#deb | penelope

[lordandladywhistledown]

Colin is stronger than me because if I saw the girl I was in love with dance with someone else while smiling like that ??? I'd have a meltdown in the middle of the ball or maybe turn over a table or two (or five)

[dollypopup]

sooooooo anyone going to talk about how Debling and Anderson are being styled exactly the same and are very clearly the same age (late 30s to mid 40s) but one of them is going for a MILF (respectable and good, also big mood) and the other is going for a teenager (get away from her or I'll slaughter you where you stand)? no? just me?

okay

[apinchofm]

God, it's brutal out here!

[katyobsesses]

~ WIP Wednesday ~

I'm completely obsessed with my current WIP, a Modern Bridgerton AU! I'm roughly planning to have a story for each Bridgerton sibling, with some of them intertwining. I'm currently writing a rough outline of each story, vaguely following the show (and sometimes incorporating book stuff that might fit) but making it, obviously, modern. So Saphne are going to be a Fake Dating story (I'm thinking actors in a PR relationship) Kanthony are Enimies to Lovers (maybe rival Lawyers? I'm not too sure yet) and Polin are obviously Friends to Lovers! And it is part of the Polin Story (as yet untitled) that I'll be sharing today, because I started re-writing the Carriage Scene and couldn't stop (though I have yet to write the actual smut) and I am incredibly proud of what I have so far

Modern Bridgerton AU - Untitled Polin Story - "Carriage" scene

“Pen, wait!” Colin called as Penelope ran up the staircase, her curls flying behind her and the skirt of her dress fluttering around her legs.

“Not now, Colin,” She responded, slowing slightly as she got to the landing, stopping and taking a heaving breath that turned into a sob she quickly swallowed back.

“Penelope,” Colin whispered, slowly walking up the stairs towards her.

“I don't want to talk, Colin,” She said, her back still to him, and he watched as she straightened, taking a deep stuttering breath and slowly letting it loose. Her sniffles filled the hall, mingling with the distant thump of bass coming from one of her neighbours, but otherwise it was silent as Pen composed herself before turning to him.

She was beautiful, as she always had been, as he'd long taken for granted. Even with reddened eyes and messy mascara, fallen curls and flushed skin, she looked like a work of art. He was sure Benedict would be able to name exactly which, or, rather, he wouldn't, because Penelope was one of a kind.

“Please,” he said imploringly, nodding to the door of her flat, “Let me in?”

She regarded him, looking down from the landing above The overhead light made a halo around her head, [blah blah blah poetry about her standing tall in front of him, him having to look up at her beauty blah blah blah]

She nodded - the mask of composure falling away, letting him see the exhaustion and sad acceptance she was feeling - and turned to open the door. He took the last few steps two at a time, and followed her into the flat. He closed the door behind himself, toeing off his dress shoes and watching as she sighed, her hands running through her hair and snagging on bobby pins. She let out a sound of frustration before grabbing a claw clip from the table by the door and expertly twisting her hair up and away from her face. She leant down to undo the clasp on her shoes, and fumbled, letting out another sound of frustration that caught on a sob.

“Let me,” Colin said, voice soft in the quiet, and gestured to the bench in the hallway. She sat down heavily, and he crouched in front of her, unbuckling the clasp at one ankle, and then another.

“Why did you follow me home?” Penelope asked, as he gently took the first heel from her foot.

“You… you looked distressed, as you left the luncheon,” He answered.

“So you decided to follow me?”

Colin placed the second heel next to the first, neatly, before sitting back on his ankles. He chewed on his lip, before looking up at Penelope.

“What happened, between you and Deb?” He asked.

A silence stretched.

“Its odd,” Penelope said, swallowing around emotion, “When I asked for your help finding a boyfriend, I didn't think it would end with them breaking up with me, because of you.”

Colin blinked.

“Because he seems to think you have feelings for me,” She let out a disbelieving laugh, closing her eyes and bringing her fingers to the bridge of her nose.

Colin's breath caught in his throat, and when he opened his mouth to respond - to say something, anything - the words he'd practiced again and again got caught along with it.

“Which is so ridiculous all I can do is laugh,” Penelope voice caught on the last word, the disbelieving laughter of before turning wet, “Now will you please just leave me to wallow alone?”

“I can't,” Colin breathed, his lungs aching with the effort of finally talking.

“Please!” Penelope practically begged, and Colin's nerves snapped.

“I can't,” He insisted, “Because…”

All of the speeches he'd written - in journals, on his notes app, in his mind - burst into his mind [change to something else] and he stumbled through the plethora of words. He looked down at the small flowers that adorned Penelope's dress, composing himself and his words, before looking back up. He met her eyes, bright with both unshed tears and…

Hope.

His resolve strengthened, and the words that tumbled over each other in his mind became clear.

“What if I did have feelings for you?” He said, the words a question but the answer clear. Or so he hoped.

“What?” The disbelief in Penelope's voice pierced his heart, denting and almost breaking it.

He sorted though the words, settling on the best to convey his feelings, before kneeling up, leaning closer to Penelope and taking her hands in his.

“I have spent so long,” He began, eyes locked on hers, “Trying to feel less, trying to be more like my brothers, and for a moment I thought I had succeeded,” He looked down, the intensity of Penelope's gaze making his heart thump in his chest, drowning out the music that floated through the walls from Penelope's neighbour.

“But the last few months,” He continued, watching his hands curl with Penelope's against the floral backdrop of her skirt, “Have been filled with feeling. Feelings like the total inability to stop thinking about…”

He looked up at her again, blue eyes meeting blue.

“You.”

