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[snarkylinda]

I had been laughing the past 10 minutes.

[winnie-the-monster]

“Mother, do you believe the best foundation for love is friendship?”

“It is rare, but you must follow your heart.”

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[dootznbootz]

@thehelplessmortals shared this with me and...Penelope coded.

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She definitely tried to gross out Odysseus in a dumb "You think you can handle me, idiot? >:) " way. (She's stubborn and in denial at first. When she realizes she actually likes him, she's a mess.) And while eating raw fish is normal for naiad-born in Sparta, when she learned Odysseus wasn't used to naiads in daily life, she just really went wild with it.

He's just staring at her kind of expressionless and she thinks "Ha, see? You don't really like me."

But he's just like

"You like carp? Cuz if you do, we got plenty on Ithaca! Many more fish too! And if we don't, I'll get you some!"

And she's annoyed because her plan didn't work. Girlie is self-sabotaging even though she thinks he's neat.

[dollypopup]

unpopular polin opinions (again)

-Colin honest to God didn't do anything even REMOTELY as bad as this fandom insists he did? framing him as the big bad in a friends to lovers story is deeply unsatisfying and pits him and Pen against each other when the whole POINT is that they're a team.

-Polin is meant to be ride or die. it's meant to be people who see one another for who they are beyond the front. it is NOT meant to be two people who hold grudges against one another with a scorecard of who hurt the other more huffing about how the other is frustrating. their whole dynamic is 'i like you' 'i like you, too'

-BOTH OF THEM have hurt the other without apology. NEITHER of them are actually in love with the other (yet). Both of them are closed off and secretive and neither of them should actually have to beg and cry and scream for forgiveness. they're supposed to be friends

-jealous Colin as we're pushing for it is a shit tier trope. Colin swooping in w/ feelings for Pen only after other people have expressed interest in her would always make her wonder if he wanted her for her or if he wanted her because someone else did first and that's not the dynamic at all. Colin falls for her organically, albeit slowly. He falls for her when she opens up, when she shows him who she is, and only after he shows her that he's a safe place to do so. Likewise, SHE falls for HIM for real when she sees who HE is, too. When she sees that he's imperfect and that his charming artifice is a mask he wears. They're both scared that who they truly are on the inside is unlovable or unworthy of serious consideration, and when they crack open and the other sees, they fall for who they actually are. It's a love made stronger because it's born out of trust and understanding, not out of an ultimatum of 'I could lose her!'

-Penelope ghosting Colin with no explanation after S2 would be her being a really bad friend and deeply hurtful

-Penelope would hate being the unofficial diamond everyone is seemingly rooting for and it makes 0 sense for her to suddenly have a bunch of suitors. it's just lazy storytelling.

-most of the Polin dynamics this fandom has actively rooted for in S3 is just Kanthony or Saphne 2.0. That's very much NOT the point of Polin's romance. and I do not understand why people want the exact same season playing out the THIRD TIME IN A ROW

-Pen's actual character would despise how some of y'all write about Colin. like. . .she's supposed to love him? he's supposed to love her? If someone called him an idiot or undeserving or uninteresting or that he should beg and grovel she would fight

-Polin's characterizations as individual characters as well as a couple have been so completely twisted and deformed in this fandom for the sake of drama and painfully cishet toxic tropes that it makes me legitimately sad. Polin is a great ship. So much of it is beautiful and healing. Two people who care for one another deeply, if with a good deal of confusion, discovering who they are individually and then realizing they're happiest with each other is lovely. Colin being an atypical male love interest in the sense that his primary draw is kindness and compassion and primary struggles being lost and jealous of his LI for her success is INTERESTING. There are a million and one brooding rakes out there breaking hearts and beating their chests howling 'she's mine!' in the middle of a room full of other men gawking. Ship Pen with one of them if you want that dynamic, but that's not Colin and I don't WANT it to be Colin. Colin is great without that

