#im fucking twenty three years old and ive only ever been an intern and an assistant

[panspy]

hmmmmmm.................vent post under tags...... feel free to give advice or dont¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#i think this is an autism related thing #but i genuinely feel like i wasnt made right for the world we live in #like something is just missing from me that ive never seen ppl talk about #and i know this is going to sound entitled and privileged and i KNOW i know i promise and im so lucky i can even be thinking about this but #it feels weird to have the privilege to be scared #this is specifically in regards to working #like having a job. like going to work #i feel like im missing an extremely important part of my brain or my BEING that is capable ot going through the motions of participating #in society. i never felt that switch of wanting to get a job in high school to make money for myself and get that experience #i feel like there's something i MISSED where everyone took a class on how to apply and go to interviews and write resumes and not be scared #like i NEED to be walked through every SINGLE step because i dont know HOW #and i see my peers and the literal entire world around me participating in this atmosphere and i dont know where to start #im fucking twenty three years old and ive only ever been an intern and an assistant #not even a full year of working #i cant drive and i probably wont ever because thats a whole other can of worms #and that means i have to rely on other people to even get to wherever it was i needed to go #i feel like a fucking child because im missing this knowledge that everyone else seems to have #ive tried i really have but none of it seems simple and its all so much and there arent steps to follow #i mean there ARE but its like 1) look up job 2) apply 3) interview 4) yay you're employed #and im talking about each micro step inbetween #what am i missing #and then theres the fucking demand avoidance that slaps me across the face whenever my mom brings it up to me like i KNOW youre being #supportive and encouraging and its not your fault my brain turns off and decides im full of shame bc i cant CONFRONT ANYTHING #jesus christ #manf i know u can see this maybe dont bring it up to mom i can do that on my own maybe #i WANT to help i just want to help at my own pace but unfortunately the world isnt built around individual paces and nothing revolves #around me. i know this #i want to help my mom i want her to never be stressed about money and to retire and never work or help me pay my student loans but i #genuinely feel like theres a switch that never turned on in my head and im being left behind and i genuinely dont know how to. like be alive

[solrosan]

There are notes and a more readable version of the wiki page under the cut.

Notes:

The entire article is structured after, and heavily influenced by, Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland’s Wiki article

I picked Västergötland to be Tilde and Eggsy’s duchy for the sole reason that it’s the current Crown Princess Couple’s duchy (and because it has ä and ö in it, because fuck you, English!)

Eggsy’s coat of arms and royal emblem are both modified versions of Prince Daniel’s

Yes, I actually did make up 37 references

One of said references exist

I will write at least one more of them, because I’m obsessed with the idea of Tilde and Eggsy having to come up with a media appropriate version of how they met

Guess who was the last person editing this article? A clue: look at who’s logged in on the first page…

Oh, and yes! This article is last updated a few years from now (2021 to be exact) 

If you want me to translate any of the sources, just send an ask!

Other Kingsman wiki pages can be found here

2018-08-26: this wiki page has been edited to fix embarrassing spelling mistakes and some factual errors that can’t be blamed on the Wikipedia editors only having access to the official story Eggsy and Tilde have decided to tell (like the date I picked for the wedding being a Tuesday...) and to make Tilde’s wiki page possible.

Prince Gary, Duke of Västergötland

Prince Gary of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland (born Gary Lee Unwin on 3 June 1992)[2], is the husband of Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden. Prior to his marriage to the heir apparent, Gary was a recruit in the Royal Marines, and later a tailor apprentice at the Kingsman Tailor Shop, Savile Row, London.[1][2][3]  

Background and early life

Gary Unwin was born as the only child of Lee and Michelle Unwin (born Jones) in South London.[2]  Lee was a Royal Marine and died abroad in December 1997, when Unwin was five years old.[3] In 2005, his mother started a relationship with a man called Dean Baker with whom she had a second child, Daisy Baker.[4] Baker was an alcoholic, and physically and mentally abusive to both Michelle and the children.[4][5]

