it was so funny when Lady Danbury and Violet were like 'why doesn't Lady Whistledown write about the struggles of mature women?' and in reality Lady Whistledown hasn't even had her first kiss yet
it’s funny bc you start bridgerton s1 and you’re like anthony is deeply insufferable (negative) and by the end of s2 you’re like anthony is deeply insufferable (affectionate) like that’s character growth baby
it’s the way he looks so proud of himself when he says he misses her. like he’s finally said the right thing that will bring his pen back instead of whoever he’s talking to right now. the pen who smiles and blushes when he pays her a compliment. who hangs on his every word and makes him feel ten feet tall. well sorry col, but that penelope can’t come to the phone right now. she’s never gonna look at you that way again. but if you’re lucky, and you are, she’ll look at you in a way where she sees you for exactly who you are and loves every bit of it.
“Furthermore, he always dances with her one more time than is considered de rigueur…
…considering how many husbands don’t like to dance with their wives at all, this is romantic stuff, indeed.” - LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS, 10 JUNE 1814
Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
No but you don't understand this is his face when Penelope tells him she's the laughingstock of the entire ton and of course she never expected him to court her. This boy just got this heart broken because THAT'S HIS FRIEND. That's his FRIEND, more than anything else, and he does not see her in the way that she sees herself (he's not fully ready to truly see her yet) but he is CERTAIN she is miles above the rest of the entire bloody ton and that she does not see it herself BREAKS HIS HEART.
AND she is clearly in pain now and THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO BECAUSE HE WAS A PART OF IT. He had promised to take care of her, to "always look after her" and HE DIDN'T. He loves her (just how much he loves her he is not ready to realise yet) and he has let HER down. She was the only person who truly saw him as a separate person from his million siblings and he was never "another bridgerton" to her, and like we talk about Compass!Colin and how he ALWAYS sees Penelope, but he DIDN'T SEE HER, not when it mattered and HE BROKE HER HEART. That's the face of a man who knows he has become no better than the Fifes or Cressidas of the Ton and the BOY IS DISTRAUGHT.
Now excuse me while I go throw myself off of a cliff.