#bridgerton season 3 theory

[fromageinterrupted]

Fife? What’s going on?

Forgive me if anyone has pointed this out before an I have missed this discourse previously, but....What is up with Fife?

Here’s my hypothesis (and isn’t this half the fun of participating in fandom anyway?):

I saw a tiktok (I did not save it), that showed Penelope running down the hill toward Eloise at Aubrey Hall. The day she shows up in a Green Dress (TM). In the background, several characters are walking along, but who is in the corner of the left side? Fife! And he’s watching Penelope. Hmmm.

So then, I looked him up online, and there isn’t a lot about the character on his wiki page. So I went to the actor’s IMDB, and they had a clip show thingy, and Pen was in several clips that he was featured in. Like, most of the clips. 

He was watching her in season 1 when Colin danced with her. He was REALLY AND INTENTLY watching her when Colin dance with her in season 2. Like, the dude stared at them the whole time. 

And then I went and watched the “Are you courting the girl?” scene (Heartbreak, I know), and the way Fife asked doesn’t exactly sound like the way he’s talked about women the other times. His voice is inflected differently in the other scenes. Like when he was thanking Anthony for deciding to marry, and when he was rude during the promenade, and..well all the times Fife bothers to open his mouth. But, when he asks Colin if he’s courting the girl, it sounds like an earnest question. Like he’s feeling out if it’s okay to have a thing for Penelope Featherington. Like, maybe, if Colin had said yes, then it would have made it socially okay for Fife to maybe court her too (Or go after her some sort of way). 

So my sis is going to go back and watch all of season one and two again and watch the background any time Pen is there and we are going to try and snap every time Fife is watching Penelope. I think it’s a lot more than we realize. 

SOOOO, this brings us to possible Season 3 conflict. What if Fife decides to say “To Heck with It” and tries to court Penelope. Or at least give her more noticeable attention than he’s giving her right now? 

First off, we won’t have to worry about a love triangle because Penelope is smart enough to decline his advances. She’d rather be single than mess with that guy. But Fife is Fife and he’ll probably become more dogged if he really does have a thing for her. He gave up quick on Edwina, but it was his friend who seemed more into Edwina and Fife was just there being performative. And maybe Fife’s attention sets Colin to spiraling. Not really jealousy (though I for one like a little jealously (Anthony staring at Kate in the boat anyone?), but maybe it wakes him up his current feelings for Penelope. She’s definitely avoiding Colin by this point. She’s never at the Bridgertons’ house because of her rift with Eloise, she’s dressing in greens and blues and soft pinks and he’s forced to realize something is going on in his heart because FIFE is openly displaying an affection toward Penelope that SIGNIFICANTLY PALES in comparison to anything going on inside of Colin, yet here is Fife trying to court her? So Colin will need to do some soul searching, because why isn’t he himself courting her when Fife certainly isn’t able to see all that Penelope really is and all that she is is screaming inside Colin’s heart and mind. 

In Conclusion: Fife has a secret thing for Penelope (that may not be wholesome at all because it’s Fife) but it’s going to get more noticeable in season three and that will set off the chain of events that makes Colin recognize what he’s already feeling for Penelope. 

Cue Penelope Fan Boy Number 1.

I would love to hear your thoughts. 

#penelope featherington #Lord Fife #colin bridgerton #Polin #Season 3 #bridgerton #I'm just rambling #Tell me if I'm seeing things #I'll post pics once my sis does her watch through #she has better eyes than I do #Colin x Penelope #Bridgerton season 3 theory #That's just my theory. My s3 theory

[waltricia]

I LOVE this shot so god damn much. The lit chandelier and vibrant red wall behind him. The lush red vase with what I think are little cupids on it. Shelves of gold-toned books with red-toned detailing. Thick yellow gold framing everywhere. His champagne cravat and dark blue velvet jacket. Dark red flowers right next to him, and even some yellow flowers in the top left corner. Everything here means romance and love and Penelope.

The way he is placed in the shot, behind the others, closer to the wall and the flowers- the production team has done to him what they had been doing to Pen. Colin and Pen have switched places. He’s the wallflower here.

And he looks positively sick. He is at that stage of love where he is physically ill with it. The heaviness of his love is reflected in the heaviness of everything in this room. Just looking at this shot gives me the stomach-sinking, blood-draining, soul-crushing feeling that you can only get by watching the person who means everything to you be with someone else.

