Colin being in denial with his feelings for Penelope II Season 1 Edition  

ughh ppl who say their relationship was rushed in s3 NEED to be directed to this video

In *Greek* literature, Penelope is the clever wife of Odysseus who remains faithful to him for twenty years while he is traveling all over doing god knows what. Odysseus is presumed dead (and therefore not available to be her husband), and she is expected to be entertaining potential suitors, but she does not actively pursue this for a long time. The most she does is eventually start manipulating all of the suitors to prove themselves worthy of marriage while making up stories about how she *will* choose a husband as soon as _______ happens. So she is manipulating the marriage mart for her own amusement, so to speak. She keeps herself entertained by this until Odysseus returns home in disguise, pretending to be someone he is not. She suspects he is lying and is in fact Odysseus but makes him prove himself worthy to be her husband, and in doing so, he accidentally reveals himself to have been Odysseus all along. Then, even though he is now admitting who he is, she believes it is too good to be true that Odysseus came back to her, so he has to prove it to her again through one more test. I just think that story is very interesting. 😂 Also, the etymology for the name is believed to be a combination of Greek words that means “cunning weaver whose motivation is hard to decipher”.

“penelope! what a barb” *prolonged eye contact*

He looks over to the featherington house, the same way that Penelope does with Bridgerton house 🥰

2:28 god he was just such a little cutie pie in season 1! 100% think he was implied to be a virgin in season 1, just our little green boy with a hero complex 🥰

I believe Colin always had a crush on Penelope. Maybe deep down he just didn't feel that he was good enough for her. Also he is so clueless that he genuinely though Pen only sees him as a friend . So unconsciously, Colin friendzoned himself until S3 when they had their 1st kiss. It was at that moment that his feeling resurfaced and he realized he's in love with her.

you did not have to show the scene where Penelope starts crying into Eloise’s arms. i miss them so much

every time i see the clip when pen goes “good luck on your tOUr” with this little face 🥺 it makes me cry 😭 she loves him so much 😭

I think people think their relationship was rushed in S3 because Colin wasn’t fully aware of his feelings in seasons 1 & 2.

As unflattering as Pen's yellow dresses are, they were certainly eye-catching for one Colin Bridgerton. When he saught her out he could always spot her in a crowd.

The fact that he couldn't kiss Marina, and now he cannot keep his hands off Penelope ❤❤ He wasn't a gentleman with Pen, that's for sure 😅😂

“We’re just friend.” THE FRIENDSHIP 💁🏻‍♀️ It’s cute tho how they both struggling with their feelings, going on & off, being in denial, friendzone each other. The best mask to put on is friendship. Especially Colin. Colin had that audacity to brag around about his travelling to 17 cities, his experienced in love charms, volunteer to help Pen in searching of a good husband, yet still clueless that his true love is just across the street of his house 😂

I earnestly believe that Colin only left because he realized that he had feelings for Pen. Well... subconsciously. He was in awkward feeling/denial phase and therefore left when those feelings overcame him. In fact, whenever he came close to Pen, he felt the sudden urge to run. (Yet when he's away, he wants to be close, I wonder why that is.) He doesn't know what he's feeling, but he IS feeling it. It just feels too natural to him to be anything as scary and beyond as love is said to be, and yet it's somehow more. Move forward to season 2: Colin comes back, has forsworn women except Pen because Pen does not count. He texted her, he felt like he could truly find himself and he became that and focused only on their relationship and himself overcoming his feelings for Marina Crane. Their friendship came first. But surely, it could not be love, because she's his best friend. Moving on to Season 3: Colin returns once more, everything has changed. His relationship to Pen is severely severed and he can't figure out why. His emotional stability is completely off balance, so he searches for companionship ins strangers and wonders why he never feels complete. Then, Pen focuses on other men, and he completely spirals. He's her friend, so he should help her. He still does not understand why he's so focused on her, so ... yearning. So, when he kisses her, it finally hits him. Because this is the intimate closeness he's had with women, the same kind of intimacy that left him lonely and confused. But with her, it's different. For once, he doesn't think, because he found his way home. It's earth shattering, but it had always been there. Colin Bridgerton is just oblivious as hell.

NOT THE SCREENSHOTS OF THE CARRIAGE SCENE ABHSBSBSB

2:32 I love when people makes the comparison, it's crystal clear. But you're editing is hilariouuus, not the frames of the scandal whike he speaks😂😂😂😂 boy he is so in denial

three damn seasons until he stopped calling her a friend

3:36 he was just a baby cinnamon roll romantic ya know? 🥺 like penelope, they both have romanticized what it is like to be in love. he just wanted it for himself so badly that he materialized it with the first girl that ever took him seriously. or at least he thought she did.. 😬

Loved this version of their love story over the seasons, your comments and additions were awesome and hilarious.

