#i LOVE these two a lot

[aeternallis]

Colin's "entrapment" line was hard to listen to, but it was most definitely a sign of how unhinged he really is for Penelope.

Ok but for reals, I'm not sure how everyone else reacted when Colin said his now infamous "entrapment" line, but I just love how if one looks at this line a little more closely, it was definitely some semblance of an underhanded (and also a bit silly, lol) attempt to actually keep Penelope entrapped. Haha, the irony of it all. Idk, at least that was my read on it!

Like, it was definitely said in anger as well; he's hurting, and he’s hurting badly, so of course he wants to hit back in some way, however he can. Luke Newton absolutely meant it when he said that Colin reacts to the reveal in the worst way possible, alas.

My very first reaction to that scene: //pauses the screen to yell at Colin at 4am in the morning, “Entrapment????! If you feel trapped, then why the hell are you still going along with it, ya dumb ass!!!

Because really, think about it: Colin was definitely within his rights to call off the wedding, especially when he'd mentioned that Violet had noticed that he and Penelope had not seen each other for some time. It would have been the perfect time to reveal Penelope's secret to his mother, if indeed he felt entrapped by the LW of it all. Violet is family; if he wanted to still protect Penelope but no longer wanted to marry her, he would have been able to count on Violet's discretion. I'm sure she and Lady Danbury would have come up with some sort of plan to deal with the aftermath regarding the Bridgertons’ reputation, as we'd seen with Anthony and Edwina's botched wedding.

Furthermore, it would have probably been the better option to reveal it to her, since the existence of LW does put his family in danger; Penelope herself knows this. Every decision she makes post-LW reveal to Colin is due to the Bridgertons being in danger. Lady Danbury makes a point of this when she said in the last episode, “There is only one other person who loves the Bridgertons more than I.”

Eloise was able to keep the secret with no real consequences because although Penelope was her ex-bff, El still loves her, and besides that, nothing legal binds them as Colin's marriage to Penelope would.

Even when he was getting ready to talk to Benedict about getting funds to fulfill Cressida’s demands, he insisted on making up a lie to shield Penelope’s identity as LW. He knows more than anything that fulfilling a demand like this, all for the sake of his wife and at the cost of using a substantial amount of Bridgertons’ financial assets, may not put his marriage in the best light within his family. He doesn’t want to be forced to have to choose between his wife and his family, so he’s keen on keeping the lie going.

So for all intents and purposes, he doesn't tell his mother, or any of his other siblings (besides Eloise, who already knew); this in and of itself is hella fucking risky. The fact that Colin is willing to take this risk of withholding Penelope's secret identity from his family, the fact that he doesn't think to jeopardize this potentially risky betrothal—already goes to show the measure in regards to how much he wants Pen for his wife. We the audience know this because he waits until the very last minute to tell Violet, and even then, it's not Colin who chose to reveal it to her, but Penelope herself.

Another point: arguably, we can also say that Colin has a lot more wiggle room with his engagement to Penelope to call off the wedding, much more than he ever did with his engagement to Marina.

"A man of honor"? Exactly what "honor" are we talking about here? Colin claimed that he would have married Marina had she just told him the truth, yet when push came to shove and the truth of her pregnancy was revealed for all the world to know, he still chose to take the out Penelope gave him through LW. It’s easier to make a declaration like that when it’s all said and done. Lol Sure, he regretted it and apologized for his behavior later on, but he had made his choice regardless. Y’all can just feel Marina and Lady Danbury judging this dumb ass (affectionate) for dwelling in the past. Silly young man! XD What's stopping him this time around?

"We had been...intimate." Are you talking about the mirror scene, sir? Because let me assure you, you and Penelope have long been "intimate" way before you decided to buy a love nest and take her V-card the very next day you proposed to her. In fact, this is where the significance of their first kiss in 3.02 rings so, SO importantly and WHY it was vital that it was Penelope who asked and said that it would not have to mean anything. Colin knows Penelope would never use their first time together and/or the heated moment in the carriage as a way to entrap him. That first kiss alone should have already warranted that they get married, but Penelope makes it clear that it’s simply a favor, nothing more.

