#villainess portia au

[seleneprince]

Back on my Bridgerton fixation after finishing Queen Charlotte. Based on the scene where she speaks with her grown children after the princess's funeral:

There's only so much Portia's genius and influence can do to cover her babies' backs. She supports their "unsavoury" activities as long as they're useful for the family, but the ton has begun to speak and speculate, and the Dowager Baroness knows there's something they must do, whatever they kids like it or not.

After a morning walk full of gossip and uncomfortable conversations with other nobles, Portia returns to the residence and demands a reunion with all her children. They're having fun, chatting and planning their next crusade together, but they all become silent when she stands up.

"This has gone for too long. I did my best to give you all the time you could possibly need, more than appropriate. But the ton wouldn't remain blind and stupid forever. So, before this season ends, I want to see at least three of you walk to the altar. I don't care who or how, but we need marriages and heirs. It's time to drop your mistresses and lovers, and get respectable husbands and wives. Once the deed is done, you may act accordingly to your wishes. But start now!"

Mary agrees with her. They don't want the kids to be stuck in a loveless marriage, but they need to keep up appearances and they've already postponed this enough. After the babies were born, they could simply get rid of the marriage as they very well knew how to..

So the Featheringtons children, all of them, have to decide which of them shall do the sacrifice and with who. The news of the mysterious gentlemen and ladies from the Featherington residence looking for spouses run through the ton immediately.

@sea-owl ideas?

[sea-owl]

Hi could i request Edmund but if he lived and he and violet turn yandere for reincarnated Portia? But like I wanna see edmund be feral too. Like someone bothering Portia and he loses it more because his wife for some reason ain't there to be the one going feral.

Thank you

Oooo Yandere Edmund's turn to go feral.

Quick note this is for one of the isekai au variants where Edmund survived thanks to Portia accidentally sprouting some modern world wisdom on how dirty bee stingers are/cryptic allergie knowledge while she was extremely tired one time and past life memories started mixing with her thoughts. He and Violet are trying to seduce Portia together. I have no idea how it started in universe, someone just requested it one day and we went from there.

Edmund knew on an outside appearance he was calmer than his family. He had to be as head of the family he had to make sure they were safe so that means keeping his . . .urges more in check than his wife and kids. Which was fine with Edmund, Violet was feral enough for both of them.

It's too bad she isn't here right now to go feral for him.

The meeting started out simple enough. It was a meeting with all the heads of each family. Majority were the lords of the houses, yes, but a few ladies of the houses were there as well, mostly ladies whose heirs had not yet become of age. Two of these remarkable women being Lady Danbury and Lady Featherington.

Lady Danbury being the lioness of the ton was almost always sure to be there, but Edmund was never sure if Lady Featherington would show. It has been. . . three years since she last showed? Though he will not complain of her attendance. Honestly she was the best view he had at these meetings. The new lip stain on her was quite a fetching red. He wondered how the color would mix with Violet's.

Edmund was sadly pulled out of his very nice fantasy when a sneering lord decided he was going to stand too close in Portia's personal space. Clearly he was trying to use his standing position to intimidate the sitting lady.

Lord Morrison, one of the old lords who more often than not preferred the ways of a century before.

"Of all chits, you lot let in you let the bloody Catholic come to these meetings?" Lord Morrison snapped. He turned to face Portia fully, and his tone took on one of mocking. "A woman with no power and no chance to truly gain power. Your husband should have left you to rot in Ireland, choked by that rosary."

Portia stiffened. Edmund felt his fist clench. Of all times for his wife not to be around.

"Lord Morrison," Portia said, her voice taking on the accent of her birthplace. "May Mother Mary bless you just as she was blessed."

Lord Morrison's face turned red, his eyes wide, and overall his body read enraged. One hand reaching out towards Portia.

"Lord Morrison," Edmund shouted, his own hand reaching across the table to grab onto the older lord's arm.

Lord Morrison looked at him, hiding a wince from Edmund's tight grip. "Bridgerton."

"I need to speak with you outside."

Lord Morrison made a grunting noise but followed. "Anything to get out of this stench."

Reluctantly letting go, he rather lead him like the disobediant dog he is, Edmund began to make his way towards the door.

Once outside Edmund looked to his left, then his right. Good no one was coming. He made sure the door closed behind him, and the curtains are always drawn at these meetings.

"Alright Bridgerton what-"

Edmund swung. Again and again he would not give the older lord a chance to hit back.

"You seem to hage forgotten your warning, Lord Morrison," Edmund spat. "You do not insult or endanger what's mine, and that very well includes Portia and her family."

Another punch and Lord Morrison tumbles over the railing around the stoop and into the shadows that cover the yard.

Edmund pauses to take a few breathes. The old lord isn't making any noise, so he should be knocked out long enough to send him to Violet so she can have her turn.

"Lord Bridgerton."

Edmund turned, using the motion to hide his bloody knuckles in his pocket. "Come now, Portia, we've been friends for long enough. Call me Edmund."

Portia tested the name. "Edmund."

Edmund smiled.

"Where is Lord Morrison?"

Edmund frowned. Why bring up that grouchy lord? "He had left, thankfully."

Portia nodded. "Thank you for stopping him. I had forgotten the distate some have for catholics."

Edmund shook his head, "He should have never said those things. Choking on your rosary? Absurd."

Portia chuckeled. "Yes, well, while some do like it, I much rather preferred to be tied up with it while saying a different prayer." She sent him a wink.

