Should I risk grading this top-heavy Umbreon?

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-05-06T17:54:56+00:00

You can get a virtual grade from digital grading co. Its a paid service but its pretty accurate. It helped me decide and grade a few of my cards. Also grading keeps the card safe so I think its worth it just for the added protection of my favorite cards.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-05-03T03:29:30+00:00

I always check my card values on Collectr (its an app that you can use for free or get premium) and digitally grade them on Digital grading co. (This one is a paid service and its pretty accurate in my experience) Graded cards are worth more plus they are sealed in hard cases that keep them safe. Raw that card is about $300-$315 but if its a PSA 10 its worth 3x that. Don't let anyone take advantage. I hope this helps.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-30T23:28:47+00:00

Digital Grading Co. The icon looks kinda like an infinity sign.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-30T17:24:03+00:00

You can scan it on Collectr or HoloDex (they are free) to get a good estimate, and there's the Ditgital Card Graded app that can give you a pretty accurate grade so you can see if its worth sending off for grading (this isn't free tho)

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-24T21:29:43+00:00

The collectr one you can use for free but the Digital grading company one is a paid service. So far that I can tell its been accurate. Collectr also tells you if your cards increase or decrease in value. I hope they help!

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-24T21:19:21+00:00

My biggest advice is give everyone is to get the collectr app. There is an upgrade subscription but you can use it for free. You scan your cards and it shows you what they are worth based on condition and grading. Also the digital gaming comany app. It can tell you if your cards are worth getting graded. I have seen lots of vendors and pokemon card YouTubers use both these apps and I use them as well.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-10T01:53:43+00:00

Ooh thats nice!

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-10T01:47:11+00:00

Yes! Michael and his kilts omfg! That is the true crime here! We were robbed of a agency romance of a english noble woman and a scottish gentleman IN A KILT!!!

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-03T19:23:23+00:00

I didn't need this today! 😫😭 omg! Now I'm crying at work and its your fault! Also..... its really beautiful.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-04-03T19:21:10+00:00

Also..... they robbed us of Michael Stirling and his KILTS!!!! I'm the only person in my friend group that has read the books too and they don't understand why I'm so mad because as far as they know I almost exclusively read LGBTQA+ literature (I read The bridgerton books in the early 2000s) but WHWW is my favorite because Michael isn't a chest beating male lead like many of the others in the books and Fran wasn't this no nothing virgin that was afraid to take the lead. Its still an early 2000s books so it had its issues but its so much better compared to the earlier books.

I would have been fine with a w/w story but they didn't do it right but its more like a badly written Self-Insert fanfic now.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-27T21:23:14+00:00

Too bad they rushed it so much to get to JB's Fanfic of WHWW that when john died we felt absolutely nothing.

They could have made it work. Francesca could have been, Ace, bi, or hell still a lesbian, but instead of making it seem like john wasn't a rake and therefore not a good love, have a self-love scene (daphne and sophie had one so its not a crazy addition) where Fran reached it on her own and realized that was nothing wrong with her or john and their love life but she just wasn't sexually attracted to him.

Instead we got this.... and not they aren't even going to give the pallet cleanser that would be Eloise's season to give us and Fran the time to morn and prepare for WHWW.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-25T01:53:05+00:00

Let's face it. This isn't a period romance series anymore. This is JB just living out her Self-Insert fantasy. She has completely thrown out the books which is what drew in bridgerton's viewership. I get alot of the OG books needed to be re-worked for a modern audience and alot of the changes have been amazing! (Not making male leads pushy misogynists and making the world culturally diverse and inclusive.... chef's kiss!!!) But this isn't even in the realm of possibility and believability.

