#(I watched a lot of soap operas growing up :P sometimes it comes out in my writing lol)
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A snippet from a future fic I'll probably never write, where Steve is a widower with two teenage kids, and he and Eddie randomly meet up, rekindling their old flame. This is when they've been together a while:
“Thank you,” Steve says, coming up behind Eddie at the bathroom sink.
Eddie pauses, catching Steve's eye in the mirror. “What for?” he asks, mouth foamy with toothpaste.
Steve slips his hands along Eddie's hips, hooks his chin over Eddie's shoulder. “For loving my kids.”
“You don't—” Toothpaste dribbles down Eddie's chin and he stoops to spit what's left in his mouth into the sink, gathering his hair to one side. He rinses his mouth out, wipes his face with a towel, then turns to Steve. “You don't have to thank me for that. Of course I love them.”
“Not everyone I've dated has.”
“They're idiots.” Eddie grabs the hem of Steve's shirt, pulling him close. “I mean, first of all, they're part of you, and I don't think I could love you and not love them. But...” He trails off, a small smile tilting his lips. “They're amazing kids.”
Pride swells in Steve's chest; he slides his arms around Eddie's waist and says, “They are.”
“And I'm pretty damn honored I get to be part of their lives,” Eddie says, “so thank you,” and he butts his head gently against Steve's.
Steve huffs and slides his hands up Eddie's back, pulling him into a tight embrace. “I love you.” He presses a kiss to Eddie's neck.
“I love you too.”
“And they both love you as well.”
Eddie lets out a shuddering breath. Steve knows how nervous Eddie was, when they started dating, that he wouldn't be welcomed, but it's almost like he's always been part of their family now. “Good to know,"”Eddie says.
Steve holds Eddie a little tighter. All those years ago, back in Hawkins, when they ended things, Steve thought he'd never see Eddie again. But here they are, together—a family—and Steve's never letting him go this time.
#Steddie#Steve x eddie#Steddie fic#Steddie fanfic#this is soooooo sappy I’m sorry 😫#anyway I don’t have names for Steve’s kids yet lol#but his son is bi too#his daughter is more like him otherwise though#also Steve takes a while to accept his sexuality so he’s only just come out to his kids because I like stories like that#even though I know some ppl in this fandom have found them offensive??#but yeah when he comes out his son gets upset because he then feels like he can’t come out without it being weird haha#and Steve is like what??? no??? when he eventually tells him#(I watched a lot of soap operas growing up :P sometimes it comes out in my writing lol)#that’s why I’ll probably never write this fic but it’s fun to dabble in the verse#pizzaqueenfic#pizzaqueenwrites#tsofverse
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What Did I Watch: #19
What a joy to watch something that was beautiful to look at even though it's still dumb at its center? But even with archetypal story, I love Semantic Error. It was your typical enemies to lovers. It was believable to the point, yeah it could happen to the most of us. Unless well we're not gonna come across somebody like Jang Jaeyoung for god's sake. It was too good to be true.
Despite the conventional trope, I must say this series has one of the most gorgeous frame out there. I'm not only talking about the framing, but the lighting, colors, focus, and the movement, everything seemed had meaning in which correlating with the characters. The colors sometimes in your face and sometimes sneak through and fades away before you know it. I respect those who knows how to deal with their camera regardless of the minimum budget. Super proud of what they did for the entire episode 7. Purple was all over the screen and not once I felt irritated. It was necessary to show audiences their heart eventually leads to one another. Because blue is belong to Sangwoo and Red is Jaeyoung's color. Red plus blue means purple. Genius.
Whoever designed beautiful shots on this deserves to get raise. It was so thought out and you just can feel it every frame has meanings. It could generate discussion, hell you could just use some of its takes into film studies.
And I might say, this is one of the best that Korea offered. It's going to be tough to beat this (fingers crossed on To My Star S2 though).
There had been discourse in here, regarding that twist in Enchanté. You know what I'm talking about. For me personally, I like the twist, it was rational, it brought a new depth to the characters. It certainly a thing that moves the plot forward and now I rather skeptical with how they're going to end the story in 2 episodes.
Back to the twist, I don't really want to call it a twist because I kinda already predicted it would going that way, instead the other way. Because personally if the twist went the other way, it just lazy writing. But, the twist itself it wasn't genius per se. At least, it gave Theo a motivation from the beginning and a realistic reason for him to did that. What I'm trying to convey is at least it does not make us feel stupid and not mocking our brain ah. That's the least a goddamn series should do.
Perhaps the problem was laying on how dialogue evolved after the revealed of the twist. The confession was written badly because it was just too ordinary. I could find hundreds of copycats in straight movies. For 2 people like Force and Book who got the acting chops and explosive chemistry this was easy. Way too easy. Even the kiss, it was hot but got edited in some kind of soap opera-ish and I was like P' Film l, you could have done it better.
Anyway, I don't really have problems with Enchanté except it still fall into the usual BL trope you always watched. It's predictable.
And that's bring me to Cutie Pie. Oh my god. I can choose not to watched it. But sometimes, we people keep making bad decisions for ourselves.
This is yaoi. This is your manga in early 20s, which is not my cup of tea. I prefer my BL when it isn't making an effort to become a proper BL. Not Me for example. Or all the danmei adaptation from China. Because the story can still work even the romance is being subverted. The story does not stand on the usual BL trope. Meanwhile in Cutie Pie, the romance is taking on the front row and when you taking that out, you got nothing left.
Maybe I'm watching too many gritty and realistic stuff but the premise itself is just doesn't make any sense. Unless, come back to point one, you're living in yaoi manga pages. Or you're feeling nostalgic. Yet, I don't grow up in full blown yaoi household. My encounter with yaoi wasn't come from manga. It was from manhwa, which yes a lot of grittier, darker, and full of mentally unstable characters. We know for sure that yaoi was created by straight female and sometimes fetishize the whole gay community and this one probably doesn't have any different. It's clearly written by straight female to cater straight audiences.
I like Zee, he was good in suits and that's my shallow reason why I watched Cutie Pie. But lord, I was struggling to finish it. I'm still on episode 1 3/4 going to 4/4. I wonder, when will I be able to just sit and watch without asking why the fuck this and that happened on the first place?
I mean if you grow up with yaoi manga, you sure want to check this out, either way you're going to end up like me perhaps. It's okay but I have so many conflicted feelings. Maybe if I can resort my feelings in order, perhaps I could resume this. Maybe I just need to watch Zee's face and not feeling so much guilty when the plot literally crashed.
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hey y’all i’m cosmo !! this is elton, he’s a professional baseball player with a lot of issues but he’s baby™ and just wants to be loved. like this and i’ll hit you up to plot ! also my discord is @ kingwavy#6636 if it’s easier to plot there !
new york’s very own elton bishop was spotted on broadway street in jadon hi dr. martens . your resemblance to aron piper is unreal . according to tmz , you just had your twenty second birthday bash . while living in nyc , you’ve been labeled as zany, but also vehement . i guess being an aquarius explains that . 3 things that would paint a better picture of you would be black turtle necks & sunglasses at night, scuffed dr. martens, cigarette smoke against neon lights. . ( sex with me has never lasted more than three minutes ) & ( male & he/him ) + ( cosmo, 24 , they/them , est . )
inspiration.
carl gallagher. shameless.
mike wheeler. stranger things.
eric forman. that 70′s show.
aaron judge. new york yankees.
stats.
full name. elton “john” bishop.
birth-place. bronx, new york.
age. twenty-two.
dob. 1/21/1996.
zodiac. aquarius.
orientation. pansexual.
spanish / english.
about.
the son of an alabama native father and a new york mother, elton was born into immediate chaos. his mother refused to leave new york, the city life being made for her. she originally was born in mexico and moved to new york as a child with her family – - a large family that elton grew up with. his father, however, was a southern man through and through, and while up in new york for business, happened to create elton before departing back to alabama.
