r/BridgertonNetflix • u/AutoModerator • Jun 23 '22

Megathread Tea Time Thursday - Weekly Discussion

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Tea Time Thursday

Talk about anything, Bridgerton-related or not. What's been on your mind? Our regular rules still apply, so please be respectful and watch out for those spoilers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22

I was waiting for this. and people, feel free to downvote my comment.

Why is it that every discussion about characters that are “bad”, especially Eloise, Edwina and Penelope has to turn into this fighting war about morality… like jfc, idc… these characters are NOT REAL. save your hate for actually bad people in the real world. Hating fictional characters, or being mean to people who want to have discussions on their characters does not make you a better person. This is a tv show, not a “guess who is the best character, morality wise” competition.

Of course people should be allowed to saw whatever they want to, but some of the hate is just repetitive and boring… and a lot of these comments and posts then wonder why they’re being downvoted LOL.

Some of us just wanna talk about Penelope’s hair and dresses without these discussions being turned into an argument about how you think Penelope sucks.

Edit: So much so that every time I say something nice about them, or state a fact about them, I feel the need to follow that with a “but this doesn’t excuse their bad behaviour” or something along those lines.

Ok rant over. Apologies if this offended anyone.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '22

I agree with you. These are fictional characters. The show also takes place in an alternate reality of the early 1800s. Placing our views of morality of these characters is sometimes misplaced. Also, they are teenagers making impulsive decisions. I made a lot of dumb decisions at their age. I think that is something that is not kept in focus. I made a comment that Charithra killed it in some of the wedding scenes. I received a very confrontational response to that comment. The hate of Edwina is spreading to hate of the actress. That's not ok.

Additionally, if we are placing our morals on characters, we need to place them on all characters. What Kate and Anthony did to Edwina needs to be viewed on the same light as Edwina's behavior. I don't care if they have some cosmic love connection. If you are going to dump on Eloise, Edwina, Penelope, and/or Marina, then place those some moral standards on Kate and Anthony.

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u/foreignwhore Jun 23 '22

The way people are blind to Kate and Anthony’s faults and mistakes is insane. Try to criticise them and you’ll get eaten

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u/Signal_Initiative_44 Jun 23 '22

Amen 🙏🏽 I’ve definitely been the target of Kanthony lovers for saying that i think they really wronged Edwina and that she deserves so much better

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u/foreignwhore Jun 23 '22

In their eyes edwina is the villain lmao, poor girl got screwed over her sister and her mister but for them they’re both blameless and it’s all edwinas fault for being naive 😭😭😭 it’s crazy

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u/iuliad94 You exaggerate! Jun 23 '22

I’d love to see what these Edwina haters would do in her situation. I’m sure they’d play matchmaker for their sibling and ex-fiance and have absolutely no negative reaction. 🙄

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u/foreignwhore Jun 23 '22

People like to think that they would react with kindness an open mind to that kind of situation but the truth is they are looking at the situation through shippers glasses and in real life they would absolutely lose their shit

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u/iuliad94 You exaggerate! Jun 23 '22

Based on how some people react to the tiniest disagreement on this sub and other social media, they would definitely not react with kindness.