#that was such a long response but I GET SO HYPED WHEN TALKING ABOUT SKAM ITALIA AND ELEONORA
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Girl how are you sweeet ahsjjsjsjs i'm so happy you're interested in my country!! Yes most people don't even know it exists!(i get why but its nice to find someone who cares about it!!) If you ever have something specific you want to know about Georgia/Georgian, you are always welcome to ask me đ we do have many similarities/we share the obsession with italian and i also love eleanor from skam italiađ anyways, thank you for being this kind you've made me so happyđđ
oh my gosh, girl youâre also super sweet and wonderful oh my!! i love the energy you exude; itâs so calming and relaxing and it seems like weâd get along really well. i absolutely love learning about different countries and cultures and especially those countries, like georgia, that arenât always known by a lot of people and you donât hear about often like itâs just so fascinating to learn about them!! it really is my passion and life purpose like thereâs no doubt about it. the only things that i know about georgia currently is that its capital is tbilisi and also that the most famous albino guy named bera is from there!! heâs such a lovely person oh my goodness like i watched the video he did with drew binsky and also some of his tiktoks with his wife and theyâre such an angelic couple!! itâs like theyâre characters from a fairytale honestly, itâs so stunning. and yes, i will most definitely reach out to you when i have curiosities about georgia!! itâs really nice to know that i know someone who i can associate with the country now and to always reach out if i have any questions that may come through my mind so iâm so glad that iâve met you! and OH MY GOSH. YES. ELEONORA/BENEDETTA GARGARI FROM SKAM ITALIA IS MY ACTUAL QUEEN. last year, when i first started my studyblr and until i returned this year on july, she was my icon for so long like she was my og studyblr icon and so many people thought that i was her at first (which was, you know, an absolute honor and accomplishment) and sheâs just so beautiful and lovely and phenomenal!! when i returned, i decided i wanted to change it up a bit and went with noora, but eleonora will always have a soft spot in my heart!! and especially now that iâm incredibly in love with italy and have realized my true calling like she is literally just a whole angel!! iâm only halfway through skam italia and havenât even gotten to her season yet (by the way, giancarlo commare is the top tier italian boy like wow but also lorenzo zurzolo from under the riccione sun kinda owns my heart too so uh oops), but iâm so excited! iâm gonna put off watching it because i want to watch it when i learn more italian and feel more confident in it so i can use it as a way to practice the language more rather than just for my own entertainment and satisfaction!! but i honestly cannot wait like my heart has been craving to watch skam italia so bad (i even convinced italian boy to start watching it oop), but i shall wait!! i wish us both good luck in our italian journey, my lovely!! and i cannot wait to see more of your beautiful posts blessing my dash!! iâm so glad that i can make you happy like that honestly makes me feel so happy to know and, please, feel free to drop by anytime to talk to me about anything!! i feel like you and i would make such great friends đ€âš
#beginagxin#replies#that was such a long response but I GET SO HYPED WHEN TALKING ABOUT SKAM ITALIA AND ELEONORA#SO I COMPLETELY FORGIVE MYSELF#also it's 10pm and i'm really hungry#and some weird bug just flew away before i could get it so um bye :)#farewell to the world
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good morning mutuals and everyone else on tumblr who is cool and made my year! this is gonna be my mutuals appreciation post 2020 because if anything good happened this year then it's getting to know all of you guys so there's that. i love you all so so sooo much and always love to see y'all and your gif sets / memes / crack posts /rants / edits and so on and so forth on my dash. you made this year beautiful and i just wanna thank u for that!đđ (also im sorry if the picture above activates anyone's fight response i just thought that it would fit if i went back to where it all started)
@engelkeijsers mare my love i don't even have words to describe how much i love you and am happy to have you in my life. i consider you one of my closest friends by now and that's why i always message you whenever exciting shit happens in my life (or whenever shit goes down that ofc dependsđ€Ș). our phone calls were so fucking funny and i loved talking to you sooo much i can't wait to meet you in real life one day!!đ please feel hugged you're such a beautiful human.
@dreamaur ann my beloved mutual i love you from the bottom of my heart and just wanna thank you for being the cute bitch that u are who always remembers our mutuals anniversary like....đ„șđ„ș i just love that we always watch and read and stan the same things like what kind of soulmutuals behavior is this?. can't wait for s&b to air so we can always freak out about kaz and inej and everyone else together. i'm kissing your cheek and wish you the absolute best for 2021 because u deserve the bestđœ
@sotorubio silja i love you and your blog so much you just have such a galaxy brain and you're so eloquent and your blog is one of the few that i check on regularly because i don't wanna miss a single post you make. here's a fun fact before i properly got to know you i thought that you were sooo intimating i don't even know why and then we started talking at some point and i was like "hold on a second they are SO lovely and warm actually and not intimating at all hdhdh" as you might have figured out by now i always love talking to you about skames or rant about 13rw and everything else. i just love u!!!đ§Ą
@helmtaryn aurore you are probably the first person who ever started talking to me on here and so it all began and we always talked abt skam france before s6 started and during and you're just such a wonderful person!! thank you for always being there for me and helping me with my french homework i truly cannot thank you enough for that because you're constantly saving my ass jdhd. you're just so fun to talk to and such a talented gif maker like... for real your gif sets always knock me out and you're always so original in what you gifđ„șâŁ
@geminibf i know i've told you that before but your blog is my comfort blog on here literally just seeing your posts on my dash always makes my day and you're one of the most beautiful ppl i've ever known like how do you even manage to do thatđ„șđ plus you're sooo talented at this point im convinced that there's absolutely nothing that you cannot do so yeah i have no idea where this sentence is going but i guess what im trying to tell u is that i love u and im so happy to be ur friend
@alterlovex niiiiiâŁâŁâŁ you're not even like a tumblr mutual you're like my tumblr sister (figure out what the hell this is supposed to mean jdjd) and you were one of the first people who hyped my stupid posts up and it always made me go đ„șđ. i started following you despite the fact that u had a wtfock icon (honorary) and i absolutely never regretted it. you're so beautiful and warm and so is your blog and i will try to talk more to u again in 2021. im virtually sending you so many flowersđ·đ»đžđ
@jorgecrespo you're just the coolest bitch alive. i followed you for your skam rankings and stayed for your whole entire personality. every post you make truly just slaps, you never miss, and i relate to you so much jdjd. the way you answer anon messages will forever be my favorite thing about your blog and just the way you talk in general like without even seeing your url i always know when it's you who wrote a post. i love youââđ
@jusdekiwi you and aurore are the reason why french people deserve rights, you are such a lovely and genuine person and i absolutely love you and your chill vibes on your blog. also thank you for helping me out with my french homework thingy once like. thank you so so much for being so lovely and taking your time julia!đ»
@suburbanenigma carmen i love you and all of your posts and just the vibes on your blog!!! also omfg your riverdale side blog always makes me laugh soo much i truly cannot wait for s5 to air so we can make fun of it together because i will live blog the shit out of it too!! you're just one of the coolest bitches ever i don't know how else to say it. i love you and cant wait to talk to you more next year. you're such a blessing for this hellsiteđŠâš
@sundaymorninghangover julian you are one of my oldest friends on here and i've loved you ever since i found your blog and figured out that u were a part of the having taste club (skames fandom) too!! you're so chill!!! i love your brain!! i love your posts!!! and most importantly i love you. please keep on blessing my dash with your cool posts because they are definitely appreciated and loved in this house. also i miss your frog icon (please don't hit me in case it wasn't a frog) it just spoke volumes about your vibes but i love ur new one too!! still associate the purple heart with you so here it is đđ
@lesbeanfatou clara you simply are an angel. you used to have a nora grace icon and i went: that's it, she's the one, she has taste im gonna follow!! and look it was one of the best decisions ever. you're my favorite chaotic n cool mosquito hater and i just love you so much and you made my year beautiful!! thank you for always listening to me when i came into your inbox to have a break down (positive or negative) over the we feel in love in october girl and thank you for teaching me how make edits!!!đđ
@aoixe you're one of my favorite skamfr hate blogs and certain men hate blogs (if u know u know) i always love talking and ranting with you and am so glad that we're sometimes just dming!! you're vibes are so cool a d you seem like such a chill person i love you and wish you all the best for 2021!!âŁâŁ
@fatoudixon ana i love you and your blog so so much and especially your druck reaction videos on youtube!! you seem like such a genuine and beautiful person and even though we're not talking much please just know that im always happy to see you on my dash. happy new year to you!!đđ
@cash-queens samđ„ș you're so sweet and kind this hell site truly doesn't even deserve you but we all love that you're here anyway!! i would protect you with my life and i hope that we will get to talk more in 2021 because you're such a lovely person and for now im just gonna wish u a happy new yearâš
@avaceleste sophiaaađ you've been here ever since the very beginning of skamfr season 6 and i always love talking to you and long live our eliola jokes, you were probably the person i started this cult with so here is our eliola emoji starterpack one more time in 2020 đđ§đŹ
@hashtag-ohboy-nicetry i have no idea whose side blog this was but the url alone made my entire yearđ€đ€
@ random love anon†i love you and hope that 2021 will be a good year for you because you absolutely deserve it!!! wishing u nothing but the best i always love to see you around!đđ
all the other amazing blogs i love and am always happy to see on my dash (doesn't matter if we're mutuals or not)
@floraflorenzi / @bi-kieu-my / @gumptin / @thegirlnooneknows5 / @littleweirdoss / @sohereisthisasshole / @noramachwtz / @nori-in-pink / @ayellowcurtain / @mailinrichter / @ijzermanora / @fudgetunblr / @lesbianfatous / @norgestan / @cfgc / @avaspereira / @theflowerisblue / @smblmn / @jon-astronaut / @amiraamore / @parelmoer / @stqrz đâŁđđŠđđž
i wish all of you a very happy new year and thank you for all of your gifs, posts, translations, fanfics & edits you all truly make this place beautifulâđ
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Post pictures of your first ever (fictional/celeb) crush to the latest one and tag five others to continue the game.
