#money young royals

[raincitygirl76]

For anyone getting excited over Hillerska being shut down by the school inspectorate, hold your glee. Lundsberg Skola is the Swedish boarding school Hillerska seems to based on. After years and years of warnings and fines re bullying and hazing, Lundsbergs was shut down by the school inspectorate on August 28, 2013.

It was supposed to stay shut down for a minimum of 6 months. Instead the school hired expensive lawyers, appealed, and were allowed to reopen on September 6, 2013. So it only took 9 days before they found a loophole. One can assume Hillerska will do likewise and everybody (except the third years) will be back in class in the second half of August when the new school year starts.

At Lundsbergs, the headmaster was fired and the entire board of governors resigned after the shut down. But they soon regrouped, hired a new headmaster, appointed new alumni and parents to the board, and debuted a shiny new anti-bullying policy. Whether it actually worked is unlikely. But the parents are mostly alumni themselves. They would’ve gone through the same brutal hazings and wouldn’t think they’d be such a big deal.

Here’s the Wikipedia page, scroll down to the Controversy section for the details on the abuse and bullying that the school was turning a blind eye to. The final investigation, the one that triggered the (temporary) shutdown, was when the younger boys were burned with hot irons by older boys at an initiation. One boy was burned so badly he needed to be hospitalized. The hospital called the local police, who called the school inspectorate. Note: that boy’s parents were not the ones to notify either the police or the school inspectorate.

Also scroll down to the Alumni section for a look at all the rich, influential and famous people (including multiple Swedish royals across many generations) who went there.

[raincitygirl76]

This is fabulously interesting. I urge you to click on the cut!

Some thoughts on the hierarchy at Hillerska

A few days ago, @raincitygirl76 made a really intriguing post about how the show is about the class system (find it here!), mainly focusing on Hillerska’s impact as an employer and the types of students who go there.

That inspired me to go off on a tangent and make a separate post about the hierarchy. I’ve been using Agnes Hellström’s book about the real boarding schools (‘Att vara utan att synas: Om riksinternaten Lundsberg, Sigtuna och Grenna’, 2013) as a fanfic reference, so I’m also using that here. It was written  back when the schools were still allowed to charge for tuition, and I’m sure things have improved since then. However, much of the content is pretty consistent with what Lisa has said about doing research for YR and what we see in the show.

Disclaimer: I’m not Swedish, just a Nordic neighbour, and these are just my own impressions. If I’m wrong about something, please feel free to add on to this or correct me!

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[grapehyasynth]

Wilmon- “We’re more than just roommates…”

Hope ur still taking. Prompts!

Thank you! I had an idea for this and then @enjoythesilentworld posted this about jealous roommates in denial, which inspired me! With their permission I'm placing this in that universe.

"We're more than just roommates, you know," Wille says, following Emil's gaze across the party to where Simon is giggling over the foosball table, fighting Rosh for the ball.

"Oh yeah?" Emil asks, distractedly, his beer bottle hovering near his lips, half-forgotten as he watches Simon. Wille understands, and empathizes, but that's the extent of his warm feeling towards this guy who's been flirting with Simon all night.

"Yeah. Just in case there was any confusion. Wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea." He swirls his own drink, tosses the rest of it back, sets it down sharply. "Simon's not available."

An hour later, maybe more, Simon finds him in one of the dark crowded hallways of this maze of a house.

"You have to stop telling people we're together!" Simon shouts, his hand circling Wille's wrist to draw him closer so they can hear each other over the music. His thumb presses into the meat of Wille's palm and Wille's fingers curl instinctively around it. "We're roommates."

"We're not just roommates," Wille insists stubbornly.

"It was one time--"

"Three times." They've had variations on this argument before.

"And unless you want to put your money where your mouth is, it's only going to stay one time."

That effectively shoves Wille's snarky response back down his throat. Simon's thumbnail is digging into Wille's palm, and in the dim hallway he can't tell if Simon's hooded eyes are looking down at his lips.

[raincitygirl76]

Interesting article from the BBC about how over the past 30 years, Sweden has seen an explosive rise in super wealthy people, and the favourable tax and monetary policies which helped bring it about.

Apparently Sweden has approximately twice as many dollar billionaires per capita as the USA. Note: that’s per capita, so total billionaires in a country divided by the total population of the country. Yes, the USA has many more billionaires, but also a MUCH bigger population.

[frogprincesnowglobe]

I would really like to be a fly on the wall for Simon finding out that the reason they tried to *take Wille out of the school by force* was because Wille threatened to *abdicate* from the whole *throne* after seeing a video of him doing *bad karaoke* with another guy.

[raincitygirl76]

Wow. Holy shit, this analysis.

