Skins 3x09. I don't want this season to be over. :(
I wasn't going to post about Skins right away because I feel like my thoughts about the episode are all jumbled and I was going to watch the episode again to sort them out. But I'm really bored/procrastinating, so. Idk, it just felt like the episode itself was a bit all over the place? And I was watching with my Dad and his girlfriend, and the last episode they'd seen was Freddie's, so they were really confused and kept asking questions. >:(
There were quite a few things that I thought were weak. I'm really, REALLY glad about how the Naomi/Emily storyline ended up, BUT the way it all happened was just weird. I didn't so much have a problem with like, the events, they all just seemed SO RUSHED that it ended up not making sense. I'm okay with Naomi changing her mind a lot because I think she's that sort of person, especially in this situation, but because it all happened in one episode it had to be rushed along and then...idk, it didn't work quite so well. :/
I'm also mad about Pandora and Thomas. I still adore Thomas, but I hate that he forgave Pandora. I hate even more that we were given no explanation of why she was cheating on him in the first place. It made it all pointless. I thought it might've been an interesting storyline if we'd got to see WHY Pandora went from being crazily in love with Thomas to having sex with his polar opposite behind his back. Because we weren't given an explanation, it just makes her look like a horrible person, like Thomas is way too good for her. Meh.
But! The episode became AMAZING in spite of all that because of the EPIC TWINCEST. This show...does not even really care if siblings seem a little more than that, I swear. There's just so much, I don't even know where to start.
When I ship twins usually, I like the idea of them being like, perfect for each other, and having this really strong, intense love that they don't worry about showing. Fred/George and Tom/Bill, for example. But it's actually just as interesting to have a level of like, active dislike going on? Fighting and jealousy and stuff. (Charles/Camilla from 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, for example.) So yeah, I actually love that these girls have the relationship that they do. It's interesting and possibly more realistic to see teenage twins acting this way?
Lol, that reminds me. My Dad's a twin and he spent the whole episode going "I am so, so glad my brother and I were never like that." Haha.
The bit where Emily said "Why are you talking twin?" just--omg. ♥♥♥ SWEETEST THING EVERRR. That's the thing, I like that their relationship is all complex and everything, but underneath it they do still have that 'twin thing', a shared childhood and secret languages and stuff. And Emily's happy to go and sit an exam for Katie. *melts*
I also loved how they dressed the same even though it was a total WTF moment and so, so wrong. And that bit where Katie was totally just half-naked standing in front of Emily! Which, like...I'm close to my sister and everything, but...that's unusual, right? Idk. Also, LOL FOREVER at "You're naked, bitch!"
LOVED all the catfighting, and there was totally a moment where I inserted a kiss into all of that. I HAVE INCEST GOGGLES, I ADMIT IT. But come onnnn. The lines "She's mine", and "You'll never love her as much as I do"? Seriously.
I even loved how Katie was desperately trying to control everything and make it go her way, because even though I wanted to punch her in the face when she was talking to Naomi and fucking everything up, IT JUST MAKES HER CHARACTER SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING. I LOVE THAT SHE'S KIND OF A TOTALLY INSECURE AND NEEDY PSYCHO.
Uhh. Just trying to remember more about the episode. Oh, I hated the Mum and Dad, but that's sort of a given, ugh. Especially the Mum, wtf! I did like Emily's outburst at the dinner table when she got back from Naomi's though, even though she wasn't taken seriously, I just love that she's accepted herself and is being honest etc.
Other stuff I liked:
- That Naomi and JJ could tell that Emily was Emily at the beginning. XD
- The twins' little brother and his hilarious lines, rofl.
- The bit where Katie was standing in their room and saw the pictures of guys on the wall on her side, and girls on Emily's side, that just felt really realistic to me. Ditto with the 'box of fannies', ahaha.
- Katie saying to Freddie "There's nothing I can do to make you want me more than her, is there?" So sad. :(
- JJ AND FREDDIE TURNING UP IN LIKE, SILKY SCARVES OR WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY WERE WEARING. NO, REALLY, LOOK MORE GAY. ♥
- JJ worrying about how to greet the twins' parents. Lolol did he say "Yo, Fitch family!"? Amazing.
- Actually, EVERYTHING JJ SAID, I think.
- THOMAS GIVING EMILY HIS SHOES AND JACKET. ♥ Thomas really is impossibly sweet. I also loved his reaction to Emily saying that she's gay. "That's fine. Should we call a taxi?"
The previews went by WAY TOO FAST but I predict that Effy and Freddie are going to get some kind of ~happily ever after~ and Cook's going to be all ~heartbroken~. The only way that'll be all right with me is if the EPIC GAY LOVE STORY is back in full force. If I can still pretend the boys are pining for EACH OTHER and not Effy, it's all good.
Re: the longer previews, I do have to say that I quite like Effy and Cook together. I think they make sense. Like I said before, I don't like them as a ~serious couple~, but as the fucked up pair that they are, all on the run and everything, I like it. They seem to get each other. It makes more sense for her to be with him than Freddie. And the 'Freddie's fumble' clip? LOL FOREVER. I love how JJ stares for a moment and then covers his eyes, and Karen's just, idk, acting like she walks in on her brother wanking all the time, and, you know, she's not grossed out or anything. Awesome. Alsooo the shed looks more like it used to, hooray!
AND AS FOR EFFY'S VIDEO DIARY: ♥♥♥ Tbh Kaya's acting is pretty awful there, but, TONY MENTION. SHE NEEDS HIM. SHE DID GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. SHE THINKS HE MIGHT KILL COOK. HE'D BETTER BE AT LEAST MENTIONED IN THE ACTUAL EPISODE, TOO, IF NOT ACTUALLY THERE. WRITERS, YOU CAN'T TEASE ME LIKE THIS.