Edmund's mind flashed to an image of Portia hands bound by the rosary she used to wear under her clothes. He remembers the beads being green. Violet or himself having control while the other does wicked things to Portia's willing body. Another image flashes except this time it's Portia in control while she has bound either himself or Violet.

Damn, he'll have to bring up this potential fantasy to Violet.

"Thank you, again Edmund" Portia said. She paused, biting her lip before leaning closer. It was quick, really a press of the lips to cheek.

Edmund was stunned.

Portia's cheeks were slightly pink. "Violet is always asking for a kiss. Tell her if she wants a kiss from me, then she should kiss there," she joked.

Before he could move, Portia was already in her carriage and driving off.

Edmund looked down at Lord Morrison.

Well shit.

"He's dead."

Violet pouted. "You couldn't have a left a little bit just for me?"

"I did not intend to kill him my love," Edmund said.

"It's not like he didn't deserve it," Violet replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "Though you missed a spot in your clean up my dear."

"That is not blood, but something more favorable," Edmund teased.

Violet looked curious.

"Portia gave me a thank you kiss."

Violet immediately pulls her husband in kissing that same exact spot while Edmund laughs.

[lyramundana]

Coming back with reincarnated isekai villainess Portia because i’m now hooked with this au and i can’t stop the flow of ideas coming to my head. again, tagging beautiful @daughter-of-sea-and-wisdom because it’s your fault i’m here, so you may as well bear it with me❤ (also i’ve been rewatching Bridgerton season 2 and of course this doesn’t help?

This is about the role Cousin Jack would play in this universe. By now, when I talk about this, i’ll usually mean the “Portia and the Spouses remember but the Bridgertons don’t” au. It’s going to be long, btw

In the original story, he was merely a supporting character whose main role was scamming other nobles and helping Portia with her schemes. A small villain, basically. There, she forces him and Prudence to get engaged in order to ensure the Featherington’s full fortune for themselves, unknowingly that Jack is actually broke and lives off his scams, so she basically condemns her family to poverty. Eventually, he runs away after being confronted by the nobles he lied to and the Featherington family falls into disgrace once again, like all villains are expected to.This moment is barely commented and is supposed to be an almost comedical relief about how pathetic the villains are and how wonderful the main characters are.

In the reincarnation au, however, this takes a turn. Portia is actually clever and succesful about her investments, so she doesn’t need to rely on the Featherington’s fortune per se, considering she makes enough money to provide for her entire family. However, the residence belongs to Lord Featherington in paper, so when he dies, the law affirms that it has to pass unto the next man of the family, so Cousin Jack comes anyway, informing that his father is dead and all. But he soon figures out that his presence is pretty much not needed there, as Portia is able to substain her family by herself and she has an army of teens/young adults that look ready (and capable) of killing him if he so much looks at her wrongly. But he stays anyway, because he has nothing better to do (and he’s broke, remember).

Portia finds him tolerable at best and a nuisance at worst. He has nothing to contribute to the house besides problems, and he doesn’t even know how to clean the messes he leaves after (unlike her kids). He still shows interest in her bussiness and offers his assistance, which she accepts to keep him busy. Along the way, Jack becames infatuated by Portia’s sharp mind and charisma to win clients over, pushing him to try to court her. He’s so obvious about it that even Portia’s usual oblivious self realizes. Even the ton is aware of it (somehow).

Instead of rejecting him, however, a bulb turns on inside her head. Portia isn’t really enthusiastic about marriage, but she can’t turn her head away when there’s a possible benefit in front of her. 

So she decides to play along with his flirting and marry him. 

- But Portia, you can’t possibly mean-

- Why not, Mary? He’s young and handsome. That alone makes him better than Archibald when I married him. He’s good at charming people, a helpful skill, and he’s actually decent at finantial management, as long as he doesn’t lie to people about the profits. Plus, he can hold entertaining conversations. Again, better than Archibald. 

- But you don’t need any of that. You can persuade people already to follow you and you sure as hell don’t need assistance with finantial issues. - she stares at her friend, unmoving. - Tell me the truth, why are you really going through with this?

Portia sighs, knowing there’s no way she can convince Mary out. 

- No matter how succesful I am, I’m still a woman. This society would never hold me in high regard because of it, and men can’t stand the fact that I’m better than them on something without help. This “low-profile” thing can only shield us for so long. - she looks outside the window, fixing her gaze on Jack talking to Penelope about something that, whatever it is, doesn’t impress the girl. - If I have a man by my side, the ton will be more willing to overlook my “less than savoury” activities. He doesn’t have to do anything, just stand there and look pretty to keep the attention far from me. 

Mary understands the reasoning, of course. She knows how unkindly this society is with women that have no men to “control” her. A lady’s worth is mostly defined by the men on her life. And Portia’s right, there’s so much their charm can do to get them away from trouble. Still, she doesn’t like Portia being intimate with a man she doesn’t like (she doesn’t see her with any man whatsoever)

But eventually, she respects Portia’s decision and supports her reluctantly. The Spouses' have different reactions to the news, but they all collectivetly come to the agreement that “at least he’ll be more useful this way”. 

[bluerosejuliet]

So how do the Bridgertons meet their respective villains in this if Portia is trying to keep her kids and probably by extension, her friend's children away from the Bridgertons? I keep picturing them meeting at one of Lady Danbury's ball.

Just so there's no confusion this is the Villainess Portia Isekai AU that I'm working on with @daughter-of-sea-and-wisdom not the Modern Bridgerton Isekai AU.

