Writing Anniversary - Fuck The Monarchy

Dear @purplehoodiesandclementines asked for a little Anita POV for Fuck The Monarchy and dear @gulliblelemon wanted to hear a bit about Marie coming out to her mother. And @bigalockwood also wanted something from that universe.

Here you go.

Ally

“Oh my goodness, Marie, look”, Anita says and turns her phone screen to show her daughter. “They look so happy.” She sighs, barely catching Marie’s mumbled, half-interested answer and goes back to studying the photo. It’s part of the picture gallery from the Crown Prince’s birthday which is one of the rare occasions that Prince Wilhelm still appears in public. With Simon.

Anita presses the phone against her chest, nostalgia overwhelming her. She secretly prides herself a little on the fact that she played an integral part in their budding relationship three years ago. Or, well, at least helped clear the path.

Those two were a force of nature, from day one. She smiles when she remembers how she caught them in the copy room for the first time. Their sheepish, flushed expressions made her suspicious and she kept an eye on them. It was blatantly obvious from then on. The way they kept sneaking glances at each other, how they seemed relaxed and comfortable while at the same time sparks were flying through that tiny room – it was entertaining to watch.

She remembers how worried she got when the lovesick fools came back to the office after the fire alarm in each other’s shirts. The prince wasn’t out at that point and she carefully tried to drop some hints to remind them to be a bit more careful to avoid compromising themselves.

“You know, I don’t think they ever even noticed the flag”, she says and Marie looks at her in confusion.

“What?”

Anita takes a breath and collects her thoughts. She knows her mental leaps are not easy to follow sometimes. “Back when Wilhelm and Simon were interning, and I asked you if there was a way to show them I was an ally without embarrassing them by telling them I knew they were having an affair?”

“Uhm, yes, I remember”, Marie replies with a smile. “I also remember you refusing to wear the shirt I got you.”

“Well, I can’t wear t-shirts to work. I wear it on the weekends and at home, though.” She does and she loves her ‘proud parent’ shirt with the colorful rainbow flag.

“I know, mom”, Marie says, reaches over and squeezes her hand. “I really appreciate it.”

Anita swallows, suddenly overcome by a wave of emotion. She must have done something right in this life that her daughter came out to her at just twelve years old, casually, comfortably, never for a second even considering the fact that it would change the way her mother felt about her.

“Anyway”, Anita says, sniffing, “I put that little flag on my desk after you suggested it. But I think those two were so in love, neither of them even noticed.”

Marie smiles, then her gaze turns inward for a moment and she chuckles. “Yeah, I remember. Damn, those two were smitten with each other. And even if they didn’t see the flag – you really helped them out when they needed it. I’m sure that meant a lot.”

Anita takes a deep breath. She knows it meant a lot. Just a few weeks ago Wilhelm sent her a heartfelt message for her birthday. And that photocopy of their two hands on her wall still makes her happy every time she looks at it.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you got an invite to their wedding”, Marie says, prodding her arm.

Anita laughs and waves her hand in a dismissive gesture. “Oh, stop it.” Still, her chest warms at the thought. And who knows? Stranger things have happened.  

To celebrate my writing anniversary the lovely Simon @skibasyndrome asked for another glimpse of these two idiots. I'm incable of keeping to short drabbles, so I put it on ao3.

This is 700 words of silly little fluff in the Is It Over Now? universe.

You can send me more asks or little prompts if you want.

Writing Anniversary AMA

So. I went through my documents and it seems that my first writing anniversary is coming up on April 30th. That's the day I opened a word document last year to just get down a few bullet points for that scene that kept floating around in my mind.

Anyway.

I don't know if this is something anybody would be interested in (fighting my imposter syndrome here), but I thought since this decision changed my life, I want to celebrate it in some way. With you, my Tumblr friends. By answering some questions or maybe writing some small drabbles (depending on how much time I have).

Do you have any burning questions about any of my fics? Any missing scenes you desperately need? Do you want me to share some headcanons for any of my characters?

(If not, please forget I asked.)

I will probably post all answers on the 30th (or that one answer, depending on how many questions I actually get).

Wishing all of you a wonderful Sunday 💜

Boxing AU - Down for the count

So I was gonna wait and post this as a oneshot. But I'm having a draining day and need some cheering up. So here you go. Round one. Are you ready to rumble read?