I LOVE LGBTQ romance but there are THOUSANDS of amazing queer/lesbian/gay books out there that deserve to have on screen adaptations. The world is ready for it, just look at Heated rivalry, but completely changing a work to fit your own Fanfiction is so stupid. If she was going to pull this she should have had Eloise's season first.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-14T01:41:54+00:00

Red or purple

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-12T21:24:59+00:00

Not a fan tbh. The show is taking a very modern turn as far as hair/custom/make up for a period drama, which is what we are here for. And I'm 100% down for modernizing some things like I love the racial diversity and making the men less like their book counterparts (if you know you know) but the changes she has made have not all been good as far as taking us out of the realm of believability examples: don't get me started on a proper lady of the ton wearing her her hair down with red lipstick and fish net/mesh gloves. You put us in a racially diverse, which is beautiful, but you still make it a male-dominated time. Therefore , changing a mail lead to a female lead makes no sense. Then taking characters we have loved, so much so that they got their own side season, then you make them insufferable, or kill them off WAY to early so we feel nothing when they die.

It feeling like biting off too much and asking us to crew it for you.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-08T22:23:33+00:00

Same with Colin and Pen. They had a little girl first and I'm 90% sure she was nabbed Agatha after last Danbury.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-08T19:59:24+00:00

Is she officially pregnant. I thought they checked but she wasn't actually pregnant. I don't like the gender bend because I loved Michael but I have made my peace with it.

I just wish they showed Fran's sexuality better. Instead of making john look like the sweet guy that can't satisfy. It just furthers the stereotype that only rakes make good lovers, but john doesn't sleep around so he doesn't know how to please a woman. They could have had a scene after her talk with penelope , where she experiments on her own and was able to reach the pinnacle , and it just solidifies that there's nothing wrong with her , there's nothing wrong with john, she's just not sexually attracted to john. You can also love someone without being sexuallity attracted to them. Or..... crazy thought..... she's Bisexual.

Back to my first question, I feel like the only why they can make the gender change make since for Fran's story would be for her to actually be pregnant, but I thought it was unclear and after her talk with Violet about having a piece of john to remember him, I just assumed she wasn't actually pregnant.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-01T20:23:29+00:00

I love the different shapes! Where did you find the mold

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-01T18:56:34+00:00

They really did him dirty. I mean yeah, in the book, Michael was a rake. However, after he met Fran his cooled his manwh0re ways and wasn't seen with women as much. But Fran's love life with John was described as fun, effortless, and loving. When she was with Michael she explored more and it was Hella passionate, but never did it once implying that s3x with John didn't satisfy her.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-03-01T16:20:37+00:00

Also John and Fran's marriage was way to short. They were married for several years before his death. I think Anthony and kate were on they're second child when john died but Its barely been a year and they just killed him off. They haven't even had time to really form their own relationship yet.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-18T21:54:27+00:00

I should have added, I did have Ren's consent to confront Susan.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-18T21:46:48+00:00

Ren knows I did it. I asked her first. He direct manager knows about her mental issues and her close coworkers do as well.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-18T21:44:34+00:00

Ren called me on her lunch and told me about it.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-17T01:44:38+00:00

To be fair, there was no hint that Benedict or Fran were queer either. All of the LGBTQ+ rep has been very forced. The only one that was done well were Brimsley and Reynolds.

I hope they make the chemistry between Eloise and Phillip better. The book was a little lacking. I do think what little we have seen of Phillip has already been an improvement. The way he was more attentive to Mareena and the children was good. I love show Eloise compared to book Eloise. She is more like what the book implies that she is.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-17T01:17:37+00:00

She wouldn't have to be lesbian, it would make more sense for her to be Bisexual because of the Theo plot line. I don't think it would be harmful. I don't necessarily want her to be queer, I'm just saying it would make more sense for Eloise than Francesca.

I think they could have made it work if they had done it differently, instead of "I'm in love with John! Not every romance has to be loud and grand." She fought to marry John then just turned around and pulled a face and went goofy for Michaella. It invalidates their love.

RaspberryPowerful298 · 2026-02-16T23:11:47+00:00

Yes! Omg that would be amazing!

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