#bridgerton but make it better

[reginastarrewrites]

Queer Bridgerton Headcanons Part 2

Benedict has known Anthony's gay for years and often covered for him at school when Anthony slipped out for any rendezvous with another guy.

Colin, dear sweet oblivious Colin, has no clue.

Eloise knows, of course. She and Benedict have discussed how bad Anthony is at hiding it.

Daphne knows, but she thinks she's the only one in the family who knows. She assumes Benedict probably knows, but she doesn't have the highest opinion of Benedict's intelligence (unfairly so, but that's how siblings are).

Initially Daphne covers for Anthony and Simon (hence the Fake Dating thing with her and Simon) because she thinks they'll get themselves sorted out but when they DON'T because they're idiots, she decides she Must do More about it. That's why she starts flirting with the Prince.

#bridgerton headcanon #bridgerton made me do it #bridgerton but make it gay #bridgerton #bridgerton netflix #bridgerton but make it make sense #bridgerton but make it better #anthony bridgerton #simon basset #daphne bridgerton #benedict bridgerton #eloise bridgerton

[mioakem]

nahhhh yall don’t understand cressida’s just tryna secure the two of them a big ass house and three years of privacy to get up to all sorts of activities, like trust she’s got it covered

#my new obsession #cressida they better not make me hate u #like ik they won’t change the main pairings but do any of us rlly even want eloise and phillip together #like i get not putting eloise and theo cause that literally can’t happen but this….theres a possibility #bridgerton #eloise bridgerton #cressida cowper #eloise x cressida

[lordandladywhistledown]

Okay this shot of Colin is giving me the vibes of this little part of their first night together:

He's figured out that he loves her before this moment but he's just feeling so much that he also can't believe it's all because of Penelope, his lifelong friend who he didn't even see any other way before this season. He's like: "What the fuck and how the fuck are you making me feel these things" and I LOVE IT

He also looks like he was crying (or maybe that's just me) but that would also bring the whole scene on another level

#that little wonder in his face is absolutely incredible #i've said it once and i'll say it again #luke newton is an absolute genius #his micro-expressions make the whole scene so much better #cause its clear he's not just hot for pen in that moment #he's also like wow i love you so much and im not even sure how that happened #polin #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #bridgerton s3 #luke newton #nicola coughlan #bridgerton 3 #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington

[jeffreyfrancoeur]

Can we just...stop comparing Colin to Anthony? Please? They aren't remotely close to the same person, and it's frankly disheartening to see time and time again now.

"Colin had no trauma related to love and self worth to deal with like Simon and Anthony had."

Unless I am very much mistaken, Colin and Anthony have the same father. They both watched said father die from a bee sting. They both watched their mother hold her dying husband in her arms and sob because she just lost the love of her life. The only difference? Anthony was 18, and Colin was 10-12, depending if we're talking show or book. Regardless, watching his father die absolutely gave Colin trauma.

Colin was sent off to Eton not months after his father died. He never was able to process it with his own family, because they stuck together and processed it together. But Colin had to go away to school. And when he was home, he would bring flowers and play games and try to keep everyone smiling. The only way he felt useful was to focus on everyone else's happiness and diminish his own needs.

He went away on travels each year to try to find himself, process his own trauma and experiences. His engagement to Marina blew up in his face, so he immediately left to go traveling, to lick his wounds away from the rest of the ton. And while he was gone, Penelope was the main one to read and reply to his letters. When he got back, his own family diminished him, said it was a waste of time, that his "prattling on about his travels" was boring. So what did that teach Colin? That his family doesn't care about him. Doesn't value him. Doesn't find his time, his experiences, worth it. Eloise says to Pen (in front of Colin) that she found his letters about Greece dull, and couldn't finish them.

So at the beginning of season 3, when he's returned from another summer away, after no one in his family replied to a single one of his letters, and in the carriage to the presentation, he's absolutely going to not want to talk about his travels with Anthony. "Who are you and what have you done to our brother?" You happened to Colin, Anthony. Colin is masking and pretending like his travels weren't a big deal, that they didn't affect him, when he straight up tells Penelope later that he used the time away to remake himself into a new man. To try out a new persona, away from the ton, where no one knew him as Colin Bridgerton, or as a Bridgerton at all. He was just some nameless man.

He felt like he had no one back home to care about him, so the problem must obviously be him. That there was something wrong with who he is as a person, and that maybe this new version of himself would finally make the people back home--and his family--care about him. Maybe this version would finally be the version of him that's good enough.

