#that it's everyone for themselves... but fuck i liked her and eloise

[myokk]

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Oneshot:

A beetle slowly makes its way across Sebastian Sallow’s desk.

The classroom is silent - save for the scratching of quills furiously calculating the Arithmatic probability of who will be the next Minister and the quiet murmur of his professor as she helps Hobhouse (how did he even get into the N.E.W.T. level?) - and Sebastian is going absolutely mad.

He counts how many seconds it takes for the beetle to reach his abandoned quill (fifteen). But, when it takes its seventh step after making it over the quill (an auspicious sign), Sebastian slams his hand down on top of it.

The loud noise echoes through the silent classroom and Sebastian hears her snickering coming from behind him as the whole class turns to see what has happened. His ears turn red, he wishes he could jinx her somehow, and yet he is terribly curious to see what she has sent him this time. Sebastian hopes that everyone has gone back to their equations and stops staring at him, because now that it’s in his hands, his fingers are itching to open it. His hands eagerly - shamefully eager, if you ask him - unravel the note he’s crumpled up in his hands - almost a shame that he destroyed the beetle, it was one of her better creations - and Sebastian soon curses his haste.

His ears would be an even deeper shade of red were his blood not currently draining to a different part of his body. Sebastian shifts uncomfortably in his seat as he continues reading the note, his eyes flying across the tiny note once, twice, three times before he crumples it up and adds it to the graveyard of the other notes she has been sending him all day. The words fuck my soaking cunt flash up at him and he adjusts his schoolbag so that if anyone walks past and looks into it, they won’t suspect a thing.

You see, this has been going on all day. Sebastian knew that when his seventh year started, it was going to the culmination of their academic rivalry, but he never expected this. That witch has made taunting him her personal vendetta, and it’s working.

Sebastian can’t get her out of his mind.

FIC - CHAPTER 25: (honestly I might delete this scene or save it for later)

She wanted him to hate her.

Hatred wasn’t what she saw in his eyes now, though.

Almost as if she were watching herself from afar, not in control of her body, Eloise came to a stop in front of Sebastian and looked down at him. The green light was highlighting his face and he looked ethereal, otherworldly. She watched her hand reach out and touch his cheek - hesitant, unsure - and when he didn’t jerk his head away as she expected - as she deserved - she moved to sit down next to him in the tiny space. Her knees bumped into his just like their noses bumped against each other as she moved her face towards his. Still, he didn’t move away.

She felt his warm breath fan across her lips. Maybe they stayed like that, lips not-quite-touching, for an eternity; maybe it was only a second. Eloise was only aware of Sebastian’s intoxicating presence, of the way his breath hitched when she finally bridged the gap between them, of the way her heart surrendered itself to him. This kiss was nothing like what they had shared before. It was hesitant, soft, sweet. His hands came up to her face, holding her in place as he deepened the kiss.

Eloise didn’t know what had gotten into her - she was supposed to be avoiding Sebastian, hating him, and yet she couldn’t pull herself out of his embrace. She was melting into his touch, his thumbs brushing themselves down her cheeks, her neck, fingers going through her hair, over and over as if to reassure himself of her presence, his lips moving languidly against hers. Eloise sighed into his mouth, almost-smiling but not-quite: she was nervous, as complicit as he was in this kiss, maybe even more, considering she had been the one to reach out first. But then -

Sebastian pulled away from her, puzzled, his hands moving back to cup Eloise’s face. He was saying something, rough thumbs gently brushing away the thick tears rolling down her cheeks. When had she started crying?

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[fullmetal-angelgrace]

man.... poor cressida, eloise totally ditched her in her time of need :( and then her life went to shit

i was hoping for a good outcome for her story, but the writers really just shoved her back into the mean girl role to move the plot along :/

i really liked her speech to colin about how different they are because her family doesn't support her, cuz the bridgerton's make bad choices all the time that cause society to look down on them, but they always bounce back (and don't start shipping off children to the country to avoid further ridicule)

i really liked how they had all the featherington's reconcile and explicitly try to be more supportive of each other, like a whole women supporting women storyline, but then the writers fucked over cressida so horribly 😭

[moirindeclermont]

Day 25 of our BridgertonS3 Polin Kinktober arrives with a train full of... lingerie and teasing!

Also, thanks to everyone who voted in the poll The weekly prompt on here and on Threads was the winner. I'm thinking of making a list of prompts (with your contribution) and extracting the lucky four for November. What do you think? Let me know!

But for now... let's enjoy this episode (also a modern!au)!

The weekends Pen goes shopping with her friends (who are not Eloise) are the worst for him.

Not because he misses her - he does, still - but because he knows they will go into some lingerie shop, pick some outrageous set or something she knows Colin likes, and then he has to pass the entire evening in a semi state, waiting for the moment they come back at home and he can finally observe her in all her beauty.

Pen did not have a thing for lingerie before him. He likes to think this little indulgence she concedes herself from time to time is because of him and how he literally goes crazy every time he sees a piece of lingerie on her.

So, yeah, he hates those weekends, but secretly, he can't wait, the desire and lust making themselves know the moment she goes out and they will see each other in the evening at the pub. He even has to rub one in the shower because he can't seem to function otherwise.

At the pub, he and his friends are the first to arrive. Pen always comes later, going home and changing into whatever torturing device she has chosen for him. After some time, he sees her in the corner of his eye, entering the pub. Colin gulps. Pen has a beautiful green skirt that arrives mid-thigh, a black camisole and a black and green corset over it. Under the skirt, he can see the black fishnets and the heels at her feet.

Most importantly, he can see they arrive just where the skirt starts, leaving him with the impression—confirmed once Pen is situated—that they are sustained with garters, leaving a tantalizing inch of white, creamy skin for him to lose his mind.

Pen kisses him, ignoring the "bleah" of their friends - as if they haven't done the same with their respective s.o., and then they quickly engage in conversation. Colin has to take a moment. Or several.

The camisole has some buttons open, leaving him with a perfect view of her breasts pushed up from the corset. She laughs at something John said, and Colin is so hard in his pants it is almost uncomfortable. The rest of the evening is a blur as Pen keeps teasing him, pushing his hand on her thighs, drawing his attention to her tits, licking her lips. By the time they go home, he is sure he is walking funny and grateful she waited for everyone to get up before they did it themselves.

The walk home is good, mainly because the fresh air makes him more lucid. Barely, though. The moment they step home, he helps her remove the coat, and he can't help but grope her bum.

"Go in our bedroom, Colin... I'll arrive in a minute."

He almost runs to the bedroom, causing Pen to laugh at his eagerness. He sits on the edge of the bed when Pen arrives, doing a little catwalk that has immediate consequences for him.

She has removed just the camisole, so now he has the most gorgeous view ever. Pen knows. She is teasing him still. She sits on his lap and kisses him deeply. "Hello, gorgeous," she says to him as he grabs her bum.

He goes down to her knees, expecting to feel her garters, then skin and then her thong or slip - whatever is fine with him - but instead, it's just skin and skin until he feels the garter belt. Fuck. Is she?

She is smirking. Fuck.

She stands up, removing the skirt and he can see her pu5sy bare. She turns around, so he can see her bum as well, and he curses out loud this time.

"Did you remove it just now?" he asks, breathless.

She doesn't answer, just goes near him, open his zips and takes his lenght out of his boxers, giving a pump for good measure.

Then she stay above him, ready for the next part.

"No, Colin. I was bare the entire time. Since I've arrived at the pub, I wanted you to put a finger on me. I was hoping..." and she lowers herself slowly, the tip now touching her soaked entrance, "I was hoping you would take me on your lap so that you could fxck me slowly."

She lowers even further until she is sitting on him again.

"Naughty girl, in front of our friends?" he lightly spanked her ass, making her moan. She nods, starting to move up and down on his dick.

He assists her effort with his hands, guiding the movements as he looks at her breasts, now bouncing. She smiles at him, clearly enjoying herself, and then, with a quick movement, she snaps the hooks, and the corset falls, leaving her in heels and garters. He grunts at that vision, and with a swift motion, he picks her up, turns them around, puts Pen on the bed, lifts her legs up and then drives in her again, causing her to gasp loudly.

