#twenty five twenty one spoilers

[jayteacups]

bc the writer did seungwan dirty

(in reference to this post)

exactly, they screwed her over so bad 😭😭 i made a post on this a while back, actually. idk if you’ve seen it but I still stand by everything I said.

Seungwan her arc and character meant and still means so much to me, trying to shoe-horn in a love interest for her upset me more than anything else in the finale tbh. Like what do you MEAN she ends up only finding happiness in life when Yijin’s brother comes back bc he is now old enough to date 🤢 like HELLO I have never seen more blatant character assassination and disrespect to a character arc in my LIFE omg. I refuse to believe that is canon. The Ji Seungwan I know would NEVER. In my mind she’s off making change and fighting for the welfare of students and the youth and dating Yeji too because Seungwan is not into men let’s be honest here

[sugaftrm]

is love all play going to give me what 2521 didn’t — closure?

[leahdrawsstuff]

I started to work on Twenty Five Twenty One fanart like a month ago but I keep pushing off finishing it because I really just want it to be perfect

I cannot explain how much that show means to me; I know it was very popular bc it’s just well written and well acted, but I have personal attachment to it because a lot of the events in the show reflected my own life and experiences

Through watching this show I was able to achieve catharsis for something I had been struggling with for years lol. I have never had a piece of media help me in my personal life this much. And I’m really trying to convey that through my art

[razerathane]

"I'll destroy you."

[todayisafridaynight]

no ones ever gonna understand how much i love daigo doin this stupid shit after dissolving the tojo

[dramarants]

going through the 20th century girl tag to move on and appreciate all the great moments only to find out ppl would rather yijin died than not end up with heedo

[angelicdevil24]

Mayans Spoilers

So....

Angel and Ez never found out Miguel was their brother

Miguel never found out the real reason why his mother died

Emily never found out why Miguel tried to kill her

Angel never found out Luisa was killed

They killed off a pregnant woman

Letty hates MCs but joined one apparently?

Everyone else in the club presumably died

I’m probably missing a lot more things but my brain feels liquified after watching this

I should’ve never given this show a second chance after they killed Coco

[kimbapisnotsushi]

if your reaction to finding out ash becomes world champion after twenty-five years is being mad about spoilers/hating the current team and series and not pure unadulterated unbridled joy and pride and tears over his entire journey then I DO NOT TRUST YOU

[dosa-sambhar]

How will i heal from the pains of life that 2521 showed. I don't think I'll ever be brave enough to go through what the characters in 2521 went through

[jayteacups]

There’s something so poetic about Heedo and Yurim’s relationship.

You can’t deny it whether you ship them romantically or not (I mean I certainly do, but that’s not the point). Think about it. Heedo’s main motivation to improve her fencing skills is to become Yurim’s rival, who she unknowingly beat all those years ago and was, in a way, one of Yurim’s motivations to become so good at fencing in the first place. Heedo knew Yurim’s moves inside and out after studying her matches for so long because she looked up to her. They were online pen pals without knowing each other’s true identity, always supporting each other unconditionally even when they loathed each other in real life. Their bond as online friends was so strong Yurim was convinced they’d recognise each other upon first sight (and the irony of her being the one to spot Heedo first and run away in fear). Both of them knew what it is like to have the entire nation turn against you for something you can’t control (when Heedo won a gold on a supposed ‘bad call’ and when Yurim changed her nationality and left Team Korea). The fact that when Yurim was being harassed by reporters at school after the news of her leaving is released, she called Heedo. Not Jiwoong, her actual boyfriend who she’s been dating for some time. No, she calls Heedo for help, and it is Heedo that hatches an overly convoluted plan to help Yurim escape the press.

