#selfish wilmon

[raincitygirl76]

I have to say, the first time I watched S2, when I didn’t know how it would end, it was extremely stressful. But whenever I rewatch that season, the character development we see from both Wilhelm and Simon is AMAZING. Their personal growth isn’t linear and sometimes it’s messy. But it unfolds all the same.

I cried buckets when Wilmon broke up in 1.06. But as of their official reunion in 2.06, I feel like they’ve walked through fire, both together and apart. And rebuilt their relationship in such a way that it will be much stronger going forward.

If Simon hadn’t dumped Wille in 1.06, I suspect the secrecy and the betrayal of trust would’ve festered over time and eventually led to a breakup. Probably a permanent one. They really needed that time apart in S2, even though it was agonizing for them both. Because they have now reunited on a much more solid foundation than they had in S1.

YOUNG ROYALS 2.02 | 2.05

[skibasyndrome]

wilmon + “hold still, babygirl” 🎀

Martina.................... bless. I absolutely CANNOT thank you enough for sending in that prompt!!! ANYWAYS, some of you know I am newly obsessed with the idea of a gender-questioning or nb or transfem Wille so... hope you guys like transfem Wille as much as I love her

also, cw: kinda nsfw, gender affirmation is one hell of a drug, getting teary-eyed during sex, but in a good way I promise <3

“Hold still, babygirl...,” Simon's voice is muffled against the side of Wille's neck, but clear enough for her to hear it. Wille gasps, tightening the grip of her fingers in Simon's curls, stilling her writhing thighs, letting Simon grab them again. She's barely holding on as is, her hold on the marble countertop Simon just fucking lifted her onto weakening every time Simon digs his fingers into her soft flesh, but the way he says it, the softness, the affection, the let me take care of you hidden between the lines is sending her mind into overdrive. Simon slides his hands up her body, along the outside of her thighs, her hips, her waist, smoothing over the soft fabric of her new sundress so reverently, so intentionally that it sends a pang to her chest. This is it, she thinks, this is fucking it, this feels so right she wants to cry on the spot. "So beautiful," Simon tells her, words breaking out of him like he's not in control, like he like has no choice but to vocalize his adoration. No need, Wille thinks, because she can feel it, has felt it all afternoon, in every casual touch and every single glance. "So, so beautiful," he adds, even breathier now, and Wille bites back a moan when he emphasizes the words by grabbing a handful of her ass. It's a lot, it's almost too much, they're not even naked yet and it's so so much. But Simon isn't done with her, he's not leaving any room for doubt and Wille doesn't thinks she's ever felt so much fucking love at once. Simon mouths down her neck, gives her collarbone a gentle nibble, presses a kiss against the top of her sternum, then stops for a moment, gives Wille the chance to tell him where she wants him and that alone forces another broken gasp out of her. She just nods frantically, pushing Simon's head closer, making sure his lips don't leave her skin. Simon slips the sleeve of her dress, the strap of her bra down her shoulder, mouths further down her chest and Wille is going to die. This shouldn't feel real, she doesn't dare to look down, afraid that she'd wake up from a dream if she's not careful, but she can see it behind in her mind's eye, the visual accompanying the sensation, Simon kissing and licking over her skin, shoving the lace of her bralette out of the way with his face to get to her nipple. Just as she thinks the arm propped up behind her, holding her up, is going to give in, she feels Simon snake his arm around her middle, feels him dig the tips of his fingers into her ribs (a reminder, this is real). Simon uses the other arm around her ass, maneuvers her body further towards the edge and Wille can feel him, fuck, she can feel him. With her skirt slipping up over her thighs, bunching up around her hips, Simon is making space for himself between her legs. She can feel him, pressing against her hot and firm and so, so enticing, and she feels him all over her, so there, and holding her so tightly, with so much fucking care that, despite herself, she feels her eyes starting to burn. She presses them shut more tightly, wraps her legs around Simon's hips, crosses her ankles and pushes him closer, holds him so close she'd be scared of hurting him if it wasn't for him pulling her even closer him with a grunt. "I've got you, sweetheart," he says, and Wille whines when Simon lets go of her nipple, tries to make him stay there for just a little bit longer, she needs him there, doesn't he see? But Simon is unrelenting, squeezes her middle, and, Wille cranes her neck to lean into the touch, brushes his hand through Wille's hair and tucks a strand behind her ear. Fuck. She swallows against the lump in her throat. "I've got you, princess," Simon breathes against her mouth, taking all the air out of her lungs. When their lips finally meet, Wille can taste the salt of her tears and desperately wraps her arms around Simon's back, like he could disappear any second.

