lady featherington being a tasteless, tactless mama for seven and a half minutes straight

bridgerton wouldn't be bridgerton without the one and only lady featherington. keep switching fonts but i think i like this one the best.
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[@kateroberts1095]

The fact that Pen is lady whistledown, she is literally calling her mother tasteless and tactless

[@robsonrobson9905]

Pen calls it like she sees it lmao

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

True but if Penelope doesn't say something negative about her own family then her secret would be obvious

[@sarahholtheuer6080]

Well, she´s right

[@roxirock5455]

@mimi Well,I am sure you aren't going to correct me if I say that Penelope's mother has a habit of calling out her daughter's flaws,so to say that Penelope shouldn't do it it's kinda hypocrite

[@roxirock5455]

@mimi Penelope's mother called her a "befrekled begger" once,is that not considered "nasty language"?!?As you said Penelope is still a teenager and her mother is 50,her mother should give her a better example,but honestly I don't blame either of them,that's how it was back then,but don't act like her mother is inocent.She criticises Penn a lot,like her walking,her reading,her behavior, basically it is clear she doesn't like Phenelope as much as her sisters,no doubt she loves her,but she doesn't understand her

[@ohwormalyssa]

ok but after season 2 I kind of love her esp after her "I'm a mother" scene. she really is just trying to survive and make sure her family doesn't go bankrupt

[@garlantyrell6368]

If only Penelope would help by giving her family the money she earns as LW. But I understand why she wouldn’t do that because her family treats her like trash and have done her no favors at all.

[@ohwormalyssa]

@@garlantyrell6368 i feel like penn would do that to save them if they didn’t treat her the way they did + they would question how she even had the money in the first place. she’s written about her own family so i don’t think her mother would be too pleased finding that out and she would prob be forced to stop

[@garlantyrell6368]

@@ohwormalyssaIn the books Pen actually did give them half of her money she made. She just said that an estranged distant relative of theirs gave it to them.

[@suslarry7]

Frr 😢

[@suslarry7]

​@garlantyrell6368 her mom and sisters would also probably influence what she writes by force and threaten to expose her if she doesn't let them

[@deangirl2286]

I mean the woman did have a point when it came to the cousin. She’s single and pregnant living in the 19th Century so really she’s just being realistic.

[@daniels7907]

True, but trying to pawn Marina off while already pregnant was as much of a gamble as anything Lord Featherington did. In those days a favorite pastime of gossips was counting backwards from the birth to estimate when the baby was conceived. If Marina gave birth to a fully-developed infant after just 6-7 months of marriage then the entire ton would have quickly deduced what really happened and the scandal would have returned in force. At least Daphne was sensible in focusing effort on finding Sir George.

[@deangirl2286]

@@daniels7907 true

[@solomeyashiukashvili7113]

@@daniels7907 oh come on Elizabeth did the same in Poldark and if this aunt of Ross didn't say anything to George he wouldn't even know. They'd bribe a doctor and make it as if Marina had a great fall of the stairs, nothing new

[@derlenx1097]

Realistic or puerile?

[@daniels7907]

@@solomeyashiukashvili7113 - More plausibly, the Featherington's would have simply sent Marina home to the country to get her out of sight. We never really did a good explanation for why Lord Featherington insisted that she be kept around even after her pregnancy was discovered by the help. Especially during the social season, the ton generally couldn't care less about what happened out in the countryside.

[@laurenfrances8414]

Okay ngl but I actually really love Lady Featherington. In an interview, her actress said that she's just trying to survive in her world and I can kind of see that. Plus, I love how dramatic she can be, and her witticisms can be quite funny. (Of course, your added commentary only helps there!) She may not be as iconic as Lady Danbury or the Queen, or as soft as Violet Bridgerton, but the people and situations she's dealing with are also very different, and I liked that she was able to take her husband to task, something no one in the series but Daphne was really able to do.

[@franziskamaria5157]

Agree, she didn’t have a good marriage like Violet and she does lover her children and wants them secured and happy. She knew her girls would be in huge problems if it came out that Marina was pregnant and she was right. If Violet would have had another girl under her wings for the season she wouldn’t have been happy about that girl being more liked then her own child. Writing the letter was cruel, but knowing her story I wouldn’t say it was done out of malice.

[@daniels7907]

She's not really a villainess in the classic sense. That said, I do think that she can be very superficial and that causes many of the very problems that she faces. For example, she berates her daughters more than she encourages them. Ironically, this is why they are not as graceful as the Bridgerton daughters, who were raised to be less flamboyant and more subdued. Plus, her taste in fashion is very gaudy. If Violet Bridgerton is Laura Ashley, then Portia Featherington is Donatella Versace.

[@poisonousabsinthe]

Polly is Fantastic in everything she does!