No words can do justice to how EXCITED I am about this. 💜

Lisa! The Permanent Rain Press!! TWO parts!!! This is what I silently, secretly wished for after Lisa's Instagram post, but I didn't believe we would really get it. THANK YOU, Lisa. 😭💜

And only one day after the interview with Linnéa Roxeheim will come out, whaaaat?! What a weekend.

Will definitely devour both of these and cherish them for a long time to come, as I have done with all the other fantastic interviews with the YR cast and crew that The PR Press has gifted us over the past 3 years.

@thepermanentrainpress THANK YOU for continually feeding the fandom with all this wonderful material, you really are the best!!! 💜

In your opinion, what is the best and the worst decision the five main have made the whole show? Some bad decisions are pretty easy but I’m curious what you’d think their best decisions are👀

excellent question!! there's a hundred percent chance i'm forgetting stuff so these might not be THE best and worst but i'll try 💜

Wille

best: giving up the crown prince role (easy)

worst: i was about to say denying his involvement in the leaked video but you know what? no. it was almost sleeping with felice

Simon

best: going in for that second kiss at horror movie night (only because i don't want to admit it was definitively distancing himself from the royal family and breaking up with wille that last time)

worst: taking up august's offer to double the money he owed him if simon got him drugs. boyyyyyy

Felice

best: putting her foot down about not wanting to wear her mother's lucia dress (which snowballed into a beautiful avalanche of self-love and respect that collaterally took a 120yo exclusive private school down. absolute queen behavior.)

worst: kissing wille back none, she's perfect.

Sara

best: oooh this is hard. i think there is one big all-encompassing decision that sara made that led to all the good she gained and regained in her life, which was to really stand by all the lessons her mistakes taught her.

worst: listen, i'll admit i don't know what falling in love feels like, so i may be talking out of my ass here, but it didn't look to me like she fell for august hard and fast. it seems to me that august made her feel wanted for the fist time in her life, and maybe in a misguided way she projected onto him the chance to "redeem" herself for all the bad she saw in herself, by helping him redeem himself. and for these reasons i think she decided to see where it all led her, which was ultimately to fall in love with him. but i could never buy the "blinded by love" explanation for all that happened. she knew what she was doing was wrong (she said so), so i think there must have been a moment when she realized she had started developing feelings for august, the person who leaked revenge porn of her own brother, and she decided to not rein them in before they got too deep.

August

best: my petty ass really wants to say all the ass-kissing that led him to the crown prince role. hope he's happy with it <3

worst: either recording or leaking literal child pornography, can't decide.

what do you think wilmon is doing right now at this very moment on april 23, 2024?

oh my god sjkaskdfhdsafkadshf this feels like a math question almost, wait, I am so lost on the timeline.......... happy car scene was 2021, right? Either way THANK YOU, WHAT A LOVELY QUESTION 💜💜💜

Okay well I'd like to believe that they are currently taking a little evening walk through Stockholm (where both of them study at university). They're meeting Felice for dinner later and, responsible as they are (mostly because Simon will not let Wille get in the way of his studying, pretty and kissable and right there as he is), they've already finished their reading and assignments for the next day back at the library (a good place for studying because there's less risk of giving into the temptation of having a very pretty, very kissable boyfriend right there). They're holding hands. Wille has taken Simon's hand and buried it in his coat jacket while still holding onto it tightly because while he'd love to swing their hands around between them (he will normally never miss an opportunity to show the world that this is the guy whose hand he gets to hold) he knows that Simon does not enjoy the cold one bit, and he will do anything to keep him warm. It means they can't walk quite as briskly as they normally would and it also means that they keep bumping their shoulder into each other, but that's honestly not a problem, in fact that makes it just a little bit more fun (because, with that as well, Wille will never miss an opportunity to show the world that this is his boyfriend and that he is Simon's boyfriend and he's very happy to be that couple hogging most of the space on the sidewalk). They're enjoying the last minutes of sunshine, both because it makes the cold a little more bearable (Simon doesn't mind having to squint, give him every last ray of sun please) and because, in Wille's opinion, Simon just looks extra beautiful in the golden light (like it's not actually the sun, but him that's glowing). Simon pulls his hand out of Wille's grasp to fix his beanie and pull it further down, hiding his ears from the relentless wind and Wille gets that, but it's really hard not to pout when he's suddenly no longer able to touch Simon. And like he can read his mind (every day it gets a little more difficult to believe that Simon doesn't actually have psychic abilities), Simon turns to give Wille that look, lips curling in the corners of his mouth like he's trying to keep that beautiful, wide grin that Wille knows so well from breaking out, eyes crinkling in the most adorable way; that look that means you're unbelievable, you're such a sap, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, you make my heart ache. And Wille, knowing full and well that he is a sap (and that Simon loves it), bites his lip so he doesn't start giggling (no, years later he still hasn't gotten over those butterflies that flood his chest when he can see his own love and adoration mirrored back in Simon's eyes) and that's all it takes for Simon to slip his hand back into Wille's coat pocket and to intertwine their fingers again as they continue on their path.