....... I'm not going to apologize. Just know I LOVE HER and I love the way Simon loves her and I haven't felt this attached to a version of them in quite a while... pls be kind to her, she's finding herself 😭😭😭 TYSM MARTINA ILY 💜💜💜

Send me "Wilmon" + a sentence and I'll write you 5(+) more

[the-words-we-sung]

Thoughts and pictures - S3E3

The great rewatch of season 3 continues! And we're halfway through with episode 3. As usual, it's probably gonna get a bit long so proceed with caution 😁

And we're starting off with some big big pressure on Wilhelm, for a change... "I don't know if I can handle it" => ma'am, you're the queen, you're an adult, you're his mother. Get a fucking grip!!

How can she put so much pressure on her son's shoulders? I understand that she's unwell, she hasn't grieved Erik's death properly in season 2 so this break down was bound to happen I guess, but how can she (and Ludwig) just abandon Wilhelm like that? And not so long after his speech (and the "trial" with August). Did either of them talk to him about it? About this huge coming out he just did? About how brave he was? One day I'll write a post just about Wilhelm and his parents because I have A LOT of feelings.

And I don't know a lot about how a monarchy works but would Wilhelm really have to step up and replace his mother if she was suddenly unfit to lead, despite being 16? That doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Especially in this case when Wilhelm has been Crown Prince for very little time (and even needs a special Crown Prince school during summer to learn his duties).

"You wouldn't have been able to handle it. That I can fuck up too" => oh Simon, my sweet sweet boy... I have to say that I really like his scenes with his mother this season, I really needed to see Linda actually act like a mom, and Simon to become more "real" with her. So I love their scenes and dynamic this season!

Is Wilhelm still seeing Boris? Or is he really all alone in dealing with his mother's health and everything else? My boy needs help...

I'm sorry but Simon with helmet hair is just the cutest thing!

But gosh their communication is just so awful this season... On one hand Simon frustrates me a tiny bit because I didn't think he would be so "naive". I mean, of course it must feel truly awful to receive to many hate comments, but he's a teenager who knows how to use social media so I would have expected him to know that these people are trolls and responding to them would lead nowhere? The people writing these are not interested in knowing him or the truth or anything, just in being nasty because it's easy to do so anonymously. But also I guess he's 16. He's super young, I'm probably expecting too much maturity here and not being super fair ><

And on the other hand, Wilhelm also frustrates me because he barely stops to listen and to actually see what Simon is going through. And yeah, he's got the crazy pressure from his family and his mother being unwell but still, he's being very selfish. And he has always had a tendency to be, but it's 10x worst this season ><

(Also why did he not say anything to these mean girls mocking Simon's song when they entered the music room together??)

I'm realizing now that truly, these Boris sessions with Wilhelm and August are really fucked up: the sessions with Boris helped Wilhelm so much last season, he felt safe enough to talk there, to be honest, and he was able to work through the hard stuff in his life. And now they put August there? The person who made him feel unsafe, who recorded him and leaked the video online. They put that person here in his safe place with him? Which might explain why there's no more therapy sessions for Wilhelm this season (outside of the ones with August). It's so fucked up...

Wilhelm is feeling so cornered...

And Simon is breaking my heart... Omar is such a good actor, he portrays sadness way too well, I wanted to cry almost every time I saw Simon in this episode. He's so depressed, thinking everyone hates him, it's hard to watch... Why did season 3 have to be so cruel to him?

It's hard to enjoy the sweet moments between them (this scene for example, which I forgot was gonna happen there :p) when we just had a sad Simon, bad communication between them, Wilhelm being mean to him... It makes it hard (for me) to enjoy the cute scenes because it just feels like a small band-aid put on a gaping wound ><

I really liked that we got to see Felice's dad again, and this scene is so important! I love Felice's decision to go without her dad and to be honest in the end. I still think she should have had a stronger storyline throughout the whole show. She's a great character and she deserved more!!

Sara and Micke singing in the car: 💛 "I'd rather have a papa with bad spells than no papa at all" => I don't know August... I guess it's the eternal dilemma..