growing up with a single mother, elton immediately began violently acting out once he started elementary school. no one was sure if it was because of the lack of parental guidance in his life, because the young boy needed some attention, ( tw violence ) or if he was just suffering from undiagnosed mental issues. in elementary school, he was stabbing peers with pencils, throwing chairs, playing pranks on teachers, cutting off girls’ ponytails, and a whole list of other things. ( end tw violence ) there were multiple occasions in which elton was almost expelled from school, but pity was more powerful. eventually, however, elton began to appreciate everything his mother did for him to excel in life and he went on to clean up his act to try and lessen his mom’s burden.
his father would often come up to visit when he was young, but soon began to realize that elton was nothing like the son he wanted. elton was very animated, loved make-up, dressing up, watching soap operas with his mom, and all-around was not very physically active or into any sports. his father pushed sports on him, though, and elton started to play baseball once he entered middle school. this was where he made most of his friends, but where he began to lose himself. elton no longer felt comfortable wearing make-up or gossiping with his mom about cute boys, so he dove head first into sports and excelled at that too.
he was never in the closet around his mother’s side of the family or anyone in his city at home - new york was more accepting of that - , but when he flew down to alabama to visit his dad ( which happened often once he was in his teen years ) , elton threw on a football t-shirt or a basketball hat and became the perfect son to an athletic father. it all changed one night when elton was at his dad’s when he was about sixteen years old. elton was at a party, some party with kids he didn’t know in a town he wasn’t extremely familiar with, when he was hooking up with a boy in one of the spare bedrooms. he wasn’t sure what happened or how it happened, but his dad tracked his location and barged in on him in a compromising situation. ( tw verbal abuse ) he very calmly asked elton to get into the car so the male did just that. his dad told him he was worthless, he was useless, he was a mistake – everything under the stars a son couldn’t bear to hear – and was immediately sent back to new york on a red eye. ( end tw verbal abuse ).
getting back to life in new york was busy, yet amazing. he forgot about his father’s existence because it was clear that his father had forgotten about him. he stopped paying child support so elton decided to get a job at a sports shop in order to help his mother out. he became more so withdrawn and angry after that, but still the same elton beneath everything. so when his father passed away while elton was twenty years old, he received a letter stating that he was now the owner of all of his father’s assets, including the money. elton went on to college where he was on a scholarship for baseball. he was scouted, played in a minor league for the yankees, and a year later was brought up to the MLB. he now plays right field and is the most popular yankee to exist since jeter or a-rod.
wanted connections.
his few close friends !!! ( 1 / ?? )
sometimes elton can be very strange and introverted. basically this person would have to be bubbly and help him really become more confident and happy with himself. kind of like a harold and maude relationship without the romance ( or with ) .
some familial connections, his dad’s side, prob cousins or another child that his father had and elton didn’t know about bc he lived in ny.
apartment neighbors //
roommate ?? “THEY WERE ROOMMATES”
a possible love interest in the form of two stumbling over their words, goofy, yet adorable messes around each other. could definitely blossom into something!
the person he slept with as a teenager that his dad caught them !!!
maybe someone that charms/annoys him on his way home every late night at ½ am from the bar. lol he’s probably super grumpy and this person has to be like.. super bubbly ?? walking their dog ?? idk. (
WINE NIGHTS and shit talking ANDFGDF .
someone he gets high w often. ( 1 / ?? )
maybe some m/m bros that are actually into each other, but they’re too good of friends to say anything to each other, etc.
head canons.
animated. very zany. loud and brash at times.
VERY TOUCHY and affectionate to those he loves
probably has fallen in love x300.
speaks fluent spanish
would definitely storm area 51.
loves make up... doesn’t wear it anymore tho.
low-key ashamed of himself
often tipsy or high or both
isn’t exactly mean, but he’s not rly the nicest person in the world and he prob wouldn’t go out of his way to do anything decent for someone he didn’t know.
deals drugs as a side hustle
definitely has hooked u p a lot ( i mean look at him ??? ) now he just wants to be loved tbh.
he LOVES love. he believes being in love is the meaning of life and is getting depressed about never having been loved.
he’s a video gamer, a basketball lover, and a chain smoker.
could be a lovable dumbass once he’s comfortable around someone.
does lack common sense at times.
does not have any social media platforms.
leaves clean laundry on his bedroom floor for a week
prob doesn’t drink enough water
constantly wears dr. martens
will always be found with taco bell bags in his car.
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[ aron piper, twenty two, male, he/him ] ━ did y'all see [ reginald “reggie” ponce ] walkin’ into [ fox & hare ? ] don’t think i’ve seen ‘em too much around here, they must’ve gotten here about [ two years ], but i think you can catch ‘em around town working as a [ waiter . ] I reckon they’re pretty [ vehement & adaptable ] but I hear they can also be kinda [ zany & explosive ]. best make ‘em feel welcome. ━ [ ooc: cosmo, 24, est, they/them ] [ drugs/alcohol tw / verbal abuse tw ]
inspiration.
david rose. schitt’s creek.
carl gallagher. shameless.
harry bingham. the society.
nate jacobs. euphoria.
stats.
full name. reginald “reggie” arthur ponce.
birth-place. bronx, new york.
age. twenty-two.
dob. 12/21/1996.
zodiac. capricorn.
orientation. homosexual.
spanish / english.
about.
the son of a frostford native father and a new york mother, reggie was born into immediate chaos. his mother gave reggie her last name and refused to leave new york, the city life being made for her. she originally was born in mexico and moved to new york as a child with her family -- - a large family that reggie grew up with. his father, however, was a southern man through and through, and while up in new york for business, happened to create reginald before departing back to alabama.
growing up with a single mother, reggie immediately began violently acting out once he started elementary school. no one was sure if it was because of the lack of parental guidance in his life, because the young boy needed some attention, ( tw violence ) or if he was just suffering from undiagnosed mental issues. in elementary school, he was stabbing peers with pencils, throwing chairs, playing pranks on teachers, cutting off girls’ ponytails, and a whole list of other things. ( end tw violence ) there were multiple occasions in which reggie was almost expelled from school, but pity was more powerful. eventually, however, reggie began to appreciate everything his mother did for him to excel in life and he went on to clean up his act to try and lessen his mom’s burden.
his father would often come up to visit when he was young, but soon began to realize that reggie was nothing like the son he wanted. reggie was very animated, loved make-up, dressing up, watching soap operas with his mom, and all-around was not very physically active or into any sports. his father pushed sports on him, though, and reggie started to play baseball once he entered middle school. this was where he made most of his friends, but where he began to lose himself. reggie no longer felt comfortable wearing make-up or gossiping with his mom about cute boys, so he dove head first into sports and excelled at that too.
he was never in the closet around his mother’s side of the family or anyone in his city at home - new york was more accepting of that - , but when he flew down to alabama to visit his dad ( which happened often once he was in his teen years ) , reggie threw on a football t-shirt or a basketball hat and became the perfect son to an athletic father. it all changed one night when reggie was at his dad’s in frostford when he was about sixteen years old. reggie was at a party, some party with kids he didn’t know in a town he wasn’t extremely familiar with, when he was hooking up with a boy in one of the spare bedrooms. he wasn’t sure what happened or how it happened, but his dad tracked his location and barged in on him in a compromising situation. ( tw verbal abuse ) he very calmly asked reggie to get into the car so the male did just that. his dad told him he was worthless, he was useless, he was a mistake -- everything under the stars a son couldn’t bear to hear -- and was immediately sent back to new york on a red eye. ( end tw verbal abuse ).
getting back to life in new york was busy, yet amazing. he forgot about his father’s existence because it was clear that his father had forgotten about him. he stopped paying child support so reggie decided to get a job at a little boutique in order to help his mother out. he became more so withdrawn and angry after that, but still the same reggie beneath everything.
so when his father passed away while reggie was twenty years old, he received a letter stating that he was now the owner of a beautiful apartment that his dad had left in frostford, alabama. little to nothing keeping him tied to the southern town, reginald decided he’d fly down to try and sell the place quickly. he kissed his mother goodbye, kissed his grandparents goodbye, and kissed all of his cousins goodbye, before departing for what was supposed to be a few weeks.
two years later, reggie is still living in frostford where he now calls home. he has a few close friends, a decent job waiting tables at fox & hare, and skypes his mother on a weekly basis. he’s content with the life he has built for himself in alabama ; now all he needs is to find that love he so desperately craves.
wanted connections.
his few close friends !!!
sometimes reggie can be very strange and introverted. basically this person would have to be bubbly and help him really become more confident and happy with himself. kind of like a harold and maude relationship without the romance ( or with ) .
some familial connections, his dad’s side, prob cousins or another child that his father had and reggie didn’t know about bc he lived in ny.
apartment neighbors
a possible love interest in the form of two stumbling over their words, goofy, yet adorable messes around each other. could definitely blossom into something!
the person he slept with as a teenager that his dad caught them !!!
maybe someone that charms/annoys him on his way home from work every late night at 1/2 am. lol he’s probably super grumpy and this person has to be like.. super bubbly ?? walking their dog ?? idk.
maybe some m/m bros that are actually into each other, but they’re too good of friends to say anything to each other, etc.
i also have more located at this wanted connections tag and i love brainstorming ! angst.
head canons.
animated. very zany. loud and brash at times.