Portia is very fortunate that her country house is located far from Aubrey Hall and that her friend's homes are all in the same area (though she does find it a bit ironic how most of the original villains live so close together). Even better is that Violet locates her family more permanently to London after Edmunds death.

Kate and Sophie make their debut in 1809 at the age of 21 and 18 respectively. Part of the reason Kaste waited so long was because her father died in 1805, two years before she had intended to debut. She had to deal with mourning her father's death and moving the family permanently to England as Bombay was where her father passed and the family needed a better space to grieve which was among their friends.

Portia then helps Kate take the reigns of her father's business, teaching her how to control things through the shadows. Simon volunteers to be the face of the company when really Kate is the one controlling things. Once things are settled though, Kate decides to debut so that there aren't any negative rumors swirling about her that could impact her family.

Originally Sophie intended to debut at 19 or 20 but she was insistent at not letting Kate go through her first season alone. The only downside is that Simon is not there as Kate and Mary finally convinced him to take his grand tour after he delayed it to look after his adopted family (Mary is like his second mother while Miles was the father he wished he had).

Kate and Anthony do cross paths during her first season at Lady Danbury's ball when Violet pushes him to ask Kate for a dance. Perhaps Kate would have found the Viscount more appealing had he not treated the dance like a chore (to be fair he'd been pushed to dance with so many young ladies that night that he lost count and just wants to go home).

So come the next ball Anthony and Kate are at, he once again is pushed by his mother to ask Kate to dance though this time his heads a bit more clear and he does note how pretty she is. Kate however, innocently comments that her dance card is full showing him her full card before excusing herself to check on Sophie. It's only later, when Anthony is riding home with his mother that he realizes that he hadn't seen Kate dance all night! And come to think of it, he didn't recognize any of the names on her dance card. She purposely lied to get out of dancing with him!

Kate's feeling pretty smug about the trick she pulled, not only because it ensured she could keep an eye of Sophie but also because it resulted in shocking the Viscount. No doubt the man was not used to being ignored. That smugness goes away when they arrive at the ball, only to find the Viscount is there surprisingly and the man triumphantly walks over to her to sign her dance card before she can write anyone in.

This goes on for the next few seasons, with some banter thrown in here and there. It's only towards the end of the 1812 season, when Anthony hears some men rudely calling Kate a spinster that he grows incensed and defends her her honor. It's also during this time that Anthony starts to think her might have stronger feelings for Kate but refuses to acknowledge them. Portia does notice however.

So imagine Anthony's surprise when come 1813, while supervising Daphne, that Kate is actually dancing with quite a few gentleman including the Duke of Hastings and there are whispers that the two have been close since childhood.

Benedict is off on his grand tour of Italy during 1809 so her doesn't really meet Sophie till 1811, when she's 20 and he is 25. Unfortunately, he happened to be a bit drunk that night so Sophie doesn't have the best impression of him.

Benedict does actually dance with her in 1812, during a masquerade ball and falls head over heels for her. Unfortunately, she takes a season off in 1813 when her adoptive brother George Crane and their best friend Michael decide to go on their grand tour, with Sophie being there to supervise her two trouble making friends.

As for the other Bridgertons, the two side actually fully meet during an outing at Hyde Park where Penelope nearly gets run over by Colin Bridgerton racing his brothers on horseback. Luckily Phillip manages to run over and pull Penelope away just in time as the two stumble to the ground. He's not to happy about Colin nearly running over his best friend and also the fact that the man seems to have no care for the foliage he destroyed!

Note: Colin got distracted from the race after seeing the lovely Miss Tilly Arnold (the original heroine of his story) laughing which causes him to not look where he is directing his horse and making the horse go faster.

Cue Anthony stepping in to apologize as Penelope's family and friends fuss over her, with the rest of the Bridgertons coming over to see what trouble Colin caused. Benedict thinks Sophie looks oddly familiar while Anthony wants to strangle Colin because Kate is looking at him very unhappily. Colin is apologetic but surprised to his charm not working on the young lady, who ignores him in favor of reassuring the young man next to her that she is fine. He's does note that she looks around Eloise's age, and her hair is a rather fascinating red color.

Of course Portia is freaking out about this and quickly hurries them away, thankful that they will be returning to the country in a couple days and Penelope will debut a few years later. Colin should be settled down with his original love by then leaving Portia to focus on her third daughter. She's not worried about her daughter finding a husband, as she is certain Philip and Penelope will end up together down the road given how close they are.

If only she knew that the one meeting in the park would alter the path she had planned for her family.

Cue 1813

Portia catches Anthony Bridgerton with his mouth somewhere it should not be.

As if that wasn't enough, Simon and Daphne are caught walking out of a maze together (unchaperoned!) with their clothes slightly rumpled which leads to both men challenging the other to a duel.

Eloise Bridgerton won't stop staring at Penelope, almost as if she's a puzzle she's trying to figure out (Portia doesn't want to think about how Eloise's gaze seems so sharp or how she looks at Penelope at times likes she's seen a ghost).

Colin has not made a move to start courting Miss Arnold.

And Violet is just sitting back and watching this unfold calmly, while Portia is panicking!

THIS WAS NOT HOW THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO TURN OUT!!

Thanks for the ask!

[seleneprince]

Inspired by @sea-owl au of isekai Bridgertons/villainess Portia:

Imagine it in modern au. The Bridgertons are a famous prestigious family of bussiness oriented people and almost aristocrats. They’re admired and respected. 

