#also GOOD they didn't ask the actors to film a vid for the announcement due to their poor mistake...s!

[pensbridge]

Ok I haven't said anything yet, but I wanna air my thoughts

To me, it's clear that that (Monday) Dec 11th leak wasn't intentional now—I thought at first, but the official announcement with Shondaland, and the announcement video seemed so last minute and there wasn't a single cast member present. It was so lame, I actually just wish they'd waited til there was real content (I was expecting them to wait to officially announce with a teaser or clip with season 3 footage).

I actually don't think the official announcement video was "using comments" to mock fans. My initial reaction to seeing, it was and I was annoyed. But the truth is Netflix makes these promotional videos (some intern gets assigned to scrap it together), and very often they're not that invested in the specific show content that they're editing. That video was as uninvolved and careless as Netflix themselves (by this I mean it wasn't made with any heart/desire to drum up excitement). They took the most basic fan consensus in asking where the szn is and questioning the delay and just put in various character lines with Portia/Violet/etc's comments, which they probably thought was so clever (but we don't care lol).

I hate the two-part format that Netflix uses (but you know, profit and all), however the story is the story. I watched You (Netflix), and hated it not because it was split in two parts, but because it WAS boring (i'm so sorry to any real fans). This was not a planned decision to split it from the get-go; this happened because of the strikes...But there must be some sort of cliffhanger here (and I use this loosely because it's a lighthearted, romantic period-drama though dramatic and built on the basis of tragic societal norms); the format of other seasons shows the track-record of what a final scene from episode 4 may look like. I do wish I could wait until it was all released, but unfortunately I have no willpower.

I am annoyed. But it is what it is. I'm not going to complain all the way to the 16th. I know what it is. As someone said on reddit, I'm "taking my joy where I can." That's pretty much how I've felt since this "leak" yesterday.

#polin #queue #also GOOD they didn't ask the actors to film a vid for the announcement due to their poor mistake...s! #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3