Both of them suffered immense pressure to perform for their respective teams after Yurim left, acutely aware of how lonely it is at the top. Yurim ghosted Heedo’s emails and pulling away because the pressure gets to her first, because she feels like she can’t be open with Heedo any more, and Heedo refuses to see Yurim when the opportunity to meet up before the Madrid match arises, because the pressure’s getting to her head, too. Both of their words being cruelly twisted by the media in the lead up to this match to fuel a petty and twisted rivalry that they had both left behind at that point in the story. The Madrid match itself, where both of their emotions were running so high you could feel it in every footstep and every scream, because they both wanted to win so desperately, because they’ve both shed blood sweat and tears to get this far, because they both know what this match means to the other person too. And if you look at the way they score - almost always, it’s one point after the other, or simultaneous touches after simultaneous touches. They’re always neck and neck. They’re equals in every way; they are rivals to the end and there is no question about it. You can see the pressure getting to them, how riled up Heedo gets - she even disagrees with the referee at one point where Yurim is awarded the touch, the first time Heedo is ever shown to do this on screen, if I remember correctly. It’s an interesting callback to Yurim’s protests during their match in the Asian Games; everything is coming full circle, and yet everything has changed at the same time.

Then, there’s the aftermath of the Madrid match. Heedo is awarded the winning point. She’s won the gold, she’s ‘avenged’ South Korea by beating Yurim, the ‘traitor to the nation’. And yet - when she takes off her mask, she’s crying, and it’s so clear that it’s not just tears of joy. Everything comes to the surface in that moment; all the grief and sadness they’ve endured to get to this point and all the happy moments they’ve shared. Heedo’s thinking of it all, and in that moment, she is completely and utterly overcome. Yurim’s reaction follows, perfectly mirroring Heedo’s. When they hug instead of traditionally saluting each other, I almost cried, it’s just such a powerful moment. ‘Only we know how hard it was for us.’ And it’s true - only they know what the other has gone through. And many years later, Yurim is the only one out of their friendship group who shows up at the press conference after Heedo’s final match. And even after a long and fruitful career, Heedo was most honoured to be Yurim’s rival (and equal) above everything else she’s achieved. Three gold medals fencing for Korea, and what shes most honoured and grateful for is to fence alongside and against Yurim. Because for Heedo, everything changed when Yurim won gold for the first time when they were still high schoolers - she was more desperate than ever to get out of her slump just to become a fencer worthy of rivalling Yurim. And on her way up the ranks as a child and teen, before the main events of the show, Yurim always looked to see how she did in tournaments. She scorned Heedo for being reputationless when Heedo joins their high school team, and yet all this time, Ko Yurim never forgot Na Heedo’s name. Their beautiful, poetic relationship truly is the heart and soul of the show.

[kdramaxoxo]

I just started Twenty Five Twenty One and I can already tell I’m gonna be obsessed with the couple. But I’ve heard they don’t get a happy ending, so now I’m wondering how badly I’m going to injure myself if I watch. From your perspective, was this a bittersweet-but-ultimately-appropriate type of sad ending or an audience betrayal situation? I’m scared!

--SPOILERS--

That's actually a great question anon! I think of Twenty Five Twenty One as a combination of coming of age, slice-of-life and as a sports drama. So while there is a good romance story (or two!!) one not having a super happy ending isn't a deal breaker for me. 

If I'm honest, I'm waaaaaay more into the friendship between the leading ladies so none of the ending stuff really bothered me? Plus I mean, Kim Tae Ri is just *chef's kiss.* It's really fun and well done, so I feel like there's a lot more pluses to it than minuses.

I can't guess how sad you'll be but I do think it's worth a watch!

[sergeantsporks]

Wait does this mean you need more names for the Gilded AU?

IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF TWENTY-FIVE NEW GRIMWALKERS' NAMES, DEATHS, AND PERSONALITIES, AS WELL AS THE TWENTY-FIVE I'VE ALREADY GOT, YOU'RE INSANE

[binktops]

the people defending or uhm actually-ing (not a verb but i don’t care) the ending of 2521 are either so jaded by life it’s depressing and don’t know how to have hope anymore or are desperately trying to cling onto the idea their beloved show got what it deserved.

[kamillenteeart]

THEY 💔

[allmyoldhaunts]

thinking about how kirsten and tyler were probably the only two people alive in year twenty who had read the station eleven book

and also how they performed a scene from it in front of two of the only people who could recognize the words and who wrote them

[dramarants]

real sick of this trend where the sad suffering meow meow character isn’t included in the finale flash forward so we have no idea if they found happiness or not