Humanizing her didn't make sense in the end, as they simply discarded all of it. Cressida's in the books is awful, but from show's perspective, she deserved better indeed. Not to mention how Eloise acted insensitive after Whistledown fake announce. The girl has some traits to heal before befriending with anyone.
I feel like cressida and lady featherington offers a few glimpses into what it's actually like to be in that society. I completely agree cressida deserves better, but it could also be argued that it's the show's way of saying not everybody can have the happy ending they deserve. I say this, but I will always be awaiting her return in the following seasons.
You are absolutely right and please don’t take this as an aspersion on you - but I while I agree that the show is saying “not everyone can have a happy ending”, I think that’s why it frustrates me so terribly. That show mentality works for HOTD, where we know “this is a Shakespearean tragedy and my faves are gonna die or cry”. But Bridgerton is the fluffy, pastel-coloured, regency romance. A romance! So make it fluffy, Shonda, don’t give us a marital grape side plot. Cause you know Cressida’s gonna get stuck with some rotting, formaldehyde pickled Viserys-looking mf’er, or worse, her dad’s friend Judge Claude Frollo
I know so many people love Eloise but she was just AWFUL in this season... When Cressida "comes out" as Whistledown Eloise is so mad at her and I just don't get it.... Cressida told her she wanted her independance, surely Eloise understood why she was doing that ??
I think part of why it sucks so much to see how Cressida ends off in this season is because of how underprivileged she is in comparison to a lot of the main characters thus far (the Bridgeton's). She lives in an emotionally abusive household and although Penelope did as well, at least Penelope isn't forced to wed if she can't find a husband. Cressida is in a worse position than a lot of the other characters. And when she finally gets a friend that friend lets her down at every opportunity giving her no support system unlike our other mc's. (Though tbf this didn't come from nowhere, Eloise has always had problems with listening to her friends even in previous seasons). So it feels really upsetting to see her get this tragic ending. I really hope that we aren't done with her character arc
I’d have to disagree. I agree that she came from a fairly abusive household, but she still had a leg up in the marriage mart. Unlike Penelope, Cressida was considered attractive. Although we only see two men court her in show (the prince and lord Debling) we know the characters lives continue off screen and according to one mama “where one suitor goes the rest surely will follow” we can assume that Cressida had at least a handful of men attempt to court her in her first season or two since she was worthy of the Princes’ attention. We can be sympathetic to her plight, but we can’t ignore the question of why couldn’t Cressida secure a husband? Simple, because of her bad attitude (which apparently is known in the ton) and her lack of discernible personality/skills. She earned a bad reputation for herself which ultimately affected her chance of marriage to a man at least close in age to her and of her own choosing. Seeing how blunt Lord Crowper is, we can assume that Cressida knew from her debut if she couldn’t secure a husband he would force her into a marriage of his own choosing. Now that it was her third season out and she hadn’t secured a match yes she’s desperate and her back is against the wall but once again that was of her own doing. In my opinion, Cressida’s ending was sad but fitting. She played dirty, used deceit, and manipulation, but still could not come out victorious. Side note, Eloise is definitely a crappy friend lol
She’ll definitely not be written off her mother’s name is the name of Sophie’s stepmother and that is the hint to indicate that her family is going to play some type of role in the next season
It was a waste to almost make us like /sympathize with her and then to just turn her back completely evil for the sake of it just was trash . Also they wasted Deblins character on Polin’s story . Him and Cressida actually would work perfectly, she gets the financial security and house and land , he has a wife back in England taking care of his affairs while he galavants all over the world . A PRACTICAL marriage indeed.
There is a plot hole in the TV version of this character. She kept Daphne's secret at which Daphne promised to remember Cressida's kindness if she was ever in need. Why did Cressida not seek Daphne's aid, even simply to lend her money and/or to be seen in her presence, so Cressida is not ousted by the entire ton? Daphne could have used her political and social power as a duchess to assist Cressida, thereby, avoiding her desperate need to blackmail Penelope, and if thought of first, maybe she would not have claimed to be Lady Whistledown in the first place. I guess the writers neglected this agreement for the sake of the drama they wanted to play out in the season.
The issue is that they can't use anything regarding Daphne since the actress left as well. The show tries to do "book accuracy" only when it is convenient and since Daphne disappears after her first book, there is no point to bring about any subplot that came from her story. Including that her role as Duchess could have given Cressida some protection.
I hated the way Eloise treated her after she revealed she was Whistledown. Eloise was never a good friend to Penelope but I thought Cressida's company might help her gain perspective and get out of her 'not like other girls' phase but none of that happened 🙃 I really hope we see Cressida turn her life around in season 4
I think it's interesting to compare Marina and Cressida. Both are in really difficult situations and both "do the wrong thing for the right reasons (or at least for understandable reasons).