The confession came out in a breathy whisper, and Colin watched Penelope’s eyes alight with hope once again, before shuttering. A wall separating her heart from his words, as if afraid they would end up breaking it. He never wanted to break her heart, quite the opposite in fact. He wanted to hold it gently next to his, to nurture it and show her that she did not have to settle for someone like Debling - someone who planned to leave her behind, someone who planned to gallivant around the world without her on his arm.

“About that kiss,” He continued, shaking his head with a soft laugh, “A kiss that I have been dreaming about every night since it happened. For months I have felt disappointment upon waking, I’ve started to prefer sleep, because in my dreams I am with you. In my dreams we are together,” His words had started to quicken, and he sensed a ramble incoming.

He wanted to tell her about every single dream he could remember - Dreams of the two of them on a beach in Greece, the sun shining off of her hair and painting freckles across her nose and over her shoulders. Dreams of her dressed in elaborate dresses as they danced at elaborate balls straight out of period dramas and fairy tales. Dreams of the two of them lounging on his sofa, his apartment now adorned with artwork he knew hung in her bedroom, a throw he had watched her crochet wrapped around their shoulders, as they watched Daphne and Simon act on screen. Dreams of her laid out against his sheets…

He sucked in a breath, closing his eyes against the visions of her, before opening them again and gazing at the real thing.

“They’re damn near torturous,” He told her, sincerity lacing his words, “They way they have given me so much hope, before the disappointment of reality sets in. But it is a feeling that I cannot, will not, do not want to give up.”

“Please,” Penelope shook her head, closing her eyes, “Don't say things you don't mean.”

He squeezed her hands, eyes mapping her face as he waited for hers to re-open. The thumping bass from next door got louder, the pace of it matching the quickness of his heartbeat.

Finally her eyes opened again, and met his.

“But I do mean it,” He told her, simply but with feeling. He smiled up at her, softening his gaze, “Its everything I've been wanting to say to you for… months.”

“But Colin,” She said, eyes darting over his face, “We’re friends.”

“Yeah but we…” he trailed off, brow furrowing as he took in her serious expression. He open and closed his mouth a few times, trying to get his words back into some semblance of order. But they were scattered to the wind once again.

“Right, of course, I'm sorry,” He looked away from Penelope, beginning to untangle his hand from hers, “I don't know what I was thinking! Pretend I didn't sa-”

“-But I’d very much like to be more than friends,” She interrupted him.

Colin's head snapped up, his sharp intake of breath catching in his throat. Penelope's eyes sparkled with mirth, her lips quirked in a smirk that turned into a soft smile as the muffled music swelled to a peak.

“So much more,” she continued, and Colin surged forward as the bass dropped.

He captured Penelope's lips with his.

[exwildchild]

Yes! That was great and so close to the book in all the ways that mattered.

Thought Luke's portrayal of Colin, especially as so much of RMB is internal monologue, was superb, his face earned that

As for Debs, actually thought he was a great suitor and really respected how they ended it, with him sidestepping. He enabled us to see her growth and confidence, so a welcome addition.

Nicola was perfect, no notes.

Rae, a welcome enabler.

Yes, Colin you were right, you didn't court Penelope, you just jumped straight to a proposal, lol.

I love the ensemble nature of this show. I like the Monrichs, Cressida and the Featheringtons. They provide insight to society we otherwise would not get.

But most of all I love how well respected the Bridgertons remain despite the absolute chaos they bring to the Queen, society and how unhinged Violet has raised each and every one of her children when it comes to matters of the heart.

The diamond Bridgerton marries the duke not the prince

The diamond gets jilted by the Bridgerton for the SISTER

The debutant Bridgerton colludes with the lower classes

The sparkler Bridgerton ghosts the Marquis lol

Edit: The third Bridgerton proposes to Lady Whistledown (how did I forget this one!)

This family should be outcasts.

[possum-quesadilla]

Chapter 9 of Time’s Arrow, “I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel, I am all the things they might have said to you” is here! Woof. Sorry everyone. Happy Beetlejuice 2 premiere! :,)

THIS CHAPTER IS PARTICULARLY ROUGH. PLEASE READ THE WARNINGS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.

Extras below!

- The lyrics for this chapter’s title is from “Never Love An Anchor” by The Crane Wives.

- “The next ten months moved at the speed of a dream.” - A call back to a line from Time is a Flat Circle, which itself is a reference to “Asteroid City”! Gotcha again!

- “They read ‘Flowers for Algernon’, ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’, and… some sort of Jane Austen novels.” - I wonder if those stories are thematically relevant to this chapter?

- “He had no idea what to do about his fur anyhow. It had never grown in that long and thick before, how was he supposed to know it would do that?” - It was growing properly because he was finally happy and healthy enough for it to do so!

- “She was tall. Well, at least taller than him. Damnit.” - Bela is 5’9”! She is on the shorter side for demons. Beej is just especially small, since he was malnourished.

- “Her roots were black, the rest of her hair cascaded down to her shoulders in similar curls to his own, colored with a gentle lavender hue.” - Bela’s resting hair color is purple instead of green like Beej!

- “She had an orange-jeweled nose ring.” - Bela and Deb have matching nose rings, since exchanging jewelry is how demons court each other!

- “Shades of a gentle maroon red flickered through Bela’s hair.” - Bela has different colors for her emotions than Beej does!

- “Most were “whales”, stolen away in malevolent Deals to forever be a supply for the demon they were tied to. Slowly withering away to nothing.” - this is inspired by “Doctor Sleep”, because I’m a huge Mike Flanagan fiend.

