#and look how druck is now

[divine0rdainment]

Lucifer: *minding his own business till he gets a phone call and answers* Yellow?

Adam, Druck as fuck and face timing Lucifer: Do you know how fffffuckin perfect you are?

Lucifer:... Adam are you drunk again?

Adam: *holds up a plate of ribs* You see these beautiful fucking ribs that look like heaven?

Lucifer: uh... Yeah?

Adam: I would drop these ribs for you!

Lucifer: Baby you don't...

Adam: *Drops the ribs* and they are gone! Forever! Won't even eat em off the floor!

Lucifer: DO YOU EAT FOOD OFF THE FLOOR?!

Adam: shhhh focus Lulu...I'm trying to tell ya how much I love you right now.

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Would you rank the skam wlw seasons? and could you justify the rankings? I am interested in your opinion. sorry my english :)

Your English is fine! And sorry for the late reply, I just finished s2 of skam españa so that I can answer this properly

1. Fatou (Druck s6)- now this is me being completely biased, but watching Fatous season live honestly was so life changing, I've never seen a black main character be so portrayed in a beautiful and caring way in Germany, and I honestly adore Fatou. I love that her season didn't deal with a coming out, but that she was already an out and proud lesbian, and I honestly LOVE how they portrayed her and Kieu Mys culture. For me, when it comes to black sapphics and sapphics of colour, I feel like they always make their culture a point of conflict, but with Fatou and Kieu My, their sexualities and culture could just coexist without any problem, and that is so special to me. And I absolutely love Kieu My, I love how well fleshed out she is, how we learn more and more about her throughout the season, and how she's more than what she portrays, how she just wants to be seen and not have to be perfect and please everyone all the time, how much pressure she puts upon herself just to make everyone happy, and so much more, I also love how they used her social media to document how and when exactly Kieu My stopped performing and started ro just be herself. Also back to the culture, I loved how they referenced Fatous, Kieu Mys and Avas cultures, it felt like it was made for bipoc watchers, and not to educate the white audience, and that is what made it so authentic imo, because as a black person, I don't need explanation for certain things, like for example when ava explained how mailin behaved at the protest, I immediately understood why she was bothered by it, and so did fatou, and that was realistic, its the small things, but that made me relate to the characters so much more, or when fatou face timed her relatives and relied on her dad to translate to her, these moments are so special to me. I also love the symbolism throughout the season, from Kieu My being the axolotl and Fatou the tortoise to the astrology references to Kieu My being the ice queen and Fatou the warmest person ever, how well they complemented etc etc. Also: " Kieu My, du bist so schön. Ich hab mir ne Liste gemacht an Dingen die so schön an dir sind. Wie du zum beispiel immer deine ohren hinter deinen haaren versteckst, wie du so eng mit deiner Familie bist, und dass du so krass gut mit Horrorfilmen bist. Aber am meisten lieb ich wenn du lachst. Weil dann seh ich dich. Und wie viel liebe in dir ist."Like hello???? Also, the entirety of Sonntag, 13:28, and how they related and bonded with each other through their experiences of being a child in an immigrant family. Generally, I love how much care was put into this season, and that's why Fatous s6 and kieutou will always be on top for me. Also, it's the remake where I don't need any translations for lol

2. Anaïs (Wtfock)- now I know the writing has been disappointing since ep7, but honestly, I am sosososososo grateful to have Anais as a main character in a skam remake. I honestly love her, I love how loyal, caring, and kind she is, and there's nothing that could make me hate her, like that's my nigerian sister, I honestly never thought that we'd get nigerian sapphic rep, and I'm so here for it. As for Anobbie, I love how their development was shown from ep1 to 6, especially ep3, that ep felt like it was straight out of a rom com, from anobbie fleeing together from that Fries place and getting closer to the subtle flirting of Bobbie, to Bobbie looking out for and helping out Anais at the party and with her friends drinking away her dads alcohol, to Bobbie opening up to Anais about her dad and showing her the place where her fathers ashes were sprayed, to Anais and Bobbie getting closer, to Anais arranging a date meeting with bobbie, to Anais playing "I'm gonna make you love me" and making Bobbie dance with her, to Bobbie finally kissing her, like it was so beautiful to watch. Also, I love how anobbie complements eachother and how theyre exactly what the other person needs, Bobbie makes Anais feel free and able to stand up for herself and feel like she's herself, and Anais makes Bobbie feel safe and provide a sense of stabilty, they really adore eachother and would go to great lengths to protect eachother, and I honestly love to see it. Also they reminded me a lot of kieutou, and alone for that they're high on the list. Also, just like Kieu My, I love how fleshed out Bobbie is as a love interest, she's such an interesting character that you want to know more of, and whether you love her or hate her, you pay attention to her, that's how interesting she is and im so here for it. And after druck, they're the remake where I need the least amount of translation for lol