I love Cressidas story in season 3 so much. She did the wrong things ot of the right reasons and she so much deserves to become a more happy person. In fact, I would love seing her becoming friends with Penelope, thought, they are different, they have some things in common and the fact, that they both struggled a lot just because they had a hard time fearing the life of spinsters I think, they could make really good friends, like Penelope actually defending Cressida in one of her Lady Whisltedown papers. THIS would give the ton something to talk about :D
@@itsschristal3587 I ain’t saying that Pen didn’t deserve the heat, because she totally did, but Eloise was still a lousy friend before she learned that Pen was LW
Eloise isn't friend material. Too self absorbed and whiny. Pen had no self worth outside of the gossip paper and was too weak. Cressida was too damn bitter and nasty towards people who could have actually helped her.
Cressida learned so much this season and still chose wrong. Same as Eloise chose wrong last season. Cressida should’ve mended a relationship with the B family instead she solidified her role as a rival. We can’t let how we grew up determine how we move forward as an adult. Her loneliness isn’t more important that anyone else. It’s not her fault her parents are terrible but it doesn’t make it right to make poor choices.
i don't disagree, but her upbringing does play a part in how she sees the word (same goes for all the characters) and it was great that we could understand her motivations even if we may not approve of them; if her story's not over, there is definitely room for development, as long as the show doesn't keep setting her back two steps after she's made one step forward.
@@LanaMarieShe is intelligent enough to make other decisions. She choose to do what she did because she enjoys the effect of what she does, pure and simple as that.
except the show changed the characterisation of many characters, cressida actually may be also posy reiling... if we go by the hint that her mother's first name is araminta, if true then she would be an essential plot tool in benedict's story aswell and it would make sense only when she is shown to be more than a mean girl.
Humanizing her didn't make sense in the end, as they simply discarded all of it. Cressida's in the books is awful, but from show's perspective, she deserved better indeed. Not to mention how Eloise acted insensitive after Whistledown fake announce. The girl has some traits to heal before befriending with anyone.
I feel like cressida and lady featherington offers a few glimpses into what it's actually like to be in that society. I completely agree cressida deserves better, but it could also be argued that it's the show's way of saying not everybody can have the happy ending they deserve. I say this, but I will always be awaiting her return in the following seasons.
She's a bully, she doesn't deserve what she hasn't earned, no pretty privileges here.
You are absolutely right and please don’t take this as an aspersion on you - but I while I agree that the show is saying “not everyone can have a happy ending”, I think that’s why it frustrates me so terribly.
That show mentality works for HOTD, where we know “this is a Shakespearean tragedy and my faves are gonna die or cry”.
But Bridgerton is the fluffy, pastel-coloured, regency romance. A romance!
So make it fluffy, Shonda, don’t give us a marital grape side plot. Cause you know Cressida’s gonna get stuck with some rotting, formaldehyde pickled Viserys-looking mf’er, or worse, her dad’s friend Judge Claude Frollo
I know so many people love Eloise but she was just AWFUL in this season... When Cressida "comes out" as Whistledown Eloise is so mad at her and I just don't get it.... Cressida told her she wanted her independance, surely Eloise understood why she was doing that ??
of all the people, you'd think eloise would understand cressida's desire to not be trapped in a loveless, arranged marriage, right!
Empathy is not Eloise’s strong suit.
As someone who loves Eloise, I 100% agree. She was awful to Cressida in part 2, and completely out of nowhere
I think part of why it sucks so much to see how Cressida ends off in this season is because of how underprivileged she is in comparison to a lot of the main characters thus far (the Bridgeton's). She lives in an emotionally abusive household and although Penelope did as well, at least Penelope isn't forced to wed if she can't find a husband. Cressida is in a worse position than a lot of the other characters. And when she finally gets a friend that friend lets her down at every opportunity giving her no support system unlike our other mc's. (Though tbf this didn't come from nowhere, Eloise has always had problems with listening to her friends even in previous seasons). So it feels really upsetting to see her get this tragic ending. I really hope that we aren't done with her character arc
I’d have to disagree. I agree that she came from a fairly abusive household, but she still had a leg up in the marriage mart. Unlike Penelope, Cressida was considered attractive. Although we only see two men court her in show (the prince and lord Debling) we know the characters lives continue off screen and according to one mama “where one suitor goes the rest surely will follow” we can assume that Cressida had at least a handful of men attempt to court her in her first season or two since she was worthy of the Princes’ attention. We can be sympathetic to her plight, but we can’t ignore the question of why couldn’t Cressida secure a husband? Simple, because of her bad attitude (which apparently is known in the ton) and her lack of discernible personality/skills. She earned a bad reputation for herself which ultimately affected her chance of marriage to a man at least close in age to her and of her own choosing. Seeing how blunt Lord Crowper is, we can assume that Cressida knew from her debut if she couldn’t secure a husband he would force her into a marriage of his own choosing. Now that it was her third season out and she hadn’t secured a match yes she’s desperate and her back is against the wall but once again that was of her own doing. In my opinion, Cressida’s ending was sad but fitting. She played dirty, used deceit, and manipulation, but still could not come out victorious. Side note, Eloise is definitely a crappy friend lol
I want to see more of creseda in future seasons , if she is written off I'll be so pist
She’ll definitely not be written off her mother’s name is the name of Sophie’s stepmother and that is the hint to indicate that her family is going to play some type of role in the next season
It was a waste to almost make us like /sympathize with her and then to just turn her back completely evil for the sake of it just was trash . Also they wasted Deblins character on Polin’s story . Him and Cressida actually would work perfectly, she gets the financial security and house and land , he has a wife back in England taking care of his affairs while he galavants all over the world . A PRACTICAL marriage indeed.
