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Noel would be the gym coach in Euphoria high school

Noel and Cody having different vpn sponsors is the closest I can imagine those two fighting

Laughing at Noel thinking he’s Fez when he’s so obviously Ashtray 😭

Honestly The only thing upsetting me about this season is the amount of screen time they dedicate to just.. sex. We don’t need a montage of every character having sex, it’s taking away from a lot of the dark and very real issues and just sexualizing and almost glamorizing it tbh. We shouldn’t think Cassie and Nate hooking up is hot.. he’s a sociopathic narcissist, emotionally love bombing a codependent victim. We should see more of how Nates abusive tactics are causing her to spiral (which we are finally getting more of) but it still feels more like a struggling love story than a toxic dynamic. Like I can’t be the only one who thinks its weird how much this season is revolving around Cassie, feels almost like they’re exploiting the actress and her body at times with how much they make this girl take her t!ts out. Just my unpopular opinion.

“Will Nate ever become a good person?” Lemme answer rn. No.

i didn’t expect noel to make a euphoria video but i’m not disappointed

I appreciate Noel finally addressing this: they’re teenagers. I see a lot of people on Twitter discuss how stupid and mean the characters on the show are. They’re teenagers, they’re capable of being horrible and make stupid decisions. For example, I see everyone on Twitter talking about how Cassie is stupid for falling for Nate despite him being a genuinely awful person and being her best friend’s ex-boyfriend but that’s almost every teenage girl that I knew back in high school, myself included. When I was in high school, I went through something similar where I wanted this one guy to love me so bad and I changed a lot for him and even changed my morals and viewpoints just to appease him, even though he was such an asshole towards me. I related to Cassie in wanting someone to love you so bad that you could change yourself in order for them to even look your way. So, of course it’s frustrating to look at because we’re molder and we know better now. So, glad that Noel pointed that out!

Does anyone feel like basically nothing has happened in the few most recent episodes? There's really only two storylines right now; rue's storyline and cassie's storyline, and it feels like neither have really developed much at all. It feels like theres so much focus being put on the 'feeling' of the show, that it's losing any actual substance or plot development. Nothing is cohesive, theres no flowing story line that ties the characters together. It's incredibly disorienting. What really gets to me is how poorly the characters are being fleshed out. What do they all do? Are they still in school at this point? What are their goals? Who is Dominic Fike supposed to even be, other than a plot device? What happened to all the other side characters?

Yes, there absolutely needs to be more Fezco and ashtray. Honestly I barely care about any other storyline.

what’s funny is that the actor that plays ashtray could probably literally do that, bc he’s like training for the olympics as a fighter and gymnast

The cinematography definitely is the best part of the show so you’re not wrong for initially being interested in it for that reason

"I don't like feeling things sometimes." -Noel the empath, 2022

Being someone who has spent their whole life without consuming any drugs or alcohol and still being able to relate to some of the shit in the show, it’s crazy, I don’t usually feel that way about any show where it’s all parties and drugs and sex

I became an addict when I was 17, during my last year of high school. I’m clean now, but with Rue, the show so so so accurately describes what it’s like to suffer with mental illness, have an addiction, and trying to come to terms with having to live with those things forever as a sober person.

"teenagers are frustrated people" did noel just say something....sympathetic and real and insightful and serious

I'm anorexic. And i just managed to eat a proper dinner while watching or more like listening to Noel speak about Euphoria.

I would definitely watch a spinoff of ashtray’s rise to power as he becomes a fucking international gang lord

Fez and ashtray make the show for me. I love those two fools they have the appropriate response to all the weird shit happening in this town

watching him say "when is that kid gonna get violent again" makes me want to cry after watching the finale

As someone who’s grown up with a few interactions with pot, but no hardcore drugs, I do advise people to be careful watching this show. While it doesn’t romanticize hardcore addiction it doesn’t always shy away from it.