VERY TOUCHY and affectionate to those he loves
probably has fallen in love x300.
speaks fluent spanish
would definitely storm area 51.
low-key ashamed of himself
often tipsy or high or both
isn’t exactly mean, but he’s not rly the nicest person in the world and he prob wouldn’t go out of his way to do anything decent for someone he didn’t know.
deals drugs as a side hustle
has never been in a real relationship before, but definitely has hooked u p a lot ( i mean look at him ??? ) now he just wants to be loved tbh.
he LOVES love. he believes being in love is the meaning of life and is getting depressed about never having been loved.
he’s a video gamer, a basketball lover, and a chain smoker.
could be a lovable dumbass once he’s comfortable around someone.
does lack common sense at times.
does not have any social media platforms.
leaves clean laundry on his bedroom floor for a week
prob doesn’t drink enough water
constantly wears dr. martens
will always be found with taco bell bags in his car.
#frostfordintro#drugs tw#verbal abuse tw#intro.#why did i write so much omg im sorry#for anyone who reads this#dkfhgdf
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Skam France, season 3, episode 1 reaction
here we go again
So I’m actually pretty intrigued going into this season, because on the one hand, I had some giant problems with Skam France’s first two seasons, and I know a lot of people felt that it was one of the weaker remakes (myself included). On the other hand, unlike with S2, they were able to adjust for viewer feedback with S3, possibly course correcting for some of the common complaints, and they’ve promised a lot of changes to a beloved story. It will be interesting to see how much Skam France grows into its own this season.
Also that Maxence guy sure has a face
I was not a fan of Skam France’s S1 and S2; up to this point, I’d say it’s my least favorite remake. So upfront, here are my main concerns going into the season:
The biggest problem with S1 and S2 was that it was such a copy and paste of the original show, to the point where it didn’t make sense a lot of the time. It was often like they’d redone 80-90% of the original material, with some slight changes, but then they failed to account for how those slight changes would affect the story or the scene. So we got weird inconsistencies and contradictions because the writers didn’t take out stuff from the original that no longer made sense. Or jokes or events happening without the setup that made it work. Characterization that didn’t feel natural or play to the actors’ strengths. Now we have learned that apparently the Skam France crew wanted to do more changes but were told to not stray too much, and that they have been given much more leeway to deviate from the original show with their S3 and S4. S3 and especially S4 are supposed to be heavily changed; I really hope they’re not exaggerating and that they’re going to be making bigger changes like story elements and plot structure, to the point where we can’t predict the upcoming clips based on the original show.
Skam France lacks a lot of the authenticity of the original and other remakes, such as casting older professional actors for many of the roles, or the overall more “polished” look and vibe of the show. Which cannot be changed at this point, and which does not bother everyone, but for me it can seriously detract from the material. It’s one thing to watch spotty teens act like spotty teens and screw up and act immature; it’s another to watch 22-25 year-old hotties make the same mistakes on screen, because I can’t completely reconcile the fact that maybe they should know better by now, heh. Rawness and vulnerability are such an essential part of Skam’s storytelling and so they need to account for that. Actually I think that’s why they reaaaaally need to dig deep into the quiet and “mundane” moments, because often those come across as some of the most emotionally fragile.
Don’t hate me: Lucas was one of my least favorite characters on Skam France in the previous seasons and my least favorite Isak across Skams. (I mean, it had to be one of them?) It’s nothing against the actor as a person but I always felt like he was acting rather than giving a natural performance. And not gonna lie, I was kind of creeped out by him in a way I haven’t felt with other Isaks. Like when he was snaking Emma, or when she called him on it and he had to respond, I didn’t get any sense of ambiguity or conflict or messiness - there was something a little blank and robotic about the way he was reacting. Not just in an “Isak is putting on a fake persona” way but in a “I would not be surprised if this dude had a collection of human heads in a freezer somewhere” way. But I am willing to give him another chance! There is more emotional range from his character in this season, and hopefully love will bring out more softness in him. With the changes to S3, maybe they’ll also play more to his strengths, and incorporate more organic and original moments so he’s not stuck recreating Isak’s greatest hits.
Scenes are RUSHED to fit the time limits per episode. This I dread, because S3 has so many scenes that are dependent on the pacing. Part of the effectiveness of Hjernen er alene or Minutt for minutt, for example, was that we got to listen to the long pauses, the silence. The scenes felt languid and peaceful and took time to let the atmosphere build. Skam France frequently didn’t have time for that, and consequently the mood of the clip often didn’t land, the actors had to rush through their dialogue instead of sinking into their characters’ emotions thoroughly. The best way to fix this would be to rewrite scenes so they’re not rushed - like instead of trying to cram a seven minute scene into four, rewrite the scene so there’s only four minutes of material, if you get what I mean. Or write a new scene that works within the time frame. Eliminate scenes that might not be necessary - personally every scene in Skam S3 feels necessary to me, but that might not be the case with Skam France S3 due to changes in the story.
Overuse of music. Skam France is one of several remakes that use music in almost every clip, typically in predictable ways - song starts clip, song ends clip over the credits. It lessens the impact of the soundtrack and makes it feel more obligatory and less vital to the scenes. So stick to music that matters and helps the tone or impact of the clips, rather than shoehorning it just because.
The directing could feel detached/distant in a way that didn’t serve the material. At the same time, sometimes it also got so OTT and soap opera-ish that it was comical. Hopefully they can find a balance that serves the characters’ emotions without going overboard.
Previously they filmed two seasons at one so they couldn’t make changes based on viewer feedback. That’s still in effect here, as we’re getting both S3 and S4 this spring. If there’s something people hate about S3, they can’t change it in S4. However, they did have plenty of time to incorporate feedback from the first two seasons before making S3 and S4, so I do have a lot of hope that they have fixed some of the biggest flaws. We know that they have changed a title of an episode to be “the boy who was afraid of the dark” so I believe they have changed the rebirth symbolism from Skam S3 into something different, probably light and dark symbolism to match Lucas’ name associations with light, and that is a huge step in the right direction.
Anyway, that’s out of the way, so here’s the actual episode.
Episode 1
Clip 1 - Sad reflection time
The very first clip of the season is new and not an adaptation, so that’s a promising start.
Lucas is sitting alone on a bench in a park. Lots of social media WhatsApp messages and Facebook notifications going off. The boy squad is talking about going to Emma’s party later and bringing beer and weed. Lucas stares moonily at man-woman pairs and a group of girls. I don’t think either do much for him. He puts the phone in his pocket. He sees a group of dudes and is perhaps more affected, so maybe he finds one of them attractive, or he’s just reminded of his own social situation, wishing he could be completely relaxed with his squad and not hiding a secret from them. The title of this clip was “Disconnected” which he obviously is, surrounded by people but still alone. He blue steels into the distance as we cut to the title card.
I usually save social media comments for the end, but the best part of this clip is the juxtaposition with Lucas’ IG post made right before this clip. A shot of the park, about him living his best life. Of course that’s some giant irony, because we know from the clip that he’s not living his best life, he’s detached from everyone around him and unhappy. So either he made that post with a lot of sarcasm, or specifically to put up the appearance that he’s fine. Or both.
