#support young royals

[raincitygirl76]

I have to say, I love the portrayal of female friendship in this show. I really do. Particularly Felice and Madison.

#GIRLFRIENDISM

[wilhelmified]

i adore wilhelm and felice's best friendism, but I would've LOVED for wilhelm×felice×madison to become a trio, much like simon has ayub and rosh. I think they'd have a very funny and amusing dynamic and I feel so bitter that we never got to see much of it

[k-pepp]

Wille picking up where Simon left off. Kicking August's ass is their thing now

[raincitygirl76]

Yes, this! Ayub is, as far as we know, straight. But in his close platonic friendship with an openly gay boy, we see a side of straight teenage boys we don’t often see. And even though Simon is the only queer one in that friendship, it’s a queer interaction between him and Simon anyway.

Simon and Ayub are both nurturers. And we see in that scene in 2.06, when Simon is at his lowest ebb, Ayub doesn’t give a shit about projecting conventional masculinity to remind Simon he’s straight. He doesn’t NEED to remind Simon he’s straight. Simon knows, and it’s irrelevant to this interaction.

All Ayub cares about is nurturing his close friend, who is gay, as said friend processes what the sister he loves did to him. But Ayub isn’t focusing much on Simon’s sexuality when they’re talking about Sara (although it’s still a queer interaction). What is most relevant in that moment is that Ayub’s good friend is in terrible pain from his sister’s betrayal. But it’s still a queer interaction. Simon doesn’t suddenly STOP being queer just because he’s discussing a painful family issue with his best friend instead of romance. It’s there in the background, something Ayub knows, and more importantly, something Simon knows Ayub will never hold against him.

Simon’s sexuality becomes more immediately relevant to their current conversation when he stops talking about Sara, and confides in Ayub that he’s undecided what to do about his ongoing feelings for his ex-boyfriend. But Ayub never makes it about himself, never verbally reasserts his heterosexuality (as if Simon could possibly have forgotten). So the interaction gets even more queered. Ayub is entirely comfortable in queer spaces and takes queer relationships JUST as seriously as straight ones.

He never displays any of the discomfort and aggressive conventional masculinity that is often seen among young straight men among their queer peers. Ayub gives zero fucks about what his friendship with Simon says about his straightness or his masculinity. He doesn’t have time for any of that heteronormative, homophobic nonsense. He has a queer best friend to nurture.

Ayub just listens, and provides gentle, non-judgmental support, and is a gold medal winning friend. On a practical note, Ayub also eventually gets Simon sleepy enough that he can actually get some rest before the jubilee.

Ayub and Simon’s friendship is my favourite portrayal of platonic friendship in YR. And the best part is that it’s a friendship between two 16 year old boys, one straight and one gay.

Not that I don’t love Rosh, too. She, Ayub and Simon are a triumvirate. But she’s more assertive and impulsive, less nurturing and thoughtful than Ayub. Sometimes Simon needs a protective Rosh to get mad as hell on his behalf. And sometimes he needs an Ayub to quietly listen, and be gentle, and provide a safe space for Simon to be sad and unsure in.

And also great tags from @pipedreamsorfolktales

When I say I love queerness in my media I do mean I love depictions of same-sex attraction and desire and intimacy.

But I also mean that I love the entire queer umbrella. I love characters deliberately or unknowingly pushing against socially-mandated gender roles and gender expression. I love characters leaning into these rules in an exaggerated way so as to showcase their arbitrariness. I love it when characters discover their gender or experiment with it. I love characters blurring the lines between platonic and romantic affection. I love characters refusing to put their relationships in some kind of hierarchy, or navigating that relationship hierarchy in unconventional ways. I love it when intimacy doesn’t follow standard scripts about who is “taking the lead” or whatever. I love that kink exists even if not all kinks are my kink. I love polyamory. I love relationship anarchy. I love expanding the definitions of things like marriage but also throwing marriage out the window entirely when necessary. I love the creative ways queerness invites us to reinvent language to meet people’s needs and honor their truth. I love the way queerness emphasizes dialogue and understanding the specificity of our feelings. I love it when characters aggressively claim labels and also when they aggressively refuse them. I love the deep valuing of friendship that is so essential to queer life.