Before his mother’s relationship with Baker, Unwin trained to become a Royal Marine like his father. Gary left the training when he learned that his mother was pregnant, wanting to protect his unborn sibling from Baker.[4][6] Unwin often put himself between both Baker and his mother and Baker and Daisy. Once, when he was nineteen, he had to go to hospital for a broken clavicle. At the time he claimed he had fallen down a flight of stairs, but in later years he’s admitted that his stepfather hit him with a spanner.[7] Neither Unwin nor his mother ever pressed charges against Baker.[6]

When Gary was a boy he was promising gymnast. He won first prize Regional Gymnastics under 10, 2 years in a row and was said to have been Olympic team material.[3] He also did very well in school, until Baker came into his life, and he finished school with average grades.[6]

Career

Before Gary Unwin married the Crown Princess of Sweden, he worked as a tailor apprentice at Kingsman Tailor Shop, Savile Row, London.[2] After having some trouble with the police due to a series of incidents[8] Unwin was approached by one of his father’s, Lee Unwin’s, old accountancies, Harry Hart, and offered a place in their apprenticeship program. Unwin accepted. Unwin has on multiple occasions said that the apprenticeship probably saved his life and he’s forever grateful for the opportunity.[7][9][10][11]

Unwin stopped working as a tailor upon marriage, in part of adhering to Swedish traditions of members of the Royal family not having salary generating occupations, but also to allow time to be a full time Royal prince and consort to the Crown Princess.[12] He has, however, stated that he wishes to someday be able to finish the apprenticeship and gain his professional certifications if possible.[9]

Relationship with Crown Princess Tilde

Unwin met Crown Princess Tilde in 2015 while she was studying at Cambridge University. This was shortly after the Valentine Terrorist Attack[13] during which Crown Princess Tilde had been one of the Heads of State kidnapped by Richmond Valentine after being invited to discuss the threat of global warning – a topic very close to the Crown Princess. [14]

Unwin, like many others, had lost friends in the terrorist attack and he and the Crown Princess found comfort and support in each other as they worked through their traumas. In the beginning, their interactions were mostly via email and IM conversations with the occasional Skype call when one of them was having a particularly hard time. [13][15] Their friendship grew into love and in 2016 the Crown Princess moved into Unwin’s home. [13]

According to Crown Princess Tilde, Unwin accidentally proposed to her during one of their Skype calls. Unwin has repeatedly denied this, stating that they were definitely in the same room when he did it. [13][15]

Engagement and marriage

     Main article: Wedding of Tilde, Crown Princess of Sweden and Gary Unwin

On 24 October 2017, Unwin and Crown Princess Tilde received the required consent of King Fredrick IV and the Government of Sweden for marriage.[16] Such permission is necessary according to the terms of the Swedish Act of Succession. [17] Their engagement was publicly announced by the Swedish Royal Court the same day.[16]

Unwin became a Swedish citizen on 10 April 2018.[18]

In November 2017 it was also announced that the days between the Swedish national day on 6 June and the wedding date on 16 June would be Love Stockholm days in celebration of the wedding.[19] This caused a lot of debate in Sweden regarding the spending of appanage and the monarchy in general.[20] In the end, the celebrations went ahead as planned.

The wedding took place in Stockholm Cathedral on 16 June 2018 with approximately 1,100 guests[21] and was broadcasted in its entirety on Swedish national public TV broadcaster, SVT. It’s said to have been the biggest event ever covered by the station. With them in the carriage was the couple’s dog, J.B.[22] A carriage procession followed the ceremony, in which the wedding couple was transported through the streets of Stockholm. On their way they passed by twenty musical bands, nineteen of which were military.[21] 500,000 people are estimated to have gathered to watch the procession.[22]

The wedding banquet was held on the night of the wedding day in the Hall of State at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.[21]

After the wedding, the Crown Prince Couple moved into the Haga Palace, Solna.[13] On 26 September 2018, Unwin went on his first tour with Crown Princess Tilde, visiting France.[23]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Sweden has practised absolute primogeniture only since 1980. This means that Tilde is the first female heir apparent, and questions arose as to how Gary Unwin would be known after their marriage.[24] Crown Princess Tilde is also the first in Swedish history to marry outside the European nobility yet remain in the line of succession. Previously, Swedish royals who have married commoners have had to give up their titles.

