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Maybe THIS is Rizzo's favorite season. Be sure to let us know what we missed in the comments below and check out our ORIGINAL REACTIONS or our current REWATCH...

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Frances

Hands down my favorite Bridgerton story ♥️😭

Lizzie Beth

I know Whistledown is literally central to the entire plot of Bridgerton, but I think one reason QC is my favorite season is the lack of narration in the past storyline. It feels a bit more mature; you’re not jolted out of the emotion of a complex moment by exposition.

Emma Lijewski

I think people have a tendency to view the past in a modern lens and they also don't seem the understand that the conversations we are having about rape culture and consent are fairly recent. Marriage for most of human history was a business arrangement, it was rare to marry for love. Women were considered property and there was presumed consent within marriage therefore had no right to deny their husbands sex and marital rape wasn't considered a thing. Marital rape in the United States and the UK wasn't considered a crime until the 1990s ( for the US states had already been criminalizing it the 70s but wasn't considered a crime nationwide until the 90s). Donald Trump's first wife tried suing him civilly for rape but she lost because they were married when it happened. Read a bodice ripper from the 20th century vs one from the 2010s and you can see the difference in how we have come a long way in talking about consent. I think it has started becoming a pet peeve of mine when people do this. I tend to read manhwas online (Korean comics) and a lot of them tend to take place in a fantasy world that's a pseudo medieval (or Victorian) European setting with Korean influences and I see so many people complain about characters not adhering to consent when in reality the comic is emulating a time period where people didn't have those modern concepts of consent. If you look at those scenes in the historical context it's not bad but in a modern lens yes, it's bad.

Jordan Ri

I think you make a great point, but I think it's also understandable that many of us are thinking with a modern lens because that's what we're currently living in. Also, those acts in the past may have been seen as okay legally & socially, but that doesn't change the fact that they were violations at any point in history. It may not have been declared as bad, but it definitely was bad - and people will ofc have reactions to that.

Amara C

You were talking about Bridgeton shorts....I would love to see a short of Anthony and Kate in India having their baby

Emma Lijewski

I think I should clarify. I am not trying to dismiss and justify these actions, but I think it's disingenuous to judge characters in a different time period solely through a modern lens and through a black and white understanding of the world. For sure people can look at it through a modern lens and comment on it but also understand how different society was at the time. Both thinking can exist at the same time. Saying you don't like a period show just because it shows marital rape is sanitizing the past, it's not acknowledging the realities of what many women went through. People hating on Daphne and Marina perfectly illustrates my point about the lack of nuance, ignoring how the characters are shaped by their environment, and how dangerous it is to look at it from the modern lens. edit: YES I know there were people back in different time periods fighting against oppression, I'm not saying people in the past all agreed. Eloise actually mentions Mary Wollencraft, a feminist writer. Slave holders were still bad for having slaves especially since the abolitionist movement existed. I'm talking about the society at large what they think is acceptable; doesn't mean it was right. But I think it's disingenuous to judge characters especially POC and women for actions they take when Society has oppressed them and pushed them to make those decisions when often times they had limited choices and not all of those were good choices. As Lady Featherington points out in S3; she made choices that she thought was best, were there other better choices? Probably. But she didn't see them at the time.

Kiss the Librarian

29:00 My sense from the fans is that people are fully aware of the rape culture in S1 and QC, but take issue with how it is portrayed. They're fully aware of how trapped Daphne was, but also don't see that as an excuse for her to rape Simon. The issue they have with QC, which I share, is that Lady Danbury's rape is played for laughs. The showrunners do a weird dance between criticizing rape culture one minute and not taking it seriously at all the next.

Selena

Yes - they do have the immediate heir with their children, but as you guys said, it's the next generation that needs to be guaranteed. With monarchs, it's important to have a linear succession with multiple generations, as it ensures a clear, stable continuity.

Kiss the Librarian

Benji is good at singing, though I know he's holding back. I love how Rizzo sits there silently for a while, then joins in singing with a serious face lol

Molly

You want to talk racism in the show, the two black men that we get as Duke of Hastings and Lord Danbury are dark-skinned men, and apparently the actor here as Lord Danbury even had makeup to make him look ashy.

Kiss the Librarian

Yes I think you do say that a couple times, probably after this timestamp, and in a later episode watch. :)

Rachel Aaron

I wonder if you guys have ever considered reacting to reign if you like period dramas. It’s of course not 100% accurate but I believe it is still an amazing show