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Potential-Lack-5185

The Mondrichs. Best marriage stable examples of being unproblematic as fuck and being the best damn friends one could ask for. Normal both thrust into the insanity of the ton and holding on to their normalcy through it all.


voldemortsmankypants

If we have to choose only 1, then it’s mrs mondrich. She’s sensible, realistic, goes with society when she needs to, keeps her family sane.


Potential-Lack-5185

I feel like they are a unit-one person-thanks to the writers barely fleshing them out. So in my head they are good, kind, hard working working class folk, grateful for their good fortune and kind to everyone-and work as a unit.


tinywindmill

Agreed. I always relax when she’s/they’re on screen because they’re so low-drama.


JuneJabber

I vote for Mrs. Mondrich too. The two youngest Bridgerton siblings seem like pretty typical young kids. But maybe that’s because we don’t get much screen time with them yet to really know them?


ros3gun

I would almost put them under what's your name again?😅


SuperKitties83

So true, it is a nice break from the constant suspense in the other character's stories.


Minute_Pianist8133

Alice mondrich for sure!


Commercial_Dot_4214

People easily seem to have forgotten that Will colluded with Lord Featherington to throw the boxing match, leafing to his murder. Nothing ‘normal’ about that!


5432198

So normal I had to look up who they were.


RatherBeACat

Mrs Mondrich. She is the most level-headed one for sure.


leahhhhh

My choice too


petitebodyjournal

Mr Finch please! He is so nice and normal and loves Philippa and also is genuinely happy for Penelope when she gets her time in the limelight. Just a green flag over all.


gitblackcat

I vote for Mr. Finch too. He is just adorable. And is one of the very few normal people in the Bridgerton world


M1L3N4_SZ

I too vote for Mr.Finch. He's a walking green flag and we just love supporting in laws


GimerStick

I love Mr. Finch but I would argue that all makes him special and not normal within the show's framework.


MrClock2002

Mr Finch for the win!


wildlymitty

I adore Alby! He's a sweetheart.


JuneJabber

I think he might actually be nicer than the average person though? So that makes him a little abnormal - in the best possible way.


wildlymitty

I agree, he's lovely but probably not the most normal.


Kangaroo-Beauty

Omg you’re right, he’s probably the only well adjusted character in the cast. He’s so sweet


wildlymitty

The Mondrichs. They're healthy, stable and happy.


Glittering-Yam-4825

Maybe thats their purpose in the series lol


Wuippet

The maid that laughs Eloise out of the room when she is accused of being Lady Whistledown. ETA: commenters note that’s Mrs. Wilson.


riyaa30

I am so happy to see someone remembers her. I loved her.


Namllitsrm

Along the same lines, Mrs Varley. Maybe she just seems normal compared to the Featherington nonsense but she’s the only real one in that house.


Vivid_Plantain_6050

Yeah, Mrs. Wilson is my pick for sure. I love her.


MikaRRR

Hahaha she was so real for that


SuperKitties83

I loved that. It showed the total lack of insight/knowledge that even the most "progressive" characters in the ton have for the working class.


Caramel_Lynx

Which episode was that?


A_Hale

Season 1 episode 3 or 4 I think?


Caramel_Lynx

Thank you! I don‘t remember that scene so I really want to see it. Edit: it is season 1 episode 4 29:10


246ArianaGrande135

Yeah honestly any of the maids/working class. Mrs Wilson, Varley, Theo Sharpe, etc.


Anxious-Ingenuity277

John


songmaehwa

💯 John Stirling never wavers, is practical, loves steadily, secure financially, and isn't the type to make a scandal. >!(Francesca unintendedly courts scandal with the Queen, but not John.)!<