The Swedish Royal Court announced that Unwin would become "Prince Gary" and "Duke of Västergötland",[25] corresponding in form to the style used by previous Swedish princes, i.e. Prince + Given name + Duke of [Place].

Therefore, since his marriage, Unwin has been styled as "His Royal Highness Prince Gary, Duke of Västergötland". He added the surname of the Swedish Royal Family, Holstein-Gottorp, making his full legal name Gary Lee Unwin of Holstein-Gottorp.[26]  When referring to both him and his wife, they are called the Crown Princess Couple (Swedish: Kronprinsessparet).

Honours

     See also: List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country

  National honours

Sweden: Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (LoK av KMO)[27]

Sweden: Knight Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (KNO2kl)[28]

Sweden: Recipient of the Ruby Jubilee Medal of King Fredrick IV[29]

Sweden: Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Fredrick IV[30]

  Foreign honours

Chile: Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins[31]

Estonia: Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana[32]

Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland[33]

Tunisia: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit[34]

 Arms

Prince Gary’s coat of arms is based on the greater coat of arms of Sweden. It features in the first and fourth quarters, the Three Crowns; in the second, the lion of the House of Bjelbo; and in the third, the lion of the arms of Västergötland, representing the titular designation of his and his wife's dukedom. In the centre, on the escutcheon, is his personal arms.[35] Surrounding the shield is the chain of the Order of the Seraphim, of which he has been a member since his wedding.[27]

Public life

Before the engagement to Crown Princess Tilde was announced, Unwin had never been in the public eye – save for a short newspaper article about him winning first prize Regional Gymnastics under 10 for the second time.[3]

After his wedding, Unwin has taken on the role as Prince of Sweden as a working member of the Royal Family and accompanies his wife when she goes on international trips. As of yet he rarely goes out representing on his own, keeping his public appearances to a minimum. In December 2018 he attended the Nobel banquet for the first time, having one of the Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine to the table.[36]

Before the wedding, he gave a lot of interviews both in Swedish and British media and he has later stated that that were some of the worst experiences of his life.[6] In spite of this, he keeps giving interviews, most of the time to talk about domestic abuse and social and economic segregation, and his own experience with both.[4][6][7]

In March 2019 he launched a project trying to reach at risk youth in Stockholm’s most segregated districts.[37]

References

"Royal Family - Sveriges Kungahus".(in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden

“Prince Gary” (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden

Interview in Skavlan (in Swedish and Norwegian) broadcasted 2018-01-22

“’My stepdad hit me’ – exclusive interview with Prince Gary of Sweden”  Times Magazine

“The many faces of a domestic abuse victim” BBC

Documentary; Kungahuset Special – Ett år med Kronprinsparet  (in Swedish) SVT

Interview  in Min Sanning.(in Swedish) SVT

“Unwin Gary”. The  Daily Mail

“Suit up!” The Guardian

“Svergies mest välklädda män” .(in Swedish) QX

Interview.  (in Swedish) TV4 News

Claes, Petersson. "Tvingas  att sluta jobba" (in  Swedish). Aftonbladet.

“Finally ‘for better’”  solrosan.tumblr.com

“Head of States return safely”. BBC

“British tailor marries Swedish princess”. Times Magazine

"Engagement between Crown Princess Tilde and Gary Unwin" (Press release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

The  Swedish Constitution; 1810 Act of Succession (1810:0926)

“Gary Unwin blir svensk medborgare” (in  Swedish).Royal  Court of Sweden.

