I GOT MY ILLUMICRATE BRIDGERTON BOOKS AND THEY'RE GORGEOUS!

bridgertons looking at their spouses from afar: oh, they’re adorable

bridgertons when they see their spouses up close: oh, they’re traumatized!

— bridgerton book covers if they were penguin classics

bonus:

The Bridgerton's had always been expected to end up in love matches, everyone from the Queen herself to Lady Whistledown believed this. Such a shame that everyone was wrong.

Inspired by @thekatebridgerton 's au where the Bridgerton siblings don't get their happily ever afters, but get sent back in time to Daphne's debut and get a second chance. (this was made with her permission.)

Anthony: Mice!? He is here to catch mice!? Hyacinth! I can hear you laughing!

Hyacinth: Because it's funny!

Kate: It is. Besides, this is nothing to what we got up to. Remember when we went horse riding -

Anthony covering Hyacinth's and Gareth's ears: Not in front of the young ones!

Kate: I already gave her the talk! She knows!

I love all of this!! Made me giggle!!

What is Gareths signature meme about Hyacinth?

hyareth mamas?? in the same frame???

What would Sophie do if she tried to have a pre wedding night chat with Hyacinth only to discover that her and Gareth are looooong past that?

Also, could she help convince Violet speed up the wedding. You know like she and Benedict did....

Oh...she'd be furious.

It's my headcanon that, (if the series ever get there), Sophie is very much Gareth's champion even if the rest of the family are a little wary due to Gareth's estrangement from his father and his rakish ways.

And her hearts breaks when Gareth finally works out Sophie's heritage and looks, with wide, quivering eyes at how Benedict and the Birdgertons so tangibly love her and says,

"But they love you?" like a little child.

And, as she promised Hyacinth years ago, when the girl still had short hems, Sophie finally has the much promised 'talk'. Eloise & Francesca received it--so it is only fair.

And with Hyacinth being Hyacinth she can't help but let it slip out.

Cut to Sophie trying to go over to Gareth's bachelor lodgings, Benedict once again trying to placate her because, for goodness sake, Sophie, you ahd a traumatic childbirth a couple days ago gosh darn it!

And no, she doesn't try to speed up the wedding, becasue Gareth is finally on good terms with Anthony and Violet...and maybe to make the pair suffer--just a little bit.

8 rings

After each child Edmund would give Violet a ring:

Anthony - Ruby

Benedict - Sapphire

Colin - Aquamarine

Daphne - Diamond

Eloise - Emerald

Francesca - Amethyst

Gregory - Moonstone

Hyacinth - Citrine

He had commissioned Hyacinth’s ring before his death, Anthony found it hidden in his study almost three year after his father’s death at first he was terrified to give it to his mother who was just recently been coming back to them and recovering from losing Edmund but one day he overheard her talking with Daphne telling her of the story and the meaning of each ring on her dressing table, he heard of little Daphne’s voice telling her that she was more than willing to give Hyacinth my ring mama and he broke. He gives her the ring the next day and although it does make his mother cry, it also makes her smile probably for the first time in three years.

Violet gifts the rings to her daughters on their wedding day and offers them to her sons when they propose to their wives (all but Anthony agree, since he uses the family heirloom ring to propose. He does give Kate the ring after their wedding though)

Years later when all Bridgerton siblings are married with kids of their own, they also continue this tradition (with changes of course) 

To be fair, none of the Bridgertons really went through a "proper" courting stage with their spouses besides like Francesca's first marriage, and I think even that one went by super fast.

Bridgerton

Give me a TV series and I’ll tell you:

Favorite character: Penelope Featherington.

Funniest character: umm… Benedict Bridgerton

Best looking character: lol this ones not fair, there’s so many good looking people on the show. But imma go with Colin Bridgerton and King George(lol yes I’m picking two)

3 favorite ships: Polin, Charlotte and George, Grucy.

Least favorite character: Lord Danbury.