[@KoryFreak]

Agree. We all know how things were in those ages, you have to secure your daughters futures with good marriages and make your sons respectable people; leading, as well, with all the gossiping and judgment of the high society. She did what she had to do to in order to make her family survive in society.

[@hollywoodisasataniccult4022]

Yo I liked her too. She really was just trying to survive.

[@dumpsterfire6466]

Lady featherington had a thick shell that was only broken when they killed her husband, I believe that she's something deeper. She isn't just some tasteless mean old lady, she’s more, I believe that she is a desperate lady who wants the best for all of her girls even though it might not seem like it, and hey maybe she even has a little love for ms. Thompson.

[@islasullivan3463]

She's a lot like Mrs. Bennett from Pride & Prejudice with knowing how important is for her daughters to get married. They also both have husbands who are terrible with money.

[@Tan87ful]

Good points

[@Divya-ht5in]

The last episode of the second season proved it ... She is mother and she didn't abandon her responsibility no matter how much she longed for freedom and love...

[@DorotaGabal]

She may be tactless and rather direct, and a little rough around the edges, but I believe she loves her daughters and wants the best for them, and is looking out for them in the only way she knows how, especially that Lord Featherington is completely and utterly useless in all regards. I think that while she isn't _kind_ to Ms. Thompson, she's trying to look out for her as well. She may not like her, they may not vibe, but she's trying to make sure she is provided for. And of course, reduce the impact of the bad reputation on her own daughters, which to me is understandable. I enjoy her quite a lot! She's also the prettiest and most stylish of the Featheringtons, even though Philippa has her moments too.

[@eloweez8798]

I really loved her last scene with Marina Thompson where she honestly talks to her about finding happiness in a loveless marriage. It's both heartbreaking and heartwarming when she tells her "You're strong, perhaps even more so than me. You'll do well" like sjdhsjahajd it's so genuine, a bit sad, harsh, but you also find a glimmer of happiness in there.

[@annaoffive]

I swear! I don’t know who wants their daughters to get married the most, Lady Featherington or Mrs Bennet 😂

[@thisnigerianlovesdrinkingg4522]

Thank you! Finally someone who sees the similarities

[@reekaranda715]

Probably Mrs. Bennet with her 5 daughters 😂

[@jackie1092]

In the book, Anthony even questioned his mom Lady Bridgerton if she was trying to marry Daphne off so Daphne could be a happy mom, or she's just trying to beat Mrs. Featherington in the marriage market.

[@106andie]

I think Lady Featherington cares more about her daughters than Mrs Bennett.

[@lessmoothiescdelicieux]

I love this family. It's gold. Lady featherington is the kind of villain everyone likes because she makes you laugh. She's so psycho it's hilarious

[@Tan87ful]

Yep lol

[@garlantyrell6368]

I wouldn’t call Portia a villain. Sure she’s domineering, selfish, and very blind to her daughters’ own feelings(especially Penelope’s)but she does genuinely love her girls dearly and does everything she can to protect them. She only wants to secure matches for them so their futures can be secure and have a man who will provide for them for life. It’s only natural to think about gold digging in the 19th century.

[@szasza3273]

I don't consider her a villain, she's my favourite in the show. She always finds herself in the worst situations and only tries to survive. If it's about choice, she choses her family. I don't think Violet Bridgerton would ever be able to deal with these things.

[@shayemoore]

Exactly 😂

[@mattienettles1457]

Lady Featherington wanted more than anything to be accepted and respected like the Bridgerton. She tried extremely hard to fit in society. It's like she was an embarrassment. I think it was because of her husband and his reputation.

[@daniels7907]

Except that Lady Bridgerton was more respected because she possessed social graces. Lady Featherington was just a malicious gossip with bad taste in fashion. Her daughters really are not unattractive. But she has neither taught them how to dress properly nor given much thought to their deportment. This is why her poorly-choreographed presentation of her daughters to the Queen became a debacle, as contrasted to Daphne's carefully-prepared debut that was likely rehearsed many times before she had to actually do it for real.

[@zendayasfruityfrenchfry1784]

@@daniels7907 I still found her more interesting than Lady Bridgerton...sorry...

[@daniels7907]

@@zendayasfruityfrenchfry1784 - It was interesting watching Lady Featherington screw up constantly. But that was about it for me. I don't see her as sympathetic.

[@solomeyashiukashvili7113]

@@daniels7907 I wonder how Lady Bridgerton posseses social graces considering how helpless she is most of the time. She couldn't even do her duty and explain her daughter what happens after the marriage. I wonder if she expected Simon to tell Daphne everything about childbirth too.

[@daniels7907]

@@solomeyashiukashvili7113 - You're talking about two entirely different things. "Social graces" refers to one's public demeanor and behavior. It has *nothing* to do with one's parenting technique. Lady Featherington was not actually telling her daughters any more than Lady Bridgerton was. Why do you think that Penelope was so clueless even after learning that Marina had somehow become pregnant? The revelation did *not* come with an explanation from their mother as to how it happened.

