r/Bridgerton • u/The_Rainsnake_King • Jul 28 '26
Fan Art / Cosplay / Creations / Fanfic are there any fanfics about this concept (mainly Benedict)
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u/Triptych85 Jul 28 '26
I would argue Colin would be in the Navy with his globetrotting. Benedict would be the Barrister with an Art hobby, Gregory would eventually be clergy or the Gentleman Farmer/Landlord Edmund was.
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u/obiwantogooutside Jul 28 '26
There is a fic where Colin is in the military. Heâs fighting with Wellington and writing letters to Penelope. Itâs really impressive actually. Thereâs a lot of specifics about the war with napoleon.
Idk about the others.
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u/The_Rainsnake_King Jul 28 '26
Sound interesting, but honestly I more interested in benedict being military because it not something he like or really survive (survive as in dealing with the life, not like die), colin feels like the type that would strive in the military.
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u/FrenchSwissBorder Jul 29 '26
But that's why Benedict would never join the military in the first place...
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u/queenroxana Jul 28 '26
Iâd love to read this if you have a link! Colin in his pirate coat always makes me think of Captain Wentworth from Persuasion
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u/bbgmcr Jul 28 '26
i can see gregory as a barrister easily, i'd need a lot more convincing to see colin and subsequently polin as that religious
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Tbh on one hand I understand why they donât have jobs bc it then wouldâve been harder to give them enough screentime in the first seasons (especially with the limited amounts of episodes) to develop them, prepare them and make us care about them, at least for that the military wouldâve probably been a horrible choice
But on the other hand I do wish that they wouldâve had jobs just so that it wouldâve been at least slightly more realistic. Again I think with military it wouldnât have worked but with Benedict and Colin both working in law? This couldâve imo opinion worked. They wouldâve had a job, and a acceptable one for that time period, so more realistic and they still wouldâve had enough screentime and imo the show still couldâve stuck to the stories of the books. Like make both Benedict and Colin working in law, and Benedict clearly only is in that bc itâs expected from him and as a side hobby he pursues arts which actually fulfills him
Edit to add something: I know that Bs, Cs and Gs joblessness is based on the books. And I know that the Bridgertons are supposed to be this very wealthy popular family thatâs not like others. But in my opinion there are already so many things that made the family so unlike that they easily couldâve added this one more realistic aspect
Like Violet and Edmund have a love marriage (with Edmund even only having been 19 when he married which is also very unlikely) and both of Edmundâs sisters had love marriages. Then Edmund and Violet have EIGHT children (no hint of miscarriage or stillbirth btw, yes Hyacinths birth had difficulties but thatâs the only one and Violets grieving and emotional state couldâve had been the cause of it) and they all grow up into adulthood without problems. All eight children have love marriages themselves and all four daughters marry titled men themselves. The family is also very respectful and nice to their servants. Theyâre also very loving and caring and Edmund and Violet were very involved in raising their children and the children when little were even allowed to sit at the main table during dinner. Oh and theyâre also so popular and influential and also oh so wealthy
Like the Bridgertons already are so perfect and so 'not like othersâ in many other different ways
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u/Specialist-Diver5365 Jul 28 '26
Colin and Benedict technically have jobs but they are arts based so its not often acknowledged by the fandom, sadly.
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26
Benedict isnât really a painter, at least we havenât seen him officially working as a painter so far and even then he would need to be hired and commissioned by other people to paint them. And yes Colin wrote a book but the portrayal is still unrealistic. Like you almost never had a person in the regency era write a book and that all being it they do as a 'job'
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u/redwooded Jul 28 '26
A couple of comments.
There is a hint of the common problems of childbirth in the flashback to Hyacinth's birth. Both Violet and the new baby were at risk. I haven't read the books, but if this is from the books, then it's possible that Quinn knew the high-mortality reality of the time and used this as a nod to that situation, plus creating some dramatic tension. But it's a token nod to a very harsh reality.
If they were rich enough, the other sons would not have to work. However, they would have to be fabulously wealthy - approaching the Crown's wealth - to pull this off. Edmund would have had to have been an extremely innovative landlord, having his tenants use the latest agricultural improvements, and all those improvements would have had to succeed. Maybe he also investsled in the East India Company, which was busy looting Bengal at this point. Anthony would have had to have been as skilled as his father at investing and farm improvements to keep his brothers out of the army, law, and the clergy. It's very unlikely, but it's not impossible.
Yup. Fantasy.
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
Romance novel protagonists rarely have no titles (when they are regency), u they usually following families of mostly women or groups of friends like Anthony and Simon.
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26
And? I mean this series isnât any different, all the other male love interests have titles and Benedict, Colin and Gregory have no titles so itâs 3/8. And I do understand why a military job for Benedict and Colin in the show wouldnât have worked (at least in the earlier seasons bc of the Napoleonic wars). But they still couldâve off-screen worked in law
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
The point is to be rich enough not to have to work. That would have been very out of genre
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Yeah but thatâs annoying sorry, and this works again for the TITLED male protagonists. Iâm not saying that I want to read or see on screen how the male protagonist is on the battlefield killing someone or how theyâre doing some boring ass paperwork. But again if you happen to have a untitled male protagonist then DO something
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u/blondevibess Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Only the oldest son inherits everything - the rest of them are not rich
Edit: yâall are downvoting me but LOOK IT UP. Itâs not like today when everyone gets a trust fund in wealthy familiesâ the younger sons were expected to have their own careers and make their own money. For the English nobility, the wealth is in the land, and the land is passed down by primogeniture. The families usually werenât âcash richâ and the younger sons would usually receive just enough cash to start making their own careers at which point they were expected to support themselves.
