild west cowgirl creloise

[darklinaforever]

Fanart, by @sapphic_doodles

[honeydewdonutgirl]

I am BAFFLED by all the straight women who think they’re not being homophobic by:

A) insinuating that Frans story CANNOT play out as it does in the books because Michaela is a woman and sapphic women can’t have the same struggles as straight women I guess

AND

B) asking for the gay female show runner to be fired for this decision.

Like they are screaming crying that they don’t get another male love interest to thirst over and it’s fucking annoying. I’ve read the books, I’m very aware how Fran’s sorry goes and I am CONFIDENT that it can thrive with a queer aspect added to the story line.

It’s one thing to be disappointed but going on a fucking smear campaign about it IS HOMOPHOBIC.

[minettas-ploy]

[jazzyjazzin]

Michaela is gonna call her “princess” all the time and every time it will turn her into a stuttering blushing mess

[newtonbridgerton]

"they got rid of the best male character in the series"

ok?? die mad about it. they just invented the cuntiest woman in the series. move on

[athenaaphrodite2045]

We won’t actually, because Michaela has nothing going for her character so far and Michael has been loved for the last 20 years😁👍🏻

[newtonbridgerton]

I have actually loved Micheala Stirling more in the past 3 weeks than book fans have loved Micheal Stirling in his entire existence

[athenaaphrodite2045]

Literally how would you know that???? We’ve had the books longer than the show has been out?

[newtonbridgerton]

oh you're so cute

[sunken-silk]

Chapter 3 of the creloise farmhand au is out and IVE GOT MORE ART

FARMHAND AU UPDATE LETS GOOOOO!!! fujifilm's ch 3 of the farmhand au is INSANE and yall should ABOLUTELY check it out rn!!! i am unwell and it is so good omg

[ydolem-art]

[Oh shit I'm gay]