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bohemian-nights · 24 days

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Like clockwork, the moment that Sophie is almost surely going to be played by a Black woman there is a sudden uptick in the Sophie should be a man or trans because that would be “true representation” discourse.

Representation for all communities is important(although that’s not what this rally is about), but Sophie Beckett is the last character in Bridgerton who should be gender-bent or made trans since her story is directly tied to her being a working-class biological woman.

It's because she's a woman that her only means of employment is as a maid. It's because she's a woman that she was almost raped by a pack of men. It’s because she’s a biological woman and fears birthing children who will be illegitimate and who may have to go through life as she did that she refuses to be Benedict’s mistress.

You can’t just plop a (white cause that’s what the real issue is) man or a (white) trans woman into her place without changing her story which is unique in the Bridgerton universe and dare I say the most empowering. So while yes it would be nice to see a gay love story on the show or a trans person, Benophie isn’t the couple to turn to for this representation.

And said representation definitely shouldn’t come at the expense of representation for Black women who are rarely shown as love interests or get to be leading ladies in media. Representation for Black women may not be your representation, but it's still representation for an under-represented marginalized group.

Seriously if your idea of representation hinges on the fact that Black women should step aside and wait “our turn”(aka we shouldn't be represented because y'all always come up with some excuse for why it isn't “our turn”) you need to reassess some things because that isn't going to happen any longer.

This also goes out to the people who keep saying that there are “too many” Black people on show therefore Sophie shouldn't be Black when the only Black woman* that has been featured has been Lady Danbury who is a side character who most certainly does not have a happily ever after(HEA).

*I love Queen Charlotte and both India and Goldie’s portrayal of her and I loved the spin-off, but both women are mixed.

Let’s not forget the people who said Sophie being Black would be too “problematic” since she’s slave(she’s not a slave you’re insulting the enslaved when you refer to her as such) while cheering on every other group of women playing Sophie.

That was what some said a year ago when people suggested Sophie could played by a Black woman, but now that it’s coming you’ve moved on from that excuse to needing to see two white men on your screens.

So once again this isn't about representation it's just another instance of fandom misogynoir aka trying to keep Black women off your screens useless we are there to serve you or be tortured.

Cause somehow seeing Patsey getting wiped and raped 23 million times is “powerful” representation, but seeing a Black woman being loved and cared for and getting a HEA with a man who adores her is “problematic.”

Again I do understand the ones who genuinely want to see themselves represented on screen, but to make this much of a fuss about a Black woman in the role of Sophie Beckett, it’s inexcusable.

Reference point to this rant.

#I didn’t want to rock the boat but one must say something #i tried to leave the dragon show fandom and then i am met with this #just bring in Sophie Beckett Shonda and make her Black #sophie beckett #bridgerton #afoag spoilers #fandom misogynoir #benophie #bncommentary

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viscountessevie · 2 years

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Beckett Begins

Masterlist | My AO3 A/N: Hello, everyone! I know it's been a minute since I've written for this blog and truth is I got burnt out with school but now I'm back with a piece that is incredibly close to my heart. This ficlet is centred on Sophie and a love letter for those discovering themselves and who they are outside of the usual societal norms with a side of Benophie fluff. I won't say more because I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Also shoutout to @sharmasandcorgis and @missfairygodmother for hearing out my ideas and it was so fun bouncing ideas off each other! And @pensbridgrton for getting me on board the Theo/Ben train and the Trans!Sophie agenda which inspired me to make Trans!Theo an old boyfriend of Ben's.

Happy reading everyone! I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved writing it!!

