HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD
Young Royals is a Swedish show revolving round a Prince named Wilhelm, and his love towards fellow student at Hillerska school, Simon.
While series 1 had a good blend between Royal politics, family and how do you handle a relationship while being such a public figure.
During this series I liked many of the characters, yes even August at times who is portrayed as the antagonist.
I am currently 4/6 through series 2 and I am tempted to stop for one reason: Simon Everyone in this show can be unlikeable at times (with the exception of Felice and Markus) like regular people but a constant offender for me is Simon who I find myself hating more with each passing episode.
During series 1 he did some questionable things to me: stealing from his father and outright bullying of August to give him money (I understand the context I just didn't like the way it was portrayed) But during the second series, he just feels unredeemable.
This series sees a central love triangle between Simon and Wilhelm and a new character called Markus. Simon and Wilhelm are no longer together due to the Prince denying his involvement in a leaked video.
This could be reason enough to dislike him as he is being unfair to Wilhelm and not taking into account his very public and potentially damaging situation. But the issues arise in the way he blatantly uses Markus to make Wilhelm jealous.
Markus instantly takes a liking to Simon, and while this feeling is mutual Simon is at first only interested in a rebound. Problems arise, however, when Simon admits to his friend he feels he love Markus because he just doesn't feel that way.
Instead of outright telling him he just wants to be friends, Simon only implies he won't be ready for a relationship for a while to which Markus politely agrees to wait for him.
However, the icing on the cake here is when Simon hears that Wilhelm has potentially slept with Felice and in a moment of pure jealousy and to spite Wilhelm, chooses to go on a date with Markus. He later ridiculed Wilhelm for moving on quickly despite the fact he has kissed another man in front of Wilhelm.
So where I am in the series, Simon invited Markus to a ball, knowing Wilhelm will be there, purely to make him jealous and then that same night then kisses Wilhelm during a private moment.
Now this situation is why I take points away from the series as I am expected to root for a selfish character who is intentionally manipulating two individuals to get his own way and unfairly doesn't take into account anyone else's personal situation, instead constantly choosing to act like a victim in several situations where he is evidently in the wrong.
But, when this series is good it's very good. Wilhelm is a very compelling protagonist where u constantly feel his inner struggle due to the fragile situation between his personal life and official royal life. As well as this, there's a likeable side cast with memorable characters. Therefor I give Young royals a 7/10 and hope that they can change the toxic character that is Simon into someone likeable.
While series 1 had a good blend between Royal politics, family and how do you handle a relationship while being such a public figure.
During this series I liked many of the characters, yes even August at times who is portrayed as the antagonist.
I am currently 4/6 through series 2 and I am tempted to stop for one reason: Simon Everyone in this show can be unlikeable at times (with the exception of Felice and Markus) like regular people but a constant offender for me is Simon who I find myself hating more with each passing episode.
During series 1 he did some questionable things to me: stealing from his father and outright bullying of August to give him money (I understand the context I just didn't like the way it was portrayed) But during the second series, he just feels unredeemable.
This series sees a central love triangle between Simon and Wilhelm and a new character called Markus. Simon and Wilhelm are no longer together due to the Prince denying his involvement in a leaked video.
This could be reason enough to dislike him as he is being unfair to Wilhelm and not taking into account his very public and potentially damaging situation. But the issues arise in the way he blatantly uses Markus to make Wilhelm jealous.
Markus instantly takes a liking to Simon, and while this feeling is mutual Simon is at first only interested in a rebound. Problems arise, however, when Simon admits to his friend he feels he love Markus because he just doesn't feel that way.
Instead of outright telling him he just wants to be friends, Simon only implies he won't be ready for a relationship for a while to which Markus politely agrees to wait for him.
However, the icing on the cake here is when Simon hears that Wilhelm has potentially slept with Felice and in a moment of pure jealousy and to spite Wilhelm, chooses to go on a date with Markus. He later ridiculed Wilhelm for moving on quickly despite the fact he has kissed another man in front of Wilhelm.
So where I am in the series, Simon invited Markus to a ball, knowing Wilhelm will be there, purely to make him jealous and then that same night then kisses Wilhelm during a private moment.
Now this situation is why I take points away from the series as I am expected to root for a selfish character who is intentionally manipulating two individuals to get his own way and unfairly doesn't take into account anyone else's personal situation, instead constantly choosing to act like a victim in several situations where he is evidently in the wrong.
But, when this series is good it's very good. Wilhelm is a very compelling protagonist where u constantly feel his inner struggle due to the fragile situation between his personal life and official royal life. As well as this, there's a likeable side cast with memorable characters. Therefor I give Young royals a 7/10 and hope that they can change the toxic character that is Simon into someone likeable.