Colin X Penelope - Blog Posts
I can’t wait for season 3
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One thing i don't like in the Bridgerton fandom is that some fanfic they have Phillip Cavender as ex-boyfriend or a boyfriend to Sophie. Cavender is not and never will be a love interest for Sophie. He tried sexually assault her and its super hurtful to victims of SA to write him as just douchy boyfriend.
I know that these are not the authors intention but SA is a very delicate topic. So please any future story don't have Cavender as Sophie ex-boyfriend or anything.
Bridgerton Costum Rant: Penelope
I feel one thing Bridgerton does best are the costumes. Not only by making their take on the regency period but incorporating with the storylines. And since Polin is next in the show I should start with Penelope.
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Season 1 & 2 Outfit Analysis
Color Meaning: It is a well known fact that Penelope's “tasteless and tackless” mama dresses all her daughters in bright citrus colors, believing that bright color will draw attention for suitors. Which is ironic in a way since the Featherington sisters, especially Penelope, are the wallflowers of the show. But in truth it helps Penelope with gathering gossip for the Lady Whistledown because yellow can be the color of deceit. Yellow is often associated with happiness and positivity so you wouldn’t think a person wearing yellow would have a secret. (It can also be a color of intellect and creativity which goes into Lady Whistledown again.)
Cowardness is also another interpretation of the color yellow, which in turn can be how Penelope doesn’t share her feelings to Colin. But if you notice during two seasons as Portia is less focused on Penelope (in season 1 during the Marina drama and season 2 during the cousin Jack drama), Penelope wears different colors a little bit more. Especially in season 2. And the color that she wears the most is pink. Which pink is obviously associated with love. Something that Penelope longs for. We also see for the first time in full green dress in season 2. Which is foreshadowing to Polin because yellow and the Bridgerton blue makes green.
Design Details: I also found it interesting that the two things Penelope wears the most on her dresses are butterflies and flowers. Butterflies are symbols of transformation which we now know in season 3 Penelope is going to have. I hope we see a lot more butterflies in season 3 since no longer Penelope is going to be the wallflower. I am not an expert on flowers or their meaning but I believe the flowers she wears the most are roses and daisies. Rose symbolizes love and passion and daisies represent happiness and a new beginning.
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What I hope for in season 3
More flowing dress: If you notice in season 1 & 2 Daphne and Kate's dresses are very flowy and silky where Penlope’s dress is not. Some of her dresses look very stiff and bulky and give off a younger impression (especially since Hyacinth and even Eloise dresses look like they're made with the same matureal). Now in the upcoming season where Penelope is embracing her sexuality we should get more of those flowy dresses.
More Cooler Colors: Like I said before we really only have seen Penelope in those citrus colors which are very warm colors. Which I don’t think are the best on Nicola. Some of the dresses wash her out instead of complimenting her; which is the costume designer's intention. From some of the leaked photos of season 3 we see Penelope in more cooler colors, which look incredible on Nicola. Since the greens and blues are in the color palettes it should complement Nicola astoundingly.
Simpler Design: Just like the color some of Penelope's best outfits are ones that are so loud. When some of the gowns are heavily detailed your eyes are drawn to the design and it almost looks too extravagant on Nicola. Some of Penelope's best dresses are more simpler.
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Anyway I hope this interests you! I really want to do Kate and Daphne/Bridgerton style vs other families of the ton. If you have any suggestion or question for me let me know.
Tell Shonda you want more scenes of Nicola
https://chng.it/9W2rWwgjHY
Done! I don’t know how much better those deleted scenes are but fingers crossed this at least gets the message across that fans aren’t happy.
No healing for this curvy girl in Bridgerton season 3 (slight spoilers)
I was so looking forward to this season and seeing a woman with curves get honest to goodness romantic sex scenes.
For so long the sex scenes with curvy girls in film have been shown with a tone of humor or disgust or pity.
And Bridgerton season 3 was supposed to change all of that. Except it didn’t. Not for me, anyway.