Clip 2 - Good thing they were on the ground floor?
WILD N CRAZY TEEN PARTY TIME
Daphne is talking to a girl, but gets interrupted when a guy enters to make out with the girl. Daphne is like … OK then! And walks away. Daphne, my #1 of Skam France, I missed you the most.
Daphne goes to dance with Emma who also is drawn away by make-outs, this time with Raptor Alex. Daphne again is like ... OK then! She looks around and sees so many couples making out at this party. So I guess she’s gonna feel romantically and sexually frustrated like Vilde did in S3.
I got a laugh at her trying to connect with that younger girl over not connecting with anyone, when some dude swoops in to kiss that girl. Poor Daphne, trying to assert her older wisdom, be so helpful, and it didn’t work out.
In the kitchen we see our French boy squad. Arthur (glasses), Basile (no glasses), and Yann and Lucas of course.
Can I just say, thanks Skam France for adding to the scant glasses rep across these damn remakes? It’s wild to me that there are so few characters who have glasses in the Skam Extended Universe. There’s Amira from Druck, Luca from wtFOCK, Poonam from Skam Austin ... errr… that guy who sat next to Noora in S1 … some of the theater kids ... did I forget anyone?
Lucas talks about an attractive girl by saying, “Who cares about the size of the boobs?” which is truly a 100% authentic statement from a bonafide Kinsey 0 heterosexual man, yessir.
They’re interrupted by a girl running to the sink to puke. The boy squad is really funny with their reactions, Arthur is already winning me over with his facial expressions. I laughed at Arthur and Yann in the background when Lucas is flirting.
French Emma is called Chloé. Lucas gets Basile to take over hair-holding duties. Not gonna lie, I don’t really buy Lucas as this dude with mad game when Yann is right there (or Arthur, probably). Yann has got to be just as smooth. But they gave Lucas more helpful dialogue, I guess? It’s still slick like Isak but a little milder, he’s trying to calm down Chloé, he doesn’t neg her. So perhaps that helped him win her over.
He also shotguns with her which would be smooth except about 3% of the smoke made it into her mouth, but then again she seems like a novice so she probably didn’t care.
Their moment is interrupted by Maria hacking some more, but soon she and the other boys leave, and Lucas and Chloé make out. This is a pretty big divergence from Isak, who started making out with Emma while his friends were present. It was all a performance, and he clearly got uncomfortable once he was alone with Emma and eventually shuts it down. Lucas’ flirting is presumably a performance, too, but he could’ve stopped it after the boys left. Instead he goes forward with it.
Lucas does not start to show signs of discomfort until they’ve moved to the hallway and Chloé is unbuttoning his shirt and kissing his neck. We didn’t really see him show much doubt up until this point - like we saw Isak take a moment to gather himself when he realized he would have to flirt with Emma in the bathroom, the boys were pointing out it was “his girl.” But Lucas didn’t seem to falter until this point. I wish they’d shown more conflict earlier in the clip since they are emphasizing him putting on an act (like with the IG post). IDK if there’s also more of a self-imposed struggle he’s going through - maybe he’s also putting more pressure on himself to hook up with girls, not just to look straight but to be straight? It seemed like he might have even gone through with hooking up with Chloé had the cops not come up to the door. He was even starting to kiss her neck back.
When the cops show up, he takes advantage of the distraction and literally runs away from Chloé and jumps out a window, which is HILARIOUS, except this dude just dropped the weed on the floor in plain sight. Lucas, you’re a dingus.
I want jumping out of the window to become some symbolic running gag much like Isak struggling with his locker was, like every time Lucas has a problem he jumps out of the nearest window, in an increasingly dramatic fashion with glass spraying everywhere or him leaping out of an exploding building several stories onto the roof of a car. Doesn’t matter the situation, if there’s a window and an issue he doesn’t want to face, he ain’t gonna take the stairs. And I guess at one point the window won’t open so he has to stop jumping and running from his problems, and then his version of O Helga Natt involves climbing up and going through a window. But mostly the increasingly dramatic exits.
Clip 3 - Mika, Lisa, Manon, and a cranky gay hamster
The Skam France team got the most important detail of Isak’s season right, which is the box of tissues beside Lucas’ bed.
When Lucas wakes up he has a text from his mom, a message about going to church and praying for God to punish Lucas’ father for his sins, which SURE IS SOME SHIT. That isn’t just happy cloud religion, it’s hoping a vengeful God will strike down your enemies.
The text itself seems … coherent? Just religious. IDK if anything was lost in translation. Isak’s mom’s texts often seemed more rambling, or straight-up Bible verses about sin.
But hurrah, they’re keeping the religious themes in this season! Lucas is another Biblical name so I’m interested to see how they develop that symbolism.
Lucas’ mom says she is praying for the both of them and that she misses him, so there’s more of a sense of wanting to connect with her son - like Isak’s mom’s texts were pretty intimidating and I could see how he’d feel closed off from them and would find them more judgmental and a sign of her mental illness more than anything, not necessarily a sign of her missing her son. Lucas’ mom is more clearly reaching out to him, I guess he’s just not responding or giving anything back.
Yann texts Lucas that the police found stuff at Emma’s, and he wants to know if Lucas has the weed. Lucas is trying to find the weed when Mika and Lisa come in with Manon on the phone. Lucas does not greet Manon with enthusiasm although we will see that they’ve got a fairly warm relationship.
Mika has an Alt Er Love phone case, which is very cute and a sweet nod to Skam! Every season of Skam France so far has had a shout-out to the original show, which I think is a nice gesture.
Mika says Lucas has problems like “how to get a girl to deflower him” which sure is an interesting comment. Either Mika truly does not suspect anything, which is doubtful, IMO, or he’s just covering for him in front of Manon or trying to make Lucas feel like they don’t know his secret, which is considerate of him.
Mika compares Lucas to no better than a hamster because all he does is sleeps, eats, and poops, like a hamster and Lisa thinks that it would’ve been better to get a hamster. Lucas gives her an offended look. LMAO.
Manon is being nice to Lucas, which is sweet of her. She has Lucas show off the apartment. So this is a different apartment from season 2? Were they not able to get the other one? Occam’s Razor, I assume this was a filming/location issue.
Manon asks about the rent and Lucas says his dad feels bad because he can’t take him in, so he’s helping Lucas out. Wasn’t Manon supposed to pay for Lucas’ rent because her parents didn’t know she was moving out of the flat and in with Charles? I guess their patronage stopped because she couldn’t avoid telling them that she was leaving for London with Charles. Which makes me wonder why they bothered to keep in that part at all last season. (Or maybe again, because they had to switch apartments so Manon’s parents wouldn’t unknowingly pay for someone’s rent in a place she’d never lived.)
Manon asks about Lucas’ mom, whether she will be OK, and he says that she’ll be OK (obviously he is not sure of that), and then she asks if Lucas is seeing someone. Doubtful that he realizes how loaded that question is, considering Manon has seen what’s on his phone! He does this blatant lie where he pretends Mika is calling for his phone back to avoid answering.
I do not actually get why they’re doing Manon in London? Or why they redid this scene so closely? In OG S3, there were several reasons this scene existed, such as showing the mother’s religious text and Jonas asking about the weed, and planting some seeds for Isak being uncomfortable with some of Eskild’s behavior (like Eskild talking about lavender scent). But it was also a way to explain that Isak was living at Kollektivet, and a followup to Noora after her season and a setup to explain why William wasn’t around anymore, and we don’t need either of those things here. Manon directly offered her room to Lucas at the end of S2, so we know he would be living there, and there’s no reason to write off Charles because the actor isn’t leaving the show. The only thing you’d kinda need to address is why they’re in a different apartment, which could be easily explained with a line or two or dialogue (Mika or Lisa complaining that something was better/worse at the old apartment).
Noora’s whole subplot of sorts in S3, with her and William going to London and her returning when their relationship faltered ... I don’t know what Julie’s plans were had Thomas Hayes not left the show, but that definitely seemed like a development necessitated by his decision. Julie even managed to write in some parallels between Isak’s and Noora’s romantic situations to create some thematically relevant material from this development. But we still don’t actually need to do that with Skam France! The actor who plays Charles isn’t going anywhere from what I know. Like I don’t get why they can’t just have Manon and Charles living at their own place, as planned, and then they’re in the background with parties and stuff. Especially keeping in mind the time restrictions on the episodes, and that they’ll likely need to cut stuff, and this is something that could probably go without affecting the main story.
Skam Italia also wrote out the Noora character and sent her to England during their Isak’s season, too, and I thought it was kinda unnecessary, although that I can understand more because they switched S2 and S3, so it was a reason to keep Eleonora away from Edoardo (the William) until her own season. But overall it’s not something that I think needs to be carried over from remake to remake. I hope they have a good reason to send Manon away other than just repeating the story from the original show, especially considering that IMO that drama ended up dragging down season 4 (but that’s a whoooooole different essay).
Clip 4 - That’s enough, Basile
It’s school on Monday and Daphne is running around the courtyard, handing out flyers. Daphne’s existence is one thing that improves any Monday, personally.
The boy squad is all pissing in a row, sans Lucas, who’s on his phone waiting for the others. Once again he is disconnected from his pals, this time from the manliest of all male bonding rituals, the synchronized bladder release.
Yann and Arthur wash their hands and Basile does not, so guess who is going straight to the bottom of my boy squad rankings? Ewwww.
And he says it’s because he touched the girl’s butt on Saturday? …. The girl who was puking? Yeah, he could not plummet faster.
Basile starts going off about a wildlife documentary, referring to “females” as marking their scent on males, and IDK if the connotations are the same in French but men referring to women as “females” outside of a scientific context usually is a red flag.
And he hasn’t washed his hands since Saturday? But he’s jerked off???? I’m gonna puke. Yann points out he’s gonna smell like dick.
This conversation tanked Basile for me, because afterwards I could not stop thinking of his stank hands whenever he was on screen.
Daphne hands the flyers to the guys. She’s renovating the common room and is gonna make it “the place to be”. I guess they’ve just dropped her awesome party or whatever? Or is that happening in S4? Even though it’s kinda pointless, wasn’t it supposed to attract older boys and make the girl squad really cool? It’s been like over a year since they wanted to plan that, lol.
Basile seems super into Daphne and is willing to do the project, although Arthur is like, no, you aren’t. Basile, you have time to grow on me, but right now I do not approve of you hooking up with Daphne with your disgusting unwashed hands. She deserves The Best.
The other guys think Daphne is weird but Basile thinks she’s hot, so you know, he has that going for him. Though I think he would fall for any woman who acknowledged his existence. He would fall in love with the Annabelle doll if it looked his way.
Lucas gives the others a high five as he leaves, except for Basile, because he says Basile is disgusting. My favorite thing Lucas has ever done, tbh.
Basile does a pratfall over the bench on the way to class. That’s one way to get Daphne’s attention! But what makes it really funny is that Arthur stumbles over a rock at the EXACT SAME TIME in the background. I mean Basile is obsessing over everyone woman in the vicinity when clearly he and Arthur have some kind of soul bond going. (Arthur is probs too good for Basile, though. Arthur/Yann all the way.)
Things that did not appear in this clip: penguins, helicopters, treasure maps, mysterious hot new students making eyes at Lucas. Clearly there was no reason for any of those to be present. I don’t even know why I mentioned it.
(This aired on January 21st, Skam France, do you even know your audience???) (JK but for real.)
Clip 5 - The beginning of a beautiful friendship
Lucas stares at his teacher, who is wearing a sheer top that reveals her bra. I have to say he doesn’t look like uninterested. Arthur comments on it, too, that Lucas is checking out the hot teacher. Which is what I would believe if I did not have deeper insight into Lucas’ preferences.
Imane shows up and shoos Arthur away, and she asks Lucas whether he lost something on Saturday. When he asks, “What are you talking about?” she’s like, “Your virginity.” HA, that is an excellent burn, Lucas is toast.
We didn’t see Imane when Lucas jumped out the window, but she had to have been nearby for her to realize it was Lucas’ weed instead of anyone else’s. He didn’t take the time to plant it, he just dropped it, so that was less snake-like than Isak. And maybe a little less deserving of the roasting that Imane gives him, since this isn’t a matter of him being inconsiderate, just dumb. Sana was pissed off that Isak would do something like that on purpose and potentially get Eva in trouble; Lucas did it by accident. I guess the end result is the same if weed was found at Emma’s house, no matter how it was left behind.
Imane says they find Daphne’s project annoying, too, so I assume they’re all just doing this to make Daphne happy.
When Imane gets up to leave the teacher is like, no, Alexia and Arthur are now partners and Imane and Lucas are now together. Both Lucas and Imane look positively thrilled about this. Just delighted. I think Arthur’s reaction is meant to be sarcastic but lmao, dude, you get to work with Alexia, that’s a damn privilege.
Clip 6 - Lucas is bad at subtlety
It’s time for Daphne’s meeting! Just the girl squad, boy squad, maybe that girl who was making out with Lucas, and no other new characters of importance.
Lucas shows up, looking as eager as you’d expect. The girls are there sans Manon. They talk about how sad and depressing the room is. It looks OK to me? Like, not super warm and inviting, but they describe it like it’s Azkaban. Daphne is the only one who’s peppy and says they’re going to turn it into something so great people won’t want to leave high school. That sounds like the premise for a horror movie.
Some dudes show up and Daphne is all ready to greet them to her meeting. At first I thought that this lounge was their usual place to hang out, since it looks like one of them had a board game or something, and they had zero idea that a meeting would be happening, lmao.
We get another shot out of the window and for a second I was wondering if a mysterious new student might be standing below, lurking around, perhaps stalking somebody.
The boy squad actually joins Lucas for this meeting, which is nice of them, although in a second I’m going to wish they’d stayed away. Basile thinks Daphne is winking at him, Arthur says she’s just rubbing her eye. Why couldn’t Arthur be the one ship-teased with Daphne?
Oh, and Chloé has arrived. She sends a non-imaginary wink toward Lucas. I know she’s probably not going to stay that way, but for now Chloé is a very cute person.
Just as the boys are telling Lucas that Chloé is into him and asking about their hookup on Saturday, some male model just walks off a photo shoot and into the common room. We know this is significant as the music gets tinkly and Lucas deadass stares at this dude without reservations. Mysterious male model stares back and makes eye contact with Lucas. (I feel like looking into Maxence’s eyes is the gay equivalent of Bird Box, where just one glance is enough to make a guy like Lucas abandon the last remnants of chill and heterosexuality.)
Somehow Lucas does not die from this interaction, but he does keeping sneaking glances at the handsome stranger while Daphne does her awkward introduction. Chill, dead and buried. Heterosexuality on life support.
Basile applauds Daphne in her introduction - OK, I love her too, but calm the fuck down, weirdo. Daphne, don’t encourage him.
When the crowd starts adding their commentary, Imane steps in and tells people that the next one to interrupt Daphne gets their shins broken, which a simple yet iconic moment, especially because Yann certainly seems to get nervous.
Lucas keeps checking out the hottie in the row behind him and I mean, the camera loves that pretty face, so why not?
I already want to kill Basile.
Daphne is also done with him and roasts him when he asks for her number. Everyone giggles, which makes her smile and gives her some confidence, so I guess that’s what Basile’s good for. Except then he’s instantly in love with Daphne so arrrrrgh.
Lucas keeps checking out the view behind him because Basile is not the only one who’s developed a crush.
I like the idea of a musical cue or theme for Lucas and Sexy Newcomer but I’m kinda ehhh about this one, because I can already see it making certain scenes cheesy and overdramatic, like Yann spiking his skateboard or Charles slow-mo racing to Manon levels of unintentional hilarity. Unless Sexy Newcomer’s a pianist? Then I can understand it more if this type of music is relevant to his character.
