bridgerton season 3: penelope deserved better and colin is annoying
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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The thing that gets me abt Colin is that they leaned into the wrong trope. Colin's charm comes from his boy-next-door, puppy dog eyes, curious and sunshine-y personality. Instead of giving us that they tried to make him this hunky sex symbol and it just didn't translate well which is a shame
Well at least we now have Mr. Finch.
Hunky sex symbol? I didnt see that
It was about colin to fit into society's expectations and pretending to be someone he isn't
@@StephanieStar-xq3io but nothing was done about it in the show, he changes and then what, nothing happens, there is no character development either, its just disappointing
They've made him a casanova so he can seduce Pen instead of cute two virging figuring our love scenario 😭
i wish that season three could’ve been for benedict so that in the side plots we could’ve seen way more development with penelope and colin instead of whatever tf that was… like wdym one second “i would never dream of courting her” to the next “i would die for her” MAKE UP YOUR MIND SIDEBURNS
Agree agree agree
They couldn't drag out lady w storyline line out longer tho. Truth is this story could have been accomplished with good writing
@@Peayou... maybe they could’ve made lady whistle down insult the queen down somehow so she would’ve have to lay low, creating a barrier between colin and pen, and then having that in the background while benedict has his storyline
EXACTLY
Yes, especially because Benedict’s story in season 3 was completely pointless 😩
I think my biggest problem this season was that they prioritized the drama over the romance in a romance show. I mean we all love for the drama, but if the mid-season cliffhanger had been Colin finding out about Whistledown then we could have dealt with his whiney boy era before the sexy times and maybe we could have actually enjoyed them instead of cringing through them thinking about what was coming up when he found out. He also could have gotten over himself faster. It just felt like a wasted season because they were only really happily married for like 5 minutes at the end.
“Whiney boy era before the sexy times” I fucking love this sentence
I mean Colin was rightfully upset @@SamFerro
@@StephanieStar-xq3io I mean sure but in the books he was so worried about her being protected by the queens wrath he still married her but in the show it seems like he only went through it because of “entrapment”. He was whiny for too long
Well said.
@@StephanieStar-xq3ioif "rightfully whiny" was their mark, they hit it. He went from not caring about Whistledown for 2 seasons, then does? Convenient.
What i wanted to see?
That he knew the whole time, he put it together from her letters & hearing his sisters read the Sheets aloud, etc. He would be the only one who could recognize her writing, because he's the only one she's writing to. That would have been a very romantic twist, that he supported her completely and was chill about it. The relief we all would have felt? Cathartic. 🤷🏼♀️
I am so over the story of 'woman who does not fit modern beauty standards only gets over her body insecurities because of male validation'. In actual life, I have see no correlation between 'fitting conventional beauty standards' and 'not being insecure'. Confidence is a gift we gift ourselves, it is not sustainable if it's only created through external validation.
You and I def have a similar algorithm, I’ve been seeing you everywhere. Hi! You have good taste in videos.
@@pink3rbellx Awww thanks so much. Yes, I definitely think we are on the good side of the algo! 🙂
i kinda thought she saw beauty in herself without colin’s validation especially during that one scene beginning of ep 2 when she’s looking at herself in the mirror it just meant more from colin bc shes been pining for him for so long
Absolutely 💯 this
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Colin suddenly being a playboy like his brothers was a whole ick, I liked his character because he seemed different from them.
I hated that they ruined John & Francesca's love. I don't care Michael's a woman, but they should have done a slow burn unrequited love from Michaela's POV NOT Francesca.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYINGGGG 😭
Yes! Good point
Yeah it's wrong to have her crushing on Michaela WHILE she *just* got married. They could've introduced Michaela without the blushing looks on Francesca's part.
I don't understand why the showrunner didn't understand what you said, and what a lot of people perceived. That scene didn't just magically happen or appear. The showrunner directed the editor to put Francesca's reaction in the playlist. The showrunner is not stupid. So what was the showrunner trying to accomplish? The showrunner read the book "When He Was Wicked." The showrunner admitted that she knew that story was a fan favorite. So again why did the showrunner set up that introduction the she did? You clearly understand the John and Francesca's relationship was "ruined." I'm sure the showrunners understood that. So why did she allow it to happen?
I would like to preface this by saying I haven’t read the books so please take everything I say with a grain of salt. Watching the season and John and Francesca’s relationship play out it kind of makes sense to me that she would have a bit of a crush John’s sister. Throughout the season it never seemed to me that Francesca had any real interest in any of the men that pursued her, while John was different, there still seemed to be something that wasn’t completely right for Francesca. Yes that something could have just been nerves, but the way that they were focusing so much on those ‘nerves’ made it seem like much more. In the context of the show this sort of crush or admiration she seems to have makes sense to me, but again I have not read the original source material and I am also looking at this from the lenses of a queer girl so please grain of salt.
