#yr season 2 spoilers

[skaterboysavior]

w/ the release of act 2, it seems that nobody is asking the big questions such as:

where is ekko?

if viktor died once and came back after a few days of being in the sourdough starter, does that count as his three-day jesus resurrection?

if the above is true and he's dead again, are we about to witness the second coming?

do we think cait and vi had enough time in between tousling around in the dirt and planning their little ambessa betrayal to have a quickie?

if the 'get jinxed' song is canon within the arcane universe, was that a self-titled mixtape she released or is it just a famous pop song that everyone was getting down to... good marketing either way

where is ekko.

was it mel's mystery magic/connection to the arcane that saved her (and by jayce by proxy since he was standing so close) from jinx's rocket?

jayce.... no bitches ....

where is ekko????

where the hell is ekko?????????????

[elnotwoods]

so the queen gets to step back because of her mental breakdown thus putting more pressure on Wille when Wille wasn’t even allowed to properly mourn the loss of his brother and adjust to his new royal title… sounds about right

[myladyofmercy]

[fragcc]

Does it ever drive you crazy how Wille went from this:

To this:

And all in the span of four months?

[frogcabbage]

Stede: "Dear Ed, I love everything about you"

Meanwhile, Ed:

[waybeforeyourtime]

Why this line was the last straw?

"Why can't I decide how the hell I want to live? I want to live a normal life."

Before S1E1 even hits the 3-minute mark, we see a frustrated Wille make this statement. We, the audience, think it's simply the spoiled demands of a privileged prince.

We come to find out that it's not. It's a boy being forced into a role he doesn't fit into. He's a square peg being shoved into a round hole.

Then he meets Simon. Then he becomes Crown Prince.

"I can't keep doing this anymore."

He tries, but he can't. So, he goes back to Simon. Then he * fucks * up again. The video is leaked. More shame on the family. He lies to be a good prince.

He's surrounded by the privileged and expected to act like the privileged while loving someone unprivileged. August betrays him and hurts Simon because he isn't a good enough Prince.

August: "You have it all, and you don't want it." (paraphrasing).

August can be his backup, but he hates August for what he did. Except Wille is getting desperate. He's lost Simon, and he considers letting that happen to give him the normal life he always wanted. Except August is worse than he thought. August would send Simon to jail to protect himself.

He wants to be a good prince and not let August take the role, somewhat out of spite, too.

Wille - impulsive last-minute Wille - decides, mid-freakin'-speech, to try being true to himself and remain a Royal, and he outs himself publicly and declares that it was him with Simon in the video.

It doesn't change anything, though. In fact, it gets worse. Now, Simon has to fit into the mold of a Royal, and he's miserable. Wille tries to explain how it works but he can't. It's half-hearted. He doesn't believe in it, so how can he sell it to Simon? He doesn't think Simon should have to stop posting his music or being who he is, but it's what is expected of him. It's how the privileged act. They expect the lower class to conform to their wishes. They don't care about the wants or needs of the lower classes.

Simon breaks up with him. Wille's defeated because he knows Simon is right. Simon will never be happy being stuck in the expectations of Royal life. But Wille isn't either. And Wille sees that his mother isn't happy - she's having a mental breakdown. Erik wasn't the perfect brother either. He did toxic things and then covered it up.

Everyone is fake. Except Simon, so he lets him go.

"You'll make a great King."

This was the last straw. Wille had never heard that before. Everything he's ever done has been the wrong thing. The wrong way of thinking. The wrong way of acting. Wanting the wrong things. When he tried to make it right, it failed. Now, his mother is telling him that he'll make a Great King. Why? Because he gave up Simon and tried to fake it like everyone else.

And in that moment, our impulsive last-minute Wille, decides that 'no. he will not make a great king.' He stops just trying to get approval from his parents. He will not carve out pieces of himself to fit in that round hole, and he runs. He runs away from it and runs towards a life where he can make his own choices. He doesn't know who he wants to be, but he knows it's not King.

A hopeful ending. Not a happy ending.

[echo-and-dust]

no matter what happens…

[thehyacinthsgirl]

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.

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.

[allweleftunspoken]

wille during that one sad scene in s2:

[sturniolo-slvt]

I don't know if it's just me but I love listening to young royals official playlists and see if I can remember what sences there from

[gay-baby-brig]

Madeleine Sami stealing scenes in Xena: Warrior Princess as Tyro of the Amazons

[hehehereliesmysanity]

Smart of Wille to wear sunglasses because Simon’s smile is so blinding. ☀️

[hillerska-official]

No no Neil was telling the truth when he said gentle and romantic. He just failed to add "until it isn't" to that statement.

[fragcc]

Had nothing to do so I did this!

Side note: their sadness, anger, awkwardness and horny levels are towards each other. Also, I made Simon not 100% consumed by sadness because he had other people and life goals to share his attention, while Wille had none (and as such he went down a depressive path).

Edit: look I KNOW the horny levels are pretty low for the way they immediately jumped each other at the first opportunity during s2. I kept the horny levels low because it's not the most predominat emotion they feel while being separated (as exes), it's an emotion they felt when they were alone together and already on the way to making up. That's why I think their horny levels during their break up were ever present, albeit a bit low, but ofc once they get together again it'll skyrocket again ;)

[geminicries]

things that belong to a museum but they in fact aren’t in a museum

1. this photo shoot of edvin and omar

and that’s all, that’s the end of the thread

[yutamayo]

Horribly poignant seeing alive Haibara pointing at himself and then dead Haibara pointing at Yuji.