From there, it takes only a few minutes for both of them to irgasm, both to be aroused to last long. He collapses on her side, kissing her deeply.

"You are going to kill me one day," he says. She smiles at him, love clear on her face, as she removes the garters. Colin stops her.

"Give me ten minute to recover, I'm going to fuck you again with those on."

Pen doesn't answer. She simply lies down on her side, lifts a leg, making it rest on his stomach, and then starts to rub it on him slowly.

He curses again.

"Ok, make it five minutes," causing her to laugh at him before kissing him, full of love.

[blarglemuffin]

Hot take:

Eloise needed to own up to the fact that she was a very shit friend to Penelope before they could truly be friends again.

Minor spoilers for s3p2

I will be forever mad that it seemed like all the apologizing was on Penelope’s end. Pen never even tried to call her out or take her to task on her shitty behavior. Eloise really only liked the sound of her own voice that she couldn’t hear anyone else’s.

“Penelope is looking for a husband? That is so unlike her” NO, it is unlike YOU. Eloise was too busy projecting her ideals onto Penelope and was too offended by her comment of being a “pretty Bridgerton”, she couldn’t be bothered to realize that Penelope had plenty of her own ideals; finding love, realizing her own dreams.

“How long have you had feelings for my brother?” If she was even half as observant and/or sensitive TO HER SO-CALLED BEST FRIEND, she would have realized this years ago.

Part of being a friend is actually being there for said friend. Thinking that someone should perfectly align themselves with your way of thinking with little to no consideration to the other’s thoughts and feelings is toxic. I know this first-hand because I had this kind of friend. Everyone had to defer to them on just about every matter and didn’t seem to care about how anyone else felt.

And then Eloise just fucks off to Scotland to find herself? Sure, whatever, maybe it will give her a wakeup call and treat Pen better but I would still like to hear her actually say it.

[loveisnotfinite]

Goodmorning (for some of you) and what a good morning indeed. Wanted to share my uncontrollable enthusiasm for ep 5 and so just for the sake of going all crazy together, some spoilery thoughts.

I woke up thinking that all of Colin’s lines from ep 5 (as many of you had forseen joking about it during the last month) come straight from the book titled “I am in love with Penelope and I am going to make it everyone’s problem”.

Just listing with a few silly, short commentary cause alas I have a dog to walk, a kid to send to school, a husband calling, a life to move forward, but this somehow feels rather important 🤣

- ABC chat.

Thunderbolt book quote, blending smoothly. I LOVED IT. Benedict’ loving melting face? 10 out of 10.

- Eloise and Colin.

Dialogue going as follows: I love Pen. That’s a fact. Marrying the girl. Gonna have a bunch of kids. Deal with it. Thank you, bye. A man that owns his unhinged firmness is the new turn on. Period.

- Colin VS Portia.

Orgasmic is the only word that comes to mind.

Dialogue going as follows: Shut the fuck up about my Penelope, you evil bitch, I am declaring my love to the for winds, climbing a mountain later to shout it from up above but in the meantime remember I would give my life for her and I will take yours in the process if you don’t behave lady. Roar.

BONUS: Nic’s portrayal of Pen’s feelings just mindblowing. Hand her an Emmy now.

- Engagement party.

Colin’s speech basically going like this. Clears throat. Attention please. Love is in the air. Loved her always. Remember that times we were kids? Too stupid to see it. I love love love you. *getting stuck, adoring eyes” whoever has a problem with it, I will duel with you later. Thank you for coming, enjoy your evening.

PERSONAL NOTE: can’t wait to send everybody to go fuck themselves today, sorry but it’s true, shut the curtains, get on my couch, and have a marathon.

[fantasticalleigh]

thoughts on bridgerton season 3 part 2

MASSIVE spoilers ahead, i'm really annoyed so this is going to come out very salty!

TLDR: this season was largely a disappointment. part 1 is better than part 2.

-i've said it before and i'll say it again: this is an ensemble show that ultimately suffers for how large its cast is, how short each season is, how cheap netflix is, and how poor the writing is. the actors are great and do well with what they're given. the stories in and of themselves are largely compelling. but they need space and time to be told properly. eight episodes between 10+ characters is not enough.

-unhinged/in love colin from the books was sorely missed. the book is problematic yadda yadda but i prefer it at this point. instead for pretty much three out of four episodes in part two, he was just angry or sad and that was it. he felt so flat.

-i find it hilarious that debling just fucked off after rejecting penelope. he didn't even stick around to try and court cressida, who was clearly more than willing to take penelope's place?? he literally could have solved all her problems and that could have saved an incredible amount of screen time that should have gone to Colin/Penelope.

-i love the way they bridged portia and penelope's relationship. also to a lesser degree, her sisters. prudence not being so cunty anymore was nice but felt a little off, i think she needed more screentime with pen to show that she finally realizes what a bad sister she was and that she's genuinely sorry. one quick little comment "i was being honest" (or whatever it was) to me, didn't feel like enough. but i'm still glad they came around.

-violet/marcus and by extension, agatha. i'm glad violet and agatha finally had a heart to heart/ conversation that was about them and not the young people. when they affirmed that they were there for each other no matter what and used each other's given names? precious. i teared up. i love their friendship. (also don't come at me for what may have happened during Queen Charlotte bc i never finished it lol)

-the queen is probably my least favorite character. she used to have funny/kind moments but now it feels like she is just rude and dismissive and mean towards everyone. i can't even like her in a GirlBoss way because all we see from season to season is how other people manipulate her. Agatha manipulates her. Grimsby manipulates her. Lady Whistledown manipulates her. she was kind for francesca for a couple of days and then went sour when she realized francesca chose someone else. i get that she's jaded from season 2 but idk i don't enjoy her scenes at all anymore. she crashes the wedding breakfast to accuse the bridgertons, belittles the Mondriches ball at the start, complains/belittles all the debutants trying to impress her, doesn't care about the events being hosted in her honor. i loved her in seasons 1-2 but now she's just boring and one note.

-eloise finally admitted she was reckless/in the wrong about the Theo situation. that was nice. and she finally admitted befriending cressida was a poor choice. do i sense character growth at last?? but i'm still a little unhappy about how rudely she ditched Cressida once she and Penelope made up. Hey, this new friend of yours is distraught because of her shit home life and is about to be married off to some old, austere codger and you literally don't care? i genuinely felt so bad for cressida. she is a creature pushed into a corner lashing out for any way to escape and nobody (understandably, bc she makes bad choices) wants to help her. but eloise keeps saying that cress surprised her with how she was the only one to show her kindness when she was a social outcast and now the same is happening to Cressida and yet instead of repaying the favor, Eloise abandons her.

Eloise even goes so far to say that Cressida used her. Did she not also use Cressida? She admitted she befriended her to be petty towards Penelope. And she clearly stuck with Cressida out of boredom/reluctance to mingle with the other ladies their age because she found them beneath her. Eloise is still a hypocrite. I thought she'd taken a step forward but she's in the same place.

did cressida deserve help? not particularly considering the blackmail/fake identity, history of bullying. but does she also deserve to be married off like that and cut off like that by her asshole dad? also no.

with all that talk about running away i genuinely was rooting for C to run away, but i'm disappointed it didn't happen. i guess it makes sense within her character--she's always been a caged creature--i don't think running away ever came to mind, even if she didn't want to be shipped off to Wales with her aunt. she's strong but doesn't (yet) have the resolve/ferocity of someone like marina who was willing to run away with colin to elope in gretna green.

frankly i found cressida's story the most compelling in season 3 so far.

-benedict. if i have to watch ONE more sex scene for Ben i'm going to scream. wowwee, he had another threesome! and no more queerbaiting--he finally had sex with a man! <--that part is at least noteworthy for his character--but genuinely--i don't really care when his only storyline this season is that all he does is have sex. there are far more compelling stories needing attention right now and yet we get another freaking sex barrage with benedict. Colin and Penelope were robbed here and i don't think it's unreasonable to be annoyed that a B-tier ensemble character got more sexy time than them. and for what purpose? all we get out of ben's enlightenment is that it's ok to be gay and that he's not ready for serious commitment. which is fine and dandy except that that was already drilled into our heads since season 1. i feel like my time was wasted here because i already watched him do the same damn things over and over for THREE SEASONS by now.