So when he comes back to London, he's a flirt. He plays at being a "rake." He sleeps with random women. He goes out drinking with his "friends" all the time, laughs with them at their conquests. But he doesn't enjoy any of it. His mother tells him that he's always been one of her most sensitive children, always putting others first, helping them, trying to lighten the mood. But she also says that he downplays himself for the sake of others. That he puts on armor, that he needs to not put others first so he can ensure that the armor will not some day rust and be unable to be removed. She is possibly the only person who sees Colin, truly sees him.

He feels like he needs to hide his sensitive side, be less needy, be stronger, be more manly. (I would eat my hat if Anthony hasn't told him to "be a man" more than once.) This flirty rake is not who he is at his core. At his core, he is kind, and sensitive, and craves connection. He craves connection so deeply. He wants to be seen, to be loved, to be cared for, to be cherished. Ultimately, he wants someone to value him, like he does for all those around him that he cares about. His family ignored him for that entire summer, and he still brought back incredibly thoughtful gifts for each of them, that shows how much he knows them and loves them. He wants to be able to love, care for, and cherish someone in return.

How is his desire for love and to be loved and this ease in which he creates a new Colin to try and please everyone else not a trauma response related to love and self worth?

#colin bridgerton #bridgerton #i am so tired of everyone being fine with anthony sleeping around but the second that colin does it it's an issue #i am so tired of colin being compared to anthony #he is not the same person as anthony #he has never been the same person as anthony #he is so much better than anthony #and he deserves recognition for who he is #he is a fine fine man #a good man #a kind man #this probably doesn't make a lot of sense because it's late and i'm tired but i'm annoyed and i had to write this out

[bipunkharrington]

I try to respect everyone's interpretation of characters but I really do struggle to read fics where Theo says stuff about Eloise being worth so much more that him because of her position in life and about him not being worthy of her because he can't afford to give her a life of luxury

He's canonically a politically minded rebel who couldn't give a toss about her "station in life" and that's what she likes about him 😂

#theo: actually *I'm* worth more than a mollycoddled mayfair girl but as long as i keep her on her toes shes actually very smart and pretty #so I'll make an exception #bridgerton #eloise bridgerton #theo sharpe #theloise #if i can't have lesbian!eloise i will only accept eloise chasing after the haughty working class boy #who reluctantly finds her endearing against his better judgement #he's the kind of guy who would tease her relentlessly to her face but the second one of her siblings or another mayfair type calls her odd #he'll be stepping up and raising fists about it

[dollypopup]

the fact that in the first moving poster, we have Penelope angry and upset at Colin, closed off, pulling into herself, and he is yearning for her and confused, just wanting to reach out and touch her and knowing he can't do so because of the walls between them, so he grabs his own wrist, and he holds back, and they're both more on edge for it

and in the second, we have him breaking that barrier to gently trace along the edge of her neckline, softly whispering over her skin, and she reaches up to hold him in place, as though to say 'stay, don't pull away', melting into him as he leans into her, and he even lifts his fingers to wrap around hers as she holds on because the distance they had wasn't serving either of them positively. almost as if, only when they're together, anchored into one another, can they fully open up

one might even say they

unfurl

like a flower in bloom

#polin #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #bridgerton #even the difference in their body language #bridgerton season 3 #tense and coiled in the first and then open and vulnerable in the second #they spent the first not on the same page #penelope looks at him as he doesn't notice and then colin looks at her as she PRETENDS not to notice #but then in this one they look at each other and they are finally in tune #idk man i'm just emotional about it #they're better when they're together #'girl it's not that deep' IT IS DEEP TO ME!!!! #it's deep if i wanna make it deep!!!!! #i knew i promised i would go on hiatus but consider the following: i lied

[lovvelorrn]

i think i’m entering a new hyperfixation and oh man it’s fucking bridgerton

#i wasn’t immune to polin #no i wasn’t!!!!!!! oh god but this is such a weird feeling #i guess that ever since i watched 911 and buddie happened for me there hasn’t been anything new #thats too long… but now i feel so weird idk why lajdjdjf it’s like wow. wow i want this to consume me in such a way…. #i’m rewatching part 1 .. i read the book this weekend… and I’ve tried finding fic but haven’t had any luck as of yet #earlier I thought that maybe i still need to understand their dynamics better so i can understand what i feel like reading #like. i need to realise what it is about them that makes me ‼️‼️ #i believe it’s the colin of it all . he’s just so …… anyway yeah #just wanted to share. it’s a weird feeling but also. exciting!! #bridgerton #polin

