#i have to take a break from watching now

[the-words-we-sung]

Thoughts and pictures - S3E1

So after digesting my first watch a little bit, I'm starting my rewatch of this season and I'll share a few thoughts and reactions (and screenshots) because I can't keep it all to myself 😱

I was happy that we dived directly into the (sort of) trial and confrontation between Wilhelm, Simon and August. I do wonder how much time passed between the speech and this scene though. It sets the tone for the entire season for Wilhelm: he's gonna be alone, with no support whatsoever from his parents. He enters the room alone, his parents arrive after him and his mother doesn't even look at him... Simon arrives with his mother and August with his stepdad. But Wilhelm has to deal with the situation alone (aka how to get incredibly mad at Kristina barely 5min into the season 😤)

Simon looks so pretty and so sad. (And how did Omar manage to look even younger this season??) He wants to be done with this whole thing. Also I checked but 1.2 millions kronor is not as much as I thought it would be (it's apparently around 107 000€, which is not bad, but I was expecting more)

I see what you did there Simon 😏 (Can someone gif this scene and put it in parallel with Wilhelm seeing Simon's room for the first time and saying "cozy" in season 1? :p)

The boys coming back to the meeting: very smooth. Nobody knows what you were doing. Nop. Not at all. (We can see Linda kinda smirking when Simon sits back whereas Kristina looks like she just ate a very sour lemon). Wilhelm arranging his hair and Simon smiling at him: they might be in the middle of an important meeting and at the Palace but they're still 2 teenage boys in love (and I love them for that 💜)

Rickard looked and sounded like such an idiot in the previous seasons that I didn't expect him to actually be competent! But I guess we were mostly seeing him through August's eyes... I know Rickard said he was the best lawyer in the country but I have to admit that I thought he was just bragging ^^' Also: August is such an asshole. Did he really need to rile up Wilhelm like that? He's got quite the confidence to attack him and tell him how he just fuck things up on his own, in front of everyone like that, including the queen. Who, again, is not defending her son!! She tells them to shut up but she says nothing to August for talking like that to her son 😠

(They look like they've been called to the principal office). Kristina doesn't look at them immediately, she looks at Erik's picture on her desk first. Then she looks at August. And then finally at Wilhelm. She is so awful to him this season... Right from the start. And then she breaks down crying for Erik.

While Wilhelm holds her. I wasn't expecting to see her grieve so much this season. We didn't see that at all in season 2. Is it because she repressed all of her emotions too much? I hate that she breaks down like that just after Wilhelm publicly coming out. How can she not be there for him. I get that it must be hard to lose a son, but she still has a very alive one, who needs her.

Kristina is not getting redeemed in this season but Linda kinda is! I was super happy to see her get in mama bear's mode at the trial ^^ It was about time!! But here: I'm sorry Linda but it's not your son's role to keep you updated about what's going on in your house! You're the mother! Stop putting everything on this kid's shoulders!! Maybe he never tells you but do you ever ask??

Simon being truly angry at Sara is so good. I am so happy so he's able to feel that way and to not feel like he has to repress it, to forgive her, to help her. She did something truly bad and he's allowed to be mad. Also look at his angry lil' face 💜

In things that made me laugh: Wilhelm's reaction and face to learning that Simon is grounded all semester xD He was talking all smoothly/flirty and then his tone changes so dramatically when he realizes he won't be able to get his boyfriend in his bed very soon! Horny boy is horny (and frustrated :p)

This faaaaaace ☹

I'm happy to see that Simon still has Ayub and Rosh here to support him. I wish they would have told him that replying to comments online was a bad idea though. You know the saying kids: don't feed the trolls!!

Wilhelm looks like such a normal teenager when he gets back to his room. First time we see him so carefree. It breaks my heart to know that on the other side Simon is so unwell already.

Wilhelm waking up happy and smiling. And being just a teenager (for the first time in a very long time): thinking about his boyfriend, redrawing the heart on his hand. It's such teenager things!! My boy just wants to have a normal life... (And then he's immediately reminded that he's actually not just a regular teenager with Farima's text).