The Featheringtons were a rich family of commercials and bussiness oriented too, but they weren’t nearly as good and talented as their counterparts. They’re the typical villains from the books but now with modern touches added. 

They were either characters from a serie of popular books about office romance and rich people drama or... they’re real people in the modern world, and so when Portia died and reincarnated in the past shortly after Felicity’s birth, she decided to do everything in her power to save her family this time around. She died with a lot of regrets and really wishes to make up for them. In the way she encounters the other villains and unknowingly adopts them. 

[sea-owl]

Remember that scene in the first season where multiple gentlemen visited the Featherington's residence and Portia and the girls thought they were meant for them, but they just courted Marina and ignored the girls?

Well, imagine this happening in the isekai au. Thanks to the new Portia's attitude and influence, the sisters have grown to be beautiful ladies in her own rights, erasing those horrible colorful dresses and hairstyles. They're more educated, have much better personalities and know how to draw the ton's attention. The usual distance they tend to keep from people only makes them seem more alluring.

Now imagine Marina, having heard of her relatives and thinking she'll be the center of attention (no hate on Marina, i'm just using her as narrative piece for the au) when the gentlemen arrive to the house, but turns out they're all flowing around the Featherington ladies, who look nothing like she remembered and they all reject the advances gracefully. Only Prudence takes time to entertain some of them.

Marina is even more shocked when she realizes Colin is affected too

I don’t know why but when @amybonehouse described this it just made me think of scenario in the isekai au that no one wanted a London season outside of maybe Edwina so they never went. That was fine by Portia she didn’t like being in London more than she had to. But the year Penelope and Edwina would have been 18. All the kids somehow got on Portia’s and / or Mary’s nerves, and they decided you know what? Get packing you bunch of heathens, we’re going to London this year. All of you (besides the three babies) are getting thrown into society.

Their minds were made up, and they were not gonna be swayed by anything. These brats were gonna go through the whole shebang. The modiste, the tailor, balls, garden parties, promenade, gentleman callers should there be any, and of course debutantes and their marriage minded mamas. They were gonna socialize and they were gonna like it.

The children huffed, but dared not to argue. There may have been a few mutterings, but nothing Portia or Mary heard lest a stray shoe be thrown at them. Prudence made a comment that “At least we’ll see Mama run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off avoiding Violet Bridgerton.” The rest agreed, that will be entertaining to watch.

Of course, both Portia and Mary know there’s no better time to make an entrance than the opening ball hosted by Lady Danbury. Both women have a flare for the dramatics just as much as their children. They made sure no one saw the children until the night of the ball. London was used to seeing the odd trip from Portia or Mary, not their whole brood. They made sure to arrive at night, and the children had no issues staying in the house to avoid all of London or going out in disguises. Whenever Portia or Mary went out for business reasons, they made sure to drop a hint that their children of eligible age will be attending the social season this year. The children’s distance from London, of course, gave them a mysterious allure, which Portia and Mary counted on. London always loves a new shiny thing. New residences or long returned residences will bring just that.

The girls thanked all that was holy that the guys were there when it came time for the ball. Especially because drama lover Lady Danbury somehow ropped them into meeting and even sharing a dance with the Bridgertons. Mary had to hold onto Portia at that point, reminding her this will work in their favor later when they annoy their kids with callers.

What none of them saw coming was that Jack Featherington was also coming to London and that he was bringing a cousin with him. While Jack was the technical Lord Featherington, he never bothered to claim his title and responsibilities. Thus, the barony was left in Portia’s hands. Many, rightly, assumed that the previous Lord Featherington (actually Portia) had left documentation for one of his daughters to inherit once certain conditions were met and that the current Lord Featherington was just a placeholder. Jack, having heard of Portia’s business success, decided it was time to drift into town. His cousins, the Thompson, and the ones he was staying (mooching) with before, had him take their daughter as his ward for the season.

"Have you met the Dowager Baroness Featherington before?" Marina asked Jack as they rode to the Featherington London house. It was the day after the Danbury ball.

"Once," Jack said. "She was pregnant with her third child back then. Mean thing, with horrible taste in everything. I can't imagine why she would take in so many wards if the rumors are true. I imagine they are all as daft as her. We shall have no problem finding you a husband. You'll be a rose among the thorns."

Marina nodded. She was still unsure about this if only George hadn't left.

The butler, Briarly, led them to the drawing room where, in Marina's opinion, too many eyes focused on them. The butler addressed the oldest two women in the room. "Lord Featherington and Miss Thompson, my ladies."

The red head of the two women stood up. "My lord, we had not heard word of you coming to visit."

Marina felt a shiver run down her back. There was something about Dowager Lady Featherington, about everyone in that room that screamed dangerous. The way the others eyed the lord of the house as if waiting for him to make the wrong move against the dowager lady.

"It was a rather late decision," Jack admitted with a laugh.

"Well I suppose we will have to hold off on callers today as we help you two settle in," Dowager Lady Featherington said.

Did the others just sigh in relief? Marina couldn't blame them of they did. From what Jack told her her Featherington cousins reputation wouldn't be the best, and they were possibly just tolerated among the rest of the ton. It would be rather embarrassing to have no one come to call with so many eligible daughters in the house. Perhaps Marina could direct some of her's towards them when the time came?

Lady Sharma hid a smile behind her hand.

Dowager Lady Featherington turned towards Marina. "Now tell me darling, do you have a dress for the ball tonight? If not, I'm sure we can find you one. I believe Philippa will be the closest in size to you."