Listen, I'm a fentanyl addict who has been doing drugs since I was 14. I relate a lot to Euphoria and the complexity of being a mentally ill teenage girl. How good people can do shitty things. I think it shows all of the shitty, horrible parts of addiction and doesn't romanticize it. It shows how selfish and manipulative it makes you, how you push everyone you love away. I also think Cassie's dad's story is so realistic and sad. I think people see it and assume all of the girls are on drugs and it's just pretty girls doing drugs without facing consequences but that's not it. It's beautifully directed and composed, but it's really not unrealistic.

the problem i have with this show is the unnecessary nudity...bc no one sees that much as a teenager in A DAY

As someone who is in the same age range as the characters in the show, I can say that nothing has made me want to try drugs less than seeing the effects it has on the characters in the show, both the users and the people in their lives. Season 2 episode 5 is one of the most harrowing depictions of the effects of drug use I’ve ever seen

I will say that as a teenager, this show has scared me into not doing drugs if anything. Seeing the effect it's had on Rue and everyone around her is scary and something that I never want to experience.

being a fan is hard, euphoria can make me cringe from the horrible writing to feeling like it's the best show on televsion all in one episode

Noel is probably Ash's biological brother or smt

As someone who’s struggled with substance abuse, the shows cinematography adds to the plot in such a wonderful way. Every aspect of the show feels essential in telling an authentic story. Because drug abuse, pain and chaos can all have this wonderful, romantic quality to it, until it doesn’t.

When you are literally expecting to get jokes. I ain't never heard Noel be so grown/serious.

As someone who is recovered from narcotic abuse, watching rue is one of the most heart breaking things I have ever seen on television. I’ve never seen a show accurately depict addiction like euphoria does.

you know how child actors sometimes go crazy doing like raunchy shit to distance themselves from their child acting past? Thats what euphoria feels like to me, the screen writer/s were sick of writing garbage for the CW or something so they just went hogwild.

Tbh watching the most recent episode, I saw myself in rue. The panicked screaming, the throwing everyone in your life under the bus cuz you just want to be left alone. The not giving a fuck. Seeing EP 5 changed me. It made me reevaluate a lot about my life. I've been clean off opiates almost 5 years, but the mental instability is still there and euphoria strangely enough has helped me understand how much that effects the ones you don't want to believe love you

The show is really not for me, but honestly it isn’t the worst thing ever. I don’t like how the writers handle certain insufferable characters sometimes but I can acknowledge that teenagers can be quite complex at times… but at the same time I can’t help but notice that this show is aimed more for Mature audiences while younger audiences, typically under the age of 18, enjoy watching this show because they find it relatable. I’m not saying media automatically nudges someone to do self harming acts, but the way it’s presented reminds me a little too much of 13 reasons why and leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth… however some people view what they do in the show and their characters as well as the cinematography to be artistic but that in itself is a subjective argument. However, some characters can be quite entertaining at times because it’s clear the actors themselves resonate with the people that they are playing.

Noel is like a scientist, experimenting with how out of pocket he can make the segues into the sponsors

Yeah I agree it seems a little too focused on Cassie this season and Rue’s being stupid again. Hopefully it gets better in the next few episodes. It would be cool to get a series about Fezco and Ashtray tho 🤧🤧

I read that storyline was originally going to be Jules and Nate, but their actors had a falling out irl so now they aren’t filming scenes together, and Cassie has replaced what would have been part of Jules storyline.

The characters being teenagers is a great way to excuse bad writing. "Well of course it doesn't make sense that they're sabotaging themselves in the same way over and over again, they're teenagers, that magically makes it good!"

honestly season 2 didn’t offer us much closure on the big plot points in season 1 and the characters are not evolving.i understand that there needs to be conflict for the show to go on, but the fact that everyone is still dealing with similar issues from s1 is kind of redundant... (spoilers ahead) in the final episode of last season, we were all wondering: what will happen after rue overdoses a second time? what will happen between rue and jules? they brush over the fact that rue overdoses a SECOND TIME like why is she not in rehab again? wouldn’t she be in a much more strict, controlled and professional facility? then, rue and jules just get back together like jules leaving wasn’t a big deal…. (they brush over it quickly at the party in ep 1 but that’s it…) also, the writers forget jules’ fear of rue would relapsing without her AND RUE *ACTUALLY* DOES AND JULES FEELS TERRIBLE… BUT THEN THEY KISS AND ARE “BACK TOGETHER”, as if everything was ok?? also why does no one tell maddy “don’t go back to nate BECAUSE HE CHOKED YOU AND HES AN ABUSER(like they’re just like “oh maddy, you deserve better” and no one stresses the toxicity and DANGER of their past relationship) like in s1, there was a WHOLE POLICE INVESTIGATION. IT WAS SERIOUS. idk it feels like season 2 is not a continuation of season 1. again, it’s still early but i hope we get more s1 closure….