Oddly enough, I’m surprised Colin doesn’t bring up the idea of a long engagement (yknow, as he initially wanted with Marina, but who’s keeping track at this point), considering that would have potentially benefitted their situation. 🤔 His dumb ass (affectionate) was more than willing to stick to the wedding schedule…huh.

Besides all that, I don’t think it’s the showrunners’ intent to “taint” those special moments between them by changing the context through Colin’s (very biased) POV; to believe that to be the case would be, imo, just a bad faith argument. The genre is romance, y’all; these intimacy scenes are on an entirely different pedestal.

Because remember, that “entrapment” line of Colin’s only came about due to Penelope starting the conversation with, “Are you going to call off the wedding?”

Didn’t it almost seem like an afterthought, that he just came up with it on the spot? Hahaha.

I can bet y’all Cressida’s fake ass €20,000 blackmail money that before they’d met up to discuss wedding breakfast plans with their mamas, it had probably never even occurred to Colin to cancel their wedding. Angry and furious as he was, it was never a question of whether or not he still wanted Penelope for a wife.

The fact that it’s Penelope who begins that conversation and opens that Pandora’s box possibility is so, so damn important. Because not only does it show how much Penelope truly loves him in that she would never trap him, it also shows her maturity, in that she’s willing to face the consequences of her actions. She’s willing to give Colin the choice to back out, heartbreaking as it would be to face it, even if she herself would not be the one to pursue that choice.

She gives him the choice a good number of times: the wedding breakfast plan scene, the wedding day itself when she hesitates on the aisle, and the annulment offer after the butterfly scene.

Penelope defends herself softly, but truthfully: she never meant to entrap him, because she really didn’t. And Colin knows this; he would not still love her and want her if he honestly believed she wanted to entrap him. Hell, even if she did, the audience knows it’s a desire that comes from a good place: she loves him, so of course she doesn’t want to lose him. She wants to marry him, because she loves him. That’s all there is to it.

But despite knowing this (imo, anyway), we can also say that this conversation may have contributed to Colin’s downward spiral during the majority of episode 7 and 8, and why he becomes hella fucking desperate to be “useful” to her.

Because unlike himself, Penelope has now begun to entertain the idea of living a life that doesn’t include him—at least, not as her husband. Penelope is brave and strong enough to let him go due to the pain she caused him for her lies and her actions as LW, and as for Colin…well…

(I love it, it’s the same conundrum that Anthony faced in S2: Kate is strong enough to leave him behind and return to India, but Anthony…well…)

TL;DR, Colin’s entrapment line was literally an excuse he gave himself to keep his betrothal to Penelope intact. It’s a line that works in two ways simultaneously: it’s a painful, childish, underhanded thing to say in order to hurt Penelope’s feelings, to get back at her for the anguish he’s suffered. Yet at the same time, it’s also another excuse he gives himself in order to push through with the marriage, to tie Penelope to himself forever.

Because unlike Penelope, the very idea of living without her as his wife, of not having her in his life, is and always will be an impossible notion for Colin to ever entertain.

[c-rowlesdraws]

Ianthe Tridentarius watching Harrow scream and cry and throw up and tie a sword to herself with bone and commit to giving herself a lobotomy:

[itsmewahoo]

shy vs introvert

[malk-with-tea]

School is consuming 99% of my time nowadays so here are some self indulgent drawings of my fellas

[sukipershipper]

Going off of sleepfable's au, how do you think Innes talked Muir back to reality?

