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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The writers have literally said this is based on the Cinderella fairy tale. The actors have also confirmed this.

This is completely different from the plot of Pamela.[/quote]

DP: So what? Would you two stop arguing and make wild predictions?

Eloise will get into a lavender marriage. I read the book. I know where she really ends up but I would much rather her be married to some high-powered London-based gay man and bonus points if he's smokin' hot. [/quote]

What is a lavender marriage? Also, do you remember when she sort of was connecting with a newsboy at the print shop? I really liked that.[/quote]

A lavender marriage is a hetero marriage where one or both partners is gay (or just not hetero) and the marriage is platonic. People in this situation might get married to gain social acceptance, in order to have kids in a time when gay people weren't allowed to adopt, or even just for companionship if there was no opportunity for them to pair off with someone they were actually sexually interested in.

I disagree with PP that Eloise will wind up in a lavender marriage though. First, I don't think Eloise is gay -- so far she just reads as asexual, but she's never expressed romantic interest in any of the women on the show, including Penelope, her best friend. And second, Bridgerton is about love and romance. Eloise's story in the books is about her having agency in her choice of partner, and flouting social rules that require women's love lives and marriages to be brokered through their male relatives. It's an empowerment story, but not an LGTBTQ+ story. [/quote]

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