AND FOR THAT MATTER:

if they really wanted to show any sense of growth for benedict they could have had him be brutally honest to Tilley and say something like:

"I'm having fun with our arrangement. I am open to seriously committing to someone someday...but I don't think you are that person."

what a world of a difference that would make, wouldn't it? it would show he's coming closer to being ready to meet Sophie but that he's still not quite ready to give up his old ways. i truly believe his season is next and frankly it wouldn't feel so insulting to watch his repetitive storyline if they had written better dialogue in that ONE scene.

(Jess + Shonda, I'm available any time if you want to talk.)

-T.S's You Belong with Me playing during a fucking wedding scene was a choice. All the options in the world and you pick a song about high school jealousy??? Babydoll I could pick five better options off my general playlist. across all three seasons, there's been so many bad cover choices imo.

-Coldplay's Yellow being Polin's song was an actual choice I will salute. Beautiful moment.

-the whole whistledown speech at the end where pen reveals herself was extremely flat to me and left me so bloody disappointed. someone brought this up on reddit and i agree so hard it hurts--why wasn't colin up there by her side? book colin would have VAULTED up over everyone just to be there with her and protect her. instead we get mopey Colin watching her from below. i need to rewatch it again but it felt like there was hardly any reaction from the ton to her speech. it felt like they shrugged their shoulders when she was finished and resumed the ball. my mouth was agape at that--you're telling me not one of the attendees would have rushed up and said "omg it was you??" "how did you do it?" "i can't believe it!" or something to that effect. the bridgertons already had that reaction so it would've been effective for literally anyone in the ton to show some amazement.

-ngl, i also feel quite cheated that Penelope was never celebrated in the way she deserved. yes, she got her wedding and the man she always wanted--but creating/maintaining the Whistledown enterprise is a huge accomplishment. individually there was praise from those closest to her but really there was such a huge element of shame and punishment surrounding it that really bothered me. yeah, she said some mean things but she did it because she was severely neglected/ostracized from her own community. there was no acknowledgment of that at all (that i can recall. once again i should do a rewatch but whatever) and that pains/angers me. not one person beside her mother took a moment to think or say, 'i treated you badly and caused you pain. i'm sorry.' instead they just focused on making penelope apologize again and again when she had only reacted from years of pain, which nobody even deigned to acknowledge.

wasn't there a moment in the book when she gets some applause after her revelation? am i misremembering? but in the show it was like nobody gave a fuck because ooh butterflies! which was...so stupid lol. bless you though, phillippa. penelope single-handedly contributed to the entertainment of the ton for years and exposed awful people even if she made fun of others. characters frequently and often complained if her issue was one day late and debated her true identity and so when she finally reveals herself there's no applause? no true reaction? were they all asleep? what the fuck? that scene was shocking at how badly executed it was. it was rushed and it showed.

-also, WHY choose to have Colin learn Penelope is Lady Whistledown in episode six? I hate this because it crams all the drama in the last two episodes and makes everything feel rushed and frantic. he should have found out in episode three or four and i'll die on that hill. for that matter, his refusal to understand that Whistledown was Penelope's life's work and greatest achievement/power was so annoying. In the book he came around to it pretty fast and yet here it dragged on for way too long. everyone wanted her to give Whistledown up until it benefited them.

-editing to add a huge gripe i have with post-production:

for the love of god, go easy on the filters. the artificial blues and yellows are killing me. in twilight, it was camp. it was great. it does not translate well here. also, have y'all noticed how HEAVILY they blur the backgrounds??? there was one scene with colin and penelope in the garden and every time the camera focuses on one of their faces from over the other's shoulder (they were both seated) the background is blurred heavily. it looks bad!!! stop doing that!!! the backgrounds lend to the vibe! it genuinely makes the show look like crap when i notice that happening. it makes them look like they're using the green screen filter on tik tok. STOP. IT.

(seriously, imagine Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice, the scene where Elizabeth is on the rocky plains and or she and her aunt and uncle are sitting at the base of that enormous tree--all that gorgeous scenery, remember that? now slap the Bridgerton filter over it so it's all one massive ugly blur. does that mental image fill you with rage? GOOD.)

-i didn't cover this in the prev. post but in part 1, the whole runaway balloon scene was Not Good. Why a balloon? the danger that poses is not that great--why not a runaway horse? there was too much sense of danger to the actual threat posed by a freaking basket. also the way penelope acted in that scene felt very very out of character for her and i hate rewatching it, even if colin looks very dashing while holding the rope. ugh.

-polin's main sex scene was beautiful. i feel kind of disappointed that everything else we got was less than a minute long and not in a weird way. it just feels a fair amount of the promo we got from Nic and Luke was hinting at the sex scenes and yet we got very little in actuality. i keep seeing people talk about there being a minutes long montage of them and yet it got cut. but in season one we got a LOT (imo too many sex scenes between daphne and simon). there were too many side stories happening this season and i'm sure that contributed to that, but there is also a whisper in the back of my mind that tells me that maybe showrunners felt the need to overly pad this season with storylines because they either didn't feel like nicola and luke could carry it alone or because they didn't care.

-i'm really glad genevieve got more scenes here, especially with penelope. their friendship is really nice and it's sad/sweet that penelope chose to spend her last night before her wedding with her, because apparently her mother/sisters didn't plan anything for her.

-frencesca/john. i have no stake in this game since i haven't read their book yet, as i've mentioned before. they're cute together but i'm not invested. they should have gotten married way earlier imo because all the "we need to tip toe around the queen bc she hates us :( but we want to marry now" went on too long and got boring. the michaela thing doesn't bother me but i understand why fans are upset about it.

-polin felt like a side character in part 2. i feel like their scenes went by way too quickly and their screentime was so sparse to the point of legitimately becoming annoying. colin spent most of it mad and penelope spent most of it crying/trying to explain herself. they had hardly any truly happy moments together.

-kanthony was adorable.

-"i love you."

"...are you sure?"

dear reader, my heart split in two. they did a really really good job with showing penelope's self-doubt and low confidence thanks to years of neglect and ridicule and doubt from her mother. when colin stood up for her to her mother and she looked so shocked, my heart broke again for her. poor pen, i just wanted to hold her. when violet and hyacinth hugged penelope after colin announced their engagement i wanted to cry bc poor pen is so starving for positive affirmations/love that just those hugs where enough to overwhelm her.

-also lady danbury saying that she had suspected Pen was whistledown was amazing. i love that she acknowledged her and her love for the bridgertons....but i'm still really upset that they nixed her and penelope's friendship/mentorship that was in the books. she was busy with her own storyline what with violet and marcus and sure it still worked but that was a relationship i was so excited to see in the show...and they didn't even try adapting it except for like, three lines at the very end. >:( hello 911? we've been ROBBED.

(i keep editing this to add more but this is another gripe i have that will not let me rest:

ALSO ALSO ALSO:

i've noticed over seasons 1-2 that the main romantic couple has one dance set to the bridgerton theme song.

in season one, daphne and simon dance to the theme song in episode 2 or 3 (the one where daphne says "and we must try to look like we enjoy each other's company" and simon replies stiffly but then they giggle and laugh all through it which was so cute

in season two, kate and anthony dance to it in the second to last episode where they're dancing with the rest of the bridgertons and lady danbury at the ball they threw that nobody came to. the subtitles say it's a country rendition (whatever that means) of the theme song but they are involved in the dance so it counts.

when i noticed this i thought it was such a cute touch and was anxiously waiting for Penelope and Colin to get their moment.

...instead benedict dances to the bridgerton theme song with Lady Tilley? who he clearly isn't going to end up with? wtf?? and it doesn't even work in the context of the scene because it's a wholesome tune and yet she's dancing like she wants to eat him alive? sigh.

i'm just an old man yelling at clouds now but i wish the writing in this show was better so badly because it meets expectations but it's so frustrating because it can be so much better. let the show breathe! thin out the cast. really pick and choose who gets airtime, because it's precious and you anger your viewers when you waste it.

i will rewatch the season in full at some other point, but i'm too annoyed now. there is much more i want to talk about but this is long enough for now. i will say that at this point i'm not even sure i want to continue watching beyond this season.