So that is how Marina attended her first London ball in a borrowed dress.

She did not see much of her cousins, or the wards, or the family friends. They all seemed to be in a corner whispering among one another. Poor things to be left on the side lines.

Marina thinks her favorite dance partner was perhaps Colin Bridgerton. He would have been a good option had she not met George first.

The next day during call time the house flooded with callers. Marina had a decent share but she seemed to be the only one who was actually entertaining them.

Kate and Simon basically patrolled the room, bouncing from one to the next. Reminding Marina of a pair of parents. The callers for Kate had to walk with her if they wanted to talk.

Philippa and Sophie sat together doing needle work while they talked to their callers. Michael sat in the chair next to them. He honestly entertained the callers more than them.

Penelope clung to the boy who looked so much like Marina's George. What did she call him, Pip? Yes, that must be right. He had a book on plants that she would read over his shoulder when she was not being polite with a caller.

The only others who were actively entertaining the callers were Prudence, though she honestly looked to be playing a game, and Edwina. Marina thinks Edwina is just being polite from the far away look in her eyes and how once in a while she'll tap Penelope to jump in conversation.

Dowager Lady Featherington and Lady Sharma just sat and watched. A few giggles shared between them.

Gareth, Felicity, and Lucy are having the time of their lives watching their older siblings scramble to avoid suitors. All three were in the corner with some biscuits. Every once in a while, they would exchange money between one another.

The real shock came when not one, not two, but all three eligible Bridgerton brothers came to call.

Between the three of them, Marina wondered if there were any flowers left at the florist.

Simon was immediately by Kate's side when the Viscount walked up to her. Handing her the biggest of his bouquets before handing the smaller ones to the rest of the women who lived in the house. Mr. Benedict Bridgerton followed suit but instead gave his biggest bouquet to Sophie. Michael sat straight in his chair, his eyes never straying from the second Bridgerton brother.

Marina smiled as Colin walked closer to her. Penelope, who was not that far away, went stiff, and Pip had actually put his book away, watching Colin. His hand squeezing Penelope's.

Just as Marina was about to stand to greet her new caller, Colin had handed the largest of his bouquets to Penelope.

Dowager Lady Featherington immediately stood up. "Well, I believe call time is over. Thank you all for coming."

[sea-owl]

I have decided to add the housemaid wars to the Isekai au.

“You manipulative, ill-bred thief!”

Violet’s ears perked up and had to stop herself from rolling her eyes. Lady Araminta Gunningworth. Ugh Violet couldn’t stand the woman’s shrill voice at a normal level much less when it was raised.

"At least my maids are not doing the job of three people. I'm surprised none of your staff has fallen over dead yet."

Violet whipped her head around. That was Portia's voice.

Portia still sat in her seat as Lady Penwood stared her down, trying to use her standing position to intimidate Violet's favorite red head. Portia glared at the dowager countess, Penwood was red in the face.

Three other matrons of the ton and their broods were watching the spectical. To call someone ill-bred and a thief so openly and with witnesses. Penwood wanted a show.

Portia's own children, well the ones that had come to the garden party, were tense. Lady Mary placed a hand on Portia's shoulder.

Penwood sneered. "No man to tame you nor properly run your eatate. You failed to conceive a son, so now you steal the title away with a promise of a grandson. One would question the reputation of such a family."

Portia's eyes narrowed. "And what of you? If I remember correctly, your failure to have a son resulted in the title falling out of the family all together."

Penwood stormed off in a huff. Muttering curses under breath and shouting commands at her daughters.

Violet’s eye twitched. Well it appears Lady Penwood needed to be taught some manners.

“Benedict,” Violet called.

Like a good son, Benedict was quick to respond. “Yes Mother?"

"Investigate Lady Penwood. I want every secret unearthed."

"Of course, Mother."

A week later Benedict handed his mother his report and a request. "Let me deal with Lady Penwood. "

Violet read over the reports. The stepchild Penwood tried to bury was on the very first page. The same stepchild, she later basically turned into a slave.

"Very well," Violet said.

Violet would have almost felt sorry for Lady Penwood. But one does not wrong a Bridgerton love, much less two and not expect consequences to follow.

[sea-owl]

So, I know we bully the Bridgertons in the isekai au because the Spouses want nothing to do with them and reject all their attempts (which I find hilarious because I enjoy making them suffer)

But how do you think the Spouses would start falling in love with them? What are the things that make them "click" and see their respective Bridgerton in different lids?

So a big part of the change of perspective for the spouses is gonna back to two things. The first is the root between this divide between the two families, and that is Portia's fear for her family and the relationship she shares with Violet. Until that has some change in it, the spouses are almost guaranteed to be at arm's length from the Bridgertons. The champions for helping to solve that mess will be Lady Danbury and Mary. Though to be honest that's probably just a fun game for them or at least for Lady Danbury who lives for the drama and is the whole reason this started when she isekaied Portia.

The second thing is that the spouses have to learn to grow beyond the family and beyond the mothers. Now that is to say they don't love them and will always be there for the family. But part of growing up and moving forward is learning to move beyond your parents, which a part of that is starting a family of your own.

There are little things that help with that second part. Things that helped the spouses see beyond the Bridgertons public personas.

For Kathony it's when Kate sees Anthony not as the viscount but as the man who got thrown into a seat of power and essentially fatherhood before he was ready. She saw it when the siblings were playing pall mall, and she saw it again when she stumbled upon Anthony during a stormy night in the library. She was trying to find a distraction while he was letting himself have a vulnerable moment with some of his father's old things.