Just because he looks so incredibly beautiful here 💜

This Sara and Micke conversation was so important and needed! I really liked that we finally got a bit more information about Micke and what happened to their family.

And another scene that I forgot was happening in this episode ^^' I got too used to seeing the cute (and hot) scenes from this season with gifs here that I know them without the context around :p

Why is it that every time something good happens to Simon this season, it backfires immediately and Wilhem makes him sad about it? 😩

3 more episodes to go, wish me luck >< This season is even more depressing than I remembered ^^'

[othervee]

The birthday breakup

For some reason I have been musing over Wilmon's birthday breakup and what might have happened if Simon hadn't done it. I'm very interested in what possible futures might have played out and I'm convinced that if they hadn't split up then, they would never have ended up together.

When Wille excuses himself from dinner, Simon is trying to negotiate the situation as best he can. Wille is allowed to be upset, but he's also abandoned Simon to two people who barely know him, are talking without him about someone he never knew, and have nothing in common with him except Wille. Polite as the three of them are to each other, Simon and Wille's parents don't really know how to interact with them at the best of times, and this is not the best of times.

What Simon sees and hears when he goes to talk to Wille in the corridor is really important. He offers to leave. He can feel the air vibrating with tension and he knows that his presence is just standing in the way. Wille wants to hash things out through talk while his parents are in denial. Simon's presence provides a shield for them all to hide behind; we need to be polite and pretend everything's fine in our first real interaction with our son's boyfriend.

Simon's offer to remove himself is actually the most sensible thing he can do. He's fairly casual in the way he offers to go, and also in the way he says to Wille, "Please don't leave me alone with your parents like that." It's making his wishes clear and honest but keeping things as light as he can, not wanting to increase the tension in the air.

Wille, though, is incredulous that Simon even suggests this but his main response is "I… I need you here!"

In that moment and in the scene that follows, I think Simon sees what their future will be if he accepts the role he's being set up to play. He'll be Wilhelm's mascot, his buffer, his shelter from the storm.

I'm not suggesting that Wilhelm is the selfish one and Simon's the selfless one, because things are more complicated than that. Wilhelm loves Simon for himself. But Wilhelm at the palace inhabits a different world and is under different pressure, and as the cracks worsen he needs Simon there to comfort him and soothe his feelings and be on his side. Wilhelm hasn't had anyone on his side in the palace since Erik died. At the palace Simon is his buffer, his shelter from the storm.

But having Simon there will also mean Wille has a crutch to lean on, and an excuse to keep going in the same old patterns with his parents, because he thinks he can bear it as long as he has Simon. And that means he will stay in this role, he will keep trying to fit himself into the wrong shape, even as everything cracks and shatters around him. And eventually things with Simon will sour as well.

Simon can't fix the family relationships, and he can't stop the bad things from happening, and he can't give Wille the tools he needs to cope because - like Wille - he's a teenager. A teenager who has no idea how to operate in Wille's unfamiliar royal world. Wille needs Simon to ward off the bad atmosphere, but he'll only end up poisoning them both. So Simon needs to go. Going might not fix anything, but staying definitely won't. It will give Wille an excuse to maintain the status quo.

So Wille doesn't give up the crown for Simon. Absolutely not. But Simon's action in breaking up with him helps to create the conditions that make Wille able and willing to give up the crown for himself.

[raincitygirl76]

Their tragic little munchkin FACES!!! This scene still makes me a little sniffly even though I’ve seen it multiple times now. They both look so stricken at the end of this argument.

And I know this scene is absolutely crucial to the plot arc of the entire season. This is the scene that finally drives home to Wilhelm that Simon isn’t coming back. Simon says specifically that he can’t accept Wille’s position. He’s never said that flat out before. He’s reminded Wille that he used to trust Wille and Wille hurt him badly when he let his family pressure him into lying about the video. But before this scene, Simon had never before said the words, “I can’t accept your position or your family.”

I think in earlier S2 episodes, Wille still thought he had a shot. If he could only convince Simon to accept that their relationship has to be a secret, Simon might still come back. But Simon has made it crystal clear here that’s not possible. Ever. Also, Simon is (apparently) happy with a new guy who’s not in the closet. Someone with a normal life, not a public figure, not royalty, someone who can make Simon happy.

