#gonna make a tag for ny s2 posts

[arc-angel-o]

SEASON 2 - BAD NEWS BUT MOSTLY GOOD NEWS

I wanted to follow up on my last (now deleted) post, about season 2.

I want to be both optimistic and cautious.

I could not find a second source confirming that release date. And it looks like the website (whenetflix) tends to just make shit up for clickbait, so i deleted the post featuring them.

But the optimistic part is: even if it's not real, that doesn't mean there isn't a release date, just that it's not that one.

Below is a little bit of evidence suggesting that season two is happening, which i was going to post closer to when i thought it might be announced or hinted at officially, but since we're here I might as well share it now.

Something i find compelling (that my mom doesn't 😭) is this little timeline:

2015 - NY production started

2016 - still in progress

2017 - NY S1 released

2018 - NY pink christmas released

2019 - S2 production started?

2020 - still in progress?

2021 - present day/?

If s2 takes as long or longer to make as s1, and production started right after Pink Christmas or later... That means a hypothetical s2 would be completed this year or maybe the next. Especially with covid and especially if there's a proper 12 episodes, factors like those put the release date at the later end.

December's coming up, and i predict there's gonna be some sort of announcement then somewhere saying something like

"happy Hanukkah, happy holidays, pink christmas anniversary is coming up, watch that shit on Netflix and stream friend like u on Spotify, to celebrate here's a gift for fans of the show, [insert s2 announcement here]"

Even if it doesn't explicitly say "season 2 is here"

That's what it'll mean.

(you gotta let me know if this happens cause all i have is tumblr and youtube)

I have more ny theories I'm working on, one of which is sort of connected to this, they take me a while to write. Not as long as fics though 😎

But i do have a Christmas oneshot ready. I just gotta rewatch Pink Christmas to make sure there's no continuity errors, and i don't want to watch it yet considering it's only Nov 8th

And I'm finally getting back into figure skating (Olympics will do that to you), so I may add another chapter to my Neo Yokio figure skaters au soon as well.

#neo yokio #kaz kaan #ezra koenig #jaden smith #whenetflix #gonna make a tag for ny s2 posts #neo yokio season two

[youngroyalsnshameless]

🌼Young Royals S2 Predictions🌼

The rules are simple: Copy the questions into a post and answer them to the best of you ability. Tag other people to join, if you want to, and remember to use #YR2quiz (important so your quiz answers wont get lost). Enjoy, and have fun. May the best fortuneteller win!

1. What month will season 2 be released?

August just to annoy us, someone said June but ya know filming doesn't finish till may, realistically it could be more like November, if it is November though November 1 would be great, or even Oct 31 as I'm so far ahead timezone wise and I'ma start my birthday right.

2. What episode will Simon and Wilhelm have their first s2 kiss (who will initiate the kiss)?

Whichever episode is the halfway point in the show.

3. How will Simon find out about August being behind the leak?

Willhelm will tell him and they'll probably argue about it.

4. Will there be snow in s2?

Yep, snow kisses.

5. Will there be any physical fight (if yes, who will be involved)?

Yes August at the very least, I could see Simon going for him but Alexander and Wilhelm beating him up are certainly welcome options.

6. Will Wilhelm abdicate?

No, I simply don't see it happening as much as it would be a power move

7. Will Wilhelm make a new public statement about his sexuality?

Yes, but it'll be towards the end of the season to prepare for season 3??

8. Will there be introduced another queer character (can be a s1 character - if yes, who)?

Maddie and Simon are gonna be queer besties shopping in NY but other characters (Walty I'm looking at you, I've read Other People's Secrets) are welcome to join the club💅

9. Will Sara become a boarder student at Hillerska?

No August isn't gonna help her he knows that the queen is covering for him now he doesn't care.

10. Do we get a forehead kiss between Simon and Wilhelm (if yes, who kisses who)?

Wilhelm to Simon in the snow

11. Will Simon and the queen exchange any words (if yes, who will speak first)?

Yes the queen will speak first, probably to talk down to him but Simon goes off and low-key impresses her (I think I'm reading to much ao3 cause I keep thinking about moments in fics-On Campus rn)

12. Will there be clothes exchange between Simon and Wilhelm (if yes, what item)?

The purple hoodie and scarf or something of Erik's is acceptable.

13. Will Sara speak any Spanish?

No, she's trying to fit in with the upper society and she thinks her family is something to be ashamed of, I hope this changes though.

