I’m convinced that Colin started seeing/taking an interest in Penelope the moment she mentioned arming herself with her dreams to face the realities of real life at Anthony‘s wedding. There was a tiny throw back to Penelope asking Marina how she wound up with child and Marina tells her about how her relationship with her true love George began with cake. It parallels to Penelope’s romantic relationship with Colin also beginning with cake.
Penelope talks about arming herself with her reveries to face the realities of real life and we can tell Colin admires that because he does that too. Remember Marina snapped at Colin that he needed to wake up, and stop acting like he could still rescue her. She’s married now, she’s not for him and he needs to snap out that fantasy and not waste his time or attention on her any more. Instead Marina suggests that Colin should focus on people he makes happy and she specifically mentions that he has Penelope as though Pen is already his, which gives Colin something to think about, because Penelope is not like Marina, she’s a lot more like Colin.
Penelope doesn’t tell Colin he’s a boy who needs to wake up and stop living in a fantasy, Penelope tells him she believes it’s necessary to dream. Penelope admits she uses her dreams as a coping mechanism for life among the ton. Until then we see Colin drinking and using alcohol to cope and here’s Pen coming along to tell him he doesn’t need to drink, he needs to allow himself time to pursue his interests, because eventually he will discover his true purpose and until he finds it, it’s perfectly fine to dream. Penelope doesn’t want to change Colin or belittle him, she doesn’t call him a boy because she already sees him as a man with tremendous potential. Penelope encourages Colin to keep dreaming until he finds his purpose and for Colin, that is the sort of encouragement that motivates him and makes him feel happy and understood.
That’s when it clicks for Colin, but I don’t believe Colin is as confident as he appears, especially after Marina. With Marina he had never been hurt, he didn’t play games or guard his affections because he had no reason to but now he’s fearful of disappointment or more heartbreak. Plus Penelope is his friend so it’s likely he won’t want to risk their friendship on uncertainty. Thats why he says Marina told him Penelope cares for him and would never forsake him. He’s looking for a sign that Penelope might have feelings for him. He wants to believe Penelope cares for him but he chooses to ask in an indirect way to guard his affections. So while we know that what Marina said was that he makes Penelope happy. Colin is not confident enough to just ask Penelope if she cares for him, but he knows her well enough to read her face and when he said he believes she cared for him and would never forsake him, Penelope lit up which made him very happy. That’s when he smiles, locks eyes with her, and they have a little moment.
I believe that was the shift, and from that point on, Colin is focused on himself and Penelope and sees them as a team. Colin will look after Penelope and protect her, she is special to him, she would never forsake him, she is constant and loyal, he can confide in her, he can be himself with her and trust her. Maybe looking after Penelope and keeping her happy gives Colin a small sense of purpose at that moment.
I especially love how he clearly doesn’t care about Prudence or Portia, he confronted Jack Featherington to protect Penelope. She thanks him for protecting “us,” and he says he will always look after her. Not her family, her, because she’s special to him.
Back to their conversation at Anthony’s failed wedding, when Penelope lowers her eyes from his looking towards the wedding cake, Colin says, “we better nab a piece of cake before it’s all gone,” and he goes to get them cake. It didn’t feel like he was just getting cake for himself, he went to get them a piece cake. Now please excuse me while I latch on to the fact that Colin did not say he was getting them each a piece of cake, no he said, “we better nab a piece,” meaning ONE piece of cake for the two of them. As though they were going to share a piece of cake. Who shares a piece of wedding cake but the bride and groom? And hello! This was my immediate thought👇🏼
Colin, the constantly eating, food obsessed Joey Tribbiani of the Bridgertons is going to share food with Penelope. We saw Eloise unwilling to share candy with Benedict or Anthony but she handed her box of candy right over to share with Penelope in season 1.
I’d love to see Colin happily share something with Penelope in season 3 so his family can all be like, whoa Colin never shares his food.
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