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Last night, B1 explained that (having been spoilered for Bridgerton S2 by B2), she thinks that the tropes they switched the story around to highlight are simplistic and common rather than the unusual and different ones that Book 2 used.
Which, yes, to some degree they are. They're for visual mass media consumption, and to develop the characters in the series, while in the book the only characters who really 'matter' are the main couple.
And yes, I'm disappointed that we're through to episode 7 and there's been little to no real character development for either Kate or Anthony, but particularly for Kate. I feel like in developing the other side characters' stories, they've shorted the romantic/personal interaction, which is unfortunate and a little sad.
So the queen is extremely invested in this wedding: bigger! Better! Brighter! Oh, and let's put out misinformation worthy of a movie production house protecting the spoilers of their latest blockbuster in order to capture Lady Whistledown!
During this episode, a lot more doors actually got closed during important conversations, but a few razzberries go to Pen and The Modiste having a conversation in the atrium of the Featherington house, Edwina confronting Kate after she's run away from the wedding, Eloise having her 'do you think about me the way I think about you' moment with Theo dressed in clothes for her brothers' wedding, and the kiss in front of the palace altar after Edwina has decided she's not going to marry Anthony.
In contrast, could they not have picked a bigger room for Lord Featherington and Dowager Lady Featherington to have their conversation? I mean, surely there's a grand ballroom twice the size of this one where they could have schemed (in her case) and flirted (in his).
Also: I'm caught between "oh wow, that's kind of icky" and "oh wow, that's kind of understandable given what we've learned about the new Lord Featherington" and my sisters already spoiled me for the 'cougar storyline' (as they so-charmingly depicted it).
I am thinking that at some point Pen becomes aware that their finances are no longer so stable, and perhaps "Lady Whistledown" donates her earnings towards the Featheringtons? IDK. My brain says this is impractical and ridiculous, but the show writers have clearly indicated that impractical and ridiculous is not beyond them.
Pen and Eloise's conflicts. On one hand, as a woman of the modern world, who owes everything to the fact that she's not required to marry well, I see Eloise's point about the constrictions around women and marriage. On the other, as a woman whose family is close knit and who values the importance of familial relationships (with family that is worth having as family, not just people-you're-related-to-who-you-should-be-good-to-because-"family"), I dislike the way Eloise is prone to just snarking at everything and, somewhat incidentally, ignoring the degree of privilege she has to think these thoughts and wander off from weddings, and so forth. Impractical and ridiculous.
Lady Danbury and Violet Bridgerton's little hysterics in the queen's chamber? Delightful. Also: actually having a conversation about things, even if they're not actually mentioning what they're talking about. I am hoping that the Bridgertons take a little more interest in Kate, particularly since it seems the Sharmas may be frosting her out.
Edwina's growth is...not unwelcome, exactly. It's only I feel like that character development should have gone to Kate as the actual heroine of the series. But, as character development goes, it's a good one. If the series was just a series, and not a series based on a romantic novel where Edwina is not the main character, then I'd be cheering for her.
Anyway, I'm presently more invested in the restoration of the relationship between Edwina and Kate than I am in the development of the relationship between Kate and Anthony. Yes, I love the chemistry between Kate and Anthony, but I'd really like to see more relationship development. Which I don't think we're going to get.
Some thoughts about the Indian representation: it's fair for people to be annoyed that the representation didn't go all the way to challenging British colonialism. It's also fair for people to be pleased that there's representation of a brown-skinned, Asian (subcontinental) family who are immigrants, but ones with rank that's respected. And it's exceedingly fair for people to be frustrated at the incorrect depiction of South Asian ceremonies (while the haldi ceremony is correct, the elaborations on what haldi is supposed to do are not). There's a bad habit shows (and people) have of taking a real-world cultural practises from a non-western culture and imbuing it with meaning that goes beyond the originating culture's actual intention. It's not quite the common definition of cultural appropriation (which I feel to be taking on the trappings of the culture without having to bear the burdens of that culture), but it does have a level of disrespect for the culture from which the practise originated, to add fantasy on to reality.
