Look i know everyone is super upset because Pen is probably not going to tell Colin about LWD straight away (I'm gonna keep this non-spoily as possible) and they feel like that's not true to Pen's character from the books.
But from reading the books I feel like she had 10 years to cultivate this business, to pursue her endeavors and after those 10 years before she even has Colin as an option, she retires of her own volition.
But ShowPen is younger, this Pen hasn't had 10 years of purpose in her LWD endeavors, this Pen is more ambitious. I feel like in this version of Pen she is more bruised by society and therefore more brutal with LWD.
It's answering the question of what if Pen
1: didn't have 10 years to find fulfillment in LWD and pursue her writing.
2: what if she didn't have Felicity
3: what if she did this all by herself.
In changing those three integral things you've changed not who she is, but how who she is affects her choices.
I personally like this more ambitious version of Pen I find her interesting and flawed and layered and I think Debling's comment of 'how many you's are there and where do you hide them all?' I think that that's very telling for what we're going to see from Penelope in the second half.
Sneaky Pen⬇️
Playful clever Pen ⬇️
Resentful Pen⬇️
Whistledown (gossip) Pen⬇️
I think we're going to see many different sides of Penelope as a person and it's really all going to come together in the end.
As Colin learns of Penelope so will we as an audience understand her deeper motivations, we will follow Colin as he gets to know these different sides of Pen.
This is a friends to lovers trope and I feel like his perception of Pen has obviously been very one-sided in the first part, not that it's a bad perception but it is very like how Pen was viewing him in season 1 and 2.
I think with the reveal of LWD he's going to have that perception of her cracked because he's always had her on this pedestal (whether he's realized it or not) of purity and honesty and loyalty and friendship.
I feel like that betrayal from her will allow him to see her as a fully fledged person much like she ended up seeing him in the first part of season 3.
Also headcanon that this conflict somehow leads to Pen revealing herself to the Queen (please you don't know how much i need this 😭😭😭🙏)
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I like to imagine Jumbledew takes no shit from anyone. Make a small insult or comment about and she'll insult you and your family lineage
Oh absolutely. She loves her clan so much! She'll beat up anyone who dares say a bad thing about her clanmates, especially her siblings! You've really hit the nail on the head for her haha!
Bonus Jumbledew art <3
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