Now actually, Marcus is a manipulative asshole, and in the previous episode Simon broke up with him. Only to have his childhood trauma weaponized against him when Marcus convinced him he was too damaged by his parents’ dysfunctional marriage to recognize a healthy romantic relationship when he was in one. Which, I still pretty much want to punch Marcus in the nose for. When someone breaks up with you, be sad or angry. Don’t convince them their perception of reality is fatally flawed and they don’t know what they want. But luckily you’re here to explain to them they don’t want to break up with you after all.

But the point is Wilhelm doesn’t KNOW Marcus is a manipulative asshole Simon has been trying very hard to dump. All he knows is what he’s seen and what Simon has told him about Marcus. And Simon’s dialogue here is very cleverly written. He never actually says “I’m happy with Marcus, and he’s a great boyfriend.” He just shrugs and offers justifications for why Marcus isn’t so bad. None of which are about Marcus himself, they’re really about Wille’s own actions when he and Simon were dating in S1.

But I digress. The point is, Wilhelm has finally heard an irrevocable rejection from Simon, and he no longer has any hope he can convince Simon to change his mind. Wille knows he CAN’T come out, and now he also knows Simon CAN’T compromise on that. Wille can no longer fool himself he can talk Simon round. Moreover, Simon has met someone new who can give him everything Wille can’t.

And that’s when Wille realizes it doesn’t matter what he wants, it matters what Simon wants. And Simon has been very clear he wants to move on. Wille can either keep getting in the way, thus making them both miserable, or he can accept it’s over. Wille still loves Simon, but he needs to show that love by prioritizing what’s right for Simon, not for himself. It’s more important that Simon is happy than that Simon is with Wille. And Marcus makes Simon happy.

Now, as if happens, Wilhelm is totally wrong. Simon is NOT over him, and he has no strong feelings for Marcus. But Wille had to give up on their relationship. And he had to do so sadly but lovingly, not in a resentful or angry way. He had to explicitly accept that they’re done, Simon doesn’t love him any more, and no longer chasing Simon is the right thing to do.

Plus the final nail in the coffin, that sad-eyed, “Your boyfriend seems really nice.” With the unspoken subtext of, “Simon, I was a shitty boyfriend to you, and I’m sorry for everything. You found someone who’s better for you than me, and I’m determined to be glad for you.”

All that happens later this same episode. And it hurts like hell watching Wille be a brave little toaster and putting Simon first even though his heart is breaking. Making polite chit-chat at the party with Marcus and Simon as if Simon and he are just classmates with no history.

But Wilhelm giving up on chasing after him was a necessary precondition for Simon to realize his ex-boyfriend giving up on their relationship is actually the LAST thing he wants. He’s been saying that’s what he wants since the start of the season, and at the time, he genuinely thought it was true. But when Simon gets what he thought he wanted, he panics.

He chases Wilhelm out onto the terrace where Wille has gone to try and compose himself. Because, you know, he just ripped his own heart out of his chest and smiled at Simon while he did so. Trying so hard to be a good person, and put Simon’s happiness above his own. And then Simon kisses the HELL out of him.

Never would’ve happened if not for the hurty, hurty argument in the locker room in the gifs above. So their stricken faces are easier to look at now. Now I know that scene was the turning point that allowed this episode to end with them kissing on the terrace, and then beaming at each other back inside when the choir performance started, and Simon’s solo was basically a serenade. Did he ever look away from Wille’s face while he was singing, even once? I’m positive Wille’s eyes were glued to him.

They had hope for the future again. A possible future together.

YOUNG ROYALS | 02.04 for anonymous

[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.

[bberry005]

"wilmon is toxic" "wilhelm is selfish" "simon is selfish" did you ever consider that they are teenagers and teenagers often have commuication issues in their relationships. they're like 16/17 and when you're 16/17 you say and do shitty things, especially under pressure. at 16 i sure as hell wasn't having the world's most mature conversations in my relationships. and also when you're 16 no matter how mature and selfless you are, it seems like the world revolves around YOU, which is ESPECIALLY the case for someone like wilhelm. they are flawed! and flawed in a way teenagers often are! and that's okay! it doesn't mean it's GOOD it just means they have depth and they feel more real!

[in-amor-veritas]

Wilmon + He would never get enough of this.

💜

heads up this is kinda nsfw

also I was gonna make it fun spicy but then it turned into a scene before the lake scene and it turned sad spicy.