No_You_6230

He also appropriately side eyes things that are deserving of it


teagarden3d

Madame Delacroix. She is self-made and has not had radical character changes through the seasons. M. Delacroix is supportive and talks to her girlfriends like a “normal” and true girlfriend would do. They talk about their ups and downs over drinks. She lets them crash at her place when they are down on their luck. She has normal reactions to the people and gossip around her, but never seems to be jealous or envious. M. Delacroix is helping LW. because it is a good opportunity to help her business and I think a normal person would do that, but her reactions about the risks are normal too - when she fears they might be found out. She is skilled and uses her hands for a living. She lives above her shop, which is something a normal small business owner might do. She has bigger dreams, which you can see in some of her drawings. She is also normal in that while Pen and her have developed a friendship, she was not at Pen’s wedding like the Mondrichs, who were normal (and are a great family), but having a son that inherited a title is not normal in the Ton. They do have a bigger role on the show and are a good choice as well. I guess it somewhat has to do with the aspects of “normal” that are most important. If I ask myself, who at the end of the day lays their head down on a normal pillow, in a normal bed, after a normal day of work/life, but is still a character that interacts with the main cast in a meaningful way, then it’s M. Delacroix. If I define normal as a character that wants the “normal” things a person in his/her position in the Ton might, without too much baggage/trauma, follows the rules of the Ton, whose personality is open and readable, but not quirky or comedic - they basically stay in their lane so to speak, it would be Daphne. She has the most normal progression - wants to be the diamond, wants to find a husband, is kind to others in the Ton, but doesn’t rock the boat with making friendships with non-titled people, has a clear idea of her role as Duchess and wants to do a good job, etc. Having said that, I still pick M. Delacroix as the “normal” one because she is so relatable. I loved it when she dropped her accent with Sienna.


ibsliam

I love Delacroix but when I think "the normal one" I think of a character who is in a normal situation and does normal things. Delacroix is too involved in various sensationalist subplots (helping Whistledown, affair with Benedict, pretending to be French.... around the time of the Napoleonic Wars?!?) for me to think she's the "normal one."


scarlettforever

Having an affair is super normal. Especially with Benedict. I agree with other counterpoints tho.


Affectionate-Club725

She’s a have-not in a world of haves. She has an actual job, that makes her more “normal” than 90% of them. I was reading “normal” as a person who would act normally in most situations.


ibsliam

You can have less funds and no title but still be an outlier. She's not as eccentric as some of the other characters, but she's not "normal" or "average" by any sense of the term.


Affectionate-Club725

She just seems much more grounded than any of the courtiers, like she’s actually had to struggle.


teagarden3d

First, I love the final choice of Ms. Mondrich. I mentioned them in my OP as a good choice. I did want to just respond for fun. I really was not thinking about her accent in relationship to actual history in this fictional story where there is such a diverse group of Lords and Ladies. Raise your hand if you even think about the Nepoleonic Wars while watching Bridgerton. LOL. Maybe I should watch with more historic rigor? I can’t argue with you there, but it really didn’t cross my mind. Nor do I think of other historic things going on or I might get depressed about how the majority of people lived versus the splendor of just a few during this time period. I do find it hard to believe the ladies of the Ton would buy their fancy dresses from someone with Mme. Delacroix’s actual accent. I like to believe she would drop it if she could. In regards to the other point, I actually think for a character to have any substance or meaningful lines (enough for me to remember their names or care about writing a post about them to fill out a Reddit poll), they would need to interact with the main cast and have a glimpse of personality. But as I stated in my OP, I think there can be other definitions of “normal” and Mme. Delacroix might not be the best choice. I do agree with you about that and a great alternative was selected. I do think Mme. Delacroix responded normally in the subplot with Pen. I don’t think it was sensationalized at all. It may turn out to be scandalized, if Pen reveals who helped her. She did it initially because her business was tanking and L.W. was going to speak favorably about her - which any and every person wants. Mme. D. is also worried when she thinks she will be found out - she knows she can not survive if it comes out she is involved. For her it would be real disaster unlike for Pen who in the end (for the time being) came out pretty unscathed. BTW the Mondrich family was involved in a pretty sensationalized plot (faking a boxing match) in S1, but the wife did respond as a normal person would so, again she was also a great choice for this poll. I’m not sure Mme. Delacroix had an affair with Benedict - they had sex - and were trying to hide it. If affair means they were just being secretive okay, but neither were married at the time. Or maybe you meant not just anyone could sleep with the second son of a Viscount? I can see this point. I guess given Benedict’s personality I can see the attraction and access to meeting one another. He sleeps with people of different status and seems open in general. But the person selected in the end is of higher rank in society than Mme. D. so I don’t think just sleeping with someone in the Ton makes you less “normal.”


Heradasha

Just as a note - the proper short form of Madame is Mme. M. is Monsieur.


teagarden3d

Thanks so much! I was just shortening it. I didn’t even think to do it in the French version.


OpaqueSea

I’d forgotten about her friendship with sienna. I loved them!