Ships: Benophie, Past!Grenville/Benedict, Past!Theo/Benedict

[FCs: Elliott Page as Trans!Theo and Ian Alexander as Sophie]

Benedict wasn't picky when it comes to dating - he has dated them all since he was 16. Men, women and everyone in between. However there's only three times Benedict would ever say he was in love - or at least thought so for the first two times. #1: It's debatable whether this person would be his first love considering the original power dynamics. As a junior in college, Benedict applied to be a Art History TA for one Professor Henry Grenville. Professor Grenville served as Benedict's mentor all the way to graduation. A couple of years later, once Benedict was settled into the postgraduate program, did they reconnect. It was a whirlwind romance that all the summer romance songs could be written about. As we all know, winds merely breeze through for a period of time and eventually dies down. As did their romance. ~~~ #2: In his mid twenties, Benedict was able to secure a day job as a museum curator to get his foot in into the art world and potentially get exposure for his own art works down the line. That's when he met Theo Sharpe, a graphic designer and the Musuem's Head of Marketing. Or rather re-met him. Benedict had known Theo under a different name and gender. Theo had quite the laugh when it finally registered to Benedict they had been acquaintances in high school. Eventually, they realised they had different priorities in life and parted ways amicably. They still are friends today.

~~~ #3: She might be the third person he's fallen for but in his heart, Sophie Beckett will always be first. His great forever love. Anyone who knows them knows how they met. Sophie was new to town and was searching for temp jobs in the local newspaper when she saw an ad for an au pair placed by one Mrs. Kate Bridgerton-Sharma. After the first interview and meeting the children who loved her, Sophie quickly became a part of the Bridgerton-Sharma family unit. Benedict met her a few weeks later when visiting his nephews and nieces. The rest as they say is history. We all know that story, this isn't that story. Benedict has known all his life he would date anyone regardless of gender so he didn't bat an eye when the love of his life came out to him as non-binary. ~~~ Sophie Beckett never really thought about their gender. They have always felt like they had followed society's expectations for what it meant to be a woman or a feminine person. Not to mention they were too busy trying to find a way out of their stepmother's guardianship, to even think about who they were. But now after all these years, they were happy and healthy. Safe with Benedict and were able to explore themselves. They remember the moment it dawned on them that they realised they didn't quite align with being a woman. They were watching a couple of YouTube videos and one of their favourite content creator was talking about how they realized they were non-binary. In that moment, it clicked for them. Hearing another non-binary person talking about their experience contextualised their own experience. They hated how Araminta would have to force them into dresses when they preferred something more neutral. Or how they were shamed by Posy for wanting their hair just a little too short and 'boyish' at times. Every choice they ever wanted to make with their appearance was shamed and their femininity felt so performative and exhausting. They wanted to exist without labels and binaries. They were too busy trying to get out of their situation with Araminta that it never occurred them that they could fall outside of the binary scale. Until now. And the next step was telling Benedict. For some reason, they were nervous. Fiddling with their fingers, their voice was shaky. They knew Benedict was bi, but still was unsure how he would take it. "Ben, I think I might be non-binary." He looked up casually from his painting, "That's great, love. What are your pronouns?" "Can we try out they/them? I've always just felt neutral and indifferent to she/he." "Sure. How do you like the sound of this; Sophie is the best person ever. They are the love of my life." He declares it proudly. It was amazing to them how one change of pronouns could do wonders to affirm their gender. Although Sophie...it didn't quite fit anymore. It was lovely name but just wasn't theirs any no longer. It felt like a relic of the unhappy times in their life before the Bridgertons. He catches them frowning and raises any eyebrow, "What's wrong, love?" "Sophie...it doesn't feel like me. There's a lot of pain attached to it." "Maybe we can find you a new one?" He pulls out his phone and starts tapping away. He sets down his painting and crosses the room to go sit next to them. The two of them spend the afternoon scrolling through names