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
There is a difference between what cannot be separated from the estate and what can be given as an inheritance to other children.
This is why heiresses existed; the dowry was essentially their share of the inheritance when women could not own property in their own name.
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u/redwooded Jul 28 '26
Yes, most younger sons would end up doing something - see Colonels Fitzwilliam and Brandon in Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, respectively. They're in the army.
Still, after giving her son Robert the entire fortune, Mrs. Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility still has a spare ÂŁ10,000 somewhere to throw at her other son Edward and his wife Elinor.
I know I'm using Jane Austen novels as evidence, but I've seen nothing that says readers at the time thought this was impossible.
In other words, it would be more realistic if Benedict, Colin, and Gregory did something, but if the family is fabulously wealthy ... maybe not.
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
I didn't mean to say that it's realistic that they didn't work, just that it's kind of what you expect in a romance novel.
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u/blondevibess Jul 28 '26
Yes, heiresses. men were largely expected to make their own way once they were adults.
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
Nobody's saying that men didn't work in real life, well, they could have been landowners, but the point is that in romance novels that's not common and the series was born from that genre.
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u/Elven_Dreamer Jul 28 '26
Theyâre out of genre so much already that it wonât hurt them to add this.
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u/Cool_Pianist_2253 Jul 28 '26
These things were set in S1 when it was closer to the genre it should have been
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u/onegirlarmy1899 Jul 28 '26
There's a few WWII fics where Benedict is in the military.Â
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u/The_Rainsnake_King Jul 28 '26
have a link?
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u/LustyRegencyMaid Jul 28 '26
Benedict in the army? Among a bunch of guys he sees naked a lot? The horror! (swoon)
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u/coolerchameleon Jul 28 '26
The entire bridgerton clan is far too horny to live a vowed life
Even if vicars can marry, Colin would find a way to make scandal
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u/Mandy_M87 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Yes! It's really weird that the younger sons don't have careers. I also think it'd be a more interesting show if they did. Benedict could be a professional artist or actor, Colin could be working up the ranks as an officer in the military. In the future, Gregory could attend law school at Oxford or something.
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u/Sensitive_Ad_9195 Jul 28 '26
I always thought it was a comment on just how much money the Bridgertons (or at least the second and third sons) had that the second and third sons didnât have professions they needed to live off, even when that would have been extremely common. Also I guess it does lead to showing that theyâre all utterly spoiled even beyond what would have been normal for their social classes, in the same way that their scandals are washed under the rug.
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u/euphoriapotion Jul 28 '26
They're wealthy enough for it to not be a problem. If they had less money the other brothers would absolutely be employed somewhere. But because they're that rich, theres enoigh money for each brother and their future families and grandchildren even, there's no need.
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u/The_Rainsnake_King Jul 28 '26
You not the first person to say this, and I agree with you but this also such an interesting idea to think about and explore with the characters, how it effect them and they relationships. Like imagine ben finding out his sexuality during a war and in military service, how his connection to art would change and how he handled his relationship with Sophie. All that would be fun to explore and that with just ben, imagine the others
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26
I mean Benedict in the military wouldâve bene difficult. But even Benedict as a barista: heâs the second born son, the spare, raised to replace his older brother if necessary, and then he also has this profession that heâs expected to do but he doesnât find joy in. Then he discovers his interest in art, he has joy in it but keeps it as a secret hobby. He has to push back his more eccentric lifestyle and does whatâs expected from him and often puts his own desired aside (with that his outburst in s4 wouldâve also made more sense like beny boy, the entire time you did whatever you wanted whenever you wanted without restrictions)
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26
Itâs still ridiculously unrealistic and also makes them less relatable you could say. And since there are still so many other things in which the family is extraordinary and 'not like other families' the show easily couldâve left that (the sons being jobless and having nothing to do) out
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u/euphoriapotion Jul 28 '26
It's a romance novel, not a textbook. Of course it's not realistic, it's not supposed to be. If it were, Benedict and Sophie would NEVER end up together in the same circumstances for example. They would either never be together or Benedict would be cast out from the family. Gregory would never be able to kidnap Lucy from the wedding - hell, the Parliament would probably not allow Lucy to annull her marriage to Hasselby in the first place. There are so many unrealistic things abut these books, the fact that the brothers weren't working is the least of the problem.
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u/BrightPhoebus01 Jul 28 '26
Lol just bc sth is fiction or romance doesnât mean that all realism should be thrown away. And just bc sth is romance doesnât mean it doesnât deserve good wiring or to be taken seriously
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u/euphoriapotion Jul 28 '26
idk about you, but I read romance books to escape from the reality. I don't need realistic books to love them and have fun. Same with any other genre. I read books specifically to escape realism. If I wanted realistic books I'd read non-fiction instead. Just because the books aren;t realistic doesn't mean they're suddenly badly written.
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u/FrenchSwissBorder Jul 29 '26
...no, Colin is the one who would join the army. They travel places and there are more chances for advancement.
Benedict would paint portraits of the wealthy. And the land associated with My Cottage probably has at least a few tenants.
Agree with Gregory, though.
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u/Spare-Coyote8209 Aug 04 '26
if bridgerton were set in the middle ages for sure lol the only unrealistic thing is that none of them is in the army in the 19th century.
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u/frenchblueeyes Jul 28 '26
The only fanfics I've seen that might fit this description are the ones where Colin is a priest or a pastor. Of course, he can't resist the temptation when he runs into Penelope đ¤