Ali tagged me, thanks. I guess đ @lanzhansmilesâ
Aâight so Iâm simply taking this as an opportunity to show off my frankly impeccable taste đ *coughs into the crook of my elbow with my mask on and from a safe distance* More under the cut, godspeed!
Iâm tagging uhh I really donât want to expose anyone but uh. @morifinwesâ @ttaechwitaâ @sunshine304â @treemaidengeekâ @flamingwellâ no pressure tho!!
Since 2006
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Janina Fautz: Die Wilden Kerle, anyone?? Tbh i had a crush on quite a lot of the characters/actors but in hindsight Janina was and is the most influential one. Also probably my first ever girl crush (again, in hindsight bc it took me until 3 years ago to finally find out iâm queer lol)
Eva-Maria May: Yeah well Iâm not gonna talk about where I know her from letâs say it was an incredibly bad soap opera my mom used to watch. She was one of the reasons why I went Yeah I Have Always Been Into Girls. I was pretty obsessed with her to the point where mini me secretly printed out a photo of her to look at lmaooo the signs have always been there and itâs truly amazing how I had been missing them for years
Amy Adams: Her as Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum was also definitely a huge Thing to young me. Again, I had been completely oblivious about this crush for years
David Luiz: HAH! This is the point where we do NOT get into my football/soccer crushes bc this list would get WAYYY too long hahaha. I had to cut loads of people from my list for this post bc I develop a new celebrity crush every 5 minutes basically but yeah. David Luiz was definitely my biggest football/soccer crush out of..... everyone else
M*rvel
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I donât have a lot to say about any of them since Iâm not into m*rvel anymore TFATWS makes me want to stick the tip of my toe back into m*rvel waters but otherwise NO THANKS
Sebastian Stan was, if my judgement of my archive is right, the longest highkey celebrity crush Iâve ever had. Mostly because I love Bucky a lot and he was so amazing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I mustâve had a crush on him for as long as I had been in the m*rvel fandom
Recent Past
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some celeb crushes from last year that were all more or less short-lived tbh
Ester ExpĂłsito: As it often goes I didnât find her spectacular in the beginning but as Ălite went on I started to develop a huge crush on her. I still find her pretty hot but Iâm not invested in Ălite so yeah..... I have no object permanence
Mina El Hammani: Got to know her through Ălite, too. Sheâs so incredibly beautiful. Had a hard time choosing a photo of her bc Iâd stare at every single one for ages. Wow.
Danger Days!Gerard Way: Hah! The ones of you whoâve been following me for longer might remember my posts about wanting to dye my hair neon red. Well, himâs the reason and also clinical depression. Ended up with natural red/ginger bc my hair is too thin for bleaching lel. ANYWAY
Maxence Danet Fauvel: Pretty short-lived crush from my Skam days
Ramy Moharam Fouad: So Ramy has a brother, Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad, who makes INCREDIBLE music. Ramy made some of his music videos (directed them? not sure), thatâs how he came to my attention. Idk man heâs just so incredibly beautiful.... gives me a hint of genvy, too......
Janelle MonĂĄe: Became a fan when Make Me Feel came out, listened to the entire album for days and eventually inevitably crushed on her
Lera Abova: Saw her in ANĐĐ and fell in love. I screamed to my friends for weeks about how she was the most beautiful human being Iâd ever seen etc etc. Eventually my crush went away mostly, but I still think sheâs stunning
Keiynan Lonsdale: Keiynan said FUCK gender and I said đđđ and thatâs all you need to know.
Current
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*deep breath* alright letâs gooo
Bright (Wachirawit Chivaaree): Crushed on him for as long as I watched 2gether/Still 2gether lmao. I still like him a lot and sometimes lose my mind over him but Iâm not exceptionally Thirstyâą
Tul (Pakorn Thanasrivanitchai) and Max (Nattapol Diloknawarit): If you search either of them on tumblr you will have to scroll for a long, long time to find seperate photos of them. However, Iâm not patient enough so here we are. Re: Tul, actually I want to copy/paste what Ali said bc DAMN a man who is confident about his masculinity and sexuality really is kinda hot. Same goes for Max tbh. Also Maxâ lips look so soft I [redacted]
Lukas von Horbatschewsky: Also known as Lukas Alexander. He did an amazing job in Druck and heâs just a person I admire in general. As one of the few out trans actors in Germany, he had a main role as a trans boy in Druck and also co-wrote Druckâs seasons 5 and 6. Heâs just a huge role model to me and, apart from that, Big Crush Material (h i s e y e s)
Li Wei: Someone suggested him as Hua Cheng for the TGCF live action and my life hasnât been the same since. While Iâm open for whoever will get that role in the end, I could look at his face for hours and not get bored. Major Genvy, too.
Li BoWen and Liu HaiKuan: I will have to deal with these two in one paragraph bc LanLan bc they have the exact same effect on me which is. that theyâre not 100% my type but I WILL go absolutely feral about them at regular intervals, if you know what I mean
Song JiYang: ohh honey. oh honey.......... hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I have a natural affinity for aquarius ppl and this one lives in my heart rent free. Iâd even make him soup if heâd ask.
Wang YiBo: WELL HOLY SHIT. listen. LISTEN! the hype around him is 100% justified imo he really is That Bitch and I love him so so much for it. Fucking ICON
Honorary Mentions: Gender Envy
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Hereâs to the People I Thought I Had A Crush On But Not Quite until I learned the word Gender Envy:
Zhu YiLong: Man, this is the person whoâs mainly responsible for me finding out AT ALL about not being entirely cis. The POWER he holds!!! His performance as Ye Zun in Guardian was like a breakthrough point for me which. certain people witnessed in real time hahaha oh I love this fandom!!
Zhu ZanJin: HIM. AAAH!! Heâs literally so beautiful and whenever I see him I just go ZANZAN!! in my head and in the tags bc. well. hIM.
Xiao Zhan With Long Hair: Look, Xiao Zhan is always amazing but BLESS the person who made these manips. I can finally rest.
Wang YiBo: uhh whatâs he doing here again?? Tbh YiBo is one of the few, if not the only person that gives me Major Gender Envy that I would also [redacted] if they asked. Do I want to be him or be with him? The answer is Yes.
I skipped the fictional characters bc I tend not to crush on them đđ Instead I will just directly crush on the actors/actresses lol!
Thank you for bearing with me. As a prize, you can choose between a ladder supported forehead kiss, or a bowl of homemade soup. â€
#[brother this took so fucking long]#[it was fun to reminisce but please never ask me to do this again â€]#[sorry if anything doesn't make sense. i'm very tired my sleep schedule is fucked up and i have a major headache â€]#[thanks ali for the tag it was really really fun!]#[also i think it's kinda sexy of me not to be ashamed of any of these. does therapy work? maybe so]#about#tag game#ali tag#r.txt
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Hello Iâm awake so since apparently some of you enjoy these, itâs time for a recap of last nightâs screening and Axelâs play :) sorry again for rambling for so long, Iâll put it under the cut
First when we were still outside, I realized how absolutely lucky we are because when David arrived, he gave la bise to 30+ fans, calling them by name, saying he was happy to see them again etc and stayed to chat a bit and like... where else do you get to meet the showrunner of your fav show and he calls you by your name and everything? wow
Anyway, we got inside, the screening started with the tvslash people and the crew thanking us and getting the cast on stage, but since Iâm uploading the video of the opening and the whole Q&A with subtitles on Youtube I wonât repeat everything that was said here. Just a few highlights : bloopers are coming but they wonât tell us when and the cast will probably discover them at the same time we do ; they are planning something âbiggerâ for the beginning of June and weâre âall invitedâ ; they donât know yet about other seasons, they know we are all waiting for news but there was nothing new to say.
