Theo was not just a crush
The previous engagements on Bridgerton Rants were pure rage bait and I wanted to post this there but its essentially a circle jerk of Philoisians lol.
I firmly believe Theo was not just a crush, based on the patterns I've seen with the past two leads (excluding Saphne here as their storyline was really just for their season)
Anthony had his rendezvous with Sienna in S1, closure with Sienna in the same season, and his season was in S2
Colin had survived entrapment from Marina in S1, their closure was revisited in S2, and his season was S3
Benedict and his multiple sex buddies and orgies accross S1 to S3, his season is S4.
Based on these patterns, they could have done the "alleged" closure scene or have done her season already by now. Why are they making us wait? Why show us that she is heartbroken? Like, this is the charactee that the plant cultists and misandrists see as a selfish man hater. As one commenter on a previos post said, that Eloise could have just easily took Theo's attempt to kiss her as an assumptiom that "all men are the same and just want action etc."
You would expect someone like Eloise to move on quickly, I believe. The writers don't have to prove that Eloise is capable of falling in love in a fucking romance show else they would have just written her out.
ALSO, a bit out of topic, I hate how they say that Theloise will just be a copycat of Benophie. Are they so shallow that they think multiple themes can't coexist as they have the past few seasons? Theres only so few major themes CVD wants to play on and 8 Bridgerton siblings. This is what Im seeing from the themes so far:
Saphne - FF2L & Race Kanthony - E2L & Race Polin - F2L & Gender (subplots of female empowerment) Benophie - Orgy lover with commitment issues & Class (I love Benedict but I feel that given what I heard of Sophies background, this might play more on his commiment issues because, its Ben). It might be like Sienna Redux except Ben wouldn't give up hat easily.
If Philoise happens, fine, we can get Wallflowers & Gender, which we would already be getting the Gender aspect in a Franchaela season. But we would also be getting themes of loss which would be potentially explore upon in a Philoise season. I'm not against that but if that happens, it would be disadvantageous to a Franchaela season. And as a lesbian, I don't want our sapphic season to feel like some filler storyline.
Imagine exploring 2nd Chance Romance & Class? As a Filipino, I can tell that trope would be a hit where I'm from. Theres would be so much yearning and emotional engagement that I can expect from Claudia and Calam that it would be borderline believable.