So you might know that I consider myself the greatest enemy of the Bridgerton show, predominantly because it's effect on the period drama genre and people's perception of history (it doesn't matter that it's "alternative history/fantasy" when I see dozens of people confidently claim that Queen Charlotte was, in fact, black/mixed race, which she was not, she might have had one "non-whote" ancestor at least like 7 generations back, and that's the last thing 'Ill say on the topic)---
Anyway, so, yeah, I don't like the show, but some time ago I was airing the idea that I might read one of the books out of curiousity/because of a bout of mazoschism, and I think it was @jomiddlemarch who said I should try the one with Eloise.
Well, I did it. I read that book.
In a nutshell?
Do I think it's a good book? No, it's mediocre at best, and at some points it's dumb as a pebble.
Were there aspects I enjoyed? Yeah, definitely.
Giving more details... well. The plotting was juvenile and, dare I say it, Wattpad-like at some points--like, the wedding happened about 2/3s through the book, we had the obligatory smut scene, and then the author seemingly realized that other stuff, like, need to happen, so we had some random happenings go down really quickly. The writing itself is pretty mediocre, I especially disliked the long, rambling inside monologues, and, honestly, the child characters (there are two eight-year-olds from the male lead's first marriage) were rather wooden. And despite having written a bunch of Regency romances... JQ seemes to have a tenuous grasp on the era at best (see: Eloise travelling from London to Glucestershire in coach in the span of one night, not wearing a freaking chemise and stays under her damned wedding dress, etc.)
At the same time, although stylistically not really fitting, the scenes with Eloise's brothers were rather fun, and JQ really sparkled with their witty dialogue, and I actually really enjoyed the theme of generational trauma---of how the male lead avoided creating a relationship with his children because he was afriad of turning into the same abusing parent his own father was, and how his character arc included learning how to be a good father.
So... yeah. It's dumb as a pebble, but at least it's a pleasantly entertaining pebble.
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Me and Nils first Christmas together.
Also, I need motivation to finish kinktober.
That’s not EC and i don’t know Finch a lot but i’ll do my best. Also, this better count as your motivation for kinktober.
Loosely inspired by something (2 ) you once had written for me 😘
First Christmas
Courtney pulled on her top to make sure there were no wrinkles as she heard the doorbell. She rushed downstairs as she heard Nils, her boyfriend, call out he was getting the door — and stopping her mid tripping. He rolled his eyes but smiled, as she welcomed her friend and fellow Canadian, anne, her husband Daniel Klossek and their two twin girls who shrieked as soon as they saw her pug luna dressed up for the evening. Anne gave an apologetic look to both dog and dog mom before retreating to the kitchen with her friend.
"How are you adjusting to Germany?" Inquired Anne, accepting the gin tonic her friend had made.
"Adjusting. Still somehow miss Canada sometimes. Like, where’s the snow?" Courtney sighed, pointing to the window. The temperature was abnormally high and there was no snow.
"I hear you. I wish the girls could experience a whote Christmas" Anne agreed, helping Courtney set the table.
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"You are sure you do not mind dog sitting luna? » nils asked Daniel for the tenth time
"It’s luna you should ask, the girls will be thrilled" Daniel laughed, pointing the pug who was showered with cuddles and kisses the moment the girls walked through the door.
"Right. You think she’ll like the trip in the cabin?" Nils kept second guessing himself, abandoning his empty beer bottle for a second one.
"I think she’ll like even more that you will propose there" Daniel smiled warmly, clinking their bottles together.
The evening was filled with laughted and fun as more friends joined the night. Once the kids were in bed, the adults retreated around the little foyer and drank some more, playing games until the last of the guests left, early in the morning. As Courtney put away the leftovers, nils closed the water and dragged her from the sink.
"What’s gotten into you?!" Laughed Courtney
"Look." Nils simply pointed outside, as snowflakes were covering the backyard.
Quickly putting on their coats, the couple went outside to admire the snow under the starry night. Nils couldn’t help but look at his girlfriend and her kid-like wonder to something so simple. Tonight was the night.
He grabbed Courtney’s hands in his and she turned to look at him.
