When Colin Said He Would Never Court Penelope Featherington, He Meant She Will Court Him. It's Romancing

when colin said he would never court penelope featherington, he meant she will court him. it's romancing mr. bridgerton, not romancing ms. featherington. he's not here for your outdated traditions. he deserves to swoon. y'all remember the book? that man was juggling every interaction they had like a court jester.

or, it's probably because my feral man went straight to marriage. oh, well.

Tired: Colin knew how to unclasp Cressida’s necklace because he’s been raking it up across the continent on his trips.

Wired: Colin knew how to unclasp Cressida’s necklace because he’s a mama’s boy and always helps Violet with her tricky jewelry when she’s tipsy.

I’m a writer Colin truther because Colin spent his first summer abroad writing letters to his whole big ass family (plus Penelope) and Penelope was the only one to respond to all of his letters.

And then he goes away for a SECOND summer abroad and writes to his whole big ass family (plus Penelope) and even fewer people respond the second summer away???

And he just…still keeps writing them letters???? Yeah that’s a man that misses Penelope but that’s also a man who just likes writing. Wasting time and ink going “surely my family will write back if I can create really evocative descriptions of sunsets” like the NERD he is.

Fingers crossed for a day we can freak out about Polin without ✨discourse✨

Tbh, my self care is not engaging with Bridgerton fans who refuse to acknowledge the nuance and grey area of Penelope Featherington’s actions and instead completely villainize her.

Like, it’s one thing to disagree with how she handled things, but y’all I just saw a real life post saying with its whole chest that she personally drove Marina to attempt that abortion.

Acknowledge the nuance or just admit you’re biased, lol, it’s okay to be more sympathetic to one person’s plight than another’s, but being blind to it is icky

I’m obsessed with the fact that Penelope is convinced that Colin sees her the way everyone else does and that their friendship on his side has been pity, while in reality he holds her in the highest respect, values her opinion above anyone else’s, thinks of her as often if not more than his own family, seeks her out at social events because he enjoys her company so much, is sincerely surprised and hurt when she accuses him of being embarrassed by her, and thinks she’s joking when she calls herself a spinster, because he sees her in a light that no one else does, one that he doesn’t even fully understand, but he sees her