….

He would never get enough of this.

What was supposed to be a quick stop by Wille’s room had taken only a glance between them, a touch to his lower back, a whisper in hushed ear until they had fallen into each other like this.

Wille kisses like he’s starving and Simon is powerless in the wake of it, because he too knows that this is the last time they can be like this, kiss like this, touch each other like this and he needs to remember the taste of it, the way it burns through him like wildfire that nothing else can satiate.

“Simon—“ Wille gasps from behind him, pressing burning kisses down the arch of his neck as Simon grips at him, twisting his upper body and reaching for whatever part of him he can find not knowing where their respective bodies begin or end as it’s all turned into a liquid molten haze.

There’s tears in his eyes when he comes, too quickly and it’s unfair because he wanted this to last longer, but Wille is taking his chin in his hand to turn Simon’s face toward him stretched over him and kissing him deeply in a way that echoes the things that Simon feels but can’t say aloud.

Their lips linger, dragging against slick skin, neither one seeming willing to pull away, Simon behind him to thread his fingers through Wille’s damp hair, taking this small selfish thing for himself to remember this first love by—this final kiss.

[raincitygirl76]

My only point of disagreement is that I don’t see Simon using Marcus to try and get a reaction out of Wilhelm throughout S2, only in 2.04. In 2.04 Simon is jealous and petty and a chaotic little gremlin. Because even though they’re not together right now, he feels like Wille cheated on him with Felice. And that renewed sense of betrayal leads to hurled dodgeballs and parading Marcus around at the masquerade ball trying to make Wille jealous.

In 2.01 through 2.03, Simon is aware that Marcus’s existence in his life could hurt Wille, and is trying not to hurt him. But other than that one tiny point, I absolutely agree with everything the OP wrote here about Simon. Stellar analysis, 11 out of 10!

Wille is the most selfish thing Simon has ever wanted.

Throughout the entire series, Simon is always loyal to a fault, always taking care of everyone else — even when it’s inconvenient. The only time he does something for himself is when he is in pursuit of Wilhelm (the whole Marcus-thing was basically designed to make Wille notice, to draw him closer and get a reaction out of him).

His whole life, Simon has had to sacrifice or share victories. Even his own voice, which should be entirely his own to sing with, is corrupted by the crown. But what Simon has with Wilhelm is purely what he wants, and has nothing to do with what anybody else wants. It isn’t about Linda, or Sara, or August, or the Queen. It’s just about the two of them — and Simon has never had anything in his life like that, something that is completely his. That belongs to him. That no one, other than Wilhelm, truly knows, truly understands how it feels.

And that’s why it is so different. That’s why it is so monumental, and why both Simon and Wille fight so hard to keep it. It is both of their true selves fighting for what they truly want.

[bluedalahorse]

In an attempt to create community for those of us who don’t usually get asked this question, I’m going to ask it:

What are everyone’s Hillerska rarepairs* up to today?

*For the purposes of this exercise, I am defining a rarepair as any non-Wilmon pairing.

(I have a 14 hour workday today and would love to check in and see your responses from time to time! Yes this is a selfish plea to entertain me.)

[zee-has-commitment-issues]

wrapped drabble!! 94 xx

so... I want to give you wilmon. UNFORTUNATELY the song is Lie To Girls by Sabrina Carpenter... so Felice ft. Toxic Wilmon! (and it's sad)

“You’re... really the best, Felice. It’s just—”

Felice tuned the rest out. She knew where this was going. She was great, sure, but she wasn’t Simon. And she understood, really. It wasn’t something she held against either of them. She didn’t.

Felice knew, for a long time, that Simon would always come first to Wilhelm. Even if they broke up, even if one of them died, Simon would still come first. She wasn’t mad about it anymore. She’d gotten past anger the fourth or fifth time Wilhelm came to her after they fought.

That was her role now. The person Wilhelm went to after Simon left him, or he left Simon. He didn’t mean to be that way, or at least she didn’t think he was that cruel, but it was all the same. They would argue, or they would break up, and Wilhelm would end up in her room again.

They’d only kissed that once after it happened, but the pattern never changed. Wilhelm would come to her, sweet talk her until she let her guard down, and then they’d pretend — just for a moment — that they could be more than friends. He’d promise, swear on everything, that this time was different, that he and Simon were over, and she’d let herself believe it.