"Love Stockholm"  (in Swedish). Stockholm Municipality

"Love Stockholm?"  (in Swedish). DN.se

"Bröllopsdagen".(Press release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

"Bröllopsdagen” (in Swedish) SVT  Nyheter

"The Crown Princess Couple visit France".(Press release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

“Kommer Gary Unwin att bli prins?” (in  Swedish). DN.se

“Mr Gary Unwin will be styled Prince Gary of Sweden, Duke of  Västergötland.” (Press release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

"The Crown Princess Couple". (Press  release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden.

"Mr Gary Unwin will  be knight of the order of the Seraphim after the wedding" (Press release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

"Photographic  image". TT.

"Swedish King celebrates Ruby Jubilee” . BBC.

"70th  anniversary of king Fredrick IV of Sweden in Stockholm Sweden". dailymail.co.uk.

"Photographic image" (JPG). ".bp.blogspot.com

"Vabariigi President". President.ee.

"Iklan Scandinavian Royals".Scandinavianroyals.blogspot.com.

"Statsbesök från Tunisien – dag 1” (Press  release) (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden. 

"Herr Gary Unwins vapensköld och  monogram offentliggörs” - (in Swedish).Royal Court of Sweden

"Första nobelmiddagen för Sveriges nye  prins". (in Swedish) SvD.se.

“Prince Gary – One Year In” -- solrosan.tumblr.com

External links

Video on YouTube, Announcement of Tilde and Gary Unwin's engagement

#Kingsman #kingsman the golden circle #eggsy #Eggsy Unwin #Tilwin #kingsman spoilers #i did a thing #kingman fic #fanfiction #solrosan's wiki campaign #(ish) #If I hadn't figured out to do proper royal infoboxes #a few days ago #this wouldn't have happened #I'm ridiculously pleased with this one #prince gary #kingsman wiki pages

[nikiforlov]

Fic Rec!

Ive read and bookmarked a bunch of fics that i particularily liked, so im sharing them now! i hope you enjoy !

* = personal favourite

Open At The Touch (6,5k)

Maybe Nishigori got ahold of a lock of Viktor's hair, and some Polyjuice potion. Maybe it's all an elaborate prank. With this as his only reasonable explanation, he steps forward, snags Viktor by his robes and tugs him in. "Nishigori," he says in Japanese, "this prank isn't funny. Your English is better than when I left, though." "Ah," says the fake Viktor Nikiforov in English, voice dipping, and is he blushing? "What was that?" "Maybe I got hit in the head by a Bludger," Yuuri muses. Viktor's smile grows ever wider, tightening at the edges. "Maybe I never came home from my international Quidditch competition. Maybe I'm lying in the hospital right now, hallucinating." There has to be an explanation, mystical and magical or medical, for the best Seeker in the Quidditch world showing up at his door; something besides his portrait, which won't stop talking to Yuuri anyway.

Coming to Terms  (10k)

Victor's realization wasn’t a pinpoint. It was a culmination of years of knowing something was different. An ache without a name.

A story about Victor learning, accepting, and loving himself as a gay man.

The Tsesarevich lives! (50k)

An Anastasia AU. 

Victor is an orphan with no name, no family, and no memory of a time before he was ten years old. Could he really be the missing Nikiforov heir? An adventure across Europe with two conmen will lead him to the answer.

Say I'm The One (2k)*

Viktor leans forward, the curve of his smile soft. Achingly, Yuuri’s fingers imagine what it’d be like to trace it. “You think I want to romance celebrities?” “Well, you’re a celebrity,” Yuuri feebly tries to explain. “Exactly. Now you’re just being ridiculous,” Viktor counters, smirk growing. “The one romancing a celebrity is you." Viktor and Yuuri get caught in a rainstorm on the way home from practice.

