#sorry not sorry i will forever be a colin apologist

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thinking about the 'I would never court Penelope Featherington' scene again and how angry our fandom has been at Colin for it for the last two years and wondering. . .what exactly was he meant to say?

Lord Fife and his friends are *slimy*. They are gross. They have 0 respect for women. Fife isn't *Colin's* friend. Fife is *Anthony's* friend. Fife runs in Anthony's circles. Misogynistic circles with misogynistic language. Fife and Co. are out here saying the debutantes are only good for being 'wed, bed, and bred'. Fife is the one out here, well into his 30s and with an established title, fucking an 18 year woman raw on her first year out in the marriage mart with 0 intention to marry her. That is 10000% an act of violence in this society. And you *know* he's bragging about it. Hell, he was probably bragging about it right before he asked Colin about Penelope.

Colin's not in those circles. Colin has female friends. Colin respects his mother. Colin cares for his sisters. The worst thing Colin has EVER said about a woman was to call her 'cruel'.

So. . .what is Colin meant to say? "No, we're just friends" isn't going to fly for people like Fife. As IF he wouldn't reply with 'Yeah, suuuuuure, wink wink nudge nudge'. Thus ruining Penelope and fucking over her future completely. A lesser man than Colin would have let them think what they wanted, and that would have still ruined Penelope in their eyes. Silence? Incriminating.

And he doesn't want FIFE of all people to know about his close friendship with Penelope. Fife who has never once been seen respecting a woman. Fife who has never once viewed a woman as a person and not a sexual conquest. Penelope is a safe place for Colin. Is precious to him. He KNOWS that conversation could have destroyed her reputation.

People talk about how he 'ruined her prospects', but in actuality, Colin responding the way he did. . .likely SAVED her prospects. There was NOTHING he could have said except for a vehement refusal, completely shutting down the conversation, that would have spared her from their judgement and cruelty. Sure, they laughed, and maybe it was at Pen. Maybe it was at Colin. (frankly, how good of a twist would it be if they WERE laughing at Colin? Colin the 'green' boy back from his travels after being oh so gullible and getting lied to by his ex fiance? Anthony made fun of Colin for being a virgin, we think these men, all 10+ years older than him, wouldn't do the same?) But at least they didn't go 'yeah, I guess she's a ruined woman' about it, because that *would* have destroyed her reputation

We talk about how Colin could have worded it differently, but honestly?

I think he said the exact right thing in those circumstances

#polin #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #bridgerton #lord fife #lord cho #fife and company are so gross to me i do NOT understand the narrative of fife just wanting pen for himself #she's a little too old for him at this point considering he's looking for his girlfriend on a playground don't you think? #sorry not sorry i will forever be a colin apologist #no but really what should he have said???? #'oh yeah we're fucking six ways to sunday?' #'no she's just my friend'? - Fife doesn't believe for a MOMENT that a man can value a woman as a friend #colin is the best man in that entire bunch but somehow he's the one we've demonized? #make it make sense #and sure he should apologize for talking about her behind her back- but Penelope should also then apologize for the same #we talk a lot about him being 'knocked off the pedestal' but in reality we've put him on the highest pedestal possible #colin is a GOOD man #he is arguably the best man in the entire series #at least he's the man with the best intentions and the least harm #and so when he fucks up we feel it ten fold because he was already so good #but when gross dudes fuck up we just expect it of them and give them a pass #we expect colin to not only be better- but to be perfect #and he isn't he can't be #he didn't say it perfectly #but OBVIOUSLY his intentions in that scene aren't malicious #and it's not locker room talk either? #look at the optics: Colin is 22 being asked by these 30+ year old dudes 'sooooo are you boinking the girl'? #one season after his engagement blew up publicly #in the season where no one listens to his travel stories #the season after he was virgin shamed

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My list of: The fanfics ever (fandom mix)

Not organised in any particular order.  

All on ao3  (shoves ff.net fics back into the closet).

Doing most of this by memory, sorry if I get anything wrong!(It got very late whilst I was making this so I probably missed a lot) Remember to check tags and chapter notes for content warnings. Enjoy!(pls rec me fics if you like these I need more)

Merlin

Next to You(It's the Rule) by LunaMyLove

A 5+1 fic                                                                                                Centred around the idea of Merlin being treated like the queen by everyone in Camelot, (and the rest of Albion). Lots of shenaniganry and laughs, generally pretty light hearted. 

