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In case you missed it, SAG-AFTRA just finished up a press conference where they talked to union members and the press about what's up.
Here are the big things (that I remember):
there is something so twisted about matthew macfadyen and nicholas braun competing in the same category when one of them was delivering the performance of a lifetime and the other was just. there
this is a poll about whether you think the things people say about your birth order are true or not
only children = spoilt, entitled, lonely, etc
eldest children = stand-in parent, takes on too many responsibilities, chronically stressed
middle children = special snowflakes who always have to carve out opposite personalities to their siblings
youngest children = parent’s favourite child, a little bit spoilt, a little bit of a copycat, you know how it is
So, did you ever wonder what statue exactly they tied Wilhelm to during his initiation?
Because symbolically the statue is actually very meaningful.
Obsessed with how Wille used the second bed in his bedroom when he was with Felice when they hung out and when they kiss.
It creates this distinction that keeps the other bed, Wille’s actual bed, where he sleeps, where his personal stuff is, saved for Simon.
And it’s like yeah! because with Felice Wille is chasing the high of being with Simon, he’s trying but it’s not genuinely what he wants and he’s not so much letting her in to know him more deeply as much as creating this new space for them where Wille isn’t being true to himself but is more palatable for everyone else. Like the Wille who lives on that side of the room makes choices and falls for people that get him cheers instead of stares.
But there’s just nothing really personalized over here, it looks so much less lived in. That isn’t an accident, the emptiness of the space reflects the lack of substantive feelings in their potential romantic relationship. (Not in their friendship, which is not emoty, but this is specifically about the meaning of the space in Wille’s romantic intimate moments).
And then on the other side of the room is the space reserved for Simon, the space that only Simon can occupy. That bed is the one where Wille sleeps, the one that reflects the real Wille, where he goes when he’s sick or sad or longing. But it’s also the only bed he’s been in with Simon and Simon is the only one whose been in that bed with Wille.
Like, that’s clearly the lived-in side. There are personal objects on this side, the speech tacked to his wall, symbols of Wille as a person. And only Simon gets to see the real Wille, gets to know what he wants and how he struggles and who he is. And he gets to be in the real bed both times they’re together in that room because of this.
It just creates this really interesting split between the two beds, one of which is more personalized space, and who Wille sees in each space. How Felice was never going to be a real commitment (which, honestly she deserves better anyway) and Simon always is.
I just think it’s neat.
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educated 📚 hoe 🚂
employed 💰 broke ☹️
clean pussy 🤤 stank pussy🤢
loyal 💍 5 kids🤰
faithful 👼🏼 cheater 😈
yeah we’re right to make the dickmatized jokes about stewy going against his better judgement to back kendall Again. but this time it’s honestly fucking miserable. stewy has been trying to get kendall out since the beginning, since before the beginning, and then here he is at logans funeral and kendall wants back in. stewy backing him for ceo, yes was him letting kendall pull the friend card and yes was him letting his feelings cloud his judgement and yes was him being dickmatized to a dishonorable degree, but its also like. logan is dead. logan is dead and the company’s not in family control anymore and ken is halfway out the door and he has something good going on. logan is dead and one piece of paper has kendall diving back in. stewy’s been trying to get kendall out of logans control from the start and logan is dead and ken should be free but they’re at his funeral and kendall wants back in. ‘ken is your head on straight?’ genuinely i was surprised that he backed him because stewy wouldnt. because it makes bad business sense and because stewy doesnt want kendall at waystar in the first place. ‘what in it for me, ken?’ he wouldn’t do this but at this point its a resignation. its a last resort. i couldnt get you out when he was alive and now he’s dead and i still cant get you out so i’ll help you get it in because this is the last way i know how to help you at all. ‘i dont wanna live in a haunted house, kendall tells stewy, unaware that he already is, oblivious to the ghosts lurking around them both. they were fucking right. it IS around them both. in kendall’s haunted house the ghost is logan. in stewy’s haunted house the ghost is kendall.
nothing quite like scrolling though the Succession tag on Ao3 which consists of one of 3 things: a tomgreg fic where greg is marilyn monroe and tom is jfk or they’re being hunted for sport or something insane like that, a romangerri fic with smut tags that haven’t even been invented yet, or a kenstewy fic dramatic enough to challenge the bible itself
I apologize in advance for the person I’m going to become when the Kenstewy hug happens.