3. Cris- (skam españa s2)- I just finished watching it, and omg, crisana literally invented gay staring, from their first meeting their eye contact was so insane, it got me giggling and kicking my feet lol. I really liked the season, I loved how reassuring and supportive Cris friend group is, how they were there for her every single time she had problems with Joana, and generally they seem like such a sweet friend group, and now i see why they're most peoples fave girl squad. As for crisana, they were so cute, I love how much they adored eachother, and I really love how reassuring cris was with joana at the end, telling her that she won't run away and that she'll be there for her. I also loved howbwe could see just how much cris cared for joana, like she cried in almost every single clip after joana disappears. honestly sometimes forgot that this was an evak remake lol, but I think it did the OG justice

4. Lola (skam france s6)- I don't remember much from lolas seasons except that it was veeeeryy dark, and that she could never catch a break, like why did they make her suffer so much? I feel like her and Maya could've had more development because their relationship felt rushed to me, but they were really cute, and I really love the scene where Maya draws on lola while she's laying there crying, it feels to intimate and special. Also, just like Bobbie, Lola is a polarising character, and I love those types of characters, especially female ones

5. Maya (skam france s9)- this never happened, mayla are still happily together while they work on their issues through proper communication, lola never broke up with Maya, and they still have their tattoo together

But honestly, this was so disappointing, the first time a LI got a season, and then we don't even learn anything about the LI at the end, it feels they just made the season to have an excuse to break up mayla, but we already knew that

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Zelda's Portrait

~3075 words. Zelink. Pre-BotW. Link and Zelda POV. Angst, Pining, Romance, Love At First Sight: Reincarnation Edition. Loosely inspired by the 1980 movie Somewhere in Time. For @scoobysnack1107 ❤️

Summary: As Link passes by Princess Zelda's portrait, he can't help but think he and the princess have met before.

Princess Zelda’s larger-than-life portrait haunted Link every time he set foot inside the castle.

The first time he’d seen the painting, he’d stopped and stared. The princess was beautiful. Elegant. Regal. Clad in royal blue against a crimson backdrop, she was about his age and had golden hair and piercing green eyes. She sat up straight, stiff as a board, with a wistful expression on her otherwise perfect mask of a face. 

She was alone.

That note of sadness mixed with longing sparked some faint hint of recognition deep inside his heart. He couldn’t shake the feeling that he knew the princess. It wasn’t rational. It wasn’t logical or reasonable. But his strange hunch was there all the same.

Link wanted to meet her. More than anything, he couldn’t get over the deep melancholy in her eyes. How aloof and lonely and so very burdened she seemed. He wanted to tell her that the burden was not hers to bear alone. The mythical sword strapped to his back said as much. He was the hero fated to guard and protect her, or so all the storybooks and castle town gossips said.

Link wasn’t sure he believed them. Was he really up to the task? He and the princess hadn’t even been introduced yet. Murmurs and whispers that the princess was unwilling to see him spread throughout the kingdom as quickly as fire through the chaff of Tabantha wheat. True or not, Link had to content himself with pining from afar until fate provided their first meeting.

“C’mon, Link!” his friend Pipit said, tugging on his arm and snapping him out of his reverie. “We gotta get to the dining hall before the food runs out.”

Ah yes, food. The King of Hyrule made sure his knights were well-fed. Link tore his eyes away from the portrait of Princess Zelda but cast longing looks towards it every now and then as Pipit cheerfully herded him to the dining hall and towards one of the long tables.

The food was delicious, piping hot bread with melted butter to dip in hearty stew. The harvests and hunts had been good this year, so everyone was enjoying the luxury that was meat. Of course, not even delicious food could stop wagging tongues for long, and the knight’s academy had some of the biggest gossips in all of castle town.

Druck, a boorish type with curly auburn hair and blindingly white teeth who chewed with his mouth open, loudly announced, “I’m gonna meet the princess and make her fall in love with me.”

Chuckles of amusement sounded from the other knights seated nearby. While in times past the princesses of Hyrule had married brave knights, the strict social strata of today’s Hyrule made that a little more difficult.

“Oh?” Pipit asked, shooting a wry look at Link as he decided to play along, his freckles practically dancing across his face. “How do you propose you do that?”

Druck smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. “She’ll want to marry me when she meets me.”

Stifled snickers sounded out from nearby, but Link wasn’t amused. Something about the way Druck saw the princess as a prize to be won instead of a person…it wasn’t the first time he’d heard his classmates speak of her this way, and something about it always rankled him.

