#( and Emma in bathtub lol

[crazyw3irdo]

THAT FUCKING RULED

Nerdy Prudes Must Die come out on YouTube today!!

Also they've finished making Workin' Boys, and they've scheduled performances

sooooon !!!!

[triviareads]

would you be willing to rec books that have voyeurism in them?

Sure! This list includes voyeurism that involves the hero and/or the heroine but not necessarily both, and they may be watching other people while getting off on it.

Historical:

The Recruit by Monica McCarty: Mary watches Kenneth have sex with another woman in the stables after wandering in thinking a horse was in distress. Kenneth notices her and puts on a bit of a show.

Her Wanton Wager by Grace Callaway: Percy watches couples getting off through a peephole in Hunt's club, and when Hunt catches her she's sadly contemplating that she'll never be a good girl, but Hunt is like "HELL YEAH YOU AREN'T" and goes to town on her. Truly an affirming scene.

The Duke Who Knew Too Much by Grace Callaway: Ft. some unwitting as well as witting(?) voyeurism; the unwitting bit is when Emma accidentally happens upon some light CNC between the hero Alaric and his mistress at the time; the more purposeful voyeurism is when Alaric kidnaps Emma and takes her to a sex club to observe BDSM scenes to make her understand what he was doing with his mistress and then they make out.

The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe: We love a good peephole scene; this one takes place during a police raid and Clay and Florence are in a tunnel and happen upon a couple having sex through a partition. Flo makes Clay turn around and they both masturbate to it.

The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe: Katherine watches Preston masturbate in the French Ball scene, and later on, he watches her masturbate in front of him in a carriage.

His Countess by S.M. LaViolette: Gideon brings two prostitutes to his new estate and the widow of the last earl, Alys, watches them go at it (with snacks) for multiple nights and he is very aware of this and puts on a show.

You'll find voyeurism in most of the books in LaViolette's Victorian Decadence series, but this is the one that stood out to me.

Contemporary:

Praise by Sara Cate: There's a great scene during the opening of the kink club where Charlie and Emerson are in a dark room watching a couple having sex through the window and he fingers her while they watch.

Eyes on Me by Sara Cate: This book is allll about voyeurism; from what I remember, Garrett hasn't had sex in a decade but he has done plenty of watching. The heroine, his stepsister Mia, is a cam girl on not!OnlyFans and he's a regular viewer. Later on, there's plenty of great exhibitionism scenes as well set in the club.

Give Me More by Sara Cate: Hunter's original fantasy is to watch Drake with his wife Isabel, and this does happen a few times initially (in a kink club, and during a "there was only one bed" hotel room sitch).

When Heroes Fall by Giana Darling: There's this really hot scene where Elena watches Dante jerk off through a crack in his bedroom door, and he calls her name out when he orgasms.

The Professional by Kresley Cole: When Sevastyan first breaks into Natalie's home to kidnap her, he watches her masturbate in the bathtub before he drags her out of there lol. Later on when they're in Paris, he routinely watches her masturbate on security cameras and storms home while she's calmly giving a show.

Only For A Night by Naima Simone: Another sex club voyeurism scene; Rion gets Harper off in the voyeurism room in his aphrodisiac club while they watch another couple through the glass.

Neon Gods by Katee Robert: One of the earlier sex scenes involves Hades and Persephone in a shadowy corner of his in-house kink club and getting off while they watch another couple perform a scene.

A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert also has some voyeurism stuff from what I remember since it's based around the kink club Hades and Meg run.

[madroxed]

Bobbie, I watched Nerdy Prudes Must Die tonight while I was packing for my trip to Michigan and here are my thoughts in relatively chronological order for your amusement:

The songs are already so catchy!

horny nerdy lauren omg! Ritchie and Ruth are hysterical, this is so good.

horny angela omg! THAT BATHTUB SONG!!?

scary homeless man reference... wait shouldn't pete know him? that's his brother (?) that's so sad. I'm sad about Ted again.

FUCK CLIVESDALE, WE HATE CLIVESDALE.

wow, Max sucks as a character but Will is kind of a star. He's great.

PAUL AND EMMA, SCREAM!! paul is still so lame, I love them so much.

THE LORDS IN BLACK SONG, THIS SONG IS SO GOOD! omg is steph gonna shoot pete this is so sad, I love it >:)

"GRACE IS HAVING SEX WITH A FUCKING GHOST" wait grace is having sex with a fucking ghost and it's also the play's climax (pun Intended)?

time to dance 💃 Oh, of course this can't actually end happily, it's Hatchetfield lol.

This was so fun and I had so much fun. I'm 13 years old again and I love Starkid so much.

Love you, have a great night!

caity yes i’m publishing this so i can keep it but also all of these things. i am also sad about ted all over again, and paul/emma always (although paul 23/emdroid still take my #1 starkid ship spot), will is SUCH a star, and GRACE FUCKING A GHOST IS THE CLIMAX. hatchetfield can’t and shouldn’t ever have happy endings.

the absolute best.

also the music??? easily my favourite. i have listened to high school is killing me and if i loved you so many times at this point my stats are screwed.

[katatonicimpression]

2 for Shinobi, 12 for Monet, 14 for Bobby (shaking things up lol)

2. When I think I truly started to like Shinobi

I remember years and years ago encountering him when going through 90s xforce. There's a very memorable scene where the team just teleport into his bathtub.

But I only started to pay specific attention to him again in lockdown when I got back into comics in a big way and the wasted potential of Marauders melted my brain. Then I went back through all his past appearances and became a bit obsessed.

He's a poor little meow meow who's far too incompetent to be held responsible for his attempts at supervillainy.

12. Sexuality hc for Monet!

I feel like she's straight.. although my favourite ship for her is a gay one lol. Straight-ish. Heteroflexible.

14. Best storyline Bobby had

The aftermath of Emma taking over his body in the early 90s is where we get some of his best character stuff. It's got the drama with his dad, and the gay themes. Although, I guess, as a "storyline", there's a sense in which this just fizzles out without a strong arc.

Shout out to the cloud thing in defenders, even if it's a bit dated now, we enjoy gender fluid antics in this house. Although, again, this never feels resolved in a narrative sense. That's a pretty common thing in comics writing though so whatever.

I do love the 2017 and 2018 solo series, I think they do manage to feel like they've said something about him. Also, a small thing, but I feel like Grace was the last guy to write him actually feeling like an adult. This is a larger problem across a lot of media rn, especially marvel, especially xmen, but yeah. Sometimes you want stories that feel like they're about adults, and not this YA/coming of age trend every single time.

And I'm a big fan of Vecchio's take on him too, even if they're just little cartoony infinity comics. There's a complete arc there, a good shape to the stories, and a solid grasp on the kind of guy Bobby is, his specific anxieties and what he needs right now.

[loveclerc]

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ LET ME SHOW YOU MY MAN !

pairing : charles leclerc x fem!reader

summary : netizens have been shipping you with countless actors in hopes of finding your partner. after your new film came out and the internet has done it once again, you begin soft-launching your long-term relationship, making everyone confused who the mystery person is.

genre : smau, fluff, some crack, established relationship, actress!reader

warning(s) : please imagine yn’s user is some creative portmanteau with chase atlantic

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ynlntic ‘charlie’s angels’ out now !! starring the lovely kristen stewart, @ ellabalinska, @ elizabethbanks and me.

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f1fan carlos in the likes?

ellabalinska Absolutely loved working with you 🤩 Keep up the good work! ♥︎ by author

mackenziefoy Snatching hearts left and right already with your debut film

ynlntic what can I say? I’m irresistible

ynfan i love her 😭

charles_leclerc Beau jeu d’acteur ♥︎ by author

15 November 2019

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ynlntic hasn’t anyone told you that normal is the cruelest insult of all? ‘cruella’ out now :) so so happy to work with the queen emma thompson on this project. thanks to my sidekicks joel fry and @ paulwhausergram too.