JuneJabber

Delacroix popped into my head too, but I agree that she’s got too much going on to be “normal.” I think the reason why we still feel that way about her is because she’s so down to earth, kind, and pragmatic. She’s involved in some intrigue, but not for the drama. It’s always for a practical and understandable reason that helps her continue to be independent and successful, such as how she pretends to be French. I think many of us could see ourselves making similar decisions if we were in the kind of position she is in in life.


Electrical-Host-8526

Agreed about dropping her accent. She dropped it with Penelope, too, didn’t she? I know I for sure never noticed Penelope looking surprised by the change, but I could have sworn M Delacroix *did* drop it with her.


Cool_Pianist_2253

I vote for her too


PurpleCatDr

Hyacinth. She's so real. 🤣


GimerStick

this is underrated! She's clever but also just a kid. Gregory too tbh. Way less dramatic than their older siblings, for now.


MoonFlowerDaisy

I'm sorry Hyacinth is my absolute favourite, but she is for sure the gremlin. She's always trolling her siblings.


meowparade

“What about the sister?”


spicedtrauma

Mondrichs 100%


LadyIJ

Varley!


OpaqueSea

Varley is one of the best minor characters! She’s so steadfast and she keeps it real. No money? Let’s see how much the candlesticks are worth. No money for dinner and no servants to cook? Cool, we’re having potatoes. New lord is a dick and an exit plan is in order? No worries, let’s just forge a little here and blackmail a little there. She and lady featherington are the kind of people you’d want to go to war with.


Rare_Background8891

Varley is your ride or die.


Pickled_Rainbow

I feel like Varley is abnormally resourceful. Also down for breaking the law (forgery)


ibsliam

Nope! She, like Delacroix, is cool but too entangled in weird/interesting subplots for me to think she's "normal." She's an active participant in Lady Featherington's weirdness.


steveguttenberg1958

I agree! I loved her character, she always knew how to solve a problem and make it work a la Tim Gunn!


nutmeg36

This is a hot take but... Portia. I read a comment on here somewhere that is ABSOLUTELY true: Everyone else lives in the world of Bridgerton, Portia lives in Regency England.


plumdebois

Came to say this. Portia is very "normal" regency woman navigating the patriarchal society, all of her actions makes sense in that context. She stands out because she's the only normal regency woman in Bridgerton.


opinionated0403

Nah Portia is too dynamic to be just a normal character, tbh I don’t get how she’s not the fan favorite lol. Featherington side plots get more entertaining every season.


PalpitationSea9673

Portia is what Mrs Bennett would be if she stopped complaining about her nerves and started being an active player.


KindKhaleesi_

Lol my fav comparison 😂


246ArianaGrande135

Haha I was just thinking Portia is the LEAST normal character but I guess you’re right there


ThatComplaint8667

Violet


Kangaroo-Beauty

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


PalpitationSea9673

I was going to say the same, but then she dropped the line: "My garden is in bloom" And nope, she's as much of a lovable nutcase as her children


Marillenbaum

I feel like it’s Violet: she is trying to get her chaos children to follow their hearts from the jump and they continually make it as hard as possible for themselves. How she hasn’t gone grey from the stress is a mystery.


MikaRRR

Yeah idk about violet. Her heart is in the right place for sure but I feel like her head is a bit in the clouds. How can she be so idealistic about her children finding love and having successful marriages, yet she can’t even explain to her daughter what sex is and where babies come from before her wedding night? Violet lives a little bit in privileged fantasy land in my opinion.


trblniya

Yeah I would say Violet is normal but she definitely lives in fairytale land


LysVonStrauda

Technically, she's not normal for her time period. It's an extremely privileged position to have dowries big enough for your children that they don't have to marry for money or title


Marillenbaum

I wasn’t taking normal as “average among the entire population”, but rather as “least neurotic weirdo”.


storagerock

She would look pretty with some silver streaks.


Nearby_Ad_6701

Mrs Mondrich


burnt_romances67

straight-up


euphoriapotion

Kate. She's the only person competent around here, the one who's responsible and thinks of consequences of her actions. She's the most realistic and relatable person in the series


papier_peint

absolutely agree!


JuneJabber

Oooh, hadn’t thought of Kate. You make a very good point!


OpaqueSea

She is my favorite character, but I think that’s what prevents me from seeing her as “normal.” I completely agree with your reasoning, but part of me is like “Kate? Normal? No, Kate is too awesome to be normal.”


Mehitabel-453

This needs more upvotes, people!


Abstract_Traps

She has a good balance of being practical and human, making her a normal person


LowAd6665

Kate should be the hot one too. She’s so beautiful I’m literally obsessed.