Lot’s of laughs, I love these vibes.

Court Sorcerer Merlin, Lancelot lives, good Mordred, eventual Morgana redemption. 

Ships: Merthur, Gwencelot

Status: Complete

Interperspective by SnufflesThePig

Reaction fic!!!                                                                                                    Arthur, the knights(- Mordred), Hunith, Gaius, Gwen, Morgana and Merlin are trapped in a cave by magic to watch the show, + some extra original scenes. 

Author will never stop waxing poetic about Colin Morgan, and I will not ask them too.

Lancelot lives, eventual Morgana redemption, Magic reveal, Scar reveal, Arthur glasses, art.

Ships: Merthur, Morgwen

Status: Updated 19-08-22

Harry Potter

Time to take a chance by Bookworms75

Reaction fic!!                                                                                                    Set in GoF before the champions are chosen, the entirety of hogwarts (+extras) get the chance to read books from the future. 

Gotta love some incompetent adults, with a side of ✨feelings✨

Dursley abuse revealed, books affect the mc, parseltongue Harry, protective golden trio.

Ships: n/a

Status: Updated 05-02-21 

Minecraft

Tommyinnit 3 ends and 2 beginnings by 47bats

Another Reaction fic! (you seein a pattern yet?)                                           Most of the dsmp get pulled into a theatre by Drista a few weeks after Tommy’s death in the prison, to watch the server’s history through the youngest member’s eyes. 

Made me feel many emotions.

author is a Tommy apologist, suicidal Tommy, protective Ranboo, protective Puffy, protective fiancés, abusive Pogtopia!Wil, family!sbi, exile revealed, Jackmanifold apology 

Ships: n/a

Status: Autor took it down, anon account posted a copy. incomplete.

Ours poetica by zeeskeit

Highschool au                                                                                                Tommy is in high school, he is also, unbeknownst to his family, a poet in a slam poetry team

One of many fics that have succesfully made me cry

neglective!sbi, family!sbi, protective benchtrio, protective Puffy and Sam, big brother dream.

Ships: n/a

Status: Updated 02-09-22

A wilderness you kind of miss by Drhair76

IRL Magic Benchtrio!                                                                                        Real life setting with magic!! bench trio are the sun, earth and moon and they are soulmates.

This author has made me cry many times they are sooo talented.

Protective benchtrio, protective Wilbur, wind goddess, lovejoy!, inhuman!Ash lovejoy.

Ships: n/a

Status: Series; 9, incomplete

from ice to water by Drhair76 and plantform 

Winter Olympics! au                                                                                        Figure skater Tommy with a shitty coach gets adopted by a bunch of ice hockey players and some snowboarders, +his healing arc afterwards.

Made me sob, many times, I love every part of this au I could sing it’s praises forever they included so many characters, and all of them are amazing.

Protective pretty much everyone, healing arc, asthmatic Tommy

Ships: n/a

Status: Series; 11, incomplete

Human error by teeth_eater

Space/aliens au                                                                                              Tommy is a human in space and he ends up on the sbi ship and they +Tubbo become a family breaking all of the space laws. 

Really creative and sweet, with a side of angst. Also the details of all the alien species is so cool

Found family, eventual Ranboo, 5+1, space culture!!

Ships: n/a

Status: Series; 12, incomplete

My Hero Academia

Reconcile by whatagoodegg

Shigaraki and Midoriya! trapped together. I love this duo so much, they have so much potential, and them scheming and causing chaos is amazing.

VERY TIRED ERASERHEAD, ALSO VERY BAD AFO, Mido bending reality casually, ofa reveal(i think)

Ships: n/a

Status: Complete, sequel on the way.

Paint me in trust by dinomight

SOULMATES(NON ROMANTIC)                                                                      People who love you leave a coloured mark on your skin on first contact!! Starts off very sad, but ends very sweat. Overall adorable one-shot

Ships: n/a

Status: complete

Throw a chair through a window and call it a day by jaded_ghoster

PRINCIPLE ERASERHEAD WITH ASSISTANT IZUKU                                  I love this fic, it’s pure chaos the whole way through Nezu leaves for a week on business, Aizawa and Midoriya are left to rule the school as they see fit whilst he’s away.