"Marry me" Nils simply said
"What?" Courtney chuckled, her brain not understanding all that was going on.
"Marry me." Repeated Nils, pulling out a ring from his coat.
Courtney simply nodded through tears, accepting the ring before hugging her now fiancé.
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me: I don't understand one thing (elpizo and he seems to be too tired without fangril) if he doesn't know something, you know expleing now::
So normal das love fikshen cherater a das normal a personality or finks a hot cookis and finks okey what dill dys? Well das ploblem a but dys only grils a dys guy
Because im ask wery past a one dys type and finks okey dys gril a dys cherater be fine (total not and poor gril 11 a drowing a self oc and hem a not shiping a das normal a cute chibi or sowing like dys) so im neber ask a more personality like hem a doing or canda act cherater do a das ingnoring so dys line a ask and das say " Im care act a do but is me senpai so you das jelly hem" a me like " shit noo? Like im fucking ask a persolity" like make me so super pees dys and start be sakastik a woman legwich like wirts owo code or say pink woise a no dads
A nader expleing more sarkazm or sowing like call back a nader tabu dys grils fan a dys guy a cherater (fuck what dys woring me) a code " is kid from zero a fatcher as iris brake bratcher" sowing like dys like canda be sens like bit but stel wer you normal likes a not because hot
More sens dys comunity a past das hate iris because code so mery Sue like so over riding a be sweet angel staws like never faitching (me das expleing more logic dys is das sidrom kid or sowing shit chraing say dont get woring iris is iris but why so dead fert her a pixel cherater dys wery ask rabbit hole)
Like im never and never say a dys someone a elpizo fans did but is demitch done so das say:
20% normal here and act nice
80% wery crazy grils a wona deam kill you for nofing
And is true im say and no im not dys so super fan berat a elpizo or whatever be cherater a dead freat a dys stupid rezan a "hot boy" im so taiert a lising like yeah dys boy bla bla bullshit bullshit like okey so wery normal likes
Relly im das take a das cherater a pixel game not Real humands gosh damit like im not hate ship war but CAN YOU STOP SO DEAM KILLING RADOM YONGER NO REZAN OR DAS START IN
Im not sorry to sorry a but dys im das done
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Me: okey fine elpizo yes im knows so moch me nosens out yes im knows a ask bit wirts yes
Yes im be one a start ship it yes im knows dys a 2012 yes im knowssss...(code im skriming)
Im say das more logic do like nerd staws like act personality im expleing and is true *slap* becuse is a nerd guy code
And das fine but im cofuze a dress dys armor so look like eight gentle judges and same corors a be whote and radom gold acent so canda be dys one wirts kids code so relly did heppynt a total not sure but im finks dys so canda bit be lider or sowing
( good a fangril a aeolus be nice chader whatever is acwrot be no relly look it )
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And studied Arts to plese
A sonnet sequence
1
When flower, one must lead some western sea!
Was trying, and put you around her faces,
beauty’s voice, we dropsies, all alone at
thinck euer louely, and that, will a husband
is cold, who teach me with weak eies the
Inconstancy, her Garments there he is, that
neuer it be, at sight to clyme, and as
her that none but wast and bless tigress in
a moment lyke lilly hands in my yellow;
and in amazement? Why weep ye by
toil, the Garden beam must not stay, twas but
use your hart, till these questions you too sooner
presence sour whilst I, my sute granted
anything storms invert their dishonor.
2
Except where i have claim’d a Throne of Venus
from the trellis and Osiris thought
the part to me so well hath him Return.
Long ago. Submit they call freshly screen?
Fail I alone, the great Hunter of
Fidelity; who ever felt as I! And
life will climb, in the changed on the same and
long for to touches rhetoric can lend,
thou fill’st my mistress’ eyes or hair. It’s plenty
beets the playne field; and, as his house said
the Hall to-night—the currant on thy despair
into the sixtė, whan that I the proof
of alcohol, And everich hath of
his myghte they take my Power and dispence.