I think Lady Danbury’s anger makes more sense when you consider it with the context we gained in Queen Charlotte.
Agatha was groomed, from a very young age, to be her geriatric husband’s perfect wife. She had to love his favorite color, eat his favorite foods, be the type of woman he desired. Her individuality was stripped away to suit him. Then she was repeatedly raped over the course of their marriage and forced to bear his children. In QC, we see that Agatha LOATHED her husband. She would scrub her skin after being raped and feared getting pregnant again. That level of intense and pervasive trauma doesn’t go away easily. He might have been 10 but Agatha’s marriage benefitted his family, especially when her husband became part of the Ton/titled. Also, trauma doesn’t have an expiration date. This was their first time seeing each other since he ratted her out, it makes sense that her hurt would bubble back to the surface.
Being mad at a 10yr old child is not ok that women is 60yrs old that man been dead for about 40yrs it's time to move especially since she been fucking on violent daddy.. that's an excuse tbh
Promised to him at 3 years old 🤮
@@commentsforthealgorithm, probably one of the most heinous parts about it. She literally was groomed from toddlerdom to be an old man’s fuck doll. It’s horrific.
THANK YOU !!!!!!!
so eloquent and beautifully said! people totally forget about and push to the side others trauma
I agree entirely with her take on disliking Collin, I just don’t think there was ever a chance after Anthony and Kate…like they set the bar so high after season 2 when it came to charisma and chemistry
i think George was a good follow up collin is just unlikable on his own 😭💀 (not that kate and anthony didn’t set the bar high cause they def did)
Remember people thought that about Daphne and Simone. They could have easily appealed to 'friends to lovers' trope enjoyers w better writing
@@strawhatsmanagerColin is not unlikable at all. He is the least toxic male lead we’ve gotten so far. Y’all are so harsh on him for no damn reason.
@@Peayou...please Daphne and Simon fans are not people who I take seriously. Boring, no chemistry and meh acting from both of them plus their awful romance and let’s not forget SA!!
@@AshleyAlvarez-rq9uefr! 😫
Inexplicably making Colin the 8699th rake of the show even though it doesn’t fit his character, while simultaneously dropping hints that he’s pretending bc the writers know it doesn’t make sense either but he’s being a rake either way.
He was in the books ..
@@already8use terrible books. The show is at its best when it ignores them.
Making this season about Colin and Penelope was such a massive mistake. Because the tension in regard to them, their love story and everything with Whistledown is over now. Everything expected with that storyline of everything I just mentioned was absolutely wasted. Colin’s undying love for Pen came out of absolutely nowhere. Pen’s character development is non existent. The whole reveal to everyone about Whistledown felt like it didn’t even matter. And everything about this season is so painfully rushed and all over the place.
I know none of us watch Bridgerton for the good writing but Jesus Christ, at least the first two seasons didn’t feel like this one.
The entire build up was S1/S2. The only thing that is different from this season to prior is that it did have build up. All the allusions to past season show Colin had strong feelings for Penelope but he never realized she can be more than a friend. Colin is the one who seeks her out at the dances, Colin is the one who asks her to dance, Colin is the one who writes her letters and is happy she responds. It wasn't rushed at all...i'd argue waiting til Ep 4 for them to come together was still too slow in some ways.
@@funkycrawler619 Seasons 1 and 2 had very poor buildup when it came to these two. It was practically blink and you'll miss it since Colin has never mattered to this show until this season. So when it was time for the show to play catch up and make it their love story, it was too late and it didn't have the execution needed to make it work.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 What poor build up are you referring to if I may ask? Colin gave Cressida the cut direct episode 1 to dance with Penelope after she ruined the dress Pen just told him she loved, he made an active attempt to talk to Pen during the Marina calling hour (after her mom said talk to her other daughters), he actively talked to her even while courting Marina and Pen trying to stop him from being trapped, the whole Jack scandal with him saving her, he calls her Pen only...like there is a LOT there that indicates they have a strong friendship. If you're referring to more raunchyness, its pretty clear Colin does not like sex for sex sake without intimacy but he was far more romantic than any other lead with his actions and dialogue.
