Skins: 3x07 "JJ"
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3x07 JJ:
I can definitely relate to JJ and his adorkableness and I think like everyone in a situation where you're classified as 'different' you always sort of search for that distant, vague dream that is 'normal' and I am at least of the persuasion that there's no such thing as normal. If you for example stay in the Skins world and look at the characters that the story revolves around, you'll see that no one of them are really 'normal'. Or, all of them are. That's sort of the problem with 'normal' and that there's no actual definition as to what is considered normal behaviour and I really hope that JJ learned that it was okay to be himself... I don't know. I think the characters this year are so incredibly realistic and much less stereotypical than the previous generation. Sure, I loved first gen!Skins, but compared to that, I think this season is much more realistic.
JJ meeting Emily by the counsellor's office after his assessment was something that I loved. I love how this show always sort of put a spin on things and make something unexpected of it. I'd heard, for example, that JJ was going to loose his virginity but I had somehow always imagined that it would be Panda or Naomi or... someone other than Emily.
Anyway, I really liked that Emily and JJ bonded and that Emily is just as awesome as I thought she would be. I liked that she sort of seemed to accept JJ's 'social dysfunction' and wasn't annoyed and sort of took it for what it was rather than making a deal out of it or becoming uncomfortable. I also liked how she opened up to him about being gay but then of course, he accidentally said it to her sister which really complicated things.
Speaking of Katie; how did she and Freddie meet? From what I can understand she found out that Danny was cheating and in true Katie-spirit she went out and found herself a new boyfriend. And Freddie, trying to pick up the pieces after hurricane Effy, was an easy target. Or they at least had something in common. What was interesting was that Karin seemed to know Katie quite well so I assume that Katie/Freddie has been happening for at least some time now. After Cook displayed himself and Effy in the window for Freddie's viewingdispleasure. Maybe a rebound girl but as much as I approved of Effy/Freddie when it began, I'm sort of wondering what exactly it is about Effy that makes Freddie so... breath-taken? She basically just exists and aside from being pretty, there doesn't seem to be that much for Freddie to go on as to what's going on inside Effy's head because it really does seem like he has no idea.
One might argue that it's some sort of "connection" or a fair deal of hormones but still... I have no idea how I feel about Freddie/Katie either. For some reason it sort of feels like both are using each other for their own intents and purposes. Maybe. To be honest, I know very little about Katie so I can't fully guess.
Next thing: Cookie/Panda/Thomas thing. Score for seeing Panda in the hallway but for some reason I have trouble understanding why she would go back to Cook now that Thomas is back. Is Thomas lousy in bed? Can't they do it because Panda feels too guilty about losing her virginity to Cook? I don't know. Maybe she's just really head over heels when it comes to Cook? I don't know, I just didn't get that vibe. For some reason it feels like something purely physical but then again, when JJ came in and Cook asked him if he'd seen someone in the hallway... Cook looked rather concerned about no one finding out about him and Panda. But then again, Thomas is sort of a bad-ass when he wants to be (James White can sign that) so maybe Cook doesn't want to be beaten up by Thomas? Soooo many questions.
Panda/Cook seems to be almost purely physical on Cook's part anyway the way he went on about what 'nice tits' Panda and Effy had and so on. This scene is where being a multishipper gets difficult. My Freddie/Cook heart interprets that scene as 'I'm nuuuuuthing without u, Freds. None compaaaaare to uuuuuu' whereas my Panda/Cook heart is just confused as tries to make sense of the situation. And JJ posed an interesting question: If it's wrong and shit could hit the fan etc. - why does Cook continue? I think there needs to be some deeper drive rather than just for the thrill of it.
I'm almost done, I swear. But I just have to say that I think that the JJ/Emily sex scene (or well, it wasn't much of a sex scene but all the stuff surrounding that) has to be my favourite so far. It was sort of simple and yet very sweet (but did Emily cheat on Naomi now? Or do they have an open relationship? Do they have a relationship?! So many questions!). And when JJ introduced Emily as his friend to his mom and they all sat down at the breakfast table... I think you could totally see JJ's mom being overjoyed. She's constantly concerned with her son and I think like any parent, she wants her child to feel some sort of fulfilment, which usually means striving for that vague concept of 'normality' and now he had a girl over (a friend, but still an improvement) who was really lovely and laughed at him and didn't behave weirdly... If JJ had been my son, I would've felt as though I could die happy.