14. Will Simon become aware of Wilhelm's anxiety?

Yes quite early on as they're trying to sort this mess out but Wilhelm's feeling the pressure of the crown.Simon has probably already noticed some signs

15. Will Wilhelm break the 4th wall at some point? .

Either he'll open and close the show's first and last episodes by looking in the camera, or Simon will.

16. Will Alexander get some sort of revenge (if yes, how)?

Something to do with the new charecter, maybe him and Simon+new charecter will beat August up.

I won't say no to an elaborate murder plot though.

17. Will Erik appear in any form (letter, flashback, etc.)?

Erik Lives tag won't need more fics he shall be resurrected #foreverindenial

18. How many characters will cry (with tears) - who?

Literally everyone honestly the aftermath of the tape is gonna be a mess.

19. Will Simon and/or Wilhelm say 'Jag älskar dig' (if yes, who says it first - will they both say it)?

Yes and Simon, Wille should allow him that

20. How many times will we see Simon eat pasta?

4

21. Who will have the first kiss in season 2 (named characters)?

Sara and August

22. Will Simon and Wilhelm have any PDA (if yes, what kind)?

Yes, power couple holding hands at Hillerska and if his mother won't let him come out, a kiss on camera.

Sorry I took so long to do this lol, I got tagged weeks ago but this was hard to do on my phone 😂

#YR2quiz #young royals fanfic #young royals analysis #young royals

[stomp-that-ho-regard]

I typically don’t do asks (I've only ever gotten a few), but a recent one got my gears turning and I wanted to reply.

(This is a secondary blog, so I can’t answer asks in the usual way.)

Your post about the retcon is so fucking good, I wish every critter saw it and actually thought about how shitty it was done, but then their belief in the cast and show would probably start cracking.

Thank you for liking the retcon post. I’ve seen various people in the tags thank me for making that post and have said that it’s helped them ‘feel less insane’. None of us are insane. We are not delusional. We didn’t experience a mass hallucination. These things happened, and they’ve been thoroughly documented. Hundreds of hours of material over the course of three years.

The people who should read that post won’t ever see it because I have all those assholes blocked lol. If they did manage to find it somehow, I know they would just mock it, as they’re wont to do with any of our criticisms. They’re so far up CR’s ass, they’ve convinced themselves that a retcon didn’t happen. Even shoving the literal definition of the word in their faces wouldn’t wake them up.

It's just so fucking weird to see how the group is acting now, and I'm pretty sure we're never gonna get a Laura&Marisha episode picture and a TM episode with those 2 for the rest of the campaign. It feels like when a non-canon wlw ship gets big on a TV show and suddenly the actresses can't be seen or interact with each other anymore🙄 it's the same fucking pattern and like you, I thought I wouldn't have to deal with this on a d&d show.

I specifically want to address the “It feels like when a non-canon wlw ship gets big on a TV show and suddenly the actresses can't be seen or interact with each other anymore” because I’ve thought about that pattern too. (Not so much with Marisha/Laura ‘cause them being on TM together is already a rare combo. If they don’t appear much or at all going forward, I don’t think it’s because of this, though it really wouldn’t surprise me. But, I have been thinking about that specific pattern in regard to their characters.)

I can make a comparison between this situation and what happened with the show A/gent Carter and the way the ship Cart/inelli was handled.

I know that might sound weird, but stay with me here lol...

I want to make it clear that I’m not comparing the relationships at all. Cart/inelli did not have nearly the same amount of build-up and depth as Beaujester, (or quite frankly, their level of possibility.) What I am comparing is the creators over-the-top reactions to these characters being shipped so hard and the extreme measures they went to in order to ‘remedy’ that.

The ship included P/eggy Carter and A/ngie Martinelli. The show was set in New York. Angie was a waitress (who wanted to be an actress/be on Broadway) at the diner that Peggy frequented. They ended up talking quite a bit and became fairly close. That ended up kind of becoming the core relationship in the entire first season, and LOTS of people started shipping it.

At the time, no one was calling us crazy or delusional. At most it was, “This is ABC! They’re not gonna pair her with a woman!” and of course the obligatory “But Peggy’s not gay!”. But no one was calling us names or being generally cruel. And anyone who tried it was ignored because everyone else drowned them out. The ship became extremely popular on Tumblr and Twitter. Both actresses were very positive and supportive. They regularly liked/retweeted romantic Cart/inelli fanart on Twitter. Even one of the female writers on the show got behind it too. It was asked about frequently at conventions and no one booed or rolled their eyes. The questions were never dismissed or made into a joke. (Honestly, this was one of the better overall fandom experiences I’ve had on here.)