Clip 7 - Weird is good
Lucas is walking home and what do you know, he sees a snack at the vending machine. Give some credit to Lucas, he goes right up to him. Although he doesn’t say hello, just lurks behind.
I recently watched the series You on Netflix so all these scenes of Lucas staring at the object of his affection with his large unblinking eyes are feeling a lot more ominous than intended.
Dream Boy is like oh sorry, i didn’t see you there! Fucking fake, he probably saw Lucas’ reflection in the glass or something. He can’t decide what to get, so Lucas recommends #24 which is a crunchy choco bar (looks like a granola bar). So in the promos for this season they mentioned “chocolate” as an important element in the story. Maybe crunchy choco will be their always!
Dream Boy gets one crunchy choco bar, and then another one, so there are no more left. His version of taking all the paper towels. He got very lucky that there were only two crunchy chocos left and that Lucas didn’t want the almond & seeds bar instead. He would’ve had to buy the whole damn rack. Dream Boy says one of the crunchy chocos is for Lucas. Except we don’t see them eat the bars, lol.
They sit down and smoke at the bus stop with one seat between them, and I could tell Chloé was gonna come and sit there. But I think it’s also supposed to be some no-homo space between them, like buying choco bars is one thing, but sitting next to each other??? It’s not like they’re married or anything.
They talk about how weird the meeting was, the importance of the common room. Lucas’ future husband says it’s a good opportunity to meet new people, but we know he’s thinking of one person in particular.
Earth Angel is a third year studying literature. Lucas asks whether it’s weird to start a new school five months before graduation. I mean ... they could have just made him Lucas’ age since he’s already like 25 in real life, at that point it’s not going to make much difference if you say he’s 17 or 18. Angelface is like, everything is weird with you! He muses that he too must seem weird. Well, weirdness is a quality I like in an Even, because Even was a giant fucking weirdo and it made him memorable and charming. And we know that our French Even has reasons for people to think he’s weird and is used to it, even if Lucas doesn’t know that yet, so it’s more loaded than Lucas even knows.
No offense but why is Chloé trying to chase Lucas when there is a literal male model on her other side? Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
Chloé is like, the meeting was fun, right? Lucas is awkward and Sugar Pie Honey Bunch kindly chimes in that the general opinion is that it was weird. Chloé seems to be like, oh, OK, as if that will be her new opinion to stay on the same page as Lucas. SPHB adds, but we like weird, I think. NOT SO SUBTLE. You know what he means by that.
Chloé introduces herself to the new guy and he introduces himself as Eliott, so I can stop making up stupid nicknames and pretending I don’t know the name of this character they told us about months ago.
There was a really good post by @skambyme about how both S3 remakes so far have done the end of this scene by putting the Emma character literally in the middle of the Isak and Even, while in the original, it’s Isak who ends up between Emma and Even. The remakes have the focus on Emma coming between Isak and Even, and it’s not like a terrible choice to do that or anything, but I think it’s more perceptive in the original to recognize that the biggest obstacle is not Emma, but Isak himself, caught between a girl and a guy, a safe lie and a terrifying truth. It puts the emphasis on Isak’s internal journey rather than a more external obstacle (Emma).
We learn from the credits that Eliott’s last name is Demaury and he has an Instagram account! So already that’s different from Even, who’s a total ghost on social media, except for the birthday video, obviously.
It’s a little funny to me that Arthur and Basile do not have last names according to the credits, though, lmao. Everyone else does and they’re just Those Two Guys on a first name only basis.
Social Media/General Comments
I mentioned it above but I liked that prior to the first clip, they started the season with an IG post from Lucas saying he’s living his best life, of course to contrast with the disconnect he feels in the clip itself. Putting up a facade on social media much like Isak did.
FOR SOME REASON Basile found it necessary to document the sink girl’s puke afer she was done, like … no one wants to see that, bro.
The boys talk about Lucas’ great game with Chloé in a chat, and Basile wants them all to know he has game, too. They just ignore him, lmao. As one should.
Manon and Lucas have a pretty solid friendship going on, which is nice. They’re on heart emoji level and she offers to throw Earl Grey on Mika and Lisa if they bother Lucas too much. I wonder if Lucas will properly come out to her at some point during the season, or confide in her. Especially if she ends up coming back and crashing at the apartment like Noora did - she’ll be around to talk to in person.
Mika not only calls Lucas hetero in a clip, but he refers to him as such in an IG story, and I’m not sure what to make of that yet? Because he knows about the rumors that Manon and Emma told him last season. At some point last season Lucas started crashing in their building/apartment, so Mika must have found him and let him stay over. If he didn’t find him at a gay bar, then what happened? I don’t think Mika legit thinks Lucas is straight; I think he’s just trying to keep up the appearance that he doesn’t suspect Lucas is gay, for Lucas’ sake. I don’t know if that’s the best method, but that’s my guess.
Unless Mika genuinely didn’t think he was gay after Manon and Emma, and he didn’t find Lucas at a gay bar but in some other situation, like IDK, drunk at a park/bus stop/whatever? I doubt it. Or he’s ironically teasing Lucas about his heterosexuality because he suspects otherwise, which is mean, so I doubt that, too.
Basile again talks about how hot Daphne is in a chat … stay away from her, dude. He did wash his hands or sanitize them eventually, thank God.
Manon is posting throwbacks of her and Charles on IG … the fact that it’s a throwback makes me think things are not so great between them right now. Reinforced by her later posting Rupi Kaur quotes, “if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else.”
Eliott is doing some type of Instagram puzzle with 4 out of 9 squares currently posted, and I’m not even going to take a guess as to what the finished product will be as of now, but I think it’s a really cool idea for the Even character to do something artsy and mysterious like that, and a fun way to tease the audience.
There was talk about how good Maxence’s acting was, with some divided opinions. I thought his acting was fine for his first clip. IDK how good he’ll end up being with the heavier material of the season, but he seems to have a lot of energy, which is something I find really important with Even, and he had a weird charm that felt right for the character. I know I saw some stuff that he sounded awkward to French speakers.
After the party clip I wrote something like “I really like the boy squad so far!” and it should be clear that my opinion changed to have one glaring exception by the end of the episode, lmao.
I’m already done with Basile, like we had 3 clips with him in it and 2.5 of them had him being obnoxious and creepy about girls. I say 2.5 because I thought he was OK the first time I saw the party clip, just an awkward goober dude, and then later clips retroactively ruined him in that one. The other two clips had a rather large focus on his desperation over girls, like I know basically nothing about Arthur so far, and Yann hasn’t done much yet this season, but I’ve heard a shit ton about Basile being gross. They have plenty of time to redeem him or tone him down, but I hope it happens fast. And Daphne is my favorite character so the thought of her hooking up with him makes me shudder.
That’s one disadvantage of them filming two seasons at once, though ... if they keep up his shtick and people dislike it, they can’t tone it later in the season or in S4 because it’s already filmed.
Overall I thought the use of music has improved. Some scenes started with silence! I liked that song at the very end!
Opinion of unknown popularity: I’m tired of the promo and behind the scenes stuff already.
Skam France is not the only remake that has done this, but it felt like they went on promo overload with this season, no doubt to build hype since the original S3 was such a hit, and I mean, from the perspective that they want people to watch and comment and like and subscribe … yeah, certainly I get it! But one thing that made Skam so special to watch was the lack of promo, the total immersion in the story. Completely not knowing what was coming, having no idea about what happens next. It was very unusual compared to almost every other TV show.
Right now it feels like they’re operating under the idea that everyone has seen the original show. Certainly fandom makes this assumption a lot of the time, but it’s one thing for fandom to do it and another for the director/writers/actors/marketing team to assume it? And I can’t help but feel that this spoils some of the effect of the season. S3, especially in the beginning, relied on a lot of ambiguity that kept you guessing. It was firmly locked into Isak’s POV, so when he doubted Even liked him, so did many of the viewers. We didn’t know that Even was mentally ill at the beginning of the season. We didn’t know Even noticed Isak on his first day of school. We didn’t know Even had a girlfriend. All this promo is giving away so much.