“Oh really?” Rorn asked, arching a dark eyebrow. He was sly and cunning, the son of a noble, and Link knew he had his sights on the princess too. “The richest, most famous, and most beautiful woman in all of Hyrule with the blood of the goddess running through her veins, will want to marry you, a blacksmith’s son?”

“Sure, why not?” Druck said, shrugging. “Might as well be me. You miss all the arrows you don’t shoot.” 

“You can’t shoot any arrows, Druck,” Rorn pointed out, leading to more snickers and a good-hearted nudge from Druck. The two of them trashed-talked each other frequently, but it was (mostly) all in good fun.

“Can too!” Druck cried, defending his honor. He turned to Link. “Link will back me up on this, won’t you, Link?”

Link was silent. All he could think about was how the princess’s life must be terribly lonely. How could she trust anyone when even her own knights were arguing over who should get to win her hand as if she were some trophy to be set on a shelf? Carefully maintained like a prized bird in a cage, never allowed to fly free.

Maybe she didn’t want to get married. Maybe she didn’t want to be descended from the goddess. Maybe she wanted to be perfectly ordinary and bury herself in her studies and leave her subjects and duties far, far behind—

No, Link was just projecting again. The princess might not have awakened her sacred power yet, but it was Link who had uncertainties and fears and doubts about being the Master Sword’s chosen one. What if he couldn’t measure up?

It was a thought that haunted him and drove him to be the very best at everything he did. At first his classmates had begrudged him, had envied him and hated him. But gradually, little by little, day by day, he’d won their hard-earned admiration and even their respect. 

“Link isn’t gonna lie to make you feel better,” Pipit said, waving his spoon at Druck. “He’s honest to a fault.”

Link’s honesty had gotten him into trouble more than once, but there was no point in lying. Lying just got him into even worse trouble.

“More like silent to a fault,” Druck muttered. “You’ve been too quiet lately. It’s weird, man.” 

How could Link put it into words? The soul-crushing pressure he felt every waking moment and even in his dreams. With each passing day, it pressed harder and more insistently on his very being with each new prophecy and whisper and rumor.

He suspected the princess understood how that felt.

“The Master Sword is a heavy burden,” Rorn sagely said as he tore off a chunk of bread to dip into his stew. “Link has way more eyes on him than any of us ever will. And that pressure has only increased lately. Of course he’s watching what he says.”

There were murmurs of agreement, and Link would’ve joined in if he weren’t trying so hard to fill the role of perfect, stoic knight. So he contented himself with a simple nod and hoped it would be enough.

“If the princess marries anyone, it’ll be Link,” Pipit confidently said, grasping his friend’s shoulder. All eyes were on Link now thanks to Pipit’s declaration, and he felt his stomach twisting itself into knots. If only he’d hadn’t had that second helping of stew. If only Pipit believed in him a little less.

If only everyone believed in him a little less.

Still, he knew he wouldn’t be left alone till he gave some sort of answer. He took a deep breath and swallowed. “The princess should marry for love,” he said at last, his voice low, hoping it was the right thing to say, knowing it would be repeated over and over again, far beyond his reach or control. 

What he left unsaid was that a small part of him deep down hoped it would be him.

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Zelda felt as if she was in a cage with walls that were squeezing ever tighter. Her father’s brooding glares, the whispers of her subjects, the pitying glances from the servants. All of it closed in on her and stifled her and made it impossible to breathe.

With each passing day that came and went with her powers still unawakened, the trapped feeling got worse and worse. But nothing she did was working. Not even standing in one of the goddess springs till she passed out from cold and exhaustion was enough.

“You will meet your knight today,” her father practically growled at her over breakfast one morning. The hot porridge would soon grow cold if she didn’t touch it, but her appetite had fled her once he got into one of his moods, just like her powers kept eluding her.

“I will not,” she said, her voice trembling but defiant as she stared him down across the table. “I don’t need him.” 

“Sir Link has the Master Sword,” her father ground out, glaring fiercely at her. “Is that not adequate proof that he is fit to be your knight?”

“I don’t want a knight, Father! I don’t want anyone at all!” That wasn’t entirely true. She wanted her mother back, more than anything. Her mother could help her and comfort her. Could be her ally and confidante and mediator. Could explain how to awaken her sacred power. Without her, Zelda felt lost. It didn’t matter that her mother had died years ago. Her absence was felt more acutely now than ever. 

“It doesn’t matter what you want!” her father shouted. “You have a job to do, and you need protection to do it! You have a duty to our country, our people, and you’ve put Link off for long enough!”

“Oh fine,” Zelda hissed, her hackles rising like some wild animal at the reminder she still hadn’t fulfilled her sacred duties. “I’ll meet him, but that doesn’t mean I have to like him.” 