(the playlist thing really got me thinking so to prove my point:)

FIVE SONGS THAT ARE A BETTER CHOICE FOR POLIN'S WEDDING DANCE THAN A FUCKING T.S SONG:

-a world alone-lorde (the lyrics are perfect even if they wouldn't be used in an orchestral version)

-little of your love-haim ( perfect choice for the scene imo bc it's very happy and upbeat for a cute wedding dance bit)

-all this and heaven too-florence and the machine

or fuck, if you wanted to make it into a really emotional rather than joyous moment go with dog days are over and it would be a banger with the proper editing bc that song is universal and punches up the emotions any times it's used.

-burning-maggie rogers

-save a kiss--jessie ware

ORRRRR to make it a lil steamy:

-adore you--jessie ware (this would also be perfect ngl)

and i'm not even biased to any of these, i literally just scrolled down my general playlist on spotify and picked them based on the vibes.

[faiseuse-d-histoires]

https://www.tumblr.com/antipolin/754838161343037440/idk-why-so-many-people-are-saying-that-penelope?source=share

So Pen deserve DEATH??!!! For fucking gossip??? For the truth about awful people ( except eloise, she is not awful). Are you really liking this post??? And then you try to seem such a girls girl ??? Hahahaha pleasee!! You are liking a post from a bad person who harrass real people and wish death for a fat white girl only because she is fat. Is this real?? I know Pen doesnt exist but this show how she and you. And 9 more people at least would react to real people just pointing out hiw bitchy you are ( marina) and dont tell how you all must treat fat womab in real life. I dont want to jump into you in the streets. Please tell me, do you shot out at fat girls in the street to go to hell??? Im curious

Of course you won't answer this cuz you are a coward and you wish death to a fat girl

Sweetie, why do you have to stalk a blog for weeks like that, when it's clear you don't like what you see? Why look through an anti's post's comment section? Through the likes of a person you seem to dislike?

Anti Polin does not harass real people. Does not judge people on their bodies. I do not. That would be you, dear.

It's useless to explain patiently to you why one does not like a character's actions and show treatment, you are so focused on the body, full of hatred and self-pity that you can't see any nuances. You don't even like plus size persons, from the messages you sent me. You limit them to their bodies, you make all kinds of remarks about their appearances (and frankly disgusting ones).

That's indeed a spirale, but that's your work to do, to get out of it.

There's a healthy end to that: block. I would do that for your sake, but I don't know who you are. Care to enlighten me? (Or if you could just follow that advice, that'd be even better. I would think: yes! They did it themselves, on their own! They grew up! They began their way to healing! They have a life! You go anon!)

But at this moment? Nah, you don't.

How disappointing. How lacking in character development.

I see you're not one to bear silence. You want a fight. But this fight, you will never win. Not only because you are fighting the wrong persons, but you are fighting with blinkers full on.

Are you Don Quixote? No? Another disappointment.

Know that harassing people anonymously about them not liking a character won't make these people like you, or your fave. It doesn't make you right. Far from it.

I came from wanting Penelope to have a realistic ending, where she at least has to face the consequences, face the people she hurt and try to make it right, to simply not standing her show counterpart because of fans like you that want to impose their views and are all insults, but without any true engagement behind it.

No Show Penelope? No problem. That's be sometimes 4 asks by day less by the same no life anon for me to delete.

The problem is not me, darling. I like what i like, answer what i answer, but don't impose it on you. You impose it on yourself. You do you, focusing on the body, victimizing yourself when you are the bully in the situation.

If there is a true fatphobic and nasty coward here, I would say you quite gave all the proofs to everyone who saw and received your hateful words.

You need to stop hurting yourself that way, dear hate anon. Right here, I can hear any person that could have bullied you laughing, because while you are hiding behind anonymity to stalk and harass people who don't even know you, they are thriving. You became the bully, alongside them.

Your loss, their win.

Now a good twist would be: you block and decide that harassment will get you nowhere, and you win.

Signed: one of the nasty bitches you visibly can't seem to get enough of.

[bohemian-nights]

The lengths this fandom is going to try to prove that Masali isn’t Sophie. Mind you, there’s a confirmed casting call for Sophie that completely aligns with her. Saying they need an actress for one episode to eventually lead the next season. A BLACK actress like hello? And Masali totally matches what they’re looking for. If she’s not her, she’s not, but I know she ain’t Michael. This gender bent Michael stuff, it has to go…. I actually despise this fandom because all of that is laced in antiblackness and if they read Francesca’s story, it wouldn’t work that Michael gets gender bent. Why is there a random person on Reddit trying to convince us of this? Apparently they know a friend…a friend who would surely have to sign an NDA, who could potentially risk their job. I also don’t think this person knows of all the evidence that we do have that supports Masali as Sophie. And it’s not stuff from Reddit, because we know they hate for her to be Sophie. Once she’s announced, I’m dragging all of them. Is it worth it? Probably not, but if no one is getting to check them at least once for their blatant antiblackness, it will be me!

People really are showing their whole ass.

It’s sad as fuck that they really want anyone, but a Black woman playing Sophie. Which is why you have someone lying on Reddit about how Michael is now “Michaela”(such a stupid name) and she’s the one everyone suspects is being played by the Black girl. While contradicting themselves cause they admitted to not knowing who Masali even was.

Also mind you if what they were saying is true and that casting call was for gender bent Michael that casting call also said that the role was the lead for the next season.

Which would mean that they would be speeding up Francesca’s season(when there is the whole John situation to contend with) by skipping over Benedict’s season once again as well as skipping over Eloise’s season to do some love story no one wants.* Except the racist idiots who can’t stand the thought of seeing a Black woman get a HEA with a man they desire.

[mcrcki]

** CLOSED **

i scream, you scream, we all scream for the corn. it's my favorite time of year : the halloween event !! it's gonna be hell, but we're all here together. if you're scared in the maze, we can hold hands or something, but you're gonna have to like this for plots !! or reply for starters , since this is a combination plotting call and starter call! the cap is three starters per writer, so i can get through everyone, and you HAVE TO SPECIFY or i'll literally ignore you i'm so sorry but i will! below you'll get a vibe check for all my babes of how they're feeling in the corn, if they were going in willingly or dragged, as well as potential plots! ** in the meantime about pre event prep : i will be going through and dropping so many threads unless they are plot relevant. if i drop something that you wanted to keep, let me know, but otherwise we can pick things back up in the corn!

branwen || acotar ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - willingly, thought it'd be fun really, but immediately freaking out and having a bad time. she tried to fly out instantly, but couldn't and somehow that has only made it worse. doesn't know how to fight, and will be hiding in the corn potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, the person she went into the maze with, someone to help her calm down, someone who can keep her safe, friends :)))

starters : rhysand, amren, emily fields

daniela dimitrescu || resident evil : village ( 1 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - willingly, every time something wild happens in the city, dani is there. they absolutely love this shit and will become a horror of the maze. come have fun with them and enjoy the scary shit. or get fucked up by her idk, your call :)) potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, as well as murdering, who she went into the maze with, other villains, people she can torment, someone to get her to Chill Out

starters : felicia hardy

elain archeron || acotar ( 2 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - dragged in via magic, there was no way anyone was going to talk her into going in there. she has a bad feeling about that place, and honestly i wanna play with elain's seer abilities so i think she's starting to see things again and will not!! be going in there!! until the magic drags her in potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming , someone to find her freaking out, someone she has a vision about, a group of people that she can stick with to stay safe, maybe someone she saves

starters : eloise bridgerton, princess tiana

kaya dura || star wars ( 2 / 5 )

they/she pronouns - willingly, thought it'd be fun to take their mind off things, now they wish they were unaware again nvm. would actually like to leave very quickly, this is bad and they are still just getting used to their memories again. will be full on jedi knight vibes though, putting themselves in harms way to keep others safe etc etc potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming , whoever they went into the maze with, people they can keep safe, someone to help them because i know they're gonna get their ass kicked