The cast and crew (Assa, LaĂŻs, Marilyn, Michel, Maxence, Coline, Lula, Philippine, Robin, Moussa, ZoĂ©, Gigi - maman Bakhellal - David, Niels, Jeremy, Xavier) was adorable as always. Simo, who plays Sanaâs brother, was here too, it was really cool to get this Moussa/Simo duo on stage. LaĂŻs got there between the two episodes and Michel in the middle of the Q&A. Michel hadnât seen the clip yet so Marilyn showed him on her phone and he was like âWOW THATâS NOT DRAMATIC AT ALLâ azedfghj. Maxence, human cupcake as always, gave his seat to someone else and sat on the floor but then David made him get up and told him to sit on the second row, thank you David for not letting him on the floor again. He ended up sitting to my right and uhhhh do you know how hard it was not to turn my head to watch his reactions instead of the episodes? heâs so distracting, playing with his rings and biting his fingers all the damn time. Good (bad?) thing is, I got to see his reaction when Lucas said that Eliott made him doubt, about Idriss not wanting to see him, and he got that tight lip smile, you know the one, and quickly raised his eyebrows. WHAT DOES IT MEAN MAXENCE.Â
There were a lot of friends and family from the cast, itâs really cool to see how supportive they are but also they are little shits lmao like after the screening when we were outside, LaĂŻs got surrounded by fans and his friends were filming it all and laughing azedfghjkl
Assa hid her face during the dance scene at DaphnĂ©âs birthday (poor bub, and we asked her to dance after during the Q&A, sheâs too humble :â)) but David, JĂ©rĂ©my and Maxence were hyping her up and we were all cheering and clapping. The cheers when Eliott got to the party and the kiss between Arthur and Alexia, you guys, that was LOUD. Alexia turned to David and made a sort of âi told you soâ shrug. The screaming (more indignant than joyful even though people were happy to see Michel) when Charles showed up though, that was the loudest.Â
After the Q&A, Michel, Marilyn and Maxence rewatched the last clip on her phone again and I couldnât hear what Marilyn said to Michel, something along ânow thatâs a come back!â I think, it was cute, look at them
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I couldnât stay long after, and I wouldnât have wanted to anyway because even though there were less people than usual, it felt way more crowded because it was raining a lot and the umbrellas were in the way, people couldnât move around. Most of the cast left quickly (I wanna say a big fuck you again to the girls who followed Maxence and creeped him out enough that he felt the need to post it on ig, and then probably felt guilty about being so harsh - when he shouldnât - and deleted the story). David, Niels, Robin, Philippine, ZoĂ© and Moussa stayed a bit longer, how kind of them despite the cold and the wind and the rain (for real the weather was atrocious).
Anyway, I arrived just in time for Axelâs play and ahhhh heâs so good. Heâs an amazing drummer, he so clearly loves it, he owns the stage completely even though heâs by himself, he can switch character just by blinking, the different voices he makes are on point, itâs so so cool to see. It really didnât feel like hearing Axel or Lucas talk but completely different characters. You could hear the Skam fans in the theather because, for exemple, thereâs a (imaginary) dog in the play at some point and he called her Ouba, there was an audible âawwwâ in the venue azertghjk, the regular theater goers were so confused.Â
There was a good 100 of us who stayed after and he talked and took pics with everyone even though he was being pressured by his PA and the theater people to hurry it along (they should have closed the theater hours before and when I left it was half past midnight and he was still going). His voice was completely fucked and so rough but he was still as enthusiastic as always. Sorry again to the person who asked me to ask him about writing them a tattoo, thatâs just something he wonât do, (well he felt so bad about saying no he started doing it and then stopped and said no, he just couldnât). He doesnât want that kind of responsibility and said his writing was way too shitty anyway. He remembers people, itâs so funny, he was like âwait I remember you, Iâve seen you before right? *turns to other people* guys I remember her! ahah yes Iâm that guy whoâs so proud of himself for rememberingâ well yes!! Axel you should be because there are so many of us and YET?? How grounded and down to earth :â)
Anywayyy sorry again for the long post, nothing too interesting but thatâs all I can remember for now.
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By now most people have read and seen a lot about the convention already, but since I said I would write about it (and because I like to be able to look back on my own experiences later), I'll ramble on for a bit...
First and foremost, it was a pleasure to meet and see other Tumblr users and fans of skam in general, I loved being in a room with so many like minded people đđđ„° . I've never been to a convention before so it was truly special. I wanna give a special mention to
@chelouelou
â, meeting her was one of my personal highlights and I am so glad we hit it off just as well as we did online. She is the sweetest person and a ray of sunshine, and we had multiple laughing fits for no good reason. All lovely things imo đ§Ąđđâš
Some random facts:
I almost drew a braincell at La Petite Ceinture so I could write 'the skam france galaxy braincell' but I chickened out last moment because it felt like sacrilege
Every time we saw one of those step scooters we felt triggered
Every time we saw someone carrying a baguette we laughed
Elise brought everybody clown noses
La Petite Ceinture is absolutely calming and just a great experience to visitÂ
About the convention:
We arrived around 9:00, and because we already got our passes the night before (the organization for that was also shitty, we arrived at 17:30, which was suppose to be the time that they would open up for the passes, and left at 21:00. They were not prepared, everything arrived in boxes through out the night, we had to wait a long long time) we didn't have to wait in line and sat on the floor for a bit while we waited for everything to start. We sat next to a large glass window, and suddenly we heard some fans shrieking in excitement. We looked up and saw Maxence walk past us, and let me tell you, that alone was quite an experience. Mannequin elite, indeed. There is just something so alluring about him, it's even more apparent in real life. We were all very nervous and also excited about the whole day, and this hyped us up even more ngl. We saw more cast members come in, Coline, Paul, Robin, Leo, and probably more that I can't remember. We got called into the big room where the panels were held, at around 10:00.
After a short speech by the host, and a video introduction of all the casts (which was lovely and I might post later, I don't know if anybody posted it yet? I haven't seen it) the cast of skam france came on stage. The crowd went wild, naturally. They got a standing ovation. The energy was buzzing. Axel was joking around from the first second, he was talking with Maxence and with the boys and with Zoe, making jokes the whole time, even gave the host what looked like a slap on the ass hahah. He looked very hyped up. The whole cast looked very happy to be there.
The duo photoshoot was suppose to start 10:15 but started around 10:45 instead. So the day already started with a delay, and because a lot of events had some overlap (for example they couldn't start the group photo shoot if a few cast members were still busy with their duo's) it had a sort of domino effect throughout the whole day. There was a lot of waiting and a lot of standing around. When I was in line for the duo photoshoot, Axel and Maxence were both hugging fans they met before (even though it wasnât allowed, which I still donât understand tbh)Â and one girl wanted to do the Polaris hand holding bit with Axel and he went with it and looked at her so softly it was a lot okay, I hope that girl is still alive. I saw Maxence do the same thing with another girl during the same shoot, so they stood back to back with the girls in question (the picture later became famous because of the manip smh) And just before it was my turn, Maxence draped himself over Axel and they hugged with Maxence standing behind Axel and Axel reached up to touch Maxence's arm. This wasn't for a photo they weren't even facing a camera, this was just them being their caring selves. They were really sweet together the whole day, as everyone has seen by now.
We had to wait a long time for the panel to start, and they started way later than planned. Maxence was still busy with his duo with Rocco and Assa and Lais also came in later. Everything was in French and the host translated. I considered going up to ask a question (tell us more about the 90% social media content that Axel wanted to do that went too far lmao) but the queue filled up so quickly and I knew there was a limited time for the cast, so I didn't. In the end it's probably for the best seeing as they went on for a half hour longer because Axel is the literal best and I will not hear anyone say anything different. I thought the host did a good job, but I still think a lot of details got lost in translation because he obviously couldn't translate every single thing word for word. I cackled because when he talked in English he pronounced Axel and Maxence's names very Englishy. I thought it was cute that Axel kept shouting for Maxence to come join them when they started, and that when Maxence came in he sat in front of him. I sat pretty close to the stage at that point and saw that Axel explained to Maxence that he yelled his name hahah. That whole panel was golden, loved hearing about their fave lines and upcoming projects, plus they were all so sweet to each other, ugh, name me a better cast istg. Some of the other highlights for me were how adorable Axel and Leo were together and how Moussa and Lais are integrated into the whole cast and got along with everyone. Seeing Lais and Maxence interact got me thinking about seeing Sofiane and Eliott together on screen and now I want it even more tbh. Of course everyone knows that Axel ignored the rules and insisted on talking to everyone who had a question, went off stage and talked to the people who were left, tried to include everyone, in general he had a really big role yesterday. I got an ask saying he is a true born entertainer and that's true, he really is (I will answer that ask later I promise, I am just way behind tbh sorryyy).
