#'lying' to a man in order to secure your future is palatable when a white woman does it even if her reasons are pretty mid

[auggietheautisticvampire]

Including a screenshot of the tags, because they deserve to be seen in this reblog

FINALLY SOMEONE SPEAKS THE TRUTH



today, i'm thinking about how Penelope had 0 qualms about Marina lying to and potentially tricking someone into marrying her whilst hiding a potentially family and life ruining secret, (be honest, Penelope's only beef w/ Marina was that she wanted Colin for herself, she's fine w/ her doing it to anyone else) further evidenced by how Penelope is going to follow a very similar plan in S3 according to the synopsis

but

when *Penelope* hides her life ruining secret of being Lady Whistledown and literally being pursued by the Queen of England whom she continues goading, instead putting on a favorable persona and literally getting *lessons* to trick her way into getting a husband, the fandom considers her a girlboss. when *Marina* hides her life ruining secret of being pregnant before she came to the city (and is manipulated and mistreated and otherized by almost everyone in the ton except for Colin, the man she very understandably chooses) and *still* holds out hope for George until she literally has no option but to look elsewhere so she can get married and secure her future to provide for her children, she's considered a heartless bitch

now i wonder why it is the fandom has sooooo many qualms with one but not the other

qwhite interesting