In the last couple of days, I've seen people on various sites say stuff like "there was supposed to be a Walty kiss in the finale but the actors were uncomfortable with it." The only source for this info seems to be "someone said", and given that Uno seemed surprisingly chill about the shipping in his PRP interview, I suspect it might just be one of those rumours that folks on Xitter start for fun.
However.
Whether there's any truth to this rumour or not, Uno, Fabian and the makers of the show owed the viewers nothing. Not a damn thing.
These two background characters were very clearly written as platonic friends to begin with; the rest was just interpretation by those of us who were fascinated by them. The fact that there actually was a very obviously shippy little Walty scene in the finale is an absolutely massive nod to our side of the fandom, and we should be fucking ecstatic that they put that in. Especially if the actors were uncomfortable. Even if they weren't, they did not sign up to play lovers, let alone cater to fic readers and writers, and we need to respect the hell out of that.
So please. Be happy with what we got, and read/write the rest on Ao3. And in case it needs to be said, do not harass the actors with Walty comments or content. Henry and Walter belong to us now, but Fabian and Uno never did.
“I won’t answer any follow up questions. I will only read what I wrote in my little book here. *pat pat* cause I barely read this book. Yeah? Okay? Great.”
I just realised this morning that Uno has been sporting a buzz cut since the summer. Photo from Fabian's Instagram (third person cropped out):
And what do you know: Uno already has a buzz cut in his own album of summer photos! I wonder if he just got tired of the Walter hair, or if he chopped it off for a new role...or if this is related to the casting call for a male extra willing to get a buzz cut? 🤔 Nah, he still has the Walter hair in (spoiler) the still of what I and others assume to be a sit-in protest against the school inspection, and in the summery Allt för Sverige clip. I highly doubt Walter is going to get a buzz cut at the very end of the show 😂
But the important thing is that I guess there won't be any new actor photos for Walty writers to use in our title cards!! I'm devastated haha.
(That goes for long-haired Fabian too but there are tons of pics of him out there already, whereas useful photos of Uno are scarce as is...)