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One thing that’s really rubbing me the wrong way about some people’s reaction to the ending is the way people are talking about Wille. I see comments that essentially imply he is nothing without his privilege backing him, that he has no personality outside of his relationship with Simon and he’s gonna be in for a rude awakening after the ending when he realizes the attention on him isn’t gone just because he’s giving up the title of Crown Prince and life as a normal person isn’t going to be an easy or smooth road.

To me it seems like the message has completely gone over some people’s heads.

No part of me felt while watching the ending that everything is now resolved and Wille will live happily ever after without any adversity ever again… No?

The point is he finally has a choice where he ends up.

Wille literally explains this to the Queen in the final scene - that he’s never felt like he’s had a choice. He didn’t choose to be born into the royal family, and as he points out to his mother, neither did she. The public didn’t choose who inherits the crown. None of them chose it. Wille wants a choice. By staying in this role and doing what is expected of him simply because it’s his birthright is exactly what Wille is actively fighting against.

Another common thread I’ve seen thrown around is that Wille has no personality outside of Simon and I think people need to realize that one’s hobbies and interests do not define their personality. Wille very much has a personality and he had one before he met Simon - he’s always been the type to question the status quo and why things are the way they are. In season 1 episode 1, before Wille meets Simon, we see Wille scoffing at being made to mingle and pose for photos with people he doesn’t know and we see him telling Henry and Walter they’re allowed to have their own opinions when they mindlessly agree with everything he says. If anything, he starts losing this side of his personality because of the restrictions the crown puts on him. Wille falling in line with his expectations throughout the series takes him further away from this side of himself that’s always been there. We see how detrimental this is not just to his relationship with Simon, but with Wille’s relationship with himself. How exactly is Wille supposed to find what he’s passionate about when he’s consistently being told that these are the things he should care about, this is how he needs to look to the public? This is all a very intentional narrative choice to demonstrate why Wille staying in his role is detrimental to his mental health and his ability to grow personally.

The ending is not saying “everything is fixed now and Wille will have a totally adversity-free life with Simon.” Nothing is fixed and nothing is certain, but at least he made a choice. He’s going to stumble and he’s going to continue to make mistakes and a life path is not going to construct itself for him, but at least he now has a choice. He doesn’t have to pick a hobby or interest that’s considered suitable for him. He can get tattoos if he wants to. He can get married or not get married. He can have kids or not have kids. He can go to university and study whatever he wants, and yes, he will still have his family’s money. He’s not gonna be destitute and that is indeed a privilege that Wille is aware of. Should he stay in a role he doesn’t want simply and that makes him miserable because he’s privileged? For all we know, maybe his family will cut him off and he’ll literally be on his own, and that’s a risk he’s willing to take to be, in his mind, free.

The public is not suddenly going to lose interest in him, but at least he won’t have to concern himself with the royal court dictating how he and Simon act or appear. He will no longer feel like he needs to control how Simon conducts his social media presence. It’s very clear in s3 that Wille is not personally upset with Simon for posting the song or the picture with the little boy at the worker’s March - he smiles when he sees it - but that he’s worried what the royal court is going to think about it.

As far as the idea that Wille giving up the crown at the end was indeed for Simon because Wille has no identity without Simon, I really don’t think this is fair to say at all, because Wille was unhappy with his position even before he met Simon. He hated that he couldn’t even do something silly and reckless without issuing an apology. He hated that he had to uproot his entire life because he made a mistake and his family was trying to save his image in the eyes of the public. The thing is, before he met Simon, and before the events of the series, Wille didn’t feel like he had a way out, and funnily enough, that’s for the exact same reason people are dunking on him for now - because it’s the only way of life he knew. He didn’t see a way out and it’s through being with Simon that his extremely narrow view of the world gets challenged and he’s finally able to see a way out. Did Simon inspire him to do what he did? Of course he did. This entire concept is materialized through the scene where Simon tells Wille that he never had a choice who he was born as and that he sees how the monarchy makes him feel. To say that Wille gave it up for Simon implies, to me, that Wille would’ve been happy in the role if not for Simon, which I don’t believe is true. He’d still be miserable but perhaps feel less like he has the agency to do things about it. Getting to be with Simon at the end is certainly a big part of why he did it, but that also just kinda goes hand in hand with his own personal freedom, doesn’t it?