[@Kate-yi4mh]

She wasn’t the evil guy in the story she was a tired woman trying to keep her house and her family safe

[@uofc57]

I love your comments about why they are wearing tight corsets with empire waist dresses - I had the same thought! Women then did wear corsets/stays, but they were more to provide support for the bust and give you good posture. They were definitely not supposed to shrink your waistline

[@princevesperal]

In that decade, women actually had ditched the corset altogether! But soon, they realised that they still needed support for their breast in order to be comfortable, and soon this precursor to the bra became longer, and stronger and soon the corset was back. But tight lacing would only become a fad in the late-Victorian era. Corsets were actually as comfortable as possible, and no more painful than modern push-up bras or high-heel shoes.

[@lesbiangoddess290]

@@princevesperal corsets are actually really comfortable. I dont know where that notion came from.

[@LadyDaliena]

​@@lesbiangoddess290 There is a great video on that from Karolina Żebrowska called ''How Victorian Men Taught Us to Hate Corsets: The Biggest Lie in Fashion History''. She's a great youtuber who talks a lot of fashion history, and this video is a great rundown on the subject of how corsets came to be demonized in our media

[@C.V.20]

@@LadyDaliena Mina Le also did a video of the corset/stay as well her Bridgerton Season 1 video

[@toba802]

They’re called stays not corsets. Corsets didn’t exist in the regency era

[@solomeyashiukashvili7113]

Actually she isn't such a bad mother. She has three daughters, an absent husband and no son to inherit the title and properties, even though it's pretty fictional she lives in the 19th Century, the only way for her daughters to be respected and live a good life is to marry well. Marina brought her lots of problems, it's a scandal that a girl in those days was pregnan out of wedlock, and scandal means bad reputation for her family and her daughters. To be honest I think her to be a better parent than Violet Bridgerton who was so focused on the duke ("There is only the duke" who was not in a hurry to marry her daughter) and couldn't even explain what happens after the marriage. Yes, of course Simon knows about the loss of virginity, it's common knowledge among the men, pff.

[@michellek4349]

@@cheesecake2545 she’s a misunderstood lady with a deep love of her children, she has been hardened by the cruelty of the world so she wants her kids to have a thick skin. Reminds me of my mom. Very strong admirable lady. As Portia Featherington herself said in her iconic season 2 finale “I am a mother.”

[@Username-le4eq]

Penelope also doesn't know what happens after marriage so ur take against Violet is weak

[@garlantyrell6368]

Lady Featherington is 100% a bad mother. She constantly bullies Pen on the littlest things and probably sees her as useless and a soon to be spinster. She doesn’t see that her youngest daughter is the most intelligent in the family and just ignores her 24/7. She’s truly a neglectful mother to her girls and doesn’t know what they want, especially to Penelope. She loves them all dearly but isn’t truly above using them for social gain.

[@rubyanne4909]

In the books Penelope thinks of her mother's talk who pretty much told her to lie still and allow her husband to have the pleasure. Also Penelope had a younger sister whom the mother devoted more time with, she practically gave up on Penelope. She even tells her when she gets old Penelope will be there to take care of her.

[@roxyortiz8819]

No thoughts, head empty type of take girly 😂

[@kirakira8628]

I didn't like her at first but that slowly changed throughout season 1. She's often very blind to her daughters feelings sometimes (especially Pen), but cares deeply for them, more than herself and her husband. I even think she actually even cared for Marina and the baby as well.

[@garlantyrell6368]

I agree. Lady Featherington isn’t the most affectionate mother but she genuinely loves her daughters and did care about Marina, even though she was a bit too harsh on her. But that’s only because she was trying to make a match for her as soon as possible so Marina can be safe.

[@reynaldofloresjr4773]

She hid the letters and changed it

[@whosyourwormguy3548]

I love her more than any of the mothers because she believes in being real and practical. The woman has 3 daughters with an incompitent man as her husband who she can do nothing about so whatever she's doing its just practical and something any mother with daughters and half a brain cell would do to make sure they are happy and fortified.

[@zendayasfruityfrenchfry1784]

The Featheringtons were somehow more interesting than the bridgertons in my opinion but that’s probably just me. I wish we would get a season dedicated to them.

[@sleepysalsw]

The Featheringtons are very, very entertaining and most certainly deserves a plotline of their own. Out of all the Bridgertons, I find Daphne's story most boring. I am most intrigued by Violet, Antony, Colin, Eloise, Francesca, and Hyacinth.