and testing them out. They mentioned wanting to keep an S name, just a little small part of their old self. So they looked through the S section of gender neutral names. "Sabin? Sy? Sydnee?" "I like them but they aren't quite fitting." "Maybe another initial letter?" Benedict ponders out loud. They consider it. They took a few days to ponder on it. They looked through their memory box of various momentos they managed to save before leaving her stepfamily behind. While shifting through the things, they found a picture of their mother. Running their fingers across the photo, they are struck by how much they looked like their mother. No wonder Father never acknowledged them. Then just like that, it came to them. Beckett. Their only connection to a mother they

never knew but still missed and loved. They immediately went to call Benedict. "Benny, I think I've found it!" He knew what exactly what they were talking about. "Ooh, pray tell what is it, dear?" "Beck."

#Bridgerton #Bridgerton fanfiction #Benophie #Sophie Beckett #Or should I say Beck #Beck Bridgerton #Benedict Bridgerton #Theo Sharpe #Trans!Theo Sharpe #Henry Grenville #Bridgerton Modern AU #Non Binary!Sophie #NB!Sophie

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youngandanactress · 3 years

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It’s ironic that Anthony is so terrified of bees, considering the Man’s a WASP. 🐝

I’m deeply apologetic to anyone who had to read that. I just took my ADHD meds and my brain is currently a calamitous shit storm.

💜

Firstly, HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I saw the idea of show-Sophie Beckett being canonically trans, (I’m sorry to admit: I forget which Tumblr/Tumblrs I saw post about it, but kudos to them.) I think trans show-Sophie is an utterly brilliant idea! It would both: expand the show’s representation of LGBTQIA+ characters (and since Sophie’s a lead we’d get more screen time than if she were a supporting character.) AND it would accomplish this without completely abandoning book-canon (since it would still result in a heterosexual Benophie marriage/relationship.) However, they BETTER cast a trans woman to play Ms. Beckett. Because, as much as I love Eddie Redmayne, I’ll never find it acceptable that he, a cisgender and heterosexual-identifying man, was cast to play ‘Lily’ (a transgender woman) in “The Danish Girl.”

Secondly,

• Since the etymology of the last name “Sharma” is based in Hinduism, will show-Kathony continue the Bridgerton-family (clownish) tradition of single-handedly funding The Church of England? (By purchasing a special license.) It appears that potentially show-Mary (Kate’s only living parent) will be a WASP (like book-Mary), it’ll be interesting to see if Kathony’s wedding is a traditional Anglican or Hindu ceremony.

EDIT:

They haven't announced casting (that I know of.) There’s a ‘whisper’ going around that show-Mary will be a WASP, given the previously-released casting calls. A couple of months ago, the official casting requirements for Edwina and Kate were leaked. They specified that they were looking for an ethnically-South Asian actress in her mid-20s and a biracial (White and South Asian) actress in her early 20s. The rumor inferred that since casting for Edwina specified the character being biracial, Mary would likely be white. Currently, it’s all conjecture 🌷

EDIT P2:

Since Charithra’s gorgeous appearance is unambiguously South Asian, it seems likely that our angel Mary will also be South Asian! I'm excited because it means that we’ll likely get to see more of Kate's ethnic and cultural background ❤️🌷

#bridgerton #bridgerton books #bridgerton tv #anthony bridgerton #kate x anthony #anthony x kate #kathony #kanthony #kate sharma #kate sheffield #mary sharma #trans day of visibility #trans rights #sophie beckett #benedict bridgerton #benophie #aofag

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jackpotgirl · 2 years

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NO BECAUSE HEAR ME OUT–!!!

Sophie Beckett Fancast - Kelly Marie Tran

#bridgerton #bridgerton fancast #an offer from a gentleman #kelly marie tran #kmt #fancast #benedict x sophie

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pensbridgrton · 3 years

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trans nonwhite sophie beckett and bisexual benedict bridgerton 🥰

#that’s it that’s the post #benophie #bridgerton

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composmentis-expostfacto · 6 years

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What Do You Read As an Ivy League Theatre Major