starters : kasil monsula, heather chandler

leia organa || star wars ( 5 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - dragged in, WHY TF COULDN'T THIS HAPPEN WHILE SHEEV WAS IN CHARGE WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN WHEN SHE'S BACK IN CHARGE there was no way leia was going into that maze, not at all, not until the magic fully dragged her in there and now she's stuck and would very much like to leave. she's not good being ?? captured. but will do her best to keep her family and the citizens she comes across safe. nervous about using the force at all since Everything™ but she's trying potential plots ➛ someone who was there when she got dragged into the maze, people she can save

starters : mags flannagan, patia por'co, han solo, angelica schyler, breha organa

louise vance || harry potter ( 2 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - willingly, LITERALLY RAN IN THERE THOUGHT ItD BE FUN. *narrator voice* "it was not fun". starting to wonder if you actually need magic to survive this city, how is it more dangerous than back home?? will be doing whatever they can to find their siblings and making a run for it even if it's useless. potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, whoever they went into the maze with, someone to find them trying to fight off a monster with a pocket knife, friends to make the best of this shitty situation

starters : emmeline vance, jin ling

marlene mckinnon || harry potter ( 5 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - willingly, went in to "check it out" thinks she can keep ppl safe from inside, say it with me : delulu. truly out here thinking they can just fight their way through all of this and they sure as fuck cannot. please someone come watch her get humbled potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, whoever they went into the maze with, people they can keep safe, someone who can help her when she gets in over her head

starters : stitch, fliss mckinnon, james potter, lily evans, dorcas meadowes

morrigan || acotar ( 2 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - dragged in, saw her other friends were in there and like hell was she letting any of them go in alone. will be trying to stick close to all of them, main focus is finding the inner circle cause if someone gets hurt and she can't help, she'll flip. this place sucks pls why cant she winnow out, please someone give her a shot she needs it potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, someone who was there when she got dragged in, people also wanting to get drunk in the maze, people who need help

starters : laudna, tamlin

omega || star wars ( 4 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - willingly, RAN IN THERE, she loves halloween pls this looked fun and now it's hell and where the fuck is their bow. they really just thought it'd be fun and they could have a little haunted maze fun and now they're pretty sure they're gonna die in here. potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, whoever they went DRAGGED into the maze, who wants to fight gritty with them

starters : jill roberts, freddie fecilier, hunter, mouse honrada

pj halliwell || charmed '98 ( 3 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - willingly, but will tell you they were dragged in, went to have some spooky fun and now they're saving the innocent !!! isnt that just the way!! potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, if you need help she's your gal, someone they dragged into this

starters : tamora mitchell, melinda halliwell, childe

rosemary winters || resident evil : village ( 2 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - dragged in, you couldn't catch rose in that maze for a million bucks, that had BAD VIBES and now they're stuck!!!!!!!!! will be FREAKING out , seriously they were okay , they didn't want to be here and now they have to use their powers again when all they want is to be Normal potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming , someone they can use their powers to help (or harm by accident), whoever dragged them in, someone to join her in being A Coward for a little bit

starters : mia winters, evie winters

rowena ravenclaw || harry potter ( 4 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - dragged in, tbh she thinks she'd be able to solve the maze too easily so she didn't think it'd be any fun to actually go in and make the builders feel bad. but now that she's in here she's so intrigued by the magic she isn't even scared she just wants to study it. like a nerd. potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, whoever dragged her in, people she can talk to about being so interested in this place, or someone she can talk out of being scared

starters : hunter, slyvie slytherin, salazar slytherin, calleigh duquesne

sella palpatine || star wars ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - willingly, PLEASE ONE NORMAL DATE JUST ONE, she thought it'd be a cute fall date, take some cute instagram pictures with allana, kiss in the corn a little and just have a cute moment BUT NOOOOOOOOOO potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, people she can be a coward with, someone to help her figure out how to shoot a gun lmao, someone who will let her hide behind them

starters : sion val palpatine, allana solo, soren palpatine

sophie hatter || howl's moving castle ( 3 / 5 )

she/they pronouns - dragged in, this sucks, they hate it, they want to go home why did they let themselves get talked into going into this!!!! they just immediately got lost and now are stuck here!!!!! their sense of direction is AWFUL and now they're paying for it. pls help potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, people who are also lost, someone who has a way better sense of direction than her, someone they can help with reassuring mom vibes

starters : james norrington, gu zi, qi rong

tatum riley || scream '96 ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - dragged in, no way in hell you could have gotten her into that maze without bribery. and will be spending the whole time going "i told you so" to this whole place being scary and spooky as hell potential plots ➛ whoever dragged her into this, people she can yell at, other people who are not trusting of any of this, someone who wants to fight monsters with her

starters : sam carpenter, billy loomis, dewey riley

vesta starkos || star wars ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - willingly, this seemed fun and now that it's scary??? THATS EVEN BETTER. will be a menace to everyone they bump into. will try to fight every monster, genuinely just having a great time like the menace of a child they are. potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, someone they can bully for being "scared" , people they can fight, anyone who wants to fight them etc

starters : kaiden monsula, qui gon jinn, gabriel

victoria sutherland || twilight ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - willingly, mainly went in bc it's easy to grab a bite in these kinds of places. hide a body in the corn, who's gonna know. now is just bored, she doesn't really want to get into any big fights and will mainly be avoiding the monsters by just being a monster herself potential plots ➛ open to murder or maim, people who make this seem more fun for her

starters : bree tanner, laurent da revin, anne sutherland

violet sorrengail || fourth wing ( 4 / 5 )

she/her pronouns - willingly, okay she made a bad call going into this place!!! she thought it'd be chill and fun and now it's ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING BUT but it's fine, we're fine, they've trained for this????? it'll be fine. potential plots ➛ open for death and maiming, someone she can help, people she can freak out with before finding an actual solution

starters : ki yuri, nami, xaden riorson, jeon pildo

[golbrocklovely]

since this anon kinda gets into some bridgerton spoilers, i'm gonna put it behind a keep reading so in case you haven't seen it yet, nothing is spoiled for yall :)

i'm gonna make a whole post on my feelings for part one bc omg i have so many, but i'll go into some detail about how i feel now.

BOOK SPOILERS ARE IN HERE (so if you don't want to know anything at all about this season/book, turn back now)

i was interested to see how things played out with eloise and pen strictly bc in the books, since LW has been doing it for so long, eloise isn't all that upset at finding out about pen being her.

but in the show, i was curious to see how they would make el and cressida work. and i think it sort of works. but my whole thing is, i can't stand c. like i get why she acts the way she does, but compare her to pen who is basically in the same situation.

pen also comes from a family that is mean to her and doesn't treat her well. she is also in competition with the ladies of the ton (and not only them but her own sisters at one point) to find a man, and yet she isn't mean. she doesn't pick on others to make herself feel bigger. her and c are basically one in the same, but the difference is that pen is internal with her negativity while c boasts herself as something more while simultaneously not feeling like she measures up.

this obviously brings into the question LW, but i think in a way pen isn't really saying anything the ton isn't already thinking. she's just making it widely known. in a way, she's the gossiper for all ppl - the rich and poor. so while yes, she can be mean in the LW columns, she's really only saying what everyone was saying to her and around her. and even then, she's also bringing herself down by reporting on herself and her family, which puts her in even more negative withstanding.

i kinda wish they would have kept c mean just for the sake of being mean, not have the audience try and pity her in a way. i think it would have been more entertaining if she was just rude bc she was never taught to be nice, rather than it being a desperate ploy to get a man before everyone else while being deeply insecure. idk. in my own personal experience, while you have bullies that are bullied themselves, which is why they act the way they do, some ppl are just destined to be dicks lol

and pen will definitely reveal herself as LW to colin, and probably her family and the bridgerton family. but i don't see it being shared with the rest of the ton only bc that kinda defeats the purpose of the show. in the books, there is the whole carriage scene, but then she continues being LW even tho colin thought they both agreed to her stopping it then and there. but regardless of that (since that won't work in the show), i think she'll reveal it right before they get married, and some form of drama will occur.

also.. and don't take my word for this since it hasn't been confirmed or anything, but i heard there's gonna be another carriage scene so……… maybe we'll get that from the books after all lol

(plus the mirror scene... plus an apparent montage of them fucking so............... i'm sat and ready)

as for what's gonna happen in part two, i have seen some spoilers so i won't say them since i highly doubt you want to be spoiled, but from the little preview they did show (plus some bts i've seen that has been going around twitter from some news network that went on the set to film them do part 2) i think like the books c is gonna confess to being LW and that's what makes pen pass out. and then she's gonna try to counter c with her own LW column calling her out, and then she'll get caught by colin. i think a variation of that is gonna play out.

i'm just hoping that by the end her and eloise are friends again. bc their scenes in this first half… i literally cried twice. especially at the "would you like to come up" part. it just hits a bit close to home in a way for me.

i just can't wait for what's gonna happen. like i need this second half NOW.

