iāve been rewatching this season over the past few days and controversial opinion, itās actually decent. crazy, i know, just bear with me. the main issue with this season isnāt the material itself, itās how the material has been presented/developed.
love triangle to help ismail understand the difference between platonic admiration and romantic infatuation? brilliant. making it last five weeks with little to nothing else in the background? unbearable
sascha being neglected by ismail to highlight their tendency to be a bad friend and connecting this to a toxic friendship where ismail is the victim? big brain. only focusing on it properly seven weeks in? painful
presenting a non-binary main who feels like they have to fit into multiple different boxes to please people around them? never done before in the skamverse. not taking time to continually develop this (even if only in the background) so it would make more sense later on in the season? no words.
ava apology? fucking finally. making it a single sub four minute clip? rage inducing, ava bby u deserve sm better
ismail finally apologising to sascha for all theyāve done to them, recognising that they need to change and making a conscious effort to do so? brilliant self awareness. doing this but neglecting to properly focus on the beautiful black girl whoās gone through the same thing and been hurting for over a year? will piss me off forever
bringing back an old gen non cishet character to help a new gen non cishet character? probably the sexiest idea they had in that writerās room. not following through with the queer party clip and not coming back to it since episode 6? when they catch these hands-
highlighting the struggle of umut understanding the changing identity of ismail especially when heās constantly in a toxic masculine environment (football)? so so smart. solving it in one conversation after a sudden character development from ismail? frustrating.
potential childhood friends to lovers between sascha and ismail? bro sign me up. developing it properly at a time where sascha is barely on screen? no one hmu im mourning
my point here is, the writers genuinely had the right idea when developing this season and if you rewatch the season from beginning to now, especially episode seven, you can see it.
these writers have clearly never written for skam before and weāre so used to the format but itās actually very different to all other forms of tv writing because content has to come out constantly and you have to think of social media and how these charactersā relationships change all the time.
i just dont think they realise how short ten weeks is: in under three months you have to constantly present and develop stories for the main to make the season well rounded and hope the audience feel like theyāve learnt something. but also how long ten weeks is: focusing on one thing (eg the love triangle) is fine, but you have to have something(s) going on in the background too that are being equally developed so your audience doesnāt get bored/tired of constantly seeing specific characters.
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