Colin has always cared for Pen. He's always loved her. Her happiness has always been in the top five priorities of his. Hes's also been incredibily young in the mindset to marry her (or anyone, since Marina, whom he predictably fell in lust with, successfully disguising it in love in his own eyes, because he was too immature to see the difference). It did feel a little rushed in the s3 (not as much as a lot of people say; Ig it's due to a lot of arcs being part of thos season instead of just one or two), yet still logically and emotionally handled in a right way, as the only thing Colin needed to think about what he actually feels fpr Pen was a trigger event (the kiss) and to confess his love - a risk that is greater than being rejected by his best friend after confessing (Debling). There was no "need for the love to bloom". There was only the need, for Colin, to get a reason to reflect on his feelings a little better. Now it's time for Pen to grow up (Colin already has), and, I'm guessing, this is what we're gonna get in the second half of the season.

LOVING the quick little inclusion of lowkey by niki lollll

impeccable editing 😂👍

4:13 I never realized how unimpressed Benedict looked in that scene lmaoooo he knows his brother is a dumbass

Please please please do season 2!!!!! Then we need season 3 after part 2 airs

Hahahahahhahaa it's perfect😂😂😂😂 he's still Colin Denial Bridgerton 😂 cu in season 3 part 2 hahahhaha

Yk, 'in love with pen' and 'gentlemen' rhyme

With as perturbed as Violet Bridgerton seemed in Season1 with the Engagement to Marina and how QUICKLY she jumped on the Pen bandwagon do you think she might have been the original Polin shipping in universe just driving the band wagon waiting for her son to realize he was on it?

Captions *chef’s kiss🤌* PLEASEeeee do more of this!!!! For S2 and S3 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

That Mr Bean meme got me

This had me cackling. 😂

I never noticed the disapproval on Violet's face when Colin comes in and the family it sitting down at the table. Hilarious 😂😅

Polin forever 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"I believe you are right" WOMP WOMP NO COLIN BAD

i need the "colin in denial season 2 edition"

😂😂😂. I'm gonna miss Polin but worried not we'll meet them for Season 4, a happy and married Polin

So good!! Loved watching all your edits

thank you for the edits... pls continue so until the end of season 3...

Hey great editing skills💫🌟👏👏 Do Season 3 if possible ✨

I lOL ed so many times. That was soooo good.

Cant wait to see your season 3 edit!!!

Genialidad de video! 🤣👏👏👏 Es necesario, para que todos sepan del cariño y respeto que siempre le tuvo Colin a Pen. Que se fue acentuando, transformando en la T2 y exploto en amor apasionado y genuino en la T3. Continua con esta historia, lo haces muy bien 🐝💞🪶

It's not bbc, but ccb, Colin clueless bridgerton

sooooo, Colin is Anna... 🤔🤔 3:26

question, when colin is announcing his and marina's engagement, does anthony look right at pen? because he looks off somewhere and i'm unsure of the blocking of the scene. if so i'll lose my mind

Ele não é mais tão cavalheiro kkkkkkk Pen que o diga!

¿En serio la Sr. Thomson se creia tan irresistible como para hacer caer en la tentacion a Colin? Aunque no fuera de forma consciente, el estaba y esta enamorado de Pen, es su primer y gran amor😒

Que pena que e inglês 😂😂😂😂 não entendi pouca coisa ❤❤❤❤

here is my list of colins season one outfits that were not it objectivly: the one from the lord byron he is not scene, almost the rest of his outfits cause they did my dude dirty season 1.