ZenHere is a non-comprehensive list of plays and artistic pieces assigned to me as a theatre major at a prestigious Ivy league school in...ahem...Manhattan. This was not every play I read over the course of my Bachelor’s degree, as I transferred (my community college assignments maybe added at a later date if it becomes possible to compile them) and is not a comprehensive list of everything assigned (ie: articles, textbooks, and academic criticism.) I might do a list of that later if there’s enough interest.

1 Henry IV - William Shakespeare

2 Henry IV - William Shakespeare

Abyss - Maria Milisavljevic

A Number - Caryl Churchill

A Rasin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams

As You Like It - William Shakespeare

All’s Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare

The Amen Corner - James Baldwin

The America Play - Suzan-Lori Parks

Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare

The Balcony - Jean Genet

Betrayl - Harold Pinter

The Black Doctor - Ira Aldridge

Blue-Eyed Black Boy - Georgia Douglas Johnson

The Book of Margery Kempe (selections) - Margery Kempe

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark - Lynn Nottage

Caught - Christopher Chen

The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov

Clybourne Park - Bruce Norris

Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare

Cymbeline - William Shakespeare

Death and the King’s Horseman - Wole Soyinka

Dojoji - Kanami

The Downfall of justice; and the farmer just return'd from meeting on Thanksgiving Day. A comedy, lately acted in Connecticut. - Anonymous/E. Russell

The Dutchman - Amiri Baraka

Embers - Samuel Beckett

Enjoy - Toshiki Okada

The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom - William Wells Brown

Fences - August Wilson

Fires in the Mirror - Anna Devere Smith

For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf - Ntozake Shange

Funnyhouse of the Negro - Adrienne Kennedy

Galileo - Bertolt Brecht

The Gelede Spectacle - Babatunde Lawal

Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen

The Golden Dragon - Roland Schimmelpfennig

The Good Person of Szechwan - Bertolt Brecht

Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Henry V - William Shakespeare

The Homecoming - Harold Pinter

The House of Bernarda Alba - Frederico Garcia Lorca

In Dahomey - Jesse A. Shipp Paul Laurence Dunbar

Invasion! - Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Journey's End - R.C. Sherriff

Kichaka Vadha in The Mahabharata - Nagendra K. Singh

King Lear - William Shakespeare

Krapp's Last Tape - Samuel Beckett

Le Morte D'Arthur - Thomas Mallory

Life is a Dream - Calderón de la Barca

Loa to The Divine Narcissus - Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

Lysistrata - Aristophanes

Made in Poland - Przemyslaw Wojcieszek

M.Butterfly - David Henry Hwang

Macbeth - William Shakespeare

Machinal - Sophie Treadwell

The Maids - Jean Genet

Marat/Sade or The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade - Peter Weiss

The Masque of Queens - Ben Jonson

Measure for Measure - William Shakespeare

Medea - Euripides

Miss Julie - August Strindberg

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Mulatto - Langston Hughes

Murderer, the Hope of Women and Sphinx and Strawman - Oskar Kokoschka

Native Son - Richard Wright Paul Green

Natural Man - Theodore Browne

Oedipus the King - Sophocles, Trans. Robert Fagles

Oedipus the King - Sophocles, Trans. Stephen Berg, Diskin Clay

Oedipus the King - Sophocles, Trans. Bernard Knox

Oedipus Rex - Sophocles, Trans. David Mulroy

Oh What a Lovely War - Charles Chilton

Old Times - Harold Pinter

Othello - William Shakespeare

Pericles - William Shakespeare

Phaedra - Jean Racine

The Piano Lesson - August Wilson

Plumes - Georgia Douglas Johnson

Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw

Rachel - Angelina Grimke

Rainbow Kiss - Simon Farquhar

Revelation of Love (selections) - Julian of Norwich

Richard II - William Shakespeare

The Rover - Aphra Behn

Safe - Georgia Douglas Johnson

Shunkan - Unknown; Possibly Zeami, Zenchiku, or Motomasa

Soul Gone Home - Langston Hughes

Star of Ethiopia - W.E.B. Dubois

Tamburlaine - Christopher Marlowe

Tartuffe - Jean-Baptiste Molière

The Tempest - William Shakespeare

The Testament of Cresseid - Robert Henryson

Top Girls - Caryl Churchill

Trial of Dr. Beck - Hughes Allison

Trifles - Susan Glaspell

Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare

Troilus and Criseyde - Geoffrey Chaucer

Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare

The Two Noble Kinsmen - William Shakespeare and John Fletcher

Ubu the King - Alfred Jarry

Uncle Tom’s Cabin - George Aiken

Venus - Suzan-Lori Parks

Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett

White Snake - Tien Han

The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare

Woyzeck - Georg Büchner

York Mystery Plays - Beadle and King Edition

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viscountessevie · 2 years

