young royals obsessed

[starsabovetheunderground]

i’m on the brink of war, on my own corrector i seek the stars above the underground

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the frog prince

cinematography

music

beneath the surface

language and translation

song and silence

vision and reflection

star crossed

revolution

[amailboxlemur]

Been watching young royals today and my Swedish has gotten a LOT better since last time I watched it guess it’s been a minute

I’m watching it without subtitles for the first time and it’s a completely fresh experience, getting to fully experience the line delivery and the actors’ timing. Like I’m generally not a fan of subtitles in English media for that reason, but it’s SO COOL getting to experience it in swedish

[lillianrs]

I found Young Royals randomly while bored and looking for something to watch and I just finished binging the entire thing. I fear I will never be the same person again and have been changed on a molecular level. I'm sorry Sweden I was unfamiliar with your game.

[wilhelmified]

700 notes on a yr post in the year of 2026....... never kill yourself

[starsabovetheunderground]

i'm a few days late to the anniversary, but happy five years to young royals! even if it feels pretty quiet and the day itself passed without too much hype, i am still here thinking about it. i remember what the world was like and how alone i was when this show first found me. i remember how it struck me in a way that i have never felt before or since. i think it will always be my favorite. every time i watch, it feels like coming home.

[loren91]

Hello I did some colour studies. Trying to revive my joy for drawing after a minor burnout.

[manonyaps]

I was looking for a young royals related wallpaper the other day and couldn’t find anything of my liking. So, I drew this little guy and felt that maybe, some of you might appreciate him as much as I do so here you go.

Treasure him! 🐸👑

PS: when Wilhelm threw the snow globe in the bin in the last episode, I lost my goddamn mind like “BROS GIVING UP THE CROWN! MY BOY IS GOING TO ABDICATE”

[young-royals-confessions]

Can one have a version of fomo that instead is fear of having missed out?

So many are talking about the fandom dying out, not noticing that new people keep coming here. Still I see the amount of notes on older posts, I see the URLs that don't seem to be active anymore. And I fear that I have missed something. But shouldn't it be ok to be here now? Is it really a dying fandom if we still talk an analyze? Isn't my contribution something?

💜

[aslongasitsblack]

i think a lot, if not all, simon hate is inspired by the fact that people think he should be grateful to be in the position he is (treasured by someone of the upper classes, in proximity to power and wealth, the ability to play his cards real right for a life of luxury) and have this idea that he should just shut up

and that they feel, on some level, like if it was them they would just shut up and accept any and everything that came their way to stay in that proximity

and then lets talk about the whole point about wille liking, and eventually loving simon, is because he is precisely not the person who just shuts up accepts and takes it the way others want or expect him to, precisely because he is uninterested in the world that he could access through wille that others would see as advantageous and opportunistic

[myhusbandscoffee]

This pic is so sad to me. He is on a over night trip with Simon and his class mates. And still he got up early, alone, to sit by the water for some peace and quiet, and even there he is caught up by a new problem. Lonely surrounded by all these people, but never left alone.

[young-royals-confessions]

I'm half way through a rewatch after being away for a long while, and im still so pissed of at the whole it wasn't me in the video/i dont want to be your secret plotline. I understand why Simon thinks that but i am 100% convinced that he is better of being known as the guy who probably had a secret relationship with the crown prince than the guy who the crown prince came out for and is officially dating. as much as i do love them together, they absolutely need to consider the possibility that they might break up at some point in future, and wilhelm's coming out makes simon far more high profile and more of a target, both now and in future.