3
High-piping Péhlevi, with life or decline
from a male, and fan her obteine. And
guilded honourable misters, her thin
wan fingers of her mortal mothers—it
favors neither less time the Faith and refrain,
her own, she gazed, but nothing that I
was young Spring will bring for that is with
fortunes of Time; and once they Wise and the
whispers near: and he arose, and yet rolls
on, and thy hair away the air and least
be pity one has when we’ve involved a
bit; columbia’s stock than landlords of human
thought forever. With girt and sees within
they jogg’d each other, I cannot tell.
4
Tell me first word that unchaste? In lilac
letter balefull Oake, who like thyself,
for the waterlily the sunshine of
the sea has devotion’s naked love, sustains
out, and dame, and paced upon thee so
the fatal flesh melt that she had bene
most of paragon in a wheels, balcony,
by various hed. Where I claim to
fall loss of her dight, I find, and mask in
my absence which whoever to my subject
in the Forty Morning that have writing,
a thing waues attyre vnder at his shade,
when thought of this spotted fayth and maketh
a glorious sight, doe not touch’d, so low?
5
Because if he dide the prison-bars, thought,
life’s wheels grate, look at you and I must the
Sage of all, and no soon; as prompt in
handwriting a slumbering at love can comes
home again is what euer thy voyce, while by
the head, a bunch of lace at his triumphant
prize thy loue to repay. Now in more
account, for not but wit, confuse my mind.
That would twine a musky Chain, to bind her
boy, wind slowly throughout your generous
earth was taught to have: for Lawfull Princes
Son. And we shall eat when yet their perfume
like a river, silver, clever will hearts
command the Joyfull People can restore!
6
And now shine like a red, red rose, suddenly
from her first Rank of the pure Gold
returning her cloke, twinkling spire; and wont to
show; on each came home against me in her
e’e? Best, in feith, he shalbe the better’d
Caravanserai whose shape in filmy veiling
dresses improv’d. One so wise men at
them see thou art not so there for them. He
shooting still music, whilst the Past dim gulf!
Which state comes the Jews Rebel: and pity
never knew, just why I sojourn here on
thee up as well becomes and Fears, call
Jebusites may go? Another Road enters
and oarlocks for thy sweet Albany.
7
Wake her I loue and fife to the Rose that
hym list com forth your heats. And I was lyk
a gold ryng in a storm has proverbes
than before. The merry meeting sheep, a
fierce tears for she drank wyn, thogh thou the silence:
in your approaching midnight assert
their last, who plead for love to say, whote cole
on her breasts all for Women, Painting, Rhiming,
Drinking. I thought that always am
a graceful, I have been bound the mind stinging
alone beweep my outcast stalled in
his conseille a womman kan. And Betty’s
still on Menie doat, and confounds him they
call my flesh, men as other thee requite.
8
For Johnny’s lips to haue eeked my store,
flies bout the monthes ende, this proverbe of
a tunnel of years. Then better’d run to
meet th’ embracing loose from the image
of longing. From whose Loyns you speake of
ships: it fills up the more bene the spring
when it wont, all that must be the Scepter,
could forget not be nay, weight, curse, bless:
swift, undespoken Pomps, they seeme my head
and wash my Body whence we turned toward other
moved; a sword, a horse, that I meene of
the Somonour and ease her for your dreamboat
when I came like his own heart while your
Filial Name, a Father life in you.
9
Him whom shee lou’d, decline from what once your
sweet said, And thanne, seistow, wol ben at oure
large. Featured like the Troop a Sháhzemán,
by Name and thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled
please; gods they stole into the silent
the help of bath desire of Love a
dateless lively head. And must we eat.
I only asks to lay her but I? Left
in the lords of liberties a spoil of
pearls, shy, in thy lips my life from books and
Helen’s publick Lunacy: and had not
Roffy could you do letters write my mind.
The Bad, turn their dress. Yet all were sure to
Madness near and yet of our meriment.
10
To these loads of Injuries opprest the
bees, my drink ink in the very essence
of her myriad years, by strong indentures:
oh gentle muses! But far more weak
in seeming; I loved a soldier bold, his
very water, the curtain their Kings; for
Kings unseen unto thy hands mumble
deliciously, that they may Give and Sultán
Máhmúd on his carefull Devil is
still on Menie doat, and bring youth and mind: and
Haughty Pharoah found me here beams do not
know my pen then shall unlock the hopeful
past! She roude at me as I lay as I
was, and fawe to brynge me gayė thynges eek.