- “They were all strange, all lacked the innate ability to socially adapt that the other demons thrived off of.” - Autism can run in a family, and it sure does run in the Shoggoth family!

- “He didn’t know why she was upset, but he knew it was up to him to make it better. (Why else was he here?)” - Still partially believes his only purpose is to make others happy, or they wouldn’t want him around.

- “… she hesitated, still firmly grasping the bright green fleece blanket he’d summoned from his room around her shoulders.” - The same blanket Charles got Beej for his room!

- “ “I watched this movie last night, since I couldn’t fall asleep. It was..” their voice caught in their throat, and their breath hitched. Beetlejuice slowly rose from his chair, setting the ice pack on the counter. “… lotta.. big feelings about it, huh?” They rapidly nodded, wrapping their arms around themself. “I don’t… I can’t keep living the way I do.” ” - Ash watched “I Saw The TV Glow”, which is a horror movie about being trans. It gutted me the first time I saw it. Ash had a similar visceral reaction, and it made her rethink how she is living. It also informs a lot of this chapter’s theming, but it is not required viewing for this fic. It is very, very difficult to watch for neurodivergent queers.

- “The living need attention too, Ash. It’s okay.” - This line is partially taken from “Dead Girls” by Penelope Scott, which is a very important song on Ash’s playlist.

- “You feel like you’ll die if you stay there. Or… worse.” - An “I Saw The TV Glow” reference. There’s quite a few in here.

- “Thank you, Beetlejuice.” - the first time they’ve called him by his actual name!

- Anyone spot more Time is a Flat Circle parallels?

- “It was then that Beetlejuice got hit by his first car.” - This is mostly a joke about how I, the author, have been hit by 4 cars. I feel like Beej would be similarly unlucky.

- “… it’s like being a wolf dog.” - This is based on how I’ve explained what it was like to grow up in my household.

- “Memories washed away like chalk on the sidewalk.” - Another “I Saw The TV Glow” reference.

- “Adam and Barbara celebrated their birthdays, which landed a couple days apart from each other, by smelling wine and watching ‘Lord of the Rings’ together. Beetlejuice was invited to join them.” - Based on something Adam made Beej he would promise to do in an earlier chapter!

- “June was full of beautiful sunsets he watched with his family.” - This was, like the previous thing, also listed among the reasons Beej should keep “living” in a previous chapter.

- “At the end of the month, walking to school and the store with Lydia, Beetlejuice realized with horror that Lydia was taller than him. Like, at least half a foot taller.” - Lydia is 5’7” now, he’s just being dramatic.

- “(How could no one see it? He felt so happy, but still he felt pieces of him slowly dying and rotting away. How could no one see that he was rotten? That he was dying?)” - This is partially another “I Saw The TV Glow” reference, and a reference to the ending of the song “you smell of dead flowers” by vslush and cliesel

- “August came like a thief in the night.” - A callback to Time is a Flat Circle! Which is itself an Edgar Allen Poe reference.

- “… they say old man Hirsch signed up for it right before he went missing.” - Yes he is named after Alex Hirsch, creator of “Gravity Falls”. Love ya Alex!

- “ “I managed to talk him down from another viewing of ‘Pride and Prejudice’!” (Another? What was that? They’d seen it before?)” - This is meant to alert the reader that something is very wrong, as “Pride and Prejudice” was brought up before by Beetlejuice himself.

- “Beetlejuice scratched at their left arm. The scars had started to fade.” - He was resorting to self-regulating self harm less enough that his arm was healing before this point.

- “I… I couldn’t.. I didn’t have enough energy to resist the Seal w-.. without a cult.” - Beetlejuice was tricking people to sign up for his cult under the guise of a “Loyalty Program”.

- “Why have they been going missing, then?” … “They swore they were choking on the taste of blood, bile rising in their throat as they felt their flesh between their teeth.” - Beetlejuice ate a few members of his cult. That’s why there’s missing persons in the town.

- “Someone’s hand gripped the back of their shirt, trying to pull them out of the kitchen. Panic spiked within them. Beetlejuice felt the blow to the back of their head, the horrible stabbing agony in their chest. That familiar, terrifying sensation they’d felt over and over and over and- ”- Beetlejuice had flashbacks to being killed during the loop over and over because Charles touched his old wound and it scared him, hence why he lashed out.

- “There’s still time. There has to be.” - Yet another “I Saw The TV Glow” reference.

- “ “Hello, pet.” Time’s up.” - Meant to envoke a terrifying line in “Yo, Girl” from Heathers the musical.

- “I’ll make you wish you could die!” - This line was originally going to be a more blatant reference to a line that Circus Baby from the FNAF series says often, “You won’t die, but you’ll wish you could.”

- “You always bounce ba- ” - Meant to be a reference to this scene from “Adventure Time” which I’ve… never seen…

- “Beetlejuice was distantly aware that Cyrus brought his claws up to his mouth to lick some of the blood off of them. “Choke on it,” they sputtered, although they weren’t sure if Cyrus could understand them through all of the blood that bubbled out of their mouth.” - Meant to be a reference to the horrific death of Captain Rhodes from “Day of the Dead”!

- “Beetlejuice wheezed out a last croak as Cyrus once again gripped their hoof and continued dragging them towards the portal.” - This is meant to evoke the gut-wrenching opening scene of “Scream”. Specifically, the part where Ghostface is dragging Casey away, and she is wheezing out her last breaths, which her parents can hear over the phone. The music in that scene never fails to make me cry. (I cried my eyes out rewatching that scene and imagining it playing when the Maitlands see the basement, but that’s not how things will happen…)

- “I’m sorry I was the one you loved.” - From “I’m Your Man” by Mitski.