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zendaya It’s crazy how you can act such a cruel person when you’re so lovely in real life

ynlntic you’re too kind

chaseatlantic ❤️

ynlntic hi (I’m shaking my heart belongs to you)

fernandoalo_oficial Bravo! 🎉 ♥︎ by author

paulwesley Are you perhaps interested in becoming a vampire?

ynlntic let me think about it … yes

reneerapp dm me pls

paulwhausergram She’s a homicidal maniac and you’re not!

ynlntic well, we don’t know that. I’m still young.

user is this referring to the dry thanks in the last sentence ♥︎ by author

28 May 2021

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ynlntic I went blonde for this one. ‘saltburn’ in select theatres now. love you guys @ keoghan92 @ jacobelordi @ mspike @ richard.e.grant @ archmadekwe my precious catton family.

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archmadekwe You’ll always be on my team for tennis ❤️

ynlntic I’ll choose you any day

keoghan92 Oliver Quick Catton 🧐 ♥︎ by author

ynfan2 spoiler alert? 🫢

landonorris You’re hot

ynlntic thanks lan

f1fan2 LAN???

sydney_sweeney i’m already in love ♥︎ by author

jacobelordi You look great in blonde, sis

ynlntic and you look great in a bathtub, bro

17 November 2023

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ynlntic never going back to economy again. ‘upgraded’ out now !! from watching @ archierenaux3 and @ marisatomei on a screen to costarring in a film together 🥹 such a dream come true.

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jessie_mei_li soo excited :)

ynlntic I bagged another cast member ……

charles_leclerc I can make sure you never fly economy again

f1fan3 so much for being slick

sabrinacarpenter text me i love u ♥︎ by author

georgerussell63 Any chance you’re free before the season?

ynlntic 90% chance. would you be flying me in first class?

georgerussell63 I know someone who can do that for you 😉 ♥︎ by author

f1fan4 then there’s charles’ untouched comment just above LOL

tomholland2013 Still waiting for that hangout invite.

archmadekwe Me or him

ynlntic me

9 February 2024

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ynlntic stuff you haven’t seen before ‘cause they’re mine

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ynfan2 SHE’S FINALLY POSTING NON-PROMOTION STUFF !!!

lailahasanovic can’t wait for more of these 💕 ♥︎ by author

ncentineo I don’t get why Langston didn’t fall for all three

ynlntic ‘cause elena didn’t want him and sabina’s for the girls

ynfan3 at last the queen has posted a POST 😩

ynfan4 HOLD UP 🤚🏻 MISS MA’AM WHO IS THE PERSON IN THE LAST SLIDE

ynfan5 probably her boyfriend archie madekwe (i’m delusional)

archmadekwe 🤭

11 February 2024

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ynlntic special day today

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jaehyunfan ARIANA (JAEHYUN) WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ???

user2 wait she was just brunette a while ago

ynlntic wig

ynfan6 EXCUSE ME SALTBURN WAS A WIG??? ♥︎ by author

_jeongjaehyun thanks for the cake ♥︎ by author

ynfan7 she listens to laufey 🥹

f1fan5 the heart with the c in the middle?

reneerapp what is that BOOK you are reading

ynlntic 🤫🧏🏻‍♀️

ynfan8 she’s taken guys we lost her … 😞

14 February 2024

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ynlntic I was told we were to play mario kart

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landonorris You can be the next Jann Mardenborough

ynlntic sign me up for formula banana peels 🙋🏻‍♀️

f1fan6 hold awn @ charles_leclerc went karting today too

joris__trouche Tu étais formidable! Ne laissez personne vous dire le contraire (@ andferrari007 😒)

ynlntic merci joris! ♡

f1fan7 this literally confirms it.

ynfan9 girlie your fans are going crazy 😭🙏🏻 save us from this torture and tell us who this man is PLZZZZ

ynfan10 i’m so scared for her and her partner, whoever they are …

ynfan11 this series of soft-launching and posting trivial things about her life is so precious to me

ynfan12 fr! i feel like a proud mother watching her child grow up 🥹

20 February 2024

keep a lookout for part two ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)

reblogs and feedback are appreciated !

[lemonflowercat]

75 soft: day 9

weird feelings in my head today. I think the it's mainly guilt over feeling like I'm not doing enough. I feel fat and ugly, I feel like I'm letting precious time slip through my fingers and my exam is going to be a shit-show again.

I think my guilt is being triggered by

a. that I ate a big fast food meal last night. it's supposed to be "cheat meal" but I despise myself for even wanting it, and I feel like I can't trust myself because I went over my calorie limit twice last week.

b. skipping my evening wxo to do chores yesterday, and that the day before I didn't finish a wxo. I'm dreading getting fat. The 4 kilos I've gained since last May weigh so heavy on me, I want to cry. i don't know how to not hate myself over being inconsistent.

c. February is coming to an end and I've barely made any progress with studying. I have 19 subjects to cover by April and here I am, doing 1 for the past 2 weeks. I disgust me hahaha.

I'm feeling decidedly slump-y and this is where it's coming from. how hilarious is it that the very thing that's bothering me - my ineptitude to get things done, is pushing me to not do said things even more? everything feels chaotic and out of control and I just want to run away from it all.

[x] morning yoga/walk/run x6d/w

did some back bend loaded yoga this morning. it was great but I feel like shit anyway

[] meditate x at least 15min every afternoon

skipped. A was home early today so I made him lunch in that time.

[x] study 42h/w: 37h 30m to go 34h 30m to go

i tried to pacify Dora Milaje by putting on cute home-wear and blue eyeliner - i looked at myself in the mirror and said to her, look, i am cute. i guess it worked? lol. i did manage to get in 2 hours of studying after that.

also, to feel less out of control, i wrote down my priorities. i told myself these are the only 2 things that need to happen today.

except for the quick notes on protein IEMs, they all did! :)))

[x] evening wxo x6/w

30m HIIT because apparently that's all my stamina is now? hehe. it was great fun!

[x] [x] [x] 1 raw veggie or a fruit x3 meals

- green grapes for morning snack (yea GGs are the fkn best

- and i had them for lunch+dinner too, ok) w a lettuce cherry tomato cucumber salad for both meals

can we pls just take a moment to appreciate my lunch plate (':

also, uncle-aunty (who own this farm) gave me fresh veggies this morning! literally watched aunty pluck these radish out of the bathtubs they grow them in (((: so excited and so grateful! looking forward to eating these raw/minimally cooked.

[x] 1400cal x6/week

[x] progress picture/day x6/w

[x] 2.5L of water/day

it's getting so hot, this goal is soon gonna have to be up-ed.

[x] brush before bed

[x] no media consumption (one movie/d allowed) - for freezes and PMS days

watched Poor Things today! creative funny thoughtful emotional movie w AMAZING FASHION INSPO ☆ I loved it, also I really like Emma Stone.

[its-a-swift-kloss]

Rant time, I guess. Release night had me buzzing with energy and it was crazy to listen to this album on repeat all day. It's like going back in time. Fearless TV didn't feel as nostalgic for some reason. I don't know how girlie managed to re-record Speak Now and turn it into this masterpiece - because, for years, I could swear it was already a perfect album. But I can't unhear it now hahah how much better Sparks Fly and Speak Now sounds with her mature voice, or how production evolved in Dear John and made it seem like something is twisting in my insides. Was Last Kiss always that heartbreaking? How the hell did she make me burst into tears listening to Never Grow Up?? - seriously, did not see that one coming. Hearing Back to December is almost like watching Taylor in that bathtub, with snow falling down the entire house. Taking the vault tracks from the original was downright criminal, and they're not even here for 24h yet, but they belong nowhere else. When Emma Falls in Love is all kinds of wonderful, took me right back to blurry Instagram pictures and nights out with her friends. I can see you is perhaps the most daring song she added lol how can her fans NOT see the pattern?? We see you, Taylor, I promise. Production is amazing too. Hayley singing in Castles Crumbling is absolute heaven! Timeless? Girlie, it fits right in. How did she manage to make the original feel incomplete? It's madness. Taylor, it's madness. I'm so ridiculously happy and so very proud. Thank you for sharing your talent and your passion for storytelling in such a beautiful way. I remember buying the physical copy of Speak Now back in 2010, and blasting it with my friends of school. That girl had no idea it could get better than that. Thank you for showing me 💜

