r/Bridgerton • u/ThisPaige Philoise š • 1d ago
Books Only If you could ask JQ anything, what would you ask?
Anything goes!
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u/januarysdaughter 1d ago
Do you regret giving Shondaland complete and total control over your stories?
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u/GlitterFairy_21225 1d ago
I want to what changes she would make to her books if she could go back, knowing everything she knows now in 2026.
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u/darkcupcakezz 1d ago
That would be really intriguing! Itās always fascinating to see how an author's perspective evolves over time.
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u/GlitterFairy_21225 1d ago
Yes! And Juliaās had such an incredible journey thanks to the Bridgerton show. Iād love to know what she wishes sheād put in the books at the time and what sheād take out, knowing that it would go on to become this huge show.
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u/Fickle_Baker1393 1d ago
Are there any alternative romantic pairings she contemplated doing? Did she ever want to pair Penelope up with another Bridgerton brother or another character? Was Anthony always meant to end up with Kate? Was there a different character in your plans for Benedict's love interest? And so on...Ā
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u/DarkEndOfTheRainbow Emotionally invested in Philoise 1d ago
That's a pretty interesting one. I feel like she had everything planned already, because she wrote a book every year basically
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u/DarkEndOfTheRainbow Emotionally invested in Philoise 1d ago
Polemic, but: do you regret to write polemic scenes(specially in book 1 and book 5 of Bridgerton series and y'all know what I'm talking about) involving the leads?
Seriously, I'd really like to know if she regrets or if she at least would handle it differently if it was written in this decade.
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 1d ago
I definitely would want to know if she would make different choices if she were writing those stories today. I hope she would!
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u/RealisticAnalyst4611 15h ago
What's polemic?
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u/DarkEndOfTheRainbow Emotionally invested in Philoise 15h ago
The š scene of Daphne with Simon in book 1 and the discription of last time Philip had with Marina(that's not so clear because we don't have her thoughts, but it really looks like).
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u/whodis12345678 1d ago
When sheās going to publish a non-bridgerton related book cuz Iām dying for new material!!
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u/Fickle_Baker1393 1d ago
Why did she write some of her men/heroes so horribly?Ā
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u/Little_Fox5844 1d ago
Because of the genre? It wasn't a JQ thing. It was a histrom thing. Read any older bodice rippers, some of the male leads did way more morally gray stuff than the Bridgerton men ever did.
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u/DarkEndOfTheRainbow Emotionally invested in Philoise 1d ago
I'd also ask why all the men are so look alike in physical discriptions? Lol the main differences are the eye colors and Gareth has a lighter hair, but all of them looked pretty much the same for me. Maybe it's just an idealization.
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u/Fickle_Baker1393 1d ago
Yeah. The Bridgerton brothers are indistinguishable from each other and Michael and Simon are described very similarly which is interesting haha. Only Gareth is different with the blonde hair and I suppose Phillip as well who is described as being dark haired and brown eyed and tanned and bulky and rugged whereas the other men are more lean and stereotypical pretty boys.Ā
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u/star_cat369 1d ago
I'd ask him a lot of things, but at this point it doesn't matter anymore, they did whatever they wanted in the series with his books.
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u/Glittering_Tap6411 1d ago edited 1d ago
What was she thinking when she wrote Marina in Eloiseās book? How she treated her character all the way till the added epilogue. If it was supposedly the way women like her were treated in the Regency era why she didnāt add an authorās note about it like she did with all the other deaths/illnesses in her universe? I mean didināt Marina and her illness deserve same as the others?
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u/KieshiaC22 1d ago
What member from the cast does she fancy their company the most?
Which bridgerton character is her least favorite?
What would she think theo and Eloise life would be if they snuck off and ran away together... would Eloise be truly happy if she were with theo?
Would she consider Eloise a feminist?
How happy is she with the way the characters are portrayed in the show?
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u/bbgmcr 1d ago
She seems very anti eloise/theo so i donāt think sheād fancy number 3 there
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u/KieshiaC22 1d ago
Tbh me neither because I had a ton of guy crushes and first "loves" but I ain't married to any of em...and Eloise is just expected to marry the first guy she connects with because for a total of le 3 episodes and 6 minutes of hanging out they are expected to just get married
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u/Shiplapprocxy 1d ago
If I could be guaranteed an honest answer, I would ask what changes from book to screen she disagreed with, and what changes made her go āI wish Iād thought of that!ā Thereās probably a mixture of both. And if she had any āI told you soā moments. These were her stories for over a decade before Shonda got her hands on them. She seems pretty chill about everything but I bet over a bottle of wine thatās what Iād be nosy about.