[mandaplease10]

Emerald of the Season?

Do we think we’re gonna get the Queen referring to Penelope as the Emerald in part 2?

I remember back during QC promo there was a question about what the Queen gives to a Deb and India said Diamond of the Season, but then Golda was actually there’s another one but it’s a spoiler for season 3 so I can’t say.

And then Nic was wearing emerald earrings at the Bridgerton premiere.

And Eloise spoke of preferring emeralds with her talk with the Queen in season 2.

We know the Queen spots Pen in the first episode and she was struggling to find a diamond.

But could it because the real jewel is gonna be an emerald and only Penelope fits that?

[444namesplus]

Abbie Abby Abigail Ada Addithon Adelaide Adele Adeline Adley Adora Adriana Agata Agneth Aileen Ailey Ainthley Alaina Alanna Alberta Albina Alda Aleana Alekth Alektha Alekthandra Alekthandria Alekthith Aleta Alike Alikia Alitha Alithon Allython Alma Alodie Altea Alvina Alython Alyththa Amanda Amber Amberley Amelia Amy Ana Anathtathia Andrea Andrée Andy Angel Angela Angelika Angelina Angella Angie Ann Anna Annabelle Annabet Anne Annette Annie Antonia April Arabella Araminta Arda Arden Ariana Ariel Arlen Arriet Arya Athley Athtrid Aubree Aubrey Audra Audrey Aurora Autumn Ava Avena Averil Avery Avith Ayley Azalea Babette Barb Barbara Beatrike Beatrikth Beau Bekka Bekki Bekky Belinda Bella Belle Berenike Bernadette Berta Beryl Betthy Bettina Betty Beverly Bianka Binny Blair Blake Blanke Blithth Bobbi Bobby Bonnie Braden Brandy Brenda Brenna Brianna Bridget Brielle Brilliana Britannia Brittany Bronwyn Brooke Brooklyn Brynlee Bryony Daeneryth Daithy Dalia Dana Dani Danielle Danna Dapne Darla Darlene Davina Dawn Deanna Deanne Deb Debbie Debora Dede Deja Delaney Delia Della Delthie Demetria Demi Denithe Dethtiny Devon Diamond Diana Diane Dimity Donna Dora Doreen Dorith Doroty Dottie Drew Dulkie Edit Edna Edwina Eglantine Elda Elen Eliza Elizabet Ella Ellen Ellery Elthie Emeline Emery Emily Emma Enrietta Erethwit Ernethtine Etel Ethtella Ethter Eththie Eugenia Eugenie Eva Eve Eveline Evelyn

Fait Felikity Fiona Flora Florenke Franketh Fridethwide Gemma Genevieve Georgene Georgia Georgiana Georgie Georgina Geraldine Gertie Gertrude Gia Gillian Gina Ginny Githelle Gladyth Glenda Glenna Gloria Gloriana Glynith Goldie Grake Gwen Gwenda Gwendolen Gwendoline Gwendolyn Gwynet Ida Imogen Iona Irene Ithabella Ithabelle Jakqueline Jakquetta Jane Janet Janike Jathmine Jazmyn Jean Jemima Jemma Jennelyn Jenny Jeththamine Jeththamy Jeththamyn Jeththika Joan Joanna Jodie Jokelyn Jolene Jothelyn Jothepine Judit Julia Julie June Kailey Kaitlin Kalla Kamilla Kantelle Kara Karen Karin Karlee Karlene Karli Karlie Karlotte Karly Karol Karoline Karolyn Karrie Karyn Karyne Kate Katerine Katey Kathey Kaththidy Katie Katina Katleen Katrina Katryn Katy Kay Kayla Kaylee Kekily Kelethtine Kelly Kelthey Kendall Kerry Kierra Kikely Kim Kimberly Kinderella Kira Kirthteen Kirthtin Kirthty Kitty Klaire Klara Klare Klariththa Klemenky Klementine Kloe Konthtanke Kourtney Krithpina Krithta Krithten Krithti Krithtin Krithtine Krithty Kylie Kyntia Kyra Laura Lauren Lauryn Lavinia Lea Leanne Lena Lethlie Lilian Lily Lindthay Lindthey Linnea Louitha Louithe Lukia Lukretia Luky Lydia Lynthey Mabel Mable Maddie Madelaine Madeleine Madeline Madelyn Madge Madithon Madonna Mae Maggie Magnolia Makthine Maky Mallory Mandy Mara Margaret Margie Margo Maria Marian Marianne Marie Marigold Marilyn Marina Mariththa Marjorie Markia Markie Marlene Marta Martha Martina Mary Mathon Matilda Maud Maude Maura Maureen Mavith May Maya Mayola Meara Medea Megan Meitable Mel Melanie Melina Melinda Meliththa Melody Meredit Merilyn Merkedeth Merle Merrilyn Mia Mika Mikele Mikelle Mila Mildred Miley Milli Millie Millikent Mina Mindi Mindy Minnie Mira Miranda Miriam Mithty Mkkenna Moira Molly Morgan Muriel Myra Myrna Myrtle Nellie Nigella Nikola Nora Norma Odette Olive Olivia Onor Opal Opelia Orpa Paddy Page Paige Palmer Pamela Parith Patienke Patrike Patrikia Patthy Patty Paula Paulina Pauline Pearl Peggy Penelope Penny Pepper Perry Perthith Petra Petrina Petronilla Petula Petunia Peyton Pikthie Pilippa Pippa Poebe Polykthena Poppy Portia Pothy Prekiouth Primrothe Prithkilla Pyllith Quendrida Radklyffe Rain Rakel Raleig Ramona Randy Reba Rebekka Regina Renethmee Riannon Riley Rita Ritha Roberta Robin Roda Romilda Ronda Ronnie Rothalie Rothalind Rothalyn Rothamond Rothamund Rothe Rothemary Rothie Rowan Rowena Ruby Rut Ruththi Tabita Teretha Thally Thalviann Thamanta Thara Tharon Theila Thelby Theryl Thibyl Thirley Thkye Thopia Thopie Thopronia Thuthan Thybil Tomathin Tomathina Trakey Unity Vaneththa Vera Vikki Viktoria Vinnette Violet Virginia Vivian Wanda Warburg Waverly Wednethday Wendy Willa Willow Wilma Winfred Winifred Winnie Winnifred Witney Yakint Yanky Yathmin Yvette Yvonne Zelda Zoe Zoey Ælfgifu Ætelbur