Simon's worried face when he asks about Wilhelm's initiation. You can see he's truly horrified at the idea that he might have gone through what's been described in the article.

And then it starts: the piling up of everything on Wilhelm's shoulders. First his mother looking really unwell and breaking down (even though she hasn't been said to be officially ill yet), and now the negative impact of his speech on the school... Which Vincent takes great pleasure in reminding him about.

This first episode is really good at setting things in motion. We see already the beginning of what's gonna go down during this season: Simon not feeling well, dealing with online hatred, struggling with his new place next to Wilhelm in the spotlight. And Wilhelm trying to finally live a carefree life at school with his boyfriend now that he's officially out but slowly getting crushed under the pressure of his role as Crown Prince and the increasingly obvious lack of support from his parents.

#Young Royals #Young Royals season 3 #yr S3E1 #Wilmon #Prince Wilhelm #Simon Eriksson #my little thoughts #I really liked the episode #but Simon is breaking our heart right from the start isn't he? #Omar and Edvin are incredible actors #and I truly don't know how Omar can look even cuter and younger this season >< #sorry for the long post #please let me know if I should put it under a cut? #I'm thinking of writing my thoughts for each episode this week #watching each episode again but more slowly #while writing up little thoughts and taking screenshots #is pretty nice #and makes me feel like now I can also go and enjoy what other people have written ^^

[nyxofdemons]

“one day im going to have to make like a three hour long video essay that's just called In Defense of Helluva Boss” Please do. I see more anti videos than I do with defense ones. Like the ones that say season 2 is terrible even though it’s barely completed and the ones that say Stolitz is a bad despite them barely having a relationship.

no literally i am sick of seeing more anti content than actual appreciation videos but the anti talking point i see most that drives me up the fucking walls is that it's "bAd RePrEsEnTaTiOn," as if that is all that queer people are allowed to have; just the vague nebulous concept of "Rep(TM)." the fact that if a straight character is a bad person then it's just that This Character is a bad person, but if a queer character is a bad person then This Is Bad Representation Of The Community And Is Homophobic. can we not just HAVE characters?? vehicles to tell a story??? tools to craft a compelling narrative??? this is part of why Helluva/Hazbin being adult shows is such a THING because i see this get shut down a lot under the guise of "uhh well just because it's an adult show doesn't mean that it can handle whatever topic it wants however it wants" and like. yeah buddy! that's true! and that's not what this is fucking about!! when people say "it's an adult show" what they mean is that it's made to be engaged with under the assumption that you would know better than to take information to shape your worldview and perception of other real life people from a fucking cartoon! the show doesn't NEED to tell you that Um Hey Guys Just So You Know This Isn't Actually Meant To Reflect How All Real Life Gay Relationships Are because you are an adult who should already be able to discern this.

"bad rep" doesn't mean "characters that are nuanced, morally gray, or just bad people." "bad rep" would be if helluva boss was a show that said "the REASON these characters are in toxic relationships / are bad people is BECAUSE they are queer, or at least directly correlated to that fact." which is. you know. very fucking different than "these characters are in toxic relationships / are bad people because they 1) live in a classist society that actively encourages them to be their worst selves and 2) are extremely traumatized."

#btw when i say toxic i DO mean stolitz but not in like. a 'this is romanticizing abuse !!!!1!!!!1!1!!' kind of way #which is. the second stupidest criticism of this show #like babe did you really watch blitz break down sobbing on his couch and see stolas drowning in his depression cereal and absinthe #and some how come to the conclusion that the lesson you are meant to take away from this is that This Is A Good Thing To Aspire To ?????? #their dynamic IS toxic rn!! neither of them are communicating properly and neither of them are getting what they TRULY want #and the whole point of watching this situation (this shituation; if you will) play out #is to be entertained first of all BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY #because you are supposed to go Man This Relationship Status Sucks For Them Right Now I Sure Hope They Can Make It Better #you are supposed to recognize that it is Bad for them right now. because you are a fucking adult who should have a CRUMB of media literacy #god. sorry this is so long #video essay is gonna be four hours at this rate istfg #mine #ask #helluva boss #stolitz #analysis #long post

