i just watched an episode of skins season 6, and had a lot of thoughts running through my head so i thought i'd post it here. i think you guys are the only ones who know me well enough to understand.
skins season 6 has been very disappointing. season 5 was disappointing enough. i think the writers for this 3rd gen arnt as good. and you know how i keep going on and on about how skins is one of the best shows in the world. and despite it being underwhelming this season, i still come back to it every single week. and it still gets to me. and just now i was thinking about why exactly this is so. i've given up on a lot of shows, but not this one.
the main reason is the escapism it offers. whenever i'm watching the show i dont think about anything else in the world. i really do forget everything else. and i think this is because the show is really very raw and honest, even. it doesnt pretty up things. people are messed up. everything is messed up. there's utter chaos. they cuss a lot, even at their parents and teachers. ultimately to me at least, it feels real. and its a world so disparate from mine. and there are no fairytale endings. people die. people grief and suffer. people go crazy. its gritty and honest, painting the world for what it is.
the reason is that i feel i can relate to the characters, and their world in general. i know it sounds ridiculous, but it feels like a place i'd belong. essentially its because all of them are so fucked up. they've all got so many issues and problems. they are really complex characters. and its a fucked up, unforgiving world filled with all sorts of people, good and bad. and again its so different from what i experience in singapore. on one hand i could say that people here are boring, lame and uninteresting. on the other hand, it could be that i'm just so messed up, unable to form proper emotional connections with people. and as a result i become like all of them, trapped, struggling with others but more importantly, struggling with themselves. its this feeling of entrapment that is prevalent throughout all 6 seasons of Skins, and it gets me all the time.
it sounds pathetic, but i think i relate better to these characters than i do real people around me. everything around me feels too safe. sterile. typical.
i think the last thing about Skins is the power of their friendships. the 6 seasons and 3 generations are essentially about a group of random people who become friends. these people are all messed up, but i guess they bond over their unique identities. and though there are emotional struggles (as do all human relationships), ultimately i think what bonds them together is the realisation that i'm just as fucked up as everyone else. there appears to be mutual empathy. and i guess i envy that.
anyway on a lighter note, i've been listening to quite a lot of new music lately! mostly courtesy of Chuck. i'll try to upload my Chuck playlist on dropbox. i think you guys would appreciate it. quite a lot of indie and folk music haha.
i hope everyone's been well. you guys aint fucked up, but you're the best group of friends i've got. and i'm thankful for that.
(:
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