Obligatory Thursday Skins Post

[botherd]

I hated it. God, what a waste of space this entire series has been.

Okay, there were two things I liked. Obviously the best part was KATIE SLEEPING ON EFFY'S CHAIR ♥ ♥ ♥ and I also loved Karen's long list of things she likes. But the rest? Meh.

All the Cook and Freddie stuff was such bullshit I can't even summon up the energy to write about it. Just terrible.

The only way they could force Panda and Thomas back together was to make Panda a secret genius and Thomas a secret brilliant athlete so they could both go to Harvard together? Seriously?

They had so much to wrap up this episode but so much time was fucking WASTED by ridiculous bullshit that was obviously supposed to be funny but just wasn't, like Pandora singing and JJ and Cook dancing. Christ, they didn't even give Effy - motherfucking EFFY STONEM, the one character who's been around from the start - anything meaningful to do. What was her last scene? I can't even remember, that's how inconsequential it was.

And then there was Naomi and Emily. I'd heard there was a retcon but not what it was, and I'd heard that people were really happy with the spoilers, but I'm sorry, I hated it. I hated the retcon, because it obviously wasn't planned since last series, so that just cheapens Naomi's episode in series three. I hated that their reconciliation happened in front of everyone. I hated the stupid speech, and I hated Naomi's stupid hair. I can't believe that one speech is supposed to make everything all right, when they've been miserable living together for NEARLY A YEAR. NEARLY A FREAKING YEAR. This whole storyline has been so ill-conceived and horribly executed that it actually makes me angry, because the writers had such a good thing going with the pairing and they pissed it all away.

Thank fuck it's over.

Comments

[supergoodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank fuck it's over.
I need a drink.

[liev.livejournal.com]

Skins series 4 is now officially erased from my memory.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I was drinking while watching and it still didn't help.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Same here. Oh well, there'll always be fic.

[liev.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the ONE good thing about Skins right now: the fandom (or well, some parts of it). I really hope there are going to be lots of fics to make up for this shit.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that was your response to the retcon. I was seriously boggling at people who thought it made things okay.

Um, no, it doesn't, because it's so obviously NAOMI'S HEART IS PASTEDE ON YAY that it makes me see red. They fucked up an amazing thing, and I'll never forgive them. (And I haven't even watched the episode! I just know enough now.)

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm kind of worried that this series will have made people lose the will to fic instead of ~inspiring them. I guess we'll see.

[liev.livejournal.com]

Yeah ... it was already strangely quiet during the past few weeks.

Whatever, brb, applying to Harvard.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

How could anyone think it made everything okay? Not only is it a stupid, unsatisfying end to this series, it also retroactively shits on the good stuff that happened before. Gah! It wasn't even a well-written speech, for fuck's sake. The Naomi that would say "I would die for you" is the same Naomi who says "lover" in the books, i.e. NOT MY NAOMI.

On the other hand, the whole thing has been so out of character that it makes it really easy for me to separate it from series three in my mind and pretend it never happened.

[supergoodtimes.livejournal.com]

St. Paddy's yesterday = no alcohol for me today!
But still, I was expeting to be wither :') or :'( but I was like "...." you know?
They didn't draw any emotions and it was just very strange. It's like they were trying to put all the ingredients in a cake but it still tasted shit.
I agree with pretty much everything you said.

[immortality.livejournal.com]

I don't know ... I guess I was just happy NE ended up together. :| Now I feel lame for (mostly) liking the speech.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to write an Emily/Naomi story that I owe, TRYING TO RECONCILE THIS STUFF HAS NOT BEEN EASY. And, truly it's like saying the Naomi we fell in love with in season 3 never existed, we never knew her because she was lying to herself and everyone else. BULL.SHIT.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I think it's harder to write fic when we're getting new canon every week, but I have no idea if it'll pick up now it's over.

Apparently Harvard lets everyone in these days!

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, don't feel lame. It's fair enough if you liked the speech, it just really didn't work for me.

[immortality.livejournal.com]

Well, you didn't watch it when it was spoiled, right? I admit it felt kind of blah IN the episode, but watching it as just a regular clip made it a lot more awesome.

[blurubberband55.livejournal.com]

There was so much stupid shit in this episode, but I think the ridiculous plot device that takes the cake for me was the illegal immigrant college dropout getting into fucking HARVARD on a track scholarship. Just LOLWUT.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Ohhh Jesus, that sounds difficult. D: I honestly can't believe the extent of Naomi's character assasination, and what I hate the most about it is that I feel like they've done it so, IDK, she's more deserving of Emily. Like it can only be ~true love forever~ if they've both been pining for years.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

Do people in the UK think getting into Harvard is that easy? "LOL STUPID AMERICANS." ;)

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I only watched it in the context of the episode and I was already so pissed off at everything else being crap. Can't have helped.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

Well, I was waiting for the end to see what I'd do, but now that I know there wasn't any more to it than that speech, I'm just going to have to go AU. I was hoping it'd be easier to fix things, but evidently not. lollll

Like it can only be ~true love forever~ if they've both been pining for years.

Which is stupid, because part of what I liked about them last series was that slow realization that Naomi had about herself and her sexuality. This other thing completely negates that. Ugh.

[blurubberband55.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you know, I guess one of the most prestigious universities in the world is like the equivalent of a community college to Jamie Brittain.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Not only that, but he got in when classes would start in like a WEEK.

[liev.livejournal.com]

I wish I could say this Harvard ridiculousness was the thing I hated most about series 4/the finale, but sadly it just pales in comparison.

And apart from its own reputation and believability, Skins apparently also ruined my grasp of the english language. Is't applying for, jesus.

[blurubberband55.livejournal.com]

Even better!

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Only the people who also think that death by baseball bat is a ~risky, ~daring plot twist. ;)

(THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE IT HARVARD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE.)