#i just love penelope making bad decisions for all the wrong reasons and self-sabotaging in the process

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Also ngl I kinda love the concept of Debling courting Penelope and Colin getting jealous because of it, not because I ship it (he’s barely a character) or because I’m part of the crowd that wants to see Colin ~suffer (though I’m not opposed to seeing him dramatically yearn), but because the reason Penelope specifically is going after this vegan man is so fascinating to me. Like, she obviously doesn’t love him. But she will marry him to protect LW… she’ll marry him to please Portia, that’s so funny.

Girl’s so desperate to escape her awful family life while at the same time keeping her secret, but she also wants her mother’s approval. And she’s so caught up in that toxic mindset that she completely misses the guy she’s been in love with since childhood making heart eyes at her from across the ballroom.

Pen only has her parents’ terrible marriage as a frame of reference, so she probably thinks it’s a bonus if her future husband is much older than her because that could make her a young widow. He’ll leave the country for the majority of the year to fuck off to Antarctica? Oh to be left alone by your own life partner!!!

Meanwhile Portia is enthusiastically nodding behind Penelope like yes, perhaps he’ll die at sea, and neither of them think there’s anything wrong with this outlook in life.

Hilarious.

#just to make it clear i don’t think pen wishes debling harm or anything like that #this post is not about that #but poor girl has no idea sex can be good actually #so she’s probably relieved at the prospect of having to spend very little time with her husband #portia def wouldn’t gaf if debbling died at sea though. i stan #i just love penelope making bad decisions for all the wrong reasons and self-sabotaging in the process #that’s what makes her the most relatable character to ME 🙅‍♀️ #colin being all sad broken hearted because he missed his chance… she doesn’t love him #no dude he does lmfao she’s just too caught up in her own mother-daughter cycle of toxicity to notice #chef’s kiss A+ no notes #penelope featherington #portia featherington #colin bridgerton #polin #anti debling #kinda? as i said i don’t really care abt him enough to dislike him #in terms of narrative i think he serves the same purpose as the prince in s1 and whats-his-face guy who flirted with kate in s2 #but just to be sure lol #bridgerton #bridgerton spoilers #bridgerton season 3 #meta #my meta #again… kinda