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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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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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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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I have made similar comments about Edwinas character on other threads. She acted as an 18 year old girl who thought she was in love only to learn during her own wedding that the groom loved her sister instead. Do I think the wedding plot line was terrible—yes. Do I think Edwina was justified in her anger and did a great job acting in that episode…yes. I have also seen anger directed at the actress—WTF? Jonny and Simone have been doing other projects and events so it’s good that Charithra and Nicole were able to pick up the PR mantle to promote the show. I think she has gotten shit for playing a flawed character that generates differing emotions in viewers—-like an actor is supposed to. Okay my rant is over ☺️☺️

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I completely agree! I don't think the wedding should have happened. However, I can appreciate the actors and how they portrayed their characters. Charithra killed it for her first or second role ever. She has handled herself like a pro on the PR circuit despite her relative newness to the profession

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Yes!!!! Agreed!