#oof #yeah i’m going to love this season #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3 #netflix #luke newton #nicola coughlan #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #bridgerton trailer #romance #color theory

[miraculously-lost]

OKAY OKAY WAIT I HAVE A THEORY I HAVENT SEEN YET

WHAT IF they’re at the ball and its Penelope’s first time with this brand new look and shes actually getting attention from suitors and the night is going pretty well. Colin is watching from afar confused because there’s something uneasy about the situation but he can’t figure out what so he’s just watching on the sidelines. NOW Penelope is feeling good and great and shes thriving but suddenly someone starts to get a little jealous of her. Penelope goes to get some lemonade or steps out for a moment for some air because this is all new to her. Cressida follows her outside and tells her she looks like a fool and ridiculous everyone is just mocking her and she will always be an insipid wallflower regardless of how she tries to hide it and no one will ever love her or want her. Of course because she’s still insecure at heart Penelope believes her. Cressida walks away with a smirk on her face and leave Penelope on the balcony alone. Penelope starts crying and runs away pulling pins from her hair. She stops at a gazebo and just sits and cries when someone calls her name from behind her. Colin having been watching her the whole night saw everything that happened and without thought followed her into the garden. He asks her what Cressida said and she tells him through tears and he gets closer wanting to wipe the tears away and comfort her. The closer he gets more beautiful she looks and he cant believe she would ever believe Cressida’s words. He’s in a trance listening to her words and fighting every urge to rest his hands against her cheeks and wipe away the tears when suddenly he hears “Colin will you please kiss me” or the exact quote from the book. And then we have this moment from the picture.

So sorry if anyone has posted something like this already i haven’t seen it yet so i just wanted to share. Can’t wait for season 3!!

#bridgerton #polin bridgerton #colin x penelope #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton season three #bridgerton theory #polin theory #polin #nicola coughlan #luke newton

[lady-buggerinton]

Btw it’s actually cool and good that Penelope has a bit of vindictiveness and jealousy and anger and even that she’s secretive and that she lies. look at the family she comes from!! That’s the foundation her family is built on, and it would make no sense for her to be a sweet, angelic being with all that pettiness and spite being in her environment.

The way Portia backstabbed cousin Jack at the end of S2 is exactly the type of model that Penelope has for how to survive and to get what you want, and I’m not saying it’s right or good but it is interesting

I think she is a good person, and wants to do good things, and her doing those things despite her familial structure is what makes her a really compelling character, and also the times when she slips up and makes big mistakes. And I’m very interested to see how she will handle that balance this season and what she will make of herself

#penelope featherington #bridgerton 3 #polin #theories #season 3 #bridgerton season 3

[winnie-the-monster]

👀👀👀👀 I already have my theories about episode 4. But Nic saying that is making me add to them and come up even more theories.

#bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #polin #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #interviews #nicola coughlan #luke newton #all of theories tend to end the same way #but now I’m thinking something…….which I feel like might be something Shonda might do

[liziana]

@ktbeets and I spent a very long time spiralling and coming up with these extensive timeline predictions for Season 3 Part 1! Go check out our theories!

They aren't technically spoilers, just very detailed speculation, so watch at your own discretion!

#polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #colin x penelope #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #polinedit #s3 speculation #s3 theories

[bridgerton-bard]

Polin Angst Thoughts

Warning: Spoilers (Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Netflix Season 2)

I have been seeing the online discourse about how much angst people think should be included in the Polin storyline of season three, and I thought I would add my two cents.

Personally, I am a little excited to see the power dynamic in the relationship shift in Penelope's favor. She has spent years pining after this man who has never seriously entertained the idea that she would make a good partner. Maybe she should have moved on when it was clear that Colin didn't reciprocate her romantic feelings, but then we'd never have the Polin story.

I'm not saying I want Colin to suffer for the sake of suffering, but I do think some angst from him is going to be required, because he so thoroughly dismissed the idea of courting Penelope in season two. In real life, if someone dismissed Penelope (or anyone else) in this way, they would need to earn their way back into her heart, to prove that their affections were not part of a cruel joke. It would be unrealistic for Colin to dismiss Penelope as a prospect for courting in such a resounding, public fashion at the end of season two, and then win her back by simply saying "I missed you" at the start of the next social season less than a year later.

Even considering the social mores of the regency time period, I think Penelope unequivocally accepting Colin's "I missed you" as an apology and beginning to court Colin would be unrealistic. Julia Quinn stresses in several of the Bridgerton books that women in the regency period generally had little power in the courting process. Women had to wait for gentlemen to be introduced to them (never introducing themselves to gentlemen they were interested in), women had to accept offers from any man to dance unless their dance card was already full or they were betrothed, etc. In most of the courting process, regency women had to be passive and wait for their desired suitor to approach and court them. Accepting or not accepting offers to court and marriage proposals were the two significant points in the courting process where regency women actually held the upper hand in the dynamics. Penelope making it clear to Colin that she will not court him is simply her exercising what little power she does have in the social mores of the time.

I think one thing that gets glossed over about Colin's behavior towards Penelope in seasons one and two is that it is also the behavior of a rake, but in a different way than Anthony or Benedict's rake behavior. Anthony and Benedict's bachelor periods tend to show them both as rakes because they kept mistresses, visited brothels, or had a parade of women engaged in some sort of fling. Colin's behavior in seasons one and two is rake behavior because it should be clear to everyone, including Colin, that he is leading Penelope on. Without any intention to court her, Colin is impeding Penelope from moving on and finding a suitor who requites her feelings. This does get a little complicated because in the books, it is Violet Bridgerton who is encouraging Colin to dance with Penelope, and Penelope is aware of this or at least suspects it. However, I still argue that just because Colin is not in possession of a parade of flings, it doesn't counteract that some of his behavior towards Penelope is befitting of a rake.

