After months of observing, but not actively taking part in the various heated discussions and tumblr discourses related to the remakes of skam, I've come to some conclusions that I finally feel comfortable sharing. You may not agree with me, and please be aware that I am not pointing any fingers here, even if some of the things I am going to say are not pretty. I am simply ranting because I've felt very uncomfortable for a long period of time, and maybe there are other people out there who relate to my feelings. Putting everything under a read more.
Firstly, many people have no critical thinking skills whatsoever. They get attached to their favourite remake/s and practically worship it/them. They refuse to see the flaws and proceed to shit on the og and/or the other remakes because they think it makes them woke, or that their fave will suddenly become and look better, when that could not be further from the truth. I have noticed a lot of extremists who can only see things in black and white, who forget that grey areas exists. It's either worshipping a remake or making a huge deal of hating another, writing thousands of posts about how hellish one remake is, and killing the joy of those who enjoy it in the process.
I am in no way trying to defend remakes that hurt people, and if you were hurt and would rather not have anything to do with one remake, you are completely valid. Apologists are also in the wrong, and I've alreday pointed this out earlier. It's not good to blindly defend your fave when people have been hurt and they called the problem out. You want to watch because you love the good parts? Amazing, you do you, nobody can tell you what to do. But please acknowledge the problems, don't act like they don't exists, like everybody else is in the wrong and you are in the right.
I just wish that we could all acknowledge the fact that all remakes have good as well as bad parts and discuss them all in a civilised manner. But that is practically impossible in this fandom because people are too subjective and take everything too personally. You have insulted their fave? You must hate them and their entire family. How dare you openly express an opinion on your personal blog?
The policing of the fandom. God forbid. You like this and that remake? Fine you can pass, you are a good person, you can sit with us. You like *those* remakes? You are the devil in flesh, I hope you choke or at least reconsider your moral values. Also, you have no taste. People get too involved. At the end of the day, they are all just tv shows, and maybe I am guilty of this, as well, considering I am currently writing a 1k rant about them. But please, please, understand that people cannot be defined by the shows they watch. Stop calling everybody names and putting others in boxes just because they don't see things the way you do.
Lastly, skam. The og if you want, but let's just say skam. Not skam norway, not norwegian skam, because, to quote Henrik, it's not a remake. It's okay to prefer a remake over it, it's totally fine and it's your personal taste and you are free to have a preference. But please, don't belittle it. I have seen a lot of people in the remakes fandom shit on it every chance they get. Maybe it wasn't perfect, but if it were not for it, your fave remake would not have existed, as simple as that. So maybe keep that in mind next time you think it would be cool to specify why your remake is so much better than it. I've noticed that lately, if people are bothered by the way others talk about skam and call them out on it, they are called 'og warriors'. Just why. Nobody is allowed to say anything anymore, it seems.
I think that if we made a slight change in our vocabulary, many conflicts could be avoided. There is no 'superior' remake and no 'superior' character, and there are no things that are 'much better than the og'. How about we start saying 'I prefer this because-' 'This is my opinion-' 'I like this remake more, I like this character more because-' or even better, let's just drop comparisons all together. 'I am in love with this remake because-' and not because it is superior to others.
To conclude this endless rant, let people enjoy things. Don't tell others what to think and what to feel, and stop being ignorant. I don't know if any of this made sense, but if you got this far, thank you for reading.