[aintnolionpridelands]

Musical theatre performers from Japan (+ Ramin) sing ‘Do You Hear The People Sing?’ (民衆の歌) from Les Misérables

Shows at Home Project: https://showsathome.wixsite.com/showsathome

Japanese Lyrics by 岩谷時子 (Tokiko Iwatani)

Cast: 浦井健治 (Kenji Urai) | 大原櫻子 (Sakurako Ohara) | 音月桂 (Kei Otozuki) | 尾上松也 (Matsuya Onoe) | 海宝直人 (Naoto Kaiho) | 加藤和樹 (Kazuki Kato) | 加藤清史郎 (Seishiro Kato) | 上山竜治 (Ryuji Kamiyama) | Crystal Kay | 小南満佑子 (Mayuko Kominami) | 小西遼生 (Ryosei Konishi) | 昆夏美 (Natsumi Kon) | 斉藤 慎二 (Shinji Saitov) | 咲妃みゆ (Miyu Sakihi) | 笹���玲奈 (Rena Sasamoto) | 佐藤隆紀 (Takanori Sato) | 清水彩花 (Ayaka Shimizu) | 城田優 (Yu Shirota) | 田代万里生 (Mario Tashiro) | 中川晃教 (Akinori Nakagawa) | 西川大貴 (Taiki Nishikawa) | 愛希れいか (Manaki Reika) | 三浦涼介 (Ryouske Miura) | 宮澤エマ (Emma Miyazawa) | 濱田めぐみ (Megumi Hamada) | 原田優一 (Yuichi Harada) | 平原綾香 (Ayaka Hirahara) | フランク莉奈 (Rina Frank) | Ramin Karimloo | 山崎育三郎 (Ikusaburo Yamazaki) | 

Chorus: 石田佳名子 (Kanako Ishida) | 川島大典 (Daisuke Kawashima) | 木南清香 (Sayaka Kinami) | 杉浦奎介 (Keisuke Sugiura) | 持木悠 (Yu Mochiki) | 横田剛基 (Yoshiki Yokota) | 

Pf.奥田祐 (Yu Okuda) | Drs.岩根圭佑 (Keisuke Iwane) | Gt.川相賢太郎 (Kentaro Kawai) | Bs.遠藤優樹 (Yuuki Endo) | Vn.地行美穂 (Miho Chigyo) | 

[jens-holland]

People I think should appear in Vikings Valhalla based on where the show is going:

Leofric of Mercia: Mercia seems to be an important part of the plot, and with Eadric dead, they'll be needing a new earl anyway. Plus his wife Godiva is pretty famous

Harthacnut!!: Knut and Emma have a kid bls :)

Einar Thambarskelfir: this one's for my friend @johnofworcester. Einar was pretty prominent in Norway around this time; he opposed Olaf II but was involved in Magnus the Good's rise to the throne, held the real power in Norway during Magnus' reign, and later he and his son were slain by Harald Hardrada. His wife Bergljot was a fucking badass too, raising an army to avenge her husband's death

The REAL Thorketill the Tall™️: so, like Erik the Red and some other dudes, Thorketill weirdly showed up in the last season of the og Vikings show, but he should be showing up in England around this point in time. In fact, he was a Jomsviking!! So maybe MAYBE he'll be in Pomerania with Harekr and Freydis....

Empress Zoe and the Paphlagonians: if the emperor of Constantinople is going to be Romanos III (and even if it were Basil II or someone else), Zoe Porphyrogenita BETTER FUCKING SHOW UP. That's his flippin WIFE and his marriage to her is the only reason he has any power!! SHE'S the one with the dynastic ties!! And since they've chosen Romanos, they better intend to cover all the drama that Zoe stirs up with the Paphlagonian brothers and Romanos' bathtub murder,,

Malcolm II, Macbeth, and Duncan: I know, I'm getting a little far fetched here, but I can dream!! Hear me out though; Malcolm II comes to power in Scotland in 1005 and immediately decides to start raiding in Northumbria. So he's putting pressure on England, and he continues to do this for a while until Knut becomes king of all England and travels north to put a end to it. Malcolm II, his grandsons Duncan and Macbeth, and the king of the Isles Echmarcach mac Ragnall meet with Knut and there submit to him. It would be a super cool thing for them to cover, and it would set the stage for when Malcolm II's great-grandson Malcolm Canmore flees to the English court after Macbeth defeats Duncan in battle!

Knut’s siblings: primarily because I am curious as to who the fuck Gytha’s parents are, but also if Ulf is still Gytha’s brother, who the fuck is he going to marry?? Clearly not an Estrid who is Forkbeard’s daughter because that would be his flipping aunt. Alternatively, Gytha is not going to have a brother named Ulf, and Estrid Sveinsdottir is going to marry a different random dude named Ulf, who would be a more accurate Ulf with no prior relation to the Danish royal family. Additionally…

Svein Estridsson!: he probably won’t show up for a while though

OH YEAH, FUCKING SIWARD OF NORTHUMBRIA: Siward is super cool and also shows up in relation to the Scots; his sister/daughter/cousin (no one really knows) was married to King Duncan, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SIWARD BE THERE

Andrew of Hungary: this is just because I think it’s neat that everyone who was exiled in the 11th century went to Yaroslav’s court lol. I’ve given up hope on Edward the Exile though cause they uhh killed off his dad so….

Prince Vladimir/Volodymyr: I just think he’s neat! Also he led a raid against Constantinople, so badass

Godgifu: WHERE IS EDWARD AND ALFRED’S SISTER, HUH??? WHERE IS EMMA’S LITTLE GIRL??

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn: I figure this one is unlikely, but he was connected to the ruling family of Mercia and the House of Godwin, so you never know!

Ingegerd-Irene: I am going to be pissed if Yaroslav is married to a relative of Olaf and Harald’s. He was NOT their uncle, he was Harald’s father in law!! Also just PLEASE, I have been desperate for the Swedish ever since they baited me into thinking that Olof Skötkonung was going to be in the show

[leggerefiore]

What would the merge of Inka and Emma be called? Like Emin, but the girls I mean. There’s an au idea in here somewhere…

I have no idea what their name could be lol

Ima? Imma? Enka wouldn't work at all lmao. There's just no good fusion there.

also because I know someone will get confused: the girls are adults at this point

But I talked this over with a friend and we came to one conclusion about their fusion:

she's an e-girl who does weird shit for money on the internet, and Emmet Hates it. Inka's weird rebellion and the fact she inherited the Horny mixes with Emma's fashion interest and love for putting on a show Badly. On the bright side, Ima loves Emmet and clings to him like Emma. He's just sobbing when he's informed of everything else.

Ingo finds Emmet crying in a bathtub because his daughter made an Ahegao face on the internet. He leaves him be.

Though, in all seriousness, she's going to be an extremely internet-involved trainer probably. Somewhat like Raihan is. She'll also work as model, too. She might have a quick fit of rebellion during her teenage years, but she'll get over it before anyone really comprehends it. She's in a constant battle of wanting to look cute, but dress comfortably. Will she win? Who knows!

Emmet adores her all the same because he loves his children no matter what. Even if he did see his daughter thirst post on pokemon twitter. He tries to erase it from his brain.

