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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Oh, you were asking what a chav was on your journal. If you ever ever watch 'Little Britain' the Vicky Pollard character the ultimate chav caricature. As you can see from the clips below Vicky's character is basically a cross between Nathan and Kelly. A chav is stereotypically a young low class person in the UK with a scruffy appearence, bad manners and juvinille habits. There are shops in my town that have 'No Hoodies, Caps or Tracksuits' on their doors, because that's what chav kids usually wear. Chavs and ASBO kids are essentially treated like vermin in the UK so I think it's great to see these kids represented for all their horrible behaviour, but also show the causes of that behaviour.
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I read at a Misfits community that Curtis and Alisha's accents are from London. Maybe the show's creators wanted to include youths from the city too? It's clear with Curtis' story that it's commenting on the sort of 'good kid's fall from grace' sort of story. I hope they do more with Curtis than that, though. 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?
Nikki didn't do much for me. She's just not part of the gang. I like Marnie but I suspect she won't be around long, either. I like my gang. :-)
Simon is still Simon. He has these friends but he has issues now. I sympathize because I think I might wonder too what to do with my life if a better version of me had already lived and died.
No Tracksuits, no Hoodies? Wow, that's kind of . . . I don't know. Are the kids that disruptive that they are discriminated against? I know some schools hear don't want teens wearing caps or gang colors or such to prevent violence in school, but for businesses to make a sign seems very different.
I'll check out the video later!
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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 nothing better to do with their evenings. But at the same time, I wanted to get these kids gone so I could get on with my job in peace. Before the ASBO we could only call the police if we caught the kids stealing or if we were threatened by them. I don't work there anymore (thank God!) but the ASBO allows staff to call the police if chav kids are just being really obnoxious to them. I think the 'No Hoodies' signs are just a further measure to protect staff, but I don't like how it debases and discriminates either.
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The thing that makes me happy is future!Simon is still creepy to me! All those pictures! I don't love the creepiness but at least it's consistent. He's just channeled it in a different way. And I don't think we'll see future!Simon again. I hope they keep the complexity of Simon too. I do think he may have lied about selling his powers. Good for him.
Thanks your insights on the kids called chavs. Wow. I didn't even understand the ASBO and what it was for. Here obnoxious delinquents just remain . . . obnoxious but staff can call cops for that behavior. Seems a different problem in the UK, maybe. I don't know! I am glad that the kids are getting a voice through this show a bit. Might help a bit if the next kid mouthing off one imagines he's Nathan, you know?
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I'm thinking that future!Simon will have to be erased somehow because otherwise they'd have to kill Simon off. At first I thought SuperHoodie would turn out to be Simon from a parallel universe. When Simon pulled up his Hoodie after he found Alisha murdered I thought the Simon from that timeline would become the future super Simon. But then Milkman stabbed him (??)
I wonder if they are all going to buy back different powers? I kind of like the powers they've got, but I get the feeling they might change them. I also think Alisha will choose to remain powerless from now on.
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I hope Alisha doesn't remain powerless. I want her to be powerful and strong! Yep. I want that for each of them.
The Vicky Pollard character was hysterical! And you're right! That's what they probably got Nathan stealing the Pic-n-Mix from!
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