Day 28 / Something you love about Skins
He really says it for me best:
“Next year, we will have new characters. Give them a chance to develop. I hope you will feel that however they turn out, that Skins is a show made with love and respect for you and your lives by people who try to be close to that. Is it supposed to be realistic? No. Can it be funny all the time? No. Should it be depressing? No. But it should say something important; that being young can be so fantastic, and such a disaster at the same time. And that you are not alone. Somewhere, there is a person experiencing the same things as you; whether they are stupidly hilarious or just terrible. Finally: That the way adults see you is not all you are. That is Skins.”
-Bryan Elsley - Skins co-creator and writerI agree. Couldn’t have said it any better.
I skipped day 26 cause I don’t watch fanvids.
I love this picture. I think it just came out actually, even though I’m sure it was taken over a year ago. I love the colors and the location and the shadows and the lighting. It’s just really cool and it captures the essence of series 4 really well (even if that essence is a rather bleak one). It’s definitely gonna be my new wallpaper, and if you want it as a yours as well here’s a link:
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/180/a/5/Skins_wallpaper_by_emmily4.jpg (courtesy of emmily4 from Flickr)
p.s.
Katie looks so beautiful. I’m glad they put her in the center, and I like how Effy looks kinda rough instead of her usual glammed-up self.
I just hated how the kids in generation 2 were supposed to be this awesome group, and yet they had zero chemistry and sometimes it didn’t even seem like they even liked each other. It just made zero sense too that a group of kids who don’t really know each other just band together so quickly and make a tight little circle. I mean I guess a lot of them were all in little circles (Freddie/JJ/Cook, Effy/Pandora, Emily/Katie). We rarely see them all having fun and goofing around, but when they do it looks like so much fun! One moment that really struck out to me was when they all banded together to help out Thomas in his series 3 episode. That was really cool, but the group never did something like that again. Well, maybe camping in Effy’s ep, but there was so much tension on that trip it drove me crazy. Nowhere near as fun as the beach camping in Michelle’s episode in season 2. I wish we could’ve had more of that instead of everyone sort of doing their own thing. What I liked most about generation 1 was that it seemed like everyone had each other’s backs. There were little glimpses of friendship in almost everyone with one another, and they all had such great chemistry. You could just really feel the love. I think this group had so much potential but didn’t really use it the right way. I would’ve liked it more if they were all already friends like in generation 1. Hopefully generation 3 decides to do it like that. Although, I must say, I am glad the generation 2 ended with the gang laughing it up in Freddie’s shed, without poor Freds though :(
Now, this doesn’t mean I dislike this episode. In fact, I actually LOVE this episode. It’s probably my third favorite episode, overall. It’s heartbreakingly sad for a number of reasons, and at her essence, Cassie is a beautifully tragic character that I think this episode captures perfectly. However, there are things in this episode that are just so sad, I wish they never happened.
1.) Chris dies. My favorite character in generation 1, the bubbliest, most cheerful, nicest guy in the whole world gets such a bleak ending to his already tragic life. It’s so sad and I wish he could’ve stayed with us. However, his death didn’t make me angry, unlike SOMEONE’S (*cough*Funsponge*cough*)
2.) Cassie runs away. When I first watched this episode and it first showed her on the freeway or whatever, I was like “That looks like America. But no way she’s in America”. But two seconds later, she’s in Times Square, and I’m like “HOLY FUCK! SHE’S IN AMERICA!” It was so random that it made me mad at first, but then I realized that without Chris, and with a meaningless relationship with Sid, there wasn’t much left for Cassie in England anymore. But still, her being away from the group made me sad. I didn’t want her to be alone, but I guess she kinda needed to be. WHATEVER.
3.) She never makes up with Michelle and that sucks because someone like Cassie deserves to have friends. They could’ve worked out their differences, but Cassie was too stubborn to forgive. I love Cassie but sometimes her actions make me question my love, but then I remember her smile and I hear her words “Oh, wow, lovely” in my head and I fall in love again.
I believe a person is defined by both their inner and outer personas, so I decided to pick Chris and Effy as representations of both. Chris is definitely me on the outside. We act almost exactly alike, with the same sense of humor, the same fast-paced speech and everything. The wild-child, party animal, goofball persona that Chris has, as well as the funky eccentric way he dresses and his “fuck it” outlook on life and the way he easily gets worked up and obsessed with things. I also love my spliff :) He reminds me a lot of myself, and others have said the same thing about the two of us. But then I’m Effy on the inside. Not to sound like a nutball, but I definitely have ups and downs very similar to her and her inner struggles in the latter half of season 4, I can definitely relate to. It’s tough sometimes, but don’t worry about me. I’m not AS dramatic as Eff. No monsters in my head.
Day 21 - Your favorite minor character G1
Julie
I just wanted to say Julie was amazing and a much better sidekick to Effy than Pandora.
“I don’t think my mom went to many orgies…”
Funniest little kid on television. Seriously needs to be in generation 4 when he’s old enough.
Sorry, I know a majority of people hate Abigail but I loved her. She really brought the lols. Yeah, she’s annoying, and a major bitch, and a whore, and a psycopath, but whenever she was on screen I just laughed and laughed at how ridiculous she was. From the idiotic way she talked to how obsessed she was with Tony, especially in season 2 when she was pretending to be his girlfriend, I loved that dumb bitch. It’s funny how you can tell Skins never really takes itself too seriously whenever the over-the-top characters like her show up.
“I’m not sick if they let me play with the cats. It’s like…hazy days, you know?”
From the moment I first saw this girl on screen I was immediately fascinated by her. What a perfect opening speech for such a perfect character. It had me cracking up at her mondo cray-cray personality, yet left me wanting more and more of her.