[im-not-a-l0ser]

The Michie Playlist

Here's the songs sent in through asks and my opinion on them. If you're following along in the playlist, these songs are further down and you may want to go to the og songs or my songs before reading the rest.

Sadly, I only got a few requests, but it's fine. I like the songs we have. But I'll still take requests, and I'll probably add to this post then.

Requested by @24-guy

Wont: I completely see why you would debate whether this is a michie song or not. I'm gonna go ahead and say yes, it is. Michie isn't a perfect relationship, it's allowed to have this as a song. There are different perceptions of Michie, and I actually think that having songs like this on the playlist is good for facing the reality of where their relationship would begin. It's definitely staying.

Requested by @milgram

A House in Nebraska: oW c'mon man, what the hell!

Sally's Song: So is this just gonna be a theme with you? Sad songs? It's staying too, but blahhh

Bug (Niigo Version): So, unfortunately, I can't find this song on ytmusic or spotify. So. It's not on the playlist.

Role of a Lifetime: It is a pattern. I'm so fucking sad rn. But to be fair, Bare in general makes me sad. That cowardice tho, very real, oWww.

Moving in Place: Oh, I can't decide if I like or really hate her voice. It's like femme McCafferty meets Penelope Scott meets a 12 year old. That's all I can focus on right now, okay, lemme try to listen to the lyrics. The substance abuse is the only thing that's like "I don't see that." I feel like Max can only get high on rare rare occasions, to avoid the risk of his father... doing bad thing because of it. Richie, I can see getting high as a stress releif thing, and I stand by the headcannon that he gets high with Zoey and Deb.

[neve-gallus-girl-detective]

Oh well, big kiss on YOUR forehead then 😘

I don't know which idea I like better; all the ladies are in on it, undertaking secret missions during their time off with each other, the vigilantes besties gang if you will 💅💃 OR the jemily!DEBS AU because just imagine the conflicted feelings and the potential angst but also the comedy 🤧

- 🥔 (daydreaming 💭)

what about an AU where Emily catches JJ killing someone, so JJ fakes them being kidnapped and really is

WAIT

there are two rival serial killers who are clearly competing with each other, but always stay under the BAU's radar because of the wide array of jurisdictions and no connection between victims.

It's Emily and JJ. They're both serial killers, and they have a rival, but they don't know who it is. They're secretly killer rivals and also like flirting awkwardly at work.

Emily catches JJ one day, and JJ kidnaps her and is ready to torture her when Emily starts quoting their little hints and inside jokes. They have crazy, psychotic sex that night and then team up. Just so much bloody, angry sex.

They hide it from the team until Penelope finally makes the connection digitally and then, they slowly pull the team to the dark side. One by one, Emily and JJ convince them that laws and rules only get in the way of REAL justice. JJ takes cases in locations where they want to kill.

Emily starts getting jealous because this used to be about HER and JJ and now it's watered down. She starts taking risks so JJ worries about her. Eventually, JJ takes her away. They quit the BAU and the rest of the team goes back to normal, but they keep giving them hints and covering their tracks.

[shinysobi]

on my soapbox about lord debling again because who the fuck approved debling (no hate sam phillips) as penelope's primary suitor? he looks to be significantly older than her, and he tells her outright that he would never bring himself to fall in love with her. lord, penelope looks terrified for half of their interactions. lord debling is what portia wants for penelope, not what penelope wants out of her life. him leaving for the northwest passage (and getting cannibalised)? she would be left alone in a house with his family whom he admits to loathing, and mark my words, within a fortnight, portia featherington would have shown up there as well. she does not want debling for penelope, she wants debling's title, and his influence, for herself. penelope would never get out of under her mother (and her sisters' thumb) if she had married debling. her mother thinks of it as duty, but really, it's penelope's doom. debling looks mildly amused when penelope lays out her preferences, he does not see her as anything more than a silly little girl who dreams of love and whose dreams of love he would comfortable destroy under the wheels of his "fleet of curricles".

(this is a wish fulfillment) my opinion on who would have been a better suitor for pen? lord remington. he's titled, pleasing to look at, closer to her age, and above all, he adores lady whistledown. in another universe, if cvd had not butchered lady whistledown, and kept it as it was in the books (and as it seems to be in season 3), penelope and lord remington would have been a more plausible couple than deb-fuck him together. they would have had a great time courting, in parks and giggling over lady whistledown. and when penelope refused him for colin (of course she does, anyone would) they would have remained friends. (there is a reason why "jealous" is playing during their interaction he is the ONLY competition for colin)

man, i wish they could show a disabled character as a viable love interest in this damn show for once.

