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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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 ( ... )
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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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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!).
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