[lyxchen]

I love getting back into something that I thought just wasn't for me. I love continuing a show that I stopped watching halfway through because I wasn't interested in it anymore. I love picking up a book again that I wasn't able to finish because it was just dragging along. I love rediscovering the joy that I thought I lost about this thing and I love suddenly seeing it from a different and better angle. Sometimes things take time to grow on you. Sometimes you need to take a break before getting back into it. That's okay and that's wonderful!!

#i started watching a show today that i stopped after the first season a few months ago #i just wasn't interested in it anymore but i foced myself to watch it which eventually took away all the joy of it #but now i'm continuing ig and i love it!! #it's okay to have to take a break from something that you like to find what you loved about it again later #things aren't gone forever #sometimes they come back to you #and you get to see it in a different light #idk i just think that's really beautiful #even though it might not be something for you right now it could be later #just because you don't like it right now doesn't mean you have to give up on it forever♡ #lea's random thoughts

[astragatwo]

This is the delusion I'm going to choose to live in for the foreseeable future, I think. (Bonus doodle under the cut)

#my art #project moon #limbus company #library of ruina #does it even count as limbus??? whatever #lor lesti #lor rose #do they have a ship name?? good ol slash will do ig #rose/lesti #listen i know i said i'd be taking a break but i watched the 4.5 event on youtube (bc i refuse to open the game) #and these 2 literal background characters with a Vague resemblance to rose & lesti put my brain in an active state of rot #fuck kjh i hope he steps down as ceo but also i need this out of my system or else i was gonna die #ANYWAYS. girls going on a beach date away from the WARP trains with new hair styles good for them #i miss my wife (trying to remember name) blue gebura #going back to my hiatus/break cave now. but if ur reading all these tags i do have other doodles & requests backlogged/in progress #im just.... waiting for pm to stop being silent and say something #fanart

[shitpostingkats]

I'm sorry, are all the other Yu-boys and the bracelets girls just FREAKING DEAD????

#what a wild way to end the series #I need to. I need to lie down #anyways. end of arc v. yippee! #review to come soon? #I'm gonna be trying to take a break from yugioh to focus on life stuff but lets see if that holds #so I might not be diving into vrains anytime soon #but on the plus side I now have the intense desire to write FANFICTION #also congrats to Riley for transing her gender #yugioh arc v spoilers #spk watches arc v #yugioh #yugioh arc v #ygo arc v

[hauntingblue]

"Would you like me to translate that? Or was it for me?" The show's thesis

#my theory is that by surrendering toranaga and everyone important ends up inside osaka and so do the weapons #penetrating osaka was the problem he said would make them lose. so now if they are inside 🤷🏻‍♀️ they can win #this is my design #cockroaches are cacarooch????? AJSHAKAJAKA #kakarooch??? closer to cucaracha idk where the cock came from to the englishmen #he's making her tea..... these intimate scenes go off so hard. now can he respect her and like value her as a person individually of #whose daughter she is??? the act is valued but lets take things along #YEAAAAH!! YOU TELL HIM!!!!! the bow right after to leave akdhaksjakw thats the diva i want #cry about it!! BOOHOO #anjin turning around omg.... he is ashamed of them i know akdjaksn #the cortisans beside the church akdhaksjdks #toranaga will make a little joke before he goes #NOOOOOO OLD MAN BREAK UP NOOOÒO #buntaro is going to kill toranaga.... he is fed up and his father wont let him kill himself his wife wont kill herself with him... #this people's 'i am going to kill myelf in front of you to change the trajectory of your life' game is STRONG #WHAT IS HE SO ANGRY ABOUT??? my guy!!!! #SEE HOW HE IS FAKING IT!!! HE WILL ATTACK!!! aure of my firts tag now lmao #thanking his son's ashes for some extra time.... insane #talking tag #watching shogun #YES I AM LIVE POSTING EVEN IF I SAID I WOULDNT!! THESE LAST EPISODES ARE TOO GOOD!! I HAVE THOTS!!