I've been seeing so many bad faith takes from people who just. . .don't understand these characters or their love story, so here I am, taking them 1 by 1 lol

Let's start with potentially the lowest bar for Penelope

"I was rooting for Debling for Penelope!" aka: I didn't want Colin and Penelope to have their love story

Most of the justifications of this perspective come from the idea that an absent husband who leaves you lots of money and space for your hobbies is an ideal prospect. And you know what? You're right! For MOST women of the ton, this is an incredibly appealing proposition! That's why Cressida finds it so enticing. She wants what he can offer, a life away from her family (this is something she and Penelope have in common), a comfortable life in which she is alright with a lack of affection. I would argue most women on the marriage market during this time would agree. Marriage is a business transaction more than a fairy tale for them, for most women of this time, of the ton.

But Penelope is not most women of the ton. This perspective comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of her character. Her seeing marriage as a business transaction is her giving up on her dreams of being loved. People just assume that Penelope's greatest desire in life is to write Lady Whistledown, when this is absolutely not true. I even saw someone say that 'Penelope found her purpose'. But we know this is false

Because she says it herself. In Season 2, right after Colin talks to Marina and she calls him a boy caught up in his fantasies, the conversation is contrasted with Penelope, who tells him it's important to have dreams and fantasies, to be fanciful. And this *connects them*. It is the first truly open conversation we see between the two of them, and when he asks if she's found her purpose, she explicitly informs us what it is: Something that encourages her to be brave, and witty. Something that takes her far away from the watchful eyes of her Mama. Something that fulfills her.

Lady Whistledown is not any of those things. Lady Whistledown, sure, encourages her to be witty, but also encourages her to be cruel, to make painful decisions. Lady Whistledown does not encourage her to be brave, in fact, it only exists through her hiding and secrecy. And it keeps her beneath her Mama's thumb, as she is literally tied to the ton and it's going ons by writing it. No, Lady Whistledown is not her purpose. Writing is her passion, and I do argue that writing is ONE part of her purpose, absolutely!

But. . .what else?

Well. . . .love. Love and connection. *Love* is what inspires Penelope to be brave, Love and comfort with Colin encourages her wittiness, and Love is what will provide her an avenue for leaving her mum. Love is Penelope's greatest dream and desire. And I am NOT just talking romantic love here, but love of all sorts. Philautia (self love), Pragma (love of duty), Ludus (playful love), Agape (universal love), Storge (familial love), Philia (friendship), and, of course, Eros (romantic and sexual). Love with Eloise, Love in her family, Love and Respect in her community, and Love that is romantic and sexual in nature. Love with Colin.

But what Debling offers her is only one of those. He can only offer her a love of duty, respect in her community with a title, a pragmatic marriage with no passion, one in which she is expected to wait for him with fidelity as he lives his own passions, and she occupies herself with her own interests (so long as, very importantly, those interests do not make a fool of him, since he did, after all, dump her when he assumed she'd cheat on him when he was away) (cue me: 'is this your king????'-ing @ you all). I am flabbergasted that people would think Penelope would find happiness being alone and writing Whistledown as a married woman. . .when she did not find happiness being alone and writing Whistledown as a single woman. All that would change is her title, and that's not enough. She deserves better. She deserves more. She wants more.

When she asks him 'Could you ever love me?' he responds with several long excuses that amount to: No. No, he could never love her. He is too tied to his work, he does not know her. He has been talking to her for a week and had maybe what? 5 conversations with her about it? 1 of which was comparing her to a dead deer mounted on a wall (and I'll try not to read too much into the metaphor of Women shedding their names, a death of their old selves in their society, to become a literal trophy holed up in a rich man's house) and another was in which she insisted she. . .loved grass? Come on, people. Have a higher bar for this character you claim to like so much.

Another conversation they share is very telling, in which he asks about her hobbies. She informs she enjoys reading, and he finds it quaint, charming that she enjoys romances. But he does not find that in any way comparable to his own work. Debling respects Penelope as most men in his society respect women: as a pretty bauble with which to decorate his life. Not an equal. He is glad she has a quiet interest that will keep her where he feels she belongs: in his home, tending to his fortune and assets. He explicitly states he doesn't want a partner who shares his passions, who enjoys the outdoors, but simply an honest woman who will tend to his lair estate.

What Debling offers her is a life of pragmatism and expectancy, and in many ways, loneliness. Penelope would surely cultivate friendships in this time, but in accepting his offer, she even says she has 'come to terms' with what he can provide for her. Not that she is happy, not that it is what she *wants*, but that she has come to terms with it. That she will be content. She will fill her days with love stories she will never live, and write about the day to day of a ton that does not accept her. Maybe, just maybe, she can even have a family, and she, like her mother, like Marina, like other tragic women in her society, will find happiness in her children, and not in her own life.

But why should she? Penelope? Penelope wants love. Penelope wants acceptance and tenderness and passion, and that's why I am confident in saying that Penelope has not, in fact, given up on Colin. Not her love for him, at least. Her love for him has not faded, remains evergreen: we see it when she reads his journal, when she stands in the sun after their reconciliation and feels at peace for the first time in the season, when she laughs at his jokes, when she asks him to kiss her. She has given up on one thing only: her expectation of him fulfilling that love. And that's what makes it so heartbreaking that they're both pining for each other, thinking the other does not feel the same. Because Penelope knows (and she is RIGHT) that her and Colin have something special.

This is heart vs. head, and honestly, not even Penelope's head wants Debling.

The people who say they were hoping he and Penelope would end up together, y'all are Portia. Your expectations for Penelope are that she should be happy with money and a title and an absent partner. And then, the quiet part is 'She shouldn't be holding out for love'. She shouldn't be holding out for dreams.

