#luke thompson really plays him with such a level of ease and familiarity that u don't see in many of the others

[jerys]

you know what we need for benedict's season is genuine yearning pining longing unable to touch forbidden scandalous not only on a societal level but on a class level romance vibes. i need that man to not be able to LOOK at sophie in case the wrong people see. i want him utterly unable to speak to her or interact with her in any meaningful way because the slightest wrong move might ruin her entirely. benedict is the least repressed bridgerton sibling by a long chalk, and i want him to Suffer bc his usual method of immediately hooking up with any person he finds even mildly attractive is completely off the table in this scenario. i want him to have to fight himself every moment to keep his distance i want him to be in abject agony i want him to truly Yearn hopelessly!! they need to not touch for like at least six episodes and when they finally do i need benedict to immediately pass out

#bridgerton #benedict bridgerton #does this fit with the book? not really. but the show is already so different that i'm kinda hoping they change some of his story's themes #bc i don't think show!benedict would ever ask a woman to be his mistress it just doesn't feel like he has those vibes #he already doesn't really care what society thinks of him so i can't see him being too cut up about sophie's parentage or status #like we already have scenes of him mingling with artists and painters and their models and boxers and modistes #and he's always perfectly at ease wherever he goes. which i think is part of the reason show!benedict is such a scene stealer #luke thompson really plays him with such a level of ease and familiarity that u don't see in many of the others #it truly feels like he's part of the family. he makes every scene his own in subtle ways and it's really fascinating #anyway if his season isn't next i'm gonna riot they can't keep theatrically trained luke thompson away from a real storyline for any longer