There were quite a few things that I thought were weak. I'm really, REALLY glad about how the Naomi/Emily storyline ended up, BUT the way it all happened was just weird. I didn't so much have a problem with like, the events, they all just seemed SO RUSHED that it ended up not making sense. I'm okay with Naomi changing her mind a lot because I think she's that sort of person, especially in this situation, but because it all happened in one episode it had to be rushed along and then...idk, it didn't work quite so well. :/
I'm also mad about Pandora and Thomas. I still adore Thomas, but I hate that he forgave Pandora. I hate even more that we were given no explanation of why she was cheating on him in the first place. It made it all pointless. I thought it might've been an interesting storyline if we'd got to see WHY Pandora went from being crazily in love with Thomas to having sex with his polar opposite behind his back. Because we weren't given an explanation, it just makes her look like a horrible person, like Thomas is way too good for her. Meh.
But! The episode became AMAZING in spite of all that because of the EPIC TWINCEST. This show...does not even really care if siblings seem a little more than that, I swear. There's just so much, I don't even know where to start.
When I ship twins usually, I like the idea of them being like, perfect for each other, and having this really strong, intense love that they don't worry about showing. Fred/George and Tom/Bill, for example. But it's actually just as interesting to have a level of like, active dislike going on? Fighting and jealousy and stuff. (Charles/Camilla from 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, for example.) So yeah, I actually love that these girls have the relationship that they do. It's interesting and possibly more realistic to see teenage twins acting this way?
Lol, that reminds me. My Dad's a twin and he spent the whole episode going "I am so, so glad my brother and I were never like that." Haha.
The bit where Emily said "Why are you talking twin?" just--omg. ♥♥♥ SWEETEST THING EVERRR. That's the thing, I like that their relationship is all complex and everything, but underneath it they do still have that 'twin thing', a shared childhood and secret languages and stuff. And Emily's happy to go and sit an exam for Katie. *melts*
I also loved how they dressed the same even though it was a total WTF moment and so, so wrong. And that bit where Katie was totally just half-naked standing in front of Emily! Which, like...I'm close to my sister and everything, but...that's unusual, right? Idk. Also, LOL FOREVER at "You're naked, bitch!"
LOVED all the catfighting, and there was totally a moment where I inserted a kiss into all of that. I HAVE INCEST GOGGLES, I ADMIT IT. But come onnnn. The lines "She's mine", and "You'll never love her as much as I do"? Seriously.
I even loved how Katie was desperately trying to control everything and make it go her way, because even though I wanted to punch her in the face when she was talking to Naomi and fucking everything up, IT JUST MAKES HER CHARACTER SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING. I LOVE THAT SHE'S KIND OF A TOTALLY INSECURE AND NEEDY PSYCHO.
Uhh. Just trying to remember more about the episode. Oh, I hated the Mum and Dad, but that's sort of a given, ugh. Especially the Mum, wtf! I did like Emily's outburst at the dinner table when she got back from Naomi's though, even though she wasn't taken seriously, I just love that she's accepted herself and is being honest etc.
Other stuff I liked:
- That Naomi and JJ could tell that Emily was Emily at the beginning. XD
- The twins' little brother and his hilarious lines, rofl.
- The bit where Katie was standing in their room and saw the pictures of guys on the wall on her side, and girls on Emily's side, that just felt really realistic to me. Ditto with the 'box of fannies', ahaha.
- Katie saying to Freddie "There's nothing I can do to make you want me more than her, is there?" So sad. :(
- JJ AND FREDDIE TURNING UP IN LIKE, SILKY SCARVES OR WHATEVER THE FUCK THEY WERE WEARING. NO, REALLY, LOOK MORE GAY. ♥
- JJ worrying about how to greet the twins' parents. Lolol did he say "Yo, Fitch family!"? Amazing.
- Actually, EVERYTHING JJ SAID, I think.
- THOMAS GIVING EMILY HIS SHOES AND JACKET. ♥ Thomas really is impossibly sweet. I also loved his reaction to Emily saying that she's gay. "That's fine. Should we call a taxi?"
The previews went by WAY TOO FAST but I predict that Effy and Freddie are going to get some kind of ~happily ever after~ and Cook's going to be all ~heartbroken~. The only way that'll be all right with me is if the EPIC GAY LOVE STORY is back in full force. If I can still pretend the boys are pining for EACH OTHER and not Effy, it's all good.
Re: the longer previews, I do have to say that I quite like Effy and Cook together. I think they make sense. Like I said before, I don't like them as a ~serious couple~, but as the fucked up pair that they are, all on the run and everything, I like it. They seem to get each other. It makes more sense for her to be with him than Freddie. And the 'Freddie's fumble' clip? LOL FOREVER. I love how JJ stares for a moment and then covers his eyes, and Karen's just, idk, acting like she walks in on her brother wanking all the time, and, you know, she's not grossed out or anything. Awesome. Alsooo the shed looks more like it used to, hooray!
AND AS FOR EFFY'S VIDEO DIARY: ♥♥♥ Tbh Kaya's acting is pretty awful there, but, TONY MENTION. SHE NEEDS HIM. SHE DID GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. SHE THINKS HE MIGHT KILL COOK. HE'D BETTER BE AT LEAST MENTIONED IN THE ACTUAL EPISODE, TOO, IF NOT ACTUALLY THERE. WRITERS, YOU CAN'T TEASE ME LIKE THIS.