For Benophie, I want to say it's when Sophie discovers Benedict's sketches. You can see a lot of what the artist does in their work. There was such beauty in them it left Sophie stunned. Especially when she got to the sketches of herself. She never knew she could be so beautiful to someone.

Weirdly for Polin, I can see the change happening when Colin blows up on Penelope. Penelope recognizes Colin as a snake charmer. He uses pretty words, and while she loves pretty words, she thought there was nothing else. Then, one day, Colin caught her by surprise when he followed her doing some of her more illegal activities, and he blew up on her. It's not the fact that he was angry at her but the fact that he was angry because of his fear of her safety. The multi-level emotions she had never seen from him before were now there.

Saphne's change came when Daphne punched Simon and gave him a black eye. (He deserved it. Also, Simon has a strength kink, and no one is changing my mind on that) All the time Simon has known Daphne, she has been the model debutant. (We all know she has a body count in a literal sense, but he doesnt) This is the first time Simon gets to see more of the real Daphne.

Philoise happens right around the twins' birth. George died in war, leaving behind a pregnant and unwed Marina. Marina sadly passed in childbirth. Phillip adopts the twins, and Eloise, in a roundabout way, comes to his aid with parenting books or the closest thing to it in that time. The twins also take a liking to Eloise. We'll Phillip have to listen then, babies do generally have a good judge of character on who is safe.

Franchael happens around the time of John's death. Francesca, in this timeline, fell in love with Michael first but was still good friends with John. Michael, whose loyalties lied with his found family, still loved his cousin, and their relationship actually improved when Michael started living semipermantly with the Featheringtons. Mourning together over a loved one can bring people closer.

The babies really didn't have a big defining moment. They followed the older ones' leads when the two sides started getting friendlier, so did they. Being younger, they had more time to let things take a more or less natural course.

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I understand Edmund and Violet. I too would murder people for this woman

And nothing turned them on more when Portia casually offered to have some guy offed for them.

Portia isn't gonna actually do the murder herself. She's just going to let the kids loose. They've been itching to get out and Portia figured this was a good way for them to blow off steam.

To the yanderes that are Violet and Edmund though Portia just basically proposed. Which is exciting but they wanted to court her at least a little before the wedding!

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I just know that in the Isekai Portia au, Mary taught Portia how to wield the shoe for naughty children. None of the children in the house were safe. One of the mamas was gonna get ya.

The girls would later learn how to wield the shoe if they needed to get some unruly suitor in line. The boys would borrow the girls' shoes if some gentleman was acting ungentlemanly in the club.

Portia and Mary have both threatened Jack Featherington with the shoe. Portia has also threatened Violet with the shoe. Violet was a little turned on by it.

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I NEED violet and edmund's reaction to Portia planning on marrying Cousin Jack. Like do they get angry or do they think he did something? Do they outright kill him or get rid of him in other ways?

I gotchu! Since you and @lyramundana are both wanting a part two, and I am not hard to enable, here it is!

For part one thankfully I wrote it in such a way that I could throw it in any of the variations of the isekai and yanderes aus.

Here is part one if you're curious. Link

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Violet shattered the cup.

Edmund scooted closer to his wife and pried her grip open so the pieces didn't cut her. She didn't look at him.

"Darling?" Edmund followed his wife's line of sight.

Oh hell no.

Portia was walking arm in arm with the new Lord Featherington. Mary followed a few steps behind them as if acting as a chaperon instead of in her usual pace at Portia's side. The kids trailed after, all of them throwing discreet glares at the new lord.

It was a statement, one that wasn't often made but many knew what it meant. The new Lord Featherington intended to marry the dowager lady.

Violet was eyeing the knives too closely. They can't do this here, it's too open, too many eyes.

"We need to leave," Edmund whispered to his wife.

"Edmund," Violet argued. "We can't-"

"Now," Edmund ordered.

Back in Edmund's office Violet threw a vase Edmund kept hundreds of in case she needed to break something.

"What has that bastard done to her?" Violet hissed. "Is he blackmailing her? Threatening her? Portia Featherington would never enter into a marriage with a man like that."

Edmund didn't have an answer for his wife. This didn't make sense at all. This Lord Featherington had no interest in the estate all these years, practically leaving it to the previous lords family. Now he shows up out of no where and tries marry the former lady? What game was he playing at? Was he a fortune hunter? Or was there some truth to the whispers around the ton of Portia and Mary being more than friends? Are they using the new lord as a cover up?

Violet gasped, pulling Edmund out of his thoughts. "What if he did something to her!? What if he has attempted to ruin her?! Or the children? I swear if has laid one ungentlemanly hand on the children!"

Edmund pulls Violet into an embrace. "Don't worry love. We got rid of one Lord Featherington before, we can get rid of this one too."

Violet smiled.

"Don't kill him."

Violet frowned.

Their third born, Colin, had slipped into the room. "At least not yet, don't kill him yet." He pulled out a journal. "I have been investigating this new lord since his arrival. I found it rather unsettling how he came in over night and then proceeded to try charm the rest of the ton."

Edmund nodded. This was good. He knew none of his children liked the new lord, especially his sons since he was an unmarried man around their loves.

"He has sunk his claws into a few. I would like to declaw him from the Featherintons before ending him. They do not need scandal to fall upon them just because they got stuck with him for a lord."

Violet sighed. Edmund patted her shoulder. He knows she loves a good hunt but they need to put Portia, Mary, and the children first this time, even if it was harder to do.

