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Fake Fact Lips Ep. 10 (Special)

Heated Rivalry inadvertently highlighted the main issues I had with Young Royals

I finally watched Heated Rivalry. I didn’t want to fall into the HR rabbit hole as hard as I did last time with an LGBT-themed show (Young Royals). I didn’t — but I find it funny that apparently HR drew inspiration from YR and, ironically, succeeded where the source failed.

One of my biggest issues with Young Royals is how the Wilmon relationship was written, especially given that it’s supposed to be the central focus of the show. In Season 1, the lead-up to their romance was charming and endearing, but the series largely skipped over the stage of building trust and a stable emotional connection. For the rest of the show, Wille and Simon are left struggling to sustain a bond they never truly had the chance to grow. Compounding this issue, the show’s shift toward an ensemble cast diverted screen time to secondary characters and storylines that contributed little to the core narrative.

Episode 6 of Heated Rivalry went where Young Royals wouldn’t dare. The finale just lets Shane and Ilya enjoy being together — without melancholy — and it’s beautiful. The entire episode is devoted to a stable, domestic relationship. A fictional couple needs space to breathe if viewers are going to believe they’ll last. But many shows, YR included, make the mistake of adding drama for the sake of drama, or they fear it will become boring. Shane doesn’t even consider backing out of the relationship when his parents find out, which is arguably the biggest “drama” in the episode — and it turns out not to be that big at all.

I’m fine when a show gives the spotlight to side characters, as long as it’s handled well. I don’t mind Episode 3 of Heated Rivalry, which focused on a different couple. From start to finish, the show never loses sight of the fact that its emotional core is Shane and Ilya.

Conversely, Young Royals became a mess and lost its way when it tried to tackle more storylines than it could chew, and at one point didn’t know how to scale the story back effectively. It’s not even a matter of having only six episodes, since Heated Rivalry managed the same format without going off track.

Maybe I can chalk it up to Jacob Tierney being a more experienced scriptwriter than Lisa Ambjörn, and thus more successful at storytelling and at using the limited screen time wisely. I’m not even a big fan of Rachel Reid’s books, which is another kudos for him.

#heated rivalry #young royals #hollanov #wilmon #i’m not putting Jacob Tierney on a pedestal #fingers crossed he won’t mess up season 2

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I’m still on the Young Hearts Bandwagon 🤘🏻

I have this head canon that Elias would do this a lot now after the last scene. Thought it was cute, did a doodle 💖🏳️‍🌈

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Young Hearts (2024) Dir. Anthony Schatteman

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Young Hearts (2024) Dir. Anthony Schatteman

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Young Hearts

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young hearts (2024) dir. Anthony Schatteman

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Wille & Simon | YOUNG ROYALS season 3

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Signs You Should Write The Story

1. You can't stop thinking about it

2. It would be exciting and fun to write

3. It's meaningful to you

WRITE THE STORY

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Character developement

- Create a detailed backstory: Develop a rich and layered backstory for your character, including their upbringing, past experiences, and significant events that have shaped them. This will provide a foundation for their personality and motivations.

- Define core traits: Identify a few core personality traits that define your character. Consider both positive and negative traits to make them more well-rounded and realistic.

- Give them strengths and weaknesses: No character is perfect. Give your character a mix of strengths and weaknesses to make them relatable and interesting. These flaws can create internal conflicts and opportunities for growth.

- Establish goals and motivations: Determine what drives your character. What are their goals, desires, or ambitions? Understanding their motivations will help shape their actions and decisions throughout the story.

- Create relationships: Develop meaningful relationships for your character with other characters in the story. This includes friends, family, romantic partners, and even adversaries. Consider how these relationships influence and shape your character's development.

- Show internal conflict: Explore the internal struggles and dilemmas your character faces. This could be conflicting emotions, difficult choices, or battling their own fears and insecurities. Internal conflict adds depth and complexity to their development.

- Allow for growth and change: Characters should evolve throughout the story. Consider a character arc that takes your character from a starting point to a transformed state by the end. Give them challenges and experiences that allow them to learn, grow, and change over time.

- Use dialogue effectively: Craft dialogue that reflects your character's unique voice, speech patterns, and personality traits. Dialogue can reveal their emotions, beliefs, and thought processes, providing insights into their character.

- Show, don't tell: Instead of explicitly telling readers about your character's traits, show them through their actions, choices, and interactions with others. This allows readers to form their own opinions and connections with the character.

- Continuously refine and develop: Characters are not static entities. As you write, remain open to new ideas and opportunities for character development. Allow your characters to surprise you and evolve beyond your initial plans.

wow, just when I thought that wtfock was long dead and buried and forgotten… the question is do I even care? It feels a lifetime ago when I was a fan of it.

#wtfock #I was a fan s1-3 and wtfockdown #post wtfockdown I was more of a wtfock mocker than a fan #i thought the skam hype was dying #but they decided to revive this show?!!!

YR has five main characters? Really? Or is it 2 mains & 3 major supporting (even though they’re all lumped in as main cast)? I feel it’s the latter in practice. Video announcing S2 shooting, E&O are featured as a duo in their own exclusive shots separate from the other 3. Also, E&O get the VIP treatment at Kristallen and the only ones to go on the stage to receive the accolade (while Malte, Nikita & Frida are relegated to the distant backseats lol). Who only gets the honour of appearing on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon? Those are just a few examples. So for regulars is only 2 mains and 3 major supporting, right? The rest is characters who appear sporadically.

This ask is already a bit old and I’m not sure if I’m the most qualified person out there to answer this.

I understand why some people see 2 mains + 3 supporting - even though they’re all listed as main. One thing for sure, Prince Wilhelm is the protagonist of the story, end of the story. Even if you want to see all 5 as mains, certainly neither August nor Sara nor Felice is a main the same level Wilhelm is. I daresay neither is Simon (this is obvious to me but there is some debate about this in the fandom). I read some interesting asks with @emberc that cleared up the situation. There is a term that describes Simon accurately: he’s the deuteragonist. When it comes to promote the show, no doubt the entire spotlight falls on Edvin and Omar and it’s not hard to understand why. No matter how much a part of the fandom tries to hype up the non-Wilmon parts of the show, Wilmon is the selling point of YR and what makes it so popular. Most of the fans are drawn to the series because of Wilhelm and Simon’s love story and that’s why Edvin and Omar are the 2 actors who managed to capitalize the most by a mile out of the YR fame.

#young royals #ask #wilmon #5 mains or not