Then he’d get drunk, and he’d confess that he still loved Simon, that he always would, and the next night he and Simon would be cuddled up by the fire like nothing ever happened.

She didn’t love Wilhelm. Not really. It was the idea, mostly. The lavish life, the friendship they could have extended into a relationship if they had to. She didn’t love Wille, but she knew he was a good fallback. And maybe that made them both selfish, but she couldn’t quite get herself to quit this routine.

She did love Simon, and that almost made it worse. It made her feel guilty every time she saw him in the halls, when she knew Wilhelm would be coming to her later. She knew Simon wouldn’t care, that he’d move on and pretend it didn’t happen, and he wouldn’t mind that Wille went to her when he thought they were over.

Because Simon strung her along too, in some weird way. He knew she’d always be Wilhelm’s backup, and he liked it that way. Keeping her close gave him control, a safety net for when Wilhelm’s chaos overwhelmed him. And whenever things with Wilhelm got messy, Simon knew exactly where to turn.

Sometimes she wondered if it was a game to them. Break up, make up, fuck up everyone else’s lives along with it. They played with her like a toy and she let them every damn time.

They didn’t need to lie to her, give her empty promises they had no intention of keeping. She’d lie to herself.

-

Was that too messy? I feel like that was too messy. Alexa, play Sticky by Tyler The Creator.

send me a number from my spotify wrapped and I'll write something

[notasapleasure]

Wild hopes for Andor S2:

Oh, apparently blorbo *might* be in the trailer? Riding a speeder on Dantooine you say? Aughhhh don't toy with my emotions like this!!

So for posterity, before anything about s2 does actually become clear, my vague hopes/'if I got to write their story' headcanons for my Ferrix badasses are a jumble of the following:

I don't see them immediately going back to Ferrix, they're recognisable (Bix is known to the Empire, Wilmon will be known by association with Salman, Bee is known as Maarva's droid, they had an eye on Brasso as 'the big guy' even before he fucked shit up with the funerary brick...and I can't remember Jezzi doing anything specific but she'll have been seen round Maarva's home and funeral), and riot or not, I'd say the Empire will be in the mood to make an example of Ferrix rather than to go 'oops our bad we'll leave you in peace'. So it seems a bad idea for the fugitives to return there for their rebellion as soon as they've left.

On that ship we know there's a skilled electrician (Wilmon) and mechanic (Bix), and I've always presumed Brasso must know his way around a ship well enough to be able to take it apart, and that Jezzi has some similarly Ferrixian industrial skill. I thought it would be very sexy if they all got involved in making/repurposing tech for the rebellion. In my heart of hearts they're patching together the first fleet of X-Wings.

Orange. Ferrix orange (Brasso's felt jacket orange) and rebel pilot orange. And there's the shot of Cassian in an orange pilot's suit in the trailer. I just. I just have hopes. And dreams. And colour was so significant in Rogue One (the red of the force/rebellion...there was an awesome post on here pointing out way more examples than I'd noticed, but I always think of the lining of Jyn's vest). Maybe it's reclaiming Narkina orange, even? But the look of the Ferrix clothes reminds me so much of the OT aesthetic, I think that's got to be the more likely connection.

Bee? Kay? Do they meet? ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ trying to suppress the thought 'what if Bee helps to make Kay possible?' but the thought has been thunk. (ETA: NOT into the theory that they're the same person that's not what I mean. I'm talking hardware donation. Wires and chips. Not personality)

Dantooine. Dantooine base. After all this time!!!! What Legends book did I first read about the base on Dantooine in?? idek but if I'd ever written the epic angsty plot follow-up to that one fic (only ever just one night) it would have involved the Ferrix gang making X-Wings work on Dantooine :') I have feelings about Brasso the wrecker learning to make things instead :))

It should go without saying that I want to see Bix channel her healing into getting stuff done and fucking up the Empire.

I guess my feeling is that if we're time-skipping over a five year period in a, what, 12 episode season? There's not time for a huge arc for all the Ferrix characters alongside everything else the show needs to cover. My cautious assumption is that this either means a load of them get killed off/sidelined early, or they're kept together in the same setting so their stories are interlinked, but presumably with focus remaining on Bix (and Bee). Dantooine/wherever the rebel base is beforehand/the move to Yavin struck me as a good place for this, where they can still be brought in and out of episodes through whatever time-skips happen because it's a place the title character is going to be coming and going from regularly, like Ferrix is in S1. Naturally it is a selfish thought to want to recreate the S1 dynamic :)) because I want my blorbo(s) to get to be relevant and a part of Cassian's life still, but if that suggestion about Brasso on a speeder on Dantooine in the trailer is remotely accurate then I will cry happy tears.