I find it kinda funny how much the internet preaches that it’s never too late to figure out who you are or what you wanna do and I see people acting like Wille is somehow doomed because he’s a 17-year-old without any interests or hobbies. Wille’s entire struggle is with having his life completely mapped out for him and it’s like with him giving up his role people are now questioning the fact that he doesn’t have an entire life mapped out for himself. I spent my time when I was 17 blogging on tumblr and doing nothing else and didn’t go to college until I was 24. I’m 29 now and I’m still learning what I’m passionate about. To treat Wille’s lack of hobbies or interests as some kind of moral failure or indicative of a lack of personality really, really bothers me and to me his lack of interests and hobbies has always been a very intentional writing choice, and the ending, if anything, gives him all the time in the world to figure that out. He might even develop an interest and then realize it’s not for him! The amount of people I know that went to college for what they thought they wanted to do then dropped out because they changed their mind, or graduated from school, couldn’t find a job, and then went back to school for something else is endless. This is all part of the human experience and it’s going to be an entirely new journey for him, but that part of his journey did not a part of this particular story, and in that way, the ending is open. It also helps that regardless of Wille’s wealth and privilege, education in Sweden is FREE.

In the end, the message of the ending is exactly what Boris said to Wille in season 2: we can’t choose who we are born as, but we can choose how we want to live, and that’s exactly what the ending is saying, and that’s what Edvin meant when he said the ending is open. Wille’s road is not suddenly going to be perfect and easy, but at least all of his choices, including his mistakes and struggles, can be entirely his own.

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YOUNG ROYALS 3.06

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Wilmon forever.. 💜🧡❤️

#young royals #wilmon #wilhem x simon #omar rudberg #edvin ryding #yr s3 spoilers

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#chasingyourhappiness ❤️❤️

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Wilmon forever.. 💜🧡❤️

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I'm as happy as they are 💜🥹💜

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YOUNG ROYALS 3.06

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Renouncing the throne would not set Wilhelm free

A question asked of those in the Young Royals fandom: Are you Team Monarchy or Team Abdication?

For those who wish to see Wilhelm fulfil his birthright, the desire comes from him being able to find peace with himself and thus the role, and setting an example by living as the first openly queer monarch in Swedish Royal history. That it denies August the position also helps this argument.

For those who wish to see Wilhelm renounce the thrown, the desire comes from wishing him to be free from the shackles of unasked for expectations, and emancipated from the pressure that crushes down on his wellbeing, his romantic relationship, and his ability to live a "normal" teen and adult life.

But here's the thing: Wilhelm is marked for life. Refusing to become King, and removing himself from all royal duties and the Crown itself, will not lead him to become a "normal" person.

There is a real world, contemporary example of a prince forsaking his duties and being no freer from the media circus that haunts him—Prince Harry of the British Royal Family. The details of his conflict and departure from his royal duties are widely publicised, no less than in his own autobiography. To be sure, the pressures and scrutiny he has faced growing up are horrific—least of all the media treatment of his mother's death—and the racialised aggression towards his wife is beyond disgusting. It makes total sense that he would want to remove himself and his own family from the shit show that is being a royal in the Internet Age.

But rather than give him and his family the peaceful life he seems to crave, the media fire has only intensified. How much of this is driven my him I can't say; but the point is, making an effort to step away form his expectations has not freed him.

And so, to Wilhelm. He can chose to renounce the thrown, and he can choose not to become King, but he will always, always, be Prince Wilhelm. Unless he were to completely cut himself off from society, run away into a forest and never be seen again, he will forever be marked as a Prince.

Wille has also stated that he actually likes the monarchy. Who would he even be outside of it? He can't just get a job in a bakery or be a bus driver. What would he do? How would he live?

What I want is for Wilhelm to be able to find peace with himself and his place in the world, and based on what we've seen in season 3, I don't think it's more likely that will come to him outside of the monarchy than within it. He is a young, troubled man who needs considerable help and support, and I don't think leaving the framework he's accustomed to—with all of the resources it provides—to walk into an even greater media fire will help him.

