Once I had a love and it was a gas

[botherd]

I don't remember much of what happened, but last night I dreamt about Sophia. Somehow, these last few days, that girl has really got under my skin. I want to write more fic about her.

(Does anyone else think it's awesome that Sophia uses Blondie lyrics and Emily has a Blondie poster on her wall? I love the parallels between them.)

Last night I rewatched episode two and I liked it a lot more second time around. (I wonder if this is going to be an ongoing theme with series four for me: initial disappointment, only for episodes to grow on me.) There are definitely parts of Naomi's characterisation that don't make sense, but on the whole it works a lot better once you know the ending. I think one of my favourite parts is that it turns out that Jenna was kind of right about Naomi all along. I mean, fuck, that just makes it so much worse.

However, I still hate that Emily managed to make Sophia's death all about her. I'm sorry, but 'brother wanting to know why his sister killed herself' trumps 'girl who didn't know her wanting to find out if her girlfriend cheated'. MATT SHOULD HAVE OPENED THE BOX. I know why the writers focused on Emily, but it still bothers me a lot.

But, to get back to the initial point of this post: Sophia ♥

Comments

[liev.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that's the question: which parts do you take as truth and which do you handwave as being out of character? If you handwave Emily's comments in Thomas' episode as being out of character, can't you say the same about the parts in this episode that make you think Naomi was being cold?

I agree with this, and I DO blame the writers for often favouring style over substance, and sometimes it seems like they are way too enamored with their ability to hint at things while totally forgetting about characterisation. But at least Emily only had to deal with one or two ooc comments, while Naomi came across as uncaring the whole. But like I said, I do look forward to see more from her point of view in the coming episodes, and I really hope it explains some of her behaviour.

And yeah, Emily Nancy did go to a few lengths so she could find out the truth, and I agree that she shouldn't have stolen things, but it makes sense for her to do it, as Naomi wasn't really in a sharing mood. So I don't approve of her actions, but Emily was always a characters who'd do almost anything if it involves people she cares about. At least she called Matt in the end, I'm positive she could've just pried it open all on her own.

I actually had to lol at you saying Emily was violating her privacy, because the bitchy part of me was seriosuly thinking that Sophia violated more than just Emily's privacy (what with shagging her girlfriend and having suggestive pictures of her covering her walls as well as going through Naomi's trash and stealing her bracelet), so it's not like she has any moral ground on her. Oh jesus, can you tell I'm still bitter about what happened? These girls are ridiculously flawed, but I just wanted them to be adorable and cute and have sex while dealing with other problems than cheating.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I think the thing is that I didn't really see Naomi as being uncaring on the whole, but maybe I'm just fanwanking her behaviour because I still love her. IDK.

I think Sophia violated Naomi's privacy by stealing her stuff, but I don't think she's to blame for Naomi cheating. And anyway, as we learnt in the first episode, two wrongs don't make a right. ;)

[liev.livejournal.com]

Nope, definitely not
But a solution to most of these problems would've been replacing the scene where Naomi was on the phone laughing like she had the time of her life with one where she instead looked sombre or thoughtful. Other than fuel the question whether she was actually talking to her mum or not, there wasn't much purpose to it and they could've used this scene to subtly show us what Naomi felt about the situation without having to shift the focus from Emily.

I think Sophia violated Naomi's privacy by stealing her stuff, but I don't think she's to blame for Naomi cheating.

Don't you know that two girls being in a relationship automatically means that they are all over each other's business? It comes right after moving in together as soon as possible and being super-dramatic about everyting on the lesbian to-do list. Heck, they are even called Naomily, so much for individuality. ;)

Oh bb, we care so deeply for this stuff that I feel slightly uneasy that the likes of Jamie Brittain are in charge of breaking or mending our hearts. Why did I get invested in this?