I am a little late but, I have finally gotten into this UK show called Skins. The first 10 minutes of watching it and I knew that this was something I could actually get addicted to. It took me a
while, but with the help of Wikipedia and Youtube, I’ve gotten really
deep in the Skins not-so-crazy Craze.
I’ve just started watching the show a few weeks ago and had a 2 day marathon. I immediately fell in love with Maxxie and Tony
even though Maxxie, is well, Gay and I happen to be a girl... But I don’t really care. Maxxie is fit
and there is no point trying to deny it. I hesitated a little bit with
Tony because… How do I put this?… He has quite feminine features and in
some angles, he looks like a girl. But there are really good shots of
him looking heart-wrenchingly fit and that’s when I started becoming crazily
obsessed.
I found Michelle bland but I started seeing her in a whole new light
in “Michelle”. Michelle is quite boring in a way but I guess her character is
supposed to be the so-called “normal” one.
I found Sid really awkward and… Numb. But he was kind of cute, in some way. He was a virgin at the start of the series and the first episode consisted of Tony trying to get his bestfriend to lose his v-card. Sid seems kind of weak in way, kind of like an underdog of some sort. To be quite honest, compared to Tony, he is very much the 'loser' of the two. I liked him as well.
Anwar has a good storyline as well, he is stuck between his faith in
his religion and his friendship with Maxxie. It is okay for Muslims to
be friends with Gays as long as they don’t participate in "such acts". The
faster Anwar learns this, the better. Maxxie doesn’t understand either,
Anwar should talk Maxxie and explain to him nicely. He probably did and
I might’ve missed that part, but oh well.
Maxxie is one of the only 'openly gay' charecters on TV. Yes, he does get some bullying for it but he actually handles it better than most homosexual teenagers would. Maxxie is fit, he can dance, he is self-assured... Maxxie is definitely one of my favourite charecters. The other thing that I love so much about this show is that it Maxxie's sexuality isn't a big deal. It's just who he is. There isn't much of an issue and you rarely see that in teen dramas.
Chris is the “dumb”, absent-minded character with a tiny dick. He seems to have the most problems but he acts like the complete oppasite. He parties and has the time of his life and his home life is the most broken.
Jal, who has problems of her own, will always remind Chris of his tiny little friend. That
was the moment i shipped them! Jal is struggling with what she wants and what other people expect from her. I don't really have much to say about Jal, in fact, i think she's the most normal of the group. She robbed Michelle of the title!
I loved Jal and Chris, but there was Angie. I just love a
Love Triangle. Especially, one as interesting as that. Jal, Chris and
Angie. Granted, Chris and Jal’s relationship seems quite platonic in the
first series but anything can happen!
I love Effy. I didn’t pay much attention to her until the episode
“Effy”. We got to know another side of Tony. The nice, vulnerable side. The
fact that Effy says very, very little proves that less is more and makes
her seem Mysterious though sometimes disconnected.
Cassie! I loved her the moment she came on-screen! She reminds me of a tamer Luna Lovegood and I love that. She seems like she's slightly off-her-rocker but it makes the her character interesting. Cassie also suffers negligence.
I watched the series one finale last night and can I just say
“oh…wow!”. The team of actors and writers on the show are amazing! The
script was GENIUS and the acting was A+++! I am just starting to watch
Series 2 but I have decided to take a break because the feels from the
first season are still alive and at full throttle!
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(Edited in June 2013)
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