I want Wille to be happy and I want him to be free. But moving away from his family and birthright is not, for me, the answer.

#This #but at this point being the crown prince probably hurts more #but stepping down won't be as easy as some seem to think #young royals #yr s3 spoilers #young royals season 3

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I understand some people’s frustration with Wille, trust me I feel it too, but more than anything I just feel awful for him. He’s grieving his brother who is the only one who was there for him (before Simon), only to find out that Erik wasn’t totally who he thought he knew. He is expected to take over sooner than planned by parents who don’t even seem to care about him as a person, and he’s forcing himself to live a life he doesn’t want and he can’t do any of the stuff he does want. But because of “who he is”, he has to act okay with it so he projects it onto Simon to do the same things just so he doesn’t feel completely alone in all of it. The song Simon was singing this season really encapsulates so much of it. He’s like…the only one Wille has to lean on. But it’s taking away from him and it’s just ruining both of them. Wille CANNOT continue to live this way. He NEEDS to abdicate.

#period #people failing to feel empathy for both Wille AND Simon are missing the entire point #Wille doesn’t WANT to silence Simon he’s being made to by the court #and unfortunately he’s trying to keep together both parts of his life and appease both sides #and it’s just not possible for him to do that #to imply Wille doesn’t love or care about Simon is just batshit crazy #and to imply Simon is selfish for needing to take care of himself is also batshit crazy #yr #Wilhelm #yr s3 spoilers #young royals #young royals spoilers

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One more time

His name is Wille!!!!!

Not Willie

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“his badness is not his fault but his responsibility to fix it” EXACTLY SAY IT LOUDER👏👏👏👏👏

there's a really good quote that i love that says "your mental health is not your fault but it's your responsibility" and it's so very true. i've been through a lot of loss in my life just as wille has - i lost my dad and uncle who i was very close to in the same year. my mental health was at its lowest and i was acting in ways that were not beneficial to myself. i was so depressed, i couldn't sleep, and i did nothing about it. i didn't go to the doctor, didn't seek treatment, i was just miserable. it wasn't until my boyfriend finally basically gave me this ultimatum that i finally fixed my shit and i'm so much better now, but it took time.

wille has been through an astronomical level of trauma in less than a year. he's a teenager. he's been raised in a family that has never been honest with him. he just found out he never truly knew his brother who he viewed as an idol. he's completely aware that he was born to be a spare and has been told by his own father that he has a "darkness inside him". he lashes out at his parents and every single time they walk away from him. yes, there IS a darkness inside of him. there is a badness and a darkness and he has never been given the tools to properly address his grief or develop his own identity. a few therapy sessions with boris wasn't enough to fix him. the issue between wille and simon in s3 is wille thought all he needed was simon for things to be okay, but it's not. he's not okay. and if he wants to stop the poison that's been bubbling inside him his entire life and has been flowing out of him all season, HE has to make the steps to do so. this is why simon breaks up with him - not because he doesn't want to be with him but because wille is not in a position to be a good boyfriend when he isn't even in a position to be good to himself. simon can't fix him - only wille himself can.

his mental health is not his fault but it is his responsibility.

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One thing that I really noticed in season 3 his how little Spanish Simon speaks and I wonder why?

Is it because he feels less like himself and that part of his identity is washed out?

Is it because he feels depressed and sad?

Or is it because fans have pointed out the vastly different accents of Omar and Carmen?

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Gåsmamman group chat?

At the moment my head is filled with thoughts about Gåsmamman and it got me to remember the channel we used to have no discord.

Would anyone be interested in something like that again? I know the new season is months away but I'm already thinking about it so much and it would be so lovely to have someone to talk to.

Everyone is basically also welcome to my dms!

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Things to say, yeah...

Sorry but this pisses me off. In what world is this behaviour okay? Why the fuck are people crashing Omar’s afterparty clearly meant for friends and family and then refusing to leave to the point they have to straight up tell you to gtfo? Buying a concert ticket doesn’t mean you’re their friend invited to their private goddamn party. What the actual fuck lol.

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