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An indefinite list of every time James Beaufort was the most head over heels pathetic pining mess over Ruby Bell

The arm nibbling... sir that is not

His Pride and Prejudice moment at Oxford

Jumped into the pool and carried her out in front of everyone

Gave her Queen Victoria's Dress

Ran around the whole school trying to catch hundreds of chickens for her gala and when his friends tried to make fun of him for it, he owned it and made them help him

Kept circling around her house because she fell asleep in his arms and he didn’t want to wake her up

Printed a huge ass poster of him and Ruby and put it up for the whole school to see as an apology for making her feel like he was ashamed of her (he wasn’t)

The fact that whenever Ruby is around he keeps zoning out of conversations

To add to that, told Allister that he was being too obvious about being into Kesh but then got distracted by Ruby walking by and Allister was like "You're one to talk"

Was insanely jealous of any guy she talked to (even gay Allister 😭) and started a fight with the Oxford guy in front of everybody

Drew her from memory after she apologized to him for dragging his ass in class and gave it to her on her birthday

Ran after Ruby at Oxford even though 1. She just dragged his ass again in public and 2. he knows they can't be together

"You're not invisible anymore. Not to me"

"I've always known what I want"

While making a list about things he likes "The most important one- you"

"I'll be anything that you want- whether it's your lover or your boy toy"

"Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to see you, and to hear your voice?" You're the Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires 2.0

"My family saw how much I changed because of you"

Lashed out when his father called her a gold digger

Took pictures of her smiling

Went on his knees asking her to dance

The way he looked at her when she was coming down the stairs wearing the dress

Skipped his whatever meeting it was to take her on a spontaneous trip to London

Went out of his room at night to see her at Oxford

His awe when he saw her naked 😭

The extra kisses when the bus was waiting for her at Oxford

Instinctively tried to sit next to her at Oxford even though they were broken up

Broke his own heart trying to save her and her family from his father's wrath. He'd rather have her hate him than let her or her family get hurt (can u hear me sobbing)

Literally gave up being the face of the Young Beaufort Line so he didn’t miss her birthday (insane how this was only episode 4 before they even KISSED)

#maxton hall #ruby bell #james beaufort #maxton hall the world between us #ruby x james #james x ruby #amazon prime #bridgerton #pride and prejudice

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Just finished Maxton Hall season 1 and season 2 is not a want it's a NEED... anyways what songs do you guys associate with james&ruby? I'm going crazy

#maxton hall #maxton hall the world between us #james beaufort #ruby bell #james x ruby #music

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Congratulations!

You reached the bedrock after u scrolled ur feed so deep.

#same lol #tumblr

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every so often I remember that the East India Company is back

#jumpscare

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What are your favourite Marissa comebacks/sassy moments? (She deserved to be wayyy snarkier than she was but I find her humor very underrated)

Ooh fun

1x02 in the car with Seth about liking punk music

1x02 calling out Seth for him being stuck up (cries, future besties)

1x04 getting Anna to be Ryan's cotillion date over Summer (she thought she was being so slick)

1x05 "So how'd it go with the dancer?"

1x05 "Can I have one of your tanktops so I can be as cool as you?"

1x07 vending machine "Actually, I think she was a woman" line of all time

1x10 outing Caleb/Julie on the yacht

1x11 the moment at Theresa's door when she nods at Ryan before going inside

1x12 "I didn't tell anyone"

1x14 "Like I said, yep. Happy New Year"

1x21 "Why? Because we go to the same school or because I live here?" (this is so cold but she's not only not wrong but also finally has some bite again)

1x23 threatening Julie that she'll spill the beans about Luke to Jimmy/Caleb/her therapist/the cops/etc we love a princess with leverage

1x25 inviting Aunt Cindy to the engagement party

2x07 "Of course I'm screwed up! I'm the daughter of a thief and a slut" (I find this scene very unserious but I... love this line)

2x12 "I did some real soul searching" "I hope you didn't hurt yourself"

2x14 "You have my cell if Caleb kicks and you need help counting your cash"

2x16 this whole Julie exchange "You enjoy living in squalor?" "Well you and Caleb don't live here so it can't be that disgusting" "Maybe I'll just steal, you know I'm really good at that"

2x17 "You remember what happened the last time you came to Chino?" "Yeah, I saved your ass"

2x24 "Paychecks are handed out on Mondays"

3x02 "You're getting good at this, aren't you?" this doesn't really fit the prompt but I love how amused she is saying this

3x10 "I love Chrismukkah" "So we've heard"

3x17 my memory is funny on this one but "I'm seeing Dr. Roberts" "You don't look like you've had anything done"

3x19 (i think) that scene with Summer comparing her to Veronica Mars "solving this week's mystery"

3x22 "If I was in your circle of friends I might accidentally let it slip that you used to do musicals"

3x25 "I'm really gonna miss you bossing me around"

I'm sure there are some more that I'm forgetting! And I'm sure they don't all fit but 🤷‍♀️ Also the Malex era probably has more but my memory isn't great there either unfortunately.

#marissa cooper #the oc

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"womanizer" is one of those words that should mean something other than what it does.

example "i'm a womanizer. i see a guy and i womanize him."