[youritalianbookpal]

She didn't move, too perplexed by his actions to give her legs the orders to step down. There was certainly no reason he had to accompany her inside. Propriety didn't really demand it, and- "For God's sake, Penelope," he said, grabbing her hand and yanking her down. "Are you going to marry me or not?" Julia Quinn, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton

I want to think that Edmund finds incredibly funny, yet embarrassing, that one of his children proposed in jail, another after fondling a lady on a carriage, and his eldest son didn't even get to propose because of a bee sting

#bridgerton #bridgerton series first time read #edmund bridgerton #benedict bridgerton #colin bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #will I ever get over the fact that in the show anthony and kate don't get married because of a bee? absolutely not #penelope featherington #romancing mister bridgerton #julia quinn #as fas as I know gregory won't be much better which makes me laugh even more

[hamletshoeratio]

Apparently, Eloise is a mean girl and is not a girls' girl???

#bridgerton netflix #bridgerton spoilers #bridgerton #eloise bridgerton #pro eloise bridgerton #95% of the female friendship content this season is because of Eloise #the other 5% is because of Lady Danbury with Violet & QC #She knows Francesca hates being the centre of attention #so she makes a plan to try to ensure that she won't be. #she apologies to pen for accidentally revealing colin helping her find a match #she kept pens secret which makes her a far better person than me ngl because i would've done a i wanna watch the world burn esqe performanc #she befriended cressida and is actively helping her recognise her past wrongs to become a better person #DO Y'ALL JUST IGNORE THE ARC HER & DAPHNE HAD IN S1? #some of you pretend she didn't grow at all over the course of that season #they're different people with different ambitions but who love each other and who came to respect the others' goals #also do yas just ignore the fact that eloises fears stem from her mother nearly dying in childbirth right after her father's death? #she was the first of the Bridgertons to bond with Kate! #daphne was the first to clock Kate & Anthony but Eloise was the first to get close to Kate as a person not as her brother's future wife #defended Marina #wanted to find LW to defend Pen but well you know LW is Pen so -\°-°/- #wanted to uplift women in general and wanted to change society in order to do so #this is so chaotically tagged sorry to whoever read this far #in short #Eloise bridgerton they could never make me hate you

[tilly-tilly-2827]

I really don’t mind Lady Tilley as Benedict Bridgerton’s love interest for season 3.

If he is going to suffer, I’m all for it.

#BECAUSE SOPHIE WILL SAVE YOU FROM YOUR MISERY #AND MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON #benedict bridgerton #bridgerton #benophie #sophie beckett #luke thompson #an offer from a gentleman #my user name is not related to her name in any way BTW #pure coincidence

[reginastarrewrites]

If Bridgerton Season 1 Was GAY

A list:

Anthony's ridiculous possessiveness over Daphne isn't about DAPHNE, it's about SIMON

Jonathan Bailey did a great job playing a straight guy but did you NOTICE THE LOOKS BETWEEN HIM AND SIMON, because I sure did

Anthony's bizarre insistence that Daphne MUST NOT marry Simon makes MORE sense if he's gay and in love with Simon (yes, yes, yes, I know it's because Julia Quinn was writing the modern and very historically inaccurate Brother's Best Friend trope, shush)

Anthony's whole thing with the opera singer/Sienna was comphet, with him trying so hard to be straight for his family

Aside from the fact that Daphne is an emotionally manipulative immature teenager, the Prince would have been a much better choice for her than Simon was anyway! Leaving Simon free for Anthony. ;)

If Daphne had figured out early on that Anthony and Simon were in love with each other and decided to act as their cover, it makes the ENTIRE season 1 plot of fake dating make WAY more sense. (Because NEITHER the Bridgerton books nor the Netflix show portrayed the Fake Dating trope in a way that made ANY sense historically. Or even non-historically. It was so limiting.)

Seriously. It makes so much sense.

