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(sigh) but mum🙄

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“I will not insult the devil by drawing parallels between him and Cressida Cowper. One is a liar, a fraud, a succubus of the first water, and the other is not known to this author.”

RIP this absolute savagery that ended up on Penelope’s cutting room floor

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I’m falling asleep. But when I’m not I need to come back to this scene and the intimacy of it. There’s a lot a lot a lot happening. But it’s so subtle.

And I mean Colin is still smug and hazy in his afterglow - he’s all : hey I just got to fuck my favorite person in the whole world and I get to marry her and spend my life with her and we get to fuck again and hey remember last time we were in a carriage…

But Pen - she’s somewhere else. She’s still in disbelief. Is this really happening? Did that just happen? But that caress? That holding of his arm? It’s everything. Kisses and sex are one thing. But that casual intimacy? That ability to be able to show and express your love in such a small way? The fact that she gets to be connected to him and is allowed to be and he wants her to be and this simple touch is a reminder of all of that?? On top of everything that has happened to her in the past 24 hours? No wonder the girl is overwhelmed.

It’s such a beautiful moment and I love it so much.

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#you finally see your mother reprimanding your older brother

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Colin Bridgerton + being a man of action

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The way he frowns when they kiss 🤌🏽

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The escalation of him confessing his love on his knees to chomping on her boobs and neck was wild man. I think about it every day

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shut up this is so adorable

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“I simply cannot believe that a woman with such bravery loves me. How lucky I am to stand by your side and soak up even a little bit of your light. If my only purpose in life is to love a woman as great as you, then I will be a very fulfilled man indeed.”

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No one friend zones harder than these idiots.

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I’m sorry but I’ll never be over how brave Colin was in ep4.

The man was in agony, pining over Penelope but thinking he had no shot with her. Wanting nothing more than for her to be happy -and even expressing so to her. And she seemed happy around Lord Debling. He was completely ready to let her be with LD but then he has that moment in his study. He flashes back to how gentle she was and the way she locked eyes with him. Time stood still for just a moment for both of them. Colin is replaying every single moment with her while sitting in his study and that one moment is what makes him think she might might feel the same. All he has to do is muster up the courage to ask.

So he rushes off to the ball and does the most scandalous thing he could do by cutting into Pen’s dance with LD. He could have waited until the dance was done. He could have waited and gone up to her and penciled his name into her dance card, interrupting any sort of declaration or proposal LD might have been about to do. But none of that was on his mind. He walked in, saw them dancing, and without any awareness of what he was happening around him, interrupted them. And mind you, this was the Queen’s Ball. The queen was on a balcony watching over everyone. She saw Francesca snub the Marquess. The queen would certainly have noticed a disturbance on the dance floor and she could have easily been vocal about it.

Colin was very brave to snub LD -a man who has a title and is therefore “higher” than him- as well as risk the wrath of the queen.

And then this sweet dumb man made everything worse. Because Pen wasn’t receptive to what he was saying. She was humiliated and couldn’t believe her friend would do this to her. He fumbled. Bad. And then had to watch her run after LD. It appeared she chose LD over him. He has no clue what was about to transpire. Pen could have still been proposed to. But when he saw that she left, none of that mattered. He needed to try again and get her to reject the proposal.

It was so massively brave of him to chase after her carriage, not knowing if she’s engaged or not.

When Pen said LD rejected her, he finally mustered up the courage, channeled his dad, and laid it all on the ground in front of her. He has no idea what she’s going to say or how receptive she’ll be to it. He’s risking his friendship with the one person who means the most to him. He’s risking the chance that Pen might never want to be around him again. He’s risking the chance that she doesn’t feel the same. That takes so much bravery and courage to do that.

Colin talks so much about how brave Penelope is and how much he admires her for it, but he has always had a little bit of bravery in him too.