[zalrb]

lol edwina is better than me - bridgerton 2.06 review

 1. Like, this is what I mean, they’re getting Edwina ready for the wedding and I’m supposed to feel bad for Kate helping her sister prepare to marry the man she loves but all I keep thinking about is you’re letting your mother go on and on about how Anthony adores Edwina and you KNOW it’s not true, lmao, that is fucked up, sis.

2. And fucking Anthony, man, “YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR PASSIONS AND ADVENTURES BUT I AM FIRSTBORN” no one made you choose to propose to Edwina. YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE.

3. I’m laughing so hard because of how unlikable I find the heroes because of this entire situation. Like get together and fuck off, please.

4. Like a storyline that does this better is actually Jonah and Amy in Superstore. And even though Kelly got fucked over and didn’t deserve it at all and Jonah was pretty terrible to her in how negligent he was, the situation between him and Amy was constructed so well and the obstacles were organic and realistic that it did what Bridgerton is trying to do which is love/feelings is complicated, people get hurt even when no one intends that etc.

5. I just do not care about Penelope.

6. Look at our mouse, all dressed up

7. “I’ve gone too far down this road to turn back now” a road you put yourself on! LMAO.

8. Honestly, Kanthony are Bridgerton’s Olitz and obviously they end up together but at this point I’m like, you two don’t deserve your ending, lmao.

9. I swear to god, if Daphne does another speech about love and feelings...

10. *sigh* “You can choose to be happy” yadda yadda

11. What expression is this supposed to be?

12. omg guuuuuuuuys, he’s fantasizing about marrying kate with no one in the pews looking at them because he’d marrying her for love and not for the expectations of others. SYMBOLISM.

13. Can we speed this along?

14. And I know that when he puts the bracelet on Kate it’s supposed to be THEY JUST CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES, THEY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER, THEY JUST EXUDE THEIR PASSION but I’m just like I’m sorry if I was Edwina, everyone is dying. Like this would be me

(context: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnkEk0gPJbE)

15. And Edwina being the one to run away from the altar doesn’t make it any better.

16. Honestly, Edwina, go off.

17. Kate throwing off the bangles and crying. I don’t care.

18. Colin, you have no personality but you and I agree when it comes to Eloise

19. That is Colin, right?

20. Frustrated Mouse

21. They’re trying to frame Anthony in a better light by being “honest” with her in that he never says he loves Edwina and that Kate would be a thorn removed from their life but I’m just like you’re continuing to lie to her.

22. “So you plan to cease to help her and hide in a closet as she ruins her life” you didn’t. have. to propose to her. You complete and utter dick.

23. I needed to see this

because her constantly talking about it just seems passive aggressive. With Amy, we see how she puts others before herself, when she finds money in the store instead of using it for a spa day which Jonah tells her to do, she spends it on the store so everyone can enjoy the break room; when all she wants to do is eat frozen pizza and watch TV after a week of double shifts, Adam can’t watch their kid and she has to give that up to do it, she constantly looks out for Cheyenne, she constantly has to keep the store from going under, and then we see how Jonah and her friendship then her relationship to Jonah is something for her but we also see how she’s risk-adverse and doesn’t like change and how that organically keeps her from communicating her feelings, like this is just, this isn’t doing it for me.

24. Lol Edwina deserves better.

25. Eloise and Theo, how predictable. If a white woman tells a man off they’re probably going to be romantically linked.

26. Kanthony kiss. Yay. Finally. About time. Whatever.

27. It’s done.

[dreamwritesimagines]

it’s CMA-

I realized I should start noting which section I’m commenting on so my comments are less confusing lol, which i could’ve been doing for a while, I’m just lazy (which also means that I might give up doing this extra thing after this ask lmaooo we will see)

Prologue-

Eloise had once told him that all artists chased heartbreak in a rather clichéd way and even though he had disagreed back then, he was beginning to see his sister’s point.

I love how everyone is telling Ben from the very beginning, even before clover tells him, that he’s… I don’t want to say destined because that sounds mean, but sort of destined to chase heartbreak.

It such a perfect match because clover’s entire life is basically one giant heartbreak after the other.

It’s also a really interesting note because when it gets brought up initially, it seems very surface level: Ben chases after clover who rejects him; it’s a very simple interpretation of the phrase.

But then as the story progresses, and suddenly Ben isn’t chasing someone who’s going to try and break his heart, but someone who they themselves are being broken. It’s so much deeper than the rejection from someone you hardly know.

He’s pursuing someone who will break his heart through him learning about her trauma. It’s not simple anymore- it’s still having his heart broken by virtue of loving someone, but it’s no longer through any fault of his/their own.

It’s chasing down the pain that comes with knowing someone so closely. He’s basically not embracing the pain, but embracing the feeling of being close to someone and loving them and having their struggles become your own. He’s chasing emotional intimacy despite the pain, not necessarily because of it.

HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK I HAVE TO SEND THIS IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING

BEN IS CHASING CLOVER. CLOVER IS BEN’S HEART. HER TRAUMA IS BREAKING HER. BEN IS STILL CHASING A BROKEN HEART BY CHASING A BROKEN CLOVER.

Okay back to my incoherent rambling lmao:

He’s not chasing heartbreak so much as he’s come to terms with the risks of loving someone and accepting them wholeheartedly. It’s the thing that we see clover struggle with throughout the entire story.

I know I’ve talked about the differences between them when they start off- how clover is working the entire story to even come close to where Ben already is, but there’s something so absolutely fascinating about it all.

It’s the idea of something that is whole is fervently pursuing something that is broken. That the thing that he has grown away from is the thing he so desperately is seeking out. (idk if that makes sense)

There’s an interesting quote that I can’t quite recall who it’s by or the quote perfectly, but it’s something that goes along the lines of ‘we search for someone whose brokenness matches ours’. That’s kind of the kicker, isn’t it?

Like Ben appears by every measure to be successful and whole and complete, but if anything, this makes him feel his missing pieces even more desperately. It’s the idea that nothing makes you want to fix something more than when it’s almost finished, when the complete work can be seen, when you know what needs to be done. But importantly, he’s still not finished, still a work in progress.

On the opposite end, we have clover, who is missing so many pieces that she doesn’t even know where to start. It’s overwhelming and scary so she doesn’t even bother trying to put the pieces together.

And it’s not just that Ben sees her and that they can put their broken pieces together, which is true, because that analogy doesn’t fit as perfectly as I would like, and it insinuates a lot about what clover brings to the table, and fuels the incorrect notion that she needs to be fixed in a certain way to be lovable.

But it’s about Ben who doesn’t try to fix clover, and he doesn’t try to force her to fit in a certain way, but he looks at all these broken pieces and loves them the way they are, regardless of the work that needs to be done.

Idk I just have so many feelings about people who choose to love others and things regardless of the imperfections. The things and people that everyone has given up on, that have been abandoned because it’s easier to throw them away than to try and love them the way they are. The hard, “unlovable” things.

Not to get too sappy in the middle of the night, but there’s a lot to be said about putting in the work for something that has been discarded, and I will always have a special place in my heart for all the people who decide to take chances even when things seem hard, who love and try and care despite the risks and pain that come with it.