To Boldly Go (30k)*

“Yuuri!” Viktor calls. “I’ve come to rescue you!” Yuuri stares at him blankly. He gestures to the various unconscious space pirates with his recently discharged phaser. “Oh, Captain,” he deadpans. “Save me.”

Or:

A year in the life of badass science officer Yuuri Katsuki, Captain Viktor “Team Mom” Nikiforov, and simultaneously the best crew and worst crew in Starfleet history.

(No prior Star Trek knowledge needed! It’s a loose AU!)

Bestseller (20k)

Reincarnation AU. Bestselling author Yuuri Katsuki often gets asked where his source of inspiration for his novel series comes from. Yuuri always puts on his best smile and gives the generic answer. However, his minds wanders back to the old journal sitting on his desk, and the dreams of a familiar blue eyed stranger.

Have You Heard? (4k)*

According to rumors, Viktor Nikiforov had been seen crying in the E building’s staircase. No one really seemed to know what was the reason, but everyone were terribly curious about it.

Spotlight (2k)

He can't help how embarrassed he sounds as he tries to hide himself in the pillow, and Viktor's laugh is so lovely - and so helpless, so blatantly in love - that it has Yuuri squirming all over again, the wave of protectiveness stealing his breath away.

Oh, Viktor.

"I suppose that's fair, darling. I am pretty incorrigible."

He's smiling, as he says it, and his voice is light, but Yuuri knows better, now. He can hear that tiny, barely there, desperately hidden thread of self-doubt, as clearly as if Viktor were shouting it.

Am I too much?

Viktor doesn't need to say it for Yuuri to hear it. He's pretty sure Viktor's spent too long feeling like he's too much of something - too loud, too clingy, too needy - for him to just shrug it off.

Yuuri knows a little bit about self-esteem. He knows a little bit about trying to kick years of fucked up thinking. And he's damn well going to keep making sure that Viktor knows he can always be as too much as he wants to be.

You can have everything... (12,5k)

AU. Before the Grand Prix Final starts in Sochi, Yuuri finds Victor's phone. He returns it--and hijinks and heavy flirtation ensue.

Fields of Gold (14,5k)

It’s difficult to believe that he’s inspired people like this; that children and teenagers in Japan and around the world lace up their skates or put on skates for the first time and think of Yuuri Katsuki, just like they think of or thought of Victor Nikiforov. He almost can’t take it. It’s too unbelievable. He’s just… Yuuri, after all.

Yuuri Katsuki with a stack of gold medals is still just Yuuri Katsuki.

He can imagine Victor repeating the same words back to him with his own name and how he’d argue that is absolutely not the case, and he laughs inwardly a bit at that.

(The story in which Yuuri Katsuki wins everything there is to win and retires as Japan's living legend, because he's incredible and beautiful and he deserves it. Aka 'Yuuri wins all the gold', the fic.)

Puppy Love (10k)

When Yuuri gets turned into a dog, the last place he expects to end up is Victor Nikiforov's apartment. He learns quickly that the only thing worse than being his idol's pet, is watching him pine for someone else.

Warning: Makkachin has recently passed away at the start of this story.

Twenty-Five Hours (23k)

In which Yuuri spends a 25 hour flight next to Victor Nikiforov, skating legend, and feels it might simultaneously be the best and worst thing that has ever happened to him.

silver scales and golden wishing wells (13k)*

the knights fought valiantly, they have slayed the dragon

Yuuri cried from days on end... he loved that dragon

to the winner goes the gold (900)

In which Yuuri and Viktor are competing against each other in the following year's Grand Prix Final, and they're still (very much) smitten with each other.

“Skater Katsuki, anything you want to say to your fellow skaters before the competition?”

“Viktor Nikiforov,” Katsuki says, “just know that once I win gold, you’ll be doing the dishes for an entire month.”

Then he smiles again, sweet and warm, before giving a little wave and heading off through the hall.

cover story (8k) 

Yuuri stares down at the person standing in the doorway. The stranger hisses, "Who do you think you are, anyways?"

