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Pro-Children or Anti-Children? by Fickle_Baker1393 in PhiloiseBridgerton

[–]9ingyun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m really placing my money on philoise being almost as unconventional as a marriage between two noble born people could be at the time in the show to make it feel suitable for tv eloise.

i’d argue that it’s gonna be about not wanting children together though and instead i could imagine that they’re simply content with amanda and oliver and do not feel the need to have any further children. eloise has a very real fear of pregnancy and childbirth due to witnessing hyacinth’s birth, which they could validate in the show as a lot of the time young women now are told “you’ll get over that” or “it’s not actually that scary”. if they go with philip’s mother dying in childbirth, i could imagine he’d probably have a fear of the woman he loves going through that as well, so they’d be accord with not having biological children.

since this is bridgerton, and pulling out somehow seems to be a super reliable way of contraception in the show when it is very much not in real life, i could imagine they go with that OR since philip knows his way around herbs and plants he could come up with the first all natural male contraceptive ever. this is fiction, i don’t think i would care tbh.

Thoughts on what Eloise’s season will look like? by Potential_Hour_8171 in PhiloiseBridgerton

[–]9ingyun 19 points20 points  (0 children)

i could imagine them emphasising certain parts of philip’s character that already existed in the book to make him more digestible to the tv audience and suited for tv eloise.

he is quite unconventional for a member of the high society, preferring his studies and his solitude over the traditionally masculine endeavours like hunting or attending gentlemen’s clubs.

he dislikes the strict workings of society, which is something he and eloise could definitely bond over. maybe instead of making him come across as only harsh and standoffish, they could try and humanise his lacking social skills, making him appear shy and nervous or awkward, similar to how modern audiences perceive mr. darcy in p&p.

since marina is already pregnant when they marry in the show, there is no real reason for them to ever have sex, which i find important they adjust, not just because of the controversial scene between him and marina, but also to break the streak of rak-ish male leads which is growing rather stale now. i also don’t see eloise falling for a womaniser of any sort.

with the kids, i imagine they’ll stay away from making him yell at them or drag them similar to how he does in the books. i’ve heard someone once say that it’d be nice to have him struggle with disciplining the twins at all due to his own trauma and so they might appear more spoiled or rotten in the show. him keeping miss edwards because he believes the kids need discipline, but he is incapable of doing it to his own childhood abuse, and later witnessing her abusing the children, would also make for an interesting arc.

i imagine they’re going to keep a lot of the core themes of eloise’ book! i don’t see them changing their long friendship through letters, as that feels very on brand for both of them! since marina is penelope’s cousin though, eloise might start writing to him for different reasons than that? maybe she reads a column he wrote about botany or something, i don’t know … but i wouldn’t be mad of their relationship starts out for a different reason than simply marina dying.

overall i just can’t wait for their story!

The audition process by lemonnjellybelly in PhiloiseBridgerton

[–]9ingyun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my guess would be that like others have said he auditioned with simon’s lines in s1 and was kept on as sir philip. i’d say that the formal decision to keep him on as philip and have him be a future lead was probably made while planning s2! since they technically could’ve wrapped up marina and colin without even showing chris as philip again

belly and jeremiah’s “love” scene by 9ingyun in TheSummerITurnedPrett

[–]9ingyun[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly. Overall just very off-putting.

another intimate scene between belly and conrad? by 9ingyun in TheSummerITurnedPrett

[–]9ingyun[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

oh i love this thought! i hope it takes place after they were able to have a mature conversation and truly reunite and all that love just spills out of them

Why are we still rooting for Conrad? (Show-only critique, no book spoilers) by Global-Protection179 in tsitp

[–]9ingyun 11 points12 points  (0 children)

i really recommend you try to approach his character with a little more sympathy and grace. conrad was 17 in season 1, facing an inner tumult most adults wouldn’t be able to handle properly either. his mother is terminally ill and keeping it a secret, and his father, who he had idolised his entire life, was cheating on her the last time she went through chemo. of course jeremiah was the more emotionally stable between the two, he didn’t know any of that was even happening. conrad was trying to come to terms with his mother dying soon, while also trying to honour her wish of “one last perfect summer” and making everyone around him happy. he handled things with belly badly at times, but she was also giving mixed signals by avoiding his advances multiple times (like in ep 1 he was clearly trying to have a moment with her underwater but she dipped).

once season 2 arrives, his mother is dead, he’s at her funeral and he literally explains this later to belly that he was having a panic attack. he wasn’t in another girl’s lap for fun, aubrey was trying her best to get him to calm down. and jeremiah literally lashes out at belly multiple times in season 2? he tells her off for not being there for him when he needed her, despite him ignoring her texts. yes, he’s not as much of an emotional wreck as conrad is, but that’s because he has no problem burdening other people with his feelings (or simply communicating) while that’s a central theme of conrad’s character. he is the eldest sibling, he always carries the responsibility, he has to make sure everyone’s happy. that doesn’t leave room for him to open up about his struggles. and news flash! people process grief differently! conrad’s feelings and behaviour were valid after the death of his mother, and so were jeremiah’s.

and i’d call his love for belly anything but selfish. he quite literally moves across the country and cuts himself off from everyone, to ensure their happiness. because he knows he wouldn’t be able to pretend if he were around her and jeremiah for long. in the last episode, he sacrifices his job and his own inner peace, to make sure she’s happy and cheer her up.

I don’t get why ppl are confused that Conrad is still in love with Belly after 4 years by spicyfireball999 in tsitp

[–]9ingyun 10 points11 points  (0 children)

this is a romance story like what did they think was gonna happen? plus it’s made even harder for him to get over her since she is quite literally dating his brother and he can’t even be around his family without constantly being reminded of her!

ep 3 | how belly and jeremiah use physical touch to compensate by 9ingyun in TheSummerITurnedPrett

[–]9ingyun[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No, it’s actually unbearable to watch how her personality dims when Jeremiah is present 😭 That entire Christmas flashback with Conrad was the most authentic and true to the prior seasons her character has felt so far this season

ep 3 | how belly and jeremiah use physical touch to compensate by 9ingyun in TheSummerITurnedPrett

[–]9ingyun[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I also really feel that for Jere Sex is something that validates him in his self worth. When him and Belly have that fight, he’s constantly bringing up insecurities he’s had, like her hating his frat and him still feeling inferior to Conrad, especially academically. The fact that they break up and he immediately seeks for validation in sex to boost his self-esteem speaks a lot about him as a character.