But. . .why not? Colin is in every single way an amazing person for her. And he's proof that she should have held out, that waiting was worth it. That it had always been worth it.

Because it is *Colin* who is the gateway to all those forms of love.

Pragmatically, Colin has money a-plenty. He's in good standing in his society, he's rich, he's attractive, and he comes from a wonderful family. Furthermore, even from season ONE Daphne said that Colin can make an interaction interesting. He makes Penelope laugh, he's a good dancer, he's adventurous and loves to travel. And most importantly, he'd love to travel WITH her. Whilst Debling is attempting to narrow her world, Colin, in contrast, wants to open it to her.

Since her and Colin met as children, much of the start of their love story for him was first universal, and then familial in nature. When first her bonnet flew into his face and he fell, he had no reason to be kind about it, but he was. He has a kind nature. But then as they became acquainted, and she had a connection to Eloise, it morphed from his universal love and good will towards strangers, to that of a family friend. The comment that he sees her as one of his sisters was harsh, but it's also not BAD that this is a kernel of their love story. It bred familiarity with them, and lead into a genuine friendship. And my god, I could talk about their friendship for days.

Colin has been an amazing friend to Penelope. He checks in on her, he writers her letters, he asks how she's doing, he offers her his hand to lift her up, he refuses to let her speak badly of herself, he's protective of her, he finds her funny, he seeks her out because he values her perspective. Colin adores Penelope, and the last two seasons have proven it in so many ways. Even in his pursuit to help her find a husband, this is a selflessness he offers because he cares for her. His goal is not to curry favor with her, his goal is only to uplift her. He only wants to see her happy. He holds her in the highest esteem and sees her in such a beautiful light. And that leads into her self love, because what Colin said to Penelope in Season 2 Surely if Penelope can see me this way, surely I can as well-- that rings true for Penelope, as well. Colin loves her so dearly and sees her with such grace, that she is then inspired to bring that inwardly.

Debling is the death of her dreams, and Colin is her dream in fruition.

But it is also risky, and it is also, in some ways, foolish. He's not a sure choice for her, but he's the BEST choice. He represents passion and tenderness, he is the love story of all her books and fantasies. Because what Marina said to Colin, that he is caught up in his fantasies: Penelope is, too. That's what makes them such a good match. And so with him, she blooms. With him, she feels brave, and is witty, and will come out from her Mama's thumb and her expectations. And what's left after Pragma and Agape and Ludus and Storge and Philia?

Well. . .. It's Psyche and Eros, isn't it?

So, at the end of it, at the 11th hour, when Colin comes to her and he is honest, and he is vulnerable, and he doesn't know she feels this love for him and has for so long, and he spills open for her, Penelope knows she doesn't have to simply be content.

She knows she can be happy. Fuck your low expectations, she *can* and *should* have a love story.

And the one she lives with Colin is such damn good one.

[huneibadger]

do i just choose a name? ( i feel like gabby roped deb into some sort of game)

"Yeah it's really easy, I'm Princess Penelope Paddon, Jonathan is King Marcus the third of his name breaker of realms and keeper of keys and Skaar is Cowboy Shane." Gabby explained as she sipped her (fake) tea out of a pink plastic tea cup. Pinky extended of course as Princess Penelope Paddon wouldn't do it any other way "And today we are discussing how to destroy our enemny Evil Princess Sophie Sanders who hates cowboys and steals keys. She's trying to take over Princess Cowboy Kingdom"

[ewuzebe-eqnosude]

(b)r(u)ant: maybe Simon Basset had °stutterin'° while Eloise Bridgerton had °stage fright°; (f)rave: bling retinue [👸 wife of CONQUEROR (a.k.a. charlotte of GEORGE wore >< 81 set, edwina of FRIEDRICH & daphne of SIMON wore >< 26, while kathani of ANTHONY wore >< 27)].

https://www.netflix.com/ 》 bridgerton

💅 whist(le) list:

• maybe, Bridger[t]o(w)n 📺 shows new town (ecumenopolis & {confused prop} megalopolis) instead of new government (pure {i.e. mestizo} or representative);

• maybe, Simon Basset's stutters improved @ 🏰 & then @ SCH... reminds me of a tutor who got fired for wakin' me up @ Prep SCH;

• maybe, Simon Basset kisses as if he's slurpin' ice cream 🍧 -> FRA kiss, reminds me of 📚 Kamasutra's fellatio vs. ITA gelato -> ₩o bitin'?;

• maybe, ITA gelato reminds me of Netflix's Love & Gelato... how to ₩ PHL sorbetes?;

• maybe, Cressida Cowper's fashion has its own ^target market^, reminds me of mine 😍 - ri(e)ch;

• maybe, Kathani Sharma's intelligence is 💑 ₩ responsible Anthony Bridgerton, whose duty is to viscount, thus their tutees are 💑;

• maybe, Kathani Sharma's emox'nal struggle reminds me of those days ₩o MR. Kupido's dream guidance 💘;

• maybe, Sky Castle reminds me of another dream, answer to whether i gotta be @ H 🏨 (voice: sumthin' like "we can't find your address."; G: it's not my path.), then maybe 'em 1st or 2nd HPAIR e-ad mos. after;

• maybe, [Pen]elope [Feather]ington's rollo is feng shui of names & became a [pen]ner for a pamphlet as light as feather, while mine's Sulla 🗯 then lolo's Adolf 🗯;

• maybe, Penelope's gentle readers aren't used to the limelight yet + truth's her defense accdg. to PHL law books 📚;