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Masterlist | My AO3

A/N: Okay so this is an old fic but ✨Now On AO3✨ I am honestly living for reposting these cos alot of new mutuals can read them now and I have been getting prompts for Part 2s so I totally open to that!! Just give me some time because all my WIPs are waiting for me hahah

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton, Past!Benedict/Theo Sharpe, Past!Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Grenville Characters: Sophie Beckett, Benedict Bridgerton, Mentions of Theo Sharpe, Mentions of Henry Grenville Additional Tags: Sophie-centric, queer, Queer Identities, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era Summary:

The One Where Everyone Is Gay and Sophie is Figuring Themselves Out

Sophie figuring out their identity while Ben helps them with a side of Benophie fluff and a rundown of Ben's dating history because he is a whore (affectionate) <3

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viscountessevie · 2 years

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WIP Game: Bridgerton Edition

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. Also I’m taking mine from my Bridgerton fic folder so I’m adding in my completed works too!

Thank you to @hptriviachamp and @livingonfanficseyra for the tags! I love this concept and cannot wait for yall to send me asks!! I’m adapting the format from Trivia who got it from @jake-amy

Ongoing WIPs:

10 Things I Hate About You - Kathony AU based on the 1999 film Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Francesca & The Stirlings (A Band AU - loosely based on Daisy Jones) [Unpublished but with snippets posted soon so it goes here]

One Shots with a Possible Sequel

Tamil Lessons 101 with Kate Sharma | Now On AO3 Part 2 is Anthony learning Tamil more and potentially proposing in Tamil but fails miserably. But he improves by the time they get to their wedding and he delivers his vows perfectly - loosely inspired by this scene in Jane The Virgin

Beckett Begins | Now On AO3 Part 2 is Theo (who is trans and Ben’s ex in my ficlet) takes NB!Sophie aka Beck binder shopping where they bond and have a laugh over dating Benedict.

Finished

Newton The Emotional Support Crow | Now On AO3 Kathony Pregnancies Headcanons

Unpublished

Written: English Love Affair - Set during their S2 visit, Colin and Marina start an affair with Phillip’s agreement and then come up for a scheme with Philip to get a divorce so they can be together.

This Town - Johncesca Song fic based off the Niall Horan song of the same name set after his death so PEAK angst

Prompts: Introducing Lord & Lady Bridgerton - Kathony hosts their first family dinner after their wedding

Last Christmas - Another sweet but angsty Johncesca AU fic but I won’t spoil the premise if you haven’t watched the movie but yeah it’s based off the Emilia Clarke & Henry Golding movie.

No Plot just Sienna & Kate being besties and roasting the fuck out of Anthony Untitled but John lives and Johncesca is alive and well so Michael has to move on and meets Sophie before Benedict and they fall in love. No mistress funny business cos Michael doesn’t care for titles and does whatever he wants.

Co-Writing with Lav @sweetestviscount

Bridgertons v Featherington - A court room drama where Penelope as LW is in her full villian era with no HEA and the Bridgertons sue her for everything she’s done to them. Marina is married to Colin in this hence she’s also a Bridgerton and is the primary person hurt in this class action. Phantom of the Opera AU - Colin is Christine, Marina is Raoul and Penelope is the Phantom

Abandoned

To Lady Paige, With Love [Eloise x FemOC! Paige Crane] (Paused)

Part 1 - Prologue: Take Me To The Lakes Part 2 - Chapter 1: Right Where You Left Me

Unpublished & Abandoned: Love Story - Kathony Arranged Marriage AU based off this tiktok and I even made a fancast for it

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Did not realise how many fics/ideas I have til this post lmao. Feel free to ask me about any of them!! Though the abandoned ones I won’t be continuing at all - maybe To Lady Paige but that’s a l o n g time away.

I do not know 15 writers in the fandom and three of my friends have already done this lmao so I’m just tagging @newtonsheffield cos I need to know how many WIPs you’re juggling lmao every day its a new AU Molls hshshsh and whoever sees this and wants to do this, consider yourself tagged!!

Come Talk WIP/Fics To Me Masterlist

#Bridgerton #Bridgerton Fanfiction #10 Things I Hate About You AU #Kathony #Francesca & The Stirlings #Bridgerton Band AU #Colin/Marina #Benophie #NB!Sophie Beckett #Johncesca #Franchel #Penalty (Bridgerton)#Eloise Bridgerton #Sienna Rosso

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