Pointing out some other little moments and details from the episodes that need to be remembered • part 2/2
here’s part ½
in my top 5 best scenes of them.
it’s pure angst and such a powerful moment, there’s the need to be understood by the other. simon starts the argument - he actively searches for a confrontation - and both of them end up speaking their mind, like they never did before but had to sooner or later.
it’s the reason of wille’s defeated expression in front of simon’s astonished one: he admitted that the crown prince role is the obstacle he’s not willing to accept and overcome for the first time, not only to wilhelm - confirming his biggest fear - but also himself.
edvin once wrote : “that’s wille realizing he’s transformed into the traditional image of a prince. he is lonely, he’s accepted he has to allow simon to love someone else. the worst part for him is that it’s himself who does the makeup”.
i couldn’t have phrased it better.
i read a lot about simon’s recurrent behaviour in the locker room, waiting for all the boys to shower before getting in and the “i thought everyone had left” to get out. but he doesn’t make it a problem if wilhelm is the only one left in the room.
or him turning away to not be watched by marcus when he gets dressed, but not if it’s wilhelm the one who’s watching him, cos he feels comfortable and safe enough to do it - and let wille undress him too !!
the “i get it, you’re not in love with me anymore” is what gets simon to lift his head up in zero time, not lower the gaze again but focus entirely on wille’s words.
wilhelm waving his pencil in the air to catch simon’s attention. they smile at each other right after, it’s a very simple thing but exactly the one they need the most in this moment: to share a look of understanding and reassurance - ‘it’s okay, we’re on the same page’.
simon’s concerned expression.
it’s the first time he gets to face wille’s anxiety for what it truly is, seeing how bad it can mentally and physically affects him.
for unknown reasons i find comfort knowing both wille and simon happen to touch the frog in the same episode.
+ it’s the closest interaction between simon and erik we can ever get.
when omar said this is the most heartbreaking moment for simon he’s so right.
it is sara, it’s family we’re talking about and there’s no betrayal hurting more than one coming from a person you’re supposed to fully trust, unconditionally. he looks at her not recognizing who he thought he knew so well anymore.
it may be the same ‘manifesto’ from s1 shown again like a heavy reminder, but there is a very different and grown up wilhelm standing in front of it now.
him being the only one not looking into the camera but rather down. it really sets the tone for what’s coming.
throwback to s1 wille, when he folded the written paper of the speech in erik’s memory to continue on his own terms instead.
this is also it: the head shaking, the “nej”, the sudden choice of stopping to speak for others - not what his truth is -, throwing all away and let his heart speak. it’s such a power move.
he looks back at simon to give him a reassuring smile. it’s the first thing he does when he stops talking and what simon also needed to turn his fear and worry into relief.
simon “i want to be with you and if we have to keep it a secret, then so be it” eriksson and prince “it was me in the video” wilhelm. they love and respect each other this much.
interpreting this as a ‘i hope you’re proud of me’ look to the sky aka erik? why not.
boris is proud of him fr. he needs to be praised and s/o to one of the best quotes ever that was the turning point of it all: “we can’t choose who we’re born as, but we can choose how we want to live”.