Edmund turned back to Colin but smirked when he noticed two things. First there was a love bite that just peaked out from underneath his jaw. The second thing is there was a red hair stuck in his cravat.

Well it appears one of his sons was farther along than the others. Perhaps he'll be a grandpa soon. Edmund hoped so, it didn't matter to him if they had to get a special license, hell he'll drive them up to Gretna Green himself if that's what was needed.

Edmund approached Portia at the next ball. "A dance my lady?"

Portia laughed, it sounded shocked more than anything. "Oh no my lord. I haven't danced in years."

Grabbing her hand he led them to the dance floor. "All the more reason for you to my lady."

"Viscount Bridgerton, I am far too old for this," Portia insisted.

"Nonsense," Edmund said. "Besides, I have business deal for you."

That caught Portia's attention. She never could say no to a good business deal. "I will have to get Lord Featherington."

Edmund leaned down to whisper in Portia's ear. "Not him. I will only make deals with you."

Portia shivered. Edmund could see Violet grinning at them over Portia's shoulder.

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You know what would be funny in your isekai Portia au? If everyone had different memories.

Of course Portia was reincarnated after reading the books(?) where the spouses were the villains and the spouses are the reincarnation of those villains but the Bridgertons are also Isekai'ed from the modern world after reading the books but they are from a different world where the spouses are the 2nd leads who they feel should have gotten the bridgerton.

So the bridgertons are expecting the romance scenes with the spouses and plan on marrying the spouses instead of the og leads. Portia is trying to protect her villain babies and said villain babies are trying to run their businesses without dying thank you very much.

And violet is the only one whose just kinda been in that world with no extra memories.

Just chaos in the misunderstandings

Wait, I love this! Pure hilarity waiting to happen. @lyramundana come look at this!

The Bridgertons got second lead syndrome from the alternate books and now are trying to make their fanfiction into a reality. Slowly, they're going crazy for a love who is too stubborn to admit they are soulmates. It's alright, my love. I will get you one day, I can out stubborn you. As time passes, they become more and more like their mama.

I'm debating whether their past memories awoken during the years Portia was off in the country collecting her little villains with Mary or that first year they come back. Hilarity can happen either way. If they remember before, I can see them getting invested in Violet's search because if they find one, they can find the others. If they remember that first year, I can see the memories hitting them like a ton of bricks, and now they gotta kick the wooing of their beloved ones into overdrive!

Meanwhile the spouses (+Felicity because I'm gonna say fuck it and make the Gregory/Lucy/Felicity throple official in the isekai au) are just weirded out because um hello, what are you doing? What is this romance bullshit? I'm trying to avoid you. Will you please kindly do the same?

The Bridgertons are just gonna tighten their hold because nope. I trapped you fair and square. You are mine now.

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In isekai portia au, she accidentally saves Eund by saying something to Violet maybe without knowing then she does the whole running off. Leading into yandere Violet and Edmund who decide Lord featherington is not worthy of her so he needs to go and soon

How I imagine this would go that Portia would be in one of her half awake stages where the past lives memories are mixing with current life and she mumbles to Violet about how dirty bee's stingers are and how if they're not taken out quickly they could release more venom after the initial sting. How after each sting your reaction could get worse.

Violet takes that information and tells Edmund. It makes them both wary of bees after that. It saved both them and their children from quite a few bee stings. This also either saves Edmund from the bee sting that should have taken his life or if he still got stung then it was a mild reaction because he had less stings in the past. Edmund and Violet do take notice that the swelling of this sting was worse than the ones he had in the past.

Then Portia runs off after Felicity's birth, her memories returning from her previous life. The Bridgertons return to London to find her and her daughters gone. Edmund and Violet start taking a closer look at Lord Featherington and oh no he has to go. Portia and her daughters deserve a better head of family. Someone, or someones, who would actually protect them.

A part of me will always believe Violet is the one who will deal the killing blow. I mean who would look at this gently bred lady, who had just given birth, a difficult birth at that, to her eighth child and think she would kill a man? No, no, no. The lord had debts, it had to be someone he owed money to.

Meanwhile Edmund knows the truth. All he had to do was set up a meeting time with Lord Featherington and then let his wife loose. The staff never saw them. He could claim he was running late and then pretend he found the body.

Portia still hides away in the country, the Viscount and Viscountess aren't sure where. They didn't even know the Featheringtons had a country estate. But they are working on bringing her and her family back.

When Portia does come back they were not expecting the hoard of children she brought with her. She left with four, came back with ten and a new friend, somehow acquired two more in her first year in London, and the Bridgerton's own hoard of eight children started to fall in love with them. Edmund and Violet looked at one another, they could make this work.

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Let me put you all on something for the isekai AU, I got another variant.

We add in soulmates. When you reach a certain age, the name of your soulmate appears on your wrist. Can be romantic or platonic, and you can have more than one. Portia and the spouses curse worse than sailors when the names of the Bridgertons appear on their wrists.

@amybonehouse imagine how bad the Bridgertons obsession will be then.