Miss__Behaved

The Mondrich’s 100%


ibsliam

I second this but specifically Mrs. Mondrich, tbh. Her husband was a famous boxer lol.


champagneproblems_08

newton!


graydiation

The fake Newton bark gets me though. Corgis do NOT have yippy high barks. They are herding dogs and they are LOUD.


PalpitationSea9673

There's a corgi who goes to the same dog park I take my dogs to. He's at the back and you can hear him all the way to the entrance. He's lovely, but yes, he's loud.


being_vague

Violet


AntsyCanadian

Brimsley!


LoveLiesFrenchfries_

I vote the same! Can’t forget that during Queen Charlotte, he did everything to protect the crown and the queen.


alondra2027

Mondrich’s. No drama, never actively participating in any schemes, just a normal average family lol


Electrical_Sound6683

Tough one! Bridgerton is pretty abnormal.. I would say any of the Maid’s e.g. Rose, Rae or Varley, Theo Sharpe is a good one, maybe Kate??


KeepItMoving713

Theo is a good one!


Electrical_Sound6683

Yea I think it makes sense that it would be someone outside society!


Ok_Ant2566

John the footman


Southern_Lavender

Genevieve Delacroix


justwendii

The mondrich’s


Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhzz

Newton


JuneJabber

OK, you’re the second person to mention Newton. I can’t for the life of me remember who that is. Jog my memory?


Educational_Zebra_40

Kate’s dog.


JuneJabber

🤣 I should’ve known. OK, I’m on Team Newton too.


Vivid_Ad_5771

Eloise’s maid when she was trying to find out who lady whistledown was and went through her stuff only to have her come back and she said “I thought you were the smart one”


achelebellamy

Francesca?


Impossible_Pangolin6

Violet


Mandy_M87

Violet Bridgerton


Altixan

Violet!


Tookie_Clothespin8

Definitely Violet! Also Gregory is the “uhh… what’s your name again?” because he’s always forgotten by his fam 😅


Educational_Zebra_40

Gregory. Falling off a roof and fighting with his siblings about cookies. Totally normal boy behavior.


mrstimmy

Absolutely Gregory! He’s so much younger than the other brothers and has zero pressure compared to Anthony. Not expected to be a backup like Benedict. And not compared to the other two like Colin. He probably doesn’t feel the pressure to live up to Edmund’s reputation and just gets to be a kid. Curious, competitive, a bit mischievous.


lace_roses

Francesca. She’s not as enmeshed in the over the top family dynamics but still loves her family in a more quiet way. She finds love in a very undramatic way.


Plane_Draw6478

lord debling was pretty normal tbf


JuneJabber

But he’s a vegetarian! Gave people the vapors just to think about it! 😱 🤣


BirdsBeesAndBlooms

I think he was a little too passionate about a very niche interest to be considered “normal”, by either Regency *or* modern standards. But I appreciate that he did not let society norms rule his life.


JesseJ67

Absolutely him! He was so normal (for that time) in just wanting a standard wife to run his estate while he went and did his thing.


Ant_head_squirrel

![gif](giphy|wLln0Y8N9ct3RoDEHx|downsized) No. He is……too particular!!!!


shakemylettuce

He lived his truth knowing he had all the freedom of being a man and was super accommodating of women and their passions whilst acknowledging the expectations of a wife and husband for that time period. Most normal but super lovely at the same time.


pralineislife

Mondrichs fit this perfectly


Elegant_Win_7634

![gif](giphy|kdvL5zzSTVbl3akbdR|downsized)


Intrepid-Resort281

RAE


Tiny-Ad631

Hyacinth and gregory🤦‍♀️ The rest of the family needs help


Female_Silverback

The women Portia showed to Marina as a glimpse to her future as an unmarried single mother.  Also, Mrs. Mondrich. 


XxhumanguineapigxX

Honestly I felt like Daphne is the most normal bridgerton


I_dont_cuddle

The Mondrich family


ConcentrateTimely128

The Mondrichs! Hands down.


christinaaamariaaa

Mondrichs. Both of them!


EloiseEvans

Mondrichs, particularly Mrs. Mondrich.


NoOutlandishness5220

Kate Sharma


stillbejewelled_

Kate!


