Wilmon Endgame, or maybe not? Erik Lives, but maybe it was good that he didn't?
The thing I really like about fanfiction is how people try to fix something, usually with fix-it AU. The same thing we try over and over in real life. But unfortunately, we can't fix things, we can move on and do what is next in life.
But well, this is about our beloved late prince Erik. In fanfiction we have a LOT of Erik Lives AU, and I LIVE for them, specially when there are Erik x Simon interactions (Erik x Linda too <3). But, it comes, in my opinion, out of a desire to make things better. To make things right. But, oh boy, if there is something it's absolutelly inevitable, is time and death. And in fiction we absolutelly are permitted to "do overs" and create whole worlds full of what ifs.
What I'm getting at here? There are some really interesting facts about fanfiction with Erik Lives tropes. Our favorite big prince makes Wilmon SO MUCH EASIER. There're some ideas that permeate SO MUCH of Erik Lives fanfiction, and I love it so much. There are two of them I would like to talk about.
First one is the idea that the sex tape would still be out, it comes sometimes with the accident leaving erik in a coma, and later waking up and helping wilmon, or, just August being the scumbag he is and letting out anyway, and Erik comes to the rescue.
The second one is the idea that the sextape never came to be. And Willhem is just happy and giddy with Simon. In this kind of universe, usually Erik acts as a Wise Old Man Trope (Gandalf of sorts), leading Wille's journey easily.
BOTH of this ideas (and a lot of other ones) comes with the "what this precious little sweet ball of ansiousness boy would do if I was not here to protect him?" trope. And this is the part that get me. Because you see, I imagine fanfiction as a paralel universe from canon. In this case, the YoungRoyalsVerse. There are a LOT of fanmade works that are as good as the series. And common, we should know by now that the main media, and the paralel industry of creative writing can be equiparably good. It's a matter of oportunity and networking, not really a fair competition. :P
And here comes the part that invariably makes me cry. We KNOW what happens if Erik wasn't there. Because what makes we want to write about Erik, is because we first learned he WAS NOT there. And Wille did really all right. I'm proud of Wille. I'm proud of Simon. They did very all right due the really shitty situation they were in. (Let's hope it continues to get better in this last season!)
My therapist always say this thing that makes me wonder: the very best way to grow is the problems we face. The hardest things we achieve are always the ones we will have the most growth from. I'm a Wilmon apologist and endgame believer, but even if it is not the case in canon media, I do believe our Wilmon had one hell of a Journey, and I'm really happy about it. With all the drama. Even having to endure Sargust.
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