“I didn’t ask you to like him,” her father replied, mollified for now. “Just get along with him well enough so he can do his job…and you yours.”

Get along with him. That was easier said than done. What if he was annoying and obnoxious? What if he was arrogant and rude? What if he was bloodthirsty and cruel? What if he looked down on her for not awakening her powers yet like everyone else did?

Well, there was only one way to find out. She grudgingly followed her father to the Sanctum, ever aware of the guards flanking them like bars of a cage. The remaining family members of the royal family were far too valuable to be allowed to walk free. Some thief or bandit or assassin might get too close and attack was the ostensible reason, but it never seemed to occur to the guards that there were other ways the royals might die.

No amount of guards could’ve saved her mother’s life. Master Sword or not, this knight wouldn’t be any different. Any more capable of protecting her from certain kinds of harm.

They entered the Sanctum with its plush red carpets lining the stone floors and the banners with her family’s crest hanging from the walls. As she descended the stairs, calm and cool and collected because at least she’d succeeded in mastering that aspect of her queenly training, she spotted her future knight, already waiting for her on the great triangular seal below. 

He was younger than she expected, probably around her age. He wasn’t very tall, but even in his blue tunic, tan trousers, and leather boots, she could tell he was strong and toned. He had the same pointy ears all Hylians did, purportedly to better hear the gods, and he wore a pair of shiny blue earrings. His hair was the color of Tabantha wheat, and he wore it swept into a half ponytail, his sideburns framing either side of his face. 

Zelda supposed he was rather handsome. Their eyes met, and his were an electric blue that reminded her of the sky at midday.

I know him. The thought came unbidden to her mind, and yet she couldn’t shake it. Where had she seen this man before?

He seemed to know her too. The way he was looking at her unsettled her, like he was peeling off all her royal masks to see the lonely little girl who missed her mother, who loathed and loved her father, who was terrified she wouldn’t be able to awaken her sacred power in time. It was like he sensed her fears and inadequacies and insecurities, felt the weight of a thousand lifetimes and a million expectations pressing in on her, saw her and understood her and knew her.

No one had ever looked at her like this before, with such understanding and compassion. She felt uneasy, she felt raw and naked and exposed. No one could possibly understand what it was like to be in her gilded cage, let alone volunteer to join her in it. And yet she sensed this man stepping into it with her as he stepped forward to take her outstretched hand and then knelt at her feet.

“Your Highness,” he said, his voice soft as he bent over her hand and kissed it. The kiss was gentler and sweeter than she expected, and his voice was oddly reverent. 

When he glanced up at her again, she didn’t like the feeling his look gave her. She didn’t like it at all.

She couldn’t let him get close. She wouldn’t let him in. That would be a mistake. The closer he got, the more he would see of her true self and despise her for it. Besides, why did she need some knight who would just get in the way of her research? He was merely a bother to be tolerated to keep her father off her back and nothing more.

“Sir Link,” she said, coldly and stiffly, the loathing creeping into her voice like a Fireproof Lizard crawling along the volcanic rocks of Goron City. “You may rise.” 

If he sensed the change in her demeanor as he stood, he didn’t let on. If anything, he seemed calmer and steadier and more confident than before. Like he recognized the challenge before him and was determined to overcome it. 

Goddess curse him, where did he get that confidence from? She wanted to…she wanted to…to…knock it out of him somehow. Yes, that was it. How dare he be so confident and determined. It was going to drive her insane.

“You don’t have to look so pleased,” she told Link, earning a warning glare from her father.

“I have long awaited our meeting,” Link said, his voice polite but tinted with longing. That single note of emotion was like a drop of colorful dye, powerful enough to make an entire pitcher of water change color and send its ripples flowing through her. “Forgive me if I have offended you.”

Something about his apology irritated her even further. Maybe because he was drawing attention to the fact nothing he’d said was truly cause for offense. 

It doesn’t matter. His very presence offends me because…because…

Oh, but it was far easier to flee the truth, like a deer flees a hunter, than to face it head on.

“I am grateful for your willingness to protect my daughter,” her father said, stepping in to be polite because she was not being sufficiently courteous. The accompanying warning look made that abundantly clear.

“I will guard her with my life,” Link said, but he wasn’t looking at her father. He was looking right at her, his voice calm and unwavering, his blue eyes alight like the hottest part of a flame, blue like the beautiful Sheikah relics from times past.

And something about his look, his public declaration and quiet determination, made her waver, made her trust and hope and yearn and believe him in spite of herself. She felt safe with him. He was familiar somehow. Perhaps he could be a shelter, a refuge in the daily storm that was her life.

