The biggest complaints seem to boil down to: (1) not enough time devoted to the main couple, (2) dissatisfaction with a change in costuming (colors, fabrics, cuts), makeup (too much modern smokey eye and highlighter) and visible acrylic nails in S3 compared to S1-2 which is attributed to drop in quality due to a new show runner, (3) boredom or anger with the depiction of a character who has been in a hoe-phase for three seasons and is now apparently bi, (4) a reveal that a beloved m/f book couple is going to be f/f instead, which is calling into question a much anticipated book plot point about infertility, (5) the interpretation by some that the f part of an m/f couple is in fact lesbian and didn't know it,leading to many who identified with the nature of that m/f pairing to feel really let down or insulted (some believe this was depicting a neurodivergent couple).
What you wrote about the distrust in the Sherlock writers was something I had forgotten about. There was a definite aspect of queer-baiting and teasing the fanbase by almost giving us what people were shouting for (the Sherlock/Moriarty near kiss) and then laughing at us for wanting it (The Empty Hearse fanclub). I think when I watch the show now I see it for how NOT serious it is and see it as something written by people who like to play, but at the time it felt a lot more serious and meaningful. I agree that the tremendous acting and production value put a lot into it.
Happily, I am not doing that now. I have read some of the Bridgerton books and they adhere with common regency romance tropes. They are light reads about pretty basic people. I think the television show has elevated the stories by giving some of the storylines more edge and touching on the history of a post-racial regency period to bring us a multiracial society. But it is also so clearly fantasy in what it is ignoring about how such a decadent society has been achieved.It's regency-fantasy-romance and I enjoy the pretty clothes and sets and actors.
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Date: 2024-06-18 06:37 pm (UTC)People who enjoyed the season are more likely to be found on the PolinBridgerton sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/PolinBridgerton/
The biggest complaints seem to boil down to: (1) not enough time devoted to the main couple, (2) dissatisfaction with a change in costuming (colors, fabrics, cuts), makeup (too much modern smokey eye and highlighter) and visible acrylic nails in S3 compared to S1-2 which is attributed to drop in quality due to a new show runner, (3) boredom or anger with the depiction of a character who has been in a hoe-phase for three seasons and is now apparently bi, (4) a reveal that a beloved m/f book couple is going to be f/f instead, which is calling into question a much anticipated book plot point about infertility, (5) the interpretation by some that the f part of an m/f couple is in fact lesbian and didn't know it,leading to many who identified with the nature of that m/f pairing to feel really let down or insulted (some believe this was depicting a neurodivergent couple).
What you wrote about the distrust in the Sherlock writers was something I had forgotten about. There was a definite aspect of queer-baiting and teasing the fanbase by almost giving us what people were shouting for (the Sherlock/Moriarty near kiss) and then laughing at us for wanting it (The Empty Hearse fanclub). I think when I watch the show now I see it for how NOT serious it is and see it as something written by people who like to play, but at the time it felt a lot more serious and meaningful. I agree that the tremendous acting and production value put a lot into it.
Happily, I am not doing that now. I have read some of the Bridgerton books and they adhere with common regency romance tropes. They are light reads about pretty basic people. I think the television show has elevated the stories by giving some of the storylines more edge and touching on the history of a post-racial regency period to bring us a multiracial society. But it is also so clearly fantasy in what it is ignoring about how such a decadent society has been achieved.It's regency-fantasy-romance and I enjoy the pretty clothes and sets and actors.