#my wilmon headcanons

[loren91]

✨Sparks✨

[everything-stays-here]

Happy Wille day! <3

Our best boy is being loved and enjoying his freedom♡

(also, Sara gave him the frog plushie as a gift to match with her horse)

[heartbreakprincewille]

One thing I can't stop thinking about is how Wille canonically has not consumed alcohol or any substances since when Simon had to come and rescue him from the football field scene. He didn't consumed anything in the Hillerska parties and even denied booze offered by Vincent. Like, either he swore them off after he realised that how much trouble he caused to Simon and then all the Alexander debacle, or he didn't like it anyways and he took them only because he is "supposed" to and that incident was the last straw for Wille. Either way, it's just so fascinating to me because Wille isn't even aware about Simon's trauma associated with substances because of Micke, and yet he subconsciously did the exact thing Simon was expecting Micke to do since years. Like, we all know that this boy is ready to give up his position to be with Simon, but he is also unknowingly making choices for Simon's well-being. They are just so perfect for each other.

[themarsbar]

Slowly, but like a riptide, we keep dancing, you and me.

[skibasyndrome]

🍹 🛌 📞 for the Wilmon thing please and thank you 💜 yap to your hearts content I wanna know all the thoughts. All of them!!

Dearest Mimi!!!! 💜 Thank you so much for sending me these!!!! 💜💜💜

🍹 What kinds of parties or events do they host?

Oooooh, I think while they're younger they mostly host game nights with lots of pizza and lots of playful arguing over the real proper rules of uno or who's turn it is with the controller. I think they leave the hosting of the big hillerska-style parties to other people who are better at it (I think Maddie would know how to book a fire club and she'd insist on doing the dj-ing as well). And maybe they also let her take over party-planning duty for birthdays? (it's the only way proper parties are getting hosted in her opinion)

I think when Wilmon are in their twenties Wille very randomly (not so random if you take his tiktok and or instagram algorithm into consideration. or the time they went to italy and stayed at a olive farm and Wille insisted they need to bring a whole bunch of their different olive variations back home) gets into the idea of hosting parties mostly so he can show off his newly acquired charcuterie board skills. It's taken him a while to get into cooking, and for a while he's been happy to stay far away from the fine dining experiences, but creating beautiful looking boards is something else entirely. He consults a lot with Felice (who's achieved her dream of becoming a chef) on wine pairings and different themes for his boards. And he has the occasional, mostly harmless, argument with Simon because just because the website claims the cheese is extra good and because it costs an arm and a leg doesn't mean Wille needs to order it just to see what the fuss is about. (the cheese is excellent though, Simon has to begrudgingly admit).

🛌 Who sleeps on what side of the bed and why?

Oooooh! I think this really depends on the layout of their place, but Simon definitely always sleeps on the side of the bed that's closest to a radiator. Wille overheats quickly and needs a little space to sprawl and even in winter (Simon will never understand this) he mostly sleeps shirtless. All that being said, he still rarely misses an opportunity for spooning 💜

📞 Who texts who first more often, and who is sometimes bad at responding?

I think Wille generally texts Simon first a lot more. And it's not just because he's obsessed with Simon (though that's definitely also part of it), but especially in the beginning of them living together he has a lot of questions about household things. Or just... regular going through life not as a prince things.

I think Simon gives short replies, especially when he's busy, and it's not often that he forgets to reply. But what he does do sometimes is read a long text and reply to one thing instead of five things he's being asked. Wille can be more generally bad at responding, especially when he gets overwhelmed by the amount of messages he gets. But generally they manage to at least send each other short texts most of the time to check in (and reply to check-ins)

Send me some domestic wilmon questions if you feel like <3

[realredbanana]

Totally random thought I just had: imagine, post-s3, Simon getting Wilhelm to play games like The Sims 4 as a way of trying to get him to have an actual concept of money without any real consequences. Because you just know that Wille has never once thought about money in regard to himself (beyond “I’m aware I, as a royal, am rich”).

Additionally, imagine Wille actually getting really into it, creating himself and Simon, maybe also Felice and Sara as their neighbours in the lot next to them, maybe he gives himself and Simon a cat, maybe they have a whole family together. Plus, him telling Simon about their little sims family.

[hehehereliesmysanity]

Whenever Wille eats one of those pudding cups, he throws the aluminum sealing paper lid in the trash and Simon is scandalized because you need to lick the pudding off of it before throwing it away and Wille can't relate and Simon goes, "Oh you are rich. Now I can see that."

