#young royals angst

[wilhelmsbee]

Can I please hug him!!!

[gay-little-bitch]

I also made a Simon angst playlist <3

[artsy-waffle19]

actually the Erik plotline is so sick and twisted like- imagine finding out that the person you've been putting on a pedestal all your life, who felt like your only friend at times in your life and whose approval and guidance you seek even after their death, might have been fundamentally against you and actively supported the mocking, humiliation and hurting of you and anybody like you. And they cannot change or explain themselves to you or make it up or do anything to make it better or make you understand. And you cannot even be mad at them because they're not around anymore and you miss them too much to be angry.

[sillypenguinwitch]

okay so i'm not trying to make this a ~thing~ or a hot take or whatever, but can we talk about how all the hyped up queer shows still predominantly feature mlm couples? i'm not saying there aren't wlw shows/movies or the mlm-focused shows don't also feature wlw characters/couples, just... they either get nowhere near the same amount of hype, have some other main plot, end with at least one of them dying or experiencing something traumatic, get cancelled after one season in the middle of their arc, or they're not the main couple. And that's not to discount the representation you can get from secondary characters of course but just... ugh I want a heartstopper or rwrb or young royals or skam or love, simon or i don't even know... with girls. And I know I'm not the first person to bring this up and I know it's not that simple, but seeing all the hype for heartstopper and rwrb this week makes my heart ache a little bit so i needed to say this somewhere.

[axquiva]

"why not"

...

"i wish you were a girl"

[simsim54]

“Falling in love with you was easy. Staying in love with you despite all of our differences, that was the hard part.”

Nothing relates more to Young Royals Season 3 than this quote!

[wrath-of-the-sea]

the realization hurts. you're everything you never wanted to be. her opinions echo in your words to him. she has left her fingerprints on everything you say.

the realization hurts. you truly are just like your mother.

[enjoythesilentworld]

*canon-divergence post-breakup Wilmon talking on the phone six months after their breakup, a first foray in an attempt to be those kind of exes who are "friends"*

"It was really good to catch up with you, Simon," he says, smile still clear in his voice.

"Yeah... yeah, it was." Simon finds he means it. He pauses for a beat, contemplating. Wanting to ask so badly but so terrified to hear the answer.

"I'm gonna, um- I'll be back in town soon, visiting Sara. Would you... would you want to see me?"

Wille lets out a weary chuckle.

"I mean, I can't- I think it would kill me," he breathes out and Simon squeezes his eyes shut, swallowing the 'it'll kill me too' that's crawling up his throat. "It would probably kill me, but... I can't say no to you."

[wilhelmsbee]

Can he just BE HAPPY PLEASE

[raincitygirl76]

Omar Rudberg is a very attractive young man. So I find it hilarious (though somewhat sobering) that nobody at Hillerska seems to notice Simon is gorgeous. All because he’s a lowly non-resident (and a socialist to boot, who refuses to act grateful to be allowed around his social betters), they pretend Simon’s looks are nothing out of the common way. It shows the pressure of class solidarity.

Makes me wonder, though, how many Hillerska boarders secretly have crushes on Simon. Because, you know, they have eyes, even if they don’t dare admit it to their friends because it would be social suicide. Are there girls in Simon’s classes who wistfully sigh over how aesthetically appealing he is? Or fellow choristers who covertly watch him sing when they’re supposed to be watching the music teacher and/or reading their scores?

I wonder how many girls quietly cried themselves to sleep right after the video came out. And told their curious roommates they were crying because apparently the Crown Prince is unattainable. But really they were crying because apparently Simon Eriksson is gay. And therefore definitely off the market, if those girls ever got up the guts to cross class lines and acknowledge how crush worthy he is.

P.S.

Incidentally, I don’t think Simon intentionally went back in the closet when he moved to Hillerska. It’s just we know from 1.01 that hardly anyone has spoken to him since the start of the school year. It’s kind of tough to come out to people who are pretending you don’t exist and won’t talk to you.

And then Wilhelm arrived, and was obviously interested but extremely closeted himself. So Simon had a large incentive not to arouse the suspicions of their Hillerska school mates by coming out himself. I don’t think Simon was hiding in S1 so much as just not choosing to actively bring it up. I’m pretty damn sure if someone had asked him flat out, he would’ve said he’s gay. But nobody did ask, so he and Wilhelm could continue to fly under the radar as close platonic friends.

We can also infer from Saran’s comment in 1.03 “Why are you sneaking around?” That at Marieberg, Simon was out and proud. But he wasn’t a pariah at Marieberg. People actually talked to him there. And he wasn’t deeply in love with a closeted guy at Marieberg.

It could also be another reason (as if Simon needed another) that Simon feels so betrayed by Wilhelm denying the video in 1.06. Simon has already compromised his principles for Wilhelm even before the video, by making allowances for Wilhelm’s closeted status and sneaking around secretively. And Wilhelm repaid Simon having previously compromised his principles by abandoning him altogether.

It’s one thing to let people assume you’re platonic friends and not actively correct them. It’s a whole other ballgame for Wilhelm to actively lie to the press and the entire world. Assertively affirming his (nonexistent) heterosexuality and his single status.

[gay-little-bitch]

I made a Wilhelm angst playlist with a mix of my music (excluding the metal) and I'm super proud of it!!! tell me what you think <3

[suledins]

alone again.

[simonsapelsin]

I do want to read fun fluffy roadtrip fics but I might be even more excited for angsty aged-up reunion fics that ignore everything that happened after the lake scene.

[billfarrah]

The vibe I’m getting is that Simon doesn’t want to completely shut Wille out but wants to keep his distance and is doing his best to pretend he doesn’t notice the longing looks Wille is throwing his way, but judging from his tight expressions in both pictures and the way he’s using his finger to keep track of what he’s reading indicates he definitely does notice and is a lot more affected than he wants to admit.

Wille will do anything just to stay within Simon’s bubble, even if it’s at arm’s length, but is Simon going to be able to move on with Wille continuing to stare at him like that?

[taecereals]

The new Crown Prince 👑

[simsim54]

Tiny Young Royals One-Shot

It's been years since they broke up and got back together, but Simon still remembers the broken look on Wilhelm's face when Simon had uttered those godforsaken words on the night of Wille's birthday, 'I can't do this anymore.'

On days when the guilt threatens to bury him and the memories of the past get too hard to forget, Simon just waits for Wille to sleep, held securely in Simon's arms, and then Simon just looks. He looks at the peaceful face of his fiancé, a proper man now with all signs of his teenage self gone. He looks at how content his soon-to-be husband looks, and Simon knows that he will do anything in his power to keep him just like that. He looks at the love of his life, the next one, and the infinite number of lifetimes, and then just looks some more.