Franky is horrible this season, her episode almost made me vomit :/ I never adored her, but I was ok with her last season. Let alone she's sooo inconcistent! The only redeeming thing about her is Fick, but I'm sure it could've been handled better. She is completely random all the time. And Fick was random too, WAY more random than Malo, but I like it cause I adore Nick and I want him to be happy. But anyway, Franky was tolerable in 6x05, so maybe I will be able to stand her next episode. It helps that I love her dad :P
Mini is the queen of everything, and IDG why people think she's ooc this season. I adore her, and just when I was about to get mad at her in 6x05, she would always do something that would make sense, and justify her behaviour.
Malo: I think I am about the only person in the universe who thinks Malo was natural. I watched season 5 last summer, without knowing anything about the characters, and without having been involved in the fandom. I think I always get influenced by what the fandom says, lbr, when we see a gazillion people saying one thing, we sometimes agree with it. So, the fandom says Malo was sudden, a random individual who hasn't given thought to it sees it and agrees. I had no such influence last summer, so as I was watching season 5, I turned to my cousin and told her ''Hey, there is something going on between these two''. And then we have the webisode, where it is established Alo has problems with his virginity and Mini wants to help him/is amused, and then in 6x01 she ''helps'' him. To do that, she certainly had feelings for him, but of course she would never admit it to herself because he is just a ''farmboy''. But Mini doesn't jump any random dude that comes her way. She only does that when she is upset/grieving etc., and she was not upset when she went to Alo. To conclude with Malo, I think she does love him, but has this vision in her mind about how her boyfriend should be, and Alo is not that guy, so she refuses to acknoledge that she does like him and accept him as he is. Poppy might help her realize :)
Alo is my fave, I have many faves but I am most defensive of him bc many people hate him, and he's an immature sweetheart really, a Peter Pan, so I voted for him in the poll. My faves are Alo, Mini, Grace, Alex (awesomeee), Nick, and Rich. I used to hate Liv last season but now I kinda like her. Until she hits my bb Mini ofc, then I'll go back to hating her :////
Uuuum what else. I'm basically loving this season for Malo, the perfection that is Freya's acting, the surprisingly awesome Alex episode, Nick being a sweetheart in 6x04, and the hope of the Alo episode being good and bb Gracie coming back <3
I think that, bc many people are so vocal at expressing their hate for Malo, we shippers are afraid to express it, which is totally wrong imo :P
We are civilised people, we can coexist.
And when we are not speaking, it seems like Malo has less fans than it actually does, because we are lurkers. (I am not saying that to you in particular, but to anyone who might read this :P)
tbh, I actually think most people don't really care. Not so much here where people do care, but on tumblr and facebook and stuff people are generally okay with it. Some people hate it, obviously, but some people are always going to hate your ship. Others love it. The luck of the draw, really. Your ship happens and people rain on your parade. Your ship doesn't happen and you rain on someone else's.
The Malo love/acceptance is pretty thin to the ground here, though.
yeah I'm surprised by all of the hate Malo gets tbh. like I understand a ship is going to get some hate no matter what but the Malo hate has been overwhelming! I don't get it. maybe because I've shipped it since Alo's ep last season. I'm not exactly vocal about it though - this gen I've been more interested in individual characters and friendships.
Agreed. I actually didn't ship Malo until I saw the first mini-episode. During season 5, I saw potential for both Malo and Minky, but there was nothing really blatant about each pairing for me to full ship either way. And I think their feelings are totally natural. Seriously, tell me what's so unnatural about two friends developing feelings for each other? Plus, I would argue that Chris and Jal from Gen 1 had much less build-up than Malo, but that happened and it was awesome.
Also agreed on the Mini bit. She was a bitch then and she's a bitch now. And the part about Franky. She's truly the most OOC. Last year, she was innocent and weird, and now she laughs as Luke beats the fuck out of poor Nick?
Anyways, glad you posted. Sometimes I feel obligated to say something about Malo, so other Malo fans don't feel like they're the only one.
This. People act like Alo fell off the sky and stole Mini from her soulmate Franky. Give me a break. Minky was there in s5, Malo was there in s5. The one turned into a friendship, the other into a romance, what is the big deal?
Tbh, Malo is my fave Skins couple, they are just sooo cute, and I like that they are so complicated when they should be simple :P
Yep, Franky.... I cannot recognize her! I said it before, I never liked her, but now she's terrible. I have hope tho, maybe Fick will make her better.
I visist this comn a loooot, but I almost never comment bc of the Malo hate. And that makes it seem like everyone hates Malo, when in fact, the Malo shippers are just scared to voice their opinion, and I don't like that. Tbh, 90% of the time I don't agree with their reasons, since they are mostly : I WANTED MINKY WHERE IS MINKY WHAT IS THIS SHIT! These are not very legit reasons, so..stay strong Malo! :)
Seriously. I'm okay with people shipping either way. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and all that bullshit. But some people take it too far. If people are scared to post something for fear of being ostracized or something, then that's too far. This isn't Mean Girls.