No, she hated him already, hated him for existing, hated him for what he represented. That was what was true, and she clung to it. 

The tension threatened to break her apart.

Link continued to regard her with the same steady, even look. Oh Goddess, it had only been a few minutes since they’d met, but he really was going to be the undoing of her, wasn’t he? She had a good sense for people, inherited from her mother and enhanced by her father’s shrewdness, and Link being compassionate and brave and good was somehow so much worse than him being cold and cowardly and evil. Perhaps because his very existence might shine a bright, glaring light on her numerous flaws and shortcomings. He would unmask and unveil her deepest self that no image or portrait could possibly hope to hide, and it was only a matter of time before he got all of Hyrule to see what he saw. 

Zelda could only hope they wouldn’t all despise her for it.

A still, small voice deep down whispered that they might love her for it instead, but that would mean that Link might—

She slipped the princess mask back on. She had a role to play, much like the knight had his.

“Well, if you’re so eager to swear your loyalty to me, then perhaps we should get it over with,” was her cool, aloof response to him baring his heart and soul to her with his vow and with his eyes. Keeping him at arm’s length kept her safe. The bars of her cage were familiar and secure. Besides, the sooner they got the ceremony over with, the sooner she’d get to return to her studies.

“The Champions will have to be called,” her father said. 

“Very well, Father.” 

Link was silent, but she felt his eyes on her. His piercing gaze hadn’t let up this entire time.

“Well, Link?” she asked, her voice icy, her irritation slipping through. 

“Yes, Princess Zelda,” and somehow his simple response sent shivers of longing running up and down her spine. It was the way he’d said her name, perhaps, unfailingly polite and yet shockingly intimate at the same time. Like he really did know her.

Well, if he insisted on staying in her cage with her, that was his choice. He would only have himself and the gods to blame for sealing his fate. She would have no part in dooming him. The prospect made her heart lurch and her stomach drop, though she couldn’t fully understand why.

A wistful part of her wondered if someday, they might ever be free.

She hoped and wished and prayed with all her heart they would be. But why "they" and not just "her?" Why care about this man at all?

Once more the nagging feeling she knew him returned. She could only trust this mystery would be revealed to her in time.

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A/N: This story is inspired by this art by jju_kkumiiii, the 1980 movie Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, my friend advocaat's Zelink story The Conviction to Save, and a brainstorming session with my friend Liv about this story concept.

Speaking of which, happy birthday to Liv! I'm so glad we met and I'm grateful to be your friend. Thank you for everything, and I hope you have a wonderful day and a lovely year!

In the grand tradition of Groose, I took a bird's name and stuck an "r" in it to get the name "Druck" lol.

Hope you enjoyed, and thank you for reading!

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Hiii!! I recently saw your post about how german people think and tbh, I have been learning German for about 3 years now and I still have to make a very conscious decision to place the verb am ende, or in the second position and I don't know if that ever goes away. That's the beauty of learning languages i guess.

I wanted to ask you if you have any fic recs, or german tv show recs, I need a german thing to hyperfixate on, lmao.

Hi! I'm glad to know I'm not alone with my syntax struggles :) We will prevail one day, I'm sure!

Now, about German tv shows... If you look at my blog, you'll find posts about my recent discoveries: Tatort Saarbrücken, Polizeiruf (Vincent Ross' cases) and the last couple of seasons of SOKO Leipzig.

Yes, they are cop shows. But! The two male leads and the two female leads in Tatort Saarbrücken are highly shippable, and there's a ton of fic! Lots of AUs, too, if crime series are not your thing. The same goes for Polizeiruf: Vincent Ross is a genderqueer police detective and it's gotten a lot of attention from fic authors :)

Last but not least, my beautiful beloved, Moritz Brenner, Leipzig police detective and queer extraordinaire... Unfortunately, he mostly shows up in fic as secondary character in cross-overs with Tatort Saarbrücken and Polizeiruf. But those fics are amazing.

P.S. If you prefer teen drama, there's the German version of SKAM: it's called "Druck" and you can find it on youtube (and many fics on AO3).

[inmyarmswrappedin]

Some thoughts on Heartstopper s2:

Overall, I liked Tara and Darcy's arc, but I wish it had been set up better. I got the impression in s1 that Tara and Darcy have been dating forever, maybe even since they were like 13-14, and I just can't believe that the ilu issue hadn't come up yet. Particularly on a show like this when even platonic friends will say ilu to each other all the time. I think a better way to set up the sl would've been:

show Tara saying ilu to Darcy without expecting reciprocation, portrayed like it's something she does all the time.

show Tara longingly watching Nick and Charlie saying ilu to each other.

have Tara say ilu to Darcy now with the hope/expectation that Darcy will say it back.

everything else takes place exactly as it did on the show.