[@Tan87ful]

Agreed

[@kkandsims4612]

@@sleepysalsw god I hated her and her storyline I thought she was a bitch thought the whole season note Daphne had 0 girl Friends it’s possible to Eloise did but Daphne nah plus I mean lady fetherington did try her best she also had a point against violet bridgerton violet would not be happy if a relative came to stay with them that was better looking and got all the attention over Daphne I think she just wanted the best for her girls and for marina I mean she legit tried to help her a pregnancy back then with no husband would have hurt not only marina but the featheringtins reputation plus say what u want about Daphne she’s a bitch and was boring af and treated her family horribly she came arose spoiled and self centered and ignorant like the situation with the pig and the towns people she should have been informed but then she thought she could magically fix it without them hating her 🙄 I think it’s funny that the guy whom Played Simon quit but I lowkey think they will Just cast another even know season 2 is Antony’s storyline which is my 2ed least favorite I like Eloise ,Collin and the second oldest brother bennadict I believe is his name . But they don’t even compare to the fetgeringtons there funny AF plus there whole storyline was so much better plus marina was a pen when all pen ever did was try and make marinas life better and help her out .

[@emelycuello7105]

We will get Penelope and Colin’s story season 3 so we will see lady featherington quite a bit

[@WonnieWon04]

Am I only the one who likes her? 😂

[@francoisegarabed2057]

Not at all. She's a very entertaining character and also, I really felt bad for her most of the time. She just wanted the best for her daughters but she has to deal with an incompetent and gambling husband, a young pregnant cousin and an elite who could marginalize her family at any time just because of a bad gossip. You had no choice but to admire a woman who tries to survive in a merciless chain of circumstances.

[@jenniferogonda7816]

I love her too

[@mariabelenmaurin2749]

I love her

[@RalphAnthonyCBasco]

No, the character is actually the one that’s put in a hard position. She makes the best of the hand she’s dealt with. I think Polly Walker made this character much more interesting than the other characters in the series.

[@Tan87ful]

@@francoisegarabed2057 agreed

[@laurainesacosta4631]

I like the small talk she gave to lady Marina before she goes to married her late lover's brother.

[@annrrf1464]

Lord Rutledge scenes were so funny! Lady Featherington is my favourite character.

[@poisonousabsinthe]

I’ve loved Polly Walker ever since Rome. She’s amazing as Atia of the Julii. I love her facial expressions. There was this scene almost at the end of the series in which Octavian berates Octavia for cavorting with Agrippa in which he says: “I knew mother had the stomach for any kind of depravity but you...”. Polly’s face was phenomenal.

[@Garaystone]

And she look beautiful in her dresses.

[@anyili3196]

Honestly I don’t like Marina’s attitude about this whole thing. Yes, she can stand on her ground absolutely unashamed about falling in love and conceiving a child out of passion, and I would love her every bit for it. The society is cruel, and she should never be judged. But every action has consequences. If she chooses to rebel against societal standards, then she must have the gut and honor to bear the consequences. And she certainly has no right to drag others like Penelope, Philippa, and Prudence who only ever wanted a simple life with husband and children into her little rebellion. Ok let’s say she should’ve never bore any consequences, and she is just an imperfect human who has weaknesses. If she wants to find security for her child and herself, we can all understand, and the men whom only want heirs can provide that. And she acting superior about social consciousness or work for a living when Lady Featherington took her to the city and her later actions are simply self-contradictory and ridiculous. And add on to that let’s say that she should still be able to find love no matter what. I absolutely agree. But she never loved Colin, she simply picked him out as an easy target. She wants to be and be seen together with a dashing, rich, well-connected man whose sister just became a duchess who is kind and honorable enough to never harm her even if cheated. She doesn’t care whether Colin and the Bridgertons ever deserved that. She wants to be able to show off and be envied in the society which she always disapproves. This is so clear in the scene that she triumphantly discusses introducing Colin’s friends to the Featherington girls and gloats about changing their fortunes as they flatter her for her newly-found power and status. And she absolutely doesn’t say all that out of kindness. If she truly intended to introduce guys to the Featherington girls, she could have simply made an effort to include them in conversations when her dozens of suitors called. Instead, she didn’t do anything or felt bad in anyway and let the girls who are hosting her to sit silent like wallflowers. And even if we say that’s also just “human.” The worst part is that in the process she never showed any remorse, gave any sincere apology, or expressed honest thanks to what she has done to and received from Colin, the Bridgertons, and the Featherington girls like Penelope, who has been nothing but absolute kindness to her. And she has the gut and the conscience to lecture and snap at Daphne, Colin, and Penelope on naivety, love, and choice. Literally the only thing Colin thought was to protect and defend her after she dragged him and his family into shame, and she snaps at him without any apology. Penelope has been helping her every step of the way, and she jabs at her for loving Colin unrequitedly. Daphne, who was once her competitor in the marriage market, was kind enough to help her back into society and find her soldier after she has cheated and hurt Daphne’s brother and dragged Daphne’s family into shame, and she snaps at Daphne and attacks her as being naive. Everyone here is making the truly difficult choices to be right, loving, compassionate, understanding, honorable, and absolutely kind, except for her. She was never sincerely nice or even any bit polite to anyone, unless she wants them to do something for her. I would honestly like her much more if she was any big truly sorry about Colin and expresses any honest gratitude to Daphne and Penelope.

[@maxivaneserafin3430]

I agree 👍

[@kittynanami]

I agree as well

[@randomlythings9347]

agree, on the series..Marina annoyed me the most, she's ungrateful towards Penelope, lady featherington even daphne who's tryna settle things down..very selfish I might say

[@chloe.cordeiro]

I FULLY AGREEEE Even in season 2, one would think maybe motherhood would have changed her or having been done with pregnancy and its many mood swings, she'd act like a decent human being if not a "lady in polite society". But she's still an ungrateful bitch and SO RUDE to Colin who LITERALLY VISITED TO CHECK UP ON HER, despite everything that transpired in s1 💀💀💀🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽 Her husband and Colin are adorable together tho, need more of the two of them 💘

[@lilacdaven]

While I understand your points, I feel like you're going a bit too deep into this, so much so that I feel you're ignoring some other parts that contradict what you're saying. Deep in a sense unfair to the truth that Marina was dealing with very distressing issues - then slapping on the narrative that she wasn't grateful in the end. I can recount multiple scenes where Marina (s1) apologized to Penelope, fullheartedly, while Penelope was busy basically ruining Marina's life. Marina is fortunate that Penelope's little crush attitude didn't go as far as most expected it to, given Penelope basically backstabbed Marina. Take it as you will, but Penelope very well could have, rather than hiding behind Whistledown, told Colin directly. If you're going to jab a life-changing truth, especially one with very real consequences (even if Marina is "unready"), then you might as well be an honest person rather than a backstabbing scheming shlonk. I like Penelope's character, but I don't agree with treating Marina as purely as what Penelope "equally" enacted throughout s1's entirety. As much as Penelope will be there for her friends, if you get in the middle of her little crush, she's already proven that she has no *sympathy* to destroying you through Whistledown, or backstabbing you in some other way. You can't just ignore that to diss Marina, they both have their flaws, but the whole point (in which I felt was vital to s1) was how Penelope is powerful. Besides other reasons to have Marina on the show, why not prove Penelope's flaws as a great way to embrace that power in it's complete viciousness? Backstab your friend because of a crush, and hide behind the idea that you're ruining your friend for the better good. Again, she could've sucked it up and said it straight in Colin's face. Instead, she rushed to Whistledown as the first method. Secondly, Marina wasn't lying to Lady Featherington. She was truthful in that all that'd been provided was well appreciated, even if the second hand motive was to push for marrying Colin. Or perhaps I mistook that scene for more than it's surface, but you get my point. Your points make it sound like Penelope was a sweet sweet person, ignoring the vital and viscous flaws of Penelope's character. Simultaneously making Marina out to be a complete maneater whose an ungrateful brat. Agree to disagree, but I don't believe you've really given much fairness in your points, and they sound more biased the longer I've read on.

[@exyacht]

Let’s give lady featherington a break here. She has to deal with a gambling husband, a relative who is pregnant that she’s trying to marry off before anyone finds out, three daughters who she hopes to get married (one whose dowry is constantly being questioned by the cheese loving fiancé’s parents), not to mention one of her daughters is Lady Whistledown and gossips about her own family to society. Plus now she has the new Lord Featherington coming to town. Lady Featherington has her hands full!

[@kimberlysears203]

Lady Featherton is actually one of my favorites. She is so down to earth, a little tacky but that's part of being real. Looking forward to seeing how things turn out for her, without doubt she will land on her feet.

[@bellamurphy8656]

Lady Featherington, by far, is my favourite character. I get this sense of desperation from her that separates her from everyone else. She just wants what everyone else wants, and is fearless in achieving it. Also, the colours of her house is so pretty! Say what you want about the greenery she wears, it’s stunning!

[@nicim3730]

I love Lady Featherington. She looked sooo beautifully snatched in all her gowns.

[@RalphAnthonyCBasco]

Polly Walker’s performance is cut above the rest in Bridgerton. Superlative performance. Would have been easy to make a caricature of her character but Polly Walker gave it much depth.

[@mansi7783]

the problem with bridgerton fans is that a lot of them get swayed by the perfect and majestic bridgertons to even realize that you do not have to like characters just because they're 'virtuous' and 'good', you can like the messy characters too its okay

[@velvety2006]

a big difference between the Bridgeton and Featheringtons is that while Lady Bridgeton lost her husband, she has more than one son to inherit the title. Lady Featherington is not being horrible she is just being realistic that when her husband dies a male relative will probably come and take over and they will be at their mercy as is shown in season 2.

[@hanabi235]

I honestly love this character ! She's actually a perfectly dramatic and witty character with sass and determination. And everyone always seems to criticize her gaudy style in the series but I really love it ! For me, the iconic aesthetic of the series would not be complete without the Featheringtons' style !! 🌻🦋🧡💛💚

[@jjh2456]

The devil works hard, but Lady Featherington works harder. Not gonna lie, but I love Lady Featherington. She is scrappy. And not for nothing but Lady Featherington went hard for Marina given her dire situation and limited connections. Marina was really one of her babies.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

0:21 they're not corsets, they're stays. They're worn for bust support and they aren't worn to make your waist thinner. They're the Regency equivalent to bras. You're also supposed to wear an undergarment under the stays so that it is protected from friction and stuff.

[@annrrf1464]

What's the point of the captions if we can't read them?!!

[@daniels7907]

They do need to be onscreen a bit longer. Sometimes it is hard to even pause quickly enough to catch them.

[@houraaz3023]

Louder please

[@sophiebullas1438]

LADY FETHERINGTON IS ICONIC IDC WHAT Y'ALL SAY

[@robsonrobson9905]

Lady Featherington was a moron for introducing all her daughters in the same season. They essentially became each others competition as well as everyone else's and it's just bad planning to try and get them all married at once. The eldest must have been held back for a few years to make this happen, though I suspect that was Lord Featherington trying to keep them out of London so he could gamble in peace and leave them at home.

[@amurad3931]

Who else got Cinderella's wicked step family vibes?

[@abbycolby4543]

Just wait for Benedict's wife

[@Cheerleader644860]

Right

[@doodlebobsgirl7606]

I have a love/hate relationship with Lady Featherington. She is a widowed woman trying to support and uphold her family on her own. In some ways I respect her. I love all the mother figures in the show, Lady Featherington, Lady Bridgerton, Lady Danbury and especially the Queen, she's just iconic lol.

[@booksrock9678]

I don't actually think she is a widow though, her marriage was very much one of convince. The husband/father is very absentee

[@C.V.20]

@@booksrock9678 In Season 2, she’s a widow now in the first episode

[@garlantyrell6368]

The Dowager Baroness Featherington.

[@syrnvalaekar]

No but I'm obsessed with Phillipa... she's cute as hell 💜

[@velvety2006]

lord finge actually fitted and they clearly loved each other or at least were very fond of each other

[@romypotash7114]

She is actually my favorite. Not that I think she is a good person, but she feels the most practical and real in a very messed up world. I like the world of bridgerton is brighter and more optimistic then that, but I love we still have her in it to show the darkness

[@emilymay6369]

Lady featherington and Mrs Varley are definitely communicating telepathically

[@kamya5254]

she is not so tactless in season two tho, she is clever asf in season 2

[@hottea9826]

Ngl she is my favorite character

[@floralfancy7814]

The fact that Lady Whistledown spoke about her own mother that savagely, the part where she called her a tasteless tactless mama! XD Pen is a daring one. But under the guise of Lady Whistledown she can share her true exhausted feelings without a worry. Now I realise how similar the mother and daughter really are, from this video.

[@Hannah_R400]

Philippa and Finch are my favorite couple!!!

[@milankarakul8262]

This lady was carrying all the show she is magnificent not like the others blunt characters

[@tracyscott2887]

This character and actress is one of my FAVORITES because she is SOO GOOD

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

Portia is supposed to be an annoying, desperate, and manipulative but I love her character especially on season 2 when she's plotting to scam other nobles with Jack Featherington 😂

[@ThePetCafeLady]

It nay not be what society would prefer, BUT Lady Featherington handles the card she's being dealt with like a pro 👌🏼

[@jagadishsabar9138]

Ohh...we cannot overlook her eagerness to save miss Thomson from shame and laughing stock...she was kind indeed but with a different face ❤

[@official_simanjo]

That scene lives rent free ❤️: Penelope: Mama might I go play with Eloise ? Lady Featherington: A lady does not play Penelope. Penelope: Coughs* Uhm, excuse me Mama, might I go promenade with the suitors of Eloise.

[@garlantyrell6368]

Lady Featherington: Very well then.

[@bonadabano8507]

😊😊😊

[@Cyberlucy]

This is great but the captions you put in go by too fast.

[@kennispowell803]

Yes,! I barely caught it.