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I don’t know if words can convey the depth of how they hurt me with Colin. From the moment I heard that they were going to turn Colin into a rake I knew that they ruined him. And ruined the entire story 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 (Colin had been taught, all his young life, that it was his duty as a gentleman to protect, care for, and defend the fairer sex.) Colin declaring that he is a true gentleman in season 1. [Means] As a gentlemen he considered himself worthy of veneration due to earn respect not handed it on a silver platter, his unearned entitlement had never warped his sense of moral conscience. He does not see women as decorative object or a prize to be won. 🥇 This is why Penelope loves him. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ I honestly won’t ever forgive the writers for ruining the character. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 When they took Colins, sweet innocence and naivety. They took something special from him. Because the way that Penelope loves, Colin is so innocent 😇 and pure. Having Violet do a scene saying how sensitive and different. Colin is. Doesn’t salvage the damage that they’ve done. You know what they could’ve done and said they could’ve showed us that he was this person. Instead of breaking the number one ☝️ visual media rule show and tell, don’t just tell. 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏Colins desire to travel 🧳 is not to Rake across the continent 🌏having sex escapades, to fetishize it into his journal 📔 he travels for beauty for adventure architecture, culture and history because he’s a nerd 🧐 just like Penelope. The fact is, Colin was a different character. He was set up to be a different character. (TVShow Colin) why couldn’t he be the sweet💛Hufflepuff🦡. Foodie 🍰who seek purpose and greater meaning with his life with intimacy? 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞😞 Imagine if he’d come back as hot, sturdy Colin but still had his puppy 🐶 energy. Had all the ladies swooning over him but he doesn’t pay any attention because he’s focused on Pen’s lessons. Then he notices all the attention he’s getting because there’s one person who he’s not getting attention from anymore because the lessons work. When I think 🤔 on it, a few more things bother me about the plot. 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 1. Pen doesn’t write Colin back during his travels. Why didn’t that bother him? Because if he had feelings all along (I think he did and S2 had us believing he did) then he should have been increasingly unhinged by not hearing back from her. And worried about her. 2. This is a man who pledged to take care of her in season 2. Where is he? Instead he just goes off to be a slut in 17 cities? And doesn’t give two shits about a friend not writing him back? Just goes and fucks some more sex workers and Countesses? Let me write about it in my journals too! 3. His apology was glib and unworthy of Penelope and their friendship. They made it about Penelope thinking she is unworthy not Colin being a drunk ass and insulting her to eligible bachelors/her chances on the marriage mart. 4.He didn’t bring presents🎁 back for her. So was he even thinking 💭 about her ? At all ? You would think when you’re shopping for presents for everybody someone who special to you would be on your mind to get them something. 5.Colin comes back does the same whoring about the entire time he is teaching Penelope lessons (for weeks apparently) and then kisses her because he feels sorry for her. Ugh that is so gross to me. 6.Then because he is supposedly so despondent over Pen having a suitor, he goes back to fuck some sex workers again. 7.He only gets up enough courage to tell Penelope how he feels once he knows she is getting proposed to. Like he couldn’t call on her, not even once, or bribe her maid again, to see her and explain how he feels. Instead it’s poor me me me me…. I keep asking myself why I should want ShondaColin with Penelope. She deserves sooo much better than him. Ugh… 😣 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 It would’ve been just as spicy 🥵 repressed newly discovering virgins. There is such a thing as horny virgins. The excited exploration. The cute hilarious awkwardness. The wonder of a whole New World unlocked Wasted potential. (The fanfic did it better.) First awakenings are extremely sexy. And there’s so much more special. 🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️🏝️ if the two teens in blue Lagoon could figure it out on the deserted island. 🏝️ there’s no reason why Colin and Penelope can’t figure it out especially since Colin has the knowledge of the logistics of how it works. The friends to lover audience. Are deeply romantic we don’t want frivolous fucking. This was supposed to be our season. We were robbed of something beautiful 😍 I specifically only wanted him to be a whore for Penelope. Only Rabbid for Penelope. I wanted her to be his first kiss and first time, especially since we were getting a secondhand proposal. now she gets no first and everything is secondhanded and a hand me down. Because Penelope and Colin are sentimental writers ✍🏻 who document every monumental event in their life’s. We as the romantic fan base were expecting The friends to lover❤️Trope. To be more intimate. A story where Colin and Penelope have their first awakening together. I was hoping that the show would give me an improved version of Odysseus the wayward wanderer. as Colin. 🗺️I didn’t like Greek myth Odysseus. I didn’t think he deserved faithfully waiting Penelope. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 The disgusting mentality of a Rake an insecure man who uses women and their bodies as less so they can feel like more. Throwing money at systematically oppressed women for cheap thrills, isn’t sexy it’s not romantic. Only for his soulmate to change him. They didn’t have to make him a Rake to tell the same story of insecurity. 🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪🎪 I had no problem with him being a Showboat, who is charming with a false public image. Him being a virgin erotic writer. Would show that Colin has dichotomy and layers to him like Penelope who is whistledown and people think she’s more mature or older than she is. 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 Why keep telling the same story about a rake. Who’s raking away his problems until. The soulmate changes him. The story had so much potential and they could’ve done it better without the Rake plot. The friends to lover. Trope. Is for the deeply romantic. 🥰 it’s the innocence of love. ❤️ they alienated Colin for his fan base. When they made him into a wannabe Casanova. They could easily made him a fake Casanova who’s just lying 🤥 to fit in. That would’ve been something different. It would’ve made him more endearing and intriguing instead of another. Man Whore

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The writing for Colin was so much better in seasons 1 and 2