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I don't feel like the 🐜 posts are totally insync with Luke's at the moment. We have had this in the past and then they do a realignment. Like they did the concert last year.

I just have a feeling that she is currently in Cyprus and he is in London. Sporadically filming S5, auditioning, filming that promo for Generation N and whatever he was doing in the park the other day. She knew a little bit about his schedule and she is trying to match up with it to gain as much traction as possible.

Luke is not interested in pushing their "relationship" into the public eye. Whatever contract is in place, I think it is coming to an end soon.

He did not like her grid post, his social media person did. He also didn't post the Netflix promo, his comments on Will's post lacked his humour and tone. Now I might be wrong. He might just have changed.

Her story the other day, just why. To insinuate that they are in Cyprus, knowing the flack he is getting for him always being on holiday, was unkind to say the least. But then we know he was in London the week before.

Then the people article. Didn't see it myself. Blocked that shit after nose pick saga. It is not a respin from his camp. They have nothing to gain to try and lift her up. The fandom has spoken, over and over again. We don't like her. Bringing someone new into the picture would aid him tremendously.

I believe a break-up spectacle would be counter productive.

His new reps sign Luke, not Luke and 🐜. I am pretty sure they told him to limit his interaction with her publically. Only a legal agreement would justify her presence at the moment.

Also. That shadow vid has been bugging me. There is no way that was his arm. The distance between shoulder and elbow is impossible. So was that her arm, but then, how was her face facing that way. It must be AI. The selfie with her and Luke also looked like a group pic that was cropped. The angle and body placement is just off for a selfie.

She is really pathetic and sad.

I really hope this is my very last post about 🐜.

Knowing the new characters that have been announced, it just gives me the impression that they will do the same with Eloise. Introduce a new love interest that will make me hate her and not care about her lovestory with Phillip at all. Also realising that all the writers know how to do is turn the lead male characters into rakes before their season. Because in their brains women will always be responsible for mens moral compass. They will never take ownership of their characters.

I will never get over the totally unnecessary brothel scenes we had to endure for Colin. Anthony got an oprah singer, Benedict got a business woman and a rich widow, but sweet Colin got whores.

So what do they have planned for botanist father of 2 Phillip?

I just realised, the writing of this show has seriously gone downhill from S3.

So I get why the millenials are loving it.

Good dialogue

Good music

Good character development

Very much a hard throwback to early 2000 tv.

Felicity, Dawson's creek, The OC, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl.

My one criticism is the closed mouth kisses. I totally get the no tongue/french kissing. But come on. These continuous pecks is just silly.

One thing I appreciate. Even though there is chemistry. I can see it is all acting. I am sure some people will ship the couples irl. I won't.

Tbh. It was very concerning when a 30yo man made out with a 21 yo girl at a NYE party in 2023. It was just gross. Luke should've known better. And it says so much about his character.

Was it really misguided and false to eye fuck your bestie costar, spend evenings with her alone doing we can only imagine for 6 months on the WT. Just to turn around and announce a relationship with a wannabe 22yo dancer/influencer at the premiere of your show? That is what we call a career defining mistake.

But that being said. 24yo Antonia is aging like milk. She is no-longer an aspiring anything. She doesn't have any real talent . She does some really bad modeling. And she posts on her instagram once every 2 months about a guy who always looks miserable around her. His fans hate you. I am really not sure why she would do it. Is she insecure and wants to claim him. Is she under. Contract (this makes the most sense).

But again. Her 14k (and dropping) followers are really not enough to move the needle. Adding him to your post did generate some engagement. But it is not enough to keep anyone around to make it count. You my dear are not entertaining. It is like selling a ticket to go see a popstar only to have it be a bad impersonator.

The shadow video is cringe. To me it looks like someone else took it. From the angle. A planned it. Had to ask for a kiss. From the angle it looks like he gave her access to his cheek. This is just desparate and badly executed. Again. Why is it so hard for them to seem natural and normal.

Congrats Antonia. You got a bunch of bored people to discuss your post for a few hours.

I have always been of the opinion that Colin and Pen should've had a proper love scene after the butterfly ball. To complete their story. Colin finally being able to be intimate again.

But now I think that when Pen calls him aside to talk to him during Francesca and John's wedding. When she said. To kiss me, to hold me. After he says I do not know. He should've kissed her. Taken her to his childhood bedroom and then made love to her in many different positions. (This is what were missing from s2 and s3 to be honest. We got that in s1 and s4).

Then the next morning we needed a scene at breakfast showing how she natural became part of the family. Some banter and just a normal Bridgerton family morning.

Colin then accompanied her to feathington house, her showing him to her room, where she kept her money. Basically all those scenes with her giving money for the ball. Writing all the letters, should all have included Colin. Just observing and supporting. Penelope letting him in on her secrets. Truly trusting him. No more anger.

He then reads her letters before the ball. Have the epiphany that she has always been LW.

Then the ball. After their dance he says something like, lets go home. They have a sweet love scene similar to what we got, just longer.

