Focus: Nonexistant

First look at the carriage scene OMG i seriously hope that scene is not the cliffhanger cause istg, the emotion in Colin's eyes IS. THE. LIFE. (i don't think that will be the cliffhanger due to a recent interview but you never know yk)

Stop feeding my delulu brain..pleasee. I can't take it anymore 😩

Oh that would be wild, especially since show Bridgertons tends to be younger than their book counterparts, with the exception of Kate I believe. I think the show aged her up and made her closer to Benedict's age.

Hold on I'm having Polin thoughts:

Imagine show!Colin met book!Colin on his way home right before the start of season 3. Now book!Colin has already lived his love story and is a happily married man with a child on the way so he's kinda confused as to why he woke up not in his bed. Also, why can no one see him? Did he die?! No, he couldn't have! Not with Penelope so close to giving birth!

Wait is that him? Fuck is he in the past?!

Turns out book!Colin is in a different timeline and show!Colin is the only one who can interact with him. They compare notes on what is different between their two timelines. Book!Colin also decides to keep his marriage quiet for now, he knows from experince show!Colin isn't ready for that yet. Book!Colin is pleasantly surprised when he learns that his other self is much closer to Penelope than he was at this age.

At least until that Penelope hits show!Colin with a cold, "Mr. Bridgerton."

Both Colins are sent in a whirlwind of shock and confusion.

"I thought you said you two were close!" Book!Colin exclaimed.

"We are!" Show!Colin said in hushed whisper, he was still in public after all. "I don't understand why she's acting like this."

Later when Violet and Anthony hand him a Lady Whistledown column both Colin understood.

"You're an idiot!" Book!Colin screamed at show!Colin once they were in his room. "I would never dream of courting Penelope Featherington, no you shouldn't if this is how you treat her!"

Book!Colin is debating whether to strangle this younger version of himself or go find the younger version of his wife and curl her up in his arms. If he could touch her that is.

"She's only 19 yet you practically declared her a spinster to the entire ton! As if she's not good enough for you!"

Book!Colin knows he's being a little hypocritical, after all he himself told his brothers that he would never marry Penelope, and then made her wait another ten years. But book!Colin also never would have dared say something like that to the entirety of the ton, in his wife's own house and then laugh about it!

Show!Colin only glares at the floor. "I failed her. I promised to protect her and then I gave that damn Whistledown the gossip she needed to ruin her."

Book!Colin had to bite his tongue. It was loyalty to his wife that he stopped himself from wacking show!Colin over the head for insulting her. He would not reveal her secrets, no matter how much he disapproved.

He will however wack himself when he comes up with stupid ideas such as giving Penelope lessons in courting so she can attract a suitor that wasn't him.

-Colin having to be chaperoned at all times by one of his family members after his and Pen’s engagement because they think he'll comprise pen (too little too late tho)

-Once Colin figures Pen isn't receiving his letters he starts a journal (AKA the journal from RMB)

-The "dead faint" that is mentioned in RMB happening in the 1st ep when a debutante sees Colin in his swagger

-Colin whispering in Pen's ear all the time

-Pen pulling down Colin into a kiss by the lapels of his jacket or his cravat

-Hugs all around, Bridgerton is a show that needs more hugs

-KATE AND PEN FRIENDSHIP. We didn't get any in S2 and I was really hoping we would

-Colin calling Penelope Wife just as much as he calls her Pen

-Colin staring at Pen, just totally in love with her, can’t even look anywhere else even if he wanted to

-Colin goes to one of Benedict's "parties" and realizes he is definitely not a Rake like Anthony and Simon were.

-Pen giggling when she discovers Colin's hair feels like Eloise's, I need this scene from RMB

-BABY AGATHA JUST LIKE AT THE END PLEASEEEE

-Penelope having all of Colin's letters, even the ones she didn't open or reply to

-Colin writing in his travel journal, but he addresses it to Pen 🥺

-Colin literally stumbling and almost falling over when he sees Pen's glow up

- Colin being compared to lord ledger (because he's the most similar to him imo)

-ABC trio "accidentally" scaring off some of Pen's suitors

-Colin just watching Pen read/write (it’s a need)

-Pen and Gen being besties that run their own business

-A polin version of the "Will! You! Stop! Eating!" scene from Harry Potter (honestly it gives Polin vibes)

-Over dramatic Colin Bridgerton (for the laughs ofc)

-Just a scene of the Bridgertons looking at Colin like he’s an exhibit and trying to figure out how he hasn’t realized he’s in love with Penelope

-ANTHONY WALKING PENELOPE DOWN THE AISLE, I WILL RIOT IF WE DONT-

-Kate having her suspicions that Penelope is Whistledown like she did in the books

-COLIN AND FRANCESCA DUO