Ooooh gosh, I'll try my best here- I think it definitely takes during that elevator sequence but instead of killing him, Muir throws Innes down on the ground, trying to get him to stay and thrashing around as he begs Innes not to go, his whole body just writhing in pain. Innes doesn't say much at first just trying to get Muir to come down so he can talk to him and all Innes needs to do really is just gently hold Muir's head, stroking his face in comfort and letting him know he is here and he is safe. Muir is slowly starting to come to but is still struggling to gain hold of himself as he starts thrashing around. So Innes tries again, but this time he talks to Muir as well, simply reminding him of all their funny little gaffs they have on the rig, reminding him of how they met, some funny moments together, and the promise that even if Muir doesn't remember them now, he'll keep reminding him until he does and he'll stay there until he finally does. And Muir finally manages to control himself, thinking hard back through blurry memories until he finally can remember when he and Innes first met and his glazed over eyes finally regain some semblance of vision and his mind settles as he happily whispers "...Innes...y-yer 'ere..." IDK I suck at this stuff lol

[royalarchivist]

Pac: Zuko, and the other one doesn't have a name. Oh, probably she needs a nametag. Mmm, if I had one I would give to her... unfortunately I'm poor...

Fit: Oh, you’re not poor Pac! You know, you’re rich in intelligence, you came up with the cure. Like, you helped find it, so, you’re pretty damn smart as far as I’m concerned.

Pac: Thank you Fit, yeah that’s actually true. I need to have faith in me, you’re right.

[scmahou-draws]

A drone and his queen 🐝✨

[saline-coelacanth]

I wanted to make a short comic based on this moment from Chapter 11 because I just really like the exchange between Kai and Zane

[everybodyonhereisondrugs]

Howdy my fellow gays and theys, happy pride month! I wanted to share with y'all some Checkmatch that came to life in my mind while rewatching Frozen Empire with my friends! I love these tragic gays and wanted to give them the future I think they deserve, so we have this :D

I'll admit I haven't written anything in about 7 years so forgive me for being a bit rusty, but I hope you all enjoy this one regardless :)

Summary:

Phoebe is a woman of science, and if physics can explain Melody fading away, then physics can bring her back.

Alternatively:

Very loose interpretations of real science mixed with Ghostbuster science, and the three year journey of Phoebe Spengler getting her girlfriend back.

Chapters: 2/2

Fandom: Ghostbusters - All Media Types, Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply 

Relationships: Melody (Ghostbusters)/Phoebe Spengler 

Characters: Phoebe Spengler, Melody (Ghostbusters) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, Checkmatch, Mentioned Egon Spengler - Freeform, Possibly OoC character introspection?, technically this is set 3-ish years after Frozen Empire, so characters develop as they will with time, but still the ooc drop seemed relevant, i just think they're neat, and love pseudoscience, so we apply fake science to real science, And BOOM!, girlfriends like they deserve to be!, mentions of suicide but in the separate your atoms way, and gratuitous use of italics i wont lie, Whoops i accidentally made them soulmates, Soulmates 

[missclovercat]

Space and Moon

[summerturnip]

Two more character refs for art fight! These two are my beloved bird gijinkas, K.C. and Eli. They're awkward nerds just trying to make it through life.

[abellark]

a comp of drawings that I did of Nel's parents, Lucius and Marta (with cameos from baby Nel and her older half-sister, Clary)

[eveningbluemoon]

@hisjudgment

[romeowho]

season 2 eldonado warms my heart

[crystalstars64]

I'll share some Kiribbon headcanons why not:

-Ribbon was the only person Kirby ever really felt romantic feelings for

-Kirby was often the one who helped to comfort Ribbon over the corruption of Ripple star during the game (the others would also help as well, dw)

-The two wrote letters to each other after 64 to stay in contact.

-In my au, Ribbon never did kiss Kirby at the end of 64. As such, they have no idea if the other might have feelings for each other.

-Whenever Ribbon visits Popstar, Kirby lets Ribbon stay at their house

-The two are both simultaneously able to talk and hang out normally and be very flustered around each other

-Kirby made Ribbon a star necklace once, to matching with their crystal neckless

-Literally everyone else can tell these two have feelings for each other, and depending on who it is, they'll either try and help them or tease them

-They do want to confess their feelings about the other but are a bit too nervous. (They will confess one day, don't worry)

Yeah that's it for now

[autistickaitovocaloid]

Meiko + Luka in my head are like. Meiko looks kind of intimidating but she's probably just thinking about what Rin + Len might want for dinner. Meanwhile Luka's got that kind of sleepy/chilled out look but the thought bubble next to her head just has explosion stock footage in it. Do you understand my vision.