[starsabovetheunderground]

not to jump on this post and write a short novel, but i remember having a similar reaction in my earlier viewings of season 1 and thought about this a lot. i have never been a fan of plotlines where one person in a queer couple is closeted and the other insists they have to come out. some people just aren't ready to be out yet and it's not right to force them, especially if it is for their own protection.

i also agree that there are a lot of reasons that wilhelm coming out and publicly being with simon is not the best for either of them. we see the exact consequences of it play out in season 3 where people are constantly harassing simon and wilhelm is forced to do the royal court's dirty work playing the role of keeping simon contained.

but the longer that i sat with this plotline, the more i realized that it's not really about coming out or the importance of them living their truth. it's also not really about them being smart with the consequences. they are teenagers, after all. it's probably more honest that they're not thinking all of it through.

the piece that made it click for me is not simon's line about not wanting to be kept a secret, but the line where he tells wilhelm it's all been on his terms. wilhelm promised he would say it was him in the video. he and simon talked about it and that's what they decided together. then wilhelm immediately went back on it and denied everything like the royal court told him to do.

the truth is that none of it has been on either of their terms. simon loves wilhelm and wants to be able to say that openly. wilhelm also probably doesn't want to hide since he just wants to live a normal life, but he doesn't get to decide. the royal court decided for him.

this story, at its core, is about how adults are dictating the lives of these teenagers based on existing traditions and structures of power. conventional wisdom of the upper class is to be as restrained as possible: don't attract too much attention, enjoy the comforts your wealth affords you, and then have kids to pass that prosperity on to. becoming too visible and standing out too much attracts envy and questions about the legitimacy of those who have more at the expense of others. this moment is meant to juxtapose the closet and these conservative values as both maintaining the status quo. the closet can protect from people burning pride flags in your town and throwing rocks through your window, but it only holds things in place. for the rich, staying out of view means no one is regularly thinking to demand greater economic equality. it's a shield from real danger, but it also withholds meaningful interrogations of power. there is happiness and broader good to be found through being out and class consciousness, but only when fear is abandoned to create change.

when i watch this scene now, it makes me think about they are both trapped and simon wants wilhelm to do something about it. it's an encouragement to stand up to the royal court just once, to not just read from the script he's been given. the first season ends in tragedy because simon is willing to break the mold but wilhelm can't quite let it go. the catharsis of them getting to be together at the end of the final season is that wilhelm does choose to let go, to leave behind the expectations placed on him by the crown and finally be free to live on terms he and simon can decide.

[starsabovetheunderground]

happy two years anniversary of the finale everyone!

i had this whole plan to put together a nice big analysis post in honor of the moment, but it turns out i am out of practice and need more time to finish it. i am still excited to be back to writing it though! the concept is actually based on a segment i started writing almost five years ago back when i was posting all the time, but i never completed that thought so i wanted to finally see it through with the full context. today i'm just going to keep reblogging posts for the anniversary and maybe will have mine up in the next few days.

lastly i'll give a shout out to the lifers in this fandom who have been here and will keep being here. we're small but we're keeping things going. i see you and am so happy to celebrate two years with you!

[dreamyelectronicmusic]

Never getting over how young Wille looked in the endgame scene. Rejecting the crown and getting Simon back literally added years to his lifespan.

[pagegirlintraining]

Happy 2 Years

to the series finale that changed my life. I know that sounds dramatic, but it really is true in so many ways, and I know I’m not the only one who feels that way.

I don’t have any grand words, I honestly didn’t even plan on posting about this at all. But. Especially with all the changes both in the fandom and also my own life, this anniversary feels really significant in that it reminded me of how fucking grateful I am that this is the story we got, and this is what this story got me. So I guess this is me just saying thank you, to the cast, the show, Lisa, but also every single wonderful person I’ve met through this fandom. May we all keep Wilmon in our hearts for a very long time 💜

[dreamyelectronicmusic]

Life is hard but at least we’ll always have Wilmon Endgame

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

Two years of Wilmon endgame 💜❤️💜

[starsabovetheunderground]

there is something so peaceful in this final fourth wall break. the entire point of him looking directly into the camera at the beginning and end of each season is that he knows he's being watched all the time, and that includes watched by us. the story has to end here because he chose to escape it. while it is bittersweet to let him go, he is not alone anymore. he is in that car with simon and felice and sara and they can choose where they go without us watching. wilhelm now gets to be truly loved and free.

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

Two years of Young Royals S3 💜❤️