[isnt-that-wizardd]

painfully keeping myself away from the final season of Young Royals right now because I just know I'm not in the right headspace to enjoy it or pay attention to it in the way it deserves 😭

[the-impala-is-my-home]

Hey! It would be great to see what you would make out of prompt number five for the Wilmon day event ☺️

Hey! Thank you so much for your ask! At first I was planning to just reply with my headcanons to this but I ended up writing a short ficlet for this after all. Hope you like it!

This was written for Wilmon Day, hosted by @youngroyals-events :)

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When Wille and Simon first prepare to move in together, into a small apartment close to their Uni, they talk about the possibility of owning a pet for the first time. It’s one of the many decisions they can now finally make on their own, the freedom of adulthood and the absence of the crown’s weight making them giddy with the sheer amount of possibilities. Late at night, tired from a day of packing up Simon’s belongings, they lie down on the too small bed and talk about the future, the soothing movements of Simon’s fish right next to them. Wille describes a hundred different futures for them, places all over the world, hobbies neither of them have ever considered before, people they haven’t met yet- the only thing his stories have in common is them, always together. In one scenario they own a cat, in the next a whole pack of dogs, then a bird, a lizard, and in one that makes Simon laugh the the most, a poorly behaved goat. Their conversation ends when Simons fingertips and lips find Wille’s, but they both know they won’t have enough time or space to take proper care of any of the animals Wille comes up with.

Simon takes the fish tank with him. Olle, Oski and Felle live out the rest of their lives in between Simon’s keyboard and Wille’s gigantic potted monstera in their sparsely decorated living room. Afterwards, Simon and Wille always keep a couple of fish, differentiating between a couple of small freshwater species. Still, their eyes meet each other with a shared understanding whenever they meet a particularly cute pet at any of their friends’ places.

About a year after they both have finished their degrees and have moved into a bigger place, the topic of pets comes up again. Their lives feel a little less chaotic now, Wille no longer getting recognized every time he steps out onto the street and Simon finally having settled into his new job. One day, cooking dinner together, Simon asks Wille whether he still wants to adopt a pet and Wille kisses him with a wide smile in answer.

Wille leans more towards getting a cat, while Simon argues a dog would be a great choice for them. Simon claims a cat would be a danger to their fish (currently a school of neon tetras) but Wille tells him they can easily install a lid on the fish tank and that a dog is a much bigger commitment, especially for first time owners. Simon thinks that the activity that comes with a dog could do them good but promises that they could always look for breeds that aren’t as energetic. In the end, they agree to visit the shelter every few weeks to see both the dogs and cats there, keeping their options open until they find one they both think will be a good fit for them.

In the end, their decision is made for them just four days later when Simon fishes a screaming and hissing cat out of the apartment’s trash bin, dinner leftovers still in its jaw.

[unfortunate17]

i agree with you about being frustrated with how often this fandom has top/bottom discussions but its a pretty common talking point in most fandoms so YR isn’t special for that

No I totally agree with you that it’s a common topic of discussion in a lot of fandoms, but there’s a particular way we have it in this fandom that really grinds my gears.

And don’t get me wrong, I don’t care if you hc Wilmon to be vers or if you think Wille tops or Simon tops or whatever - it’s the justification and reasoning that I’m seeing behind these headcanons that I find deeply irritating and, frankly, insulting and kind of homophobic.

This is going to get long so forgive me.

1. I’ve seen so many posts talk about how the show is “brave” and “subversive” by having Wille go down on Simon or potentially bottom, but like - what the hell are we even talking about? In what world is it subversive to show a queer character having queer sex?? What are we subverting?? This show has never shown us anything with its intimate scenes other than two guys that are deeply in love and really horny for eachother and I hate that we keep bringing this shit up!!!

2. I’ve also seen people say that it was very important for us to see Wille moving to go down on Simon in the tape in S1 because it’s “more damning evidence that he’s queer” and otherwise Wille could’ve just said he was horny and desperate but he was actually imagining he was with a girl in his denial statement. But be so fucking forreal, in what world is that a thing he could argue in an official statement to the press? He’d be the laughing stock of the world.

Wilhelm isn’t more or less gay because he went down on Simon vs the other way around. He’d still be having queer sex because he’s having sex with another guy. Arguing that the framing here is for anything other than a plot device so Wille’s face wouldn’t be visible to set up the denial is actually kind of ridiculous.

As someone very smart on here said, “I’m sorry that you apparently have a tier list of sex acts ranging from “kinda straight” to “Gaylord” 😭😭 get well soon, couldn’t be me.”

Imagine for one second Simon was the one giving Wille head? Would you have criticized the show for that?? And WHY?!

