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A Young Royals appreciation blog. (Among other things. Mostly queer stuff.)

[thinkingaboutyoungroyals]

**taps microphone**

Anyone still here? Anyone still remember me? I know, I know… it’s been years! Where have I been?!

A lot has happened since I was last on here, my friends… a lot. I mostly lurked around. Not really posting much original thoughts and works like I used to.

Still interested? Here’s what I’ve been up to:

Got into Grad School and every waking moment was working towards my Master's Degree.

Got my Master's Degree and quit my former job.

Found myself unemployed for months and, thus, every breathing second was spent looking for a new job.

Got a job and now I work evenings and sleep during the day.

And, for the finale…. I got engaged! Thus, wedding planning commencing!

It's been quite a journey! But, I have missed being part of fandom again. My interests have been more varied lately. Been watching a lot of new shows too.

So, suffice to say, a lot has changed since my last actual post that’s not a reblog.

I’ve also been getting back into writing fanfic. Not in any of the fandoms that I used to post about in here but I will say… it’s been pretty therapeutic. And I have a really supportive partner now who cheered and encouraged me to write again when I told him that I missed doing it.

I’ll probably do another rebrand of this account. Maybe something more generic to encapsulate all of my fandoms. I’ll figure it out somehow!

But, yeah, just wanted to pop back in here and say “hi” and I hope everyone is doing well!

[lgbt-sentai-rider]

ChocoGummy real.

[altern8reality]

Maybe the real Witches’ Road was the friends we made - wait for it - All Along.

[theatrebooknerd56]

Watching the new Agatha All Along episode: "why am I gasping I knew who he was"

[viewfromthelake]

Oh to be a cute, little, alien cat monster riding on Captain Marvel's shoulder as she flies.

[walkingaftermidnight07]

carol fucking danvers and her tank tops and marriage of convenience and THAT SCENE WITH VALKYRIE

[azurebones]

Us waiting for episode five of Agatha All Along

[church-of-lilith]

the real star of this episode was patti lupone cosplaying liza minnelli and playing the hell out of that triangle

[cyclogenesis]

oh my god. oh my fucking god. everyone on this show is a lesbian. oh my goD

[aflawedfashion]

I would not have guessed Disney/Marvel would be the ones to make the show about middle aged gay witches I’ve always wanted, but here we are

[buckys-arm-and-rios-dagger]

Rio: *appears*

The Entirety of Team Witches' Road:

[ooops-i-arted]

[willestears]

the entire school singing simon’s song after he’d been an outsider never really feeling like he fit in there, is so important to me, he did changed people at the school with his music, this was Simon’s revolution 🥹

[meg-is-just-another-fan-girl]

Edvin is all of us

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Just experienced such an unusual burst of BBC Merlin fan energy, and after having spent a good portion of my night surrounding myself with young royals content, I can safely ask why more people don’t talk about how Merthur walked so Wilmon could run??? Also. The knights. The knights are stupid and funny and chaotic lil shits, and thinking about them gives me Forest Ridge named first years (literally just Henry, Walter, and Alex) vibes. Blonde royal with dark-haired “commoner” best friends to lovers speed run (I don’t care that I remain delusional over a decade after the Merlin finale was released, they were SOULMATES, two sides of the same coin and all that idc), the queer-magic metaphor in Merlin and how Wille is queer (unlabeled) and Arthur was literally BORN of magic. As in, there is never any confirmation as to whether Arthur could have a talent for learning magic, but being born of it sounds pretty innate to me (something something unlabeled-uncertainty Wille???). And then Simon and Merlin knowing exactly who they are from the moment we meet them (Simon is out to anyone who cares enough to know, Merlin was born with his magic and has used it throughout his childhood). The “commoner” boyfriends being constantly overlooked or disparaged for their lack of status, but their royals (eventually) get to the point where they couldn’t care less about status. Arthur talking about dragging Merlin away to live on a farm away from the royal life —> Wille telling Simon in s2 that he’d give August the crown so they can be together. The royals having a really shit parent who doesn’t want to accept them or change to the country/kingdom. Sad one, but the “commoner” boyfriends sorta losing themselves in the other guy (Merlin losing his innocence so completely because of how much he puts into protecting Arthur vs Simon being Wille’s ONLY support for most of s1 and the only one Wille feels he can really talk to, prior to his and Felice’s friendship developing). Meta one, but the royals’ character development being a goddamn rollercoaster at times, but they’re getting there.

You can’t say that these two shows aren’t so perfectly aligned with each other in so many ways. The queer-magic metaphor alone goes so crazy!!! I love the conversations about heartstopper and rwrb in connection to young royals but give our OG queer-coded royals some time in the spotlight too, it’s super fun!!!

[beatriz--f]

Young Royals gave us the best ending of the history and that final scene will be my roman empire for a very long time.

[nomodernromance-deactivated2025]

Was the final episode cheesy AF? Yes.

Did everything magically fall into its place and every character got their closure? Yes.

Was it the best ending to move on from being obsessed with this show for so many years? Also yes.