Okay I need to stop this is literally all analysis about one line, the second line in the entire story to be exact.

BEFORE I START, LET ME JUST SAY-

This is literally me rn;

I am speechless but will it stop me from analysing every part of this nope it will not-

Fangirling over your analysis under the cut😍

So first of all YES! ❤️ Like, everyone around Ben was so convinced he would get his heart broken, especially the moment he laid eyes on Clover😈 And considering Clover's reputation among the ton from the moment she stepped into the court for her debut, Anthony was probably tearing his hair out as soon as he heard about his interest in Clover, because of course she would break his heart, that's what she does, that's what every single suitor around her says so ❤️

But like you said, Clover herself is a very broken person so in a way, what she's doing is a defense mechanism ❤️ So Benedict's heartbreak doesn't come from Clover herself, it comes from how much he loves her 🥰

BEN IS CHASING CLOVER.

CLOVER IS BEN'S HEART

And I'm over here crying over just how perfect this analogy is YES! 😍😍

"Ben appears every measure to be successful and whole and complete" I think that's also why Clover was so against the idea of even liking him! Like, they're the complete opposites yes, but also Clover was so convinced that he could never even come close to understanding her because it felt impossible, because how could Benedict, who grew up in a rich loving home with perfect parents, who is on his way to become a famous artist, who never really tried something and ended up not successful, would think they could be a good couple? ❤️

And I think one of the reasons why Clover warmed up to him faster than she warmed up to any other suitor really, was the fact that Benedict never tried to force her to fit in a certain way like you said! ❤️ He sneaks around with her, he lets her come and go as she wishes, he gets her the tuberoses, he doesn't listen to what society expects them to do but what Clover wants ❤️🥰

And I feel like that's one of the reasons why their love will be incredibly strong, because they complete each other in a very unexpected way! ❤️

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH OMG MY LOVE, YOU'RE AWESOMEEEEE! ❤️❤️❤️

[anonymouslylovesyou]

Season 2 episode 7 @whoblewboobear

Second to last episode of the season boys

God yeah didn't the last ep end on them making out??

I hate the look of those bathtubs

Uh oh the Queen thinks Eloise is Lady Whistedown

God this walk is going badly for both families, crazy that bitches are being so mean to the Bridgertons in particular their eldest daughter is a Dutchess and they are still rich as he'll with multiple eligible sons

Yknow when Simon and Daphne were being Like This at least they kept it to themselves, Kate and Anthony are making it everyone's problem

Oh no some kind of gossip about Eloise may make it into Penelope's new issue

Edwinda is so right to be mad at everyone but also I want them to all be getting along right now

Jack you bitch stay away from Will

Oh no witnessing the Theo and Eloise breakup in real time

OH NO NOT HAPPY ENDINGS DO NOT EXIST EDWINDA BABYGIRL

Oh damn Violet can get real catty sometimes love her ass

"make her pay for all her crimes" crimes of gossip?? 🤨

Empty ballroom??? Ohhhh no

Oo Anthony singlehandedly changing the vibe of the room huh

Whistedown published and woof it's bad for Eloise

And Penelope is crying screaming up about it though

Anthony hates being in love so bad hate his ass

Bro do not walk towards her talking about impure desires what do you think that will do for your self control

They are both writing notes that say get out of my school and putting it in each other's lockers

Hands above the clothes Anthony you freaks are outside

Oh god are they going to fully fuck out here?? In front of my salad?? At least he's good at eating pussy, useful for something

BRO DID YOU FALL ASLEEP OUTSIDE POST NUT god you're so embarrassing

She looks so good with her hair down

A second proposal is going to hit the towers

SHE IS RUNNING AWAY ON HORUSEBACK?? GIRK WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?

Bro if one of your horses slips or puts their foot in a hole if over for you bitches

KATES DEAD (not really but still)

[newtonsheffield]

In the simmering update I imagine after Kate and Anthony left there was a sibling debrief. Just like utter chaos of being like “THERES MORE THAN ONE OF HIM” “MUM WHERE WERE YOU HIDING HER?” “THEY GONNA MARRY”

Okay but can we see the Bridgerton family response when Anthony and Kate are gone??

Ooof you know the Bridgertons were absolutely baffled when their brother showed up with a beautiful woman tucked under his arm. A Beautiful woman who wasn't trying to get away from him at all.

Violet hadn't been able to stop staring all afternoon. No since Anthony had tugged Kate into the kitchen by the hand, letting his arm drape over her shoulders, their fingers still intertwined at her waist.

She'd been watching them carefully of course, ever since that day when she'd walked into the kitchen to find them with their lips nearly brushing the room filled with tension. And honestly, she hadn't had to look very closely at all to see the signs of it. The way Anthony's eyes tracked Kate hungrily around the restaurant was telling enough let alone the moans and gasps she heard coming from Anthony's office more often than she'd liked to admit, Sprinting down stairs trying not to think about the gasp of Daddy she'd heard.

And honestly, she'd had enough. It was one thing to want to stay in a new relationship bubble: It was quite another to pretend you weren't together when Anthony hadn't stopped smiling for weeks. So she'd asked Kate, and after a stuttered attempt at rejection: Kate had agreed

And she hadn't been wrong. She'd known it from the moment Anthony scooted into the kitchen, followed by Kate and a dog. The very last thing Anthony ever would have been seen in the company of. Her hissed threats to her other children had been it.

"If you scare Kate off, so help me."

"We don't even know who Kate is?" Daphne had said a little bemusedly.

"She works with Anthony, and I'm certain she's the love of his life. So best behaviour, everyone. No one is to be themselves!"

Anthony hadn't let go of Kate's hand all afternoon, kept his left arm slung over her shoulders, kept their fingers intertwined together while they ate. He'd grinned brightly at his siblings, laughed at Kate's jokes, thrived forward when she teased him. Watched his eyes flutter closed as she kissed his chin, catching him off guard. And for just an afternoon: Anthony was back. So much so she'd half expected Edmund to walk through the door.

"Mum, Kate and I are gonna head off." Anthony said quickly, his free hand ruffling his hair seconds after Kate whispered in his ear, a slightly dazed look on his face. "We wanna um- Yeah we wanna hang out."

"Jesus fucking christ." Kate hissed, nudging him in the ribs as she turned back towards the family. "It was so lovely to meet you all."

"You'll come next week?" Violet had asked pointedly, ignoring Anthony's

"Mum."

Kate nodded, as Anthony stepped closer to her again, like he had been drawn there with a magnet. "of course."

And the second the front door had closed all hel, had broken loose.

"Alright, Who the fuck was that? Because it sure as hell wasn't Anthony!" Eloise huffed still staring at the door.

"I was a little unsettled by all the smiling I have to say." Colin hummed, "I wasn't sure his face could actually do that?"

Violet rolled her eyes, "Do not ask your brother about this. I'm warning you. It's very fragile."

"Mum, One of the most beautiful women I've ever seen walked into this house and ate with her non dominant hand to hold hands with Anthony! We're startled!" Daphne was still staring a little open mouthed after them. "Where did you even find someone as exacting as Anthony?"

Violet shrugged, "She walked into the restaurant for an interview one day and the minute I saw them together it was... something else." She said honestly, "So obviously we need to make sure this goes well. You know what he's like!"

"To be fair, she seems pretty into him." Gregory hummed a little too loyally.

Benedict scoffed, "That's actually the most baffling part of it all."

But apparently they weren't the only ones who saw it, because barely a month later Mary Sharma stood beside her, celebrating Kate's birthday.

"Sorry, I just thought I'd come over an introduce myself." Violet said a little awkwardly as Mary stood staring at a picture in the About Our Family section, her eyes fixed. "I'm Violet, Anthony's mother, the owner."

Mary looked up in surprise, her eyes flicking back to the table where Anthony had snuck out of the kitchen to join them towards the end of service, his arm slung over the back of Kate's chair, leaning forward until his lips brushed Kate's in a gentle kiss.

"Kate's such a lovely girl, we're very lucky to have her."