Similarly, I loved Tao and Elle's arc. I was really looking forward to their getting together after s1, and throughout the season I was 😍😍😍😍. I just didn't connect with Elle's mood after the movie date. I guess I myself would've been disappointed, but not to that extent, and so that part didn't work for me.

While I'm glad that Imogen will be wlw (more in a sec), a part of me wishes she hadn't been just to compare the way people reacted to her character in s1 vs s2. Because really, Imogen acted exactly the same in both seasons (it was the way the dude treated her that changed), but I can't imagine people would have the same reactions towards her with Nick vs towards her with Ben.

I do hope Imogen will be a lesbian, mostly because of the lesbian lighting. That being said, I wish it was Sahar who got the self-discovery arc. In the end though, I want a wlw to get the Heartstopper self-discovery arc, and I look forward to whatever happens with Imogen (and Sahar!).

I was also looking forward to Isaac's arc and it didn't disappoint. I think Isaac is the first explicitly ace character (maybe also aro?) with a self-discovery arc I've watched, and I was really interested in how it was going to be portrayed. I love Isaac's actor's smile, I think he's so cute.

Olivia Colman put her whole pussy into that family dinner scene, whew! Nick's mom's role wasn't that large, but she stole the show with her facial expressions and her whole "I just don't know wtf is wrong with this man!" attitude.

I feel sorry for Ben despite his whole evil Mark Owen thing, but I also like that Alice Oseman chose not to redeem him. I am mighty tired of bullies and abusers getting half baked redemption arcs (hi Druck s7 and s8), and it's plausible for Ben to just not be there yet. I think Heartstopper as a comic and show has people being lovely more often than not. So I think it's a brave choice not to redeem Ben, and let us give him a happier ending in our mind if we so wish.

And on that note I really appreciate that Heartstopper allows its characters to call out bullies, abusers, bad parents, and tells its audiences they don't have to forgive bad treatment if they don't want to. For a show that's been so criticized for being wholesome (i.e. sexless) and, for that reason, not ~challenging~ enough, I think allowing its characters not to forgive is actually a subtly subversive choice. I think just about any other teen show would've made Charlie allow his former bullies into the party because the ringleader had been a bit nicer in the Eiffel Tower. Imo it's details like that that show an actually queer person is behind the show, compared to the shows produced, written or directed by straight people.

[evakuality]

4 years of Druck s3 - week 3

Things of note in this episode:

1.  I know everyone says that there’s no ‘call your girlfriend’ scene in this version, but I would argue that this part operates as this moment for Matteo.  Is it the same?  Nope - it’s definitely not as charged and heightened as the moment Isak and Even share, but in this context Matteo is convinced they’re both with their respective girlfriends as David tumbles into the room with his arm around Laura and Sara is all over him and suggesting they’re going to sleep together later.  To Isak that was cool and sexy: a private moment between the two of them when they were with their girlfriends and which suggested a clandestine bond.  To Matteo it’s about the divide between them as they each embrace their ‘girlfriends’ (as he doesn’t yet know that Laura is David’s sister).  So no they don’t operate the same, but in both moments our central character experiences something that’s connected to the two girls with each of them.

2.  I’m still not over the way this group railroaded Matteo into having this party.  Kiki is of course the ringleader but they all jump on board with her.  And the thing is, Matteo lost as soon as he started to make excuses as to why he couldn’t hold it.  ‘I don’t want to’ is a perfectly fine answer, but hey I get it.  I always try to justify why I can’t do something as well.  But it still bugs me that they didn’t take his no for an answer.  Still, at least he made use of the moment to invite David to come along.  Good work there, Matteo!

3.  As a hard core Matteo fan, I generally do try to justify his actions but honestly, this right here was an asshole moment.  Probably his biggest one.  She’s unhappy and vulnerable and she even tells him that if they’re together she wants him to be all-in, so he really could have said ‘I’m not feeling it’ and walked away but he chose to string her along and that was a shitty thing to do and imo does justify her anger later when he dumps her.  Still, her posts about this were really awkward.  Sara, honey, this is an unhealthy relationship for you and your comment about rather fighting with him than being with someone else should be a real red flag.  You’re not happy, child!!!!  Cut him loose!

4.  I do love how he keeps coming back to this post but is always embarrassed if someone catches him with it.  In this case, even himself.  He looks away from the phone just after this as if he’s doing something wrong.  It’s such a normal ‘I have a crush’ way to behave and I love that it’s this that pushes him to look up the movie David mentioned earlier.  This picture is starting to become not enough and so he starts trying to find other ways to get close to David.