So yes, I do think it's important that we see Colin fight a little for Penelope's affections. It's important for him to realize what he had once she's gone, and that she's worthy of more than always being the backup on call for when he's lonely or feeling misunderstood. I would like to see Colin realize his feelings for Penelope before another suitor proposes to Penelope. Otherwise, I think we get into territory where it just feels like he wants her because he can't have her.

#polin #polin angst #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3 #bridgerton season three #bridgerton series #romancing mister bridgerton #romancing mr. bridgerton #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #a theory #ramblings #don't fight me

[l-is-for-loser]

So this is my theory on what will happen regarding LW and Cressida in S3:

Eloise will accidentally reveal to Cressida that Penelope is Lady Whistledown, and then Cressida will threaten to tell the queen. Eloise will feel very guilty and therefore will try to help Penelope get rid of Cressida's threats (restored peneloise friendship).

Throughout the season, Eloise will uncover some dirt on the Cowpers (perhaps something regarding Sophie?) that she will use to ensure Cressida's silence about Lady Whistledown, and the Cowpers will leave the Ton.

Do you think this makes sense? I haven't read the books, so I'm not sure how relevant Cressida is to the other stories.

#bridgerton #polin #peneloise #cressida cowper #bridgerton season 3 #theory #eloise bridgerton #penelope featherington #lady whistledown

[dearabsolutelynoone]

“once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned…”

“…you and I ended up in the same room at the same time.” (mastermind, taylor swift)

#idk midnights is kinda kanthony coded #firmly believe in my theory that taylor swift writes her music specifically for kanthony #midnights is doing a number on me btw #i miss kanthony something dreadful #season 3 kanthony hurry up and rot what remains of my brain #midnights #taylor swift #midnights taylor swift #kanthony #bridgerton #kate and anthony #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #kate x anthony #anthony x kate #anthony and kate #kathony #viscountess bridgerton #viscount bridgerton #the viscount who loved me #jonathan bailey #simone ashley #lady bridgerton #lord bridgerton #bridgerton season three #bridgerton season 2

[plumeriacosmos]

thinking about all the scenes that might happen in s3 for polin is making me spiral ngl, like all that tension and ohhh, if we get jealous colin i will literally bury myself alive i cant wait for s3

#sunnie thoughts #bridgerton #polin #polin bridgerton #bridgerton tv #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #ive been listening to what a barb podcast #and their theories and predictions #whew #😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #GIVE ME SEASON 3 NOW #PLEASE

[pensbridge]

I'M 99% SURE THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BUT...What if that mirror teaser is a play on what could go down during a lesson? They look like married polin and I'm positive the iconic mirror scene will occur once they're wedded, but maybe the promo is subtly a double meaning that only the cast/crew involved would know to the fact that mirrors show up more than once in a significant way. Imagine Colin is showing her something and as the classic romance trope does: touch is involved where he has to stand behind her in a mirror just like that and each of them is getting all asdfghgjkl 😳 at what seemed to be stupidly an innocent teaching and learning method.

#THE CLIP IS SUCH A VIBE OF CLASSIC ROMANCE COVERS #bridgerton #polin #season 3 theories #there's always that 1% of what if #even tho this seems so small

[fromageinterrupted]

Someone got a bunch of Fife stills in the Twitter feed listed in this Reddit feed. Seriously, Fife may be a big player in season three. Or just a buzzing gnat. https://www.reddit.com/r/BridgertonNetflix/comments/vb5vwa/anyone_else_catch_this_fife_observes_colin_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

#penelope featherington #lord fife #fife #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 theory

[waltricia]

What do you mean I’m fixating on all of the red tones in the Bridgerton season 3 trailer and how they seem to be following Colin around, gradually increasing in prominence, like a certain red-headed siren wallflower who haunts his dreams???

#also note the yellow #i’m totally normal about this #this definitely will not be keeping me awake at night #red #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3 #netflix #nicola coughlan #luke newton #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #color theory #bridgerton trailer #romance

[charlottetheharlot22]

wait wait ... who is Eloise's new friend in an unlikely place? it cant be theo since she was already friends with him. could it possibly be sir phillip? maybe the writers have made him a secret activist of sorts. or maybe i'm just grasping at straws hoping that the writers will give his character SOME redeeming qualities. because in the book, well... he's not really a dream man.

#hmmm #what are your theories #eloise bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton #eloise season 3 #philoise

[quotergirl19]

Luke said something happens at the end of episode 4 that we really need time to digest.

I’d love to hear your theories!

#Bridgerton theories #bridgerton #polin #netflix bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 speculation #shondaland #bridgerton netflix #colin x penelope #penelope x colin #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton

[simplyalexeiofficial]

Maybe Bridgerton season 3 had a Toy Story 2 moment but there was no backup copy hidden on anyone’s computer at home because they’ve been so tight about keeping it as hidden as possible and now the studio is just too embarrassed to admit they lost it 😂

#I’m just going to start coming up with increasingly elaborate theories about the lack of anything from the studio #bridgerton #fandom #bridgerton season three #bridgerton season 3 #polin #romancing mr. bridgerton