Obligatory US!Skins Episode Post

[botherd]

I wanted to post this last night but I watched Pretty Little Liars (OMG, have I mentioned how much I love that show? I LOVE THAT SHOW) straight after Skins and got ~distracted.


Okay, I need to stop having ridiculous expectations about things because this was... not as great as I'd expected/hoped. The acting really does need a LOT of work (although I thought there were moments when Sofia showed potential!) and some of the dialogue was pretty terrible. Combine the two, and it quickly becomes quite cringey. :/

I also really didn't like Nana's ridiculously overwrought monologue of DOOM. OMG, I thought that scene was never going to end.

The Tony/Tea stuff wasn't as bad as I expected, because at least it ended with Tea realising how stupid/wrong/not for her it was, but I really do wish Skins would stay the hell away from having lesbians sleep with boys. It's really unnecessary. I kind of feel like it was really just used as a way to create drama between Tony and Michelle, and that sucks.

Oh, and every time Eura's onscreen I turn into a rabid gen 2 stan. STOP TRYING TO BE EFFY YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE EFFY.

THAT SAID, even though there were a million flaws with this episode, I still enjoyed it. Mostly because I already love Tea to an insane degree. Actually, I've realised I'm a massive hypocrite when it comes to this - when male characters have this kind of cocky on the outside/woobie on the inside personality I invariably hate it, and yet I adore Tea and think she's awesome. And super attractive, oh my God.

I'm not convinced by Betty yet; I thought she was pretty boring (which was obviously the point, at least up until the end when she ~surprised everyone) but I guess with a bit more character development I could start to like her. At the moment I'm still shipping Tea/Michelle. IT MUST HAPPEN. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Comments

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

PRETTY MUCH MY EXACT REACTION

[botherd.livejournal.com]

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

OBVIOUSLY. MEANWHILE, YOU SHOULD WRITE MORE FIC. /nudge

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I ACTUALLY MIGHT. I HAVE ~IDEAS.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

[immortality.livejournal.com]

THAT SAID, even though there were a million flaws with this episode, I still enjoyed it. Mostly because I already love Tea to an insane degree. Actually, I've realised I'm a massive hypocrite when it comes to this - when male characters have this kind of cocky on the outside/woobie on the inside personality I invariably hate it, and yet I adore Tea and think she's awesome. And super attractive, oh my God.

At the moment I'm still shipping Tea/Michelle. IT MUST HAPPEN. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN.

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY

Oh, and every time Eura's onscreen I turn into a rabid gen 2 stan. STOP TRYING TO BE EFFY YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE EFFY.

See, I kind of hate Effy (didn't used to, but now I do, mostly thanks to Kaya, who I find absolutely insufferable) so I don't mind Eura at all.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

(didn't used to, but now I do, mostly thanks to Kaya, who I find absolutely insufferable)

Thank god I stopped looking at what any of the actors were up to! I just don't want to know. I want my love for Effy to remain intact. LOLL

[immortality.livejournal.com]

Well, I also hate S4!Effy and her magical vag, so there you go.

But yeah.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

HA Well, I tend to ignore 90% of what happened in series 4 (Katie stuff excepted), so maybe THAT IS WHY. ;)

[immortality.livejournal.com]

I am envious of your ability to ignore crappy things in fandom.

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

IT'S A SPECIAL TALENT.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I kind of hate Effy

:O



(I actually only love fanon!Effy, tbh.)

[fab-fairy.livejournal.com]

At the moment I'm still shipping Tea/Michelle. IT MUST HAPPEN. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS.
Sorry Betty, but I can see why Tea is bored by the girls she sleeps with. I also can't believe I actually liked the Tony/Tea stuff though, although I don't think I would've if she hadn't found sleeping with him hilariously bad.

And I really don't know what to make of Eura, although that probably has something to do with her having had approximately 3 seconds of screen time so far. She will never be Effy though. Say what you liked about Kaya, she NAILED it in gen 1.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I feel like having originally characterised Betty as boring, they're going to have to work extra hard to reverse that if they want her to match up to Tea. I hope they actually work on that instead of just going, "kissing Tea at school = interesting now!"

I don't think I'd mind Eura if they weren't doing the whole mute storyline with her. No matter where they go with it I just can't see it being as good as Effy's series one storyline.