Anyway, Ayub and Simon on FaceTime with one another as they’re about to go to sleep, and holding emotional space for one another in a way that boys aren’t usually encouraged to do, feels just as queer and wonderful to me as every time Wilhelm and Simon hold hands.

It’s kind of hard to explain that sometimes, but I think I managed to put it into words just now.

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

edvin and omar saying that their fav is lando truly proves that only hot people support lando

[misfithive]

Simon as Reductress Headlines

[mymitochondriaforpresident]

Can Wille grow up and become a mental health advocate like I would love this.

[indianchindian]

Against the delusional Edmar shippers hating on Felicia for no reason:

Seriously I searched Twitter (proudly deadnaming it) for some Edvin and Felicia content and I go through these:

What is old Edvin to you? He's growing and evolving as a person and this picture seems to be bad and I don't support smoking but please move on!

PR stunt my fucking ass!

.................

Like how delulu can those people be? Edvin and Omar had amazing chemistry in YR especially their intimate scenes but that's because they're really professional and had an AMAZING intimacy director! No doubt! Period! Exclamation mark!

Why tf are people hating on Felicia for nothing? Or because she's dating Edvin and both of them are being (slightly) public about it. And that you can't fetishise Edvin and Omar together anymore?! Or that you can't imagine yourself with Edvin as a tweet suggested??? Why the fucking delulsions and hate when Edvin and Omar HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDS BEST????? HUH! Plus Omar and Felicia are really close, like look at this adorable picture 😭

(and Edvin liked, lol)

And look at this

And this

Literally look at Omar's comment!

And this

And this

These guys literally left supportive comments 😭😭

Edvin and Felicia are dating. Omar is besties with Edvin and Felicia, and I look Friends Best at a literal level. I had my fair share of beef with delusional shippers before them so seeing this really pissed me off big time. Also, why tf is Felicia being hated on just because she's dating Edvin and that she "changed" him for the worse like I can't with the misogyny! As much as I don't support smoking, Felicia isn't to blame and people change if THEY choose to! Edvin and Felicia seem happy, but again I'm not to be intrusive when I'm a stranger to them irl, and same goes to you! I love Edvin and Omar's chemistry, but I 200% ship them AS A FICTIONAL COUPLE BECAUSE THEYRE ACTORS DOING AMAZING AT THEIR MOTHERFUCKING JOBS PLEASE STOP BEING ASSHOLES AND START TO ACCEPT REALITY!

It's actually refreshing to see tweets and replies supporting and defending the couple it's just that this triggered my beef for delusional shippers in the past

Like this post (misunderstood this lol lack of sleep maybe?

[grounded-parasocial]

I am still having so many feelings about the final season of YR and I have been feeling like I don’t have anywhere to put them. It’s like the warm smolder of my obsession has sparked into a wild fire and now it’s too hot to stand near, but I cannot get it under control. I feel so much love, appreciation and pride for this queer love story and the truly magical way it has been told. However, I also feel so much heartbreak and loss both for the suffering in this season and that the show has come to a close. I feel consumed and a little bit embarrassed, but when it really comes down to it, the thing I am struggling with the most is the loneliness/isolation in my real life. It hasn’t really bothered me before that nobody in my life is obsessed with this show (which is still odd to me considering I live in a very queer community, so you would think I could find at least one person irl) and I just want to be IN IT with someone who gets it. I feel like I have a pinball mess of feelings inside of me and everyone is just walking around living life like nothing has happened, but something DID happen!

