I Would Trade That Dumb Hot Air Balloon For The Smyth-Smith Musical ANY DAY. What On Earth Did The Balloon

I would trade that dumb hot air balloon for the Smyth-Smith musical ANY DAY. What on earth did the balloon do for us? The Smyth-Smith musical gave us Polin, Penelope and Agatha, Peneloise, and Felicity. It even gave us insight to how Penelope had grown as LW over the years. WHY DID THEY TRADE IT FOR THE BALLOON?

“Am I going to marry her? Yeah I’m going to marry the fuck outta her.” -Colin Bridgerton’s internal monologue.

For anyone still comparing Luke Newton to Luke T. and Jonathan and insisting on creating childish ship wars and competition between three men who love and respect each other and their work. For anyone still talking shit about Polin. For anyone still spreading rumours from bullshit fake "sources" about Luke and Nicola. For anyone still calling Luke Newton ugly, talentless, unemployed and a loser and diminishing his work and who he is as a person, in any way...I say this from the bottom of my heart, grow up.

It literally costs nothing to shut up and enjoy your season and yet, here you all are still cosplaying as Temu Regina George. Seriously, move on.

BRIDGERTON (2020-)

PEN AND COLIN

3.07

Images of Luke Newton that have me in a chokehold (so far) because, why not:

Thank you for your time.

Lukolas responding to this by making it about Luke being in love with Nicola, I will block u.

Taking his hard work and the effort he put in and ignoring it is disrespectful to him and his craft. It’s rude to him as an actor to pretend like he could only pull this off because he’s in love with her. I used to want more projects with him and Nicola because I love them both so much, but now I can’t wait for him to have a project with a new actress as his leading lady so some of the fandom that doesn’t respect his work can move on and leave Luke to the actual fans of what he does on stage and screen, and not just the romantic fantasies they have of his real life.

I’m actually tired of Luke Newton not getting his full credit for the success of selling the season. This is not discounting that Nicola is a powerhouse when it comes to PR, but Luke sold that chemistry HARD during the promo run. Polin took off among non-shippers when they both came out for that first event way back on Valentine’s Day, with Luke looking hot AF and people became locked in on the way he looked at her. Every single social media post had comments about how HE looked at HER, and people getting curious because of it. That was HUGE to what made them popular, and it never let up, he helped sell their chemistry - to the degree of some fans placing unhealthy expectations on it, but that’s another story. During interviews, even when Nicola did most of the talking, Luke served up delicious fanservice by often being the one who would say the most unhinged bits that sent the fans spiraling- talking about how tiny their intimacy wear was, being comfortable naked, blushing and giggling. People loved it. On and off the screen Luke has been responsible for half the magic that’s made Polin so beloved, he deserves to be acknowledged right alongside Nic.