There is a plot hole in the TV version of this character. She kept Daphne's secret at which Daphne promised to remember Cressida's kindness if she was ever in need. Why did Cressida not seek Daphne's aid, even simply to lend her money and/or to be seen in her presence, so Cressida is not ousted by the entire ton? Daphne could have used her political and social power as a duchess to assist Cressida, thereby, avoiding her desperate need to blackmail Penelope, and if thought of first, maybe she would not have claimed to be Lady Whistledown in the first place. I guess the writers neglected this agreement for the sake of the drama they wanted to play out in the season.
The issue is that they can't use anything regarding Daphne since the actress left as well. The show tries to do "book accuracy" only when it is convenient and since Daphne disappears after her first book, there is no point to bring about any subplot that came from her story. Including that her role as Duchess could have given Cressida some protection.
I hated the way Eloise treated her after she revealed she was Whistledown. Eloise was never a good friend to Penelope but I thought Cressida's company might help her gain perspective and get out of her 'not like other girls' phase but none of that happened 🙃 I really hope we see Cressida turn her life around in season 4
I think it's interesting to compare Marina and Cressida. Both are in really difficult situations and both "do the wrong thing for the right reasons (or at least for understandable reasons).
I love Cressidas story in season 3 so much. She did the wrong things ot of the right reasons and she so much deserves to become a more happy person. In fact, I would love seing her becoming friends with Penelope, thought, they are different, they have some things in common and the fact, that they both struggled a lot just because they had a hard time fearing the life of spinsters I think, they could make really good friends, like Penelope actually defending Cressida in one of her Lady Whisltedown papers. THIS would give the ton something to talk about :D
Ngl, Eloise is pretty selfish & is a bad friend to both Penelope & Cressida.
Nah, Pen deserved any heat she got, but Eloise was a bad friend to Cressida
@@itsschristal3587 I ain’t saying that Pen didn’t deserve the heat, because she totally did, but Eloise was still a lousy friend before she learned that Pen was LW
Eloise isn't friend material. Too self absorbed and whiny. Pen had no self worth outside of the gossip paper and was too weak. Cressida was too damn bitter and nasty towards people who could have actually helped her.
Exactly my thoughts 🤝
Writing in season bit mess for all character in show
I think Cressida has a crush on Eloise and is jealous that Pen has a relationship with her 🌈
Of course you do… 🙄 🤦🏻♀️
Cressida learned so much this season and still chose wrong. Same as Eloise chose wrong last season. Cressida should’ve mended a relationship with the B family instead she solidified her role as a rival. We can’t let how we grew up determine how we move forward as an adult. Her loneliness isn’t more important that anyone else. It’s not her fault her parents are terrible but it doesn’t make it right to make poor choices.
i don't disagree, but her upbringing does play a part in how she sees the word (same goes for all the characters) and it was great that we could understand her motivations even if we may not approve of them; if her story's not over, there is definitely room for development, as long as the show doesn't keep setting her back two steps after she's made one step forward.
@@LanaMarieShe is intelligent enough to make other decisions. She choose to do what she did because she enjoys the effect of what she does, pure and simple as that.
“Mama, why did we have to write such horrible things about the Bridgertons?” I think that her being a rival was never a choice.
No she didn’t. In the book she isn’t redeemable.
except the show changed the characterisation of many characters, cressida actually may be also posy reiling... if we go by the hint that her mother's first name is araminta, if true then she would be an essential plot tool in benedict's story aswell and it would make sense only when she is shown to be more than a mean girl.
Well the show is different frim the books.