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

[immortality.livejournal.com]

Sophia's gotten under my skin too! Okay, actually, I think it started before Emily's episode; it was back when we first started getting the episode summaries. Even though I immediately disliked her, I couldn't stop thinking about her. And now it's the same, except I actually like her! Oh, my heart. It is madness.

Also, YES, I love the Blondie parallel between Emily and Sophia. Definitely well done by the writers right there.

I need a Sophia icon.

[sgtmian.livejournal.com]

matt totally should've opened the box, i didn't get that either. and i didn't understand how naomi could be so incredibly rude as to say "can't we just leave it? she's dead. let it go." i mean come on.

i'm intrigued by sophia, but i don't think i can manage to like her whilst people are still justifying the cheating (i have to read the fic, though, haha). i'm just taking this all a leetle too personally, it's kind of disturbing. it's a show! D:

[liev.livejournal.com]

I think Sophia is a fascinating character and I'm sad that they used her life and the sad incident that was her death mostly as a plot device.

However I do not agree that Emily made Sophia's death all about her. Unlike Naomi, Emily didn't even know her and she still managed to show more sympathy toward this girl and her family than Naomi did. I think she and Matt were merely looking for different things in the same objects, and investigating it together made them both feel stronger (I especially love when he tells her that he made the wooden box for Sophia, and then continues to give Naomi the death glare). That Emily would concentrate on Naomi's betrayal once the truth is out is only natural, since she had no relationship at all with Sopia, and it had already been disclosed that she killed herself (her obsession with Naomi only being one of the things that made her do it), so the final reveal WAS more about the affair by default. They (the brother and her) both found their answers - Matt actually got his with the suicide note already - and it was to very different things, so I thought their scenes were well done.
I had more problems with Naomi tbh, telling Emily to 'leave it, because the girl is dead anyways' would be bad enough had it just been the two of them, but considering the brother was present as well this line left a bad taste in my mouth. Emily didn't make Sophia's dead about her, Naomi made Sophia's dead about them. I still hope that we get to see a scene where Naomi we get to see her feel sorry for what happened, because she came across as decidedly cold in ep 2.

[supergoodtimes.livejournal.com]

I love the parallels between them.
Is this also meant to be a pun? As in 'Parallel Lines' - Blondie?

I agree on the episodes being better the second time around. I think that perhaps the way they shoot episodes with the end in mind, which isn't always the best thing to do but in this case (Skins) I think it is.

[flister.livejournal.com]

I like... I don't think Emily made Sophia's death all about her.

I think that Naomi did, because she was being so secretive, so Emily's involvement only kick-starts when she realises that Naomi's been lying to her.

IMO, she goes to see Sophia's mum because she feels guilty that it was her girlfriend who played a part in Sophia's death, and it's just better to be anonymous because the police are asking questions... it only becomes about Emily when she finds that picture in the prospectus.

Perhaps Matt should have opened the box, but this episode was called 'Emily' and it has more of an impact if Emily's the one seeing it. By this stage, as well, I think that Matt sort of feels like they're in it together. Like, he knows that Emily is scared of something, and she's said that she needs to know what's in that box. And maybe it's a little easier for him, too, if someone else is doing the opening.

I thought it was sort of sweet of him to let her do it, kind of like 'Here, you seem to need this as much as I do'.

Maybe I'm wrong on all counts. But it's just the way I see it :)

And I'm also not really hating Sophia any more, because she's too tragic a character. Plus Amberley is actually HAWT! Which makes Naomi's actions almost understandable ;)

And yeah - the fact that Jenna was right. Poor Emily! Again, I've been in that situation so just ugh *hugs* for Ems.

[sprads.livejournal.com]

I adore Sophia! I love the fact that she portrayed and expressed her life through her artwork and how she depended on it to make her feel something.

It's odd though I see Sophia being very similar to Katie. I think it started off in Sophia's trailer when she said that her brother and her used to be best friends but they grew up and she could no longer talk to him. That reminds me of Katie's and Emily's relationship. Also it seems that Katie feels that no one understands her. And also it kinda worries me because Katie is not as strong as Emily even though she pretends to be and what happened to Sophia could've happened to her...

I had a dream last night that Katie did A-level Art but didn't tell anyone that she could sketch because she feared that Emily would try it and be better than her. And she used to stay late after college and work on her art during lunch breaks and free periods and Sophia would always be there and they would just acknowledge each other and work on their sketches silently or listen to music and then they started to talk to each other, telling each other things they hadn't told anyone else before and became really close. And Katie kept their friendship a secret after Sophia's death but eventually told Matt with Emily overhearing about how Sophia had told Katie she kissed Naomi and how Katie encouraged Sophia's crush to develop because she wanted Naomi and Emily to break up but she realised how happy Naomi made Emily and she wanted Sophia to stop and ended up having a fight and then Sophia took the MDMA and killed herself. My dream ended with Katie and Matt forming a relationship I don't know why but I ship Katie/Matt hard!

[lovely-noise.livejournal.com]

One of the best things about this is how Emily must see the similarities between her and Sophia, and that that's one of the things that ould hurt her most. Would she have ended up just like Sophia if she wasn't so strong, or if Naomi had held out any longer? And if Naomi can make this random girl do this to herself what damage could she do to Emily?

Love her now, and the animations and shit are just breath-taking. You seen the Naomily Unseen vid, cos that's something creepily gorgeous right there.

[cheapantique.livejournal.com]

I hated (well, that's a strong word, moreso disliked) the episode when I first saw it, and I realized now its because 'Naomily' is the idealistic imaginary partner I've never had, or have yet to find. It's that perfect fairytale idea of love and because the writers and actors made the characters so real - they actually feel like real people to a lot of fans. I think thats why it hurt so much on a first viewing.

Second time I watched it, I liked it. I also picked up on all of the tiny details the writer slipped in. It really made me think this time round, and especially about the mother daughter relationship. Emily and Jenna are more alike than they think. I loved how the writer wrote the entire family - each of them had their own problems that were playing out alongside Emily's drama. I love the Fitch family.

Third time I watched it, I LOVED it. I don't think the episode was any way perfect, after all, no matter what we got (e.g. if it had all been happy) people would have still complained about wanting more than that. Now, I'm happy with the episode. Before seeing it, I wished that Bryan Elsley was writing it as he's the best and most experienced writer of the lot, but Ed Hime, a theatre writer to give us his first tv episode, I thought he did an amazing job. The episode takes you on such an emotional journey. I think people being upset about it is a great thing now, and I'm sure that was the intention they had way before writing it. They wanted us to be upset, because at the end of the day, if we weren't upset we wouldn't care. And it will only make a more fantastic finale where girl gets the girl. Again.

Sorry that was long.

[supergoodtimes.livejournal.com]

I think only episodes that I instantly adored were Pandora's, Naomi's, JJ's (I think the character that was him mum made a big impact) Effy's would have been one but I just wish they focused more on her relationship with her family and didn't have her getting all 6's and 7's over Freddie.