After the panel was the group photo with the skam france cast. The chaotic energy was off the chart. Especially Axel and Maxence, I saw Maxence bite some girls tag that was around her neck for the picture lmao. They kept cheering the people on who came for their picture, it was adorable. When it was my turn I stood between Axel and Maxence and ugh, just, it was great okay. I said thank you when I got my picture, and Maxence went: nooo, thank yOuUuU (you know the voice he sometimes uses? Yeah) what a sweetheart tbh.
After this there was a looooot of waiting for me. The only thing I had left was the autographs and selfies (this was one event) and that could not start before all the group photos were done, and they went on for way too long. That just means the organization sold too many or didn't calculate the right amount of time it would take. I managed to catch some of the skam og panel and italia, but not all of it, and tbh it's all a blurr because I was busy with processing everything haha.
Finally it was time for the autographs, and the line was looong. I had the pleasure of seeing Axel carry Lais to the tables up close and personal, what a legend. The times I fondly shook my head with a grin on my face yesterday because of that chaotic king are countless. Just before I was almost at the end of the line, they cut us off because they needed to start the closing ceremony (for lack of a better description). Luckily they wrote numbers on our hands so we didn't have to wait all the way back in line again, because after the ceremony they would get back to it. This wasn't in the schedule, it was suppose to be over, hence closing ceremony, so the skam france cast stayed behind way longer than planned. The closing ceremony was very emotional, most of the cast got tears in their eyes as people shared their stories. Not everything was translated but you could still tell it meant a lot to them. Not to mention the amount of money they managed to raise with the convention. Truly amazing. Of course we all saw the cast go absolutely nuts to one direction lmao, that was a treat to see after such a long day. Idk how they kept up their energy, especially Axel who seems to be inhuman tbh. He never seemed very tired, you could see it a bit in his face but he powered on and I love him for that. The rest of the cast was definitely more visibly tired, some more than others of course. Finally we got back to the autographs, and still it was a long wait. I think we were there for nearly 2 hours and I only got to Marilyn, Lais, Axel and Maxence. By then it was 21:00 and I could barely stand. I only ate two mini croissants for breakfast and had a few handful of nuts during the day. I wasn't hungry but that still probably wasn't very smart of me. I kind of regret not staying to get the other autographs as well, but I was truly spend. Lais is as much a ray of sunshine as he is on TV, he is super nice and thankful, as is Marilyn. They were kind to everyone. That's something that I can say about the whole cast: everywhere I looked, I saw happy cast members who were touched by every single person who come up to them. Amazing really.
I'm not gonna lie, I was looking forward to getting to Axel the most. Anybody who follows me will not be surprised by this. So let me tell you a little bit about it. Axel gives the best hugs, is kind, is soft, calls you by your name, explains to you that he will read your letter later and carefully because he reads every one of them (I assured him that I am aware of that and very thankful) and that he wants to take his time with it to be able respond to it (which is not something I expect or even want, I just wanted to thank him and tell him how great he is, no response necessary). When I said it's been a long day he said no no no no, it's been a cool day, and I think he really means it. He was so full of energy after that long a day. He is so happy whenever he sees someone he remembers. And when I asked for a hug he said pffff of course!!! Did I mention he winked at me? Yeah. I really thought I could not love him more than I did but I do. I'm so grateful to have been able to meet him and talk to him and ugh ugh just, I can die happy now.
Maxence was really tired and stressed by the time I got to him and he took a smoke break just before. They warned us to keep it short because it was taking too long, so I did. I gave him the letter I wrote and he thanked me and we took some selfies. He was very nice but you could tell it was a lot for him, and that's very understandable.
After that we went back to the hotel and I literally could not even form proper sentences anymore. We didn't get any dinner, we just talked for a bit to let it all sink in and then we went to bed.
Tbh, it's still a bit like a dream when I think back on it. It's a good thing I have pictures because otherwise I wouldn't believe it myself. I love this cast and this show and the crew too of course, I am so happy I went and the next time I get the slightest change to see them again I will take it without a doubt. They are all amazing. 10/10 would recommend.
PS: if anybody has any questions donât hesitate to ask, although I might not know the answer or remember haha.
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Culture and Translation - S01 E02 C04-C07 and SKAM+ Clip 1
Hi hi! Okay, so Iâve both gotten a bunch of followers and the tag is a lot more poppin since the last time I posted one of these. Quick explanation: when I got into og Skam, I felt I had to piece together a lot of the cultural context behind it, such as, yes, Russetiden, but also stuff like the cost of a bunad or sex without protection. Iâve also read from multiple Norwegian people that the fansubs didnât do justice to the slang Skam characters use. So these posts provide cultural context. They also provide explanations for the translation I went with in the subs and the best approximation to the slang the Skam España characters use on the show in the cases where I felt the translation didnât fully do justice to the actual dialogue.
Note: these posts are based on my own subs/translations, so they might not make as much sense if you hadnât watched those.
Note 2: You can check the culture and translation tag for the rest of the posts.
CLIP 4: In which I learn that a dj system is not a mixer.
This clip was shot in the Pinar de ChamartĂn subway station. Itâs the only station that connects another line with lines 1 and 4, and the show thanks Metro Ligero in the credits. Pinar de ChamartĂn is a Metro Ligero subway station. (There are several kinds, depending on which company manages the station.) They probably used this station because itâs big and doesnât get a lot of commuters. Otherwise, itâs completely out of the way of anything these characters would go to.
Hola acosadora! (âHi creeper!â): would be closer in meaning to, âhi, harasser!â (which doesnât flow well in English) or âhi, stalker!â (but Eva uses the word in English right after). So creeper it is.
Dale duro (Subs: Hit it hard): I donât really have any comment about this, other than it seems to be Lucasâ signature phrase. Heâs always saying it.
La gente se cree que hacen una movida los DJs que flipas (âPeople think DJs are some kind of crazy wizardsâ) Holy shit, I had so much trouble with this sentence. I wish I knew whether this line was on the original script or if Jorgeâs actor reworded it. As per the FormulaTV article, the actors get to reword lines if they think itâd sound more natural some other way. Alas, I couldnât think of how to translate âmovidaâ in this context (it comes up again later), so I settled for the line in the subs. Letâs just say that the implication is that DJs are almost unknowable in their mad DJ skillz, what with the âmovidaâ and the verb âfliparâ that weâve seen so often at this point. I find my translation much inferior to Jorgeâs line, which provides such a vivid visual and is hilarious.
Hablando de punchi punchi (âSpeaking of sick beatsâ): Jorge obviously doesnât say sick beats, but heâs trying for an onomatopoeia for the beat in dance songs. There are a lot of variants in Spanish for this specific purpose of talking about the beat in a song. Another popular one is, âchunda chunda.â Â Iâm actually really proud of how I translated this line, lol. Too bad I canât put it on a resume.
âÂżTe renta?â is another idiom that often comes up on Skam España. Iâve been told itâs Madrileño slang, but Iâve personally never used it or heard it before the show. (Which doesnât mean itâs not in use, lol, just that it hasnât made its way to me yet.) A literal translation would be, âIs it worth it?â Jorge asks Lucas whether itâd be worth it to Lucas to do something this weekend, and Lucas responds going out for beers would be worth it to him. In this case, I didnât go for the literal translation as this scene is already too long and involved to be throwing more idioms into the mix. Other times, Iâve translated it as is, because I do feel it sums Madrileños up well. Like, we canât be bothered to do anything or go anywhere if we donât feel itâs worth it.
Keli (âHouseâ): This has been Madrileño slang for decades at this point. It just means house.
SĂ, movidas, ya sabes (âYeah, shit, you knowâ): âMovidasâ comes up again, this time in the context of Lucasâ home life. Basically, thereâs trouble, but the use of âmovidasâ implies movement, i.e. itâs an active, ongoing situation.
Tengo un programita (âI have some âwaresâ): The literal translation is, âI have a little software,â but I remembered downloading completely legal software from sketchy websites, which would call them âwarez.â I thought this phrasing would be more vivid for English speakers. Also, thereâs really nothing about Jorgeâs persona that suggests this software wouldâve been obtained legally, so yeah.
Itâs unclear what part of what Eva is saying Jorge reacts to when he says, âFuckâŠâ Personally, I think heâs impressed that Eva has scammed a rich dude out of an invite to that huge-ass house. But it could also be that heâs proud sheâs making plans with the girl squad! Either way, heâs impressed!
Pico, pala, pico, pala (âJoke, flirt, joke, flirtâ): OKAY. So, the literal translation of this is, âPick, shovel, pick, shovel.â This is fairly common Spanish slang for the process of flirting with a girl until she is won over, or she is less reluctant to flirt back. Visually, it makes you think of a miner having to put in long hours of exhausting physical work in order to get results. It makes it sound like more scummy than it is, kind of? I translated it as âjoke, flirt, joke, flirt,â because thatâs what it usually amounts to. As weâve seen from Jorge, he does voices, gives odd nicknames and generally aims to be cute in a cheesy way. That is the kind of techniques that are meant to win a girl over, or at least get her to joke along with you.