[pocket-emilu]

so what if i 👉👈 starting watching h2o just add water for the first time since circa 2010

disclaimer i have a nonexistent attention span but i did finish the first episode so that's promising

important things:

the theme song & intro montage still slaps. timeless

i love that emma is a competitive swimmer because i used to be one too. double dose of nostalgia within the first minute and a half of watching

zane pushing cleo out onto that boat is seriously not okay especially since 1) she seems afraid of water, 2) she can't swim as we learn later even though she swims just fine when she has to get out of that cave -- anyway, can't wait for that zane character growth

i can't decide if this shirt is cute or not but it feels grandma and that's a positive

cleo & rikki's first meeting is so awkward lol. at least they seem to bond fast while zooming around in zane's boat

look at that. so wholesome

oh my god the overenthusiastic zooming and panning of these shots sometimes

i kind of wish that the girls got more time together for us to see their dynamic before getting stranded at sea and arguing with each other. felt kinda rushed but they did need to become mermaids within the first episode so i'll accept it.

i have the same attitude toward none of them realizing that the boat would run out of gas 🤷

but the episode does do a good job of giving first snapshots of their personalities. cleo is sweet but needs some help overcoming her fears, emma can be a bit stiff but is responsible and caring, and rikki makes cannibalism jokes

they look like they've been sitting there waiting for much longer than 20 seconds lol

i find it interesting that they don't transform into mermaids when they're in the moon pool for the first time. i don't remember much so maybe some mer-lore gets explained later in the show

cleo's bathtub transformation!! iconic

i love the scenes where they just hang out and swim underwater. i want to do that

it's so cute that lewis researches mermaids after cleo mentions it one time while shooing him out of her house

thank you to the writers for having zane get sprayed with water twice within the first episode. i'm questioning the physics of that fire hydrant opening but it's a show about mermaids so it's okay

lewis's reaction lmao

atla au about waterbenders send tweet

i'm sure someone has done that au already

poor rikki. this was adorable though. i guess she figures out her power in the next episode. i feel like cleo's ability is the most useful but they're all cool

[lightsandlostbells]

wtFOCK season 3, episode 1 reaction

So! It’s a million years too late, but I decided to talk about wtFOCK season 3. 

I had fairly positive feelings about S1 of wtFOCK. It was the scrappy underdog of the Skam remakes, in a way, and what it lacked in polish, it made up for authenticity. I was very willing to overlook its flaws because of what I perceived as genuine attempts to connect with teenagers. I was really, really holding out hope that future seasons would improve on its flaws. And ... well. (Disclaimer: I still haven’t seen S2. Sorry! I just failed to keep up with all the remakes and S2 is my least fave so I didn’t feel that motivated to make it a priority, even though I did like Zoë a lot in S1.)

Heads up - I didn’t care for this season. A lot of people did, and I would never, ever want to ruin someone’s enjoyment of something, even if I personally didn’t like it. So please take this as a warning that I have a lot of negative things to say, and don’t read if it’s going to harsh your buzz for a pairing or a story that you deeply love. However, I didn’t want to just be grumpy and angry the whole time, so I tried to think of constructive ways to fix certain problems I had with this season. No guarantees that they’re satisfying solutions, but it was an interesting exercise.

Also, I didn’t watch this in real time, and I paid barely any attention to fandom reactions and/or drama, so it’s very possible that I am missing context, or that pacing issues didn’t register with me quite as strongly, etc. If one of the actors ate a live dolphin on Instagram, and then got into a fight with fans on Twitter about their right to eat live dolphins, and now fandom has canceled the problematic dolphin-eating actor, I legit do not know, do not come at me if I’m like “This actor is doing a good job” with “Wow, didn’t know you stanned dolphin-eaters??? YIKES.” Honestly, for the purposes of just grading this season on a storytelling level, I would prefer not to know anything about the cast or crew unless it directly has an impact on the show itself.

Clip 1 - House party

OK, I did like this flashy intro shot, immersing us in the Wild ‘n’ Crazy Teen Party of Wild ‘n’ Crazy Youths.

Amber rejecting every dude in site … When Will Gay Vilde Rise. (I know there have been some f/f storylines in the remakes, but if there’s one involving an actual Vilde, please let me know.)

Luca saying “We’re not walking around in a high school drama” - you can hear the rimshot.

I do like the transition from the party up to the bathroom, that’s a cool shot. wtFOCK’s directing so far is more ambitious than it was in S1.

Robbe is clearly a mess and they acknowledge his problems at home right off the bat.

We go back downstairs. wtFOCK’s version of Magnus knocks his drink on Amber and she gets pissed. She gives him the finger and he falls in love. Still a better love story than S3 Daphne/Basile.

It’s a small point, but I don’t get why we didn’t get this moment before jumping up to the bathroom with Robbe and the others? It would be a far smoother transition, just on a practical level and also in the sense of fully immersing us in Robbe’s POV after a quick update with the other characters.

Belgian Magnus joins the guys in the bathtub and announces he’s in love. They roast him when they find out it’s Amber and start talking about hot chicks. Moyo starts grilling Robbe about his type of girl, in a crass, sexual way.

This is honestly not a bad start to Robbe’s story at all. Robbe is clearly more reluctant to get into his interest in girls than Isak was - Isak was more fuckboyish from the start, Robbe seems like he’s about to start squirming and doesn’t really give an answer to Moyo’s questioning. Which is fine! I think it’s fine to start off the POV character at different stages of performing heterosexuality, as long as it’s taken into account in the writing of the character’s whole arc. The fact that the boy talk is so crude and sexual just ramps up Robbe’s alienation.

I swear, I will never understand how the girls in this scene just go into the bathroom and pee in front of strange boys … like maybe I am just a ~prude but that seems like a recipe for disaster and I would not trust those little fuckers to not be secretly recording me on the toilet.

Her peeing is kind of a power move, like marking her territory.

Also L M A O at Robbe starting to flirt with the girl while she is pissing … like now this comes off as a kink thing. OK, Robbe. Jokes aside, this gets across the same meaning as the scene with Isak: he starts to flirt with her because he was encouraged by the other guys.

Uh, flush the toilet, lady. And use some TP.

Now this version of Emma seriously radiates some Natalie Portman in The Professional vibes.

She orders him to stand up and then starts kissing him. I get way less of a vibe of Robbe’s mad game with women (like how Isak negged Emma into kissing him) and more like this girl is the love interest out of an indie romcom, all mysterious and spunky. She kisses him like once after taking his jay and then leaves. The boys all crack up. Moyo tells Robbe it’s his responsibility to get the weed back which lmao, no it’s not, all you assholes were there and could have intervened.

This scene is perfectly fine and even effective! Not entirely the same vibes as OG, but it still has a purpose and some obvious cause-and-effect, and there are some nice stylistic choices.

Clip 2 - Party pt. 2

Robbe is now making out with mystery girl. We already have a divergence in characterization from OG. Isak was being performative about making out with Emma and shut it down once the guys left. Robbe is making out with this girl because he wants to be straight, I guess? If it’s not to appeal to his friends, it’s likely that this is for himself. Again, I have no real problem with this change if it’s incorporated into Robbe’s overall arc and characterization. My thing is, if you’re writing this scene, do you realize the differences in characterization? Or do you think this is interchangeable from what happened with Isak? The latter is where you run into problems, because then the writing shows lack of nuance. I bring this up here because, well, you can guess how I feel about later events. 

Luca seems rather aggro about the mystery woman, which I assume is because she still has the hots for Robbe?

It makes me laugh that we got this first-person POV as Robbe leaves through the garage, because of the “Smack My Bitch Up” song being played in the last clip (the song had an infamous music video, banned from MTV in the ‘90s, that was from a first-person POV). But again, WTFock is trying harder with the cinematography and direction, good for them.

Robbe ditches the cops by jumping on the bike with Belgian Emma. OK, I get it, Belgian Emma is too cool for school. 

I have kinda mixed feelings on that, actually. I mean, I’ll be honest - I don’t see why any Emma has to be made into someone more palatable. Definitely don’t demonize her or present her in a misogynistic way! She deserves sympathy and dignity as much as any character on a Skam. But … it’s fine if she and the Isak aren’t like, amazingly compatible except for his sexuality. The Even character is supposed to be the one who really shakes up the Isak’s world! The Isak is supposed to be lost and confused and drifting and then Even comes in and is someone he can really open up to. Not just because he’s another guy who’s into guys, but because Even’s personality meshes with Isak’s so easily while still challenging him and introducing him to new things. In a way, it does kinda diminish the effect of the Even if the Isak meets ANOTHER mysterious stranger who’s an awesome person. Or at the very least, it lessens the feeling of the Isak’s detachment from everything.