I consider euphoria a heightened reality. It’s based in truth and relatability but not accurate. The second season hasn’t found it’s footing narratively. It’s still building.

What I really liked about Euphoria was how well they showed each side to every story. We learn why Rue is attracted to her addiction, she wants the silence, the calm. It shows how someone could gravitate towards substance abuse. However, it isn’t subtle in the way it depicts her relapses and the darkness that comes with addiction. Euphoria was truthful even if a bit dramatic, and that’s a rare thing given that most of the time drugs and alcohol are either demonized by the media, or glorified in music and tv. Euphoria does a good job of displaying the entire picture of a situation not just what people want to see.

I personally think the way that euphoria is stylized is purely for the artistic part. It’s another world it’s not very relatable in that sense we don’t even know what city or state they live in! So it’s meant to focus a lot on the emotion behind those moments that these characters find themselves in and I think it’s smart because it’s like an internal yet romanticized view of the ugly reality they’re all facing and that’s how they’re coping with it all. Rue is the narrator so I’d like to believe this is all from her internal perspective, but of course this is just my take from your comment on it. But overall I do agree the aesthetic importance over the delicate delivery of a very bleak issue is truly overshadowing and almost a tad dismissive of the very real and devastating reality many teenagers do face.

please god make this a series, just the concept of "is blank mid" videos poppin up in a fan of that thing's feed all the time is stupidly funny to me

The writing is honestly nothing special, but the technical stuff is really neat. It's style over substance but sometimes the style *is* the substance

For me euphoria is the only show I can think of that tells a realistic story about a young trans girl which as a young trans girl was life changing. And as a recovering addict the depictions of addiction/mental health are unparalleled. That being said it's not a show that is undeserving of criticism. The portrayal of highschool aged characters in a a hyper-sexualized male gazey way is in my opinion grossly inappropriate. I also don't really feel like the storylines are even that unrealistic tho 🤷‍♀️ If you don't relate with the plot be fucking happy but I've definitely personally experienced the type of shit happening in this show and I know a lot of other people who do to. Idk tho.

I really REALLY like the idea of noel posting about whatever is on his mind, it reminds of the streams so pls keep it going king

apparently during filming season 2 some of the actors fell out with each other, particularly i heard hunter (jules) and jacob (nate) were supposed to have a lot of scenes together but hunter refused to film with him for whatever reason. also the actress that plays kat was upset with her storyline and fought with the director so a lot of her scenes were cut. this season feels a bit messy and i think that's a large reason as to why

I usually think the same thing when a show does their take on complex issues but as someone who got diagnosed with bipolar at a very young age. In the first ep. when Rue was having a panic attack in the classroom it was a very accurate depiction and I immediately got deja vu. Also other traits like the depression lows when she's laying in bed spamming trash tv and generally not wanting to be around anyone vs. next day manic highs where she's so elated with life and everyone around her. I'm not a teenager at all but it makes me happy to see accurate representation of bipolar rather than the usual sensationalization. I cannot speak on the drug abuse as I do not experience that but I know lots of people will get bipolar from drug abuse.

As a recovering herion addict and pretty much everything addict, being in high school while going through all that I related to so much of it. The feelings and emotions in the show are cranked to 1000 because as a teenager on drugs, having sex, embarrassed, or in a relationship that’s the way you feel in those moments. It’s pretty hard for me to watch so I have to take it slow or I’m gonna end up dead dumpster somewhere, but it really captured the intense emotions I felt through out that time in my life.