(a photo I took on a walk in Stockholm for the ~mood~)

Since we've been talking about fanfics, I've been wondering if I could ask this on here but always chickened out. Anyway I guess you can decide if you want to post it.

I've been wondering if anyone knows anything about the collab fic Unlabeled. It hasn't been updated since last summer but it is just so epic and moving and marvelous that it has stuck on my mind since then and I still think about it and wonder and wish that it might be continued at some point.

Does anyone know if it's been abandoned for good? Just so I can prepare myself to let go.

I realize that it can be a lot of pressure to work on a collab like that, and I wonder if that was the reason why the author of the next chapter might have not finished/posted it. Maybe it just got too overwhelming? This is not to shame anyone at all, but comes from a place of understanding and, I don't know, just wondering if there might be a way to perhaps support that person? If anyone else was still interested in this story and in continuing it, that is.

Like, am I the only one that still remembers it and has been so affected by it?

I think I received an ask about this before but I can't find it right now and I can't remember if there was an answer 😅

wille's song or simon's song?

Ah yes please. Those scenes deserve a special shout-out. Incognito Mode by @oneofthosebells really is something else. If you haven't checked it out yet, you must. Now. 💜

I missed the deadline! Ugh

If there is an addendum… the most recent chapter of Always On The Tip of My Tongue @royalwilmon was 🔥 the build up of their angst and then Simon the confident minx that he is, just delivered!

And for extra credit, becuase I clearly failed this homework assignment- Incognito Mode 🥵 @oneofthosebells for all those spicy camboy scenes!

Oh no, sorry you missed it! Well, I love both of those fics so much I will edit the post to add them, I just have to.

Permanent Rain Press' interview with Carmen is out!

The interview with Linnea, the director of last two episodes, will be out on Saturday!

Thinking about how softly and delicately Simon runs his fingers over Wille's face, and the fact that he does it the first and last time they spend together.

Do we need a Wilmon 'Boxing + enemies to lovers' AU?

Probably not, but hear me out.

Prince Wilhelm is known for his notoriously dangerous hobbies. He might be compensating for his pointless job but who's asking. So of course he jumps at the chance of participating in the "Celebrity vs. Pro Boxer" reality TV show.

He's a bit surprised when his trainer, boxing champion Simon Eriksson, famous for his mean left hook and his burning ambition, meets him with baseless, blatant hostility.

But then again, this might be just the thrill Wille so desperately seeks...

New WIP! Coming... when it's ready. This one will be shortish. Probably. (FTM faintly cackling in the background right now)

[disclaimer: I know basically nothing about boxing. Due to an influx of fic ideas you cannot expect more research than me looking up some basic terminology.]

True. But I think that grounding wasn't really part of Linda's parenting repertoire before. So I think he's not surprised that there's actual consequences for what he did, but he didn't expect her to use a technique that never really used to be part of her parenting style before.

But poor Linda probably feels like things have gotten so out of control that she needs to take desperate measures. Which is valid. 💜

Simon was actually baffled when Linda grounded him. Like baby what did you think was gonna happen? You sold drugs.

I love how his mind works 💀

It's been several months since I compiled the first fanfic confessions: explicit edition. I had so much fun receiving your submissions, and putting them all together into one very sexy post, that I was wondering: Can we do a part two??

Please send me anon asks about your favorite sex scenes from YR fics! What smutty one-shot do you keep going back to and why? Which sex scene from a beloved long fic is still living in your brain rent-free? What's a line or passage from a fic that makes you go 🥵? Or more generally, tell me about something—an act, a dynamic, an emotion, a setting, etc—that you love to read about in Wilmon smut.

Let's set a deadline of about a week from now (7PM ET on April 20). I'll extend it if you need more time, or if I don't get enough submissions and need to start begging.