Episode 7 tomorrow.
Which, yes, to some degree they are. They're for visual mass media consumption, and to develop the characters in the series, while in the book the only characters who really 'matter' are the main couple.
And yes, I'm disappointed that we're through to episode 7 and there's been little to no real character development for either Kate or Anthony, but particularly for Kate. I feel like in developing the other side characters' stories, they've shorted the romantic/personal interaction, which is unfortunate and a little sad.
So the queen is extremely invested in this wedding: bigger! Better! Brighter! Oh, and let's put out misinformation worthy of a movie production house protecting the spoilers of their latest blockbuster in order to capture Lady Whistledown!
During this episode, a lot more doors actually got closed during important conversations, but a few razzberries go to Pen and The Modiste having a conversation in the atrium of the Featherington house, Edwina confronting Kate after she's run away from the wedding, Eloise having her 'do you think about me the way I think about you' moment with Theo dressed in clothes for her brothers' wedding, and the kiss in front of the palace altar after Edwina has decided she's not going to marry Anthony.
In contrast, could they not have picked a bigger room for Lord Featherington and Dowager Lady Featherington to have their conversation? I mean, surely there's a grand ballroom twice the size of this one where they could have schemed (in her case) and flirted (in his).
Also: I'm caught between "oh wow, that's kind of icky" and "oh wow, that's kind of understandable given what we've learned about the new Lord Featherington" and my sisters already spoiled me for the 'cougar storyline' (as they so-charmingly depicted it).
I am thinking that at some point Pen becomes aware that their finances are no longer so stable, and perhaps "Lady Whistledown" donates her earnings towards the Featheringtons? IDK. My brain says this is impractical and ridiculous, but the show writers have clearly indicated that impractical and ridiculous is not beyond them.
Pen and Eloise's conflicts. On one hand, as a woman of the modern world, who owes everything to the fact that she's not required to marry well, I see Eloise's point about the constrictions around women and marriage. On the other, as a woman whose family is close knit and who values the importance of familial relationships (with family that is worth having as family, not just people-you're-related-to-who-you-should-be-good-to-because-"family"), I dislike the way Eloise is prone to just snarking at everything and, somewhat incidentally, ignoring the degree of privilege she has to think these thoughts and wander off from weddings, and so forth. Impractical and ridiculous.
Lady Danbury and Violet Bridgerton's little hysterics in the queen's chamber? Delightful. Also: actually having a conversation about things, even if they're not actually mentioning what they're talking about. I am hoping that the Bridgertons take a little more interest in Kate, particularly since it seems the Sharmas may be frosting her out.
Edwina's growth is...not unwelcome, exactly. It's only I feel like that character development should have gone to Kate as the actual heroine of the series. But, as character development goes, it's a good one. If the series was just a series, and not a series based on a romantic novel where Edwina is not the main character, then I'd be cheering for her.
Anyway, I'm presently more invested in the restoration of the relationship between Edwina and Kate than I am in the development of the relationship between Kate and Anthony. Yes, I love the chemistry between Kate and Anthony, but I'd really like to see more relationship development. Which I don't think we're going to get.
Some thoughts about the Indian representation: it's fair for people to be annoyed that the representation didn't go all the way to challenging British colonialism. It's also fair for people to be pleased that there's representation of a brown-skinned, Asian (subcontinental) family who are immigrants, but ones with rank that's respected. And it's exceedingly fair for people to be frustrated at the incorrect depiction of South Asian ceremonies (while the haldi ceremony is correct, the elaborations on what haldi is supposed to do are not). There's a bad habit shows (and people) have of taking a real-world cultural practises from a non-western culture and imbuing it with meaning that goes beyond the originating culture's actual intention. It's not quite the common definition of cultural appropriation (which I feel to be taking on the trappings of the culture without having to bear the burdens of that culture), but it does have a level of disrespect for the culture from which the practise originated, to add fantasy on to reality.
Episode 7 tomorrow.
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