SKINS CANADA: series 1, episode 1

[doreah]

See what I did there. It's because it's true.

Now, it's gonna take a few weeks to get back in the swing of this. I'm not going to take the X-Factor judges out for a walk yet. I'll save that for when I have stronger opinions, and more time. (Time management is killing me a bit right now, tbh.) We're gonna do this the old fashioned way.

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[doreah]

No one can ever replace April, and I don't expect Rachel to (especially since I am not legally allowed to lust after her hahaha), and no Michelle can ever beat UK!Michelle... but then it's not a competition and I think I'll enjoy Michelle regardless of any parallels if they give her some depth and stop parading her around like all she is a pretty face. (it's a little too meta/4th wall-ish/ironic for me). and I just really really really really need RT to sharpen her delivery skills and I'll be more excited.

At this point, I'm curious about how sad/desperate she is and WHY. I'm not exactly looking forward to it if she isn't given more depth (I honestly fear this Michelle runs the risk of being seen as more shallow than the other just simply cos I felt like UK had layer due to her "persona" but this one doesn't have that strong outward personality ... YET. it's only the pilot and Michelle didn't have much personality in the UK pilot either. SO i'm still hopeful.) But still watching that scene, just gets me cos it's really sad, imo. Her eyes are just... GUUUUUHHHH SO SAD. or something.

I just don't really like people drooling over RT/Michelle SIMPLY cos she's gorgeous or they ship her with Tea (dnw, sorry!) so that's also why i hope she gets a really solid story and personality. i'm a little hypocritical there tho cos the whole reason i went all ga-ga for her initially is cos a)she's pretty and b)she's michelle. hahah. not exactly deep and meaningful basis there lol.

[shan_3414]

Sadly, I can see people being all: "OMG SO MUCH BETTER THAN UK MICHELLE. SHE HAS SO MUCH MORE DEPTHHHH AND SHE HAS A SECRET HEART OF GOLLLLD". When really she ends up being MORE shallow than UK!Michelle and everyone just perceives her as having depth because she's played with less subtlety. Because, let's face it, 90% of fandom still thinks Michelle was a shallow bitch, when to me, she's one of the most complex, honest, realistic characters I've seen.

But that's sort of besides the point. I'm hopeful! Even though RT's delivery was sometimes rough, I think she had a pretty good handle (better than most of the cast, tbh) on body language and expressions, and a lot of that was what made me a BELIEVER. So. I think she has loads of promise.

(And NGL, I totally ship Michelle/Tea, if only in fandom. So there's my shallow for the day.)