In my opinion this is what the story needed. More scenes of them together.

Just a quick note.

Strange how none of the Bridgerton cast liked, commented, congratulated Nicola on her hosting SNL. She didn't even invite even one person to the show. Not that close then.

I am pretty sure they have changed tactics. Luke and Nicola have gone underground instead of the adjacent drama performance. Don't think it will help the situation. Polin will never fade from our hearts or memories. Sidelining them and stealing their screentime from the fans will never be forgiven.

I had a moment of delusion last week when I for a minute thought that the reason Nicola and Luke are this quiet is because they are filming the Feathington spinoff that focuses on Portia's story. Because that would mean Luke has not been on another holiday, but working. Nicola has not been hanging around the set of Jake's new project like a fly on a turd, helicopter parenting him, but working. I am just going to say this. Liking each and every sm post your "partner" and their friends appear in is not normal. Being all up in their work is also not normal behaviour. In rl. There is a level of respect and cutesy. Just saying.

Now to Nicola who has said publically that she deletes Instagram after posting. No more doom scrolling goes on another archiving purge. Removing yet more of Luke and Bridgerton. Including some other posts to make it seem like it is not targeted. Mmmm. Yeah. Sure Jan.

If Bridgerton/Shondaland is not behind all this shenanigans (articles, interviews, adjacents, pap walks, award shows, archiving) I can't imagine she or for that matter Luke are very much liked by them. The collateral damage it has done to the Polin and Bridgerton brand is pretty astonishing. Between their actions and Jess fucking up as showrunner.

As one person has pointed out that I did not give a positive option on my last poll. Let's try this again.

So Nicola's "BF" attended his first BAFTA award for the show he did. Nicola did not accompany him. Now it could've been to not overshadow him. But tbh I find it strange. Not everything is about fans and fanfair. I would want my partner with me on a big night for me.

What I did notice is that he didn't gain any new followers this week. He did the red carpet, did some interviews and no-one cared. But he did gain some attention from his appearance at SNL/Nicola's IG grid. This just proves my point. When the truth finally comes out I can bet on it that he will lose most of his followers on IG. That brings me to his work. Just seems very suspicious that a guy who is an average actor at best, in his 20s with no notable roles has been working non stop from the first time it was reported that he is connected to Nicola. Do you know how expensive it would be to hire a guy with that amount of work in a small role. It is so much cheaper to get an actor with no work history.

Let's talk about Talentless. She is actually been trying. Posting more. Funny enough she is not gaining any new followers with her cringy ass posts. I always think I might have been to harsh calling her average Jane or talentless and then I come accross her "modeling" or "dancing" posts and I am like. Nope. Not harsh. Maybe too generous. Similar to Jakey Boy, all her followers come 100% from her association to Luke.

Interesting she hasn't posted any food/restaurant posts in months. She must be starving. Lukey running low on funds, can't afford to wine and dine her anymore. Her last Luke post was for his Bday that was 2+ years old. (And looked like it was AI- dear chat gpt, can you make the guy in this pic look like he is happy?) When she could've just taken a pic on his Bday to post, if she was with him. Why go and dig in the archives, if you could just take a fresh one. I would put money on him not being with her on his bday. Let's see if Bianca's post works.

Do I think he was in Ireland with Nicola for his bday, does the couch look like her mom's couch, yeah it kind of does. It also looks like it was staged. Moved to a different spot, covered with a blanket to hide it. The little peak of material, looked to me like a slip-up. Could it have been his mom's couch or someone else in his family. Yes. So, who knows.

They are both stepping away from SM and public life. Do we miss them. Yeah. But it is what it is.

We finally saw some of the bloopers of S3. I am convinced it was taken down because someone with half a braincell realised it only made it worst. The Polin fans are pretty pissed. It is all over IG, TT, X and even FB. How strange that it was their season, but it was mostly Violet and Eloise. Where is the rest of the Polin bloopers Netflix/Shondaland/Bridgerton. It is the fucking least you could do.

Also. How fucked up that S1 it is Daphne and Simons season. S2 is Antony and Kate's season, S3 is an ensamble show, S4 is Benedict and Sophie's season. The answer is right in our faces. But we can't mention it. I think Shondaland is showing their biases.

I was also wondering if Julia Quinn can sue Shondaland for the genderswop thing. Is her book sales being effected? It really ruined the book for me. Am I the only one.

Watching off-campus on Prime. Thanks for the recommendation. Really enjoying it.

Update. For the 4 year anniversary for S2 they compiled S2-4 clips of Anthony and Kate. How fucking lovely.

For the 2 year anniversary for S3 they butchered S3 bloopers removing most of Colin and Penelope's clips and posting that.

I read the anon's follow-up post about the bloopers.

I honestly think there is something going on between Nic/Luke and Shondaland. I don't think it is the money. They are under contract. Luke got paid for all 8 episodes of S4 even though he was more of an extra. Why not use him more effectively if you are going to pay him in anyway.