Young Royals Season 3 Endgame: Team Abdication or Monarchy?
This is THE question !!
I'd go straight to the answer and then ramble on the why: team abdication.
(at the end of S1 i wouldn’t have answered with this much confidence, but now it's definitely the easiest choice to make.)
The answer is in how wilhelm always felt trapped in a world that doesn’t fit him at all and was so ready to sacrifice it in order to escape it - to be finally free. he’s the crown prince but hates being addressed that way, he has social appearances and expectations to worry about first but gets anxious or physically ill whenever he does, his current life revolves around royal duties to attend and yet he’s at his happiest in doing the little things, like making a sandwich for the boy he loves or waking up next to him. all he wants is being a normal teenager living a normal life and he proved it over and over again - “i don’t want to be king” he said it himself - standing up for what is his right and his truth eventually.
And it's not just about simon! - we got to know wille’s rebellious side towards the crown way before they get to know each other: it’s simply not what he wants, nor what he needs, nor the future he’s hoping for.
Idk but i feel like rooting for the ‘team monarchy’ at this point, especially after witnessing what he’s been through and his character's growth in S2, is basically wishing wille to not be the happiest version of himself.
I am literally begging. BEGGING. Yall to just actually Google what the word "fetishize" means, even just one time. I know that nuance and context is a concept a lot of people on the internet don't understand, but here's the gist. Finding something attractive is not fetishization. Being turned on by something is not fetishization. Having kinks is not necessarily fetishization. Having a preference is not necessarily fetishization. Appreciating certain features, aesthetics, or behaviors is not necessarily fetishization. Reducing a human being from a complex person with their own thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs, down to one singular aspect of their character that you find sexually or otherwise gratifying is fetishization. Saying, "I really enjoy that my boyfriend, whom I love and enjoy sharing a life with, is well-endowed" isn't fetishization, saying "I don't care about who he is or what his life is like, he has a big dick and I use him for that" is fetishization. Men who only date Asian women because they believe the stereotype that Asian women are all submissive, childlike, and docile are fetishizing them. Embracing your partner's cultural background because you love them and want to appreciate all parts of their life is not fetishizing. Fetishization is the act of reducing someone to a single characteristic, whether true or perceived, and disregarding their other attributes as a human being. Not every fucking aspect of attraction or kink or sex is fetishization, you fucking walnuts.
I want August to be envious of Wille living his best life with Simon out of the shadows. I want him to be exasperated from all his attempts to cover up his crimes, and look up and see Wilhelm free from facades and lies, living his truth and wonder if that peaceful feeling will ever come to him. Not to a degree that he tries to disrupt Wilhelm's peace once again, but boy do I want him to yearn. I want Wilhelm to flourish in his joy and August regretting the mess that he made of his own life.
I want Sara to be his "the one who got away" please and thank you.
This gets at something I wanted to discuss in the justice meta but ran out of time and space for (mostly because that meta was already so long, whoops.) We can talk about what kind of consequences August should face, but consequences only have meaning insofar as the person they’re intended for feels that meaning authentically.
I think we can all envision a version of August who goes to prison for x number of years and never gains perspective, so he spends his entire time stewing in anger and growing even more resentful and comes out ready to do more harm. There’s something compelling, however, in him looking back over his shoulder and seeing a landscape full of of burned bridges and not only feeling that loss but understanding his role in it. (Which can still be done from prison btw. I’m not ruling that out entirely.)