Noel I’m really enjoying your recent content! You know your shit and it’s really cool to just see you talking straightforward about this stuff in an earnest way. Don’t get me wrong, I love your other stuff too! But I’d love to see more of you breaking down pop culture moments or stuff like this video because you’re so fucking smart and have such a good perspective.

you were not wrong about the writing noel, the way this new season is going its a whole mess and the show isn't picking up from the previous season plots because the actors and director got a bit too much ego and they had to rewrite and reshoot scenes for more than a year

I think Euphoria's takes on relationships are more potentially harmful than the drug themes. like we can watch and like just know "ok don't do fentanyl," but we don't really often see how destructive and bad a lot of the MANY toxic relationships are in the show

agree!!! i also love how aesthetically pleasing some of the scenes are, like that little snippet of cassie with a bunch of flowers in the back and all around her, cassie being entangled in those balloons and dancing at maddys bday, and in s1 when rue and jules take those insane drugs and rue cries glitter. i feel like some people dont appreciate the effort that goes into that shit

I’ve been a teenager who’s experienced the majority of the issues that happen in euphoria…this stuff matters to those who actually experienced it stuff like this and I appreciate that you made this video. This is the one show where I feel like they’re actually trying to help people who have gone through some fucked up a shit.

Fezco and Ashtray are the only entertaining characters of the show after they were finally fleshed out. I agree with Noel in that the entire time I’m just waiting for them to get back to those two. The funny thing is the only characters I respect in the show are the drug dealers. Maybe that has to do with those 2 are the only ones who can keep their head straight and make rational decisions that benefit their position (expect drug dealing obviously).

While the show definitely has its shock value moments and the jokes about it being unrealistic have merit to them, I do feel like they represent a larger picture of emotion that we’ve all gone through - vulnerability, confusion, distrust among friends, etc. It’s pretty lame when people write it off immediately because of the “unreal-ness” of it, because their experiences just represent a more overall feeling that we’ve all experienced.

I felt the same way about season two until episode 5 came out. I’m a recovering addict, and a lot of the time the show definitely seemed to glorify drug use in my eyes, but I didn’t shy away bc it showed the good and bad sides. But episode 5 was so intense and relatable to me, and it was fucking sad. Rue obviously has overdosed, and been an addict for the entirety of the show but this episode really showed her rock bottom in my opinion, I don’t know coming from an addict it just felt so real to me. All that aside, this kind of stuff can be hard to watch for someone in recovery, so if you are just be careful going in.

I didn't think my day could get any better then Noel posts a euphoria video and he loves Fez and Ashtray and ah- I'm so happy

theres nothing INNATELY wrong with a show about "teenagers" havin a tough time, but if one viewpoint has drug dealing + brutal murderviolence, and all the others dont, youre immediately making everyone else's stakes feel REALLY low

I want a young Cal spinoff so bad, the chemistry those two actors have is amazing, I was fully immersed in that short-story that I forgot I was watching euphoria.

I like watching this type of analysis from noel. I feel like he has a lot to offer regarding cinematography in relation the the storyline because I would’ve never looked at it from that pov. usually when people say they don’t relate to it I would just write them off as not being experienced, not that the flashy colors took them out of story. Nice job.

aint no way noel accurately predicted this season finale

i think season 2 is just getting a little clouded because they're not giving other characters enough screen time - kats outburst was one of my favourite parts of the show so far and I actually enjoyed lexus little movie bit i thought it was fun. I think they kind of shot themselves in the foot with the into backstory thing bc honestly I don't care about cal jacobs like just give me more maddy bro

Rue’s special made me cry during basically the entirety of the episode. The mental health portrayal in the show is very accurate.

It's just...unnecessarily dark when it doesn't need to be, it also tries to somehow make Jules seem like a good person, when she isn't at all, she basically manipulated Rue and when Rue called her out for being manipulative, she just stalked off. And then we get the whole Fez and Ash murdering people, which then switches to some highschool romance bullshit, like the tone is way off, it just feels rushed.