Thinking about the family dynamics of Simon/Sara and Wille/August. How Wille and August were raised in a privilege where their mistakes are trivial in the long term and apologies do not hold much importance because the people around them won't take much time to conveniently sweep them under the rug. How Sara and Simon were raised knowing that anyone who makes mistakes has to earn their apology because a single mistake can shatter all the trust in relationships in the blink of an eye. How Micke still gets hostility in return from his children because he hasn't realized how deep Simon and Sara's hurt is. How Wilhelm was eager for a reconciliation with Simon in the beginning of S2 without understanding how much Simon was hurt by his actions. How it made Wilhelm realize that he can't just show up and ask Simon to take him back because Simon will never sweep Wilhelm's mistakes under the rug and he actually needs to do the work and realize what exactly Simon wants. How Sara will probably give August a hard time to make him realize what exactly he did wrong. How Simon will probably make Sara work up and earn her apology because Sara shattered his trust by doing exactly what Simon and Sara both hate the most. Thinking about how all of their different upbringings will clash for the last time in the final chapter.

[abustoslife]

[fan-of-young-royals]

One thing that has always confused me about the scene where Simon pelts Wille with the ball is: Are they playing dodgeball with one ball?

This question leads me to a few others: Is it a game that’s not dodgeball? What is the game?If it is dodgeball is it any fun with just one ball?

[shimmerluna]

really it's not that Wille needs to abdicate for him and Simon to be together, it's that he needs to check his privilege and start actually listening to Simon when it comes to things like that. Abdication isn't going to make him less of a privileged brat unless he stops viewing Simon acknowledging their huge wage gap and the downsides of the monarchy as personal attacks and actually becomes open to learning things

[raincitygirl76]

Me too. Except my window is on the ground floor. I contemplated it anyway, out of sheer desperation.

I don’t think I’ve ever cringed as hard in young royals as I did when wilhelm tried to say that him going to crown prince school was “just like” rosh and her job i fully contemplated jumping out the window

[changetheprophecy]

i love all the canon queer ships in media but why are they all in high school

[mikkaeus]

does this show actually rxcpect us to feel sorry for august at any point like....

shut the fuck up piece of shit i wouldve let simon go to town on him. knock his lights out baby

[eypril-eypril]

the king

when i was doing some research for a historical wilmon fanfic at the royal library’s archive last year i found a short story called the king by martin andersen-nexö from 1914. it was a story of a king who no longer held any power, but was worshipped by his people who didn’t dare to criticize him.  

“let him sit!”, the wise men of the country said. “he’s the unsound fantasies of the people, collected in one hand - it’s the cheapest option. and he is our only memory of the slavery of the past. the more he stands out, the more he brings attention to how far we’ve come.” 

the king stayed on his throne, but he wasn’t allowed to speak. the people traveled from east and west to see him, and he had to sit nicely on the throne while the people looked at him. meanwhile, the people invented a road of light that would lead talented people to success, no matter their social class. but the king’s throne cast a shadow over the road of light, which paralyzed the entire country. 

after some time, the king asked if no one was upset with him. the people didn’t dare to be mad at him, because he sat so nicely on his throne. finally, the king had had enough and his soul left his body, but his body remained sitting. once his soul was gone, nothing stopped him from sitting nicely. he sat there, deaf and blind, until humanity accidentally pushed his throne so that it fell over.  

i love this story because in my opinion, it pinpoints some of the reasons as to why i think monarchs - both the real and fictional ones - shouldn’t exist. it’s fascinating how a story published in 1914 so perfectly describes the themes of a tv show from 2021. because this could have been a fabel about wilhelm, who is forced to sit nicely on his throne as tourist attraction and a symbol of the past, which in turn harms not only the people but also wilhelm himself. and if he continues to sit nicely, his soul will eventually leave his body, because it won’t be able to stand it any longer. 

[micechicken]

I love how my unintentional excuse as to why Alestair and Idan never have to go to work is because they ran away and basically quit without notice.

[thebroccolination]

How I'm Navigating 2024 (Blorbo Edition)

I'm a big believer in the quality of life being vastly improved by the anticipation of good things to come (concerts, movies, anniversaries, hang-out sessions, etc.), so I like mapping out what I'm excited for.

And in terms of queer media, I'm pretty well sorted for the year. \:D/

Right now, I have these two:

And these two:

Once Cherry Magic and Ossan's Love end, I'll have these two:

And after Young Royals ends, I'll have these two:

And then when Untitled Vampire Series is over, I'll go into paroxysms of genteel screaming while I wait for whatever these two are doing:

So I have a pretty stacked year, all told.

[rogue-rodent]

Sara and Felice: the real mvp’s all along