-Penelope is not an innocent lil bab who did everything she did out of good intentions. she is more complex and relatable as someone who fucks up. It is COMPELLING that she did deeply hurtful things not out of saintly altruism but out of jealousy or scorn or desperation mixed with a genuine desire to do well by those she cares for. It is a better story to acknowledge she isn't even remotely perfect and that in wanting to help, she just tangled things up even worse than before. Penelope has plenty of faults alongside her goodness: she's closed off, distrusting, traumatized, jealous. All whilst being funny, sharp, cunning, loving. She wants to be loved and to love those around her and doesn't know how. She hurts the people she cares about and she hurts herself in the process. THAT'S REAL. The idea that Penelope is a perfect bab who should be fawned over and all her ills can be excused away is flat and infantalizing. I understand: there have been a lot of criticisms of Penelope from people who genuinely dislike her character. But the pendulum has swung to the other side to the point where people who DO like her and DO ship Polin point out unsavory parts of her character, it's met with the same rabid defense as if we were haters. Guess what? I like Penelope MORE because she's made those fuck ups. I like discussing how she's hurt others because who of us haven't? Penelope is overlooked and unpopular and awkward and unsure and I LIKE HER FOR IT. I'm exhausted of the glittering, perfect Penelope who everyone else has to apologize to because she's the 'victim'. That makes her so much more unlikable

-speaking of unlikable, most of y'all who say you ship Polin straight up do not like Colin as a character. And it's obvious. Turning him into a character he isn't, wanting him on hands and knees begging for a second chance, considering him only as an extension of Penelope when he has so much richness as a character in his own right. Assuming the worst in his actions and striking out all the good about him in favor of a narrative that deforms Polin into a ship where he is always wrong and she is always right. And it turns a lot of people off to the ship. People who ship Polin already get turned off by how much this fandom hates Colin, let alone peeps just getting into it or outside of it. There are people who despise Polin that discuss Colin more favorably than we do in our own ship and it makes no sense because he is a genuinely fantastic character. He refuses to abide by toxic masculinity, he's gentle and sweet and caring, he's silly and unsure and self-sacrificing, he's putting on an act and he's self-critical and he's got such a big heart. He's the kindest person in Pen's life. He supports her unyieldingly. He's never done anything to purposefully hurt her and he cherishes her as a friend. Why do we so rarely talk about him favorably?

-Polin is NOT Colin vs. Penelope. That dynamic can create some interesting conflict, sure, but it needs to move beyond that because at the core? At the core, it's Polin vs. The Problem. and it's so much more fulfilling that way

[ghostlypawn]

ur telling me THIS is the same penelope who kissed a victim after he found out his sister was dead

[catlokis-blog]

How do you imagine the Boomers (and Gman as an extra partner/parent if you please, ik you’re the Gubby Mastermind) would feel about having kids? Yay? Nay? Something they want and talk about or something they flat out reject, so on and so on

OHHH ITS BEEN MONTHS SINCE IVE EVER BEEN ASKED TO TALK ABOUT MY HEADCANONS AND THE BOOMER/GUBBY POLYCULE <33 i am gonna do it as seperate relationships just this one time bc theyd have different outlooks on it thoo

For Bubby he never really HAD a childhood. he was quite literally born to be an adult (canonically having been created to be around elderly around arrival)

i feel like he wouldn't really know how to be a parent. he wouldn't even have the retrospective your average person has where you can look back on your childhood and say "well, this didn't help me, and this did. this left me with wounds, and this healed them to scars"

assuming joshua is not in his life often, bubby... wouldn't know ANYTHING about kids outside of theory. and sure, he's cocky - he's "the best", - but you need experience in parenthood. experience he doesn't have.

gman does have parenting experience. depending on who you ask, it's questionable, but i like to think he's been a good father. i think he's happy with tommy as he is, though, and probably wouldn't consider any new "heirs" now that he's grown. it'd be awkward to introduce a new sibling to the family thats 37 years younger than your eldest, after all.

bubby wouldn't push for one, so they wouldn't consider it.

in coomer's case, though, i think (s)he'd (am i allowed to push the penelope agenda here? ww) get on good with kids. he has a very maternal vibe to him, if a little brash about it. someone who's not afraid to give a good scolding, but always means well

he'd be a good parent. great one, even. and he has probably considered having kids! but with bubby's anxiousness about it, i doubt it'd be a conversation they'd have without bubby shutting it down. he already fucked up one life with gordon's arm, he wouldn't want to make that kind of mistake again

coomer would reassure him that he could learn, though. i'm not sure they'd have a kid of their own, or even adopt a baby - they're both quite old! - but maybe they'd start trying to help with joshua more, make bubby feel more comfort interacting with kids.

at the end of the day, though, they'd probably just only end up fostering if anything. or getting pet babies, since bubby's shown to be quite keen of xen fauna like a certain man he shares a model with :3

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[realmyths]

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"Can't you hear the whole room talking?" Penelope asks Colin. Even with all the changes she's made, people still see her the same way. She wonders what it will take to change their views.

