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pathetic isn’t really a word I‘d use for colin bridgerton. simon rather dying than marrying daphne was pathetic. anthony going through with marrying edwina until SHE mustered the courage to call everything off was pathetic.
colin contemplating his feelings, calling out his male acquaintances for their chauvinism, seeking advice from his mother and then immediately taking action and putting himself out there without even knowing if his feelings are reciprocated is the complete opposite of pathetic. that requires a whole lot of bravery.
My two worlds colliding
Take a scroll with Nicola Coughlan through some Bridgertonblr posts from @nic-coughlan, @lilbitofdisaster, @susiephone, @andrcmache, @polinated, @cringycat24 , @lizzibennet, & @conejita-canelita
"Colin had no trauma related to love and self worth like Anthony. Anthony watched his father die, watched his mum turn into a ghost of a person, and didn't want that for his wife"
Bestie. . .they have. . .the same dad???? They have the same mum???? Literally all of the Bridgerton children except Hyacinth watched Edmund die? They all experienced Violet's immense sorrow? He and Violet obviously have a very close connection and so of course he saw her wilting (plant pun, if you were wondering) or at least knew about it and has responded with being particularly gentle with her?
Trauma shaped all the Bridgertons. Colin was a young boy when his dad passed and everyone in the family experienced an immense grief and, unlike his brothers, Colin was twelve, he wasn't the heir, he wasn't the spare, and had no responsibility but to go to school (sent off elsewhere after his dad passed away, thus disconnected from his circle of support and family) and figure out how to be a man from strangers and rakes. Literally no one had space for his grief and sensitivity? He even cries alone in his bedroom in Season 1 and stops talking about his travels after he gets made fun of in Season 2 and claims that hardly anyone replied to his letters in Season 3 like what do you mean he has no trauma related to love?
Colin was right there on the steps watching his father cradled in his mother's arms as she wept over his sudden passing. Of course he has trauma related to love? Colin's entire arc was about how he only felt he could be cared about if he was pleasing the people around him or being useful in some way and putting on a mask and a persona so he wouldn't be hurt by how much no one else wanted the real, messy, authentic him around? His mum and dad lived a love story and Colin watched it fall to pieces just as all the Bridgertons did, he just internalized it differently. His entire family was grieving so he decided to be useful by offering levity where he could, especially as the brother raised predominately with his sisters, Eloise and Daphne.
And yet despite the fact that this was such a huge tragedy of his childhood, Colin still is incredibly emotionally available and as soon as he realized what he felt for Penelope was romantic, he takes initiative and he cuts into her dance with Debling and he chases after her carriage so he can confess that he can't stop thinking about her and he's not at all angry at her, she doesn't vex him, it isn't frustration at her- it's torture because he is so damn besotted with her that he dreams of her and the kiss they shared haunts him but it's torture he embraces because he's a romantic soul who is incredibly emotionally brave and he cares about Penelope more than he cares about his ego or image or past hurts.
Give my man his flowers.
it's worse when you remember the exact dates
"oh, it would've been two days from now"
"it happened exactly X years ago"
Etc
really strange how you can be almost at peace with something that happened to you but it will continue to be a defining moment of your life for the rest of your life. you wont think about it much anymore but in a conversation about a film someone will mention the year it was released and you’ll think to yourself, “that was before it happened” and you’ll see an old photo and think how strange it is to have existed before it happened and somehow it’s like living a life in two acts
Can I just say..for me..this scene is the most repeatable scene in the whole seasons..
If there's one thing I need from part 2 is Colin and Penelope having the time of their lives at a ball.
I want them to dance, whisper gossip to each other, giggle in front of everyone.
I want every single person in that room to realise how in love they are.
REAL
If Miles or Gwen says something along the lines of "let's defy destiny together" to the other in BTSV, I will go absolutely insane
nie powinnam czytać tego zaraz przed egzaminem z matmy but here we are
Wpis do pamiętnika Basi Sapińskiej datowany na 17 grudnia 1943, osiem miesięcy po odejściu Alka:
“Malutki! Popatrz jaka jestem dorosła, chodzę na medycynę. A jednak tak bym chciała być znów twoją małą dziewczynką. Kochany, marzę o tym, żebym mogła usiąść koło Ciebie, oprzeć się o Twoje ramię, zamknąć oczy i wziąć Cię za rękę. Ostatni raz trzymałam Cię za rękę w szpitalu… Kochany, nigdy ci nie mówiłam o swojej miłości, może dlatego, że Ty też nic o tym nie mówiłeś. Byłeś zaabsorbowany swoją pracą i nie miałeś czasu o tym myśleć… A może mnie nie kochałeś?
