Now that TV has woken up to romance series a la Bridgerton, I'm pro a The Wallflowers series
Pros:
It's Victorian so no empire waist dresses (no offense to the bridgerton costume department they did an excellent job i just hate regency)
Shorter series so it's easier to cast. There's only 4 wallflowers but the way the books tie in it could be extended to other couples based on popularity
Scene variety! There's Westcliff's estate, the foundry, Paris, Scotland, the casino, probably London at some point
Higher stakes! People almost die! There's more drama in the books so the show wouldn't have to make up as much drama (looking at you, Marina)
Only two characters are related so it would be easier to add diversity. Pretty much no one has to be white (though if Lillian is white, sebastian also has to be white. That plotline can get messy)
Cons
There's no way they'll cast Simon Hunt correctly
Dare I say this is Tumblr's greatest bit of all time
talking to myself out loud and disagreeing with myself every now and then so that the spirits lingering in the cold corners of my room don't accuse me of monolithic thinking
Tumblr in 2012:
Tumblr in 2022:
Took me until about halfway through college before I realized “study” means “play with the material in a variety of ways until you understand it” and not just “read the assigned chapters and do the homework” and I think that probably should have been discussed at some point prior to that.
my toxic trait is simply not doing things if i don't want to do them
the people's princess
Taylor Dearden as Dr. Melissa King in THE PITT (2025-)