still yearning for the fantasy of the summer i turned pretty

at first, the summer i turned pretty felt like your average ya romantic drama. but once i rexamined it as a fantasy romance series set in the “real world”, with the tropes and drama and escapism that i associate more with fantasy, things shifted. considering the surge in popularity of romantasy stories in recent years, I think that’s why this third and final season of tsitp kinda broke containment, flooded my social media feeds, and finally converted me from a reluctant viewer to a proper fan. 0:00 intro 2:04 the beach house as the perfect fantasy setting 4:30 how the show fits right into the romantasy genre 7:28 the show's fans were the real heroes more at: https://junkee.com https://www.instagram.com/junkee/ https://www.tiktok.com/@junkee host/writer/video editor: lia kim https://www.instagram.com/liasplaythrough/ script editor: nick bhasin https://junkee.com/voices/nick-bhasin sources: prime video the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/02/romantasy-literary-genre-booktok apple tv hbo crunchyroll