And again, this could work if the writing realizes it. You can totally craft a subtly different arc from the pieces of Isak’s season. It’s just that (speaking from the future) I do not feel this is what happened.

Clip 3 - Tagging time

I don’t think it’s necessary to break up all the parts of a longer scene/set piece into a bunch of different clips. If you start a scene at 16:00, it’s OK to have the clip take place over several hours. You don’t need to chop it up unless there’s a reason why this pacing might benefit the story. Honestly, if you’re watching in real time, I think this method is often less effective at building tension/emotion/etc. But wtFOCK is not the first remake to try this tactic.

... this part where Robbe and Noor put on masks sure hits differently in 2020.

Belgian Emma’s name is Noor and she takes him to a warehouse, or something? It’s very secret and Cool Kid. And IDK, it’s fun, but again… I think making the Emma that much of a fun mysterious cool exciting person is very much diminishing the effect of Robbe’s isolation. We had a good start with establishing that alienation while he was in the tub, but now his reactions to her rad hipness feel way too sincere and act against the major character conflict of his season. He seems nervous to go with her, but not because he’s with a girl, just because it’s a risky scenario.

Noor hands Robbe a spray paint can and leads him to tag a wall. There’s  a guy taking pictures. So I’m assuming one of the guys in masks is the Even? The POV seems to shift to the photo guy briefly, like we’re seeing Robbe through his eyes. And even though I’m not a fan of POV breakage, I do think this is a cool way to introduce the Even without really introducing him, you know? If that’s him. (EDIT from the future: Ummm, so that wasn’t Sander, right? I’m rewatching and it doesn’t look like him. Soooo that part has even less relevance than I originally thought. Got it.) (EDIT from the future beyond the future: @hellswolfie tells me that this actually was Sander, so I am just bad at recognizing people, lol.)

Robbe and Noor take off their masks briefly to kiss. Uhhhh, did the scene really just … cut off there? Because L M A O what a weird choice. We don’t get to see what Robbe creates on the wall, which could be a great way to establish his character, AND we end with him on a smiley, contented note which does not boost his POV at all. It legit just makes him seem like a guy who’s into this girl, and sorry, even if that’s his public persona at this point in time … that’s not what we, the audience should be getting at all. 

Clip 4 - Boy squad morning after

Robbe skateboards to meet up with the guy squad. Again, the directing is far better IMO than in S1.

Robbe got the weed back so that conflict is over, I guess.

He gets a call from his mom and stops laughing with the guys and gets serious. He walks away to take the call. Then he starts to open up to Jens about his mom freaking out, and then Moyo spots some girls so they all ditch Robbe to go chase girls, and WOW, Jens, please turn in your Jonas card. 

Don’t love that we didn’t hear his mom on the phone. There’s no reason not to let us hear what she’s saying since it would be in Robbe’s POV AND as it turns out, they just tell us about the situation with his mom right off the bat, anyway, so it’s not like there’s much point in hiding it. 

This was effective in a sense to establish how girl-crazy his friends are, as well as setting up Robbe’s isolation, which I was worried wouldn’t come across as strongly after meeting Noor. But I think they could have NOT mingled in his mom issues to make this part more effective. Like if the goal was to show more of Robbe being alienated because he’s gay, then that’s not entirely successful, because there are non-gay reasons why Robbe wouldn’t join his pals on the girl chase. I mean, even a horny hetero Robbe might not want to chase girls with his bros because talking to his mom is a downer, so it’s not necessarily because of his sexuality. Plus he just found a girl he liked in Noor, so apparently, he’s not on the prowl. What this part IS communicating that the Belgian guy squad doesn’t have much interest in their friend’s family struggles, which ... ehhhh, maybe not great in the grand scheme of the storyline? These guys can be flawed, for sure, but we do need them to care about Robbe’s well-being. And Robbe tried to open up here, so the flaw is not in him, it’s in his friends. I’m going to let it slide because Jens was offering to help Robbe in the first clip, so it’s not like he’s been a totally insensitive friend this whole time. 

Clip 5 - Phone call from Robbe’s dad

Noor jumps on Robbe and they make out. She shows him the garage and they talk about the tagging world or w/e. Again, not sure why they are portraying Noor as like … a legit love interest. I don’t get much of a sense of discomfort from Robbe. Isak was just not into Emma and was uncomfortable when his bathroom flirting came back to haunt him. And I don’t think it’s TERRIBLE not to follow that route, but you can’t just make this huge change if you don’t account for it in future episodes and Robbe’s overall arc. (EDIT from the future: Which I don’t think they do, otherwise I wouldn’t care.) Every scene should count in furthering Robbe’s character, especially this early in the season where we’re just getting to know his particular struggles. If Robbe is trying to convince himself to like girls, then I want to see definite vulnerability in how that’s portrayed.

I blame the directing/writing more than the acting for the lack of discomfort, since I sensed Robbe’s lack of comfort just fine in the bathtub scene.

Makeouts get interrupted when Robbe’s dad calls. Again, not sure why we aren’t hearing both sides of the conversation? Because we’re in Robbe’s POV. Why wouldn’t we hear them? This seems like they just want to create some suspense or mystery over the situation with his parents. But it’s perfectly possible to do so while still letting us in on the phone calls. In fact, it’s arguably more intriguing to let us listen to some phone calls where we get some vague details but nowhere close to the whole story. It’s not like Robbe’s dad is going to explain the whole situation to his son in an exposition dump. We can get some crumbs to tease us, while still keeping us in Robbe’s POV and not feeling like the show is cutting corners.

Robbe gets mad at his dad and tells Noor he needs to be alone. Closeup on Noor as Robbe walks away. OK … why? Why on her and not Robbe when it’s his POV? Why the focus on Noor’s feelings when we really need to be establishing our protagonist’s mindset in the beginning of this season? I’m not saying her feelings don’t matter, I’m saying that well, this isn’t her story. It would be better to see Robbe’s pained reaction as he leaves.

Clip 6 - Robbe’s dad drama

Jens comes running up while Robbe is being sad. Robbe says that it may be necessary for him to stay with Jens because Robbe’s mom has been committed to a mental health institution and Robbe doesn’t want to stay with his dad. Ah, so I guess we’re hearing that right away. Which honestly makes not hearing his phone calls to his parents even funnier - like you lock us out of his POV arguably for the suspense, but then you end the suspense anyway by just telling us what happened a scene or two later? All right. I guess there’s suspense in that we don’t know exactly what’s up with the mom, mental health-wise, or the root of Robbe’s problems with his dad.

It occurs to me that maybe they just didn’t want to hire people to voice Robbe’s parents? Or put in the time to film both sides of the conversation? I have a hard time believing either of those because it’s so lazy, but. 

I mean, just turn the phone conversations into text conversations if you’re not going to let us listen to Robbe’s parents on the other end.

They go and play football without really resolving the situation. Sad music plays while Robbe joins in. Also, someone was calling Robbe, and I assume it was his dad, but it’s not shown.

These clips are VERY short and choppy so far. You could easily combine the last two, so Robbe is with Jens instead of Noor when he gets the other phone call from his dad, leading into this conversation.

We know immediately about Robbe’s mom’s situation instead of it being a mystery, like with Isak. Which, again, isn’t inherently wrong, but then I want them to DO SOMETHING with it. 

Clip 7 - Jens and Jana

Oh hey, Jana got her braces off! IDK if that happened last season or this one, but it was something I liked, seeing a teenage girl with braces on a teen drama. That rarely happens unless it’s a joke or a plot point.

OK, they really need to film Robbe’s phone so I can actually see who’s calling…

Jens tells Jana about Robbe’s parental situation. I’ll note that first she asks if something’s up with Noor, so news of the Robbe/Noor relationship must have traveled really fast since they’ve only just gotten together. Like Robbe and Noor are clearly dating, going off Jana’s comment, and not just hooking up. Then Belgian Magnus wants to know about hooking up with Amber. Meanwhile Robbe is having a conversation off screen with his dad? Guess it wasn’t important!