@@funkycrawler619 You said it, strong "Friendship" but we didn't get a good development of it turning into romantic love, it's not the same. Hell, just a season back in the finale we had him saying he would never court her and it was not one of those instances where she just didn't hear the whole convo, he was serious, so how did this change so drastically? We never actually saw him falling for her or at least executed well. And no it's not about raunchiness and Colin does not like sex for sex sake... season 1 & 2 Colin, cause who tf is this season's Colin? And sexual attraction is indeed an important part of a "friends to lovers" trope cause that's one of the things that changes when one of them never saw the other that way. Their story could've been executed so much better.
Woman, the blush is BLUSHING today in your look. Summer is definitely here!
So Penelope being a spinster makes more sense in the books timeline. Because Netflix decided to do the storyline out of order, it kind of messes up a lot of things. In the book timeline, Penelope is 28 during this period. So whenever people think she's a spinster or she talks about how she's a spinster, it makes a lot more sense in the books. Netflix pushing up her timeline, yet keeping all the elements and comments of her being a spinster made it really confusing and laughable.
It also makes more sense that it is difficult for her to part ways with her "Lady Whistledown" persona since she's been writing her for 10 years. It became a huge part of her identity.
yea this was so fast to get rid of Lady Whistledown like… it had some more potential, Julie Andrews not Penelope imo
@@erinandthe1580what is the normal timeline ?
I was SO ANNOYED by the queen interrupting the wedding just to poke someone who writes gossip without one single proof about their identity...like, OMG, get a life lol. I liked Lord Debling over Colin as a pair for Penelope because their "friends to lovers" trope wasn't good developed and really lacked the begging and love affirmations from him towards her - ALSO, that hole conversation with Cressida about writing and privilege should had been with Pen, for God's sake!!! Pen's speech at the ball, saying that she was fascinated about the life of those people was also so lame...When her sister released the "bugs" no one gave a damn anymore about all the mean things and exposure Pen did on that paper...
In the book Penelope was 28 when she married and by that time was considered a spinster. I wish they would’ve done time jumps in the show
*SPOILERS (kinda)*
I’m pretty they said they won’t time jump because, QC dies in 1818 and doing a ten year time jump would kill off that character. I mean this is regency fantasy so I don’t know why they even care about that historical detail
I'm a spinster now then 😂
@@erinandthe1580they’re gonna kill her off? 😭😭 but the show already goes against a lot of what happened historically, why would they set that boundary for themselves…
@@MarcyStevonshy there was an article saying they don’t want to do massive time jumps because of it, so it seems they are going to be accurate in THAT regard, like it really matters. I’m not well versed in British history so I wouldn’t even have known when she died until they brought it up. I really want these characters to not be teen aged anymore, so maybe it’s time 💀
Your Colin opinions are so true and so brave. And no shade to the actor, because it wouldn't be as bad for him if the writers didn't try to force him to be the debonair "rake" trope (again, we already got that with every other male lead anyway), they should have just let him be the dweeb we know him to be. That could have been cute and different.
Also, I think Penelope changed her look because she was wearing the clothes her mom told her to, not what she wanted to wear. Anyway, love the vid!
They really messed up his character. Reading through comments, who does everyone love? Suave Colin? Nope. It's cheese loving Mr. Finch.
@@katiesmith2447and we see no depth in his character. colin did not work.
But Colin was never a rake, he tried to force himself to fit into society's expectations and Shonda wanted to fight toxic masculinty
There is explicit dialogue stating he isn't a raking and trying to be one for the sake of conforming to society...if you hated him as a rake then you should cause that is what is explictly stated...he isn't a rake and he is the only man to get down on his knees to profess his love so...
@@StephanieStar-xq3io rake is not just a mindset. He was sleeping around in his season, nobody asked him to do that he did that because he wanted to
Also, Lady Danbury wasn't running TO the love of her life, she was running AWAY from her arranged marriage, to the half dead zombie she was married to in the Queen Charlotte series.
im a little confused, I haven't watched queen Charlotte, but I watched season 2 of Bridgeton a few weeks ago and there's a scene where Agatha is talking to Kate. Kate says she wants to live like her, an independent woman who doesn't desire a husband. but then Agatha says something along the lines that she didn't choose that life, she had a husband that she picked out of love but he died. and tells Kate not to give up on love or something. I may be remembering wrong tho
@@rutealmeida3331she didn't marry the love of her life.. she had an affair with him and I think he dies.. it's lady brdgertons father .. but she hated her hisband
@@user-bh2fz5sf5e hold on Agatha liked lord bridgerton? Ooooooh
@@rutealmeida3331her quote I’m pretty sure was “I have loved and lost,” she never said she married out of love. And the one she loved wasn’t her raggedy old husband in QC, it was…. Well, someone close to Violet LOL
Colin is not charismatic leading man, because colin's characteristic is not a charismatic character, He is sensitive and a lover, He is a middle child who did not get much respect from his family, only Pen takes him seriously.