Terrifying midoriya, notebooks galore, discrimination acknowledgment

Ships: n/a

Status: Complete, sequel in progress

Area cryptid upset no-one bothered to inform him of his tragic backstory by crimsonseekers

Amnesiac Dabi Possibly one of my fav fics of all time just for how unaware the lov is of the destruction they are causing, poor hawks is along for the ride and suffering for it. Dabi doesn’t know who he is, the lov is determined to figure it out.

HPSC exposed, unintentional vigilante lov, todoroki family chaos

 Ships: DabiHawks

Status: Complete

I am their emotional support dad and my demands are by Otaku6337

DADZAWA Literally just Aizawa getting his students therapy and the trauma support accommodations they need. Really short and sweet, with chaos vibes

DADZAWA ALERT

Ships: n/a

Status: Complete

Izuku's project by redanick

Endeavor gets rekt, statistics style Izuku get’s very sleep deprived and puts together a monster document of all the reasons endeawhore is a bitch without exposing the abuse and then ruins this man. I live for endeavor getting rekt by protective mido.

everyone is scared of the bush and RIGHTFULLY SO

Ships: n/a

Status: Complete

Lifeline by SilvermistAnimeLover

Kidzuku kidnapped 12yo Mido gets kidnapped but they miss his phone so he stays on call with Detective Tsukauchi, Eraserhead and Mic the whole time, til they rescue him.

Smart mido, kind of inventor midoriya, protective adults 

Ships: Erasermic

Status: Complete

Paper Agency by The Feels Whale (miscellea)

Never went to UA Midoriya+ Hero course graduate Shinsou Shindeku, quirkless Midoriya and parental erasermic. 

Need I say more?

Ships: Shindeku, EraserMic

Status: Complete

Apex predator by  silver jackdaw (cizzi)

SUPER GENIUS MIDO So much happens in this fic it’s hard to describe. Early shindeku friendship, Endeavor/Mineta/HPSC/Aldera exposed, Bakugo redemption, big brother Touya Todoroki, adoptive dad all might, kind of nice Sir Nighteye, deku/momo friendship, lov redemption /rehabilitation.

Ships: DabiHawks, Miruko/Fuyumi, TodoDeku, Tsuchako, Erasermic, Rei/Compress

Status: Updated 03-01-21

The Magicians

take the pieces and build them skywards by alasse

Hedge witches Q and Julia Q gets memory wiped but Julia reminds him of magic and the open their own hedge coven together.

Ships: Queliot

Status: Complete

The Umbrella Academy

Where the lonely make the lonely feel less lonely by grumpyhedgehogs

Pre canon fix-it Viktor becomes a local super hero through the power of empathy and reconnects with all their siblings years before the apocalypse.

apocolypse prevented, shitty sir hargreeves, early power reveal, eventual 5, siblings living together 

PRE VIKTOR’S TRANSITION 

Ships: n/a

Status: Complete

Make me your bomb by Uniasus

Post season 3 Viktor is forcefully given his powers back by the creator of the universe in the hargreeves universe for the purpose of causing the apocalypse.

Universal reset, Allison bashing, Hargreeves sibling shenaniganry 

Ships: Klave, Sloane/Luther, Liego, Viktor/Sissy

Status: Complete

Tethered mind free from the lies by meliebee

Deaf!Viktor Time travel prevents the season 1 apocalypse, Viktor goes deaf and starts their life over in a new apartment away from their siblings. 

Viktor’s healing arc, eventually Klaus’ as well, consequences being dealt with, eventual communication.

PRE VIKTOR’S TRANSITION

Ships: Viktor/fem!oc

Status: Complete

Might add more to this as I remember things (lemme know if I need to change the tags, or if I’ve made a horrible mistake somewher)

#fic rec #tua netflix #tua fanfic #hamilton fanfiction #assassination classroom #lis fanfic #life is strange #knb fanfic #the magicians #mha fanfiction #hp fanfic #merlin fanfic #mcyt fanfiction