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Nathan & Kelly ramblings

Jan 05, 2011 11:18

I finished my Misfits watch last night. All 13 episodes! I'm now completely up to date. And being that I'm finished watching, I can respond to daybreak777's meme asking new Misfits fans: What is your favorite aspect of the show and why?

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daybreak777 January 5 2011, 12:24:18 UTC

Yay, more Misfits posts! I like that this is a show that most people like, that is quick to watch and that inspires us to write long posts! I posted my response over at my journal but I'll post it here for anyone else to see.

My favorite part of the show is the relationships between all five characters. Misfits looks good, has great music, a new setting to me and a fast-paced plot. That's all wonderful. But none of that would matter if I hadn't fallen in love with each of the characters separately. Nathan has a mouth on him. And I wouldn't exactly say he has a heart of gold. He's mean and completely obnoxious at times. But he likes little children and he's loyal and lonely and seems real. A real ass at times, but real. And he's proven he can be a good friend. I like Simon. He's so creepy and awkward that he's painful to watch sometimes. But he's probably the smartest of them all and watches science fiction and is loyal to them. Curtis tries to protect them in his way too. Kelly is kind of a violent mother figure, but she'll ( ... )

falafel_musings January 5 2011, 13:19:33 UTC

I enjoy the gang scenes and the Nathan/Simon bromance is another one of my favourite aspects of the show. However from the perspective of me looking at Misfits as a British social commentary, the other characters just aren't as effective as Nathan or Kelly. I find characters like Curtis and Nikki very bland. I had loved Simon in S1 and thought he was another great archetype of alienated anti-social British youth. But the Super-Simon alterego has spoilt his character for me. In the 'Making Of' on my DVD the writers said that they wanted to give Simon a Clark Kent/Superman split personality between awkward geek and dashing hero. But as a fan who doesn't care for the superhero aspect, it just feel like the writers are placing Americanised story conventions on Simon and Alisha (Simon's Lois Lane?). It's interesting that Misfits seems to have become an internet hit with worldwide viewers around the same time as the Simon/Alisha story started. I think it's much more of a traditional USA superpowers story, i.e. the geek becomes the hero and ( ... )

daybreak777 January 5 2011, 17:08:49 UTC

Interesting to think of Misfits as a social commentary on British youth. I had no idea these characters were archetypes at all. I'm so glad you started watching because I really hadn't gotten that. I thought Nathan was just . . . Nathan. Kelly, however, did seem like a working class person who was very concerned what people thought of her but I didn't know why ( ... )

falafel_musings January 5 2011, 20:30:19 UTC

I don't mind Simon/Alisha. As someone who loved a ship so much that I found fandom to express it, I understand that that can add a lot to a TV show for some fans. Especially some fans who've shipped them all along. My only question is, what now? How to keep that relationship interesting?

I like Simon/Alisha a little more now that Alisha is in love with the real Simon and not SuperHoodie. I'm just kind of saddened by the idea that Simon must change for Alisha; that he has to become unrealistically idealised and heroic. I don't know. Ep 1x5 was one of my favourite eps because it explored Simon's sweetness and his darkness. I fear they are losing the complexity of Simon's character with this story.

Are the kids that disruptive that they are discriminated against? In a word? Yes. I've seen both sides of it. I used to work in a video rentals and we'd get gangs of chav kids coming in to shoplift and harass the staff on a regular basis. I found it sad because these kids were bored, their parents didn't want them at home and they had ( ... )

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falafel_musings January 5 2011, 20:41:13 UTC

I meant to comment on your post! Suffice to say that I agree. These characters are meant to be ammoral and deliquent. That's the point! Or it was the point before Simon/Alisha turned into Clark Kent and Lois Lane, giving the viewers expectations for a typical americanised superhero story. I miss creepy S1 Simon so much. He's turning into future Hiro. *sigh* I miss my Simon/dead-girlfriend-in-the-fridge ship.

Nathan/Kelly are my new Pete/Peggy. They are the two best characters for me by far, whether they are together or seperate, friends or lovers - they just represent what the show is about (or at least should be about!).