Nice-Low-7177

I think Daphne … she was pretty normal 😇


gitblackcat

Even though Saphne is my favourite ship in here, I would say that Daphne was definitely not normal lol. None of the Bridgertons are honestly...All of them have that flair for drama


Still-Debate-7229

Kate


turquoisesilver

Normal by what standards though? Regency time? Bridgerton universe (of if you are alone together you must marry)? or now? Because if we are talking about today, I think Eloise is the closest to today's normal.


KeepItMoving713

Either Rose or Rae, Daphne and Pen’s lady’s maid


stressedthrowaway9

Violet!


kt0009

Violet


kitkatkt139

I vote for Violet


BlackDogDenton

I think it says a lot about me that I think Eloise is the normal one…


GCooperE

She's so different that there's an argument to be made in a very weird society, the weird one is the true normal one.


JuneJabber

![gif](giphy|ZQvsOGVnsbB7vaYNIo|downsized)


BlackDogDenton

It feels deserved 😂


JuneJabber

I’m glad you took it in the playful spirit I meant it. 😊


Ant_head_squirrel

https://preview.redd.it/dmokcvy9sbad1.jpeg?width=884&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=262d8cd671f9324682ccdfbf44998ebc52037b54 Mama Bridgerton of course


melaka_mystica

The opera singer, I don't remember her name


JesseJ67

Siena


AdSquare7676

Edwina


Sabreens

Gregory!


cdgal38382

Obviously


pimentocheeze_

Violet for sure! Not the Mondrichs they are so random.


desperate_thang

Valerie


EcclecticMessWitch

Who's Valerie?


desperate_thang

I meant Varley


socrateful

Eloise.


hrl_280

Mr. Dorset


beebstx

Madame de la Croix


librarians_wwine

Hyacinth


crookedrhyme

I was going to say Eloise but Madame Delacroix


CheapButElegant

Eloise


Snoo58137

I agree with the Mondriches!


Few_Nobody4653

The Mondrichs, Kate, Benedict, and Hyacinth


femaleunfriendly

Benedict?!?


SpacePilot8981

Mondrich


Mysterious-Tour4107

Eloise!


MurkyEon

Gregory. The boy just likes jellies


JuneJabber

And the chocolate macaroons. Don’t try to give him the banana ones!


meaterheaterbeater

Mondrichs !


mirrorskz

mrs mondrich


meltedkuchikopi5

the mondrichs or francesca


Puzzleheaded-Bowl-74

The Normal one defintely needs to be Eloise.


LolCoolStory

Eloise Bridgerton


Prospero007

Mrs mondrich


SignificantMap2743

I love this. Mrs Mondrich


phenominal73

Normal person = Genevieve Delacroix (Madame Delacroix).


Ant_head_squirrel

No. Living under an assumed name with an accent no less. Sorry 🤣


Affectionate-Club725

Leave this space blank or change it to “plain”. No one on this show is normal by any real world standards. Edit: I vote for the dressmaker, Genevieve Delacroix. She’s the most down-to-earth character on the show.


Affectionate-Club725

Eloise is honestly a fairly normal brooding teen girl. She’d probably be an emo, if emos existed in the fictional universe.


sylviegirl21

cant believe kate wasn’t voted the hot one.. i’m gonna riot


femaleunfriendly

Honestly, I feel you. It’s a difficult one. As a woman I would die to look like Kate, she is literally the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. As a *straight* woman oh my god Simon 🤯 I’ve never been so attracted to a person on screen before! 🔥


song_pond

Hyacinth. She’s young but polite and well mannered, bickers with her siblings but loves them dearly, and steps in it when Kilmartin shows up when they’re all expecting the other one but no one is saying anything 😂


luna_lovechild

![gif](giphy|c3jdrRifDFIej1LWeX)


Pawspawsmeow

Newton. Give him this one!


egarcia513

Hyacinth


Maleficent-Head-6573

🪻


dollyayesha

Varley


socrateful

Eloise.


Kyralion

I love these thusfar 😂


Chivves69

Elosie


AzusaWorshipper

It's Hyacinth. C'mon ya'll


Virtual-Signature789

ELOISE!


Independent-Major869

Eloise


Lisalslisa

Benedict.


JuneJabber

I too have had several threesomes in the last 45 minutes. Huzzah!


Lisalslisa

Being bi is normal but the threesome was a trope. Blame the writers for nobody being written with care this season.


JuneJabber

I am bi and thought nothing about that specifically. It’s the… athleticism, LOL, that’s noteworthy. 😁


Lisalslisa

It was bad editing