#bridgerton netflix #bridgerton #bridgertonblr #bridgerton headcanon #bridgerton rant #bridgerton but make it gay #bridgerton made me do it #bridgerton but make it better #regency fantasy

[sunflowerdigs]

Since we see Cressida smile after Eloise imitates her in the short clip Netflix released, I wonder whether their friendship starts as an arrangement and grows from there. Eloise decides that she's going to actually give the marriage mart a shot, and so she enlists Cressida to kind of...take her under her wing (note Cressida's much larger fan, representing, perhaps, the wing of a mother bird? Idk - if they're doing literal ice and butterfly dresses, it's possible 🤷🏽‍♀️) and teach her how it's done. And she hates it (of course she does, Eloise will always hate being told to act like a doll on a shelf). And Eloise hating it gives Cressida, the girl we've always assumed enjoyed it the most, the freedom to admit to herself that she hates it, too.

(Fellow sapphics, imagine Cressida giving Eloise dancing lessons when they're alone. Think what that could lead to....?)

It's the season of the wallflower, but, often, even the most beautiful and seemingly outgoing girls have their issues with the spotlight. Cressida has never been the diamond because she puts up such a mean, haughty front. But is that all that she is? A mean girl? They're clearly paralleling her with Penelope. Is Penelope only a nosey, backstabbing gossip, too cowardly to say the things out loud that she prints in secret in her borderline-libelous rag? I don't think the show believes so. She's been characterized as an observant young girl with a clever mind who gets overlooked because of her parentage and her figure. She's grasping for some power in a world where women were powerless. Cressida is likely the same.

Even if neither Eloise nor Cressida is one of the gay characters, I'm still really excited to see this play out. Eloise learning to have empathy for her enemies could certainly help her grow as a character.

#cressida cowper #eloise bridgerton #bridgerton #if scissoring was involved it could only make the story better #is all i'm saying

[bitchthefuck1]

Nicola Coughlan looks so damn fine this season and it just makes it that much more impossible to stomach how fucking annoying Colin is as a character

#she can do so much better good LORD #no shade to whatever the actors name is he's doing his best colin is just. so bleh #i'm sorry but nothing on earth can make 'guy who won't shut up about his gap year' an interesting or compelling romantic lead #i was hoping they'd manage to give him the same kind of lowkey personality glow up they gave anthony for s2 but alas #idk i'm only on the 2nd ep so maybe he gets better but like. i'm not counting on it #bridgerton #bridgerton season 3 #nicola coughlan #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington

[theorderofthetriad]

It's about those curlies, girlies.

#seriously tho netflix could you not afford to pay your hairdressers better or something??? #or is your creative vision really that fucking DULL? #as i post this i realize i'm missing a brigerton image i definitely saved to use on this meme but i think the file mighta corrupted #netflix #persuasion #persuasion 2022 #gentleman jack #pride and prejudice 1995 #emma 2020 #god look at me taking the time to make a meme #Bridgerton #(please reblog this i'm desperate for validation) #Top Tino Post #Sanmemeno #pvp enabled

[folkhoax]

penelope is ready to bring the ton down!!! the looks!!!! the posture!! the gaze!!!!!! the audacity!!!!!!!

#pen 10 X 0 colin #colin you better BEG #just to make very clear i'm here for HER not for him. he's cute and all with that very heavy hand of make up on his jaw and abs...but...yeah #rach speaks #bridgerton #bridgerton netflix #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #bridgerton season 3

[mskatesharma]

If you ever feel dumb and want to feel better, just remember that you’ll never be as stupid as the Bridgerton/Shondaland/Netflix PR people who had Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley (two people who individually are objectively extremely hot and beautiful, and together have EXCEEDINGLY incredible chemistry and just look really fucking good together) as the ‘leads’ of their (romance) show and didn’t make them do a SINGLE joint feature of just the two of them. Can you even imagine being that wasteful? Of course you can’t, because you’re not a moron.

#bridgerton #kathony #kate x anthony #anthony x kate #kanthony #kate sharma #anthony bridgerton #simone ashley #jonathan bailey #kate sheffield #lol is it obvious im still annoyed about this? #will i ever be over it? UNLIKELY #everyone and their mothers (including cvd/netflix/everyone involved): omg their chemistry is amazing #also people involved in promoting the show: we legally can’t have just simone and jonny in a feature or we’ll be sued #because then that means we’re actually competent at our jobs #jfc i *literally* cannot relate to being this stupid and my default setting is thinking im being dumb #i know it’s been over four months but it doesn’t make it any less baffling #YOUR SHOW IS BASED ON ROMANCE NOVELS. BE BETTER AT YOUR JOBS.