I was kind of neutral about both Malo and Minky. I'm just surprised to see Mini's crush for Franky go away like that.It was really odd seeing her having a girl crush and in the next episode giving Alo a blow job. In Mini's episode I liked Mini and Alo more anyway. I'm not surprised about Alo being interested in Mini.For the reasons you have said and also because Alo is generally a person that tries to focus on the positive things about the others. I can see him being interested in Mini a lot.Alo might seem only focus on sex but he really is not. And this is why after a while he clearly developes feelings for Mini. He's definitely one of those guy that can't treat you like an object,imo. No matter how many hank jobs he had last season. And also the fact he couldn't really go through having sex with that prostitute,it says a lot.
About Mini tho, a connection was established with Alo IN season 5. There were scenes where she was starting to get him, to like him as a person, and as a person who had no influence by the fandom whatsoever, I was able to notice that. Maybe, if I had seen the series in January, I would have been influenced by the tons of Minky shippers and failed to notice the Malo signs, [I doubt that tho, since I never liked Franky :P], but that is not the case.
I don't think Malo was sudden at all, especially with the webisode it makes sense. And I don't think Mini was stuck with Franky in 6x01. Franky was with Matty after 5x08, so maybe Mini sorted her feelings in the time between 5x08-6x01. Just because it happened offscreen doesn't mean it's not real.
Yes I agree that they shared a moment last season. But they settled also Mini having a crush with Franky and it just went to nowhere. I get that since it was a crush,these things can go away too easily but still,one has to assume them. And it's a bit lazy writing. Things would have been different if they've handled Malo and Mini scenes in 6x01 in my opinion. I'm talking to you like a former pro Malo. Before 5x07 I was so sure they were going to happen. But 5x07 and 5x08 happened and there was too much going with Franky from Mini's pov. It just came out as forced to my eyes. Said this of course still go on shipping on Mini/Alo and be vocal about it. I have much more liked the webepisose and Mini/Alo in this episode anyway.In the webepisode you can also see why Mini would go right after Alo.I can see her trying to find someone really relatable who would not just throw her away and she thinks she can control him easily. But still if they would written Mini/Alo in 6x01 differently and also a reasonable explaination for Mini's crush it would have been so much better.
I can agree with this. I loved that first mini-episode as well. And I would've preferred more scenes like the photo album scene in Mini's episode, where you could see them in a non-sexual light. But I can also accept that more happened off-screen and since their characters weren't the centric characters, we didn't see it. Yes, it's lazy and yes, it's bit of a fanwank from me. Still, I love it.
No problem. It's really up to the fans anyway. It must also be because this generation I'm more keen on talking about the characters and friendships but lmao think that in the last generation I used to like FE and they also lacked screen-time during the build up XD
I generally believe that the point with Mini/Alo is that people assumed Mini was lesbian and they found offensive how things turned out to be.I don't,because I think she was more into people like Franky. But anyway to each is own.This is the fun of the internet.
I never adored her, but I was ok with her last season. Let alone she's sooo inconcistent!
The only redeeming thing about her is Fick, but I'm sure it could've been handled better. She is completely random all the time.
And Fick was random too, WAY more random than Malo, but I like it cause I adore Nick and I want him to be happy.
But anyway, Franky was tolerable in 6x05, so maybe I will be able to stand her next episode. It helps that I love her dad :P
Mini is the queen of everything, and IDG why people think she's ooc this season.
I adore her, and just when I was about to get mad at her in 6x05, she would always do something that would make sense, and justify her behaviour.
Malo:
I think I am about the only person in the universe who thinks Malo was natural. I watched season 5 last summer, without knowing anything about the characters, and without having been involved in the fandom. I think I always get influenced by what the fandom says, lbr, when we see a gazillion people saying one thing, we sometimes agree with it.
So, the fandom says Malo was sudden, a random individual who hasn't given thought to it sees it and agrees.
I had no such influence last summer, so as I was watching season 5, I turned to my cousin and told her ''Hey, there is something going on between these two''.
And then we have the webisode, where it is established Alo has problems with his virginity and Mini wants to help him/is amused, and then in 6x01 she ''helps'' him. To do that, she certainly had feelings for him, but of course she would never admit it to herself because he is just a ''farmboy''.
But Mini doesn't jump any random dude that comes her way. She only does that when she is upset/grieving etc., and she was not upset when she went to Alo.
To conclude with Malo, I think she does love him, but has this vision in her mind about how her boyfriend should be, and Alo is not that guy, so she refuses to acknoledge that she does like him and accept him as he is.
