It appears Miss Daphne Bridgerton has captured the interest of the newly returned Duke of Hastings. Perhaps she is the season’s most precious gem – incomparable and unbreakable – after all.
Working on Bridgerton customs again after people asked about bringing them back. I’m still working on Simon, Anthony, Lady Danbury (aka my queen forever), and () a little Newton the corgi. Once they’re all finished (which who knows when that will actually be…), they’ll be available to purchase at my Etsy.
Colin having other men question whether he’s courting Penelope might be the first time anyone has brought that possibility to mind for him. Now that the idea of Penelope as a wife is in the back of his head, I want a scene in season 3 where Philipa has a newborn daughter & Colin sees Penelope holding the tiny redheaded baby and smiles at how happy & beautiful she looks with a baby in her arms. It could be the first time he truly considers Penelope as a woman ready to become a wife & mother.
Better yet let the scene mirror the scene from season 1 when Colin & Penelope saw Lady Trowbridge and her redheaded baby (who looked like her footman). Let’s see Colin & Penelope notice the baby crying and instinctively team up to soothe the child and it’s basically a glimpse of how they would be with a child of their own.
It would not surprise me at all if Nicola’s mirror comment wasn’t what we assume (a reference to Colin’s mirror comment in the book) at all, but rather that the storylines for Colin & Penelope from season 1 will be a mirror to their story in season 3.
Penelope wasn’t brave enough to just ask Colin about his feelings for her so as much as it hurt her to overhear, she finally knows from Colin himself that he’s never thought of her as a potential bride. And Penelope is smart, she knows that if she’s ever going to escape her mother and a future as a spinster, she needs to take the marriage mart seriously because this is her 3rd season with zero prospects. She spent her first season focusing on Whistledown, and getting between Colin & Marina, and her second worrying about Whistledown, Colin, and getting between Eloise & Theo.
If Penelope were thinking about marriage to someone she knew she didn’t love but with whom she could have a safe and content life, she would consider it because if she can’t ever be with the love of her life, the next best thing is to have the security and comfort of marriage to a decent person with a chance to have children if she wants.
But if Colin knew the man didn’t love Penelope, I could see him trying to warn Penelope only for her to brush his concerns off like he did when she warned him about Marina not loving him in season 1.
Penelope could explain to Colin in minimal detail that she fell in love a long time ago with someone who doesn’t want her so she’s choosing security because she cannot have love.
I think before Colin can have his love epiphany, he needs to realize how high his opinion of Penelope really is and just how much he relies on being able to confide in her. I’m not sure he has considered that if Penelope were married he could not take her hand and have private moments with her without looking improper.
I bet he even calls the man she loves a fool for not realizing how wonderful she is only for her to defend him just like she did season 1 by saying that the man she loves is no fool, he merely doesn’t see her the way she wishes he did.
I think Colin will be shocked to learn Penelope has secretly been in love and he’s probably very curious who the man is. I imagine that making him really consider what kind of man wouldn’t want to marry Penelope because she’s so warm, kind, clever & beautiful. That’ll be where he begins wanting her for himself. And if he mentioned any of this to his family, you know one of them is going to call him out & say he’s in love with Penelope the same way Marina called out Penelope and accused her of being in love with Colin.
Colin also loves a damsel in distress. He wants to be a hero in a love story. He’s a dreamer. If Penelope admitted that she is Whistledown and she’s giving up writing because it started out being fun but now it’s dangerous to people she cares about and she was sorry for the trouble she caused everyone, I think he would forgive her. We already know Colin doesn’t think like Eloise, he may prove very understanding and forgiving toward Penelope.
I even sorta wish he bulks up boxing with Will to better protect Penelope from anyone who might find out her secret and try to hurt her in revenge for something she’s written.
There’s so much potential for season 3 to mirror season 1.
For the record though, I want the book-mirror scenario too.
Can we all just take a moment to think about how fun it’s going to be seeing Anthony “Zero-Chill” Bridgerton find out that Penelope Featherington is Lady Whistledown?
I hope they give him a stunned book-Portia style reaction like, “Penelope? …Penelope?”
Then he’ll be psycho-crazed like, “HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW ELOISE?!?!?”
Then he finds out Colin compromised Penelope, they’re engaged, and he wants the family to support her if the secret gets out because of the obvious scandal & potential people will try to hurt her.
Kate’s gonna have to save the day by rubbing his temples while letting him hold her belly because it’s what calms his panic attacks.
Can we all just take a moment to think about how fun it’s going to be seeing Anthony “Zero-Chill” Bridgerton find out that Penelope Featherington is Lady Whistledown?
I hope they give him a stunned book-Portia style reaction like, “Penelope? …Penelope?”
Then he’ll be psycho-crazed like, “HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW ELOISE?!?!?”
Then he finds out Colin compromised Penelope, they’re engaged, and he wants the family to support her if the secret gets out because of the obvious scandal & potential people will try to hurt her.
Kate’s gonna have to save the day by rubbing his temples while letting him hold her belly because it’s what calms his panic attacks.
Since we can’t know exactly how the show plans to have Polin’s story play out, I was thinking if they do intend to make Colin jealous, how fun would it would be to have, “Single Ladies, (Put A Ring On It)” playing at a ball while Penelope’s denying Colin a dance or ignoring him altogether.
I have a whole Polin inspired playlist I WISH I could share with whoever selects the music for the show… instead I’m sharing it here.
Phil Colin’s “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) is another great song for Polin while Colin feels disconnected from Penelope and is missing her. There’s a reason this song is a classic.
I don’t care what anyone says I fully believe that we will get to see Polin’s wedding.
I cannot imagine how the creators of a show where the purpose of each season is to tell the love story that leads up to the happy marriage of each of the 8 Bridgerton siblings could possibly justify 2 consecutive seasons where the lead couple’s wedding is not shown. Especially when that couple has been built up since the beginning.
We have to see Penelope & Colin’s wedding this season.
There was a scene in season 2 where they mentioned snow coming in the winter… I really hope that was foreshadowing because I’d love a Season 3 Polin kiss under mistletoe
Hear me out - remember that Friends episode where Rachel leaves a voicemail to Ross to say that she’s over him and his reply was “You’re over me? When were you under me?”
Imagine drunk Pen leaving a message on Colins phone.
Like she runs across town from her and Eloise’ apartment to his place only to get there just as he’s listening to it while eating a sandwich.