This!!!!!
Thank you. The Colin they gave Pen ticked me off 😅
I'm okay with Penelope's makeover in this case because this isn't a case of "nerdy girl needs to look like this and is made to by the patriarchy." They establish from season one that she doesn't like the way her mother dresses her and that she was uncomfortable in her old look. Even Portia says she thought Penelope's glow up was for her amusement.
The Queen’s wigs were amazing this season. I’m not sure how Golda can actually wear them but she does it magnificently. 👑
I genuinely felt bad for Cressida despite her being a total B*tch. I feel she acts that way considering she was never shown love in her household the same way Bridgertons were. And the fact that she had no genuine friends. Even Eloise just befriended her to make Pen jealous. Everyone kinda just uses her. She did what she had to do to run away and get out, doing horrendous things along the way. Her speech about how not everyone is lucky enough to be born into a family that loves them really made me sympathize with her alot.
Honestly, Cressida deserves better. The show did her dirty, and honestly, I like a reverse Odysseus, so I'm team Pen and Colin. Plus, I forgot about season 2. The biggest villain this season was Eloise where is her character development.
nah she was a genuinely a bad person
Yes she was so selfish
Agree...Yeah, Cressida was really mean, but what was the point of the show building up her character/redemption just to have her fall hard in the end?
I really wish they had developed Colin more as a character like they did for Anthony, Simon, and even Benedict
I was rooting for Cressida's redemption arc ... they did her so dirty!! Eloise was not a good friend!!
Back in regency era they didn’t consider 19 yo girls to be spinsters!! Please don’t believe that bridgerton is an accurate portrayal of the period that they’re trying to represent. Women would be called spinsters once they turned 30 and had no husband and would often debute at the age of 18-20. Society back then was awful to women but not THAT bad
I didnt like the spinster thing. Book pen was 28 which back then is around spinsterage but netflix push this story but didnt change this fact. So now 19yo are spinsters lol
Which is confusing because Daphne was like 22
I think Pen is supposed to be 21 in season 3. Or at least around that age. Definitely not 19. She came out at the same time Daphne did, which was in season 1, and coming out usually happens at 18.
And in this case, I believe, that the spinster label was more due to her being out for 3 seasons and not having any prospects, than her being 21. But of course, book Pen was 28, which indeed is spinster age.
I don’t think she’s an actual spinster though, right? She calls herself that in the first episode, but even Colin pushes back like “girl no you aren’t”. The reason she’s looked down on isn’t cuz she’s a spinster but because she’s had no marriage prospects for 3 years of being out in society, and Cressida looked down on similarly because it’s also been 3 years and every man she pursued stopped pursuing her for one reason or another
How long until she realizes that Pen's last name is Featherington because a feather pen is a quill?
Lord Kilmartin had me shook, he was SO HANDSOME! It was an EXCELLENT match
The writing for Colin was also very ass. He felt like a prop in his own season and we know so much about Penelope. Why is it so unbalanced and he's the Bridgerton?!
Ngl I preferred it, but that's probably because his personality this season was UNBEARABLE. I didn't want them together frfr 😭
Season 3 was a flop for me and I can’t believe we have to wait another 2 years for 8 more episodes. They need to have another Spinoff. Preferably for Violet and Edmund and Kate and Anthony (since they like to hide all their milestones offscreen) 🙄
oh ive BEEN NEEDING a video like this. Ppl thirsting for that mid yt man like he was the last man alive were making me feel crazy. I know I can always rely on other black girls to speak the truth though, always the best side of commentary ytb
he cute tho but yeah agreed.
Thank you!! Same, I was waiting for someone to say these things.
@@rezza_lynsaii he cute, but sex symbol… bring back Simon
@@erinandthe1580ong Simon n Daphne’s storyline was so deep and entertaining
I LOVE you being excited about micheala! Everybody’s been so negative and extremely hateful about it, so seeing you being just as excited as me about is is so refreshing!
She probably didn’t read the books (totally assuming) the reasoning behind the hate is not necessarily because Francesca is bisexual but because making Michael a woman changes her entire story
Literally they basically already set eloise up for this story and it would actually improve her story. Francescas was already great!
