WE HAD ENOUGH OF UNREALISTIC COUPLES
When we are watching romance in our screens, it’s really important that we root for the love birds to end it up together. But for this happen, it has to make sense that one is interested in the other. It is believable that these two humans feel mutual attraction?
Back in 2024, when Netflix announced the protagonist of season four, the expectations were high. Benedict Bridgerton was always a fan favorite. We all wanted to know what kind of woman or man could steel the heart of this charming noble.
Two years later, we had the answer for our question: Sophie Baek. The author decided that would be a good idea to use the most popular fairy tale of all time as inspiration for this character that adds nothing new. We all saw her before. She’s young, beautiful and sweet. Even though being the daughter of a powerful rich man, she behaves like a maid in her own house after the death of the patriarch. Her evil step mother only exists to feed her insecurities, keeping her a prisoner in this golden cage.
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Sophie is nothing but a simple girl. Yet, she’s capable of making Benedict know the true meaning of love at first sight that happens in a masquarade. And of course, in the next day he can’t recognize her since she’s wearing a maid uniform. For how long do we supposed to pretend that a wearing a mask does’t make you unrecognizable after a ball?
And why Benedict, a bissexual and sexually experient man, would find Sophie so appealing? These two are so different in many ways. It’s impossible to understand how they could be together.
Now, we can think of situations where this narrative worked. In Notting Hill, for example, we see Anna Scott, a movie star, felt in love for Will Thacker, the bookstore owner. There is a connection between these two souls with such unsimilar backgrounds. How this can happen? Well, there is a crucial element that makes such union believable: Anna hates being famous. She can’t stand the harm that being a celebrity caused in her life. Will represents the tranquility that she so desperately wants.
In this season four of Bridgerton, we are obligated to accept that Benedict is attracted to Sophie even tough there is no reason, expect that was a decision made it in the writers room.
Let’s just keep our fingers cross and pray for something more interesting for the fifth season. The chances for that to happen are high since, for the first time, the series will focus on a queer couple, so we can count that at least diversity it’s on the menu. Let’s see what this universe created by Julia Quinn reserve for us.