Quickly, before he can really think about it, Yuuri responds, "I'm Victor's boyfriend."

It's a lie, but the words feel good in his mouth, and for some reason, he doesn't want to take them back.

Katsudon (7,5k)

Hiroko doesn’t need to see to coat pork cutlets in egg and panko. She has made this dish for her family for over thirty years; she’ll make it another thirty, if she’s lucky.

Now she makes it for Yuuri and Victor as they fly home from Barcelona, with silver around their necks and gold around their fingers.

Victor Effing Nikiforov (13k)*

AU in which Yuuri still doesn’t remember the banquet, somehow doesn’t blow Japanese Nationals, runs into Victor at the World Championships, and has absolutely no idea why his idol is suddenly friendly and incredibly handsy.

Does Yuuri care about his reasons? No. It’s Victor Effing Nikiforov.

Masks off (27k)*

And so the story goes that a playboy comes to a town, makes it fall in love with him and then proceeds to get himself enticed by the most mysterious person there.

Wait... did it really go like that?

Five Kisses (4k)

It hadn’t seemed out of the ordinary at the time. Victor had always been free with his affection; throwing out compliments, light caresses, even the occasional peck to the cheek. After a little over a week of having him as his coach, Yuuri was sure he had gotten used to it. It was just a Westerner thing, no use getting riled up if Victor wasn’t going to be stopping it anytime soon.

Then it happened.

~~~

Victor likes kissing Yuuri and Yuuri is frustratingly dense

lie to make me like you (80k)*

It’s become a game, of sorts, to anyone privy to the fact that the pattern exists in the first place: ask Victor out at the beginning of the month, date for however many days, and wait for the end to come and for Victor to say, always: I couldn’t fall in love with you. Let’s break up.

With All My Heart (52k)

Once upon a time there was a prince and if you stole his heart, you would live forever. But the prince would only have three days left.

Or: the tale of a Heartless King and a scullion.

When Life Gives You Lemons, Add Sugar (11k)

What could possibly be worse than getting stuck with a roommate you weren't expecting?

Discovering that roommate is none other than Viktor f*cking Nikiforov.

i'm just going to the store (7k)*

Accidental masked vigilante Victor Nikiforov.

Or: how Victor's impulsiveness backfires and creates one of the greatest living internet memes to ever come out of Russia.

November's Secret (233k)*

Overwhelmed with anxiety and his fear of failing, Yuuri faces the issue of if he should continue skating. His best friend, Yuko, proposes a solution - if no one knows it's you, then it's less embarrassing, right? Yuuri begins to create a completely new disguise and persona.

But it works a little too well.

Before he knows it, Yuuri has become the biggest mystery of the skating world and everyone wants to know who he is. Especially Viktor Nikiforov, the idol he's been loosely basing his new persona on for years.

Maelstrom (43,5k)

Victor Nikiforov is poised to win gold in his fifth consecutive Grand Prix Final. He has the world at his feet, is unparalleled in the sport--right up until a snowstorm blows into Sochi, and he finds himself repeating the same day over and over and over. He stumbles over Yuuri Katsuki, and everything changes.

how the mighty fall (in love) (29k)

Every Victor Nikiforov fan has three things in common. 1. They have unrealistic expectations for romance. 2. They mark their calendars with the dates of his newest book releases and the premieres of his latest movie adaptations. 3. They either passionately hate or love his greatest rival, a mysterious author whose pseudonym is only two letters: “KY.”

Allure (11k)*

Yuuri was the most powerful vampire at Hasetsu until he left for Detroit.

After his return for the first time in five years, his priority is training for the Grand Prix with Viktor. Other vampires have steadily invaded his territory, but he's not interested in reasserting his dominance too strongly…Until he catches one of them feeding on Viktor to the point of death in an alleyway.

#victuuri #viktuuri #vikturi #hfuvujcielqmf #victuri fic rec #yoi fanfic #i hope yall appreciate this #my stuff