Bridgerton
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| Name: | Bridgerton |
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| Creator: | Julia Quinn (author) and Shonda Rhimes (tv producer) |
| Date(s): | 2000-2006 (books) 2020-current (tv show) |
| Medium: | books, television show |
| Country of Origin: | US |
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Bridgerton is a popular historical romance novel series written by Julia Quinn and set in the Regency era. The series follows a set of siblings (the titular "Bridgertons") as they find love and is known for the inclusion of a Gossip Girl-style narrator known as Lady Whistledown. It's also known for a controversial scene involving Daphne Bridgerton tricking Simon Basset into sex while drunk in order to conceive a child even though he has expressed that he doesn't want to have children.[1][2][3] This incident is often called "The Scene" by Bridgerton fans.
The series has also been adapted into a television show by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix, which caused a renewed interest in the books.
Canon
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Fandom
Bridgerton fandom participates in the regular fannish activities of making fanfiction, fanart, gifset, vids etc. Although the books were incredibly popular within the romance community prior to their adaptation into a TV show by Netflix, there wasn't much of a transformative fandom around them. Most of the fannish activity on sites like AO3 and Tumblr is based around the Netflix show, rather than the books, although there are a small handful of book-only fanworks.
Common Tropes
- Modern AU
- Canon Divergence AU
Pairings
The two most popular pairings in the Bridgerton fandom include Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sheffield (Kate Sharma in the Netflix show) and Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington. They're more or less equally popular, although Kathony is currently the first most popular pairing on AO3 with 250 or so more works than Polin, although "Colin Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington" also appears in the top 10 pairings.[4][5] Pairings featuring the other Bridgerton siblings are also popular, although many of the fanworks tagged on AO3 with them feature them as a side pairing to one of the main two pairings. However the third most popular pairing in the book tag, Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton, has a number of works focused on the pairing[6] while the third most popular pairing in the Netflix show tag, Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton, rarely appears as the main pairing of works.[7]
Because of the series' nature as romance, specifically het romance, it's a rare fandom where slash and femslash don't dominate the popular pairings. None of the top 10 pairings on AO3 are same sex[4] and even Reader fic is more popular.[8] Still, there are a handful of Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Granville works on AO3,[9] as well as some Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton.[10] Eloise Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington fics,[11] is the only femslash pairing with a notable number of works. Also interesting is that despite the first season of the Netflix show and the first book centering around the Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton pairing, it is very much not the most popular pairing, likely due to the aforementioned issues fans have with their relationship.
Challenges
Fanworks
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References
- ^ My Issue With The Bridgertons Series – The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (Review). Posted 17 Dec 2020. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Yes, Bridgerton's Non-Consensual Sex Scene Is Controversial — But It's Meant To Be. Posted 29 Dec 2020. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Winsome or Loathsome: Daphne Bridgerton. Originally Posted 2 Mar 2015. Reposted 2 Jan 2021. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Bridgerton (TV) Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Sophie Beckett/Benedict Bridgerton Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton Tag on AO3, filtered for "otp:true." Accessed 2 May 2023. Compare to the unfiltered tag, which is about 2/3rds being tagged as a side pairing.
- ^ Bridgerton (TV) Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023, when both "Benedict Bridgerton/Reader " and "Anthony Bridgerton/Reader" appeared in the top 10 most popular pairings.
- ^ Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Granville. Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.
- ^ Eloise Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington Tag on AO3. Accessed 2 May 2023.