5.  There’s nothing more to be said here, but I can’t let this episode go without saying how much I love this part of this scene.  Everything comes together so well: acting, lighting, music, framing etc etc and this moment where he realises that weed isn’t helping his anxiety is quite powerful.  I just really love this scene and I’ll never stop saying how great it is!!

6.  Last but not least, the almost kiss of course.  I love david here - it’s immediately after he tells Matteo that Laura is his sister and it’s such an expression of ‘can we get this into your stupid head???’ like he’s very fond (of course: David is very much into this guy) but he’s so intent on getting ‘I like YOU’ into Matteo’s head.  After this, of course, they start the slow approach to letting each other know that they very definitely do want to kiss each other, but right now David isn’t quite sure.  Of course, Matteo is about to tear up at that news, which is something of a big hint :D

[illgiveyouahint]

Just curious will you watch the Croatian SKAM remake? I am a little hesitant as it’s been years since the Skam Remakes but also I feel like it was an era, whereas I kind of feel like it’s not anymore but also the thing is it won’t be like the thrill of multiple remakes running at the same time? Currently rewatching s2 or skamesp 🩵🩵

There is a Croatian SKAM remake??!! That information completely missed me. Gotta go find more info immediately!

You are right that it was most definitely an era but at the same time I think the Skam format will always work if done well. So like if in 10 years time someone will decide to make a skam-like show I think it will still be engaging if the story itself is done well. Because despite having many shows for and about teenagers i feel we have very little shows that are actually about teenagers. You know what I mean? Yes Skam was addicting because of it's live format but people watched it because the stories had depth and were talking about real issues kids these days deal with. Once the remakes started loosing that they started loosing people. Like Druck s7 was a disaster because the writing was so bad. Instead of focusing on Isi's gender exploration, islamophobia and learning how to not be a shitty person which I think would all be absolutely valid, interesting and relatable storylines they focused on weird love triangle that went nowhere. The story went nowhere and people turned off and stopped watching, stopped engaging with the content.

But if you follow Julie Andem's direction. If you do the work and you do talk to the teens and do talk to them about what they deal with and then decide to write a show for them? (and you're a good writer) I think that will work now and it will work in 10 or 15 years.

Anyway thank you for the info now I'm gonna go look up Croatian skam 'cause I am immediately fascinated by the idea.

[lucidpantone]

I like how they're doing the druck new gen approach and made half their characters look queer and artsy. It's only realistic lol

Also starting from a TikTok perspective makes sense. @hopetofantasy said it makes sense with the old wtfock audience graduating to Nathan's new show they can interest a new audience and try to utilize TikTok to trend and create a new crop of people and now they even have a show to graduate these characters into if they wanted too.

[youmustbestrongernow]

I followed you yours ago, during the Druck height time. I even asked you for advice on numerous things. how to find out the sexuality of a person you are interested in for instance lmao but many more, what to do when you are in love with a friend.

You were like a friend to me, while I hadn't had many people in my real-life. Thanks that changed. I found nice people. But after being done with school I managed to get better and also started therapy!

And just found your blog again. Felt comforting. But also hope not being intrusive. I noticed you I think deleted some Druck fick? Especially the kids one? That was my biggest comfort back then. Did that have a reason, after scrolling way too long through your blog I had the need to reread it. (I read it so often in the past. Sometimes just 3 time a weak rofl)

But also, as my former advice guru. To relieve me figuring out my password again.

How to deal with a horrible job, that I hate but I don't have the opportunity to quit right.

Hi anon,

Firstly I'm glad you're doing well, loneliness is so tough so it's good you've found people you connect with. Also therapy, that's a big step that's so great.

I do remember those times, the advice guru days, it was nice, not that you needed the advice but just having people reach out and connecting then showing them that they're not alone

I did take down a lot of my fics, the reasons are somewhere in the depths of my blog now but I had my reasons. Still I'm glad they were a comfort for you. Nobody is my favourite thing I've ever written and I actually still have plans with that world

Not sure if that last bit is a question, doesn't quite read like it but if you are struggling with work then I would say focus on your life outside of work and try to enjoy that. work is just that, work, sadly something we need to do, but keep looking for something better and know you won't be there forever. like me I was miserable and exhausted (and underpaid) at my last job and now i'm thriving

Good luck anon,

theo

[hachibe]

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#and how we were ripping our hairs out by the end of these series because it looked like they werent going to end up together

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

The fact that I know this story already, because I listened to the podcast, but still I'm always so chocked every time a new episode of the Caso Evandro documentary comes out!!!! No oscar winner screenwriter could come out with a story like this.

