Hella

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I have a cold and Sudafed-shaky hands, but I would be remiss if this day passed without observing my favorite fictional royal. Happy Birthday, Prince Henry. You’re the only one on earth worthy of our Alex (who thought you’d appreciate a birthday Cornetto this year). ❤️💙

Another birthday sketch, this time for Alex Claremont-Diaz, King of our hearts—especially Henry’s. It’s a fine day for a celebration down by the lake. 👑❤️💙

Hi!

Thank you so much for the nice words on my first post <3 I really appreciate it

Here is another one for you with wilmon acting like a married couple at the age of 16yo

For anyone who needs a hug right now ❤

"Wille, what are you doing?"

"I'm going for a swim, are you coming in with me?"

"we don't even have bathers! What if someone's around?"

And Wille falters and pauses mid-way through unbuckling his belt. Simon immediately feels bad that he's triggered Wille's anxiety, that they can never just relax completely and not worry that someone will be watching because they had been proven wrong about that far too early in their relationship.

"You're right Simme, that was... I wasn't thinking properly." And he sinks back down and reaches for his watch, twisting it nervously on his wrist. Simon pulls his hands into his lap and laces their fingers together, brushing his thumbs over Wille's knuckles.

They sit in silence for a minute while Wilhelm calms his nerves with his breath, subconsciously following the gentle rise and fall of his boyfriend's chest.

"One day, we can go swimming at the lake at home. No one would see us, except for maybe Lars the old groundskeeper, and as long as you keep your pants on I'm sure he won't get too excited." And Simon looks up and Wille's biting back a little smile and Simon is so proud of him, recovering so quickly from his little moment and already trying to raise their spirits.

"Well, maybe you should give Lars the day off that day because I'm not sure I could resist making you blush from seeing me swim naked in your childhood lake."

"Simmeeeeee" and Wille pushes his face into the hands in Simon's lap and giggles.

"Yep, I definitely won't be able to resist. I can barely hold myself back right now" Simon says, giggling as he leans down to kiss his Prince's crown.

The rest of the thread is here.

(feel free to use! <33 credits are appreciated! )

"Smile, darling."

"You look tense."

"Keep your eyes on me."

"Be mine tonight. Truly, only mine... Please."

"I owe you big time, baby."

"You look.. oh my god."

"You're doing so well, baby."

"When will you end this act, [name]?"

"It's complicated, please act along for a few days."

"They're looking. Kiss me. Now."

"My love."

"I didn't know you could dance."

"You don't know a lot of things about me, my fake lover."

"Stop saying we are fake." "Isn't that what we are though?"

"This is all fake anyways. Why catch feelings and get hurt?"

"Get your head straight. I'm leaving once this all ends."

"It's hurting me, can't you see?" ".. but why can't you see it's hurting me too?"

"Not a single moment of all this was fake."

"I kissed you, and it felt so real." "Because it was."

"Stop acting like we are actually in love." ".. What..? I am not acting."

"How long are you going to pretend you don't feel it?"

"I can't resist you."

"I can't continue to do this with you. I can't continue to play fake. I want to start it real with you."

"None of this was not real, not even for a moment. You and I both know it. You felt it when I kissed you for the first time, I did too. I want to kiss you again, but this time---as someone who's your true lover."

Interviewer: “We can already see in episode 1 that he [Wille] is feeling very bad, and he has a panic attack, how was it to do that?”

Edvin: “Those scenes are always very strong, I remember that we made a similar one in season 1. The conversation that we’ve had about the portrayal of mental health issues for Wilhelm is very interesting to me, because we’ve chosen to change direction this season, to show that mental health issues can be there all the time, but in different forms. It’s much more internalized in him this time, he keeps most of it to himself. So it’s a very compressed panic attack, which makes it very tense in a way that's very demanding to portray”

https://twitter.com/slayhelm/status/1649938214768058369?t=NbZH22F306yC2W9whA4lmw&s=19

A superb edit, thanks!

How striking is it, that even his walk changed a lot in S2, it shows itself most of the time. He is more confident in his own way.

But we saw the hint actually 👇

Btw, I love these walk scenes a lot below! Each one shows different emotions and sides of Wille: