You can tell by the reaction people have to Penelope asking Colin to kiss her whether they ever experienced being a wallflower/insecure fat girl at a party or not.
Because you say it's pathetic, I say it's relatable, no matter how desperate it may sound. If you've never had your insecurity eat you up from the inside (but also the outside, as Portia literally told Penelope that she was delusional for thinking she was gonna find a husband in her third season out) to the point you genuinely, wholeheartedly believe no one will ever love you unless you physically change, then obviously the scene is off to you.
But Pen literally told Colin she felt stupid for thinking she's gonna find a husband (she just started believing what the ton and her mother said) and that she knows no one would want to kiss her. And for a romance girl like her, do you think the thought of never having a kiss, never experiencing that passion, would be easy to bear? I can so relate to being the most romantic of the bunch but also being the loneliest and aching for physical and emotional romantic love.
She is so vulnerable and so real in that moment but y'all gotta bitch about it because it doesn't make sense to you. It doesn't make sense to me either because she's gorgeous, but that's the thing - no one ever told her she's gorgeous and actually meant it. And even if they did, there must be 10 more people who didn't that keep that insecurity in her, specifically her sisters and her mother.
Nicola said this one was for the wallflowers, and it truly is, so if you find scenes like this cringe, you just don't relate to the character enough to feel it and recall moments when you had the same thoughts as her.
OFMD x Misery x CPR x Reese’s Puffs
imagine watching this silly firefighter show for literal YEARS and feeling delusional about shipping these two men despite the several relationships with women that they’ve had and being force fed doubt everywhere and then when the show is on the brink of cancellation it gets picked up on a new network and in a matter of literally only four episodes BOOM CANON BISEXUAL!! BOOM ONE OF THEM KISSES A MAN!! BOOM THE SHIP IS MOST LIKELY GONNA BE MOVING IN TOGETHER!! tell any of this to me even just a year ago and i’d actually fight you on account of getting my hopes up like that
Arthur, bitten by the Questing Beast: If I die, how much will you miss me?
Merlin, rolling up his sleeves to fight Nimueh: It's cute you think death can get you out of this relationship.
"You won't belive half the things i see inside my head,wait till you see half the things that haven't happened yet"-I can see you by Taylor Swift
"we can plant a memory garden,say a solemn prayer,place a poppy in my hair. There's no morning glory It was war it wasn't fair"-The great war by Taylor Swift
"Dining at the Rist we will meet at nine precisely, i will pay the bill, you taste the wine,Driving back in style in my Saloon will do quite nicely, just take me back to yours that will be fine"-Good old fashion lover boy by Queen
"Orgulho ferido,eu estava louco,falei mal de você mas volto atrás. Amor próprio é bom mas o seu é mais"-Me lambe by Jão
"E agora? Oq faço,eu, da vida sem você? Você não me ensinou a te esquecer você só me ensinou a te querer e te querendo,eu vou tentando te encontrar"-Voce não me ensinou a te esquecer by Caitano Veloso
"It's getting late to give you up, i took a sip from my devil's cup. Slowly, it's taking over me" -Toxic by Britney Spears
"Amar não tava nos meus planos,não tava procurando mas eu encontrei e agora tô aqui falando foi o erro mais lindo que eu acertei. Você,você virou o meu mundo de ponta cabeça se um dia do amor duvidei hoje tenho certeza" -Tiro certo by Zé Felipe & Gusttavo Lima