Bridgerton Season 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Benedict is so hot. I’ve always thought he’s the hottest brother and a so glad he’s getting his own storyline. The chemistry is so good this season. The other plot lines are boring but the scenery is pretty and love the music so far.

My boss resembles Benedict and it REALLY ruins Benedict for me, because ewwww!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any trailers yet for Part 2?

Oh yes https://youtu.be/zFwEQVMKwzo?si=rrgUyqSoZp5_rBdj

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there any trailers yet for Part 2?

Oh yes https://youtu.be/zFwEQVMKwzo?si=rrgUyqSoZp5_rBdj

Wow! Hot! I can’t wait!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that Kate and Anthony return with their child in Part 2?

They're in the trailer for Part 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

The fine whine of copium.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

OMG stop. The plot is literally lifted from Pamela.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

OMG stop. The plot is literally lifted from Pamela.

DP. That hasn’t been confirmed from the show’s writers though, has it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

OMG stop. The plot is literally lifted from Pamela.

DP. That hasn’t been confirmed from the show’s writers though, has it?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked the first four episodes. Fairly good chemistry between Benedict and Sophie. But the real standout for me is Lady Penwood. I only know Katie Leung as Cho Chang from Harry Potter. She grew up into such a great actress!

That's why she looked familiar.
Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Is it Pamela or Cinderella? A hybrid, I guess.

I didn't note the titles if the books Eloise mentions. Did anyone else, and were they real books?

And what happens if she is a spinster? She's just supported by her family indefinitely and gets to live in bridgerton house forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it Pamela or Cinderella? A hybrid, I guess.

I didn't note the titles if the books Eloise mentions. Did anyone else, and were they real books?

And what happens if she is a spinster? She's just supported by her family indefinitely and gets to live in bridgerton house forever?

Yah, since her family is super rich, they'd probably just support her. She'd be expected to become the caretaker to Violet in her old age and she'd need to stay on good terms with Anthony, who controls the family's money and could allocate an allowance for her. They aren't obligated to do so, though, and if they had a falling out she could be on the street. They are super rich though, so as long as Anthony agrees to support her, she could probably live pretty well. Especially since all she cares about are books and not clothes or parties. They have lots of houses too (like Benedict's random "country cottage" with two full time caretakers that just sits around unused) and she could easily stay in one of them.

But it's interesting to see her chaffing a bit at the loss in social status that would come from being a spinster. It's the kind of thing that a natural contrarian like Eloise might not realize is important to her until she sees herself on the edge of losing. Being relegated to spinster status takes her out of the social mix. That's great for avoiding dancing at parties, not great if you are the sort of person who likes discussing politics and ideas. It's hard for any woman to gain access to those conversations in that time period, but a married woman would have a lot more options than a spinster because she could leverage her role as hostess to bring interesting people into her house and get invites to others. All of this is dawning on Eloise for the first time, that marriage is a form of social currency for women and not just about wearing pretty gowns and giggling over gentlemen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Pamela or Cinderella? A hybrid, I guess.

I didn't note the titles if the books Eloise mentions. Did anyone else, and were they real books?

And what happens if she is a spinster? She's just supported by her family indefinitely and gets to live in bridgerton house forever?

Yah, since her family is super rich, they'd probably just support her. She'd be expected to become the caretaker to Violet in her old age and she'd need to stay on good terms with Anthony, who controls the family's money and could allocate an allowance for her. They aren't obligated to do so, though, and if they had a falling out she could be on the street. They are super rich though, so as long as Anthony agrees to support her, she could probably live pretty well. Especially since all she cares about are books and not clothes or parties. They have lots of houses too (like Benedict's random "country cottage" with two full time caretakers that just sits around unused) and she could easily stay in one of them.

But it's interesting to see her chaffing a bit at the loss in social status that would come from being a spinster. It's the kind of thing that a natural contrarian like Eloise might not realize is important to her until she sees herself on the edge of losing. Being relegated to spinster status takes her out of the social mix. That's great for avoiding dancing at parties, not great if you are the sort of person who likes discussing politics and ideas. It's hard for any woman to gain access to those conversations in that time period, but a married woman would have a lot more options than a spinster because she could leverage her role as hostess to bring interesting people into her house and get invites to others. All of this is dawning on Eloise for the first time, that marriage is a form of social currency for women and not just about wearing pretty gowns and giggling over gentlemen.

More history! Bridgerton takes place just a few years after the death of the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish. Georgiana used her elevated position to become a published author and quite influential in Whig politics at the time. She was also a girlhood friend of Marie Antoinette. If anyone is interested in some very interesting reading on how both Antoinette and Cavendish used their positions to influence politics and society using the feminine tools at their disposal (fashion, entertaining), I highly recommend Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution and The Duchess. Both books served as inspiration for movies about these women, the Sophia Coppola movie about MA starring Kiersten Dunst, and the biopic of Georgiana starring Kiera Knightly. Fun reads and watches across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

OMG stop. The plot is literally lifted from Pamela.

DP. That hasn’t been confirmed from the show’s writers though, has it?

It doesn’t need to be confirmed ….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I realize this is going to enrage the "don't teach me history" people, but I'm just saw the most interesting fact. Apparently an extremely niche historical error in Season 4 is that Benedict is actually swimming a more modern stroke, the front crawl wasn't used in Britain until later in the 1800s, someone in that era would have been swimming breast stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl
https://blog.myswimpro.com/2023/05/30/the-history-of-swimming-strokes/

As someone who learned to swim so young it honestly never even occurred to me that the swimming stroke we sort of consider default is pretty modern. I could have guessed that for something like butterfly but not front crawl.

So THIS is an interesting bit of trivia to add to the Bridgerton discussion.

Making every other post about Pamela Who Cares is not.

OMG stop. The plot is literally lifted from Pamela.

DP. That hasn’t been confirmed from the show’s writers though, has it?

It doesn’t need to be confirmed ….

It’s just a coincidence then. Also there is the Cinderella thing.