[wildwood-faun]

Experiencing some kind of Autumn Nesting right now. Today I have made bread (cold rise rolls, fantastic to realise I'd prepared yesterday when I pinged wide awake at 5.36 this morning), a veggie lasagna and baked oats. There is so much food in my home right now. My fridge is full. My freezer is full! Not coincidentally, so am I! Very!

#having wine and continuing to watch leverage #only thing not optimal rn (well except for the part where i have to figure out how to store all my food) is that my eczema is acting up #so im taking a break from knitting but i really wanna knit while i watch a show #i know i said i would start hand sewing more when this happened but that requires too much brainpower for now. maybe tomorrow. #life of kit

[akkivee]

KR!!!!!!!!!!!!! NELKE!!!!!!!!!!! WHOMST TF EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LET ME IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET ME IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#this is vee speaking #hypstage might be fighting a fr uphill battle lol #i’ve seen a few more opinions now that day two has rolled around and i personally am seeing a divide between hypstage stans and casuals #like the stans while feeling the difference in casts keenly lol see the point in revisiting the get together stories #like it def helps break the new cast in and can potentially set stage for new original stories #but on the other hand i’m seeing the opinion that bc new encounter did the og stories and made them feel more cohesive #we actually might get a more canon complaint stage #one opinion of that sentiment i read was from a mtc stan and she HATED fp vs mtc stage for example #so while she enjoyed the stage some of her gripes about the stage was its originality #and how it felt a lot of people watched the stage less for hypmic but more for the actors and the different universe #which makes me a bit conflicted bc i also hated some aspects of the stage’s different takes but for the most part loved them lmao #we never got to see adaptations of the og stories so it’s cool that we are now but a lot of hypstage’s power came from that originality #i don’t want to see that go lol hypstage overall has better writing than canon 😭😭😭😭😭 #maybe we can get a mix of arb and the stage’s propensity for drama as a production lmao #*coughs* but anyway #LET ME INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN #I HEARD NAKANISHI SAN IS REALLY GETTING INTO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! HES ALREADY FINDING THAT STRIDE DESPITE NOT HAVING A BIG PART #I HEARD JYUSHI AND HITOYAS PARTS WERE FUN LMAO LET ME INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[kugisaaki]

mera kutta kutta, tumhara kutta tommy?????

#insane double standards like #dad got the flu and recovered and i caught it from HIM and now he’s suddenly wearing a mask around me like ill get him sick again?????????? #which is FINE like i wear masks outside too but damn like ?? watching him be so cautious around me when he should’ve worn a mask in the #first place is kinda ??? and so goddamn annoying #and its crazy bc he insisted on taking a nap in the other bed in my room (bc its cosier?) and kept snoring SO loud i couldn’t sleep at all #ALL WHILE WEARING A MASK???? like just sleep outside oh my god if my being sick bothers you that much oh my god #now he left bc his break ended and i have a pounding headache and a high fever and im soooo sleepy #and its 6pm so not a good time for napping #mehak.exe

[mortellanarts]