Who knows, if they get to survive, maybe all those heart-pulverising fics and fanarts about Cassian's (glass) stone being laid on Ferrix will find a place at the end of the series?

[raincitygirl76]

OP, I spent most of the first 3.5 episodes of Season 2 thinking about punching Wilhelm in the nose. He is MESSY in S2, chaotic, and hurting, and refusing to acknowledge that he has hurt someone he loves.

I think it was an interesting choice by Lisa and the other writers to make Wille react so badly in S2, and try to run roughshod over Simon’s clearly stated wishes. After all, Wille is the protagonist. But just because he’s the protagonist doesn’t mean he’s perfect. Everyone in this show is flawed, including Simon and Wilhelm. And being genuinely in love doesn’t magically turn someone into a better and more mature person. We saw that both with Wilhelm’s response to Simon dumping him, and in Sara and August’s romance.

But one thing I did like about Wille treading all over Simon’s wishes is that it did not work. It didn’t bring Simon back to him. What did bring Simon back was Wille finally acknowledging that Simon had stated multiple times he wanted to move on, and Wilhelm finally accepting it. And being a good person about it.

In 2.04, Wilhelm accepts Simon’s new relationship (actually situationship, but Wilhelm doesn’t know that) with Marcus. He is pleasant to both Marcus and Simon at the ball, and treats them like a couple. When Simon is weirded out by this and confronts him, Wille says flat out that he’s stopped chasing Simon. He finally gets it, Simon has moved on, and the most loving thing he (Wille) can do is let him (Simon) go.

And that’s what brings Simon back to him, not all Wille’s manipulative sturm und drang in the first 3.5 episodes. He had to let Simon go, and he did. Eventually.

All that said, I feel empathy for Wilhelm even as I dislike his behaviour. He knows what it’s like to be betrayed, because he’s recently experienced massive betrayal not only by his cousin but also his own mother. And I think Wilhelm’s brain just refuses to process that he too is a betrayer, that he has hurt Simon in the same way Kristina and August hurt him (Wille). It’s too painful for him to deal with the idea that Simon must be in as much pain as he is. And what’s more, that Wille himself is the one who caused that pain.

So Wilhelm spends 3.5 episodes in denial that he’s hurt Simon. Because he doesn’t want to group himself with Kristina and August. It’s not healthy behaviour, and it’s not supposed to be. And importantly, the narrative doesn’t reward this behaviour of his. The more he pushes Simon, the more Simon retreats from him. Only after he lets Simon go does anything positive happen in terms of mending their relationship.

Plus, Erik’s death is still very recent, and the whole situation is a complete mess.

To be totally honest, while I love yr and wilmon, I was almost ready to drop season 2 on my first watch because I couldn’t stand that even though Simon was always telling Wille he needed space, Wille constantly went back to Simon anyway and decided himself when enough time had passed. This especially bugs me because of my own personal experience with my (albeit well-meaning) ex, who, despite being the one who messed up our relationship, has since kept periodically trying to talk to me again before I’m ready (in a “you’re the only person I can talk to” fashion). Being on Simon’s end of this situation is NOT fun when you’re trying to sort out complicated feelings about someone. And the whole “Wille is a kid” explanation doesn’t work for me with this because I’m a teen too. I don’t think a relationship in fiction has to be conducive to real life whatsoever to make for a good story, which I think yr is, and I was absolutely cheering for them at the end of the season lol, but if this happened irl I would not be rooting for him getting Simon back. I do love the show and feel a lot of fondness and sympathy for Wille as a character, though.