3. Next: saying that Wilmon’s relationship is “equal” because you think they’re vers is…a take and a half lmao. What the fuck does being vers have to do with a relationship being equal?? Why are we assigning arbitrary hierarchies to sexual preferences??? Why are we implying that topping and bottoming are somehow not equal and you have to carefully balance both, when, ideally, it’s just whatever the fuck everyone is into???

Wille isn’t selfish for topping. Simon isn’t sacrificing anything by bottoming. They’re fucking because they’re in love and they want to 😭

TLDR: Wille doesn’t suck Simon’s dick for class liberation. Simon riding Wille isn’t a commentary on how he’s “girl-coded.” It’s just sex, leave them alone to have a good time and stop assigning agendas to queer sex.

[oneofthosebells]

Thinking about ordinary.

Particularly in the context of 'Wille will never be able to lead an ordinary/normal life' (true) 'and therefore the ending doesn't work because abdicating doesn't actually solve his problems' (oof...I see where you're coming from but I've got to strongly disagree).

[Yes, I know it's not technically abdication, it's just a convenient shorthand!]

Wille will never be able to lead an ordinary life if by ordinary you mean a life like Simon would have led if they'd never met. He'll always be the son of a monarch, he'll always have been famous since birth, he'll always be ridiculously wealthy and privileged. But would he eventually be able to lead an 'ordinary' life by the standards of any privileged trust fund baby whose parent is a major public figure? Yeah, I think so.

There's a world of difference between being famous/wealthy/privileged but able to choose how to live your life - including the ability to choose a very private life if you want one - and being the literal head of state with absolutely no choice in the matter.

And yeah, I'm thinking about this because of all the footage of Harry and Meghan and their slightly odd pseudo-royal tour on the news. Which isn't a dig at H&M, I have no strong feelings about them one way or the other, but I've seen them used as a stick to beat the YR ending with ('it'll never work, look at Harry and Meghan'!). But Wille and Simon aren't Harry and Meghan.

And I don't just mean because they're fictional and H&M aren't, though actually you know what, that's important - it means that if I want to headcanon they can lead a fairly normal life once Wille's out of the line of succession then I can, nothing's stopping me. But also I cannot see Wilmon ever choosing to stay in the limelight by doing a tell-all Oprah interview, or a book or a podcast or a documentary, and I definitely can't see them doing a semi-royal tour where cameras follow them everywhere and where they sit in chairs(/thrones) and look awkward while people perform traditional dances for them. (Again, no shade! The circumstances and the people are very different, that's my point.)

I could see Wille going into academia or writing books about poetry, or maybe he owns a horse sanctuary and gets Sara to run it, or he co-owns a restaurant with Felice. Or all of the above, why not. He probably can't ever go and get a 'normal' job, but he won't need one - he'd have plenty of money to live on if he's living a fairly humble, non-extravagant lifestyle, and again, he's fictional, I can believe he'd happily do that with Simon if I want to.

Maybe they'd live abroad for a while to escape the attention - because with the best will in the world, the Scandinavian monarchies aren't worldwide famous in the way Diana and her children are, and Wille's video/speech/abdication would be a five minute wonder and probably quickly forgotten outside Sweden.

This is getting longer than I meant it to so I'll leave it there without going into Simon and how he fits into it all, because that's another three thousand words lol. Maybe I'll do a part 2. 😂

[manateia-seriallove]

I'll say Simon likes animes (yes cause of his towel) and Wille likes music (not singing ok, but he likes listening to music) so i have this HC that Wille likes musicals and also disney movies (like lion King).

What kind of movies do we think are Wille and Simon into?

🎞️

[loren91]

The most wholesome commission for the lovely @dmajor7th ❤

Older royal Wilmon just being cute 🥰 Took the opportunity to integrate my headcanon that Wilhelm needs glasses lol

[skibasyndrome]

why are your kinktober stories all bottom Simon heavy? I trusted we would see more bottom Wille from you /gen

Anon, up front, genuinely sorry if you meant well and are now about to get the brunt of my frustration that I've built up for over a decade of existing in fandoms and fanfic spaces surrounding queer men and their sex.