#oh wow tumblr at it again #interesting

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Watching The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived edits is so funny because you’ll see Marissa and Volchok (he literally caused her death) and Ezra and Aria (he groomed and stalked her) and Stefan and Elena (stalked her, almost killed her, retraumatized her by recreating her parents’ death) and then you have… dawson and joey (he made her, his ex-girlfriend, choose between him and his best friend she was hooking up with)

#no hate to the editor im sure you’re lovely! it’s the comparison that makes me laugh #the dawson hate is so blown out of proportion it’s funny atp #the way ppl talk abt him you’d think he was a cia agent killing people lol #dawson’s creek #the oc #pretty little liars #the vampire diaries #taylor swift #the smallest man who ever lived

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I need to get going. Find everyone who’s escaped, before they get hurt. Before they get hurt?

#newt scamander #oh how i love him #no seriously i love newt so much it's not even funny #fantastic beasts

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Diver convince octopus to trade his plastic cup for a seashell

#wholesome

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percy: so go and tell ur friends that im obsessive and crazy thats fine ill tell mine ur gay!!!!

nico: but you-

percy: WE ALL KNOW NICO shut up this isnt about you

#lmao iconic #nico di angelo #percy jackson #taylor swift #incorrect quotes

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were you:

☑️ sent by someone??? (who wanted ME dEAD?)

did you:

☑️ sleep with a gun? (underNEATH our bed???)

were you:

☑️ writing a boᵒᵏ????

☑️ a SLEEPER CELL SPY?

in 50 years will all this be declassified?

🔘 (yes)

⚪️ (no)

and you’ll

confess why you did it (500 words or less)

_________________________________

and I’ll say:

☑️ good riddance!

☑️ it wasn’t SEXy once it wasn’t forbidden

I would’ve:

⬜️ DIED for your SINS

☑️ just died inside

and you:

⬜️ deserve prison

☑️ won’t get time

you’ll:

☑️ slide into INboxes

☑️ slip through the BARS

you:

☑️ crashed my party (and your rental car)

☑️ said “normal girls were boring 🤪”

☑️ were gone by the morning

☑️ kicked out the stage lights

☑️ are still performing

and in plain sight you:

☑️ hid

but you are:

☑️ what you did

and I’ll:

☑️ forget you

⬜️ forgive

Signature:

the smallest man who ever lived…

#im obsessed w this song currently #the smallest man who ever lived #taylor swift

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#i am so angry all the time about these things

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#so good #wilmon #fanart #young royals

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My new personality is screaming about THAT scene in maxton hall

#the one in ep3 #maxton hall #james beaufort #ruby bell

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marissa cooper; season 3

#yessss marissa looking through fences/bars #marissa cooper #the oc

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#exactly

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One of my favourite things about Young Royals and its characters is how much it romanticizes being utterly ordinary.

Stories often focus on characters who are exceptionally good at something or who are more ambitious than the average person. Even in the teen shows I’ve watched, these young characters always seemed to have their dream career and dream university figured out at a young age and I could never relate to that because I had none of those things figured out as a teen. It always felt like pushing this narrative that teenagers need to have their entire lives figured out before their brains are even fully developed.

None of the characters in YR seem particularly ambitious and in fact, the main character’s journey is a story of anti-ambition. When he is introduced to Simon, it is precisely Simon’s ordinariness that draws Wille to him. Sure, Simon is a very talented singer, but it’s never indicated within the series that he has dreams of being a pop star. It’s just something he likes to do. Simon is motivated by very ordinary things - he wants to do well in school so he can have better opportunities for himself, he wants to take care of his family, he wants to hang out with his friends and play video games. He’s a dedicated student but not necessarily valedictorian. It’s not his ambition that Wille is drawn to but his integrity and kindness and warmth.

Wille had a chance to be extraordinary - to be Sweden’s first gay king - but being extraordinary has never been Wille’s ambition. Wille’s ultimate goal and dream within the series’ narrative is to be free to make his own decisions and live his life as he pleases. He just wants to kiss his boyfriend and get drunk at parties and live his life one day at a time instead of spending every moment of his life preparing for an inevitable future he doesn’t want. In the end Wille is extraordinary not for his ambition, but for his bravery to reject the expectations thrust upon him and throw himself into the unknown and see where it takes him. Wille had a whole future in front of him as crown prince and future king - he’d never have to work a day in his life and would have people advising his every move - and he rejects that. This lack of ambition is not portrayed as a moral failure, but a necessary step in Wille’s journey to personal self-discovery and fulfillment of his own desires. His desire right now is simple - be free with Simon, but that doesn’t mean his dreams end here forever. He deserves peace and tranquility after all the trauma he’s been through without having to worry about where or who he’s gonna be in a few years. He deserves time to just exist.

None of the characters know where they’re going when they drive away at the end. We as the audience don’t know what careers if any these characters will find themselves in, but that’s also not important to this story. The series is saying you don’t have to have everything figured out when you’re 17 and you don’t have to do something just because your parents think they know what’s best for you and even if you don’t know exactly what you want to do, that doesn’t mean you don’t have the agency to know what you don’t want.

It’s not a moral failing to want the simple things in life or to be ordinary, and I love that Young Royals celebrates that. It shows the beauty in simple moments that feel revolutionary to a person - touching the person you love, forgiving someone and making amends after a hardship, whooping with your friends in a car as you drive into the summer and celebrates them. Ultimately these are the moments that make life worth living.

#young royals #meta #this this this