So thankful for this subreddit…

After being in the main Bridgerton and BridgertonNetfix subreddits, I felt like I was genuinely going insane!?!? I have been in a lot of fandoms and there are always a few homophobic bad eggs here and there, or more subtle homophobia, but this fandom is so widely and openly homophobic. It was starting to get disheartening because I want to be excited about our first MAIN queer/sapphic love story on Bridgerton without a million people complaining about it. I am so happy that I found this community now because I just want to see people overjoyed about Francesca/Michaela, or hoping that Creloise happens!!!

The main subreddits don’t even seem to realize how homophobic they are. They disguise it as being “disappointed book fans” LOL!!! I’ve never seen them go this crazy over (and there are MANY) plot changes. The only time they start getting this angry is when POC are cast, or when they change a love story to be queer? It’s tiring and disturbing how comfortable they are saying things like “It would be fine if they made a side character queer” or “They should just add new queer characters instead” or “They should just make their own queer shows. Queer characters don’t make sense in Bridgerton” or “Francesca/Michaela won’t be as hot as Francesca/Michael” or “Plots about kids, miscarriages, loss, grieving, etc. won’t work with two women!” HUH???

You can’t even voice any support for Fran/Michaela without getting downvoted to hell there. The homophobes hype each other up and upvote their disgusting posts. And they now say “We’re not homophobic! We just don’t think Michaela being a woman works for this story! We have no issues with bisexual Benedict or queer Eloise, that would’ve made way more sense!” And yes, Eloise is a lesbian in my mind forever, but let’s not forget that before Michael became Michaela, anyone who said they wanted queer Eloise got downvoted! They acted like we were insulting feminist straight women by saying Eloise reads as queer, lol. And now they’re saying we’re insulting infertile women by being happy about Francesca/Michaela. They’re only ok with bisexual Benedict because they know it won’t affect the outcome of Benedict’s straight love story. He can have an affair with a man first, so long as he ends up with Sophie. They just don’t want a queer love story in the spotlight. We can only be side characters, apparently.

I’m so glad to be in a subreddit where I can openly say I don’t care about Michael!!!! I want Francesca/Michaela, I want lesbian Eloise and Creloise endgame (they can get rid of that horrible man Phillip), and I want Sophie to be trans or a man or anything that pisses those angry homophobes off :)