"Maybe I should go..." She suggests. The plan isn't working so far. Though she hopes it will, eventually. But for now she'd rather not be around all the people gossiping about her. She hopes Colin will understand, if she does decide to go.

[ianmaliks]

where: fire & ice gala who: @penelopebeaumont

Lyla was typically spot-on when it came to arranging dates for him – after all, he wouldn't have entrusted her with his Tinder account on her phone if he didn't have complete faith in her judgment. However, Ian had to concede that she had seriously miscalculated this time. Not only was his date one of his interns, but she was also at least a decade younger than him. To make matters worse, when he attempted to let her down gently, she insisted on trailing him around the gala like a lost puppy. “Penny, right? Nando’s cousin?” Ian sidled up next to the woman at the bar, keeping his voice low and his gaze vigilant. “You mind if I hang with you for a sec? I’m trying to, uh, respectfully ditch my date. Apparently, letting her know I’m not interested isn’t doing the trick.” He let out a stiff laugh, shrugging. “Ian, by the way, if you didn’t remember. How are you liking your first big Tonopah shindig? Everything you ever dreamed of?”

[celestinaxshacklebolt]

“Sorry, were you looking for me?” Celestina asked, looking up from her work, “I am up to my neck in paperwork, very caught up in it. Did you need something?”

@pcnelopcxhawthorne​

[shvrmas]

𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 : @lonefeatherington​

kate had finally managed to find herself a moment to herself whilst mary and edwina were both in the company of lady danbury . taking a seat on a bench by the lake , book placed on her lap , as dark hues watched various suitors promenade with young ladies . everything about england was so vastly different compared to india ; she missed the familiarity of her home but she could also appreciate the beauty that was mayfair . noticing a new presence nearby , dark hues moved from the scene before her to the young woman standing close by . “ you’re welcome to join me on the bench . there is plenty of room for the two of us , “ her words firm but kind . 

[whysosirius-james]

“Hey Pen,” James said, joining her at the back of the line and looking ahead of her to see how long it was. He let out a breath, “Is it moving slow or am I going to be waiting a while for my coffee?”

@pcnelopcxhawthorne​

[reese-bartlet]

@penelopebeaumont from here

A smile pulls at her lips as she looks Penelope over trying to jog her memory from her childhood. It didn't take long though because there had only been a few nanny's who had been able to keep up with the Barlet crew. "You on the other hand haven't aged a day. My parents are here as well if you're looking to catch up with them at some point this evening." Reese nodded towards the older Bartlet's who were seated a table. "I apologize for any terror I unleashed as a child."

[dollypopup]

so many people out here mad af that Colin isn't in love w/ Penelope from jump and completely ignoring that the single sexiest thing a man can do is be friends w/ a woman wholeheartedly and without having any romantic or sexual expectation from her

[augustapicqucry]

“So many people sneezing. You’d thing they’d have more spells to help allergies, especially so everyone can enjoy an event like this,” Auggie commented, “I think it’d be a shame for anyone to miss out, don’t you?”

@pcnelopcxhawthorne​

[criminalmindsfanantic]

The Team hiding in a dark laundry room

Derek: Who else is hiding in here trying to listen to Mom and Dad’s convo?

Penelope: Me. I'm in the laundry basket.

JJ: I'm in the washing machine.

Reid: I’m in the dryer.

Emily: I'm in the closet.

Penelope: We accept you Emily. <3

Emily: No I'm literally in the closet.

Penelope: Love is love. <3

[candicecresswell]

Candice sighed and rolled her eyes as the man walked away, “I wish people would just mind their own busines. I mean, who gave the men the audacity to just come up to random woman and give their opinion on their actions? Literally no one.”

@pcnelopcxhawthorne​