Least favorite ship: Hyareth

Reason why I watch it: lol mostly for Polin, but also bc I want see how they do the other characters stories

Why I started watching it: bc I love the books so much.

assigning taylor swift songs to bridgerton couples (part 2)

with explanations that no one asked for (proceed with caution)

part 1 for a, b, c and d

eloise & phillip - i hadn’t even read the book and i knew paris was their song. i feel it captures their essence. “no, i didn't see the news 'cause we were somewhere else” while benophie are just as deep in the countryside, i think philoise truly don’t care about anything that goes on in the ton. “i want to brainwash you into loving me forever” i’m not sure why this line in particular stands out to me in context of their relationship. maybe because going into it they both had their agenda. also phillip constantly thinking he has to find a way to make eloise stay forever. “confess my truth in swooping, sloping, cursive letters” i think this one is self explanatory. secondly electric touch, i was hesitant about this one cause i’m just not a fan of this song sonically but the lyrics were too on point. “just breathe, just relax, it'll be okay // just the first time ever hanging out with you” - eloise sitting in her carriage on the way to meet a man who basically proposed to her without meeting once. from phillip’s “i've gotten used to no one callin' my phone” when eloise shows up and the servant’s “hey, we got a caller” and phillip going “wtf no one comes here, you sure about that”. also “i've grown accustomed to sleeping' alone” yeah eight years will do that. “i was thinking, just one time maybe the stars align, just one time and maybe I call you mine” 

francesca & michael - so i have a story regarding this one. as i got to the second half of the book and the spice started flooding in, i felt like the need for some equally sexy music in the background and i remembered (honestly don’t know how i ever forgot) the altarpiece of taylor’s music  false god. truly all the stars aligned, while i read the words “she felt cherished. worshipped. loved” miss taylor swift sang “we'd still worship this love”. other than that it does fall into the vibes category. tho if one day we are blessed enough to actually get their season i am expecting every social media feed to be drowning in edits of  franchel to this song. but also alternatively to don’t blame me. again, sexy. well the spice in this book was just on another level and i also couldn’t figure out if taylor has a song about being in love with your cousins spouse for six years. i think this is more from michael’s perspective. i mean “i've been breaking' hearts a long time” he even broke mine by being fictional. “if you walk away i'd beg you on my knees to stay” michael stirling would absolutely do this and frankly i can’t stop picturing it. if we do get to them in the show some glorious day, this is my official plea to include this song in the soundtrack. 

gregory & lucy - speak now is the somewhat lazy choice but have you read the prologue timed to this song. “i hear the preacher say, "speak now or forever hold your peace"” the church went silent “there's the silence, there's my last chance. i stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me” the priest stopped his drone, and every spine in every pew twisted until every face was turned to the back. to him. “horrified looks from everyone in the room but i'm only looking at you” she said nothing, but he saw her. // she looked so beautiful. i rest my case. it was really hard to pick a song for them because there’s so many twists and turns in the book so my honourable mentions are haunted (when gregory convinced everything is solved and then lucy goes and marries another man) and daylight. finally i settled with ivy. “my pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand, taking mine but it's been promised to another” i mean lucy has been promised to another man from the start of the book. it just fits them, okay (can you tell i’ve been writing this for four hours at this point).

hyacinth & gareth - dear god, hyacinth is my favourite character in the whole books series. i adore her but for the love of god i could not figure out what songs to choose for hyareth. it was truly a headache and if anyone has any suggestions, please do not hesitate to tell me. because they are such a chaotic and energetic duo, i wanted something that would fit them musically but ended up picking cowboy like me and peace. both are truly in the vibes category, i don’t have much of an explanation. in cowboy like me “and the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up” felt kinda reminiscent of the whole polt line with gareth and his father who wasn’t really his father. peace has a little more substance to it. in my head this is more from hyacinth, she is wild and you will never get bored with her but she can also be a lot and tiring. “you know that i'd swing with you for the fences, sit with you in the trenches. give you my wild, give you a child” this is who hyacinth is, she is a ride or die, and i truly believe she would sit in the trenches with gareth.

I want what they have.

Another favorite Hyacinth genre is her being absolutely ✨exasperated✨ by her older brother Gregory 😂

Honestly, just want to see if people hate the same books as I do and what better way to do it