After watching Queen Charlotte, I feel like there is a lot of setup going into this season, more than just from end of season 2. (I.e. Lady Danbury finding a man for Violet)
So based on that, the book, and some ep1 info. I see the two parts having different tones.
Sneak peeks for part 1 really give: 90s/00s Rom Com, You’ve Got Mail- A la friends in the streets, enemies in the (gossip) sheets. Dating coach falls in love with his student, etc.
All with Eloise initially teaming up with the bully but then realizing her mistake, reconciling with Pen, and meddling into early Polin.
Now, my theories for part 2 will probably have beginning stages in part 1, but the bulk of the big story will be in part 2.
We learn from QC that her and Lady Danbury were essentially each other’s first friend in the ton. As well as LD’s connection to Violet & her father. During QC, Pen as Lady Whistledown is harsher on the Queen than usual. This is obviously due to Pen’s own strife- her best friend never wanting to see her again and the lohl saying he’d never date her.
So, where this has to divert from the book: ShowCressida is not married & left destitute so she would not be needing LD’s prize. And ShowEloise knows Pen is Lady Whistledown.
However, what DOES seem to translate from the book is Lady Danbury’s affection for Penelope.
We know QC has been after LW since the Pilot.
What I see happening is: Colin finding out/engagement happens in eps 4-5 (similar to it back to back in the book) and both El AND Colin trying to protect Pen from being found out by the queen. But in the end Lady Danbury either takes blame/protects Penelope & the Bridgertons, or gets Pen & QC to come to some kind of agreement.
(Oh and someone pointed out their wedding is probably in episode 6, because in the last 2 seasons the weddings were in the episode titled after the book.)
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After watching Queen Charlotte in less than 48 hours, I am now on a Bridgerton s2 re-watch and I almost immediately put together the fact that Lady Danbury was able to sus out Kanthony so quickly is because she herself is not immune to the Bridgerton rizz.
Like, she was all up in Kate’s business because she herself was the original sneaky link queen, it all makes sense now oh my God.
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Watching Queen Charlotte and the number of times Lady Danbury reaches out to her husband. She dislikes him, but you can see these times when she tries, honestly tries to form some connection to him. From trying to share with him the joy of the new home/land, to telling him he's not any less than the rest of the ton, to the night of the ball -when she was the one who did all the work - to trying to share her success with him only to have him claim all of it, Lady Danbury tried so hard to have some kind of connection with her husband. And this is after years of them being married, four children who are away in school, and she's still trying. It makes me like her more. Not that I would've blamed her for hating him to the point of completely cut off attempts and just tolerated him when she had to, but there's something beautiful and sad, that speaks of her strength, that she still reaches for him. She hates him, he's an awful man, and yet she still tried to connect with him.
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me, when watching bridgerton: oh lady danbury, she's cool
me, after watching queen charlotte: sorry, lady danbury fucked WHO-
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