[skibasyndrome]

💜 wilmon;

Unable to control himself, Simon brings Wille's thumb to his mouth and slowly tastes the blood.

cw: vampirism (as seen here, here and here), blood

I cheated a little by adding some sentences before the sentence, I hope you don't mind 💜

Simon already knows it's a terrible idea before he even reaches for Wille's hand. He knows he shouldn't be doing this, even internally tells himself as much, when he takes hold of Wille's palm, while his eyes are never leaving the small but angry crimson slash on the pad of Wille's finger. He shouldn't have let his friend take the sharpest knife, he shouldn't have made him laugh while cutting carrots, he shouldn't even have invited him over in the first place. Because now it's too late, he thinks, while the sudden wave of thirst rises up in his throat and dries out his mouth. It's too late. "I don't think the cut is that deep, it's okay," Wille says, his words barely reaching Simon's ears, drowned out by everything inside of him screaming to have Wille and have him now, screaming for him differently than Simon is used to, so much worse now. His last shred of misguided hope, his naive wish to get out of this, is shattered when Wille - and why won't he just... - doesn't pull away his hand. Lets it rest there, in Simon's grip. Unable to control himself, Simon brings Wille's thumb to his mouth and slowly tastes the blood. Coppery, salty, just a hint sweeter than Simon has been imagining it. He runs his tongue over the cut again, then again, gets another taste, lets out a deep breath he didn't realize he'd been holding in. Wille tastes good, so fucking good. So good that the most selfish part of Simon wonders why he didn't give in earlier, why he denied himself this. So good that he regrets that he can't ever see him again after this. Simon startles when he feels Wille's hand on his waist suddenly, brazes himself for the shove, the push, the punch, whatever is coming. He's not prepared for the way Wille grabs him, though. Wille pulls Simon into him, loops one arm around his waist, and keeps the other there, right there, where Simon is still holding it, where Simon has just licked the blood off his finger. Out of all the ways this could've gone, Simon did not see that coming. Did not expect the way Wille's fingertips are digging into his back through his thin t-shirt, or the way Wille's quickened breath is fanning over his face when he raises his eyes to finally look at him. "I-," he wants to say something, explain this somehow, but Wille, eyes dark and big and looking at Simon like he's never quite seen him before, interrupts him. "Can I please kiss you?"

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the lovely prompt you sent me! I'm really sorry that it took me so long to get back to it! I hope you enjoyed it though :) 💜💜💜

Send me "Wilmon" + a sentence and I'll write you 5(+) more!

[young-royals-confessions]

Wille has an awful temperament and is very well used to get most of what he wants // he has a temperament precisely *because* most of his life has been out of his control. I know that in many cases he expects simon to compromise for him and do things in the way that *he* wants, but that's exactly because in any other aspect of his life, his hands have always been tied. simon and their relationship is the only aspect of his life where he gets to have some control (this is part of the reason why he even denied the video, because he wanted this one thing in his life to be for himself and no one else's business to want to control or supervise or change, which ultimately happened in s3). it's unfair to simon obviously. he shouldn't be the one paying for how wille's parents and environment have treated him, yet he's not like that because he's selfish or arrogant, but because he's a teenager who yearns for autonomy and control and he doesn't exactly know how to have that in his life in a healthy way. I hope wilmon recieve individual and couple's therapy both for their own sake and for their relationship's sake.

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[the-impala-is-my-home]

wilmon + “Will you please come save me from this awful date?”

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“Will you please come save me from this awful date?” That was all it had taken for Wille to jump off the couch, where he had been moping about the fact that his best friend and simultaneously the love of his life had been on said date in the first place, quickly throw on some fresh clothes and hurry towards the restaurant Simon had told him he’d be going to.

And sure, maybe part of him wants to end Simon’s date for more selfish reasons than just protecting him from a horrible conversation, but it’s not like that changes anything.

A chaotic entrance through the restaurant doors, a faked emergency and an even more chaotic exit through the very same doors later, Wille is walking Simon back to his flat, his friend hanging off his arm while laughing “did you really tell him that my- very much not existing, I should mention- dog has destroyed the neighbors peonies and she gave him a horrible haircut in retaliation? How did you even come up with something that ridiculous and unbelievable?”

Grinning, Wille shrugs with his shoulders, “well you didn’t exactly give me much time to prepare- besides, it’s not like you wanted to see him again”, he adds, feeling more pleased at that fact than he probably should, but Simon is looking at him again, quieter now, and admits “No, I don’t.”

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Thank you for the ask! Even managed to keep it to five sentences this time!😌

only have one more sentence in my inbox, so if anyone wants to send some in...👀 feel free to send one in even if you have already sent one before, I'm really enjoying writing these!