Because while other Bridgerton heroines have been stripped clean of their clothes, with their entire body on full display, Penelope was not.
In all her scenes she was never completely undressed save for one brief moment that isn’t even shown fully. We get one quick glimpse of her glorious bosom and then she delegated to being covered up with a blanket. Colin goes so far as to pull the blanket to cover her up more at one point!
We don’t get to see her beautiful curves. They’re continuously hidden like it’s a shameful thing to show a woman whose waist isn’t small, with a stomach that jiggles, thighs that don’t fit neatly in a man’s hands, and breasts that aren’t small and perky.
What I got out of Bridgerton season 3 is that yes, you curvy girls can have a love interest who isn’t also plus size, but only because he thinks you’re interesting, not because you’re beautiful. And yes, being interesting is going to last longer than beauty, but is it too much to ask to be both?
It seems even today on a super progressive show, the answer is still “yes”.
Bridgertons Sports/Workouts Headcannons
I’m sorry this is really weird and I don’t see a lot of oddly specific headcannony type stuff in this fandom, but it popped into my head and IDK why. 21st century AU obvi
Anthony: He played football (soccer) in school. Maybe he joins a rec league as an adult, IDK. Him and Simon definitely played football together when they were in school. I feel like Simon went on to play longer than Anthony and at a higher level. But he hits the gym pretty regularly, headphones in and zoned out, lifting workouts.
Benedict: Look, this guy has played sports, he’s been to a gym, but he does not play sports or go to the gym. He definitely played sports with his brothers or friends when he was a kid and stuff. He’s probably tried to start a couple workout programs, or randomly goes to the gym, but its not something he consistently does. Definitely makes it his new years resolution to get fit every couple of years and stops going to the gym by the end of January.
Colin: He plays rugby. Rugby is a very social sport and Colin is a fun social guy. He doesn’t play at an elite level or anything. He plays for a casual club team and lives for the post-game socials. He’s a bit cheeky so I definitely see him as a #9. Bonus: Penelope also plays rugby. This might be inner rugby player projecting, but I think they are an adorable rugby couple.
Daphne: Daphne is your classic basic hot girl at the gym. She is like a fitness influencer type, but more casual about it. She does incline walks on the treadmill, she wears cute matching legging sets in pastel pinks and blues, she lifts to. She goes to the gym with Simon and at the end of their workouts they take a mirror selfie at the gym.
Eloise: I’m a little unsure with this one. I feel like she either doesn’t bother or she does some random sport that really reflects who she is. Maybe a sport she played while she was in school, but doesn’t do anything as an adult. She might have done rugby with Penelope or something kind of random and niche like fencing.
Francessca: This is where its going to start getting rough because I haven’t read the books, but from what I gather Fran is kind of the smart one, kind of the tough one, but like keeps to herself. I see her doing something a little niche but totally bad ass like boxing.
Gregory: Football (soccer), typical British child playing a mainstream British sports. I can’t picture this kid as grown-up so that’s all I got.
Hyacinth: Hyacinth is wild, she is unhinged. I feel like she does not do any consistent sport or workout program, but she tries a bunch of different things and is pretty great at a lot of things. She’s definitely gotten like thrown of the field during a football match for like getting mad at the referee or getting too competitive or something. It’s great.
I will die on this hill that it was a sin against Lady Whistledown that we were not treated to a Classical interpretation of “Chaise Longue” by Wet Leg during the Mirror/ Chaise Longue Polin scene.
penelope is a better woman than me, i would’ve lied and said i got engaged just to see if colin would cry
I relate to this on a personal level. I have in fact seventh wheeled as well. Maybe me and Eloise need to seventh wheel together 👀
Eloise: I am the ultimate third wheel.
Francesca, cuddling with John: You shouldn’t think that way.
Violet, holding hands with Marcus: Yes, what makes you say that?
Penelope, sitting on Colin’s lap: Completely untrue.
Eloise: Wow. I have leveled up to seventh wheel. I am truly powerful.