Skins: 3x05 "Freddie"

[starsthatshine]

OK, so this episode... I loved. Skins is wonderful and I'm in love with the show all over again. I don't really know why but I totally love it.

OK, that's a lie. I know exactly why I love it. For several reasons but for this to be interesting in any way, I can give you some small notes on why.

Even if the show is somewhat extreme, I still kind of adore it. While it goes go a bit off the radar in terms of alcohol and drugs (at least in my world), it somehow manages to be somewhat spot-on, regardless who the episode is about. Sure, the first two episodes weren't that amazing. But after 'Pandora', this show has really found its place, I think.

Just because it surprised me so much: Freddie/Cook ftw. Seriously. They give homoerotic a new category.

... do I need to say more?


"I really fucking love you, you bastard."


But sometimes it really makes me wonder just how exactly Cook feels about Freddie because he seems to be determined to piss Freddie off... Or win him back in a strange bizarre sort of way... damn you two! I'm supposed to be sort-of-shipping Panda/Cook. This show is officially turning me into a multishipping whore. And I don't even feel dirty about it.

I swear, when this season has aired, I'm going to make a music video. And I have the crackiest song choice ever. Totally hilarious and yet oddly fitting.

I really like Effy/Freddie, and I sort of like that they're not really getting together and they're sort of pining for each other. It's like Pandora said, she doesn't make enough effort. Also she seems sort of... well, sort of not willing to put herself out there. Figures it's better to take the pain now than later (... why am I thinking of fics when I should be writing an episode reaction post? Bad me!).

Poor JJ, watching them being all ~*angsty*~ (I really can't do those stars and waves things but I figured I'd make an effort). While JJ/Cook is this sort of sweet-love thing, the Freddie/Cook love is more... brutal and complex in its angsty ways.

This show has so much possibilities, however I'm hoping Pandora will be featured more in the future episodes because I want that whole Panda/Cook/Thomas thing to go somewhere. ... but then again, with the whole Effy/Freddie/Cook thing, it might be a little bit redundant. I don't know.

... this show is really going to force me to write fic, isn't it? *headdesk*

Comments

[offyourhead.livejournal.com]

I wish Freddie and Cook would just have sex already and be done with it
...unless they already have, which, by all means continue, you know?

[letmypidgeonsgo.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Haha. I totally know what you mean. And after this episode I'm convinced that they've had at least one 'I'm-drunk-and-wasted-and-want-to-explore' make-out session. *grins* Just because :P

[jamie-breakdown.livejournal.com]

IA with this SO MUCH!

[smirk-dog.livejournal.com]

i concur.

[smirk-dog.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[bornbackwards.livejournal.com]

... this show is really going to force me to write fic, isn't it? *headdesk*

Ugh, you and me both. I love these two so much. @_@

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone agrees with me. I swear I will at least write one fic by the end of today :D

[fitted-hats.livejournal.com]

Also, I don't get why Cook kissed Freddie.
If my friend did that I'd think they're gay before it's a 'loving' thing.
Unless it was a peck.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Maybe the homoerotic tension became too much? :P I don't know. Cook's always been a pretty physical guy from what we've seen so maybe Freddie or so won't think that. But I definitely know what you mean :P

It was a pretty burly peck if you ask me :P

[saraxhp.livejournal.com]

Yeah i thought it was kind of weird too though, maybe because he was stoned/wasted? He seems to always be. Or the makers of the show just knew we would want to see it xD

[kristallmond.livejournal.com]

In my opinion they should be a threesome ;) I mean we had Freddie/Effy, Freddie/Cook and Cook/Effy all in one episode. ^^

I love Freddie/Effy though and think the self-destruction at the end was fitting, if they are meant to be together they will find their way in time (Effy needs to grow up first anyway).

And you ship Panda/Cook as well? Yay, I love those two.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Haha. Totally. I'm so going to end up writing a Freddie/Cook fic. Just watch me. This show is addictive. And I might also like it a little bit more than... season two, for example, if the show continues like this.

Panda/Cook is cool and I really can't wait for a possibility of a Cook/Panda/Thomas thing. It just seems sort of suiting somehow. Also, Cook was sort of sweet to her and I liked that.

[kristallmond.livejournal.com]

Definitely, I think it's better than season two and sometimes I even think I like the new guys just a tad bit better than the old ones, just because I kinda like everyone.

He so was. I loved them playing twister and the morning after was adorable as well.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree. Also, I don't really know but... I remember the creators said that they thought they'd managed to make more layered characters this time around rather than just stereotypes and I guess I sort of have to agree. I just really like them. I think that even though it took a while, these characters sort of work differently but very well together. It's not so obviously surreal as the previous seasons.