And that’s the problem, obviously. It’s his POV season, anything you decide to show SHOULD be important to his storyline. 

Also … it’s fine that we’re focusing on Robbe’s shit home life since that’s relevant to his story, but almost nothing in these clips has set up Robbe’s attraction to men, and only slightly his lack of interest in girls, which was negated by him seeming very interested in a girl afterwards. And knowing how long this season takes to get going with the Even character, it’s a pretty glaring omission.

So we don’t see Robbe’s phone call with his dad, but he gets snappy about it when Jens asks. One of the boys (I can’t tell who) says that Robbe’s on his period.  Gonna be real, I don’t care for this squad so far. 

What was the point of this clip? We already know Robbe is having problems with his dad, which is the most relevant part to the plot here. We shouldn’t be wandering from Robbe’s POV so much, but even taking that into account … we already know Belgian Magnus likes Amber, so that’s not necessary to establish. And we didn’t need to see Jens tell Jana something we already know. I assume he tells her so Zoë can find out and offer a room, but there’s no reason to see Jens tell Jana this, so. Filler clip. 

Clip 8 - Zoë and Robbe at the lockers

Yeah, Zoë offers Robbe a place to stay here, but again, we didn’t need to see the news travel down the Jens-Jana pipeline. It could have been condensed more efficiently.

Robbe doesn’t want to because he says his dad wouldn’t approve. Zoë says she hopes things get better with his mom and Robbe at first snaps and tells her to leave it, then says thanks. This is an actual good interaction, writing-wise, kudos.

I liked Zoë a lot in S1 and I like her here again. I really should watch her season despite my Noorhelm allergy. The scene of them kinda smiling at each other across the hallways reminds me that this is probably the strongest relationship in the whole season, tbh.

Why was this clip so short? So many of these clips could have been combined into one. I mean, Zoë could have said, “I heard from Jana who heard from Jens...” without us needing the previous clip. Although, did Robbe really want anyone else to know about his home life? Lol @ Jens just blabbing Robbe’s private business.

So I guess they didn’t set up the Eskild situation in S2 that would lead to Eskild offering Robbe a place to stay? 

Clip 9 - Robbe gets roommates

Robbe is in Zoë’s room. He sees her “everyone you know is fighting a battle” quote next to the mirror, which is a detail I actually quite like in context with the rest of this storyline and Even’s condition. It’s a good Skam thesis overall.

I guess Zoë met with Robbe’s dad. Zoë calls him a tough cookie. Robbe doesn’t want to speak to him. They bond a little over their parental problems. Again, a nice detail.

Belgian Eskild appears and teases Robbe a little before announcing that Robbe’s dad has agreed to let him stay in the flat. Yay!

Oh, so Senne is staying there, too? At least they didn’t do a pointless Noorhelm breakup in this version.

Milan (the Eskild) tries to go in for a hug and Robbe isn’t cool with it, so at least that’s something with Robbe’s issues with men. (I think? The thing is, Robbe also does not really know Milan, so it’s not as weird that he’s not ready to be affectionate with a near-stranger.)  (EDIT from the future: Keeping the S2 almost-kiss that’s referenced in the next clip in mind, I can rationalize this moment as a continuation of that awkwardness from Robbe’s POV.) 

They chat with Lisa (Linn) who wants to direct Robbe on what he is and isn’t allowed to touch in her room, heh.  Milan and Zoë have cute interaction, and Robbe looks happy. I do like the flatmate vibe so far, they seem fun.

Clip 10 - Robbe and Milan

Senne and Zoë get cute. I haven’t seen S2 so I can’t give my opinion on their version of Noorhelm, but I did think a few things about them were less creepy in wtFOCK’s S1 than in OG. Milan talks about how they’re a Disneylike couple and Robbe laughs.

Then Robbe apologizes for something that evidently happened in S2, where Milan tried to kiss Robbe at a party? Again, I didn’t see the scene. Milan says he’d never try to do that. He offers Robbe a hug, which he accepts - tbh I don’t know if Robbe SHOULD accept based on where he is in his character arc, maybe he should have more skittishness? But it’s a nice character moment, at least. They really have to make up for lost time with the Robbe-Milan relationship, so I can get that they need to establish some closeness fast.

Not being in the wtFOCK fandom, I kinda wonder if there was backlash to that scene from before and this is damage control, LMAO.

I feel like you could’ve tweaked this to be more representative of Robbe’s issues, like have him stress here that he’s not gay, because it’s a sweet scene but again, I don’t feel like this episode built up Robbe’s internal dilemma very well. You could make this not just about smoothing over whatever bump there was in this relationship, but also about setting up some internal tension with Robbe’s sexuality issues. Multi-tasking - it’s great!

EDIT from the future: OK, I tracked down the S2 scene, and yeah, while it illustrates some of Robbe’s internalized homophobia, I really think you needed to carry this through to this clip. Because that was a very public situation, and they made a point of emphasizing onlookers’ reactions. I feel like you need to show that Robbe’s internalized homophobia isn’t just about external reactions, but internal struggles, because ... so far, that’s what it is? Like what is he doing with Noor otherwise? 

Clip 11 - Housewarming party

Party is underway. Yasmina is there and is friendly with Robbe. It sounds like they’re working on a school project together. Aaron (Magnus) and Moyo are talking about hot chicks again.

Noor arrives and the boys tease Robbe about how far he’s gone, Robbe looks pretty chill and happy until Moyo says Robbe’s getting laid tonight and you can see the nerves and reluctance take over. Okay! A character detail that actually works for his arc! Yes!

Partying, makeouts with Noor … sorry but they are wasting a lot of time with this relationship. ROBBE ISN’T INTO HER. Here’s the thing: I don’t want to demonize any of Evak’s female “love interests,” right? It’s pointless anyway because Evak is the endgame pairing, Sonja and Emma aren’t “threats” in the end, but also because they’re not bad people just for wanting to date these two guys who happens to want each other instead. And I think you can do interesting things with Sonja and Emma as characters. I’ve read Sonja fanfic that’s really good!

But when it comes down to it … this is not the story of Robbe/Noor, and there’s a point where it feels like there’s too much development for something that is really intended to be a speed bump in Robbe’s journey. 

I guess it’s a pet peeve of mine when gay stories devote a ton of time to het relationships, to the point where it begins to overshadow the main gay relationship. Love, Victor did this to an absolutely ridiculous degree. (I actually made notes for Love, Victor reactions, but hesitated to post them because 60% consisted of me typing I DON’T CARE ABOUT THESE STRAIGHT ROMANCES.) And I GET it, this is an experience many gay kids go through in their coming out journey, but also, less charitably… you don’t need het romance to dominate everything. You don’t need to make this about how a gay person being gay hurts a straight person. I genuinely appreciate that once Isak kisses Even, it’s fucking over with him and Emma, that plot thread is done. 

Anyway, Noor tells Robbe he’s so fucking hot and Robbe looks more uncomfortable, moreso when she wants to see his room and he goes off like he’s headed to Mordor.

Aaron checking out Amber … okay, again with all the het. I don’t care!!! This is not important right now!! 

Noor pushes Robbe onto the bed, ugh please don’t have them Go There.

She takes off her top and Robbe touches her boob like he’s sticking his hand into a porta-potty. We see his discomfort so at least this part is effective and relevant to Robbe’s arc. Noor is taking off her bra when the boys come into the room, wanting the weed. Okay, you dumb fucks, you’re teasing your bro about getting laid and yet you think it’s cool to enter his room when he’s with a girl? I mean, that’s a lucky break for Robbe, but his friends are extra stupid.

The mood is killed, Robbe goes hunting for weed. Episode ends.

HOW I WOULD REWRITE THIS EPISODE:

Lmao, some of my changes sounded a lot like “be like OG Skam S3.” Because Skam S3 was well-written and made sense. But I tried to think of edits that worked with what wtFOCK was presenting, not just repeating OG.

(I’m also repeating a few things in this section that I said above, btw)

While this episode doesn’t make me angry or anything, it’s got a serious problem with dithering. The first clip is a solid start to the season, but afterwards, so many of these clips feel like filler. There’s a lack of substance to them. It was hard to write about them because they ended up feeling like two minutes of nothing. 