One more objectionable maneuver, which would still fall under the umbrella of pick and shovel, would be Cristianâs âmy DMs arenât workingâ move to get Eva to give him her cellphone number.
Final lines from the clip that didnât make it to the episode:
Eva: But, okay, no. Save up or ask your parents to get it for your b-day, no?
Jorge: Nah, maybe Iâll just get one secondhand.
Lucas: And you lend it to me.
Jorge: Okay.
Lucas: But you canât⊠[cuts off]
I love the way all the dj system talk ended up having no impact whatsoever on the plot. Itâs not like I had to look specific terms or anything.
CLIP 5: The girl squad chooses an impractical, yet picturesque, meeting point
Eva is waiting right outside Tribunal subway station. Iâve met up with friends at this station probably since I was allowed to hang out on my own, lol.
You can barely make out a building behind the girls. Itâs this one: Museum of History of Madrid. Entrance is free, and it has tons of cool stuff to check out.
The girls have a quick chat on how theyâve dressed up for Cristianâs party. Cris says it was about time they had a chance to dress up. Nora says she put on one of her daily outfits, but the girls donât buy it and tease her over it. Honestly, she doesnât look overdressed at all? She wore an actual dress for New Yearâs Eve.
Maripili! (âMaripili!â): Maripili is a name, which Nora randomly uses to call Viri over. It doesnât seem to be a meme, so I think Nora is just teasing Viri with a name that sounds dated and cutesy. Itâs very gentle teasing though.
Al chino (âTo the convenience storeâ): Eva instructs the girls to go to âel chino,â Â which is slang for a type of convenience store owned by immigrants. These are usually Chinese immigrants, hence the name, but stores owned by Maghrebi and Latinx immigrants are also fairly common. The name âchinoâ has stuck regardless. These convenience stores sell a small range of foodstuffs, such as canned food, microwavable food, some fruit and vegetables, ice cream, bread, and, as the scene implies, booze. They also remain open longer than most grocery store chains, often until 23:30 on a weekday and way past midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Theyâre not allowed to sell alcohol to minors, but I guess they donât mind breaking the law? I donât know, guys, we got older students to buy us booze lol.
Que me acaba de dar un cringe (âI just cringed a lotâ): âCringeâ is an English loanword, which is obviously the word cringe.
TĂș la que mĂĄs, tĂș la que mĂĄs (âYouâre partying the hardest, you areâ): The literal translation is: âYouâre the most, youâre the most.â Itâs implied that whichever girl is âyouâ (itâs the singular form, so Cris doesnât mean all of the girls) is doing something the most, but the sentence doesnât have a verb. Basically, itâs a way of hyping themselves up for the party. I assumed Cris meant âpartyingâ from context, but itâs not explicit.
In the episode, clip 5 became two different clips to account for the train ride. Thatâs why thereâs a timestamp in the middle of the clip when you watch the episode version.
CristiĂĄn lives in Pozuelo de AlarcĂłn, an affluent Madrid suburb with its own city hall. At the time, twitter commentary from Spanish viewers was critical of the show choosing to make the girls meet in Tribunal, because public transit from Tribunal to Pozuelo takes too many connections and itâs not like Madrid isnât rife with convenience stores. I included both the route the girls take, and an alternate for ur edification.
I just realized that when Viri goes over to greet Lara, you can clearly hear Lara saying, âwhatâs up, dude?â in response.
And also, when Eva begs Nora not to leave her alone, Nora teases Eva by saying the sentence back to her. Thatâs why Eva laughs and says Nora is being dumb.
A saco (âgoing all outâ): âA sacoâ is that kind of slang thatâs hard to translate, but Eva means that Viri is assertively taking the lead in pursuing (and making it clear she wants to make out with) ALEJANDRO, rather than waiting for him to notice her.
CLIP 6: Viri lost a battle, but she didnât lose the war! Â
Noraâs ringtone is so⊠She truly leaves me speechless sometimes.
No soy celoso (âIâm not possessiveâ): I translated âcelosoâ as possessive, because if I translated it as âjealousâ it would mean that Cristian, right this moment, doesnât feel jealous of Jorge. In fact, what Cristian is saying that this is a general personality trait of his, like being blond. He is totally chill with any and all girls he is interested in having boyfriends. Thatâs not at all an obstacle!
Itâs also a very corny thing Spanish guys say all the time when a girl says sheâs taken, hence Evaâs uncomfortable smile in response.
As Inés and Alicia greet ALEJANDRO, he seems pretty annoyed by Viri floating around him, clearly laying a claim on him. The three of them intentionally crowd Viri out.
CLIP 7: Hard work pays off
En doce siglos (âin twelve centuriesâ): This is Amiraâs catchphrase for measuring time. She also uses it during the truth or dare game.
One of the season 1 mysteries: what did Alicia say to InĂ©s to make her leave so quickly? In hindsight, it doesnât seem to have anything to do with Jorge, but that was one of the popular theories at the time.
Another detail: Cristian is behind InĂ©s, seemingly on her side of this girl fight. ALEJANDROâs crew seems to be pretty friendly with InĂ©s and Alicia. They celebrated InĂ©sâ birthday together, and often post ig stories together.
Social media:
I already mentioned this in a post, but Crisâ instagram makes it very obvious that Cris is a stoner. Her rainbow tops are peak Spanish stoner girl fashion, the soap video she regrammed is the sort of thing a stoner would be fascinated by, she follows ifyouhigh and highpeopledoingstuff, and sheâs holding a blunt for her first ever ig pic. So yeah. I also just realized the implications, seeing sheâs the s2 main. I donât think sheâll lose a bunch of weed, but she might smoke it with đž?
âPerezĂłn,â i.e. the title of clip 4, would literally translate to sloth or laziness, but its actual meaning is âwhat a drag,â as in âthat party/those people/going to that rally is such a drag.â
Viriâs house is pretty basic-looking. What we can see of it looks like a working class household, but it isnât the borderline hoarder situation in Vildeâs clip.
Eva watches an 11-episode show, which may or may not be Skam s1. The fun thing is she promises she wonât watch episode 12. The NYE special is listed as episode12 on the Movistar site.
Jorge got ahold of a charger after midnight! Â
SKAM+ #1:
This clip takes place between episode 2 clips 6 and 7. Specifically, 20 minutes before the last clip.
Aitana is a Spanish singer born in 1999. She became famous thanks to talent show Operación Triunfo, where she came in second. At the time season 1 aired, she had only dropped two songs, Lo Malo with Ana Guerra, and Teléfono. Both of these songs played a prominent role on the show.
Cristianâs dad works at a record label! Explains Cristianâs huge ass house and mixing room!
ALEJANDRO asks Aitana where sheâd like to hang out with him at Retiro Park. Retiro Park is one of the largest parks in Madrid. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park. Itâs one of the most picturesque sights in the city and itâs overrun by people. So I donât think itâs the place you want to take a celeb on a low-key date, but otherwise, good choice! Almost makes it seem like ALEJANDRO isnât after sex!
Hasta yo preferirĂa a Aitana (âEven Iâd rather Aitanaâ): That is⊠so lesbian of Viri.
Speaking of lesbians, Cris is also absolutely overcome by Aitanaâs beauty.
In case you werenât aware, Spaniards greet each other with two cheek kisses when we meet someone. Touching peopleâs hair without their permission, though, is still a no-no. Â
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Skam Austin episode 4 reaction
part of me is laughing at the number of people in the Facebook comments asking, âIs this on Netflix?â
Episode 4
Clip 1 - Sad couch crew
I felt Tyler and Shay were being friendly to Megan here, not snide, at least on a superficial level. Though I guess you can take their excitement about the concert as passive-aggressiveness.
