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Thoughts on Bridgerton Season 3, Part 2:

1. KANTHONY MY BELOVED WELCOME HOME. Also we are all gonna agree to retcon the India thing, right? Kate looks way too pregnant to make that journey and also like I really don’t think it makes sense for Anthony as a character either to do it *right this second*. And this brings me to my second thing:

2. The timeline of these pregnancies, man. Why is Kate so visibly pregnant while Prudence and Phillipa are not? There’s one shot in Episode 8 that makes Prudence look pregnant but otherwise nothing. And I’m going to assume that Penelope got pregnant during the mirror incident if all three Featherington babies look to be roughly the same age. And also based on that scene in Queen Charlotte of Violet with two small children I assume Daphne was pregnant all last season? Does pregnancy take less time in this show or something? Are all the men sharpshooters? Like what is this?

3. I’m intrigued by the existence of Michaela. Mostly because I think it could mean that autistic king John Stirling is going to live and Fran gets to have her two fave people by her side always. But we shall see. I do think When He Was Wicked is probably the most gender-dependent plot line in the books (infertility, Kilmartin succession, remarriage, even Michael contracting malaria while in the military, etc) so I’m curious how they will handle that. So RIP Michael but welcome Michaela (I feel like Michelle would be a more era appropriate name but what do I know)

4. There’s no way in hell Benedict isn’t next. Masquerade next season? Come on. The real question is will they do the An Offer From A Gentleman time jump (I know how they can do it if anyone at Netflix wants to give me a ring even though Jess Brownell said a lot of the eps are written already) or will they condense everything to one season (because if so, lame)

5. Marcus is a completely empty character and if he’s going to stick around I’m gonna need a reason to like him because right now his whole personality seems to be “man Violet can date” (but so glad that they addressed Lady Danbury’s affair with Lord Ledger)

6. I also thought it hilarious that they kept explaining where Kate and Anthony were and yet no one said *a word* about Daphne or Simon. My personal head canon that no one asked for is that at some point between S1 and now Simon joined the military and fought at Waterloo while Daph was with the children in Belgium because god damnit I *will* bring in one historically accurate thing to this show!

7. All in all, enjoyed this half much more, they should’ve named a different episode Romancing Mr. Bridgerton because it didn’t work for 6 (5 would’ve probably been the better option), and I can’t believe we are stuck waiting two years for the next season.

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Petition for “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”. Double petition for it to be the final track on debut (Taylor’s Version)

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Bringing this back after today’s MANIA

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Thoughts on Bridgerton Season 3, Part 1:

1. Continuing storylines from Season 2? Directly addressing them, even? Quoi?

2. I cannot believe that they want us to believe Philippa AND Prudence got pregnant the *first time* their husbands actually finished in them while Kanthony have sex everywhere and aren’t already expecting a baby

3. This definitely feels more ensemble driven than the previous seasons, which were still ensemble driven but idk what it is about this season that makes it feel so much more vast. Perhaps the focus on the Cowpers and Mondriches, widening us beyond the usual suspects of the Bridgertons, Featheringtons, Queen, and Lady Danbury?

4. John Stirling I love you but why do you not have a Scottish accent (Scottish accents are hot)

5. I want Kate back she’s cool and I miss her and her unhinged slut of a husband

6. Fascinating that I feel like Colin and Pen barely interact in the third episode? Maybe that’s why it feels so much more ensemble-y because they are spending so much time apart

7. Look Lady D screwed Violet’s dad so she better not vocalize ANY weirdness about Violet and Marcus (though Marcus is giving off weird vibes so idk if I want him for Violet)

8. Lol why did they have modern dancers (aka no shoes) doing fake ballet instead of real ballet dancers like the music in Bridgerton is one thing but if you are going to refer to it in dialogue as ballet then you should have ballet

9. Not enough Lady Whistledown machinations in this half, I assume the season will end with Pen being unmasked although that’ll be a hard sell for the show’s format

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Hello. For anyone who still cares, I think I am going to have to make the unfortunate decision to cancel the planned sequel to take my hand, wreck my plans (that's my man). I've written a lot for it and was excited about it but I just don't think it's going to happen, at least not any time soon. I apologize if there was anyone who was anxiously awaiting it.