And it feels cheap having fran get attracted so early despite just getting married @@loladexploradora5567
Personally I really connected with her love story becuase it wasn't grand and she was able to be awkward and sweet not this big thing. So when she stumbled over herself it devalued her love story with the man she just married
I’ve warmed up to Michaela, but I’m ultra curious how they’ll update it
ugh from the minute he appeared on camera Colin was just not doing it for me!! I found him so much more attractive in s2, they really didn’t need to yassify him and cosplay him as a pirate to try and make him more appealing. He looked so wholesome, sweet and sensitive before, and while I get that he was apparently just doing the whole rake thing for show, it wasn’t made clear why he felt the need to change himself so much. Especially after travelling and going away so often in previous seasons, and claiming to ‘find himself’ each time he returned.
ugh idk. His bouffant hair and high collared cloaks were highkey giving me creepy vampire vibes. There was also something going on with his eyes that put me off…they just never seemed tender or to express enough. He showed more tenderness of expression when he had a storyline with Marina, not sure why he struggled with that with Pen. But perhaps that’s on the actors own abilities.
For me, Penelope really carried their interactions, and their entire relationship if i’m honest. She had more chemistry with that naturalist Lord D, and I’m not ashamed to say I was even rooting for them! He was the first man to actually see and appreciate Pen without having to be taught or enlightened to her. Colin was just…there. They made him a shell of a character this season and it’s such a shame considering the potential Colin had. Not one flashback scene of his and Pen’s early friendship, or of his travels abroad, or the letters he and Pen exchanged…If anything this season was more about the unravelling of the Whistledown secret than about the love story between Polin. And that’s where they messed up, by making Polin’s long awaited love story a subplot to the main plot of Whistledown’s unveiling.
*sigh* Season 3 was badly written, ill-thought out, and just truly unsatisfying. I will say though, they had a mountain to climb trying follow Kanthony. Season 2 completely set the bar for Brigerton, it was the shows high water mark without question. Sadly, Kanthony’s scenes in Season 3 were the only thing motivating me to keep going.
I too was rooting for Pen and Lord D 😂
So glad I’m not the only one who thought this season-and Colin-was lackluster.
ahh appreciate your well-balanced takes!! your vibes remind me a bit of Kennie JD and her bad movies in a beat series, your makeup is deadly!!
i feel as though the story for this season is the first draft for me. [this opinion comes from reading and writing too many fanfics so pls take a grain of salt] what's a common but unspoken hurdle in writing is that you can't just apply all of your ideas into one story with an even shorter run time, because like you said!! there are EIGHT children we have to experience. so i noticed the ideas each bridgerton was given but it's the execution is where it's awkward.
And so when a season rolls around i like to view it as an 'all-you-can=eat buffet' where i choose which story line to follow and skip the rest because of the 'meh execution' we’ve come to expect.
i dont know if youre aware of this movie, but Emma [2020] was what i expected from Pen and Colin because of the similiar traits they both have. Emma and Mr Knightley are the classic friends to lovers trope [jane austen you will ALWAYS be famous] and!!! not only it established their dynamic by showing the casual intimacy [that pen and colin did NAWT have] but we the audience were able to empathise and root for them to be together. I found myself confused at best with this season because I’m not confident of their casual intimacy. like yeah they’re friends…… but where’s the sauce??
Honestly I wish they had really pressed their addiction to each other. When she goes out to print another whistle down and he sees her, they fight, and they make out. I wish we got more of that yearning. Even though he is pissed and she doesn’t want to give up her dreams, they are just so in love and lustful for each other they can’t keep their hands off. Just feels stupid to have that steamy make out sesh if they weren’t goinn to go down that route. Immediately after that he returns to not wanting to be around her 🙄
My only issue with the queen’s swan wig is that they use LED rgb lights which really took me out. I can believe there is some mechanical aspects since roughly around then we had music boxes but don’t be using streamer lights 😂
It's interesting that you saw parallels with Cinderella and the Pollen storyline because in the books, Benedicts' story is a Cinderella retelling basically.
Umm Lady Danbury wasn’t to run away with the love of her life.. and she wasn’t alone since as you said…. she was supposed to run away the night she was to be married to an old man she didn’t want to marry. Her brother told their father she was going to run. Did you not watch Queen Charlotte?
