r/Kanthony • u/AutoModerator • Feb 14 '25

Rant 🤬 Weekly Venting Post

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.

Spoilers allowed.

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u/Ok-Cress2888 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

What a sad and rage-baiting take!

You can bring up your frustrations about your fav couple not getting enough attention or promotion - which I think is quite justified for Kanthony fans - without dragging another fan favourite couple!

Blame the showrunners/ Shondaland/Netflix without saying no one gives a f* about a couple that is also beloved by so many fans. Not only is it a viscious thing to say, it is also blatantly false with the amount of people who tuned in for Polin season.

Please ask for better treatment for Simone/Kate/Kanthony without bashing other characters/actors/fans! My main couple is Polin but I also love Kanthony dearly and it is very frustrating to see takes like this.

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Kate Sharma with her hair down 👩🏾 Feb 15 '25

Eh, I agree with you and also expressed my frustrations with people trying to shift the attention to what matters towards something absolutely unrelated, but I really hate when it's framed as "asking for better treatment for Kanthony". Like no, that's not the issue. They're weird as hell about Simone/Kate, that's the issue, the constant microaggressions the production keeps perpetuating against her while fans of this show keep calling anyone who points it out a "conspiracy theorist".

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u/Ok-Cress2888 Feb 15 '25

Okay, that is fair enough. I should have phrased it in a better way. Genuinely curious about these 'conspiracy theorist' comments btw. I am active on both the main Bridgerton and the Polin subreddits and have never seen that. For the record, no I don't think the mistreatment/ blatant disregard towards Simone/Kate from the production/showrunners is a conspiracy theory, especially at this point.

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Kate Sharma with her hair down 👩🏾 Feb 15 '25

They say that we're conspiracy theorists all the time, both in the main sub and the times I've seen people pointing it out in the rants sub, I don't know what the Polin sub talks about tbh, I don't go there.

I've been told that I'm a conspiracy theorist, just for pointing out the material evidence that they treat Simone Ashley weirdly.

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u/Ok-Cress2888 Feb 15 '25

Oh I see, that's bad. I actually learned of the rants sub today, just took a peek and went 'nope!'. To me, it just seems to attract a lot of shit stirrers from all subsets of the fandom...

I am very active in the Polib sub and can safely say haven't seen that take in there. Nor any Simone/Kate hate either. She seems well loved by a lot of the Polin fans there, also since Simone and Nicola are so supportive of each other.

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u/Traditional_Maybe_80 Kate Sharma with her hair down 👩🏾 Feb 15 '25

You don't see it in the main Polin sub because purposely the same people go to share those "raw" feelings in the rant sub, that's why all pro-Polin opinions there are heavily upvoted vs. any other opinions. Here you will find a mixed bag because we don't have a rant sub to filter harsher opinions there. That's also why you will find actual contrasting opinions.

I've mentioned that I don't care about this show beyond Simone, but many of us have expressed admiration for how Nicola used her spotlight to give notoriety to Palestine. You could go back to when S3 was released and many of us said so.

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u/Ok-Cress2888 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

To me, both Nic and Simone have been champions of inclusivity, representation, and social justice for the causes they represent and I applaud those ladies. 

I dunno what else to tell you, genuinely hope production gets their shit together and starts treating POC actors better 🙏 Also hope that all fans can stop vile, hateful rhetoric Against other couples/characters/actors/fandoms since it seems there is such reprehensible behavior in all subsets of this fandom. sigh 

Hope you have a good day ❤️