#rykter spoiler

[thrwne]

Now that the boys have a bet, Erik x Olivia makes sense. I hate this plotline though 😭 When the writers said Erik’s personality would become more clear I didn’t expect him to be a DICKHEAD. Gosh the season started out good imo but i’m pissed off now. I also think Erik’s character doesn’t make sense. I know teens make mistakes but why would Erik stand up for a random girl and not his best friend 😭 I get that he’s maybe scared to be beat up again BUT REALLY?????? I hate his performative bullsh*t.

Nah I think there's more to it than just a bet. The synopsis for 3x12 is basically hinting to Olivia and Erik having a real connection so

Yeah Erik is entering his dickhead era. And even though we don't know much about him, I'm surprised by Øyvind too. That group of boys deserve each other, they're cut from the same cloth

What really annoys me is that Erik could end all this homophobic bullying from Felix and his nasty comments by telling him something like it was a drunk kiss and they both participated in it. Because now Felix is hung up on Mathias being gay and he thinks Mathias kissed Erik more or less against his will and it's something Felix jokes about. I just think Erik is a coward this season. And because of Erik not using his inside voice when discussing the kiss in front of basically half the school, now everyone's gossiping about Mathias while Erik is off the hook and he dgaf

[loveallthegays]

Shouldn't we try and finish the conversation we started the other day, then?

[savethedots]

i see a pattern here

[madisonmccoy]

Erik is wild for acting surprised by the kiss. 

Mathias was down bad the whole time and it showed.

[cezqstar]

ok so i watched the trailer but with english subtitles so i actually understand what’s going on and i have thoughts…

we’re pretty well aware at this point and have been since the synopsis release of episode 2 that felix is going to be homophobic towards mathias after finding out that he kissed erik. the trailer just proves that further with him telling mathias to find new friends & insulting him in the last clip of the trailer.

so from early on, mathias is faced with his ‘best friend’ turning on him & being homophobic towards him. which is no doubt the primary reason he’ll spend the season struggling to accept himself. now in the trailer, there’s a glimpse of that conversation between erik & mathias from episode 5 where erik asks what’s wrong between but ‘doesn’t get the answer he was hoping for’. now, we’ve all been speculating if it’s about the kiss and mathias’ (more than likely) feelings for erik and either mathias shuts it down or erik rejects him… but what if it’s not about that at all?

they are intentionally showing and even telling us that erik is becoming friends w/ felix and the boy group. even acknowledging it in one of the most recent episode descriptions. suggesting that erik is the ‘good one’ out of the boy group and that erik goes to tell them something before he finds out about the chlamydia business. and considering episode 1’s description mentions how mathias comes back but everything’s different now, i wouldn’t be shocked if the friendship is there from the JUMP! (which the topic of this friendship is something i have a lot of negative thoughts on)

so in the conversation between erik & mathias, it seems to be aiming in the direction of things are weird and awkward between them, not due to the kiss, but because erik is hanging out with felix. it seems like it’ll be more of a “the problem is you’re friends with felix” situation and an ultimatum will be laid out by mathias without him specifying why it’s so important to him that erik ISN’T friends with felix. hence why erik asks why he can’t hang out with felix AND be friends with mathias at the same time.

doesn’t help that mathias seems to still be pining after erik on the basis that this IS erik in the clip but i’m actually struggling to tell if it’s him or not. 😅

i’m still surprisingly confident that season 3 is matherik’s angst era and season 4 will be more in favour of them! but i think a lot of mathias’ story will be focused on him coming to terms with his sexuality whilst dealing w/ felix giving him constant shit over it. meanwhile erik… i don’t even know man. him being friends with felix genuinely baffles me more than anything!

btw credit to @/enviousouls on twt for the trailer translations!

[isakvaltersnake]

sorry but that dream sequence was ROMANTIC AS HELL

like when you step back and think about this being mathias’s dream and this being how he sees erik like fuuuucking hell man let me catch my damn breath

- the soft blur and red lighting ✨romance✨

- the way mathias almost looks vulnerable and nervous just sitting at the end of his bed until erik walks in and it’s like this wave of peace and comfort comes with him

- erik being beautiful, and sweet and thoughtful, but also erik being the one firmly in the driver’s seat like mathias has put this out there but he needs it to be erik who does the next part for them

- erik’s voice is soft and gentle because there’s like an understood reverence to this moment but he also seems confident and absolutely sure about mathias

- mathias’s smile when erik tells him he missed him cause you just know that’s how mathias feels and how he desperately wants erik to feel it too

it just has the feeling of a first time for two people who deeply love each other and for this to be how mathias dreams about erik was A Lot for me to handle in the first minute of the first episode of the season.