Let's be real there was no romance, the show did Colin dirty in terms of writing and it was Pen's plus everyone elses season not his
i cant lie guys i clicked on this video coz the most beautiful woman i've ever seen was on the thumbnail but stayed for the great discussion and smooth editing 🗣🗣‼
WELL YES! and i completely agree with u abt the sentiments on colin.. HES NOT DOIN IT FOR ME! and i can never get over the comments he made in s2 either 😒
But yall can get over wht pen was saying in her article about their family constantly lol ok
But you have no problem with Pen talking shit about everyone for no reason. Colin deserves better
GOD FORBID A WOMAN HAVE A HOBBY! pen is my girl idc i support women’s wrongs. this seasons writing is so messy why does colin suddenly now gaf 🙄 u can never make me hate penelope idc. her one outlet after being outcasted by society!
@@cass422 talking shit about others is a good hobby? Really? She could’ve used her writing talents to write book or something. Not some dumb gossip
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@@AshleyAlvarez-rq9ue be for real women couldn’t properly publish books or they weren’t taken seriously back in that time period. publishing an anonymous gossip column was unfortunately one of the only ways for her work to be known! y’all hate on lady whistle down but if it weren’t for her the series would not be nearly half as interesting
man look what lady danbury had to go through .. id also hate him !!
Honestly. This season was boring to me & drew too much attention away from the main couple. And I hate Colin’s reason to love Penelope. I’m not convinced he loves her for herself, but more so how she makes him feel & validates his ego. I’m more invested in Francesca’s story. It’s upsetting that a main character with a bigger body has the worst season too. I’m not a season 1 truther, and obviously season 2 will most likely never be topped because it was dripping with chemistry & everyone being developed in a stronger sense, but this season just fell flatter than flat for me. And that made me sad. I wanted more for Pen.
i recently watched your awkward and atm video and gosh i just love your voice. it works so well for the content you make and you’re gorgeous btw! and i know this video is going to be amazingg
i will watch every video about bridgerton s3 and when i saw yours was over an hour long, i clicked it so fast. time to watch your entire backlist of videos!
this has nothing to do with the video but girl oh my god that blush shade is made for you. it is so stunning on you.
You talk about shows I don’t even watch but I stay and watch what you have to say because you’re strikingly beautiful
You are the first UA-camr I’ve *personally* seen who is excited about Michaela & legit YES THANK YOU I was so hyped too 🎉
I kinda blame the shift in power behind the scenes because after two great seasons. Then this sudden shift to someone who wants to change absolutely everything. It gave a little whiplash. (Idc if you call me a hater. It’s how I feel.) It was too ambitious for what was going on. Each season focused on one character being the A plot and lady Whistledown being the B plot. Then they DID have the time crunch with only the 8 episodes. So maybe they should’ve just focused on like one big A plot and small B plot for the season. Then at the VERY end. Focus more on the B plot and the start of the C plot with Cressida. Cut out everything else that doesn’t have to do with the Bridgerton family.
And the cut the Colin 3 ways.
I love Penelope so much. She is my favourite character and I was so let down by season 3. I was so looking forward to it. Colin needed more. He needed to be more interesting and sweet. I’m a nerd (gonna own it) and I adore fandom Colin from fanfics and so on. The fandom writes him ten times better! They make him funny, sweet and interesting! Like I so badly wish Colin was written like that in canon…and I wish Penelope had rejected the proposal and we got the fandom version of Colin grovelling to his brothers about Penelope not wanting him anymore!
Also I wanted Colin to know about Penelope being Mrs Whistledown before he proposed and to be frank, when he asked her if she was going to marry him or not, I thought she was going to just say ‘I’m lady whistledown’
ALSO the comment about Penelope entrapping him! And Penelope didn’t react! Like gal! Please!!
im totally new to your channel and i absolutely love the vibe every each of your video radiates 👩❤️💋👩 i totally thought yt algorithm brought me to someone with hundred of thousands of subscribers. my new comfort commentary youtuber!
spinster ganggg. girl i don’t even watch bridgerton, i just like hearing you speak 😂 and seeing you! you’re beautiful! hope you’re well 🩷
Yes!! I was so excited to see this video pop up on my suggested videos! Love your content and personality!
I’m so glad you loved that michalea and francesca moment as much as me. some of the book purists in the fandom are being really gross and hateful (homophobic) about it but I can NOT wait for their season.
You need to watch Queen Charlotte:A Bridgerton story. It has background information about Lady Danbury. She was forced to marry an old super gross man and had four kids with him. You can see the friendship between the Queen and Lady Danbury since their youth.
This was fantastic. You did a great job bridging between regency England and today. Loved your character assessments. You did an awesome job! Thanks!
I genuine think NF shot themselfs in the leg by making Queen Charlotte that good bcs comparing to that series all Bridgerton seasons are crap
THE SHEER JOY OF GETTING THIS VIDEO NOTIFICATION!! I need more gossip girl vids so the gg references were much appreciated
Can I just say you are STUNNING. The jewellery, the makeup, the outfit, the nails 😍 and your voice is soo nice
I felt this title with my soul
I don't see how penelope deserves better.
