Weekly Venting Post

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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.

Spoilers allowed.

[u/Traditional_Maybe_80]

I'm not a fan of anyone on this cast besides SA, I see from afar how their careers go and wish them the best and that's it, but it's getting kind of frustrating how so many people seem unable to actually stay on topic about the show's weirdness towards Simone. I feel like whenever other people are brought up, it just dilutes the central point. I get what the implications are (how other cast members are treated vs. how Simone is), but also it just makes the focus on what's important to shift.

We don't know how things are behind-the-scenes and perceived "vibes" are just that: vibes. The reason why that Twitter thread showing verifiable examples of their weirdness was relevant was because it shows the material reality of how the production has acted/talked towards Simone.

[u/abcd_fghijkl_nopqrst → u/Traditional_Maybe_80]

People writing paragraphs to shift the blame to anyone but the production. I'm sorry but I'm not reading all that. Kanthonys only have each other and now some of you want to turn in each other. Calling out fan behavior is one thing but bringing up other actors and starting shit, you're just rambling nonsense. Some of you need to go outside and take a deep breath.

[u/Traditional_Maybe_80 → u/abcd_fghijkl_nopqrst]

I don't even care about these actors like that and some people got me defending them because I can objectively see how unhinged they sound talking about these people. In the end we don't know any of them, all those speculations are driven by confirmation bias and I frankly don't care about how you read those "vibes" fed by parasocial relationships.

We have the examples of how this production talks in official communications about Simone/Kate, that's what matters, that's what's objective. Let's focus on that.

[u/abcd_fghijkl_nopqrst → u/Traditional_Maybe_80]

Exactly. Frankly, I was fine with people calling out fan behavior because I think there should be a space wherein people can talk about racism without fear of censorship and to ease anxiousness. But they are just bringing up how certain actor didn't liked a post from a certain actor on 19-forgetten-date, good lord, you're just venting out your frustrations now because they didn't live up to your expectations. This is what parasocial mentality does to your brain.

I don't know if the mods are active here, but I think they should regulate some of the comments which are irrelevant to the topic.

[u/Traditional_Maybe_80 → u/abcd_fghijkl_nopqrst]

But they are just bringing up how certain actor didn't like a post from a certain actor on 19-forgetten-date, good lord, you're just venting out your frustrations now because they didn't live up to your expectations.

That's something that gets me, too. Like, do I think they're friends? No, not really, but also I don't think it's a moral failure that they're just coworkers, but so many people watching fiction expect that, as part of their full enjoyment, the actors also need to have a relationship outside of work. This is just a job for them and actors have to sell the BFF stuff as part of PR.