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book!Polin:

Polin argue in the Bridgerton drawing room -> Colin starts thirsting for Pen

Polin argue in Penelope's living room --> Colin wants to kiss Pen

Polin fight in the carriage -> make out session

Polin fight at the engagement party -> have sex

show!Polin: Colin gets angry at Penelope and just abandons her, ignores her, avoids her, won't even touch her nor look at her.

WHY WOULD THE SHOW WRITERS DO THIS TO POLIN?

In An Offer from a Gentlemen, Benedict SAVES Sophie in the end. Knowing how this show girlbossifies everything, they're going to remove this crucial plotpoint from the story and have Sophie save herself and break herself out of jail with a monologue or some shit like that FML 🤦 🙄 Knowing how they girlbossified Penelope's LW reveal, stripping the moment where Colin saves Penelope and proudly declares his support and love for her in front of the ton just so Pen can have a girlboss moment. Just a disaster.

Please don't be cliche Shondaland - just LET BENEDICT SAVE SOPHIE IN THE END. It's okay for women protagonists in stories to be saved by a man!

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All the ways Colin Bridgerton pissed me off in Part 1

Offering to help her find a husband. I hate this plot! It's stupid and is not Colin. Reiterating just how unromantically he sees her! Just. Friends. Just. Friends. WE GET IT!

Asking Penelope to flirt with other men in front of him. Ugh. Ew. What's the opposite of jealous? How is this man the opposite of jealous? Colin..Bridgerton...the opposite of jealous?? Let me remind you book Colin got jealous at an imaginary man he concocted in his own head unprovoked.

The market lesson & the drawing room lesson, because, again, it's just reiterating how not jealous he is and how okay he is with Penelope being with other men! just NO.

The way he pulled away from Pen when she was wrapping his hand. NO NO NO NO. In the book, Penelope is the one that is so preoccupied wrapping his hand and caring for him she doesn't even notice the man is drooling over her and wants to extend his time with her. The show, by having Colin pull away & cutting their time short, puts the ball back in Pen's court which is dumb, narratively.

The way he so dismissively says "no!" when Eloise asks if Penelope seeks a husband in him. Like he didn't have to be so flippant about it! I wish he was more shy & embarrassed with the question than so dismissive! It was lowkey rude.

The entire Constellation Ball - offering her up to Lord Basilion, then trying to find another man when that didn't work out. Then saying "excellent!" when Penelope told him Lord Remington was going to call on her. Excellent, Colin? Really?

The jealousy scenes didn't have enough oomf & not nearly enough anger and agitation - he wasn't following it up with any action. It would have been nice to see him interfere more. Especially the confectionary scene.

Things i liked:

I liked how he was following Penelope around the market like a puppy. That was very cute! Very Colin!

2. I love how he makes this expression when he kisses her in the garden, like he's shocked by how much he's enjoying it and he's relishing her taste. That was good!

3. I liked how he enjoyed watching Pen get off on his fingers. That's a good lover right there and very Colin!

4. Colin's arc being that he doesn't have to pretend to be a debonair cavalier playboy to try and fit anymore! I LOVED that! See, that's bringing new fresh ideas to the table that are relevant and awesome, and captures the spirit of the character for SHOW Colin! bravo to whoever thought of that! Bring back olive pun Colin!!

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