That’s actually an issue I have with the Eliott trailer, because as cool as I find the idea of finally getting that first-day-of-school POV, and although I think it’s a well-made trailer, it does remove a lot of the ambiguity regarding Eliott’s feelings toward Lucas, something that goes a long way toward establishing tension and putting us firmly in Lucas’ head, especially in the early episodes. For example, if Eliott turns out to have a girlfriend, we still know that he does have some feelings for Lucas - we saw Lucas grab his attention in the trailer. Whereas when Isak learns about Sonja, he doubts whether these moments he shared with Even were really what he thought they were, whether Even is actually into him - and the audience can doubt with him, because we don’t know any more than Isak. It doesn’t matter a ton to me as someone who’s seen Isak’s story, but what about someone who hasn’t?
Like I’m just imagining being a French viewer who has never seen the original show - you’d already know so much about where the story is headed just from the promo material. (How much of the audience is made up of total newbies who haven’t seen Skam, anyway?)
Of course, we don’t know how the changes in the story will be affected by spoilers, so perhaps there is a lot that we still won’t see coming. But honestly I would rather just watch the whole season and then get all of the behind the scenes goodies when it’s done. Especially because they’re saying that they’ve changed so much about this season - it would be great to go into that without any hints or spoilers.
I mean I love getting Skam interviews, bloopers, and scripts now, but I’m really glad it’s well after the show ended rather than while the season was airing. I remember the experience of watching live and not knowing where the story was going, and I really think that has a lot to do with Skam’s overall success and intense audience engagement. Some of the remakes have also done this - Skam España S1 and Druck S2 were/are divergent enough from the original seasons that it was exciting to wait for clips not knowing what to expect all the time. But I’m just imagining if Julie was posting a ton of explanations and hints during S3, and if that wouldn’t take a lot of the suspense and fun out of the experience.
Obviously the people involved are extremely proud of making this season, and want to share that love with everybody, so I don’t want to sound like an ass and complain about what they should or should not do. I know, I know, the solution is not to look at the extra material. It’s all optional and for the people who want to read it, everyone else can avoid it. But I’m thinking the best way to do that is just to avoid the tags and discussion of the show, because it felt pretty widely discussed and circulated. Anyway.
This episode on the whole was better than what we saw from S1 and S2 on average. Honestly, there are still some of the same directing weaknesses - not huge things, just like … stuff I would tweak, showing cause and effect, getting from Point A to Point B type stuff. But they’re not as pronounced so I think they can pull it together. I do think this season is going to be better than Skam France’s first two seasons.
I am not French so feel free to clarify or correct me if I misunderstood something.
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Barbies: A Jimin One-Shot
Genre: Romance; Unrequited love??? I don’t know what genre this is
Pairings: Jiminxreader
Warnings: angst, lots of angst, character death, some fluff, and slight swearing.
Word count: 3042
Author’s Note: This is based loosely around the song: Barbies by P!nk, one of my favorite songs to listen to. I actually cried while writing this and I love it. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. I know I’m not the best writer but I can see the improvement I’ve made. Enjoy!
Oh, I wish I could go back to playing barbies in my room
They never say that you gotta grow up, quite this soon
How fast things change, and now I'm here and all I wanna do
Is go back to playing barbies in my room
Your mother and father had always told you to be careful with your heart. It was a precious stone that could crack with the slightest tremor. And so you protected it with all your might, or so you thought. Heartbreak was something that was unexplainable to you, it was a heart-wrenching pain that delved deep into your core. It felt as if your whole body would split apart the time your cat had passed. Mittens was the one who was there for your first steps, first words, first everything. It was the first day of kindergarten when Mittens got sick. Jimin Park, a dark-haired boy, noticed your tears and tried to console you, offering hugs, candy, trying anything to see your smile. Jimin grew to be your friend, the two of you unstoppable against the rest of the world. He would come over and play on rainy days, when his parents both had to go in to work due to the weather. You weren’t sure what exactly they did, but you were happy to spend time with Jimin. He put up with playing barbies for hours on end, brushing their hair and dressing them, he even played along to your ridiculous soap opera stories, throwing the hated Jessica doll down the stairs in the end. Both of your giggles would fill the air as the toy was sent tumbling down the stairs, looking back, you wish you could go back to those days. They were dull days, no worries or care in the world except for who Ken would date next. Sadly when Jimin grew older, he turned into your Ken doll. The girls all hovering and cooing over him and into middle school, you disappeared from his life.
You didn’t disappear entirely from his life; he still came over to study with you. Those nights were your favorite; you got to see the real him, the one without all the fake smiles he gave to everyone else. One night, in particular, stuck out to you, where you knew that you could never overstep the boundaries of friendship. “My parents are splitting up.” He said, two years into high school and his family was falling apart. He trusted you enough to spill his worries, trusted you enough to keep his secret, to be his shoulder at this time, and you were. He cried into your shoulder for hours that night, the math homework lying incomplete on the table. Your shirt was stained with tears as he cried into your neck, your shaky hands drifted up and down his back in a soothing pattern. “I’m here.” you quietly say once he seems to calm down, “Thank you, Y/N,” He says quietly in return, not moving from your shoulder, his now dyed blonde hair, tickling your neck. He leaves quietly about an hour later, just hums of acknowledgement leaving his throat. Jimin changes after that, once his parents split up, he becomes a whole new person to you.He has new friends now in his third year of high school. A group of seven altogether and you left on the sidelines to watch. His popularity grows, and he soon has a girlfriend, leaving your heart to break for the first time. Silently you lock yourself up in your room, you mother knocking on the door for dinner. “I’m not hungry.” Your reply from your bed, tear-stained pillowcases surrounding your head. You think back to the old days, where the Barbies in your attic brought the most joy to you.
Jimin seems to have a new girlfriend every couple months from your view. He always gets tired, leaving them crying in the hallway of your school, leaving you staring from your locker at his dyed blonde hair, his eyes meeting yours for an instant, before turning away. Things changed so fast; your friendship was like walking on eggshells when he came over to study. It happened less frequently now, and within months he was gone, drifting away with his newfound friends. Gathering your strength, you finished high school with strong and flying colors. Graduating third in your class and headed off to college to be an actress. Portraying stories had always been a fun hobby of yours, and now here you were, fulfilling your dreams ever so slowly. Somehow Jimin Park ended up going to the same school as you, and miraculously you had some of the same classes as him. Fate has a funny way of playing the game sometimes, you think, fate is a cruel joke, the other side of your mind says. Jimin slowly comes back into your life, thanks to the two classes you have together at University. Jimin wants to be a music teacher, his love for singing was easy to spot, even at just a glance. His now pastel pink dyed hair helped accentuate his features, almond eyes shaping into crescents when he smiled. His laugh brought you the most joy, making butterflies bubble in your stomach. That’s when you realize you truly love him. When the simple questions he asks has your heart beating faster, and the light touches against your hand leave a static shock behind. So, with gritted teeth you ask him to coffee, your hands shaking with fear. Jimin smiles, a real one, and accepts, your heart flying through the roof. Finally, after years you had a real chance with him.
It was an unfortunate chance really; the odds had never really been in your favor with Jimin. The spark is going up in flames just to burn out a week later. The coffee date started wonderfully, him being a gentleman, paying for your coffee, giving you his jacket to hide your shoulders from the chilly spring day. You notice all the little things after that, the way he seems to turn his body away from you, his glances to the pretty barista at the counter, and the way he keeps glancing at his phone. It comes to the point where he pointedly stares at his phone while you talk about the book you just finished reading. It was a beautiful book, about people escaping death and finding love and- he’s texting someone with a little smile on his face. The way his eyes glitter at his phone sends an angry fire racing through your heart. Your heart breaks for the second time in your life, “If you don’t want to be here, you could have just told me Jimin.” You say as calmly as you can. He looks up from his phone, guilt lining his dark eyes. Eyes you had come to love. He opens his mouth to speak, and you shake your head, fighting tears. “Save it Jimin.” You whisper and get up, leaving the cafe quickly and disappearing into the city crowd, mascara leaking down your cheeks. You ended up in a park, wandering as your sniffles filled the quiet air. A cold park bench is where you end up, the metal frigid under your thighs. The one thing on your mind is a wish. To go back to playing barbies in your room. Cold tears slip out of your closed eyes and your crying again, cursing to yourself as you frantically wipe your eyes. Oh, the mess you must look like when people pass by. Giving you sad, pathetic looks. “Y/N.” A low voice says, Jimin, and it has you clenching your fists. “Let’s go home, yeah?” he says, easing you off of the bench. You didn’t speak as he led you back to the dorm, gently closing the door behind him as he leaves you in your room. The smiling face of your favorite barbie staring back at you from her shelf. Your heart shatters, and you are left crying yet again, because really, in what world would Jimin ever love you.