Ooookay, I try not to engage in this discourse normally because frankly? It's kinda draining, because the way queer men's sex lifes are picked apart in lots of online spaces is not okay and, frankly, hurtful. But, okay:

I have posted 10 of 31 stories

I intentionally don't tag any of my smut as top!/bottom! anything (tho I don't mind other writers doing it - go off) cause frankly? I don't believe that's something that should matter. It doesn't to me when I think of wilmon. Preferences are fine, cool, awesome, both irl and in reading, there are couples who like to do things one way only and there are couples who mix things up and there's lots of stuff in between. People love to bottom! People love to top! People love any- and everything in between and that is great for them. All of that is fun and cool and absolutely awesome if everyone involved is on board. I simply don't have any one way I headcanon wilmon, I literally just go with whatever the vibe is. That also means I don't believe in having to strike a 50/50 balance or whatever. Also because

sex between men (and, since in one of the stories Wille is a trans woman, between all people, for that matter) is about more than anal and/or penetration. I love to read and write about Wille bottoming, love to write and read about Simon bottoming. But that's noooooot all there is. One thing I do try to do with my smut is write about some of the other ways sex can look. Which includes (mutual) masturbation, hand jobs, blow jobs, intercrural, frottage, a myriad of other acts. All of these are fullfilling ways of having sex, all of these don't follow top/bottom "logic" or whatever you'd like to call it. So what do we do about that?

I know some people - not saying you do, this, anon - like to conflate topping and bottoming with power dynamics, be it sub/dom type of stuff, or just... some vague idea of who is superior or whatever. And that very much CAN be the case, I'd argue Wille bottoming in my vampire fic or even Wille during the wax play in the one fic and the intercrural afterwards is definitely bordering sub-y territory. But you know? That also very much doesn't have to be the case. In the fic that includes 69 it's Simon "calling the shots" or whatever you'd like to call it, despite being the one that's being penetrated. I have fics planned out where the opposite is the case, I have plenty of fics where bottoming doesn't have anything to do about being sub or being dom or anything like that. I think there's this idea going around that somehow, (gay) sex acts are linked to power and power exchange and that there needs to be some equilibrium or... justice??? And. No. That's not how consensual sex, be it in relationships or hookups, works in my mind. In consensual sex, there is no disadvantage in bottoming or no need for any of the partners to bottom to fix some sort of hierarchy. Because there is none. Not in the consensual sex of two (or more) partners that want to have sex to have a good time or feel close or relax or any of the other reasons people have sex.

Fair question to ask, just know that I don't write bottom anything for the sake of making a point, I just write whatever feels like the characters would enjoy it in that particular moment in time, whatever suits the POV I wanna go with. I don't keep a tally of times penetrative sex has been part of a story and who did what. If that's a no-go for you, that's fine and I won't hold it against you. I have a bunch more stories coming up with all kinds of dynamics, all kinds of sex acts, all kinds of differently written versions of our two blorbos.

hope this was concise enough and I recognize that I've definitely put all kinds of other, adjacent, points into this, but this gay man right here is kind of fucking sick and tired of seeing stuff assigned to gay sex acts that are just. sex between consenting partners

[gulliblelemon]

hi there 🤗,

I re-read your fic "where we left off" yesterday (I was on a 14 hour flight 🫠) which I greatly enjoyed again, and I hope that you don’t mind me asking whether you have any headcanons about your very own wwlo-wilmon's future. Like 5 years later, where do they live, what do they do for a living, what hobbies have they got, what do they fight about, what do they dislike about the other, has Simon ever changed his hair style 🤭 and stuff like that.

have a nice day 🌸

Hi! Thank you for this lovely ask! I’m so glad my fic could entertain you on a flight.

I never mind being asked about my fics! I don’t always have great answers, but I do love talking about them. And I love that you’re interested enough to want to know.

I have actually started writing a small sequel to this. I hoped to post for the one year anniversary a few weeks ago but didn’t get round to finishing it. It’s not five years in the future though. It’s more a missing moment from Simon visiting Wille in England during the year he was away. That was supposed to be full of discovery and working out how to be together and fluff fluff fluff.

But five years later, I absolutely see them living together. Maybe a small house on the edge of a city? Close enough that Simon can visit his mum on the weekends, far enough that Wille feels removed from his old life.

But Wille did everything properly. And he feels content in the way he left everything. And his old life doesn’t haunt him. Much like a job that someone left because it no longer fulfilled them. He looks back with some fondness and some regret but no anguish any longer.

Simon went short (sorry!), he got fed up of maintaining the curls. Wille was a little upset, but he got over it. Because it’s Simon. And he loves everything about him. Maybe they’ll grow back at some point. Maybe Simon will miss how it felt to have Wille run his hands through them.

They’ve basically spent the last five years learning each other. They know each other so well, but also not at all. So the first couple of years were figuring out how they fit into each other’s lives.

I was purposely vague about what Simon was studying because I didn’t want to decide. I hope readers could insert whatever felt best for them. Maybe it was something music theory related? Or social work? Or something academic? Maybe it was science-y or book-ish or whatever else anyone can envisage him doing?