Totally *nods*

[amory-vain.livejournal.com]

Cook/Freddie is basically my favorite thing ever. They kind of need to make out already.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Couldn't have said it better myself :D :D

[omg-rly.livejournal.com]

I find the Freddie/Cook relationship really interesting.
Cook is mad about Freddie still, but I think that it's clear that Freddie's growing apart from him, and that's why he's always uncomfortable when Cook expresses how much he loves him - because he just isn't that bonded to him now.
I also think Cook's behaivour is justified in a weird way - how was he to know that Freddie had suddenly decided that actually he wanted his sister to win the competition? As far as Cook was concerned, he probably thought that Freddie still hated her.
As for the whole Cook/Effy thing, it seems clear to me that Cook doesn't want Freddie to care about anyone more in his life than him and JJ, and so by sleeping with Effy, he's keeping Freddie and Effy apart because he knows that Freddie already/would end up loving her more.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Those are really interesting observations and I definitely agree with you. In a way, I think that Cook sort of thought he was doing Freddie a favour or something (and on the same time getting some revenge).

And I definitely also think that Cook's interest in Effy/his constant willingness to shag her derives from something like that. He sees Effy as a threat whereas I don't really think that he sees JJ as a threat because those two have sort of shared the limelight/Freddie's attention for so long that well... I just think that Cook just can't stand to be ignored and the idea of Freddie favouring someone else over hanging out with him angers/scares him a little bit. Sort of.

I don't know. That's just sort of what I think. I've just finished a 5 Word page long Freddie/Cook fanfic so my head's a little messed up :P

[framlove.livejournal.com]

This episode made me want to scream. Why won't anybody love Freddie? He's such a hot mess. Emphasis on the hot.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

ITA. He's such a hot guy and I'm still trying to figure out why there's no girls constantly chasing after him. It seems like a guy that good-looking ought to get some lovin'

[myfoolisheart.livejournal.com]

I APPROVE OF THIS POST OH SO MUCH.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness :D The boys are so pretty I had to make a minipicspam. Freddie is so dreamy and Cook just totally adores him :P

[myfoolisheart.livejournal.com]

ikr? the boys are so in love. your icon is cuteee.

also bringing over my reply to your other comment here (because i feel bad filling the meme comments)

I SHALL SPREAD MY EXCITEMENT FOR FIC ALL THE TIME NOW SO YOU WRITE MOREEEEEEEEE.

but as for merlin, i dunno because my love for merlin/arthur goes very deep i cant seem to get into any other pairing. i do like morgana/arthur but mostly because morgana is so fierce and awesome and i love her. and arthur/morgana are the only other ship with chemistry.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Hehe. I know right?! :D :D I suspect it's his unconscious love for Cook that has made him single to all the other ladies. Because it's against nature that someone as dreamy as Freddie should be without girlfriend. I'm just saying ;) I think that they both are totally fine sleeping with girls but they're ultimately obsessed with each other (or at least Cook is with Freddie) and sort of are each other's bad habits. That's what I think :P

I sort of get Merlin/Arthur, I really do, but I think... I don't really know. I think it might be because I'm sort of biased towards Morgana/Arthur (MISTS OF AVALON STOLE MY HEART WITH ITS ANGSTY WAYS. YOU MUST SEE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY) but even though... Sometimes I feel as though the Merlin/Arthur stuff are a bit... obvious? I like it when it's subtle, layered and complex. I think it's the lack of that which makes me unable to read fics (but just to clarify: I totally ship them though, sort of, but again, Morgana/Arthur steals my heart a little).

If you know any good Merlin/Arthur fics, feel free to rec. I just don't dare diving into that ocean without something to keep me floating (I don't want to accidentally read something "bad" and then not being able to read any fics at all about them)

[myfoolisheart.livejournal.com]

Oooh i totally have a rec list for you! (http://myfoolisheart.livejournal.com/2193.html#cutid1) I love reading these two so I had to keep a list of the best stuff, because there is some bad stuff ofcourse.

I know the show is obvious about the Merlin/Arthur undertones but I cant really resist them and their love for each other. i have a thing for boys in love (as you may have noticed?)

By Mists of Avalon do you mean the Merlin episode 7 "Gates of Avalon"? or some other thing in the arthurian legend canon? Merlin is the only thing ive ever seen in the universe.

btw since you love them have you seen this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bzt5HWUVoU) it is made of epic awesomeness.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'll check it out :D

Boys in love are the best ;) I used to have this huge love for Draco/Harry back in the day, and Krycek/Mulder and probably lots of ships since then ♥

There's a book called Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley that's amazing in many different ways. You really ought to read it *nods* :D The writing is superb :D

[myfoolisheart.livejournal.com]

Oh right. See I never even knew much about the arthurian legends until Merlin came on. So my whole experience with the characters is just from the show. and i dunno im a bit reluctant to read/watch anything else because i like my merlin canon, you know?

bff boys who will do anything for each other are my weakness (hence freddie/cook, merlin/arthur, nate/chuck)