Omg so excited for the new vid I love your channel ❤
19 yo woman wasn't actually considered spinster at that time. Spinster was a woman in her late 20s. In the books Penelope is 29 not 19. That's why she's called a spinster.
I watched the whole season, I didn't even really like it, but girl I watched this video from beginning to end, you are so entertaining and charming
And SO gorgeous, I'd die for you to be any Bridjerton season main character, you’d be incredibly beautiful in the show’s aesthetic
just saw the thumbnail, and immediately rushed over to say your blush is stunning !!
the most relatable thing you say, it's DONT PISS ME OFF after so many weird scenes
Pen's excuses for writing about Colin were a bit gross. She was lashing out at him because she was angry, hurt and jealous, but as you said, that is the sort of conversation that should be kept between the two of them. The conversation they did have about it was great, but also soured by her initial response. She wants him the way she wants him, and didn't like that he changed, yet she's never once bothered to ask him why. Him believing that she lacks respect for him is completely understandable. I know she's a gossip, and a fundamental lack of consideration for other people's feelings and privacy is a given, but he was her friend for a long time. He always protected her, and saw her when nobody else did. What happened in 2x08 sucks, but one incident shouldn't negate all those years. Besides, Pen's intentional, pre-meditated, public attack on him was much worse than Colin's one-off, spur-of-the-moment comment to a limited number of people. All their conversations in S3 have been primarily focussed on her, largely because she let him believe he needed to earn back her friendship, when she'd already gotten her petty revenge. Her crush on him may have been one-sided in the first two seasons, but their friendship never was, until this season. Whether it's because the writers listened to all that toxic, entitled nonsense people kept saying about wanting to see Colin grovel, which is really gross, or for some other reason, that does not make for a healthy dynamic. I mean, she wanted him so badly for so long, but now that she has his love, she cares more about her ego? She'd really choose trashy gossip over the life she could have with him? Really?! Also, you were spot on about Eloise and Colin loyally keeping Pen's secrets, no matter how hurt and angry they were about them. Which is kind of ironic, since Penelope herself has little respect for anyone else's secrets.
Yes. I really wished she let go of LW for her love of Eloise and Colin. Is not fun to have a friend who's letting the world know your secrets. I love Pen, but LW should have ended. There are other ways she could have been a writer.
You should watch queen charlotte if you haven’t watched it yet it made me love her so much more
Girl the title summed up my thoughts
The title says it! Colin was such a bad romantic interest. I was not rooting for him at all
The writing sucked but I do NOT get the Colin hate like Simon, Daphne and Anthony did worse yet Colin is the villain? The man just had insecurities he overcame and was mad for 2 weeks at best aftee another fiance lied to his face again
I am genuienly worried about like...a lot of these analysis overlooking the crucial point with Polin is that S1/S2 is the part of the build up. Attempting to understand them within the sole vortex of S3 does a disservice to their build up. Like Colin being annoying, is completely valid, because he is trying to not be his real self (and his comment in S2 is twofold in that yes he trying to fit in but also to him, he never did think he would court her and he fully apologized on HIS accord and came up with a plan on HIS own to make it up to her). I have seen fair critique of this season but within the overarching theme of Authenticity being what Polin is, understanding them from S1-S3 is important to understand why their arguably one of the better couples for pure romance (and if you don't like friends-to-lovers find, but to they did it incredibly well here).
First time watching one of your videos and I love your personality!! I really liked your commentary (you are so pretty also❤)
You deserve more subscribers x
They murdered Colin "MY WIFE" Bridgerton 😣 Penelope totally deserved better! You'd think after 2+ seasons of her pining over him we'd see him earn her... We barely got 2 episodes of him completely besotted with her and then he's so blinded by anger/jealousy/hurt he doesn't even think of how his actions/words come across. Then they try to wrap it up with a beautiful love confession where he's lucky he gets to stand by her side. Like when has he stood by her side?! Philipa is the one that breaks the tension when the ton is staring at her. He could have shown his support but no he just stands there. Plus he says that AFTER the Queen/ ton have kind of accepted Pen. It would have hit so much stronger if he'd have said it before no matter what society's reaction would be... Whoever thought this season was beyond mediocrity needs to rethink things
1 hour and 20 mins dragging the latest season, yes pls
I live for your videos
I loved the violin music, too. I think it was all Vitamin String Quartet this season
Fyi the reason why "Simon" didn't show up in season 2 was because he turned down the role for a movie career. They wanted Daphne and Simon to be in season 2. We did see Daphne a little bit but without Simon it was odd.