In my head, though, he has a steady job that keeps him engaged and interested and fulfilled but doesn’t take him away from his home and his friends and Wille too much. Wille spent a few years decompressing. There was also a lot leftover from his previous role, so he does some things from that still, because he didn’t want to leave anyone hanging. But he doesn’t mind. He was actually good at it. More recently I think he’ll have picked a vocation. Something that ignites him. Maybe something creative? Or maybe something that he thinks is helping people?

They fight about chores and household stuff. Neither of them are tidy, but both of them are used to living in tidy spaces. It took a while for them to figure out how to live with each other, but they got there, because they know so well what it’s like to be forced apart, and they refuse to let little squabbles get between them. They work so hard.

Simon has got back into music, Wille loves hearing him sing (obviously), but it stays as a hobby. Wille tries EVERYTHING, he’s trying to work out who he is outside of the monarchy. Maybe he hasn’t settled on anything yet. Maybe Simon sacrifices a room in their house for Wille’s abandoned hobby items: a sewing machine, model painting, knitting, painting. I think Wille takes up a sport. Maybe he joins a squash club to help channel his frustration.

They see Felice and Gustav regularly. Coffee dates and dinners and maybe even joint weekends away. Felice is still smug about it all, but they let her be.

But basically: the world is their oyster! Whatever headcanons you have can be true too!

Thank you for this ask! It made my day and Ive really enjoyed thinking about it 🥰

[bluedalahorse]

YR fandom new years resolutions? or just what’s going on in my brain

I had a longer version of this post drafted, but I decided to scrap it and go with a shorter version. The purpose of this post is to share some thoughts and feelings I’ve been having—not in a way that’s perfectly expressed, or journalistically objective—but in a way that helps me articulate those thoughts/feelings, and maybe lets other people who have similar thoughts/feelings know they aren’t alone.

For now, I’m open to reblogs and or discussions in the comments, as long as you’re replying in good faith.

Right now, it seems like two things are true at once in the Young Royals fandom:

Some Young Royals fans are longing for a greater variety of topics discussed and opinions shared, but also don’t always feel comfortable or supported putting forward their ideas. This can be a bit hard to summarize succinctly, because it sounds like people all want different things. Some fans want more non-Wilmon ships talked about. Others feel a little stifled in talking about characters and enjoying their nuance, because it seems like there are characters who are “okay” to like/dislike and others that are not. Others feel like there’s not much space to criticize season three. Still others want a chance for more crackfic and silly headcanons. Whether we do or don’t resonate with something on that list (I resonate with some things and not others) I’ve talked to enough people who mention that they self-censor in some way that it feels like something is in the air and people want a change.

There is a long-running issue of people in this fandom using anonymity to bully and harass fellow fans for their takes on the series and its characters. (This isn’t unique to YR fandom, but we’re also not immune to it.)

At present it feels like the two truths feed into one another and cause a vicious cycle. People are worried about expressing an opinion (shipping a controversial ship, for instance) and don’t want their name attached to it, so they look for a space where they can share those opinions more anonymously. As more anonymous space opens up, people do get their opinions out there. On the other hand, trolls and bullies also come in and use these spaces to harass people anonymously. As these trolls get more vicious, people get worried about expressing their more controversial opinions again, and those go underground or untalked about.

I applaud @young-royals-confessions for their attempt to put guidelines in place around the kinds of confessions people were sending in and moderate the blog accordingly. I think this is the best way to go about doing an anonymous blog like this, and they do a decent job of it. I personally chose to unfollow the confessions blog a while back, because it felt like the right decision for me in terms of which characters and ships I wanted to see more and less of. However, I do enjoy checking in on the blog from time to time, and seeing the occasional post on my dash.

From my understanding, someone has started a new confessions blog that does not have any guidelines in place for what people submit. I will not be following this blog, as I think a lack of guidelines will leave things open to bad faith actors, trolls, and bullies.

As I move into 2025, I’m going to try and address the needs of fans who are feeling truth #1 (including myself) by continuing to post about what I enjoy and find interesting in Young Royals, while also signing my name to it. I will be continuing to create fanworks that reflect my particular passions, and sharing ideas about fics that maybe I couldn’t write but would like to see. I’m also going to try and do more to defend and uplift others in doing so, especially my fellow nuanced character and rarepair enjoyers. I am going to bring these ideas to upcoming fandom events and share them as I’m able.

I’ve gotten better at curating my dash in 2024. Now I want to make sure I curate my own opinions less and don’t self-censor as much (while still remaining as polite as I can.) You’re welcome to join me, or not. I just sort of wanted to share my thinking and put it out into the world.