[@gabrielaperez5867]

Mrs. Bennet walked so Lady Featherington could run

[@anyili3196]

The actor who plays Lady Featherington. Marvelous performances. Honestly I really think she did the best she could, and is really just a mother who is trying to protect her daughters and a woman who is trying to survive in an unfriendly world. Marina is pregnant without being married, and she isn’t even someone who is actually close to Lady Featherington or the girls. Yet if she is discovered to have a child while living under the Featherington’s roof, it would be assumed that she acted under Lord and Lady Featherington’s shepheron. If they can’t ensure Marina’s “virtue,” how can they be trusted to ensure Philippa, Prudence, and Penelope’s? It will be assumed that they can also have lovers without anyone knowing, and no one wants to be in Colin’s and the Bridgerton’s position. The Featheringtons, without an heir to the title, would have to live on the new baron’s kindness after the Lord dies. The new baron could turn them out anytime they wish, and very likely that will happen as soon as he takes up residence or plans to marry. After all, if a man lives under the same roof with 3 Featherington girls and an widely-known ambitious mama whose reputations are ruined, gossips about affairs would certainly rise. About hiding Marina’s letters, the war with France is not ending anytime soon. So even if Marina’s soldier truly wants to marry her, the scandal still wouldn’t be prevented. And more, in regular circumstances, who in their right mind would believe a man who had “acted” with Marina enough to the point that she is pregnant and still hasn’t proposed ever truly had the intention to marry Marina? Yes, he return the letters, but letters are easy to write. In most cases, if he wanted to propose, he could’ve well done that when he first compromised her, and they would’ve been married before he left for France. Given Lord Featherington wouldn’t send Marina back as a sign of disproval due to his debts, quickly marrying Marina off to someone who desperately want heirs and wouldn’t question the child’s parentage is pretty much the only solution. And they are certainly not going to be young, dashing men from good backgrounds with good manners and habits. It was Marina’s own plan to get Colin. Daphne is only able to help them because she is now a newly wed duchess and a leader in society whom no one dares to cross. If this was discovered before she married Simon, she wouldn’t be able to even to go near the girls, because she will be tainted by associations. Or even if she is a duchess who has daughters of or near marriage age, it would also be assumed that she approves these sorts of actions, and her daughters will suffer.

[@daniels7907]

Atia has lost her scheming skills since Rome.

[@royhill9298]

Finally a "Rome" reference of Atia the true queen...Polly Walker rules

[@elenajohnson6336]

I miss that show 😪

[@anetawelsh6026]

No matter what she does i absotively posilutely Love Lady Featherington😂❤😂

[@cvg.x]

I love Lady featherington! She is so smart insidious

[@feeline1120]

I really really adore this character!

[@laurawestenra]

Polly Walker is SUCH a legend! She's so funny.

[@konstantinoskoutsikos9612]

I love Polly Walker in any Historical Drama. And even better when she's playing the Mother. Her Atia from HBO'S "Rome" is so good and so funny.

[@laffin_out_loud]

Honestly I love her, she's a scheming busy go getter, who has more character than the other mother🤣

[@gabrielapetrilli9852]

Ok I know that her taste for her daughters’ clothes most of the time are tacky, but I must say a lot of the time I actually like Portia’s dresses 😅 like the fabrics are actually really pretty sometimes. Also my favourite line in this is thank f*ck ed isn’t a thing 😂

[@lilmess5234]

While she is a bad mother and sometimes a tactless person, I think she js so much more interesting than the rest of the cast and has more depth. In addition to that, the actress is doing such an awesome job and I personally find her better than the other older actresses.

[@edoboleyn]

She’s so much more interesting than the rest of the cast, with the exception of Penelope and the modiste. 😂 Everyone else is so bland.

[@Eyeball44]

Ahhh thank you for your comment about the corsets with empire silhouettes!! This was so annoying and not only that, they’ve got them WITHOUT chemises underneath! FYI, corsets were not worn during the regency era, instead they had stays which just pushed the boobs up and had no boning, and definitely no tightlacing!

[@theserialbunny424]

I actually quite like her she’s just a mother looking out for her children she’s lovely. But unlucky. She’s such a responsible mother compared to her husband

[@icedhojicha]

THE THUMBNAIL HAS ME LAUNCHING LMFAO

[@maii579]

The corset commentary yes yes yes

[@Gingerm0nster]

Hot Take: Portia is the most complex and interesting character of the show

[@ScottFernando-ry2ho]

Hi, How many man are in your hand begging for your attention, because your beauty is so charming, and I believe no man can see you without telling you how beautiful you are, I believe your husband must be really lucky to have you in he's life, Dear. no man can resist your beauty. so tell me if you are the second woman GOD created after eve, how are you and how are you doing today

[@saimahorwhatever]

Porsha and Varley are such an iconic duo

[@micaelaroyo4837]

But ngl I feel sooooo bad for all her daughters 😩😩 I can imagine whats its like to live with someone who is constantly nagging you behind closed doors but parading you in public, no wonder Penelope hides away at balls 😰

[@garlantyrell6368]

Lady Featherington may be selfish, domineering, and a little neglectful towards her girls but she does love them dearly. She only wants to find matches for all of them so they can all survive. This is the Regency Era after all.