• maybe, Penelope reminds me of mine art therapy called blogging, or she'd rather write ✍ 'em thought than nag;

• maybe, writin' makes rememberin' previous topic by rereadin' 👓 'em while talkin's hard to edit or 'em topic gotta be mentioned again & again;

• maybe, Penelope's reminds me of mine t monickers thinkin' that 'tis useless to hide 🕵 when there are 'em CCTVs now;

• maybe, 💑 "COUNT & COUNTESS" of somewhere -> "MISTER & MISTRESS";

• maybe, their deb's 1/4 split intro reminds me of John Robert Powers SCH, also of DUN Nazarene ☻... 'til mine next Holy Week visit;

• maybe, former SEN. Miriam D.'s orientax'n lecture @ Senate (as: senet) became mine obsesx'n, so i followed 'em instinct 😇... & grad ₩ 2-in-1 degree in megalopolic law + ecumenical law -> 💒 ST. Jude Escariot;

• maybe, former SEN. MD-Santiago's feng shui is Merriam Webster's Dictionary, & infamous for spellin' bees;

• maybe, watchin' 'em 📺 GossipGirl as if 'tis haute couture (as: ot kotoor) but 'em showin' Manhattan or H 🏨 or Y -> 🏦 banco museum;

• maybe, 📺 GossipGirl's Dan Humphrey compl[e]ments Ellen Fein's The Rules 📚, while Chuck Bass slangs jersey girl -> fem varsity 🎽;

• maybe, 📺 GossipGirl's Blair Waldorf inspired Waldorf SCH (nipa hut tent as acad bldg.) vs. Montessori SCH (starts @ 2y.o. called Casa {bldg. as former house} when i was in gr.8) -> same PHL curriculum -> What makes 'em different? (a.k.a. specializax'n);

• maybe, 'em movie blings @ Prime Video's L.O.T.R. The Rings of Power look lovely.

[nancycramps]

just a lil hyperfixation update~ i’m on s6 of one tree hill and wasn’t expecting to like it bc sports arcs usually bore me but it’s so dramatique and the characters are messy as fuck especially peyton and lucas LOL also love the haley and nathan saga and deb is amazing however my one true love is brooke penelope davis she deserves the world i would take a bullet for her but anyway back to the binge

[fromageinterrupted]

I say this about Fife all the time: I think he’s sneaky. But in a good way. He has a reputation for “ruining” “good” girls, but instead it ruins matches they didn’t want in the first place, and then the deb is free to go marry the farm hand or Footman. Meanwhile, Fife lives for the hot gos and realizes Penelope has LOADS of it. He may actually be into her legitimately. I kind of want them to be good friends at the end of all this.

Fife: Are you courting the girl, Bridgerton?

Colin: Are you mad? I would never dream of courting Penelope Featherington, not in your wild fantasies, Fife

Fife: Good to know (smiley face, hinting that he wants to woo her)

Colin: (immediately regretting saying what he said and getting jealous)

Thought: I'm so excited thinking that Fife could be a suitor for Pen, a bad suitor like using her or wanting to make fun of Polin or the Bridgertons for their popularity and reputation and Colin knows his true intentions and wants to protect and take care of Pen.

[desilikearnaz]

About me

Desi’s Roleplaying 

I have many characters. I play all female characters. I play mostly fandoms. Though, I do have a few OC'S some from fandoms, based on fandoms or fandomless.

I am an active RP'er. I want to rp with you/everyone. Come join me today.

I am always willing to rp with new people. However, I do not DM RP. DM's are for plotting only. There are no exceptions to this rule. Just jump into my DM introduce yourself and we can talk.

Update on my DMS... (Feb 26th 2022.) Please talk to me in my my main OOC account DM only @desilikearnaz. There we can plan and ship. Please and thank you.

I must rp with someone before jumping into ships. Please do not approach me and assume we will ship just because I prefer that ship or just because you you see it it previous rp's you may have read of mine. I have had people assume this.

I normally am a Single verse rp. However if you are Multiverse, that will not stop me from rping with you as long as my character is not already shipped with someone. I have done this in the past.

If we end up having characters with chemistry and you are hoping to rp another fandom, just ask me if I know the fandom. If I do, I may be willing to create a character for you.

My characters: I have a different variety of characters in my  repertoire  

I have more than one characters in specific fandoms you can find them at @multicharacterfandom

I also have have additional characters that are one character in specific fandoms. You can find a list of those at @singlecharacterfandom​

As well, I have a few fandomdomless OC characters that can be found at @fandomlesscharacter​

You can find my ships at @desilikearnazmyships

Some of them (even canon) have their own backgrounds as I written their backstories slightly different. They are listed in their pinned notes.

All of these characters can change fandoms if you would like. If you would like to speak to me in regards adding a fandom, please DM me. Thank you.

First of all, something about me. I'm an avid reader, Rp'er, video gamer, Binge Watcher, comic con frequenter and writer. I don't know if there's anything more than I love more than rping besides my family.

I was born in 1971. Am a wife, mother, grandmother and disabled. So I am at home all the time. But family does come first. I mean that for everyone I rp with. I understand RL comes first.

I began playing D&D in 1979 when I was 8 with my 17 year brother and his friend. I wanted to play so desperately even though it was my bedtime. They let me play.

Giving me a level 1 character, my brother's level 8 sorcerer were traveling together. The DM (his best friend) "Rolled a 1." So my brother's spell backfired and hit me, killing me instantly.

Like the big brother babysitting, he sent me to bed. It never stopped me from playing. In fact it encouraged me to. So here I am all these years later still Rping.