I just raw dogged life. Stressed in school cry, but tough it out. Over bearing tiger mom with grades, cried and toughed it out. Learning disability, cried and toughed it out. Bullied for a plethora of reasons, cried and toughed it out. Being over weight and generally ugly, cried and toughed it out. I didnt feel the need to drug it up or drink it up to get through that shit and if anything it would have made my life worse and harder. I am so grateful for all the struggles I had growing up and honestly made me a better person today. I know I just wrote crying and toughing it out, yeah that was a big part but honestly a lot of things I learned healthy habits and a strong work ethic. I know so many people who are struggling now in life and they did all that bad shit in highschool and never learned the coping skills on how to handle life. I still struggle but over all I am pretty happy and content with my life as an adult. I drink and get high sometimes but never to drown out the feelings or emotions, but for the fun times with friends every once in awhile

im gonna try to "trust the process" for szn 2 bc im an optimist that believes that there is a method behind the madness

You put the ashtray violence thing into words perfectly, could not agree more.

people are saying it romanticizes drug use?! bruh I've never been more afraid of drugs after watching it...

i dont know but the ending with lexi and rue talking really touched a soft spot, i really relate to lexi feeling like an expectator and rue lack of self steem and dispair to overcome her flaws

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND watching the two “special episodes” after Season 1 and before S2 if you haven’t already. Both are more intimate character portraits of Rue and Jules and filmed differently from the rest of the show.

Season 2 comes across as more dark and anxiety ridden with less of the redeeming qualities of season 1. I saw an article that described the whole season as a slow heart attack

my brother passed from a od last year and watching the scene where gia found rue oding or them fighting and rue lying really through me in panic attacks lol. but they both felt so real it felt like i was in it. they did so amazing in it.

I have been really enjoying these types of videos. I often shuffle Noel’s vids when I am drawing or doing my homework. It’s cool to hear true opinions that aren’t roasts, and I have learned a lot too! I have autism and it is really cool to see him talk about things he is genuinely into, it is much easier to understand for me. ^__^

yesss, euphoria is definitely becoming more meta and aware of its popularity and im so glad Noel called it out because I havent seen any criticism

The entire time I've been watching Euphoria I've wished they would just make a Fezco spinoff, was so happy to find out I'm not the only one

The idea that Euphoria is romantisizing drug use and causing teenagers to want to do drugs themselves is ridiculous. The teenagers who wanna snort crushed up benadryl off a toilet rim and drink till they black out have already done so. The show isn't gonna be the tipping point.

didn't expect you to watch euphoria and talk about it, but i love it! make this a series pls! definitely agree with you about not wanting to pay attention to the show as much because your fav characters aren't in the episode. i need to know what happens with Fezco and Lexi

"You do probably remember going to a party and you do probably remember it being a good time." Noel, I spent high school trying to get a robotics scholarship to gtfo. I didn't know high school parties were real until people talked about them in college and I thought they were exaggerating

also sometimes the nudity is excessive like the intention feels half assed n i can’t justify why we’re lingering there outside of shock factor but it’s just distracting atp

I actually am really enjoying season 2 so far. This show surprisingly I can relate to a lot. Many people think it’s over exaggerated and I can admit at some points yes. But this just shows how different everyone’s lives are. Many people do experience one or two things in this show and some a majority of the things that occur. I especially like how they showed Rues struggle with relapse. This is how addicts really do act and sometimes a lot lot worse. I’m glad they’re showing teens and adults how damaging it can be for not only the addict but the family and loved ones as well.

The backround music mixed with your voice makes me so anxious. I feel overwhelmed listening to this, like i forgot to close a game with background music and am watching a music video.

I think the show is exaggerated and dramatized, but by being that way, it effectively recreates the feeling of being edgy in high school, cause everything feels way bigger than it is as a teenager.

“If you ignore the characters, it’s a good show” Nolan

As someone who's fallen very deeply into drug abuse in the past I finished euphoria feeling like they missed the mark. There are way too many forced situations with drugs. Like idk I get it's a show and unrealistic but Bojack horseman for example always had me relating watching him spiral out of control. Euphoria is trying without actually putting in the work to show the more selfish side of drug abuse, without showing the rest of the problems that come with it. I like the show but I'm just pointing out that the parts that it wants someone like me to relate to either miss the mark or stick to only showing the really small digestible bits and I'd like just a little bit more. I'm still gonna enjoy the show tho regardless.

the fez ashtray take you had is so true i really think they should make a spin off just for their story

The storyline I care the most about in this second season is Fez and Lexi

I really enjoyed season 1 as well, I think people overlook how well the show explores the driving force of gender in the characters lives. With Jules and Nate especially it's really interesting to see the ways gender and sexuality drive both of their development and childhood trauma and influence their behaviour now. I also think the look at depression and addiction we get with Rue is very valuable. I feel represented in terms of the way they've shown depression completely shapes your understanding of reality. And I have so much empathy and care for Rue as she struggles through addiction, it really showed me how thin of a line any of us are away from using drugs to cope with life.

