#I've got like a essay in my head that on day may leak out

[rainybraindays]

Doing a bridgerton rewatch with my roommate and the way Portia refuses to let Penelope wait a year to be presented and then also makes no efforts to actually introduce her to suitors drives me crazy.

Like when Simon shows up at the ball she takes Prudence and Phillipa to introduce them, leaving Penelope behind despite her having been stood next them. When the men are leaving after coming to call on Marina she says "remember to say goodbye to Prudence phillipa, or even Penelope". There is genuinely no attempt to get Penelope matched, despite her instance that she needed to come out that year.

And then in season 2 she has the gull to say to Prudence "you don't want to be like Penelope" when convincing her to seduce Jack.

Like girl you cannot be mad she has no suitors when you refuse to do the same for her that you do with your oher daughters. She's already concluded she's going to be a spinster, even over Prudence who's older and also has no suitors, and isn't even trying to stop that from happening