2023 go bye bye

#999 spoilers #art summary #art summery 2023 #my art #shoutout to all my monster high drawings that are still in the oven #I haven't posted them anywhere but! my friends made them pins and I've sold them on cons throughout the year :3 #I only started drawing them as a request from a boothmate actually and they're such fun designs to draw!!! #I went to a lot of local conventions to participate in the artist's alley and made so many friends that way it was wonderful #I think the next thing I'll reblog will be the game I worked on! #found out the nda doesn't cover me simply saying 'hey I worked on this thing coming out in a few months!' #so I made artist and cosplayer friends selling my art on the beach and I got my first proper job #....then I proceeded to give me a shoulder inflammation because my setup was terrible and it had to catch up to me eventually #but! already managed to get a new tablet and desk for myself!! it's even a screen tablet so there'll be a learning curve but I'm excited #I'm hoping this display will make things easier I always had trouble sketching on digital #and I am more carefully taking breaks now also because turns out relying on hiperfocus is bad for you? never knew #I was going through some stuff in the middle of the year there though I had so many vent drawings of akane from may to october qwq #not featured here are the tons of utena and umineko wips I have accumulated those were my favorite new media I got to experience for sure #in fact I'm watching the adolescence movie rn!! what in tarnation is this last act lol whatever! go Anthy go!!! floor it queen #also not featured the tons of oc stuff I made :D I'm glad I feel like I can start properly working on them soon ^^ #but yeah that's that I felt like writing a whole diary entry in these tags and you read it and that's what tumblrs all about ♡♥︎

[em-dashes]

i read 200 pages so far and have 100 more to go and i don't know if i should try to finish it today or take a break and finish it tomorrow 😵‍💫

#em dashes #pros of finishing it today: all the continuity info is super fresh in my head #pros of finishing it tomorrow: i can have a break right now bc my butt hurts from sitting #maybe i'll just take a small break and watch a youtube video #suddence

[crownedwille]

How can you make yourself not care about the thing you care very much about? Asking for a friend

#my chest feels so tight and like it's aching since yesterday now #i'm so mentally and physically affected by how much the ending bothers me #i wish i wouldn't care so much about the show and i could just shrug it off #i really want a different obsession right now just so i wouldn't care so much about a stupid tv show ending #it's ridiculous it's so stupid #why am i freaking out about it so much and getting all depressed about it #it shouldn't matter so much #it just makes me so upset idk i hate it #everyone is over the moon and happy and here i am having a fucking breakdown #maybe i should take a break from the fandom and from the blog #i try to focus on the positive and things i like but my mind just keeps coming back to it #and maybe i just need to not see any young royals right now #i haven't even watched the documentary yet. i wanted to today but it was too much #if it affects me so badly then that's not good. that's not how it should be

[milo-is-rambling]

I can’t even imagine living without anxiety. Like. How. What?

#I mean if I woke up tomorrow with a normal amount of anxiety it would be a shocking difference to my daily life. and I am medicated!!! like. #what? am I missing something here? #my mom tells me that meds can only do so much and that they’re really just meant to make it so you can get out of bed every day #but now I’m wondering like is that true or is that my mom is on the wrong dose herself and something could be done to help us both #gahhhhh idk I just feel helpless bc I’m scared of making big changes and the big changes have to make are scary and large and I need a #bulleted list made of things I can do (and break down into very small steps) to actually progress in a positive way in my life instead of #being SO afraid and SO stagnant. it’s been six months since (ptsd diagnosis causing thing) and I don’t feel like I’ve made any progress even #with a therapist. I’m working towards a more intensive program but I feel like it’s almost making me feel more alienated bc I’d have to like #go be surrounded by other mentally ill people and medical people which brings dad dying trauma and like I know I’m running from it bc I’m #afraid to face the changes I need to make and the feelings that are going to come up but fuck man can’t I get some fucking meds that make #this easier to deal with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grief and ptsd and long term isolation and anxiety and chronic pain like fuck it’s #so exhausting!!!! I feel like I’m fucking fighting thru life and then from the outside it’s like I’m doing nothing cause I stay in my room #and get stoned and play animal crossing and watch tv and cry and over eat and sometimes I drive around in circles so I can scream sing until #my throat burns and I get a headache and everything finally quiets down in my head for a second. I know I look like I’m doing nothing and #that’s because I am doing nothing but waiting for the next time a mental health professional will talk to me for an hour like it’s so sad #anyways. you ever take a big dab and then start crying and type all of this like it’s an epiphany even tho it’s things you already know. #honestly crying in front of the air conditioner is so slay slight breeze over my face cooling the tears the white noise calming me down