Tyler mentioning the Illuminati - how very Isak. TBH I really hope Julie is making both Shay and Tyler gay, since theyâre dividing up the Isak moments between the two. Iâm fine if Tyler doesnât get the big season-long arc and it goes to Shay instead, Iâd love to see her get it. But itâs just going to leave such a bad taste if theyâve made Isak into a wlw with no equivalent to the gay male representation that already existed, when there are many supposedly straight female characters who could be have been made into wlw. Especially the Vilde equivalent, who you could easily give a story about discovering and accepting her sexuality, or the Chris character, who didnât have her own season and really didnât have any substantial character issues suggested on the level of Vildeâs home life, and would benefit from a meaty arc.Â
I love Shay, sheâs definitely one of the highlights of the show, Iâm just tired of all the fighting over whether itâs better for S3 to focus on a gay boy or a lesbian and seeing a lot of gross shit in the discussions thatâs either minimizing the importance of an f/f storyline because homophobia is worse for men in Texas/lesbians donât have it that bad/lesbians are already represented on TV because theyâre accepted by straight men who find them sexy/someone doesnât care about lesbians and will only accept Evak 2.0, or minimizing the importance of Evak/another m/m storyline because Skam and the other remakes already have gay ships so donât get greedy/gay men are already accepted because look at all the m/m on Tumblr and AO3/people only want another Evak because theyâre disgusting fetishizers. Itâs fucked up how most of these talk relies on the assumption that there can be only one LGBT story on Skam at a time and not pushing back on why it goes without question that S1 and a hypothetical S2 about Grace/Daniel can both be about heterosexual relationships.Â
Not to be one of those obnoxious people referencing YA novels in response to real life situations, but it makes me think of Katniss at the climax of Catching Fire when her group of Tributes is fighting the Career Tributes and she fires at the force field instead. Remember who the real enemy is.Â
Thatâs a joke, donât take that too seriously.
Anyway Iâm tired.Â
Considering how shitty heâs been acting previously, Tyler not laughing at Marlonâs comments and just deliberately eating a potato chip is a step up for him.
Speaking of the chips, they disappear in between shots and I guess Tyler could be putting the bag on the floor between takes or something but it looks like a regular old continuity error.
Marlon is a mega dick and I dislike him but I kinda canât believe that I agreed with him about the teamâs social standings vs. their practice time. But it was Marlon who said it so it sounded like a dick move.
See, heâs been such a dick that itâs hard to feel sorry for him! But also heâs in the right to feel hurt about the concert.
I don't have much to say except he is the least convincing person to be talking about how heâs not upset and he doesnât care. Heâs so obviously pissed.
Thereâs just not a shred of chemistry between these two. I donât get why theyâre together, I donât get what they like about each other, they barely seem to have much fun together. There isnât much of a rapport.
Pointless personal anecdote #1: When this clip came out, I watched it on my phone at a graduation party, and I'm not kidding, in the few minutes while I was watching some middle-aged parents started talking about wanting to move to Texas when they retire, and they named cities and singled out Austin as a bad choice because âitâs been overtaken by liberals,â lmao. There was no way they could have realized I was watching a show set in Austin. The stars just aligned.
Clip 2 - Kelsey, no
Grace is really concerned about Kelsey sleeping with Daniel so soon, probably because what happened in her own past messed her up.
âEver since I was a little girl watching the Super Bowl, I knew I was going to lose my virginity to a football player.â .... when I was a little girl watching the Super Bowl I only cared about seeing the commercials with the pretty horses.
âIt was like he was going down on me, but in my mouthâ ⊠oh my God ⊠someone SAVE this child.
Kelsey, you donât even know what anyone going down on you in the âcorrectâ place feels like, and this just makes you sound like inexperienced and Not Ready . And Iâm glad Meg and Grace are suitably horrified.
Oh, they actually mentioned the issue of insurance, thatâs good. But she looked a little uncomfortable with the topic of insurance, so if she has a similar financial situation to Vilde, insurance might be an issue? Or, as was hinted later via texts, she might have a super religious or conservative mom who would not take her to the doctor. She might be able to go to Planned Parenthood for birth control except Iâm not sure if minors can get prescriptions for the pill without parental consent because well, Texas.
I checked out of curiosity and it looks like the only type of birth control you can get at PP without parental consent are condoms and lol, Grace already had that covered.
âYou know you should use a condom, right?â âWhat if he doesnât want to use a condom?â âThen you know you shouldnât have sex with him.â YES. JESUS. Thank you Grace.
âI talked to Jo this weekend and I prayed about it last nightâ Oh come on, theyâre going to have her mention praying about Zoyaâs participation on the team and then not even address the sex-religion topic? Okay. Kelsey doesnât even have to be abstinent or opposed to premarital sex, not all Christians are, I feel like it just makes sense for someone to be like, âIsnât having sex before marriage against your religion?â And if Kelsey objected to the question on the grounds that theyâre making assumptions about her religion, they could always come back at her with âWell, you assumed Muslims couldnât dance.â
Kudos to Grace for talking sense about the Zoya situation and being very calm and careful about the Daniel thing.
Clip 3 - Backseat
The editing at the start of the clip made me think the mom might be talking to Megan at first but no, the mom is on her phone. Momâs communication skills werenât so great in this clip.
The dialogue is pretty on the nose and super specific to the theeeeeeme, with the mom putting all this implied pressure on Megan, but the passive aggressiveness about Meganâs dad is sadly accurate to how certain married-with-kids dynamics are, with the parents always at each otherâs throats and dismissive of each other and not caring about how the kids react to these constant fighting.Â
I saw some people wondering why Megan was sitting in the backseat and honestly, that didnât seem too weird to me. Itâs not typical but Iâve ridden in the backseat even when I was the only passenger before (usually because sometimes riding in the front seat makes me sick) Â but I could see like, a moody teenager wanting to text her boyfriend and not wanting her mom to glance over at her phone. Although the simplest explanation is that Julie wants to hide the parentsâ faces.
I didnât even notice the giant concert posters at first, I was focused on the homeless man. I am assuming he was there to remind us of the stakes to succeed in this world if youâre much of a âdreamerâ as Megâs mom puts it, where if you donât get a good job that can be you living on the streets, and to get a good job you need to get a degree from a good school, and to get a degree from a good school you need to perform well in high school, and if you make one mistake you are ruined, RUINED forever.Â
Meg trying to ask her mom for relationship advice and instead getting reminded that her parents have a shit relationship, lovely.Â
The difference in the tone between the coworker call and the dad call is very telling. Right off the bat, when the dad calls, the mom has a pissed-off attitude. Theyâre at the stage where they fight just to fight.
Also, note the guilt trip caused by the mom yelling at the dad for not remembering she was going to her friendâs (and like, who cares, I mean this might be part of a larger problem but this sounds like the pettiest shit to argue about) and saying people show they appreciate and support each other by listening and taking interest in their loves, when thatâs exactly what Megan didnât do (skipping Marlonâs show that he was so hyped for) and thatâs how she feels she can make it up to him (by buying tickets to the concert he had mentioned).
And the mom says people show they care by listening when she doesnât even listen to her own daughter and interrupts her when sheâs trying to ask a question, and sheâs definitely not paying attention to Meganâs life. Like, how is it that they can miss that sheâs not on the dance team? Surely the team has some performances or competitions that theyâd attend? Fundraisers? I can see them not attending all of Meganâs dance performances, but any of them?Â
Meganâs mom is a piece of work, though Iâm sure the dad plays his part in the dysfunction too, I donât want to put it all on the mother.
Clip 4 - Straw
Franz Ferdinand???
Not that this is the point but Iâm intrigued by this locker setup. But I am from a place with cold cold winters so the idea of having one of these lockers in January seems terrible.
I was curious if Kendrick Lamar was actually supposed to perform in Austin on Friday, so I checked it out, and lo and behold, it was a real concert. Good job, Skam Austin.
It kinda just makes me sad that THIS is how Meg gets Marlonâs attention again, by buying (probably) expensive concert tickets.
âyou two are smashing in that bathroom by the nurseâs officeâ at least youâre nearby if you need offbeat advice and some condoms? Oh wait, this is Texas. Never mind the last one.
This is my chance to talk about how gross I find the word âsmashâ in any sexual context. It just sounds uncomfortable and makes me think of potatoes.
Shoutout to Tylerâs Prince shirt, certainly a unique wardrobe choice.
Man, Kelsey is just such an easy target. Especially with the way she talks, like-like-like ⊠blood in the water. Tyler and Shay are not here for Kelsey and Jo right off the bat and once Kelsey opens her mouth, itâs doom.
At least Kelsey had the sense to keep Zoya on the team list even if it was for self-serving reasons.
I applaud these actresses for effort, but every version of the iconic spoon scene has felt forced compared to the original. Josefina, my darling, if youâre going to be seductive with your straw, you might wanna purse your lips instead of letting it roll around in and out of your mouth.
I think itâs great that Jo and Tyler spoke Spanish to each other, and that they didnât have subtitles, but lol at the brazenness of asking that question right in front of Shay when Shay could possibly speak Spanish herself. Or lmao, anyone who has taken Spanish I could understand what she was saying. (Like what if Shay was his girlfriend? Kinda think Jo isnât concerned with technicalities.)
Calling him jefe, lmao, wow.
Tyler referring to Kelsey as Drew Barrymore made me laugh. Do kids these days have a firm grasp on Drew Barrymoreâs legacy? What has she been in recently other than Santa Clarita Diet?
Maybe instead of references to Romeo + Juliet, we can get allusions to Ever After, The Wedding Singer, or Never Been Kissed. (Maybe not that last one.)
Also, Iâm glad Meg spoke up for Kelsey so they werenât just bashing her new friends.
