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DiscussionDifferences between book and show (Bridgerton)
I follow a Bridgerton group on Reddit and it got me thinking about a future season (possibly 6).
I’m going to read the books based on these seasons.
Anyway, before the second half of the third season dropped there were fans of the show who liked the Francesca/Michael pairing and were suggesting various male actors for the Michael part. After the 2nd half dropped, we discover that they’ve changed the character of Michael to Michaela.
These fans were furious. The showrunner said she talked to Julia Quinn, the author, about this and Quinn approved. Even Quinn herself sent out a statement that the story is going to be beautiful.
I saw discussion yesterday on Reddit about this and they were talking about how homophobic these fans were.
I didn’t see any specific homophobic statements, mostly fans talking about how disappointed they were at the potential of not having the infertility storyline (this is a major point in Francesca’s book).
I’ve thought about it and while I’m looking forward to this storyline, I can’t help but feel for those fans who resonated with Francesca’s story.
Bonus- someone asked if the infertility storyline would still continue and someone else said yes, it can be done between two women, I thought, “in the Regency Era? Are you fucking kidding me?”
I spit my tea out.
Edit to add because it fits well here:
I just saw "(non-binary, any pronouns are fine)" in a professional bio. I stared at the screen like 😐😐😐 for a full minute. She literally has blue hair. There's nothing about her that makes her sex remotely not apparent.
I would be tossing her resume.
She has a cushy job at a major U.S. academic institution. Sigh.
aaarrrgggghhhhhh!!!
Of course she does....