Did we need to see repetitive mentions of Robbe’s troubled relationship with his dad? No, it’s an important plot detail but we could have established that more concisely in fewer clips. Did we need to see the process of how Robbe comes to stay with Zoë, Senne, and Milan? No, not really. Or at least not dragged out over at least three clips. 

I don’t feel like I’m in Robbe’s head to the extent that I should be  so far. Some of this is because the show just flat-out locks us out of his POV, like not showing the phone call in the Jens-Jana clip. But a lot of it is also because of the narrative dawdling. There’s just not as much to analyze unless I bring in Skam season 3 and project what we know about Isak onto Robbe. And that’s not a good way to adapt a story.

The framing of Robbe/Noor needs to change. Combine the bathroom intro with the aborted sex scene - the boys are sitting in the tub, teasing Robbe about getting laid, so he makes out with Noor and they go into a bedroom where he’s clearly not into this, and then Moyo and Aaron come in asking for weed because Robbe still actually has the weed from the bathtub at this point. Or do what Skam France did (can’t believe I’m referring to Skam France) and have the arrival of the cops interrupt the makeout/sex session and Robbe takes his cue to exit.

But frankly, it’s not great to have Robbe acting or looking too cozy with Noor, like this is a legitimate romantic arc except when it gets to the sex. The point is that this isn’t a romance. Even if you want to show some cuddly, non-sexual scenes with Noor, you have to show more of Robbe’s reluctance and fear throughout. 

Show Robbe’s fucking phone conversations with his parents!!!! Good Lord. He’s not ordering a pizza. These are important aspects of his story. Capitalize on that family tension, show us what a bad place Robbe is in at the start of this season. 

Now, about the lack of Even in this episode. Not introducing Even is a bold move, but not necessarily a smart one. Even’s introduction in Skam is not just the intro of “the love interest” - he’s the catalyst for almost everything in Isak’s story. Consider that in episode 1, Isak is seen mostly unhappy and bored - he’s distraught after kissing Emma, he’s checked out of his friends’ lunchtime girl talk, he zones out staring at his teacher’s boobs, he doesn’t want to be at kosegruppa. Isak is actually very passive and just going through the motions, doing what people tell him to do. But once Isak meets Even at kosegruppa - well, that’s when Isak wakes up. In the next few clips, we see Isak taking action. And sure, they’re small actions, searching for Even online, watching the Even video over and over, asking Vilde if there will be more kosegruppa meetings. But we can see that Isak now cares about something, he’s paying attention. Of course, Robbe’s story doesn’t have to follow the same arc. However, it does the season a huge benefit to get him intrigued by something at this point, so we the audience are not just sleepwalking along with him for a few episodes.

There’s also just the simple fact that we have only 10 episodes to establish a love story and make us care about the Even character, and it’s a very risky move to waste too much time. If you are really killing it with the rest of Robbe’s arc, this could still work, but ... well, that’s not what’s happening here.

If they didn’t want to full on introduce the Even directly, one thing they could do is subtly and indirectly find ways to include him in the narrative and create some mystery. Let’s say Robbe sees the Even’s artwork somewhere and is like whoa, that’s cool, and we can tell that it resonates with him. Or he admires Even’s graffiti, or it makes him laugh, whatever. Basically Robbe has some kind of emotional reaction to a thing the Even has created or done, which helps to set up that relationship even before we officially meet the Even.

If we want to add a little more, perhaps Robbe sees a mysterious dude in a mask tagging a wall, but they get interrupted by the cops or something and have some kind of brief but intriguing interaction with each other, and Robbe’s like, who was that guy in the mask? Or Noor takes Robbe to the tagging place, the police/security bust them, Robbe and Noor get separated, and Robbe gets helped out by the Even so he can escape. So it’s an important moment, lots of adrenaline, we can frame it like there’s a sudden ~charge~ between them (ooOOOooo the Even helped Robbe stand up and their hands touched like this was a fanfic, etc.), but he doesn’t learn Even’s name, maybe he doesn’t even see his face because Even has a mask on, so Robbe spends part of the next few episodes trying to figure out who that guy is, casually asking Noor if she knows a guy like that, keeping his eyes open. Maybe we have some fakeouts where Robbe thinks he sees the Even again but it’s just a false alarm. He’s on edge, eager to know more about that mystery guy, and so are we. Bam, we have “awakened” Robbe from his deep sleep. 

If you’ve seen Netflix’s The Get Down, there’s even a scene like this where Jaden Smith’s character gets caught tagging by the cops, he runs and flees with another young dude, and they have a moment where they recognize each other as graffiti artists they admire. While watching that scene for the first time, without any context or spoilers, without even knowing if there would be LGBT content in that show, I immediately thought, “This guy is his love interest.” Not even because it was overtly romantic. Because the way it was written and shot told us that this meeting was important. Because they had an instant connection. Something similar could have worked for Robbe and his Even. But in any case: it would have been best to establish something between those characters, even if it wasn’t an “official” introduction.

Stop focusing on Aaron/Amber when it’s not in Robbe’s POV. Reverse the scene at the beginning with Aaron videotaping and Amber getting spilled on. She gets pissed, he falls in love, and then we follow him upstairs and we meet the boy squad. That is a very obvious, very clean transition that doesn’t interrupt Robbe’s POV as it technically hasn’t started yet. So IDK why they didn’t do that, lmao.

Some changes with the Milan relationship:

Tweak the apology scene to be more representative of Robbe’s issues. Have Robbe apologize while still stressing that he’s not gay. Have Milan be chill and not question that statement, but maybe Robbe is so defensive that it comes across as unconvincing. 

Then have Milan be the one instead of the boys to interrupt the Noor almost-sex scene. Milan wanders in acting drunk, haha Milan, he’s wacky. Robbe doesn’t realize it (though the viewers do if they’re paying attention) but Milan is only pretending and is “subtly” rescuing Robbe because he realizes, based on the earlier scene, that Robbe might be struggling with his sexuality and he wants to give him an escape option. (Although I still think it’s best to combine the not-sex scene into the opening clip, but this could work, too.)

Basic questions we need to be asking, clip to clip: what is the conflict? Where is Robbe’s head right now? Why is this scene necessary? How did this scene come to be - what’s the cause and effect here? How does it advance Robbe’s story? Is it redundant? How do we tell this story in a narratively economical manner? 

[vidadaily]

Vida 3x02 Cast Live Tweets (1 /4)

Maria del Pilar: all-grrrl punk rock was in order when writing a song for this scene. Jarina De Marco lead vox, Bright Lights production magic, yours truly on bass, guitar, y bgvs. Gracias VIDA, Tanya, and Pulse Music Group Tanya (Creator): Ep. 2 of VIDA opens w A MI ME VALE by Jarina De Marco & Ceci I asked @ “Vida Band Camp”  for it 2 portray Lyn’s frustration & growing anger. The song captures it perfectly. Plus, any time we can amplify “me vale madre” into the English-speaking world, it’s a win Tanya: It will be out very soon so you can rage to it! Chelsea (Mari): Can we all look like Lyn while we run? Also that song 🔥🔥🔥 Cara (Zoe): Bitch, I thought the same thing. Tonatiuh (Marcos): This music is out of control!!!! Mishel (Emma): riiiight?! Ser (Eddy): Yes!!! This opening song of episode 2 gives me life!! Jarina De Marco wow !!! Me vale verga! Haha Adrian (Rudy): Jarina De Marco is pure genius in episode 2 opener! Adrian: And Maria del Pilar 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Cara: Love Melissa! She is such a great actress. This role was made for her.