Clip 5 - Internet quizzes should not be used to make major life decisions
Zoya is just looking through a book while Kelsey is talking.
Some of Kelseyâs rules:Â
âAlways act classyâ
âNo cursing, fighting, messy hair or appearanceâ while wearing the uniform
âPositive vibes ONLYâ
But yeah, hereâs another example of why the dance team wasnât the best way to adapt russ because like ⊠of course Kelsey is being rude and ridiculous, and I canât say Iâm on her side against Zoya, but ⊠if the team founder calls a meeting to discuss rules, itâs expected that you will be there to discuss the rules and not blow it off?Â
With Vildeâs bus, first of all, russ was several years away and they had time to pull it all together. A dance team is going to require some results in the near future, especially if the team is school-approved and getting them out of P.E. Someone is probably going to be checking up on the girls and making sure theyâre not getting P.E. credit for sitting around and doing nothing. Second, pretty sure a bus group is not going to require as much day to day practice, training, and energy as a dance team.
I donât know, however silly Kelseyâs motivations might be, if you sign up for someoneâs dance team ⊠you should expect to dance, dude. That goes for all the girls.
When prompted to give her opinion of Zoya, Jo cleverly deflects with the quiz, as her opinion of Zoya is clearly â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
I do love and appreciate Grace trying to persuade Kelsey to rethink the whole sleeping with Daniel thing. Not being too harsh, but being firm and not hesitating to point out all the ways itâs not a good choice.
Also being like âkeep in mind heâs not your boyfriendâ thank youuuu.
Kelsey sure doesnât like that part about people judging her for having premarital sex. At least they might bring it up in the aftermath of hooking up with Daniel?
âThat definitely didnât happen.â âIt did happen and she canât eat Sweet Tarts anymore.â Jo continues to be the shining star of this show, I laughed out loud at her delivery of that line.Â
Whenever one of the Chrises is like âI was totally wastedâ about their first time, Iâm just like đ§
Kelsey saying option A on the quiz, for her âboyfriendâ and her being closer once they sleep together, is the most depressing thing. Stop this train before it goes off the rails.
Oh God. Kelsey does not need to be anywhere near a penis at this juncture. The way she starts giggling and laughing when Grace suggests to think about what turns her on about Daniel ⊠you are not ready to have sex. You are barely ready to talk about sex. None of the Vildes has seemed so young and not ready to go through with this.
Kelsey did not talk about not wanting to be involved in lesbianism, hmmmMMMM. Foreshadowing? Or maybe Julie just realized that people didnât like the casual lesbophobia if you donât have a lesbian character?Â
I havenât been all that complimentary to the actors on this show, but I do want to give Kelseyâs actress some props for reciting that whole monologue, which is just a detailed Teen Vogue photoshoot.
Itâs amusing that Kelsey integrated the Kittens uniform into her erotic fantasy but sad that Kelsey still wants to be a Kitten so much. Sheâs not wearing a uniform for her own group, whatever she might want it to be, sheâs wearing a Kitten uniform in her ideal scenario.
You know Jo is listening to this fantasy and getting inspiration for her next Kelsey makeup experiment.Also, it makes me laugh that theyâre having this discussion in a library.
Overheard in Bouldin - TMI Girl in Library:Â âPeople get turned on my different things all the time. My cousinâs thing is dirty socks. She keeps a pair of her ex-boyfriendâs in a Ziploc bag under her bed.â
May we one day meet this intriguing cousin of yours, Jo.
But donât encourage this Daniel nonsense.
Itâs too bad we didnât get the classic doctor visit but lol, a school doctor in Texas might not be able to be so blatant with the sex ed tips, so I get it. And ultimately I would prefer if Julie tried out new scenes instead of trying to recreate old ones.
At first I thought Kelsey maybe didnât know who Kendrick Lamar was. Which is perfectly plausible, letâs be real.
âWhen I have ever asked you for anything?â In the short time Meg has known you, Kelsey ... find Jo, join the dance team, get closer to Penetrator Jo, give you her birth control pills.
Clip 6 - Bowling
Kelseyâs outfit is almost exactly what she described in her fantasy! No access to a Kittens dance uniform, but otherwise very close. Follow your dreams, kids.Â
âMartin had a dream ⊠Martin had a dream âŠâ look, I like that Skam uses a variety of music and not just white indie rock, but can we like ⊠quit syncing music by black artists talking about black cultural topics to scenes of this white dude being a big deal.
Look at that dipshit taking up two parking spaces. Fuck offffffffffffff
Kelsey looks so happy and Daniel looks like heâs already 75% checked out.
How long is this Kendrick bowling montage going to go on?
Ha, Kelsey easily had the worst bowling score of the four of them.
âDaniel just touched my ass.â The way Kelsey was thrilled about this was kind of cute and alarming.
Kelsey wanting Meg to stay with them as long as she can makes me think she really just doesnât want to go through with the impending loss of virginity.
âThen howâd you know my name at Talent Night?â I mean ... you do go to school together, and Jo is on the football team with a high social profile. I could name a lot of my high school classmates by name even if Iâve never spoken to them.
Is Julie going to go full Chris/Eva with this version to give the shippers their day in the sun? I love original Eva/Jonas but Meg/Marlon is an unpleasant trainwreck so I canât say Iâm disappointed. I mean I canât say I love Meg/Penetrator Jo either,, but Iâm not sad about this version of Eva/Jonas not being endgame.
Penetrator Jo is still sleazy in at least a few respects (donât be a cocktease) and we have still have to meet his girlfriend but his memory of her seems legit so maybe he does really like her. Unless, I donât know, he stalked her IG and remembered some relevant details and embellished this whole story?
Lmao, I can get why people might think the âNo Signalâ scenario would be a contrivance but that exact thing has happened to me, so I buy it.
I will give Julie this credit, sheâs good at setting up Fredag/Friday scenarios where we think one thing will happen, and instead something else occurs thatâs completely different from the fan theories. I figured it would be as simple as Meg or Marlon missing the concert, not that weâd spot Marlon (or âMarlonâ) with Abby
I donât think itâs Marlon, though. That seems a lot like Tylerâs walk, and the person doesnât seem to be wearing Marlonâs ugly shoes.Â
General Comments:
Itâs kind of depressing to see people in the FB group and in the comments be like, âI havenât seen the original show but could Grace be a lesbian? đâ and the replies be like âNo, Noorhelm is coming đâ
Another âfunâ aspect of having this show on Facebook: the MAGA edgelord assholes who leave comments on the episodes about âcucksâ and âlibtards.â
My opinion of Grace rose so much in this episode just by how doggedly she is trying to bring Kelsey back to earth. and telling her she can back out of this choice.Â
In the texts, Grace said she would buy condoms for Kelsey - good job - and later, when Kelsey asked the girls what she should wear for losing her virginity, said, âI know what Daniel will be wearingâ and said that she put condoms in Kelseyâs purse - excellent job.
I feel like Grace would roll the condom on Danielâs dick herself if it meant Kelsey had safe sex.
Abby was stressing over finals on IG so Iâd bet that was a hint she needed something to help her out, hence meeting up with Marlon/Tyler for Adderall.
I was wondering what kind of music would be on Skam Austin since original Skam had all sorts of high-profile artists, and that would not be cheap, but so far, it seems like Facebook spared no expense with the soundtrack.
Grace and Shay had IG posts reacting to the Santa Fe High School Shooting. IDK how much Skam Austin would address gun violence in the episodes itself in the future, and I can think of ways it could go very badly, but sadly, as one of the biggest concerns of American teenagers today, it would be very relevant, and thatâs what Skamâs supposed to be, after all.
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Fandom: Skam Ship: Chris x Eva Summary: He doesnât know when 'hooking up with Eva' turned into 'hooking up with only Eva.' ao3
Chrisïżœïżœswore off girlfriends after Iben. Partly because the breakup was a hell of a lot more drama than he signed on for, and partly becauseâwell. Câmon. Who wants a girlfriend when you have all the pleasures and privileges of russ ahead of you.Â
(Unless youâre William. Then you decide youâve found your soulmate right before russ, and devote the better part of the school year to winning her over. Since William is his best friend, Chris thinks heâs allowed to say that the guy is a fucking weirdo.)
Anyway.
He swore off girlfriends after Iben, and has no clue how he seems to have started dating Eva in the time since.
Chris has had his share of girlfriends, so he gets the benefits just fineâthe bragging rights that come with dating a hot girl, the regular supply of sex, the etcetera. But thereâs plenty to like about not having a girlfriend too. Namely: plenty of girls, plenty less drama, and plenty less injuries after you get caught hooking up with a pretty first year. (He thought sporty was sexy on Iben until he realized how hard the girl could punch.)
