I Never Want To Hear Show Colin Isnt Like Book Colin At All When This Is Literally Book Colin:

I never want to hear “Show Colin isn’t like book Colin at all” when this is literally book Colin:

Desperately trying to come up with a cool one liner to say before kissing Penelope, literally getting too horny for words, and unable to think of anything because he’s so into it his mind goes blank.

Colin trying to play things cool and failing is 100% in character for him across book and TV. This is plant pun Colin, this is “I practiced my speech to Cousin Jack for you” Colin, this is “you said one nice thing to me and now I must drown myself in lemonade” Colin. Yeah he’s popular and charming and cute but he’s also a flop and a nerd, it’s called the duality of man lmfao.

This is why I tend not to agree with the accusations that show Colin is not like book Colin. They’re very much the same character, just with different facets of Colin’s personality being utilized. Colin is an extremely well rounded and fleshed out character, and I think attempts to flatten out his character into something simple to define miss the mark on both versions. Book Colin is snarky and fun but he’s also insecure and lost and pensive and in his own head and way a lot, just like Show Colin. And Show Colin can still give some of the best one liners, has snarky sense of humor in both seasons, and is clearly still a charmer (just ask Cressida about her missing necklace). With more screentime in S3 I think both sides of his personality will shine.

i believe to everyone who watches bridgerton it is noticeable that there is a difference between the behavior of colin in season 1 and season 2. while s1 colin is playful, flirty, kind of hopeless romantic, s2 colin is more self reflective as a whole.

i was, then, wondering to myself the reasoning behind this change of character. there is the obvious one for anyone watching the show: he went through a deception and a broken engagement, and still was recovering himself.

and then there was the reason more obvious for book fans: they were preparing him for the next season that would be, in fact, his (i don’t know about you, but since first watching s2 i suspected s3 would be polin because of colin’s reflections). his dilemma over seeking a purpose is a considerable part of his book character but it’s something that led to his character development, being an internal struggle.

but, while overthinking him (as one does), i found myself another important point that i had not yet thought about: colin spends most of his time in season 2 with penelope. if you pay attention to it, most of the times he is engaging in conversation is with her.

so, my point is: we could see more of colin’s insecurities as penelope is the only one he trusts with these topics, especially after they exchange letters for months (which only makes me believe that they became much more closer, as both of them communicate better through writing). as he spends a lot of time with her, someone who lets him open up, he, therefore, opens up to us too. we see his struggle. we see his admiration when she talks about her purpose. we see her suggestions to him as to go after a purpose of his own — and he does. colin still is the playful, charming man he’s always been, but with penelope he’s comfortable enough to be more than that.

i believe that is a good sign for season three as well. having colin’s insecurities out in the open leaves space for him to find out what fulfills him (hopefully his writings lol), to see the importance penelope has in his life and to deal with all the drama that will involve other plots. i also believe this is why this season is going to be lighter and more romantic than the other two: the characters will know each other from the beginning (even with other misunderstandings between them). we’ll have space for love and banter and support and friendship while also having the other side of their relationship. we’ll have space to see them growing together, as we’ve been seeing them growing on their own since s1.

even if it’s not book accurate, we’ll have colin and penelope’s story. and to me that’s what matters the most <3

“No one will beat this…”

Why is Bridgerton of all shows a freaking ship competition? I don’t know if you know this, but all of the ships can coexist. In fact, they all do coexist because they are a family.

This idea that going into season three that Polin has to somehow top the previous love confessions is the most ridiculous notion I’ve ever seen. The entire idea of this show is to show different tropes. Every love story is going to be different and they are going to experiment with different types of romantic love.

I personally think this insecurity comes from the fact that they’re terrified that the casuals will love Polin. People have spent the past two years since the hiatus convincing everyone who will listen that season three will fail and somehow it hasn’t. Everyone is super excited to see what’s in store for Penelope and Colin. Now all of a sudden I’ve seen so many post on so many different platforms, making this love confession competition.

I have complete faith that Luke & Nicola will deliver but I really wish this fandom could just enjoy all the ships and stop shitting on things people are excited about just to prop their faves.

Real bridgerton fans know that Colin has the DIRTIEST mouth out of all of the male leads.

Michael is a close second, because he is certainly enthusiastic, but Colin is CREATIVE

Colin being able to have a normal conversation with a woman and see women as people is why he’s my fave.

He might be an ABC brother but he grew up with sisters since he’s way younger than B and closer to DE, and it shows.

rip colin bridgerton your modern iteration would have loved being the husband that gets invited to stick around when it’s pen’s turn to host girls nights.

i just know your “grew up in theatre/drama and had primarily female friends vibes” ass would have been a slut for gossip, face masks, and triple strength homemade strawberry daiquiris.

Polin being the most kissable Bridgerton couple, but not yet kissing each other???? Bridgerton season 3 come home!!!

When I say Colin is the favorite brother I also mean this 😘