Wow, this came out really long. But I hope you enjoyed it and you're more than welcome to comment. I NEED SOMEONE TO DISCUSS SKINS WITH LIKE CRAZY. ANY ASPECT OF THE SHOW IS WELCOME.
3x07 JJ:
I can definitely relate to JJ and his adorkableness and I think like everyone in a situation where you're classified as 'different' you always sort of search for that distant, vague dream that is 'normal' and I am at least of the persuasion that there's no such thing as normal. If you for example stay in the Skins world and look at the characters that the story revolves around, you'll see that no one of them are really 'normal'. Or, all of them are. That's sort of the problem with 'normal' and that there's no actual definition as to what is considered normal behaviour and I really hope that JJ learned that it was okay to be himself... I don't know. I think the characters this year are so incredibly realistic and much less stereotypical than the previous generation. Sure, I loved first gen!Skins, but compared to that, I think this season is much more realistic.
JJ meeting Emily by the counsellor's office after his assessment was something that I loved. I love how this show always sort of put a spin on things and make something unexpected of it. I'd heard, for example, that JJ was going to loose his virginity but I had somehow always imagined that it would be Panda or Naomi or... someone other than Emily.
Anyway, I really liked that Emily and JJ bonded and that Emily is just as awesome as I thought she would be. I liked that she sort of seemed to accept JJ's 'social dysfunction' and wasn't annoyed and sort of took it for what it was rather than making a deal out of it or becoming uncomfortable. I also liked how she opened up to him about being gay but then of course, he accidentally said it to her sister which really complicated things.
Speaking of Katie; how did she and Freddie meet? From what I can understand she found out that Danny was cheating and in true Katie-spirit she went out and found herself a new boyfriend. And Freddie, trying to pick up the pieces after hurricane Effy, was an easy target. Or they at least had something in common. What was interesting was that Karin seemed to know Katie quite well so I assume that Katie/Freddie has been happening for at least some time now. After Cook displayed himself and Effy in the window for Freddie's viewing
One might argue that it's some sort of "connection" or a fair deal of hormones but still... I have no idea how I feel about Freddie/Katie either. For some reason it sort of feels like both are using each other for their own intents and purposes. Maybe. To be honest, I know very little about Katie so I can't fully guess.
Next thing: Cookie/Panda/Thomas thing. Score for seeing Panda in the hallway but for some reason I have trouble understanding why she would go back to Cook now that Thomas is back. Is Thomas lousy in bed? Can't they do it because Panda feels too guilty about losing her virginity to Cook? I don't know. Maybe she's just really head over heels when it comes to Cook? I don't know, I just didn't get that vibe. For some reason it feels like something purely physical but then again, when JJ came in and Cook asked him if he'd seen someone in the hallway... Cook looked rather concerned about no one finding out about him and Panda. But then again, Thomas is sort of a bad-ass when he wants to be (James White can sign that) so maybe Cook doesn't want to be beaten up by Thomas? Soooo many questions.
Panda/Cook seems to be almost purely physical on Cook's part anyway the way he went on about what 'nice tits' Panda and Effy had and so on. This scene is where being a multishipper gets difficult. My Freddie/Cook heart interprets that scene as 'I'm nuuuuuthing without u, Freds. None compaaaaare to uuuuuu' whereas my Panda/Cook heart is just confused as tries to make sense of the situation. And JJ posed an interesting question: If it's wrong and shit could hit the fan etc. - why does Cook continue? I think there needs to be some deeper drive rather than just for the thrill of it.
I'm almost done, I swear. But I just have to say that I think that the JJ/Emily sex scene (or well, it wasn't much of a sex scene but all the stuff surrounding that) has to be my favourite so far. It was sort of simple and yet very sweet (but did Emily cheat on Naomi now? Or do they have an open relationship? Do they have a relationship?! So many questions!). And when JJ introduced Emily as his friend to his mom and they all sat down at the breakfast table... I think you could totally see JJ's mom being overjoyed. She's constantly concerned with her son and I think like any parent, she wants her child to feel some sort of fulfilment, which usually means striving for that vague concept of 'normality' and now he had a girl over (a friend, but still an improvement) who was really lovely and laughed at him and didn't behave weirdly... If JJ had been my son, I would've felt as though I could die happy.
Wow, this came out really long. But I hope you enjoyed it and you're more than welcome to comment. I NEED SOMEONE TO DISCUSS SKINS WITH LIKE CRAZY. ANY ASPECT OF THE SHOW IS WELCOME.
