This Thursday the second part of the third season of Bridgertonwhich left fans outraged with one of the biggest changes they have made to the original story of Julia Quinn.
Warning, this article contains spoilers.
Although this cycle was dedicated to the love story between Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgertonwe also knew the Francesca Bridgerton and John Stirling, who even get married.
In fact, the couple plans to travel to Scotland and live there in his residence, a plan that will be joined by two more relatives: Eloise, Francesca’s sister, and MichaelaStirling’s cousin.
For those who have not read the books that gave rise to the series, everything seems fine, but the truth is that the introduction of the new character of Michaela entails great changes in history.
The book The heart of a Bridgerton It follows the brief marriage of Francesa and John, who dies just two years after getting married as a result of a brain aneurysm.
There the young Bridgerton meets Michael StirlingJohn’s cousin and heir, with whom she ends up falling in love and whom she later marries.
The first queer couple
The change from Michael to Michaela leaves many speculations, and opens the door to the first protagonist homosexual relationship within the Netflix series, which will premiere its fourth cycle in 2026.
Fans of the series were outraged by the change, accusing that the essence of the books is not being respected and that there are already too many creative liberties that have been introduced into the story.
The showrunner of the series, Jess Brownell, He stood up to the criticism and defended the decision.
“The first time I read the book about Francesca, I felt very identified as a woman queer. Her book talks a lot about how different she feels and I think Julia Quinn’s intention in the book is that Fran feels different because she is an introvert.. But for many of us, in the community queerthat sensation of feeling different is part of our stories”he explained to Glamor magazine.
“It seemed to me that there was thematically fertile ground in your book to introduce a story queer. There are also some elements of their story that allow us to make sure that we can tell a fairly happy ending for Francesca and Michaela. For me it was important that, when telling a story queerwe could give them a happy ending, like we have done with all the other couples“, hill.