Poppy might help her realize :)
Alo is my fave, I have many faves but I am most defensive of him bc many people hate him, and he's an immature sweetheart really, a Peter Pan, so I voted for him in the poll.
My faves are Alo, Mini, Grace, Alex (awesomeee), Nick, and Rich. I used to hate Liv last season but now I kinda like her. Until she hits my bb Mini ofc, then I'll go back to hating her :////
Uuuum what else. I'm basically loving this season for Malo, the perfection that is Freya's acting, the surprisingly awesome Alex episode, Nick being a sweetheart in 6x04, and the hope of the Alo episode being good and bb Gracie coming back <3
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I think that, bc many people are so vocal at expressing their hate for Malo, we shippers are afraid to express it, which is totally wrong imo :P
We are civilised people, we can coexist.
And when we are not speaking, it seems like Malo has less fans than it actually does, because we are lurkers. (I am not saying that to you in particular, but to anyone who might read this :P)
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The Malo love/acceptance is pretty thin to the ground here, though.
ia that we can co-exist, though. Threesomes?
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Right now I think I love everything because I just took the wrong sleeping pills lol.
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Also agreed on the Mini bit. She was a bitch then and she's a bitch now. And the part about Franky. She's truly the most OOC. Last year, she was innocent and weird, and now she laughs as Luke beats the fuck out of poor Nick?
Anyways, glad you posted. Sometimes I feel obligated to say something about Malo, so other Malo fans don't feel like they're the only one.
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The one turned into a friendship, the other into a romance, what is the big deal?
Tbh, Malo is my fave Skins couple, they are just sooo cute, and I like that they are so complicated when they should be simple :P
Yep, Franky.... I cannot recognize her! I said it before, I never liked her, but now she's terrible. I have hope tho, maybe Fick will make her better.
I visist this comn a loooot, but I almost never comment bc of the Malo hate. And that makes it seem like everyone hates Malo, when in fact, the Malo shippers are just scared to voice their opinion, and I don't like that.
Tbh, 90% of the time I don't agree with their reasons, since they are mostly : I WANTED MINKY WHERE IS MINKY WHAT IS THIS SHIT!
These are not very legit reasons, so..stay strong Malo! :)
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Anyway, I found this blog post that I thought was hilariously true: http://minipond.tumblr.com/post/17956277469/what-malo-fans-deal-with-on-a-daily-basis
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Let's spread a little malo love here, it's way to less
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In Mini's episode I liked Mini and Alo more anyway.
I'm not surprised about Alo being interested in Mini.For the reasons you have said and also because Alo is generally a person that tries to focus on the positive things about the others. I can see him being interested in Mini a lot.Alo might seem only focus on sex but he really is not. And this is why after a while he clearly developes feelings for Mini. He's definitely one of those guy that can't treat you like an object,imo. No matter how many hank jobs he had last season.
And also the fact he couldn't really go through having sex with that prostitute,it says a lot.
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About Mini tho, a connection was established with Alo IN season 5. There were scenes where she was starting to get him, to like him as a person, and as a person who had no influence by the fandom whatsoever, I was able to notice that. Maybe, if I had seen the series in January, I would have been influenced by the tons of Minky shippers and failed to notice the Malo signs, [I doubt that tho, since I never liked Franky :P], but that is not the case.
I don't think Malo was sudden at all, especially with the webisode it makes sense.
And I don't think Mini was stuck with Franky in 6x01. Franky was with Matty after 5x08, so maybe Mini sorted her feelings in the time between 5x08-6x01. Just because it happened offscreen doesn't mean it's not real.
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But they settled also Mini having a crush with Franky and it just went to nowhere. I get that since it was a crush,these things can go away too easily but still,one has to assume them. And it's a bit lazy writing. Things would have been different if they've handled Malo and Mini scenes in 6x01 in my opinion.
I'm talking to you like a former pro Malo. Before 5x07 I was so sure they were going to happen. But 5x07 and 5x08 happened and there was too much going with Franky from Mini's pov.
It just came out as forced to my eyes.
Said this of course still go on shipping on Mini/Alo and be vocal about it.
I have much more liked the webepisose and Mini/Alo in this episode anyway.In the webepisode you can also see why Mini would go right after Alo.I can see her trying to find someone really relatable who would not just throw her away and she thinks she can control him easily.
But still if they would written Mini/Alo in 6x01 differently and also a reasonable explaination for Mini's crush it would have been so much better.
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It must also be because this generation I'm more keen on talking about the characters and friendships but lmao think that in the last generation I used to like FE and they also lacked screen-time during the build up XD
I generally believe that the point with Mini/Alo is that people assumed Mini was lesbian and they found offensive how things turned out to be.I don't,because I think she was more into people like Franky. But anyway to each is own.This is the fun of the internet.
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