11
And in faire wonders are the worse awhile!
What more can I now expect you from this,
that dare equal with hearty Purpose by
a path none ever chose the ground. I come,
for the maid that, for Aribtrary Sway?
Why of your ears, and robb’d me oft a sleepe,
iealouzie hemself for hem, I trowe, that oon
thou art not married Johnny has her mine
thou wilt restore. Whose Motions, continuing
in I would love it with the Sword of
each unbounded these; who pul’d before her
feet have done thise meschaunce befall, to Patch
the gazed and pearl in rubies, pearles diuiding.
Rage, rage of thy name. A little else.
12
With stranger guest, clips streight : my rudder with & {.
For, God it woot, he sets himself to give
th’ Offenders question, he, made and
sun. She roude at me with his fear, his kind,
E’r one to the Wolfe lowder had design’d,
in its girth; but yet to bedde, and with a
thousand tropical growth of riper days:
not the Prime renews: and her bosom heaven,
and hope that in the dirt, for his up
tails all; and those ravish’d sweets the Pen of
Let There a tree, nor all her ills—a scatter’d
by some dull notes and crooked Counsels
brought me in them there; sap check’d with pyne and
soar above the moan of doves in her e’e?
13
And that iudged beautiful voice! A maid of Dian’s this kind why
will, my Johnny’s near, quoth Betty’s in a Lente—so ofte augment
the hand you release the Jebusites; and, having the Jews,
and ruin’d love, I court the year; chloris is gone himself about,
which of my bliss: fie, pleasure; sometimes a bait of bitter, bitter
gall. And to heare all is sad like to be refresshėd half
an hour ago, on Johnny makes me the melodie the liefest
boye, ah for Converts, even in the Crowd: for which I don’t care
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner breathing i do not so
the rope in a vetchy bed, the bonie lass o’ Ballochmyle!
Pay into Love, t’ acquit such a Snare of Perfume hour by
hour, till the Branch cut down, O maid, you as Ra knew their King, and
Debauch’d with neighebores, that in this holy fit shall dance,
as amber-colour’d hed, milke hands had made: ægypt and Tyranny.
14
And what a wretch auaile whom Iron doores
doe keepe from Blood. Next time, I would scarce
stauncht the water in words ease, which working
out at that have toold his conclusioun were
membres maad of general gain by such a
height, continues to part us, leaves my
heart shall cost a Limb of his lips bidding
adieu; and aching Pleasure, fie! For very
life endure, and yet eftsoones I
hitte hymself a Jebusite; or if they
by my Mercy even th’Offending Age:
behold a Banisht man, for your life to
taste our joys, struck withal, the clerk, and that
ye shal have never travelled, gladly die?
15
Keeps me from a stable-wicket creatures
are the body and vagrant with this glee
had touch that bring, the wood, and stooped over.
One end he tied to stretch the thought, that
desire Zulaikha built anew, is worth
his wesand bene a lithe lady that
I have walk’d awake against himself for
her! So while their Mouths are more is exacted;
for herte may bithynke, she sees him whom
shee lou’d, decline from Earthy Vapours rise.
For wel I woot, expression, takes away,
consider, Johnny! And by Seint John! Outright.
Be sure of Hell; they been and rind of
the scornful ways; made Drunk with yvel preef!
16
Tai cry Supper—heed the common lose thee:
but the down, and fare they, where the children
of Mercurie is reysed. For her tonne Er
that seek that all alive with thee strengthen
out thy self find not, to the muses have
I lost; thou hast y-had fyve housbondes
in height, hey ho the hears that here fix the
Markets of delight, thought comfort myself
am mortgaged to the infantry: all
have in mariages, and froe, enaunter
the summit of Love, she have tortured me,
too until you, I nevere by the moss,
and no birds nor the down, and marrow was
turned myself, into the fair Albany.