Summer doesn’t come fast enough, and you’re eager to get home to your parents. They take you to a beach this summer, a small one with tiny beach houses lining the shores. Even if it was only a couple of weeks long, it was the best time of your life, spending time with your parents together. There was one night, you sitting on the edge of the beach, water lapping up onto your legs. The sea was calm tonight, gently urging itself farther up the sand. Your bare legs have goosebumps rising on them, and a lone seagull yells across the sea. The gentle wind blows your hair off of your shoulders, and you close your eyes, basking in the quiet moment. The moon’s lowlight is sparkling off the water. You turn your head, seeing that you’re not alone. A tall, pink-haired man is staring at you from across the beach. “How on earth had he ended up here.” you think to yourself and instantly connect the dots, your mother had said something about inviting him to come visit the beach house tonight. With a silent groan, you turn your head back to the sea, feeling his gaze pierce your shoulders. “Um, hey, Y/N,” he says softly behind you, in which you hum in return, “The sea is beautiful tonight, isn’t it,” you say carefully and feel him sit down in the sand next to you. Heart thumping in your chest you stare at the sea, wishing your heart would just shut up and forget about the boy sitting next to you. “Are we still friends?” Jimin asks, his voice filled with worry and concern, “I know I hurt you at the cafe, and I’m sorry.” His apology comes out of nowhere, and it has you biting your lip in thought. “Yes, we can still be friends.” it comes out softly, almost a whisper. It’s the worst thing you’ve ever said, it will be the hardest thing you’ve ever done, but his quiet answer of “Thank you.” has your face heating up and butterflies fluttering through your stomach. You spend the rest of the night staring at the sea; you sit until the sun rises and Jimin stands to leave.
The worst day of your life is when you go to a small party at a cafe. Jimin joined a band, and he asked you to come to his first performance, reluctantly you went to the little scene and watched him perform. He was fantastic and sang his heart out; the other members were all part of his high school group of friends. After the performance he gave you a sweaty hug, lingering for just a second too long and sending your brain into a frenzy. The quiet ringing of your cell phone has you picking it up. An unknown number flashes across the screen, and you answer, giving Jimin a concerned look. “Hello?” you ask, a woman’s voice fills your ear, the words you never thought you would hear flow easily through the small speaker. “Is this Y/N L/N?” with a short answer of “Yes.” She continues, “I’m sorry, miss L/N, there’s been an accident, your parents are in the hospital, I’m afraid they have little time left.” The rest of the words are being tuned out as the phone drops from your hand, knees quaking together as the words connect in your head. Jimin is catching your falling body; his words are mushed together as your brain tries to understand what is happening. He picks up your dropped phone, putting it to his ears and saying a few words the to the woman across the line. “We’ll be there,” he says shortly. Quickly he drags you to his car, sliding you into the passenger seat, you’re shocked form speechless and hands shaking. He’s turning your head towards him, “Hey, Y/N I’m here, okay? We’re going to the hospital; everything is going to be okay.” He lies so quickly, and your heart is breaking a third time, but not for him, for your parents. The funeral comes immediately, a black dress slinks down your thighs and reaches the grass, and a black umbrella stands tall over you. Jimin stands tall beside you, a strong arm wrapped around your shoulders as the coffins are lowered into the ground. Later, you’re hiding in the attic, setting up your barbies, makeup staining your cheeks as you pretend that everything is okay.
Jimin’s light in your life seems to grow every day, he brings food over to your house each night and helps you go grocery shopping once a week. Your parents had left you everything, the house, the car, and money. It was undoubtedly a curse. To walk your home and see memories of their lives on every wall, every room, it leaves you shaking and running to the bathroom to throw up. You can’t imagine living in a world without them, a world without their smiles and laughter. There are bad days during grief, and there are good days. The good days consist of small smiles to Jimin’s goofy behavior, him forcing you to dance in your kitchen, and most of all him growing closer to you. The bad days seem to outnumber the good the first few months after the funeral. You had refused to eat the first week, making yourself sick to the point of dry heaving in the bathroom, smiling family pictures laughing at your shaking form next to the toilet. Jimin finds you next to the toilet, his spare key coming in handy when he rang the doorbell. His eyes are filled with sadness as he wipes your face off and fixes your ponytail. He helps you to bed, curling up next to your unmoving form. “I miss them.” you say, “I know,” he replies, letting his arms envelop you to his chest.
Slowly, you realize just how strong your feelings are for Jimin, just how there his is for you. How unmoving he is as your best friend. Even if his band is getting more popular and he is booking his first small tour, he still makes time for you and even gets you to go along with him on tour. It’s the first night back in your town, him walking you home, when he confesses out of the blue. “Hey, can we stop for a second?” he asks, hands fidgeting in front of him and his eyes glance around. “I know I haven’t been the best person to you, God, I was horrible to you.” He pushes a hand through his hair as he struggles to get his words out, “But I can’t help but to keep falling for you every damn day, Y/N, I- fuck.” he swears, laughing softly, “I’m horrible at words.” he says and your heart tightens in your chest, fingers clasping together in front of you, “It’s you, it’s always been you, and I tried to change that, I was scared to fall in love. I was scared to hurt you.” He’s speaking faster now, as if he’s running out of time to speak and your mouth is dry while your heart is dancing in your chest. “I know I’m not doing this right, but I am in love with you, and nothing will ever change that. I loved you the moment I first saw you, when you were crying about Mittens. I loved you when I played barbies with you. I loved you when I told you about my parents. I loved you when you asked me to coffee. I loved you when I was a horrible jerk to you. I will never stop loving you, I can’t get you out of my damn head.” He says, tears filling your eyes and he sees this, hands gripping your shoulders. “Was it something I said? Did I hurt your feelings? I’m so sorry, oh my God, how do I fix this. Don’t cry. Please.” His concern has a soft laugh escaping your throat. “I love you too, idiot.” You say and his smile lightens up your entire world. You’ve chased after this moment your entire life and it’s finally here. He’s pressing a soft kiss to your lips, his hands sliding down to rest on your hips as you hook a hand around his neck. He’s laughing against your lips. It’s funny how fast things change in life.
Three years have passed, and the daughter of your dreams sits comfortably in your husband’s lap. Jimin snores softly on the couch, Mina pressing short fingers into his cheeks, her hair as black as her fathers once was. Ever so gently you picked her up off of Jimin’s sleeping and carried her up to her room, eager to show her what you had brought down from the attic. She squeals at seeing the number of dolls on her floor. Your barbies have a different purpose now, and it makes your heart swell. She sits quietly now, brushing a doll’s hair and humming to herself softly. The one in your hand had stark blonde hair, and the smile you once hated on her face was now dear to you. You softly left Mina to herself and headed back down the hall of your house, bumping into Jimin’s tired body at the top of the stairs. “Careful, love.” His tired voice laughs, hooking an arm around your waist, he holds you close and presses a kiss to the top of your head. “Is that Jessica?!” He laughs, taking the doll from your hands with glee, “It is.” you laugh in return, leaning into his chest. With a smirk he tosses the doll down the stairs, leaning down to press a kiss to your lips. “I love you.” He says against your lips and Mina runs out of her room and into your legs. You wouldn’t want it any other way. You don’t wish you could go back in time anymore; you’re glad of where life had taken you. Here with Jimin and Mina, life is perfect.
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