Dopiero teraz zdaję sobie sprawę z mego uczucia. Ale wiesz co, nawet i dawniej przyszłość przy Tobie wydawała mi się tak piękną bajką, że nie śmiałam o tym myśleć.Ty byłeś w każdej mojej myśli, byłeś słońcem moim, moją radością i wszystkim co najpromienniejsze i najlepsze. Teraz, kochany, poznaję przez Ciebie to, co najcięższe, tęsknotę, rozpacz, beznadziejność i gorycz takich koszmarnych, ciemnych dni.
Żyłam od zobaczenia Ciebie do zobaczenia. Dałeś mi siebie, swoje przeżycia, swoje troski i radości. To jest tak strasznie dużo, że sobie nie możesz wyobrazić. Dałeś mi miłość do Ciebie i całą tą ogromną gamę uczuć, jakie tylko człowiek kochający może przeżyć. Tak Ciebie pełno dookoła, wszędzie. Widzę Cię. Słyszę twoje kroki. Kocham Cię, Kocham Cię… ”
Most amazing spider verse artist out there
Yall we missed out on some great expressions bc of their masks
I have yet to do it but I promise u, i will
put down the chat gpt. consume too much caffeine and nicotine and write a paper that you barely understand while you approach hallucination territory from too little sleep and too much raging. engage with academia in the way god intended
They REALLY tried to convince us this man was not attractive enough to be the lead when he’s in the BEST looking Bridgerton. Couldn’t be me bc I was always ready to fold for Colin
Eloise asking “Since when are you worried about Penelope?” as if Colin doesn’t actively seek her out anytime he’s back from his travels or they’re at a ball together they’re like moths to a flame with each other
It's done so well to the point it could be treated as another hunger games book imo
i've been reading a lot of fanfics about hunger games lately, but my most favourite one is about Annie's games and her relationship with Finnick. i beg everyone to read it, i need someone to talk about it with, because my heart is gonna burst.
the name is Where soul meets body on AO3
the way she COMPLETELY changed my perspective on this man without any songs yet is CRAZY
everything about the playlists is making me sick
and u dont know which ones which
there are only two ways i exist on tumblr either 1) i am openly pathetic about my personal life or 2) a media/character
i obviously knew that not everyone lives in a safe home but oh god. I'm so so sorry that anyone would treat someone like that, that your life has to look like this, I'm shocked at just how many people are not safe.
Remember that there are people out there who love you/will love you, and that this won't last forever, I believe in you.
hey so protip if you have abusive parents and need to get around the house as quietly as possible, stay close to furniture and other heavy stuff because the floor is settled there and it’s less likely to creak
YOU 🫵 THATS WHAT HAPPENED YOU 🫵
hunter schafer was arrested today in new york at a pro-palestine movement.
i looked like I haven't slept in 3 days while doing heroine the whole time while also being like a crazy celebrity that is on their last straw
but it's okay cause thats the vibe
but daddy i love him being a track six is so scary. we’re going to have to process a track five and then immediately have to deal with whatever crazy shit is in that song
it’s really just the girlies and their little bands consisting of four men against the world at the end of the day
Fuck you puffy eyes, I was trying to look good today.
and it's not like I cried that much, you're just a couple of weak ass eyelids
bro was a menace to district 13 💀💀💀
hijacked!peeta is a dick but he's also lowkey funny like why is he so judgmental about katniss being small
You wouldn't understand. Im litterally spooder Man.
you guys don't get it. i am literally peter parker.
WAITING for 'loml' omg
'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT' has 7 explicit tracks
The Tortured Poets Department
Down Bad
But Daddy I Love Him
Florida!!! (feat. Florence + the Machine)
loml
I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
Waiting till BTSV for the fandom to bring itself to life
Y'know I miss when the spiderverse fandom was like, ALIVE and THRIVING. Now I'm eating off of literal crumbs
Okay pull up hoe
me and the girls on april 19th