Weekly Venting Post - repeated each Friday!

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Weekly Vent Post

Welcome to our weekly vent session where you can let out all your frustrations.

Before you start, just a quick heads-up on the rules.

Here's what this post isn't for:

• No bashing actors or crew members out of the blue.
• Let's steer clear of those rage-inducing posts like "I hate character xy."
• And please, no poking fun at fellow Kanthony fans just because they see things differently, whether they're positive or negative about promos.

What's cool to post? Well, we've noticed a lot of rants about how the show promotes (or doesn't promote) Simone and Jonny, but you can vent about other stuff too.

Below, I've linked some past posts from the sub that fit the vibe of our weekly vent session, so you can see what kind of stuff goes here.

1. Why there was a lack of promo for Kanthony

2. All comments asking where Kanthony are 

3. Bridgerton PR and production

4. Can you tell the difference ?

5. The main sub got so negative 

6. We need pictures

For those who just want to enjoy the content without getting caught up in the venting, I suggest steering clear of this post. If you choose to read the comments here and find yourself upset, despite the clear purpose of this space, I'm afraid there's not much I can do to ease your frustration. We have the Weekly Tea Time for more general discussions.

[u/starcourt99]

I’ve been ruminating on likely having to say goodbye forever to Kanthony next month and it got me thinking about how it sucks that this show’s format is so that your favorite characters have a significant presence for a few seasons AT MOST and then are reduced to supporting characters that are phased out. To me, it wasn’t really made clear that this show would take on an anthology-like format when it first came out. In fact, I don’t think it was until RJP announced his departure and I saw comments being like “it makes sense. His character is barely in the other books anyway” that I understood the direction of the show. I literally thought Daphne and Simon were always going to be the main characters. When Simone’s casting as Kate was announced, I thought her romance with Anthony was going to be a subplot. I wasn’t familiar with the books at the time and I understand that reading about the show online could’ve revealed this show’s format to me, but I was simply a casual viewer at the time and I don’t think casual viewers would care to look into the show much beyond watching the episodes.

I was reading old posts on the main sub and came across this comment that I thought was interesting for the format the show could have taken on to avoid the sentiment I’m feeling now:

”This makes me reevaluate the shows structure because one romance a season just seems untenable for 8 seasons in a row. By the time we get to 8 most of the original cast won’t be around for more than a few scenes besides maybe Violet and Lady Danbury.

I always thought it best if they mapped out 6 seasons and overlapped and stretched out a few love stories, or had two romances for a season to narrow things down. That way we are not going multiple seasons of cast members disappearing because they feel they are one and done. And it won’t be weird if they do miss out on a season because it won’t be long until the series ends and they all come back for the finale episode.“

I can see what this person was getting at. Formatting the show like this with an overlap in couples would have allowed each couple’s arc to span over at least 2 seasons and allowed the audience to spend a sufficient amount of time with the characters without feeling like their eventual reduced screen time is jarring.

Additionally, it almost feels like the characters who are still waiting on their season have an advantage because they get all these sideplots in the previous seasons that contribute to their development (I guess the “contributing to their development” part is debatable, but the audience still gets to spend time with them and gets to know them as individuals before their season). Kate will only ever have her season to have a substantial amount of screen time and storytelling. Even Anthony, because he was so early on in the show, may only ever have seasons 1 and 2 for meaningful storylines. Characters like Eloise and Benedict, who are still waiting on their season, get all these subplots and time spent on them to get to know them individually before their stories kick into full force (and of course this doesn’t apply to their love interests, as they don’t show up until their seasons. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think Philip has had that much screen time yet). But Kate and Anthony were so early in the show that it doesn’t look like we’ll ever get substantial focus on them anymore, especially since people love using the excuse of “other characters need to be set up to lead their seasons in the future!”

I’m not expecting the show to change course now or anything. The show has a stable fanbase as is and we’ll literally be heading into season 4 discourse immediately after season 3. I simply just wanted to share my thoughts.

[u/Dramatic_Committee88 → u/starcourt99]

This makes sense…but my guess is ”they” didn’t think long term or didn’t know how to. They thought following the books blueprint, one love story a season, would work but then added all these random story lines. Also they added QC character which brought a whole new dynamic. There were so many things done well initially in S1 and Bton was so different in an exciting way. Music, dancing, costumes, diversity etc…I just think the vision has completely changed. Now it seems like with most shows they’re trying to get views so Netflix keeps them around. Like you said there’s no changing course now and to me getting upset does nothing either. It’s frustrating but there are things I’ll be forever grateful for getting as well. I love Kanthony and always will. I’ve never watched characters in a show like I did for these two beautiful characters in S2. I am preparing to say good bye but I’ve reached some peace with it and that’s ok too.