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Ah yes, the Saturday Scaries are back…it’s almost like I don’t ever make weekend plans and then the weekend comes and I have little to no social interaction and then I feel…bad

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Sitting in my apartment listening to the sounds of people having fun in the hall and being too terrified to join them (even though I know most if not all of them): my life summed up in an experience. I think I’m more likely to have a panic attack tonight than go to this Christmas party I’m supposed to go to…

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Guess who’s been on Tumblr for eight slutty, slutty years

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Every Saturday that I don’t have plans (…okay so every Saturday) I get this weird antsy feeling right about now (8:30 PM) and I don’t have the friends in close enough proximity to do anything about it

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Everyone needs to remember that yeah, the WGA deal is fucking awesome (for the writers, the studios can go cry in a corner)—but if the AMPTP doesn’t return to the table with SAG-AFTRA, like, immediately, then a bunch of shows and movies will get written and sold, but not filmed, and all this talk of “saving the TV season” will be essentially moot. And yeah, we should probably expect to see studio propaganda on that very topic in the coming days if SAG doesn’t play the way the AMPTP wants them to

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Well well well guess who’s meeting on Monday

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Everyone needs to remember that yeah, the WGA deal is fucking awesome (for the writers, the studios can go cry in a corner)—but if the AMPTP doesn’t return to the table with SAG-AFTRA, like, immediately, then a bunch of shows and movies will get written and sold, but not filmed, and all this talk of “saving the TV season” will be essentially moot. And yeah, we should probably expect to see studio propaganda on that very topic in the coming days if SAG doesn’t play the way the AMPTP wants them to

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Adam Conover on the 2023 WGA Contract:

The details of the new Writers Guild contract are out. We won: • Success-based residuals • Strong limitations on A.I. • Minimum writers room staffing • Guaranteed compensation and 13-week minimums for Comedy/Variety writers in streaming • Guaranteed 2-step deals for screenwriters • Guarantee that writers be kept on through production • Individual P&H contributions for writing teams • Script fees for staff writers • AND A HELL OF A LOT MORE. These are essential protections that the companies told us, to our faces, that they would NEVER give us. But because of our solidarity, because they literally cannot make a dollar without us, they bent, then broke, and gave us what we deserve. WE WON.

(via twitter)

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The two most iconic final lines in film history are:

2. “I’m here to see my gynecologist,” Barbie (2023)

And

1. “I’m going to go home and sleep with my wife,” Clue (1985)

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the hollywood studios are the dumbest people alive bc now every american city with a large film/TV industry (LA, NYC, Atlanta, etc) are going to be overrun by grown up theatre kids (professional writers and actors) hanging out together in public for months on end with nothing to do but emulate newsies. whole american cities are about to look like the inside of a suburban dennys at 11 pm on a saturday after a high school musical closes. they have trapped millions of people in a hell of unimaginable proportions.

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I thought the whole “we’re gonna use AI to write shows and movies and pay you garbage wages to fix the scripts” was vile, but “we want to scan background actors and then OWN THEIR LIKENESS TO USE IN PERPETUITY DESPITE PAYING THEM FOR ONLY A SINGLE DAY’S WORK” is just…

I don’t have words for this. There are no words that capture the sheer revulsion I felt at reading that actual, real fucking offer from the AMPTP.

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As someone who firmly believes with every fiber of their being that they are only good at one thing (writing), I should not have to fill out self-assessment surveys on literally any other aspect of my life.

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As excited as I am for the fans in Brasil who get to go to TUDUM in person and as excited as I am about getting some new content for season 3, I do need to point out that Netflix clearly has all of this money to spend to build these elaborate rooms and fly out all of these big stars first class, but still refuse to pay their writers a living wage.

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One of my colleagues asked me if I was around this week (we’re teachers on summer break) and I was like yeah, what’s up? And they were like nothing, I just want to take you to lunch.

I feel like that tells you everything you need to know about how I view my relationships, that I automatically assumed they needed something from me and not just wanted to hang out 😂