And all of us were super excited for S2. Not just because of all the support, but because they had ended S1 with Peggy and Angie moving in together. Peggy had purchased, either it was a really fancy apartment or house (my memory is fuzzy on this), and she literally asked Angie to stay with her. Needless to say, that fueled the flames even more.

But despite the actresses and at least one writer being on board, between S1 and S2, something shifted.

Clearly, the showrunner and/or the execs, took a look at all of this and deemed it a ‘problem’. When S2 finally came around, suddenly everything was different. Instead of both of them living together in New York, instead of it being an organic (I’m beginning to hate that word) continuation from where they left off, Peggy decided to move to Los Angeles to do work for some agency out there or something, and Angie stayed in New York. It’s never explained why. It’s never explained why a woman who so badly wanted to be an actress would NOT want to go to LA, where Hollywood is. LA was never mentioned in S1. There were no hints that Peggy might want to fly out to the West Coast at some point. She seemed perfectly happy in NY, basically setting up house with Angie.

And they didn’t even ease into the change. They just got rid of the character. The actress was bummed about it and Cart/inelli fans tried to put pressure on the showrunner/writers to bring Angie back, which the actress completely supported, but even that fell on deaf ears. So, Angie was simply no longer an entity on that show. Conveniently removed. All the excitement we had was crushed. And of course, the second that Peggy got out to LA, she suddenly had a very obvious male love interest. What a surprise.

The showrunner/writers were not subtle about what they thought about our ship and us. They made the most extreme, nonsensical writing decision in order to permanently separate these two characters. Because, hey, that’s the only way to get the shippers to STOP, right?

This was what I was reminded of when I started seeing the turn that post-hiatus CR was taking. It ended up being a weird combination of kneejerk erasure (BJ) and heavy-handed overcompensation (BY).

But of course, CR is not a TV show, it’s D&D. And they can’t force one of their PCs to just disappear, so what do they have to resort to? Not interacting.

We all know how severely neutered Beau and Jester’s general relationship has become. It’s clear to me that both Marisha and Laura felt they had to do that. They had to suddenly have their characters stay away from each other as much as possible so they could prioritize Fjord and Yasha, and speed-run into romances with them. They started acting as if either of them giving the other one ounce of affectionate attention (like they had been doing so often and so naturally before), would be breaking some sort of hidden ‘relationship code’. Almost like if they ever hugged again, the studio would go down in flames.

The very obvious fact that they went to these lengths, to me, proves two things...

One, it proves the retcon even more, because you can tell that the way they behaved with each other DID in fact change. The frequency of interactions and the way those interactions would play out. Whenever they interact now, it seems like they’re trying to keep it as short, thin, and almost comedic (to the point of goofiness, and not in a good way) as possible. Their engagement seems half-assed and dull. The sounds of their voices, their facial expressions... completely sanitized. Even all the physicality they had is gone; the touches, the hugs, the cuddling. Every single aspect is different and they absolutely did that intentionally. This had to happen because they needed to dupe the viewers into believing that despite overall interest waning, their threadbare connections to Fjord and Yasha are more important, and were always more important then their connection to each other, that we all watched them steadily build. (And watched them pick up steam from about ep70 onwards.)

And two, that whole intentional decision to cut themselves off from each other, proves to me that their interactions pre-hiatus were indeed tinged with ‘something extra’, that was more than just friendship. They both recognized it and that’s why they pulled back so hard. That’s why soft touches and hugs and cuddling are no longer ‘allowed’. That’s why quiet, heartfelt conversations are no longer ‘allowed’. Because if there was absolutely nothing there, if they didn’t see/feel any romantic chemistry simmering underneath, and it was all just platonic BFF stuff, why would they suppress their behavior so drastically?

I think that all of this really does cement what I said in my retcon post: That there are disingenuous patterns being used here that I’ve seen far too often in media. In A/gent Carter, it was a character separation, in CR it was a character dynamic separation. Both done on purpose, to make the shippers shut up, and to push a different plot.

One is scripted, the other is unscripted, but the situations feel disgustingly similar, don’t they?

#op #ask #long post #i feel like i'm just retreading old ground here #still cathartic though