These thoughts have me thinking about grief- grief is not always associated with death or separation- grief is associated with loss. And if I keep going with these thoughts on grief/loss- everyone’s loss experience is different and personal, but one thing that is a common thread when going through loss, is we need people to see it, “witness it” and be able to hold it. This is why we (therapists) so often suggest support groups for people experiencing grief (different than therapy/treatment groups). In support groups there is space for healing because there is witnessing and story telling and shared experience, with people who understand. There is also safety and trust when you are with others who will not diminish your experience and who will not try to fix it.

One of the other things that is helpful in support groups is all the different perspectives and being able to see people at different points along their journey. You can also see and share in all the different ways people cope and move through- some write, some lean into music, some exercise, some talk, some listen, some take drives, some use humor, some give hugs and some people take a lot of hot showers- but overall it’s community and human connection and those things give us a sense of belonging.

This long ramble leads me to here, on tumblr, this fandom feels like my support group. I’m grateful. It’s the place I dont feel embarrassed, my experience doesn’t feel diminished and it makes me feel like other people “get it”. It’s kinda feels like The Young Royals office is holding support groups in conference room #2.. And have you seen the coping skills (TALENT) in here!

This may be only going out into the void, but if it lands for just one other person, then my point has been made.

Sending y’all a gentle hug 💜

[jae10velies]

omar rudberg fans wya 👀

[crownedwille]

I've come to the conclusion that loving young royals doesn't mean I can't be critical about it, maybe especially bc I love the show so much I have such strong feelings about it, good and bad and I can love parts of canon and agree with it and appreciate it but I don't have to love it all. I have accepted that it's okay if I don't accept the ending and I don't have to force myself to support it. It's okay to not agree with all of canon and it's okay to not side with all of the creators' intentions/views. Loving a show doesn't mean you have to take everything the writers say on face value and that's the only version that is allowed to exist. Canon isn't everything and fandom is about curating your own experience that makes you happy and not miserable. You don't have to dismiss canon in every aspect and ignore it entirely, that's certainly not what I want but there is a fine line between being canon respectful, allowing some parts to exist and sometimes, yes, you just have to say "fuck canon" and move on for your own sanity and wellbeing

[enbysiriusblack]

severus: the problem isn't that you're gay. the problem is that you're a communist

remus: i'm not a communist...

[hergrandplan]

Suburban Legends Chapter 8

“Your place looks nice. Where was this taken?” He inclined his head towards the picture he had been staring at, hoping that Wille would think that that was the reason he’d been looking at it in the first place. And not because he had been scrutinizing every single part of Wille’s face. “Greece, I think? Might have been Monaco, I don’t remember. We went to a lot of places that summer, it’s kind of a blur.” “It looks like fun.” Simon said, turning away from the picture. Wille leaned against one of the bookshelves, a few feet away from Simon. “It was,” Wille said after a moment. “There was this restaurant in Barcelona where they served Venezuelan food. It was delicious. I remember thinking how much you would have loved it.” Wille’s voice trailed off as he realized he said something he shouldn’t have said. You would have loved it. Once again, one of them had veered too close to that gated off past. The one thing they had made the silent agreement to not speak about. Simon pictured him, sitting in that restaurant, surrounded by friends, the Mediterranean sun on his back. And all Wille had thought about was Simon.

In which Simon visits Wille's house for the first time, and has two very important realizations.

Ft. Ice cream shenanigans

Read chapter 8 here or start from the beginning

As always, beta-read by the amazing @thehanwen thank you for your insightful feedback and also letting me pester you with questions about ice cream and for you pushing me about my endings <3

(Premise: In a plan to boost Simon’s career Simon and Wilhelm find themselves in a PR-scheme, only made worse by complicated feelings… Rated E, WIP)

[skibasyndrome]

if he doesn't send you song suggestions for your wilmon brainrot he's not the one 🫶🫶🫶

(he's right btw. wilmon party scene music)

[misfithive]

Wilhelm as Reductress headlines

See Simons here X

[youngroyalsconnections]

to those going to Omar's concert today, I hope you have an insanely amazing time. Literally so jealous, but scream on the behalf of the fandom <3