[@daisyx60]

only Penelope can call her mother tasteless and tactless and get away with it

[@Sandrilyonaify]

Lady Fetherington turned out to be quite clever and cunning tho, I actually see that Penelope gets after her in that regard)

[@fennevankan181]

prudence i an underrated queen, i love her

[@user-pk5gk4wo6h]

Lady Feterington is actually quite a good mother especially in season 2 (the edits are hilarious though)

[@garlantyrell6368]

She is not a good mother. She loves her daughters dearly but is extremely domineering, selfish, and neglectful, especially to her youngest daughter.

[@rses916]

And we love her for keeping it real. 🤣

[@malovina]

She was a fantastic and rather amazing character

[@1andonlyzara]

The Wicked Stepmother vibes coming off this woman are rocking the boat. lol

[@thisnigerianlovesdrinkingg4522]

The featheringtons were more interesting than the Bridgertons in my opinion

[@rachelfrater6623]

nooo not the tightlacing!!! the fashion historian in me wants to cry bc this wasn't normal!!

[@julijakublicka843]

Not to mention pointless because the empire line waist hid any indication of an hourglass figure

[@mansi7783]

im sorry but I love the featheringtons, especially Portia like she's a delight and people who say she's annoying are just no! fun!

[@garlantyrell6368]

I have a like/hate relationship with her. I like her because she is 100% a survivor in this time period. But I don’t like her because of how she treats Penelope all the time, thinking of her as an afterthought.

[@circehelen]

0:22 “why are we wearing corsets with empire-waist dresses” “fuck if i know” LMAOO😭😭

[@user-ix1rp9ff3p]

like seriously *First Empire silhouette was a callback to Ancient Greek fashion* (or how Napoleon & Joséphine interpreted Ancient Greek fashion)

[@samirabouyachi4432]

After season 2 I can't say I dislike her

[@ryanvelez6762]

I love Lady Featherington!!

[@djenaba5024]

Yea she’s tacky but she’s entertaining

[@choryllis6646]

Definitely getting some Lady Bennett vibes off of Lady Featherington. Both mothers who had only daughters, both married distant men, both frightened about what might happen to them and their daughter's after their husband's death leaves them penniless so they're desperate to find good husbands for their daughters to help financially support the family, both very much disliked by the reader/viewer because of their attitudes despite having relatable if not terrifying motives, both are huge gossips...the list goes on really. I wonder if it was intentional.

[@helene4397]

Marriage of Mr and Mrs Bennet was a love macth in the beginning.

[@SarAnna2195]

I love her!

[@Meredith.M]

Portia Featherington kind of reminds me of Mrs. Bennett except I don't think Mrs. Bennett was self aware enough to realize she was insulting her daughters.

[@CharlieTheMad256]

Okay but she’s actually one of my favourite characters she’s legit hilarious 😂

[@_melita]

the actress nailed this role fs!

[@wrengarcia4051]

acctualy i started liking her by the end of season two it reallt just showed shes trying her best ig(?)

[@yours_eve2001]

I prefer her family cause the Bridgertons are too perfect

[@williethomas5116]

Polly Walker plays the greatest tactless Smother of all time. Been doing it 20 years.

[@RohshanJuliana]

That’s my lady I love her❤️

[@rses916]

3:25 cracked me up 🤣 "they know maam"

[@kaitlyngrace7663]

I love her character I find her family really funny lol and yes dramatic 🤣🫶😊😊

[@melancholicpeaceencapsulated]

I love herrrr

[@tirkdiamond]

0:22 I loved that! Why are we wearing corsets with empire waist dresses? :P

[@theangrypotato1525]

0:22 THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO I’M GLAD SOMEONE NOTICED

[@thomasrowsell116]

fashion icon

[@eunicenyoro5173]

I looovved her dresses

[@sunnyquan9540]

I love her I’m sorry she’s a real hustler 😭

[@xxzz4818]

She knows who really Pen is but she is a smart woman and knows it works for Pen.

[@Melissa-of1ku]

She definitely works with what she has. The brightly colored dresses work well for peacocking, especially since everyone else dresses on the safe side.

[@williethomas5116]

I never noticed the eff you smile on Marina's face when Portia gave her the disappointing new of Lord Rutledge's engagement.

[@multifandom8992]

I wasn't angry at lady Featherington in how she handled the situation with Miss Thompson. After all she is pregnant with no husband in the 19th century and in her own way Lady Featherington tried to help her in her own way.

[@garlantyrell6368]

Exactly. I don’t agree with how she did it much but I completely understand because that’s kinda what you had to do back then.

[@lordemiley]

Season 1 is unmatched