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Can you imagine in the yandere Bridgerton's in the isekai AU had their memories of their previous lives back and are all eager now to go toe to toe with their rivals while saving them from their bad endings. Except, the once villainous rivals now appear so tame and sweet, like regency disney heros and heroines. And for a moment they are disappointed and think that all is lost. Only to realize that their previous rivals destructive tendencies have been geared towards good and on the downlow. On the outside, Simon is the gallant duke who swooped in after his childhood sweetheart's father passed and took over the business. In reality, Kate controls everything with Simon as her right hand and, while fair, will hunt down anyone who dares to hurt her family and friends. Basically, she's a regency mafia don, an angel to those in need but a devil to those who hurt her family with the help of the others. They don't want Portia to worry about them and thus present themselves as angelic to the outside world. Of course once the Bridgertons realize this, it just makes them fall harder. "Oh isn't my beloved just amazing in how they tore they person's life apart! And without spilling a drop of blood. Their precious hands must never be sullied. That passion should be reserved only for me. I shall have to marry them so that I can take care of any problems they face."

Oh that would certainly spice things up, I imagine it that they somehow woke their memories of their epilogue selves and were so excited to finally feel that passion once more they had with their villains. Immediately though they, especially Colin, Eloise, and Hyacinth, notice that Penelope and Felicity haven’t been coming over. Where were they? They had been around for years before.

Violet bitterly reveals that the women of the Featherington house moved away a long time ago, she suspects Lord Featherington sent them away. Colin did not like that answer, he was looking forward to banter with Penelope again. Had his mother not gotten to Lord Featherington first he certainly would have. Benedict and Eloise also became irritated after a trip out to the country they found neither Sophie nor Phillip at Pennwood or Romney Hall. Where the hell could they be? The pattern continued for Anthony, Daphne, and Francesca. All their villains were not where they were supposed to be!

Then like the heavens blessed them one day before the start of the 1811 season multiple of their villains all appeared outside the Featherington house! Simon, Gareth, and Lucy were not seen amongst them but it wasn’t long before they were there too. There was something different about them though, something sweet and good. The Bridgertons weren’t sure how they felt about that, yes that new goodness in them made them so much more beautiful but the dreams of reigniting that passion seemed so far away.

No they refused to believe that. They know their villains, they are after all their villains. They know that passion laid dormant in them somewhere. The Bridgertons vowed to bring it out of them.

In the meantime though, Anthony, Benedict, and Daphne have their hands full keeping those undeserving away from their villains. Their other siblings took to stalking their villains as either their villains, themselves, or both were not out in society yet. No one in or out of the ton will ever take them away from them. They will not live without them again.

The more the Bridgerton siblings watched their villains though, the more they believed that passion isn’t as far away as they first believed.

One day while the Bridgertons were spending a lovely day in the park aka their mother was stalking Lady Featherington again, the siblings took noticed of something interesting.

Their villains were having a group lunch together, and at the same time they glanced back at Portia and Mary, both consumed by their conversation. A quick nod to Felicity, who kept her focus on her mother and Mary, then to one another they made their excuses and left in small groups to walk around the park. The Bridgertons were quick to follow after them from a distance.

Benedict and Hyacinth followed Sophie and Gareth walked together. They watched as Sophie and Gareth expertly took items off of lords without their knowledge, many of them are known gamblers to the point where it affected their families. Those items were then placed near the ladies of those houses.

Michael and Penelope helped Phillip gather berries. At one point a lord passed by them, Michael stopped him and the two entered a conversation. Penelope and Phillip still gathered berries, with Penelope quietly observing. When the lord left the three went back to berry gathering. Kate, Simon, and Lucy, who were followed by Anthony, Daphne, and Gregory, stopped by where Penelope and Michael whispered something to them. Phillip handed them the berries they been picking. It was only luck that Colin remembered from his travels that those berries were poisonous and known to cause hallucinations.

Berries in hand Kate, Simon and, Lucy found the lord that Michael stopped, tucked away in a secluded place where no one would see them. It took a moment but Anthony recognized him, he was known to traffic children, but no one had proof. Kate, Simon, and Lucy confronted the lord, revealing proof no one found before. Simon restrained the man, Kate forced the berries down his throat, and Lucy searched his pockets until she found a key. They left him to wander in his halllucination, meeting back at the Featherington tent where the others now sat too.

“Did you enjoy your promenade?” Portia asked them.

“Yes,” Penelope said, “we did happen to run into Lord Lumley during our walk as well.”

Portia and Mary made a face. “I assumed he asked again about going into business together.”

“We denied him,” Kate said. “We just thought he wouldn’t make a good business partner. Too much of a liability.”

Portia nodded, proud. “Yes, you must always consider who you are going into a business deal with. Your partners can make or break a deal.”

Their villains beamed at the praise.

Oh that passion was defiantly still there. Now the Bridgertons had to make sure it was only ever directed at them.

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I honestly picture Portia in all the Isekai aus as just the flirtiest drunk. Like get enough drinks in her and she’s hugging, kissing, and saying the flirtiest/dirtiest things that would make a nun blush.

Portia has been doing business deals all these years so she knows how to smooth talk when she wants too. Get the alcohol in her, lower her inhibitions, and she’s ready to crawl into someone’s lap.

Violet loves drunk Portia (when Portia consents) because it’s one of the few times Portia will fully let her walls down and her hair loose. Portia has a hard time in the beginning of their relationship so she did have a drink or two to relax and let herself enjoy her time with Violet.

The first time Violet truly saw Portia drunk Mary was rushing past her giggling like a little girl. The two families were slowly learning to get along at this point and were in a neutral place like Lady Danbury’s country estate.

"Don't say I never did nothing for you!" Mary calls over her shoulder.

Violet is confused until she gets an armful of Portia.

"Violet!" Portia cheers. Throwing her arms around Violet's neck. Giving Violet a kiss on the cheek.

Violet had to stop herself from squealing at how cute she thought Portia was.