The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bridgerton Netflix show may be based on a book series, but the showrunners still make plenty of changes according to their own personal vision. This i🌠s why there are many characters that were never seen before, although the main love stories of the t🐷itular family remain largely the same.

Yet it might not always be so, at least according to the final episode of Season 3. In it, we see a new character being introduced, someone oddly familiar to fans of the books, but with a slight difference; if you’ve nౠever read the books, however, you might be wondering who this Michaela Stirling is.

Spoilers For The Show And The Books!

Who Is Michaela Stirling?

As her last name might imply, Michaela Stirling is related to John Stirling, Francesca Bridgerton’s husband. While Michaela is John’s cousin, they seem as close as brothers, judging at least by the brief intera🥂ction we saw between them in one scene.

Said scene also lingered not only on Michaela’s name reveal, but also on Francesca’s reaction when meeting her, as if everything was hinting at something deeper going on. The last we know of them is that the couple, Michaela, and Francesca’s sister Eloise were all traveling together to Scotland.

Is Michaela Stirling In The Books?

Technically speaking, there isn’t a Michaela Stirling in the books, but there is a Michael Stirling who is also John’s cousin. Not only that, but Michael is the one that ends up with Francesca in the end, so the Netflix show may be aiming at doing the same thing with Michaela.

Francesca In The Books

While Francesca also marries John Stirling in the books, she does so 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:before the book starts, spending a happy marriage with him for years until his untimely death. This means that Francesca’s book starts with her already a widow, and deep in grief.

It isn’t clear how 🍎John died,💎 he simply had a headache and left to take a nap, dying in his sleep.

Michael met Francesca only a day before her wedding to John, and fell in love with her at first sight. After John dies, Michael still has feelings for Francesca, which makes him feel so guilty that he leaves for India and spends several years there.

Guilt wasn’t the only reason for his departure, since he also didn’t want Francesca to have to leave her home. You see, since her and John never had any children, the new Earl of Kilmartin (John's former title) is now Michael, which means he’d have to force Francesca to go back to the Brid꧂gerton house.

Francescꦆa was pregnant when John died, but the stress of grief made her have a miscarriage.

Four years after John’s death, Francesca is finally ready to look for a new husband, going back to London just like Michael, who finished his business in India. This is where their love story finally begins, becoming the central focus poiꦰnt of Francesca&rs🐈quo;s book.

The book ends with Francesca and Michael getting married, having two children (the male named John after Fra🤪ncesca’s late husband), and leading an all-in-all happy life. They still live in the Kilmartin House, since Michael retains the title of Earl of Kilmartin.

Michaela’s Role In Francesca’s Story

Before the end of Season 3, the only major difference the Netflix show had with the books, as far as Francesca is concerned at least, was showing us who John Stirling was in life. We get to see how they met, what they had in common, and how they could lead a 🍰happyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ marriage.

For fans of the books, it was a nice complementary addition to what they had already read, since that story is never covered in the books. A big change, however, comes when Michaela Stirling is introduced, since she’s clearly meant to replace Michael as the final love interest for Francesca whenജ her story is eventually finished.

Francesca’s Children

The first question fans had when Michaela was introduced was about the children Francesca is supposed to have, both named after people she loved in the Stirling family. She could simply not have any, or maybe adopt some kids alongside Michaela, but blood relationships are part of the central conflict of many stories in the Bridgerton series.

The Earl Of Kilmartin

Another plot point that might end up cut altogether is the role of Earl, and how that came into play in the life of Francesca. The Netflix show is constantly reminding us that titles are inherited by men, so Michaela wouldn’t be the one inheriting the title of Earl if John dies like he did in the books.

This is also why ꦯFrancesca shouldn’t have children with John, at least not a male one, since it removes a great p🐽art of the conflict about who inherits the title of Earl.

If Michaela isn’t the new Earl of Kilmartin, part of the conflict is gone from Francesca’s story, since she’s either never kicked out of the Kilmartin House, or immediately kicked out by whoever inherits the title. Either way, Michaela’s role is less than Michael’s was in the books, at least if they keep the story the same.

Of course, even if they change big parts of Francesca’s story, she isn’t living in a society that would accept her relationship with another woman openly. We can see this during Season 3, as Benedict Bridgerton has to sneakily see his male romantic partner because said re♛l𒉰ationships are frowned upon by his community.

Francesca’s Reaction To Michaela

For some reason, Francesca ends up speechless when first seeing Michaela, as if she was already developing a crush on her at first sight. Even if Michaela had been a Michael, Francesca's reaction is still unwarranted, since it undermines the journey she and John just went through; they got married just days ago, after all.

Still, we are yet to see how Francesca’s story advances, since they might make a complete departure from how things happen in the books. We are not likely to find out any time soon, since the latest hints suggest that the next season will be about either Benedict or Eloise.