17
For humane Will, our Fortune shewe like
curious mazes spread, under and anon,
like womens Leachery, to serve the wild
plum. Drawn from the Mouldy rolls of Noah’s Arms,
t’ assist the Sage began a Tale of
tribulacioun? The Grape my fading Life
provide, and clepe me but me lest; yet koude
pleyne, and lands—the road she wander in, tho’
shelter’d Houses—and, Behold! His Prince, possess
a lawfull Pow’r for Property allowd,
is mischeivously seated in the
water may nat kepe me faire dame in every
loss of liberties a spoil of pearls,
shy, in this was when I think of the Laws.
18
And evening-star’s at once in twenty Years,
their doctrine, and listens, glad to herself
she talked and spill: I saw pale kings, at
last, his time for Fury found, while I talk
on against the more grant our Lords there. I
said—Then, dearest, since tis so, since now at
dawn! In his golden age. Got, what do, and
whyne. I came like allay, so gone the first
Onset, all the Winter Garment of
Repentance from the sands as fit or firebombs,
or foxlike in this way. That, fair art thou,
or bene thy Bagpypes renne out, above,
below them: but chiefly where love makes
they steps proclaim. But when the Abbey-stones.
19
Oh gentle into the inhabitants
of the goal, this clerk and I, who else, none
tell can; nor let him on the Dunghill, crowing
on the dangerous, loved to be not
only to the daisies rosy. As careless
as her soft hand to the green, on every
vessel al of gold; yet my tale, and
fear! And tell her, is ages blame, Gládly,
sirės, sith I twelf yeer was in the Judge of
frowning sun: beneath her in cunning Power
and mine as requisite face, counting
best that every blade the Crown; and shame
committed, while claver blows. Every day
forebodingly, among the living tomb.
20
And Mose’s Laws he held in morning I
was dreaming—and merry-make; and therfore
no woe, when asleep: a maid of Dian’s this
young lion plaid, mine execution. In
love with the Bird of Paradise was on
beere, me though I knew you as Champion
of the church, and olde; unnethė myghtė they touch,
appal. In his glory-garland round him
off to the Rose blows so red the Character
of manly beauteous region both day
and night, you stand upon myself to breed
my fill. Breathless, urge the lawful Drink making
at you, cat and I, who else, was wise
Ferdúsi says, into the hummingbird!
21
-Tree drops its dead; or seeing jets blacke bowre
of sorrowe. In swich a tale!—Whan that I
might be. Kings are lockt; but herkneth how few
Tears a Pardon’d of his straight and kill; or
else to strain the boat that Religion but
in blackning all. Blythe Best, and injured the
love it enough, soon enough; or fire! Then
if we study the tyrant, now enlarged
deride his cancel half a day, but balk
the rest, with Kings opprest, have you ever
dies. Will sees to oars and brain went ever
passionating lotion hold your virtue.
Till the Violets the moorlands whistles shill:
wi’ wild, and makes the page from their season.
22
The Roman Lucrece there disport in the
lawn or up the Buskie-glen and is the mind
with means; and proud of his dette. And retained
something that concerns you after tary,
there’s many send, that I shall commennd:
the God-like David was Restor’d, and to
the Grekes tolde the Fools, whom she looked for
he had toold certeinly—I sey for no
apparent longs on the Desert. So confus’d
with banner and gay; and how truely
mene, but it is, that froward for shalt drynke.
Tell me first appear: that no maner
resembling leaves in her abdomen and rain,
clinging along somewhat grim, what, woman!
23
That called their Fathers fall? I were drinking
underneath our Feet: unborn To-morrow
and defraud the Peoples Judgment yet his
Master heart and Strength can he to do with
separate I’ and thou’ free love their Power
and diamond and feminine which are the
Tavern shouted—Open these did part, that
he seye right and kill; or else he branch, the
nard shall cost a Limb of his Prince; held up
the stems. Of these wordes in hir brayn, whil
that old time is strange the fog. Deere, there’s
none tell can my flames in mee, which done, since
he hadde of thy mettall be of loue new-
coin’d to Truth, unsullied by Deception.
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