#young royals episode 6

[claiireluv]

i have no words.

[tommyandrockersboy]

Just turned on episode 6

[ohokaylie]

Wille loves Sweden but he loves Simon more. He’s the love of his life and that’s the perfect ending🥹

[willestears]

Them releasing the last episode one week later is GENIUS, the hype and the discourse online is gonna be so insane and I’m so here for it. This is the kind of treatment young royals deserves YESS

[youngroyals-stuff]

[sunflower73498]

how am I supposed to just go live my regular life for the rest of the day? I want to stay in this bubble forever.

[pommegranatea]

me, a fleabag fan, when sara said "it'll pass" to august:

[helloimscaredofmyownmortality]

Episode 6 of yr better be 8+ hours, cause wtf was that ending

[wilmonssun]

[heartbreakprincewille]

Okay, I was just thinking about a legal justice plotline in S3(meaning Wilhelm and Simon essentially having legal proceedings against August) and I don't think that we will get this in S3 at all but it's really really interesting to think about nevertheless.

Because usually in queer stories, coming out solves all the problems like a magical, fix-it-all solution and the mains live happily ever after. But YR heavily leans on realism and even if the S2 ending is an ambiguous but fitting ending for a queer show (sort of a coming out montage), it does not work for this show.

It has been repeatedly said by the cast and crew that Wilhelm's problem is not being queer, it's being a prince. The systemic traditions weighing on a person who can't even grieve his own brother without being shoved into empty traditions and a PR machiavelli. A person who cannot even fall in love with another person without a thousand worries crossing his mind in every move. A person who tried to confide in his own cousin but his privacy got shattered in front of the whole world instead. It's not that Wilhelm being queer itself is a problem. Instead the domino effect it would bring to people around him is the problem. And that's why it was such a task for Wilhelm to get his mother on board for the idea of a relationship with Simon- because everyone (and it includes Kristina) will try to enforce the heteronormative narrative again and again on him, pretending like his feelings don't matter because in the end, it's easier for them. It's easier for them to live in their centuries-old metaphorical gilded cages and try to enforce the traditions on the royal family itself because the monarchists and the rich (old AND new) thrive under the "stability" the monarchy provides to their social stature and their bulging pockets. Even August's motivations towards the crown are two-fold: he's not only in a constant want of power, but he is also a firm believer in continuing traditions and he directly benefits from the monarchy running as it is. And having the power in his hands will let him ensure that his own estates and rich-people solidarity is never threatened again.

But Wilhelm emerges as an anomaly in the system- he will not tie himself down to hollow traditions. And it threatens everyone's stability, which leads to the denial- and the swirling wave of change calms down. But then Wilhelm starts refusing all the traditions and eventually retracts the denial- and the wave hits all of them like a storm.

And Wilhelm trying to seek justice through the legal machinery is not only very poetic (a prince trying to seek fairness in a democratic system because the monarchy inevitably fails him), but it will also rock the boats of so many people. They will finally get to understand that rich and powerful people also have consequences for their actions and their safety nets can blow away no matter how much money they throw away to keep themselves afloat.

I can understand one argument that August is also young and maybe legal consequences will be a bit extreme for him. But, like, any other common person will be blown apart by the system despite being innocent, why is he any exception? If human lives have equal value, why their actions should be treated differently? I would still like August to have a chance at a realization of the severity of his actions rather than facing legal consequences, but I also do want him to face the legal mechanism or atleast face the fear of having legal consequences for his actions. These two things can co-exist. Simon can easily be torn apart because of the whole dealing thing, and no one would come and save his ass for it. It's the biasness for me.

Overthrowing the monarchy or letting August have a redemption arc is just not possible in a single 6-episode season. It will simply be unnatural to the progression of the story. However, atleast in my head, Wilhelm and Simon seeking justice through a legal system can bring the consequences into action without the added labour of scrapping away a deeply rooted institution or changing the way a person's psyche works.

[claiireluv]

this parallel changed the trajectory of my life forever.

[moonagedaydream13]

i just watched episode 5 of Young Royals and ARCADE they played arcade… i need episode 6, i am not ok

[thanatos-zagreus-shagreus]

Okay so I just finished episode 5 of Young Royals (s3). That was one hell of an Arcade jumpscare, I heard that piano come in and it was quite jarring bc I've listened to that song so fucking often.

Now onto the spoilers:

Simon's reasoning may be off but he's fucking right. This entire season Simon has been there for Wilhelm as much as he possibly can. He was there when Wilhelm needed him, did everything that was asked of him, even going as far as deleting his social media accounts. And for the entire season Wilhelm wasn't there for him. During the strike Wilhelm chose to participate even though the strike itself clearly upset Simon, and in the end it was Simon who came back and joined Wilhelm. When Simon posted the song, Wilhelm called him to tell him not to post such things, and telling Simon that the song was beautiful seemed like an afterthought. Wilhelm keeps being so stressed about appearances (which I know he also doesn't want to be, but he is), and keeps making Simon conform to the expected appearances. Of course Simon is going to be done with that eventually! Simon is going through his own trouble with being harassed, having his home attacked, and his fight with Sara, and it feels like he's dealing with it without Wilhelm. Sure Wilhelm sends Farima and security to help when the brick is thrown in, but he isn't there himself for Simon. Throughout all of that, Simon still makes sure to be there for Wilhelm, and to be sweet to him, and listen to him. Meanwhile Wilhelm gets a revelation about Erik and doesn't even bother to talk to Simon about it until it boils over into a shouting match that he's essentially having with himself. Sure he apologizes after, but that exactly is the pattern:

Wilhelm does Simon wrong, then apologizes, and Simon is just happy things are back to no longer fighting. Meanwhile Simon does his very best to adhere to rules he didn't sign up for and doesn't even know, and Wilhelm keeps telling him that he's doing things wrong.

I completely understand not wanting to give up on the relationship bc Simon already lost so much for it, and is generally enjoying it, but this relationship is so fucking unbalanced, and they have such different views of the future (Simon wanting to be in a relationship with Wilhelm where he doesn't have to hide that from the world and can still be his own person, Wilhelm wanting Simon in his corner to be there for him behind closed doors), that I fully believe that breaking up is the right move, and has been the right move for a long time.

For predictions for the finale: I do expect them to get back together. They are so fucking cute together, that I really want to see a world where they could be in a happy relationship, and open to the world about it. I would like for the season to end in a place where that is possible. However, this is also Young Royals, a series that wants to hurt us at every turn, so I also fully expect the season to end at a somewhat happy impasse, or even with them just fully broken up and both picking up the pieces. I'd love to see them get back together and fix their relationship, but bc all the aforementioned things, I'm also happy if they both just break up and find a way to move on with their life.

Also I'm glad I'm only just watching this now, bc that was one hell of a cliffhanger to have to wait a week on. (Though tbh I don't binge Young Royals that much since usually I have to sit for a few minutes and gather my thoughts before being ready for the next episode anyway.)

[strawberryfaced]

me currently. because of young royals episode fucking five

[chaotic-omnisexual-squirrel]

i'm going to kiss whoever decided on that supercut directly on the mouth i love it so much

[alastaircarstairsdefenselawyer]

not simon leaving after wille's whole ass breakdown about how he hasn't gotten the support he's needed 😭😭😭 "love isn't supposed to be this hard" yeah you're also not supposed to lose your older brother at 16 and instead of being given the time and resources to grieve, you're forced to prepare to lead a whole fucking country. but thems the breaks apparently.