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POLIN WEEK | DAY ONE: favourite quote

Penelope Featherington was not the same woman he used to know. Or maybe she was, and he had changed. Which made him feel even worse, because if that was the case, then Penelope had been interesting and lovely and kissable years ago, and he hadn’t the maturity to notice.

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#anthony 'you're my brother and i love you but if you mess up this thing with penelope i'm going to have to fight you' bridgerton

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2x2 | 3x8

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5+ things I love about the Mirror Scene

also know as horny edition, reprise, again I decline every responsability if "feelings" arise during the reading of this thread. I'll be tempted of discussing the scene frame by frame, but I shall restrain myself to the most important points maybe

1) Words. This is not just about the speech at the beginning of the scene but also throughout the entire piece. I'm a writer, ofc I love when people use words well. Pleas don't make me say how many times I though about Mr Colin "I love dirty talking" Bridgerton (a couple of people actually knows) because it could become uncomfortable very quick.

2) Consent. Consent. Consent. I'll repeat every time because it's the sexiest thing I've seen. What do you mean it ruins the mood? Your partner is checking in with you and it builds trust connection and intimacy. It's not apart from the act. It's a fundamental part of the act.

3) Boobs. I'm sorry to report that, even as a fellow member of the perfect breasts club, I'm absolutely not immune. Not even one bit. I'm not even sorry I'm not immune. Thank you, Nicola, your service was wildly appreciated. (But seriously, did I buy a more revealing dress because I was a bit more confident of my own because of this bit? Yes! So, jokes aside thank you Nicola for your service)

4) Guidance. Gentle Dom Colin is my favorite Colin and I will never be able to hear the word "lie down" without thinking of him. But also, the tenderness displayed, the softness, the attention to the partner's needs, it's all part of a pattern of Colin being the most attentive partner.

5) "You are so beautiful", I'm not going to lie, I'm still walking 5 feet taller because of that. It healed something in me. It doesn't magically cure all the self issues problems, but it hit me the first time and it hit me again everytime. And if it was healing for you as much as it was for me, let me give you a hug. You are so beautiful!

(I can't believe I can't find the gif, if someone knows where to find it, please tell me, i'll edit the post)

6) "Not there. Not yet." Colin Bridgerton, Master of Edging. I see you Sir. I approve you wanted to wait for round 2 for that. But don't hide you did say that because you would finish in 0.1 second if she would arrive that. Still, even just for the cutest expression on Pen's face, it was worth it.

7) "Is there more?", Pen I want to hug you (respectfully and dressed, of course). His nod. Her blinding smile. Lord (don't) forgive me, I do not care about sinning when it never looked and felt better.

Gif by @polinsated

8) All the moments where you can see the lust and the pleasure in Pen's eyes. I will never shut up about it. They send me always into the stratosphere because it feels real. I don't know they do it, but it just feel real.

9) "Can we do it again?" What can I tell you? It's always the quiet one (I should know, I'm also a quiet one 😏) I'm not sure Colin realize what he did awake but he will become aware soon. I'm sure he doesn't mind.

(it's not my gif, stupid Tumblr, it's from @polinsated )

10) Let's be honest. All the above are real, but what really sell this scene is trust, connection and intimacy. It's not an easy thing to communicate but somehow they do it perfectly. And the nudity is functional to this goal. It adds another layer.

I love this scene but the me I was some years ago might have hated it because it is a mirror indeed for me. The me I am now is grateful that this scene exist. Because it's kind of the goal, to have that trust, intimacy and connection. So maybe it's a sign from the Universe. Maybe it's a sign of things to come. I certainly do hope so.

Maybe one day I might be able to talk about this scene without tearing up, but today is not that day.

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He doesn't know I exist → That's My Husband

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The SECOND Pen says she wants to be more than friends, Colin goes straight for her lips like let's kiss NOW

And the SECOND their lips touched, his arm clamped around her waist?

Baby boy was thirsting for another kiss gotdamn 💋