[phygoth]

ALSO starting the season with mathias having a wet dream about erik and then a full zoom on his boner it's INSANE like— I WAS SPEECHLESS

[skam-in-every-language]

No, because when all of his friends told him it was them or Erik, Mathias chose Erik.

And now Erik is asking Mathias if he can't be friends with Felix and them and be friends with him at the same time.

I'm struggling to understand Erik here. Because like where is your loyalty? And why the fuck would you even want to be friends with Felix of all people?

[manateia-seriallove]

What the... what is happening ?

Erik, come on "shit happens", "It's forgotten", "we were drunk" really? What do you expect him to say after that?🤯

Mathias, sweatheart, you're avoiding him since the end of the summer. He tried to start at least 3 discussion with you. But "i don't want you in me life", really? You know that's not true.🥺💔

[bossbotte]

Now I want sad Erik wearing Mathias hoodie at home as a comfort

[thepermanentrainpress]

The Permanent Rain Press Interview with Teo Tomczuk. (Watch in HD)

Teo Tomczuk chats about Mathias' evolving journey in season 3 of Rykter (Rumours), including his relationships with Erik, Felix and Sara, family dynamics and expectations, sexual orientation, and being a risk taker.

He also discusses connecting with the cast and crew, his acting and musical inspirations, and vulnerability as an artist.

[thrwne]

Mathias and Erik in Rykter 3x03

[loveallthegays]

[savethedots]

a mood change

[madisonmccoy]

so Erik "steals" your girl, but HE'S the one shirtless in your jealous fantasy?!? interesting...

[cezqstar]

haven’t been active in the rykter fandom in awhile, but i’ve seen quite a lot of opinions floating around on here & twt that i had quite a lot of thoughts about!

someone said the show is queerbaiting… and i genuinely cannot believe how anyone can see a character figuring out his queer identity and only see the matherik ship & dumb it down to queerbaiting.

edit: i want to clarify this part i said on queerbaiting because i didn’t articulate my thoughts in depth. at the end of season 2, mathias initiated a kiss with erik ultimately implying his queer identity. and his season 3 storyline has confirmed him as a queer character, who is crushing on erik & struggling with acceptance whilst getting bullied by his ex-best friend. however, erik’s pov is open to interpretation, which leaves a lot of space for fan theories (that i eat tf up) but at the moment, that’s all they are. fan theories. erik’s actions can be interpreted as both platonic & non-platonic, and i don’t see the show dangling matherik in the audiences faces. since they’re very focused on mathias’ story and his perspective rather than erik’s. whose own story seems to focus on him hanging around the wrong crowd and his questionable behaviour. it leaves the storyline open to go down two very different routes: erik could have his own queer realisation and the two of them eventually end up together. or mathias’ has unrequited feelings for his straight (or aro 👀) friend but those feelings helped him with his own queer journey to acceptance. and i think with how they’ve set erik up, it could genuinely go either way and make sense.

^^ that’s why i believe the queerbaiting claims are a stretch.

it’s become very clear why people began watching rykter: matherik. but people NEED to remember that the show is not solely about them. it never has been. this show is about the chaotic lives of ‘sheltered’ (i can’t think of the word i’m after) teenagers who all have the capability to be stupid, immature and selfish. which yes, includes felix as one of those characters and yes, includes erik as a teenager capable of being a bad person at times.

these teenagers are also all (well almost all) capable of redemption. mathias has proved his own ability to be redeemed after his s1 antics, erik will surely have his own redemption path regarding his current s3 antics and thea is currently having her redemption this season. just because erik has been generally good in the first two seasons, doesn’t mean he isn’t prone to poor decision making & shitty actions. remember: they’re all 15-16 years old.

i’ve seen a few people suggest that the rykter writers are ‘getting off’ on or ‘enjoying’ the homophobic abuse that mathias has been subjected to, but i think that’s a massive stretch. and an extremely poor outlook on the shows writing in my opinion. many people forget that even though norway is a progressive country that homophobic shitheads still exist. and the way mathias is being treated by someone as horrible as felix & no one saying anything due to being ‘sheltered’ followers is quite real.

and when someone as jealous, hateful & spiteful as felix who clearly puts up with his own share of prejudice gets to put someone else down (someone who he also feels ‘betrayed’ by), he’ll jump at that opportunity in an attempt to make himself better and stronger. from victim -> perpetrator. i understand the frustration around this season focusing on felix quite a lot but people need to stop seeing his storyline as ways to ‘excuse’ his actions and moreso to explain them & simply SHOW his life. they seem pretty hellbent on showing you that he’s a shitty person regardless of his home life & personal issues.

anyways rant over! time to disappear again lol. feel free to disagree with anything i said. always happy to have a discussion!