It worked out well that Eva seemed to have sworn off boyfriends at the exact same time. Really fucking well and really fucking unexpected. The Eva he first met kept to couches at parties, sulked over her phone, and cried after kissing him. She was hotâdamn hotâbut didnât match the girl he traded texts with. The one who teased and flirted and joked. The real Eva wasnât a hook-up; she was a romantic hipster reunion waiting to happen.
Except it didnât. Hipster boy started fucking other girls, and Eva stopped sitting at the sidelines of parties. For a while, whenever he saw her, she had her arms wrapped around a new guyâs neck, her lips pressed against a new guyâs mouth, a new girlâs mouth.
Kind of like him.
A lot like him.
It only made sense to start hooking up with her at that pointâeasier to go for the girls who are looking to keep things casual, and Eva is a fucking good kisser when she doesnât have tears in her eyes.Â
He doesnât know when hooking up with Eva turned into hooking up with only Eva.
When he starts his second semester at university, he tells himself that things will be different. Heâll stop going to as many high school parties. Heâll try to make some good, actual friends at university rather than comparing every guy he meets to William. Heâll stop hanging out with Eva every weekend.
(But he wonât stop hanging out with her altogether.) (Heâs not an idiot.)
Itâs justâhe went to a fucking Kosegruppa party for her last December, and realized on his way home from her place the next morning that this was not the behavior of a hook-up. Neither was watching movies with her or texting with her more days than not or stealing her away from other drunk, horny guys on nights out. Thatâs all boyfriend territory, and Chris is a shit boyfriend. Always has been.Â
So he texts back, Canât, the next time she messages him about a â99 party. Going out with uni friends tonight, he adds, and then finds another girl with auburn hair to pull.
Heâs just following Evaâs advice; sheâs the one who replied, have fun with a winking emoticon.
There are plenty of girls with auburn hair.
That he likes hooking up with Eva more is the problem.
Itâs not that he makes up reasons to text Evaâbut he probably didnât need to tell her that William found a new girlfriend in London, when he really just tried to go out on one date. A reportedly shitty date. But William and Noora were their bridge before they had anything else to talk aboutâwho knows if they would have started hanging out outside of hook ups at all if their best friends hadnât started datingâso heâs not above using that shared ground to start a conversation.
(When he started pulling away from Eva, he didnât really stop to think about how, if he eased back on texting her, she might ease back on texting him. That she might pull away too.)
Anyway, maybe Eva will tell Noora about the text, Noora will call William out on it, and William will get his ass back to Oslo. Chris can hope.
He gets another hook-up with Eva out of the conversation, so itâs not like he regrets it.
Stalking someone else now? he texts Eva after seeing a photo of her on Instagram with some guy named Adam, whoâs holding a balloon for no reason Chris can guess. He looks like an asshole.
Hahahaha yes, she texts back, youâre always at uni. Needed someone new.
He writes, lucky guy, and then deletes it. Youâre still my favorite stalker, then erases it. Should I stop leaving my blinds open at night then, and then sends it.
(âFucking hell,â Eva pants the next time they fuck. A small, smug smile tugs at his lips when he tilts his head to see her splayed beside him on her side of the bed, still and sweating, her skin a canvas of hickeys. âThat was rough.â
âToo rough?â
Eva just rolls her eyes. âToo rough,â she mocks, and then drags his lower lip between her teeth.)Â
Back in high school, university girls sounded like one of higher educationâs main draws. He doesnât know why anymore. Theyâre just like all the other girls heâs been hooking up with since puberty, not intrinsically hotter or wittier or better. Just more conveniently located.
For a while, he refuses to acknowledge why university girls havenât been doing it for him.
It takes him until nearly the end of the semester to admit to himself that he misses hooking up with Eva on a regular basis, misses watching cheesy movies with Eva, misses texting with Eva, misses being around to pull her against the nearest wall when another guy tries hitting on her. He misses Eva. There. Fine. This whole âdistance self from Evaâ mess started because he wasnât comfortable with all the ways he was starting to think of her as his, and now he's annoyed she isnât.
(He made it to just enough high school English classes to recognize that as irony.)
And he doesnât only want Eva for the bragging rights or the sex--although they do have damn good sex, and he does want it to happen more often--but because... Fuck. Because he watched her change from a sad girl hiding behind long hair to the life of every party. Because she rolled her eyes with him when William and Noora got too corny, felt just as drained as him when they left for London. Didnât bail on him when he felt like distracting himself afterwards, whether with tequila shots or Netflix shows. Because sheâs Eva, and heâs tried to paint over her with other girls, and it hasnât worked. It doesnât even feel worth the effort of trying anymore.
Chris kind of wants to hit his head against a wall. He settles for his headboard.
âYou coming?â William asks him, once he finallyâfinallyâflies himself home. Chris is sitting on a leather couch in Williamâs penthouse flat, not sure what exactly made his best friend come back after all this time, but sure as hell not about to complain.
(Maybe itâs the texts Chris sent him about Eva trying to hook Noora up with someone new a couple months back. Probably that.)
âBro, I missed you, but Iâm not crashing this reunion. You can make it over to your girlâs flat just fine on your own.â
Shrugging into his leather jacket, William shoots him a deadpan stare. âSheâs at Evaâs birthday party. Check instragram.â
Chrisâs first response is to blinkâshe hadnât invited him?âand then to get himself up from the damn couch.
"Stalker,â Eva accuses him once he reaches her after Williamâs dramatic entrance. His grin was partly for show when he stepped out of Williamâs car, but feels truer now that he has Eva smiling at him and throwing her arms around his neck.
He picks her up from the ground and spins her around once, enough to make her laugh, because what the hell. Then he gives her a lazy smirk. âWouldnât have had to stalk you if youâd invited me to your party.â
Eva raises an eyebrow at him. âI thought our parties were too young for you now,â she teases.
âFuck that.â Chris wishes he had a wall or column to lean against. That would look cool. âUniversity parties get too much hype.â
âUh huh.â
Chris slings an arm around her shoulder. âCome to one with me, youâll see.â
He can tell sheâs had more than a few drinks already, because Eva leans easily, loosely against his side.
âHappy birthday, stalker,â he murmurs into her ear.
She looks up to give him a champagne bubble grin.Â
âIâve neverâŠâ Eva wrinkles her brow as she gropes for something that sheâs neither done nor said yet. Chris will be the first to admit that the game is getting hardâtheyâve been playing for a while now, might be the only two left playing. An idea illuminates her face a second later, spreading her lips wide and smoothing her forehead. âEaten a pickle!â
Chris stares at her. âYouâve never eaten a pickle?â he repeats incredulously after sipping his beer.
âNope.â Eva giggles until her head falls against his shoulder.
âThatâsâŠâ he shakes his head. âThatâs the lamest Iâve Never Iâve ever heard. Thatâs fucking tragic.â
Eva protests that itâs not her fault theyâve already said everything good. Chris tries too hard to think of a basic food heâs never touched, but canât name one off the top his head.
Not that it matters. Theyâre both drunk and laughing, and Chris is more than a bit satisfied that Adam and Eva have barely looked at each other since he got here. (Hell, maybe balloon guy has already left.) (Doesnât matter as long as he doesnât think heâs leaving with Eva.)
The rest of the night passes in a blur of drinks and dancing and a four person afterparty. Then itâs early morning, and Chris is too tired to do anything other than pass out besides Eva in Nooraâs empty bed. (William, no surprise, must have convinced her to stay at the penthouse.)
âHey,â Eva says or yawns from beside him, âthanks for crashing tonight.â
Chris raises both eyebrows. âCrashing your party or crashing here?â
âBoth.â She definitely yawns this time.
Chris swallows, looks over at Nooraâs bedside table, sees his last beer sitting there with a few more sips to its name. âHey Eva,â he says.
She turns her head until sheâs facing him, one cheek slurred against her pillow. âMhm?â
One more Iâve Never for the night.
âIâve never wanted this to be a real thing,â Chris says before he can scare himself out of it. âUs, I mean.â Then he takes a swig of his beer, keeping eye contact with her all the while.
Eva stares back at him for what feels like minutes but is probably, objectively, only a few handful of seconds.Â
She grabs the bottle from him a moment later, and finishes it off.
âI canât believe my boyfriend didnât get my a birthday present,â Eva teases the next day, still tangled in bed with him well into the afternoon.
Chris grins when he realizes the word doesnât make him want to jump out of bed and flee the city. Doesnât even make him want to get up. âSounds like a shit boyfriend,â he agrees, pressing his mouth to her neck and then readjusting their positions until his lips are climbing her inner thigh. "Better start making it up to you.â
 (Heâll get her a jar of pickles tomorrow too.)
#chris x eva#eva x chris#chriseva#mohnstad#fanfiction#skam#my writing#so for the record i feel like chris probably was invited to eva's party#and that was probably how william knew about it#but for the sake of the story i'm pretending otherwise#also#eva could have eaten a pickle on the show at some point#i have no idea
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