#or at least she DID before LW crossed the line w/ Marina and thus ruined all the featheringtons INCLUDING HER BEST FRIEND

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interesting that the reason her family is known as ostentatious, scandalous, charmless and unappealing is directly because of Penelope writing about her own family that way. in her very first article, she writes about her mum being tasteless and tactless and that she and her sisters are thrust upon the ton like sorrowful sows specifically because she doesn't want to be out in society and thus is doing so to remain invisible in her own self-preservation. Penelope purposefully *wants* to be unappealing, that's the whole point of the conversation in the daffodils. Eloise hates that she's under the microscope as a Bridgerton and Penelope loves the fact that she's invisible. That was their entire conversation.

I mean, it's such a headscratcher why Eloise would be upset that Penelope wrote unkind things about several women, including her sister and future sister-in-law (you know, the Eloise who told a guy that she'll never take it as a compliment when someone diminishes other women to 'elevate' her), ousted her pregnant cousin and then publicly derided her for days after, making it so she can't ever come back to the city, listened silently as Eloise vowed to find LW so she can convince her to retract her statements and return honor to the Featheringtons, broke up her budding relationship w/ Theo by gaslighting her and insisting that people already know she's seeing him, caring little to nothing about Eloise's passion for feminism and that she's in the midst of educating herself, and then exposed her as a 'political radical' instead of talking to her and coming up with a plan together

but yeah, okay, the various ways Penelope has betrayed Eloise pales in comparison to the REAL root of her upset: jealousy

Ok but Eloise is a gorgeous, popular, rich, connected and respected Bridgerton

Penelope has to fight for everything she will ever have—money, love, recognition, even basic freakin decency because she is from an ostentatious, scandalous, ridiculous looking family known for debts and scandals and charmless, unappealing daughters.

In my opinion I think Eloise’s feelings of betrayal are linked with feelings of jealousy because Penelope is actually doing something with her talent.

Penelope is heard even if she’s being heard under a pen name. Penelope has a legacy. Penelope is earning her own money independent of anyone else. AND she’s doing it all as an insipid wallflower, without help, as an unappealing Featherington.

And I think Eloise is bothered by that, even if she wants to believe her anger rests only in what Penelope wrote about her.