You need to make more videos like this, people on the internet have always the same takes, this was refreshing

I literally was rue. Been to rehab twice so this show made me cry every episode. It is insanely accurate when it comes to overdoses and NA and her relationship with her mom

I love euphoria but agree with you about this season so far, it’s kinda hard to tell what the timeline is and it’s all kinda messy with all of the backstories (the only ones allowed are fez’s and cal’s). My point is the main storyline is hard to follow in my opinion

It’s such a good show, but mostly for the cinematography and acting. The writing is all over the place, which can be real and powerful in some spots, but feel clunky and unnecessary in others. Sam Levinson genuinely pisses me off sometimes.

Man, I loved how season one was raw and upfront to a fault talking about mental illness. And I really appreciated that, considering teen shows/movies tend to be awfully patronizing about these themes. And I cherished that and was thankful for it cause I saw myself in there many times… but that was 2019, I was better. Through the pandemic my mental health really deteriorated and right now I don’t know if seeing something like Euphoria would affect me in a bad way. But this season is shot on film and the cinephile that wasn’t completely pulverized by isolation still lives in me and craves that shit, haha. Anyone reading this has had a similar experience with mental illness and watching feel-bad stories? I loved that shit pre-mental breakdown. Right now I can’t stand it. It’s painful.

I just finished binging it, and I realized that I really see myself in a lot of these characters, especially Rue. Of course not that extreme, but still. It made me step aside for a second and think about times in my life that things similar to the show happened to me. I personally really enjoyed watching it

I always saw Euphoria as an artsy Riverdale. There's aspects to the show that would be normal for a teenager in a U.S. high school would go through like sexuality and drug use but they really crank that to 11 and it starts to become almost like a fantasy.

I have never expected that Noel would make a video about Euphoria...everything is possible

It’s really interesting that he uses the word nostalgia because the second season was filmed using discontinued Kodak Ektachrome because the director wanted this season to feel dreamy, exactly like a memory

One thing that I’m liking about season 2 is that Lexi is getting more focus. She’s the character that I relate with the most on the show.

i feel like this show walks a very fine line. season one was amazing but they could very easily lose the trajectory of where the show was going. I think if they get too grandiose and lose the mindset that this show is supposed to be about teenagers doing teenager things it’ll lose the relatability of the characters and the plot. Love fez and ash, also want a show purely about them. loved the commentary noel, you put words to my thoughts

Fr though, Thank you for giving Euphoria a fair shot. It's so weird to me how much people freak out about how "extreme" and unrealistic it is and don't give it a chance. Cause first off, other than the obviously more explicit visuals, the storylines aren't that crazier than Degrassi, Skins, or even shows like Pretty Little Liars as far as violence. And I personally find the show very relatable to the high school I grew up in, and many others. Me and my friends, kids in my town, and people I meet today who tell me about their childhood went through some truly dark shit as millennials. I think seeing it so explicit on screen makes people uncomfortable, but that doesn't automatically mean it's not realistic. I especially remember how helpless I felt to the things that were going on around me as a kid because nobody was really paying attention to us. We were the spoiled, entitled, millennial generation and that was it. Before social media and social justice and all that stuff really kicked OFF off the way it has now, we were fighting for our fucking lives navigating all kinds of fucked up shit that even we didn't understand the true impact of until we got older. For that I think the show is actually pretty great. And I think we have a tendency to really shy away from wanting to see the ugly truth about some young people's lives, but I can attest to the fact that when we don't talk about it and we shy away from it and we say "this is too explicit I don't want to talk about it", instead of allowing a show like this to open our eyes and use it as a tool to start having conversations with our kids, it does A huge disservice to generation of young people who are crying out for help. That's what I think people should give the show a chance.

im literally only 2 episodes into the show idk what im getting myself into yet but both episodes have left me crying, confused, and shocked all at the same time.