Mary hummed, nodding as she held her hand out. "It's lovely to meet you, Violet. I think the two of us should start getting along. Because whether she knows it or not: My daughter's in love with your son."

[bridgertonbabe]

I need to get a little Bridgerton crack headcanon out of my system just because.

So recently I binge-watched The Umbrella Academy (absolutely would recommend, would definitely try to write some AU of it for the Bridgertons one day) and one of my fave scenes is of course the opener to Season 3 where they have a dance battle against the Sparrow Academy to Footloose, until it’s all revealed to just be a hallucinated dream of one of the siblings. 

With that in mind, I love to imagine the Bridgerton siblings versus their spouses having a disagreement in the Bridgerton ballroom (over something trivial I’m sure like Pall Mall or whatever) with Anthony suggesting they settle things the old-fashioned way, to which Simon agrees. There’s tense music playing as everyone braces/prepares themselves for a fight - and then the opening beats of Footloose begins to play (and bear in fucking mind this isn’t a modern au, they’re all dressed in Regency attire, most of them not having a fucking clue where the music is suddenly coming from). Anthony then bursts into dance, confusing several of the spouses; but then Simon joins in, matching him step for step. You’d have Michael cheering “Get him, Hastings!” before the rest of the Bridgerton siblings joined in with Anthony. Phillip would ask Simon what he’s doing, to which the Duke replies; “Defending our honour, bro.” Cue the Bridgerton spouses all suddenly dancing simultaneously in time with Simon, with Phillip bewildered as to how they all seem to know the steps, until he really gets into it and exclaims; “Oh, shit! We’re really good at this!” The dance-off continues with everyone really enthusiastically getting into it as they dance by each other, shuffling along opposite ends of the room, before balloons appear scattered on the ballroom floor as Phillip leads the dance party - the camera closes in on Phillip’s bright eyes and then cuts back to the ballroom where the spouses and Bridgertons are still facing off against each other, except Phillip is humming under his breath and grooving on the spot. Everyone is watching him, regarding him curiously, confused by his sudden little outburst of song and dance. “Sir Phillip; what is this behaviour?” Kate would ask (meanwhile Michael and Gareth share a grin and decide to groove along with their brother-in-law). All at once, it clicks for Sophie, Penelope, and Anthony as to why Phillip is acting so oddly and they all shoot withering stares at Benedict and Colin. “I don’t suppose Sir Phillip was treated to a cup of your special tea, was he?” Anthony enquired furiously. Benedict and Colin act affronted for a second until they catch sight of their wives glares and nod feebly. “Unbelievable.” Anthony would tut before Eloise escorted her husband for a lie-down.  

[glassbead-xx]

Bridgerton book spoilers, proceed with caution

Weeb here who got obsessed with Bridgerton and now I’m presenting you my hopes for S3

lol if any of this actually happens xD

Disclaimer: I’ve only read Benedict’s book, snippets from Colin’s, and one scene from Eloise’s, and it will probably show, still spoilers for all of them and Francesca’s because of fucking course

Disclaimer 2: I might turn this into fanfics, we’ll see :v

Disclaimer 3: a lot of text ahead

So the season begins right where S2 left off. In my world everyone’s still living in the Bridgerton home because it gives us more ✨drama✨

The season is about to start and everyone is losing their marbles because Kate is presenting Fran for her debut yay, so everyone’s like ‘should we make a party or something?’ And I want Kate to be like ‘let’s do a masquerade ball’ just so it shows that this is her first ball as Viscountess :3

So a few shenanigans later, it’s the ball (yaaay :)) and Eloise is super bored and alone and she doesn’t go with Penelope because El is still pissed, and with good reason xD

Benedict is also bored and he finds Pen who is just as bored. Benedict takes Pen out to dance because why the fuck not and she’s like ‘sure’. So one of Colin’s friends is like ‘aren’t you the one who is constantly dancing with Ms. Featherington?’ And Colin’s all like ‘wha’ and sees Benedict and Penelope dancing. Colin doesn’t think too much about it because he’s my bro and that’s not going to happen

So the Mystery Lady comes in and Benedict is all like 😍😍😍 so Penelope nudges him to go after her, and the moment Benedict leaves Colin goes to Penelope. Colin asks Pen to dance but she refuses, and then he asks her about Eloise and why she hasn’t talked to him or answered his messages or whatever and Pen in all her petty glory says something along the lines of ‘I just thought you’d be too busy to associate with me’ and Colin’s like ‘wha’ and Penelope’s just like ‘goodbye Mr. Bridgerton’ Colin.exe has stopped working

Meanwhile Benedict is still talking to his Mystery Lady and I want these five minutes to be as Cinderella as possible, just like in their book. They spot Colin who’s sulking and they try to make him feel better but the moment Colin starts third wheeling he leaves. Then Benedict and Silver Lady dance and I have two options: either Ten Minutes Ago from one of the Cinderella musicals because I’m trash for that song, or Enchanted by Taylor Swift (it’s one of my favorites, let me dream)

Kate and Anthony are by themselves talking but then Eloise appears and starts to third wheel because she’d rather do that than go with Pen. Then Benedict comes after his lady is gone and everyone’s like ‘it’s been like two hours, how are you already in love?’ and finally Colin comes in and this is how it goes

Anthony: Colin are you not enjoying the ball?

Colin: sadly not brother, I tried to talk to Pen but she brushed me off

Eloise: meh, it’s for your own good

*everyone else looks at her because she’s been pissed with Pen for a while and no one knows why*

If Colin is too drunk they could pull off the meme

Colin: Pen called me Mr. Bridgerton 😭😭😭

Kate: of course that’s your name

*cue Benedict telling everyone how in love he is after two hours of dancing with a lovely lady*

Benedict: anyway, goodbye Kate, Anthony, Colin

Colin: Pen used to call me Colin

Eloise: of course she did, that’s your bloody name 🙃🙃🙃

Episode 2: Fran’s debut, Benedict’s shenanigans in finding his mystery Lady and Colin.exe is still not working

So I know from the synopsis of her book that Fran gets married to a guy named John but then he dies and she falls for his cousin Micheal.

If John and Micheal are introduced in S3 then I want Fran and John being adorable on one side and Micheal being annoyed because he’s third wheeling looking at Pen because why is this cute lady alone lol, so Micheal and Pen dance maybe twice and Colin.exe continues to not work. Now Anthony is looking at Colin and he’s like ‘now I know how Daphne felt with my bullshit lol’

Like in S2, episode 3 goes back and forth. Not only is this episode a clip show so we can remember Colin and Pen’s moments throughout the series, but also a flashback so we can see Colin and Pen as babies, how they met, when they started calling each other so informally, when Pen fell for him, when Colin basically realized ‘this girl is my best friend’

I also love Benedict and Colin’s contrast with their love stories, as in Benedict fell for Sophie almost immediately while Colin fell slowly over a period of several years, and it would be neat if they addressed that

So Anthony, Benedict, Daphne and Eloise are talking to Colin, and everyone comes to the conclusion that Colin, this adorable idiot is in fact in love with his best friend Penelope Featherington

Meanwhile, Pen is talking to someone else about her feelings because Colin is acting weird lately, but decides not to because ‘he doesn’t love me like that, and I don’t have time for this, I’ve got Lady Whistledown things to publish’

After that Pen dances and apparently starts to court a guy (not Micheal lol) and Colin.exe is finally working again and he’s running on jealousy

But the jealousy thing doesn’t last that long because Colin finds out Pen is Lady Whistledown, and then more shenanigans, Fran keeps flirting with this guy, Benedict is having a crisis

I want the carriage scene (I read that one lol)

Give Marina a little subplot so she and Colin can have some well done and not half-assed closure, and start setting up Eloise’s story (but I want Ben to get S4 :v)

If Gregory’s subplot is the same as his summary and they don’t add anything to Benedict’s (of course if the show makes it farther than S4) then Benedict is going to be the only one of the Bridgerton brothers who didn’t start up proposing to the wrong girl lol :v

And they lived happily ever after, following much ✨drama✨

Just my thoughts, sorry for the long text :v

Me @ Colin&Pen (and all of my other ships)