So seeing Anthony & Kate is not surprising at all. Especially since everyone is literally living in his house. It's not like Daphne, whom was physically living elsewhere.
I feel like Portia Featherington is kinda based off of or inspired by Kris Jenner
The music is something I adore also and may be my favourite part too!
Tbf in this version of the story a 19yr old Pen wouldn’t be considered a “spinster”. In the books, this occurs after a timeskip and Pen is like 28 so by then she’d be considered a “spinster”.
Just in time! I’m alone at work today so I usually watch/listen to things in the background and this video is perfect!
P.S. I agree with you! I had a hard time caring about Collin… the only reason I kept watching was for Penelope lol
I need them to redo this season because Colin, Polin and Romance deserved better than being sidecharacters in their own season
The way they kept nixing Kate and Anthony from the story was really irritating
Spinster gang 😂😂
Liked and subscribed! I was a new fan...and then you hit me with that Lexapro! 😂 x100
ur so right all the time love you xx
WOW, Eloise not saying anything about humiliating her friend who wrote bad things about her , Girl i can't
Hot take Penelope should have been the ending sesone and should of shown that she's lady whistledown halfway throw the sesones. I know this show is on a book, but they are already off-book with half of Anthony’s love story. Pen is such a strong character and the poster child of the series since she's lady whistledown. I sorta felt let down since they tried to follow the book more but they cut half of Colin growth to put it all off screen. 🗿 why…and Colin was a terrible guy in the books too bc he is constantly jealous of pen’s writing achievements.
spinster gang
The side burn comment lol. Penelope is so gorgeous ❤
a PERTH girlie!!!! as soon as those words left your mouth i got excited cause omg. Gonna keep my eyes peeled for you in the city lol
you are so gorgeous oh my god 😭❤
Sidenote: Love your makeup!
Personally i think you could really Tell that the show runner changed. I want the Old one back
hey girl! Love this video also what mic do you use?
"You begged her. You're a begger!" 🤣😂
21:58 I also thought this interaction will lead to Penelope's more love interest and Colin falling hard for her while she is having the attention she deserved this season... But no, Netflix was like
Ok we already fulfilled a checkbox with a disabled person, now lets get rid of this character... Ooof
✅ Disabled person
✅ A trio
✅ A "neurodivergent" bi person
❌ great character development and good writing
Now I wonder if Netflix get more views or get paid more for showing that and forget about making great tv shows
They really did Cressida so dirty. Like what did she do to get such poor treatment and an unhappy storyline. I need justice
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I actually hate the way this season LOOKS. After the disaster that was season three, I wanted to go back and watch the previous seasons to see just what exactly rubbed me the wrong way (besides the bad writing and even worse pacing), and I found it. It’s the way the whole thing looks, lighting, makeup and costuming mainly. In s1 and 2, the lighting was so gorgeous and it fit the context of the characters and scene. S1 is very blue tinted, the night tends to be more of a cool shade to fit Daphne’s colour palette, and s2 is very pink tinted, as the sharmas generally wear warmer shades. It just gave an air of true personality to everything. In s3, the lighting is….normal? Dull? I think it might be something to do with the type of camera they used (probably digital). Idk it just took away some of that bridgerton spark for me. And then there’s the issue of Colin and Penelope’s makeup. Oh boy. When Penelope walked into the ball with a literal bold glamour filter on, I was like..what? I get it’s not supposed to be historically accurate, but it threw me off so bad. I wasn’t thinking about pen’s big moment, I was thinking about why the hell she was suddenly wearing eyelash extensions. I know she’s supposed to look more mature, but Kate in s2 achieved that just fine with minimal makeup. And Colin looks like he just had Botox, which is not something I want in my period piece romance show. And those costumes…. I’m sorry but yikes. For a show that is marketed as a regency/fantasy romance show, there was BARELY any regency in those costumes. The fabrics were far too modern and I know that bridgerton is no stranger to modern fabrics but literally every character was suddenly wearing three different ones at once and it gave me the ickkkkk. Like it’s not regency anymore besides a very loose interpretation of the empire waistline, and it, again, took away from the general experience, the LAST thing a showrunner wants a viewer to think. In s1 and 2, bridgerton’s costuming was the perfect mix of period accurate and modern. Modern enough to stand out, period accurate enough for it to still be a period drama. S3’s costuming was simply a mess.