To agree with @darktwistedgenderplural, I think we can definitely see the romantic relationship with Sara as one of those bridges August burned, and it’s probably going to be the one he sees first. I want to add on and push this outside the borders of romantic relationships, however, and look at all the other potential losses that I hope would become apparent to August after some meaningful self-reflection. He and Wilhelm could have had stronger family ties, and shared stories about Erik with one another. (Sharing stories is an important part of the grieving process.) August and Simon could have become friends who brought the rowing team to the victory, and maybe they could have talked about their respective dads’ struggles with addiction. (Yes, I know that sounds far-fetched, but stick with me till the last paragraph.) August and Felice don’t really have the romantic chemistry August wanted them to have at the beginning of season one, but if he hadn’t been so gross to her and then committed a serious crime against her best friend, they probably could have commiserated about feeling the pressures of perfectionism in an environment so focused on status. They have that in common and it’s both something they need support for.
Finally, I want to talk about Kristina. August is pretty terrible to most women, even adult ones, but he does respect Kristina for being queen, and in season 1 she initially trusts him to look after Wilhelm after Erik dies. While on most levels their relationship follows the lines of royal family protocol, they could have also developed a more genuine familial bond, and maybe Kristina could have been someone he could talk to about his dad, since she was close to his father as well. (August’s mom is not the right person for August to talk to about August’s dad, as we can see from their interaction in 1.3.) Now Kristina just sees August as the person who ruined her son’s life, and rightfully so.
My point is: burned bridges! So many burned bridges! And you might say, well, a lot of those go back to before August leaked the video, he was too much of a classist misogynist jerkface for any of this to come true, which is kind of my point. Right now he sees leaking the video as the beginning of his troubles. The reality is that leaking the video was a culmination of all of the stuff that preceded it, and until August sees that, he can’t fully view his actions or see the impact of his harm in correct context. And once he does that, he’ll be aware of a whole support network he could have had and missed out on because he couldn’t see the ways in which he was genuinely connected to other people and cut every potential tie. I think then he’ll see the way he made other people’s lives harder, and threw wrenches into their relationships (Simon and Wilhelm, yes, but also Sara and Simon, and Felice and Sara, and Wilhelm and Kristina) with his behaviors. That, to me, is where the regret happens—where the consequences hit hardest and make the most impact. And maybe that’s where the changes in behavior can happen, over time, and with a lot of work.
[CAR CRASH] [GLASS SHATTERING] ‘GOOD LORD!’ [GENERAL COMMOTION] [BABY CRYING] ‘WAAAAH WAAAAH’ [YELLING] [POLICE SIRENS] WEEWOO WEEWOO [HELICOPTERS] ‘WE’RE REPORTING LIVE-‘ [EXPLOSION] ‘MY LEG... MY LEG...’
If you ask someone who their favorite couple in greek mythology is and they say Ariadne and Dionysus, Achilles and Patroclus, Hades and Persephone or Apollo and Hyacinthus- you are talking to a homosexual
I was watching the scene where Wille points the gun at August and it's such a brilliant scene for many reasons but the one that hit me the most is that Simon got to see the degree to which Wille was affected by the video.
In the Music Room fight that went down between them in the last episode, Simon basically says that Wille had it easy in terms of facing the repercussions of the video as compared to Simon. And Wille is rightfully offended because Simon fails to understand that just because the manner in which they both suffered was different, it doesn't mean that the suffering itself was any less for Wilhelm.
Like, when Wilhelm points the gun at August, the anger that flashes on his face is not some sort of a "quarrel" between the Royals, it's Wilhelm's pain resurfacing in the form of sheer anger, all the sleepless nights and tears bubbling and making their way into his voice. It's so evident in that scene, how Wilhelm was deeply affected by everything that went down and now that Simon had a chance to bring some justice to both of them, August snooped in and took that chance away from them. Like, Simon must have finally understood that the game is not rigged just for him, but Wilhelm is as much of a victim as Simon is. That Wilhelm's hurt ran so deep that he was ready to blow off his own cousin's head. And it could be one of the realizations that helped Simon understand that it's not him vs Wille, they both were equally devastated by August's actions and even more so, Wille's loyalty will always lie with what's right, and with Simon.
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