r/YoungRoyals

Why didn’t August ever apologize to Simon??
I mean he’s obvs low on character and integrity, but in season 3 they make such a huge deal of August apologizing to Wille at the last party and Wille semi accepting it.

Why did the writers do Simon so dirty? It feels like of all people August owed an apology to (which could arguably be said is every other member of the main cast of 5), Simon never gets the dignity of an apology.

August doesn’t talk to Simon like ever again even after he claims to be so in love with Simon’s own sister. You would think he would come around to apologizing to him if only for any hope of a future with Sara.

Why do you think it was written this way? Does it mean August’s character is essentially unredeemable and will always look down on Simon?

I read that Lisa said she wanted to see how many romance tropes she could cram into one show. And it really has so many.

But what's your favorite moment that actually goes against the tropes?

I think my favorite is the relationship between Wille and Erik. With how much Kristina favored Erik, and the revelations about Erik, it would have been easy to play up a sibling rivalry. I read Prince Harry's Spare and the relationship between him and Prince William (!!!) was always so contentious. But I liked how they went the opposite way, and showed a really loving sibling relationship. Erik was the only one who drove Wille to school, and we see that he calls Wille almost every day.

I also like how they didn't do the "one bed" trope when Simon brought a drunk and high Wille back to the room. The room actually has two beds, so Simon sleeping in Wille's bed was a choice he made, and not the forced proximity "one bed" thing.

There was also no real gay panic, and no one in Wille's life seems super shocked that Wille is queer. Erik seems to know, Kristina is more about covering up the video than any shock that Wille is with a dude, even Felice (who had dreams of marrying Wille) is just like "oh well, guess not." The story is more about the repercussions of the video rather than any "am I gay?" internal struggle.

Any others?