Chelsea: I can’t with these 2, Emico forever!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 Mishel: It's sweet seeing her so relaxed and enjoying herself. Ser: Cheers to queer bodies on the screen! Ser: The bathtub scene from season 1 juxtaposes this bathtub scene in this second episode of season 3. Tonatiuh: This cinematography is so beautiful. The two in the bath. WOW Tanya: What’s more lesbian than a leisurely bath? Mishel: and y'all made sure the water was so nice and warm, i didnt want to get out #blessed Mishel: also.... CINDY! (my demon foot personality) Roberta (Nico): Cindy and her toes are squeaky Tanya: Oh, Cindy made a resurgence when we were watching dailies. Right JoAnne? JoAnne (Editor): “Cindy” gave all of us a good laugh! Tanya: Remember the alternate version with a sawed-off tub? What happened to that? Tanya: Nico esta toda empelotada, man. Tanya: But Emma’s sprung too, tho… evidently Cara: Ohhhh Nico you are soooo naughty. Where’d you get that scratch? Cara: Don’t get too cozy Emma.... Mishel: ooooh guurrrlll Cara: Hahahahaha

Tanya: Lyn is SUCH a freakin' little sister — always interrupting at the most inopportune moments. Ser: Eddy is NOT the liar okuurrrrrttt, Emma! Mishel: okuuuurrrtt Ser: Haha Ser: I saw Lynn peep Nico over Emma’s shoulder 😂😂 Tonatiuh: She wanted to see what's up Ser: Why everyone judging Eddy ? #meangirls 💁‍♂️ Tanya: Emma wants NOTHING to do with this supposed Papi. Like NOTHING Chelsea: Emma does have a point, either way it’s no bueno Tonatiuh: Honestly, Lyn you don't need permission to do what you want to do! Tanya: #loudiamondphillips DID use to be everyone's favorite Mexican non-Mexican back in the day... (but we don't do that no more) #nostoriesaboutuswithoutus Ser: When I read that I was like🤯 this whole time... I thought he was Latino!

Tonatiuh: OOOO emico is so cute Tanya: Why is emico my everything? Cara: Not if Zoe has anything to do with it... Mishel: again.... lol Vida: 👀 👀 👀 Chelsea: I loved that they mentioned SVU one of my favorite shows! Mishel: Roberta kept saying SUV lol Chelsea: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Adrian: 🤣🤣🤣 Tonatiuh: DUN DUN Cara: I love Mishel! Working with her FYI was a dream. Professional, kind and soooo talented. Too bad Zoe isn’t her favorite character. Mishel: loved working with you. You killed it xo

[nattikay]

An update on Miraculous Sims since apparently some people actually want this XD

Anyways,

Emma makes friends with Nino! And then proceeds to...

...fall asleep in the bathtub?? EMMA THAT IS NOT SAFE D:

So apparently you can put monkey bars inside?? Well ok then, I guess it’d make for a good rainy day activity or something

Hugo and Elliot seem to be enjoying it at least!

Tikki, so exhausted that she’s falling halfway off Emma’s bed.

Strawberry is greatly unimpressed with Louis’s choice of breakfast (and Louis is no longer a toddler, ayyoooo)

(it’s also really funny because at this camera angle the game stopped rendering the table, so while Tikki is ~supposed~ to be sitting on the table, it looks like she’s either a.) floating in midair, or b.) sitting on the carpet in the next room but the size of a lion LOL)

Aaaaaaand I decided to add some personal characters into the world to run into because why the heck not...mostly in the form of three adorable animals! One is the Eevee I posted a while back, and the other two are based on my and my bf’s fursonas XD

Here’s Marinette introducing herself to us! ;)

And that Eevee you’ve seen. :3 Some people thought her eyes looked creepy and I guess you’re entitled to your own opinion but...I still think she’s cute ^^”

Playing!!

Ok ok back to Miraculous characters ^^”

PLAGG NOOOOOOOO D:

I don’t know why he did this...all his needs bars were full and we loved him...I tried to make him stay using the control-pets cheats but the notification popped up two more times and I finally had to just let him do his thing :���(

He came back pretty fast though! Covered in yucky dirt and fleas but safe! Please don’t run away again Plagg that makes everyone sad :((

So Adrien gave him extra snuggles for good measure!!

That concludes today’s installment...idk when they next one will be but there will be one! 

Eventually.... ^^”

[evakuality]

“alt er love”, for the Skam related asks!

Oooh, an interesting one here lol:

-Alt er love - What was your first impression of Skam? Well ... I remember I was neck deep in another fandom when I first became aware of Skam (which was somewhere around the start of s3 episode 5 when all those cuddle gifs started appearing), and so I kind of parked it.  I liked a post with a link to the google drive and sort of thought I might take a look later.  I guess you could say that very first impression was intrigued but like also I thought it looked a bit slow (hahahahaha, stupid self, should have known that was actually right up my alley).  Anyway, I kept a sort of eye on it on my dash for the next month-ish until the clip with Isak’s phone call to his father appeared in gifs and I got so upset, in a ‘even the cute gays aren’t allowed to stay together, why must we always suffer’ kind of way (I had not yet realised that Even had bipolar and that this was all fallout from that storyline - that had somehow skipped me).  At that point I basically went ‘nope, not watching that’ and started ignoring it.  It was well after the season had actually finished airing that I started watching for real (like January?  Or February? something like that), and then I found that my actual first impressions had been somewhat misguided anyway.

1. That Isak was a soft, gentle fluffy boy who was well aware of his sexuality (this was because of the breakfast clip from episode 8 and meant I got the shock of my life when I saw him in that first clip of s3 in the bathtub being an asshole to Emma lol)

2. That Even was a giant dork (and okay this is true, but I don’t think I was supposed to know this before watching the start of the season - I never got the whole ‘he’s so strange and hot and cold and mysterious’ vibe when I watched because I already knew all this from the later gifs I’d seen)

3.  That the whole show was just a whole bunch of fluffy and/or overly dramatic moments (just based on what people were choosing to gif - it made it seem both slow and also a bit ‘too much’ if that makes sense)

My actual first impression when I finally watched: This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen in a VERY long time and I have to watch again and again and again.  That was s3, of course.  I watched it at least 3 times before going back to 1 and 2.  I stand by that, but I also think I wouldn’t have been as invested if I’d seen season 1, and particularly season 2, before season 3.  Neither of those particularly appeals to me, and season 2 actively repelled me.  So in the end I’m glad I watched it the way I did even if it was a bit strange.

Come and play these Skam asks with me if you want!

[heytheredeann]

35 ways you said “I love you”

18/35: With no space left between us.  Pointless fluff, to make up for the last one LOL. Tallahassee AU, Emma and Neal raise Henry, because I love baby Swanfire having to deal with baby Henry and being overall too cute for me to handle. Enjoy!

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“From now on, we will only eat cereals and we’ll walk everywhere,” Emma declares, resolutely.

“What are we saving up for?” Neal asks, more amused than he has any right to be, given their current situation. Namely, pressed up in a terribly small shower, freezing their butts off while trying to get both cleaned up in the fastest time possible.

“A castle,” she deadpans, daring to move slightly towards her right to have enough space to get some soap under her armpits. Good thing neither of them is claustrophobic. “With the biggest bathroom. And an enormous shower.”

He snorts. “A bathtub too?”

“Obviously.”

“Come on, this isn’t so bad,” he counters, still grinning at her – admittedly a little too optimistic, unless they decide to rob a bank in the near future – fantasies.

“How is not this not bad?” she prompts. Her attempt at gesturing between the two of them makes her accidentally hit his chest. Which, case and point.

He shrugs. “I’ve got everything I could possibly need,” he declares, cheerfully. “The girl I love, a wonderful baby boy next room—”

“More than ten minutes of hot water,” she deadpans.

“Totally unnecessary,” he declares, squeezing his eyes shut before throwing his head under the water. Emma instinctively pulls back when shampoo gets splattered right in her face.

“Says you, with your hopeless hair,” she mutters then. “I need the shampoo.”

He reaches behind himself to grab the bottle, almost loses his balance in the process, and instead hits the shower box with a loud tud. The damn thing proceeds to keep trembling like it’s about to collapse.

“A dreamy shower,” she comments, sarcastically. Just to make matters worse, Henry decides that the moment when Emma has begun to put some shampoo on her hair is also the perfect moment to start wailing like he’s about to die.

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