4 notes • Posted 2021-05-25 12:18:33 GMT

#4

druck’s school making their bathrooms pink and blue is sadly funny

10 notes • Posted 2021-01-15 13:50:36 GMT

#3

i'm just gonna say, it's been real fun to watch DRUCK tag today

18 notes • Posted 2021-06-25 20:26:34 GMT

#2

Did you notice any “mistakes” in DRUCK Season 3? 🤖

Hi little robot! 🥰  ASIUHSDIAUHSDAIUSDHAHU did I? If i write down all of “DRUCK’s mistakes” i might be writing a book. (just to clarify, by mistakes i mean little incongruent things. things like all of Mia’s chats with Alex have his contact as Axel, except one, in the middle of the season, that has Alex written in it, for no reason whatsoever. or like Matteo being listed as someone who had liked Sara’s rant post about him when he hasn’t actually done that yet. stuff like that) 

When season 3 was airing (actually, when it just finished, because this was on the last clip) i remember being really annoyed with the whole weed thing and how it got in Sam’s hands, because nothing made sense since we had instagram content of Matteo having that weed back from Amira. We recently put together how that might have happened but it really is something you need to be looking for, checking all the content and be adding 1+1 by yourself.  I also remember being mind boggling pissed with the whole string of outing chats. their dates and the whole chain of people involved don’t make much sense, at least not to me.

MOst recently i found out that Hans was complaining about someone Matteo was stealing his cheese, and when he showed the fridge you can see Matteo’s shelf full of cheese. So ..... was that Hans cheese and Matteo just straight up put it in his own shelf? Was Hans blind? Was that Matteo’s cheese and even so he stole someone else’s? And mind you, the cheese was not spoiled, it was perfectly fine. I, personally, think it was Mia all along and she was just accusing Matteo for fun. lol

These are all things that have been with DRUCK since the beginning. My first impression of season 1 when it was airing was “what is this mess?”. And it’s been 6 seasons and stuff like these still happens. It’s part of DRUCK’s personality now and i just find it funny. 

How about you guys? Is there anything, any mistakes, you guys found and or find it funny? Or is it something that really annoys you? Do you think Mia was the cheese criminal all along? Let me know! Let’s talk!

19 notes • Posted 2021-03-02 11:22:41 GMT

#1

gotta thank druck team for tackling a subject that is so real to so many of its viewers. learning disabilities or not, I'm sure we all have horrible stories of terrible teachers to tell and/or terrible presentations we had to go through.

but also, for showing the panic and the humiliation of having your learning disability exposed and mocked in class. most importantly though, I think is the impotence. the impotence of not knowing, of being incapable of doing simple things that everybody else can, and the only reason you can think of is because you’re stupid. I had to go through that so many times in my life, it's not funny. i have dyscalculia and I only got a diagnosis when I was way out of school. nobody thought the reason why i couldn't pass the minimum of 5 correct questions on the math exam i took to enter collage was something other than ‘well, i guess you just didn’t study hard enough’. Is really good to see your experiences represented and validated like that.

46 notes • Posted 2021-01-21 14:07:59 GMT

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[yaraaimsakul]

druck rewatch ☆ s05e01: alles neu!

This land is standing still. Like our generation. We're on pause. Future? Uncertain. What do we need? We don't know. The ones who should be helping don't understand anything either. Contracts and plans are valid until the next clash. For free: distance, bans, hate. But we're looking for life. we dance with anyone and love everyone. No coronavirus, but freedom and llamas and colourful, curved rain...

[formerprincewille]

I said from the first episode that Isi has feelings for Sascha and was simply distracted by Lou’s “shininess” and excitement. People don’t platonically look at each other like that.

[saturstay-oldblog]

are y’all …. done yet

[lesbianjamies]

[sunflowerbloomss]

unpopular opinion but no matter who, i don't think ismail's season should be a love story and they shouldn't end up in a relationship in *their* season like this shouldn't be the focus. they have too much shit to deal with already and having a romance will imo inevitably take time from other, more unique storylines

[evakuality]

Glücksbringer - Epilogue

Epilogue - Matteo, Several months later is now up!

So this wee fic that bubbled for so long is finally complete. It's been a long and sometimes tiring journey but I'm very happy with this fic and very happy that I was able to include it in the @skambigbang for this year. And now that it's over, you should all go check out all the other lovely treats in this bang. There may not be any other Druck fics, but there's a whole range of skamverses out there for you to enjoy!

I'd also like to take this opportunity to give one last shoutout to @stazyros for the cheerleading, support and beta work over the last several months. This fic would definitely only be a shadow of itself without her!

And also @dummerjan for this lovely art which was made for this fic. Here's another look at it - admire the details and the stitching and just how much time and effort went into its creation!!