he's a milkionaire

[whynot]

[Poll #1379925]
So what's everyone doing for Easter?

Also, LET US TALK ABOUT SKINS.

-- Anwaaaaaaaaar! Maxxiiiiiiieee! SIIIIIIIIID omg Sid. CASSSIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Are my favorites, and I cannot choose one among them. Okay, fine fine fine: SID. AND CASSIE. AND SID/CASSIE.

-- It's difficult not to ship canon ships, since everyone sleeps with everyone else, though Sid and Cassie are the socially inept OTP of my heart. Anwar and Maxxie's epic BFFness makes my heart swell and swell and swell. And Cassie&Chris as roommate BFFs are amaaaaaazing, i love it. The whole exchange about Sid and his milk omg!

-- One of my favorite FAVORITE scenes is when Maxxie tells Anwar's dad he's gay, and Anwar's dad is just amazing about it. "I believe my god will one day make me understand. That is faith to me." argh, i TEARED UP. That is one of the best things you can hear from a parent when you expected them to be weighed down by the prejudices of their (AND YOUR OWN) background instead. (OH TV PARENTS.)

-- I am always on the verge of disliking Cassie, but there is something endearing about her. I am always on the verge of madly fangirling Effy, but there is something off-putting about her.

-- OMG WILL DIED AGAIN. WTF. He must be getting really good at it, this dying lark. 'Cept, instead of brigands out to pillage his village, it was a brain tumor. Dude, I was totally ready to write a futurefic about Chris and how life is kind of like an extended hangover. Maybe I will make it about Sid now. SIGH. (STOP DYING, JOE DEMPSIE.)

-- Sid totally improbably found Cassie in New York and are shacking up and being discombobulated together. TOTALLY. omg it must not be otherwiissee

-- Maxxie is the prettiest thing to have strolled across my computer screen since 'Merlin'. I try to say more about his character and keep on getting distracted by his shiny, shiny hair.

-- OSAMA THE MUSICAL. ahahahahaha. Every time I saw the band dressed up as skyscrapers, I lose my shit. (I am FASCINATED by British portrayals of the USA. FASCINATED.)

-- ALSO, when Anwar and Sketch fuck for the first time, and he has to list Hugh Grant's filmography to slow things down??! "I NEVER LAST UNTIL 'ABOUT A BOY'." I LOL'ED FOREVER.

-- ...because I can't unsee the kid from 'About a Boy' when I look at Tony ever.

Augh, ENTERTAINMENT. Awesome mix of poignancy, absurdity, and a shitload of cuddles. Everyone just makes out and cuddles all over the place and <33333.

A smattering of moments where I went, "I guess that's cute, but also REALLY BIZARRE":
---- Sid's mom underreaction to finding Anwar and Sketch fucking on Sid's bed
---- Maxxie's heartfelt confession in front of THE WHOLE CLASS about getting a blowjob from Tony in Russia
---- Anwar's split-second to decision to join Maxxie and his boyfriend in London, with only the clothes on his back

In short, please rec me pre-series3 Skins fic of all shapes and sizes! Or give me Skins prompts and I might maybe drabble for you!

Comments

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

I don't have cigarettes so I would not take their money or give them anything. But if I had one I would sell it to them for a buck.

http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/03/23/090323po_poem_phillips

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

also I feel like mentioning that Ishmael/Queequeg is so beautifully canon it is hardly fic. sdfkljsdfk SO GAY and the guy teaching this class loves it!

and this icon is more appropriate to the Phillips poem

[lazaefair.livejournal.com]

Argh, I submitted on the poll before I could link to an awesome poem.
I really like William Carlos Williams' "This Is Just To Say" for its spareness and oh-so-reluctant apology.

But the tributes are what make it priceless. Parodies here and here.

Also, Skins fics - I, still having never seen the show, primarily ship Anwar/Maxxie because I've been twisted by fandom over the years into corrupting every platonic man-friendship I ever come across. Plus it's cute and heartwarming.
Unfortunately for me Anwar/Maxxie doesn't show up a lot in fic. :( I have looked. There are exactly two fics in the whole of fandom (two!):
Hilarious Tony/Maxxie/Anwar.
Also funny Maxxie/Anwar drabble.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_abulafia/]

I don't smoke cigarettes but I feel that you have asked an important and revealing question. And I think that everyone who would charge money for a cigarette misunderstands the point of smoking, and also the point of life.

[silentsighs.livejournal.com]

Skiiiins! Unfortunately I have yet to find fics that deal with the things I want them to deal with. Like the co-dependency of Tony and Sid (and how that gradually shifts from Sid being the needy one to Tony) or the complexities of Cassie and Michelle's friendship (because they are not that close during the series but Michelle's the one who knows how Cassie's doing in ep 1 and the vid of them dancing about as a bride and groom is the cutest thing) or Chris just being Chris with or without Jal. I also have a hankering for post-accident Michelle/Effy as well as Stonem sibling invincible-ness (or, you know, not all that invincible actually). I like how Effy and Tony look after each other - people seem to sexualise that quite a lot but I don't think it's necessary.

Um, you could consider these prompts if you like.

some random thoughts on skins

[marycontraire.livejournal.com]

Dude, Skins series 1 & 2! Rock the party! I can't even handle my love for this show.

-- MAXXIE & ANWAR. I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THIER FRIENDSHIP. And I totally ship them. Come on, now.

-- CASSIE/SID was totally my OTP in the first series, and I never really got over them, but I must admit that my love for Cassie dwindled a bit. Sid remained awesome to the end. Milkman, indeed.

-- I fell in love with Effy in series one, and nothing she's done since then (and she did some pretty dumb shit in series three) has convinced me to change my mind. She's just so compelling! I have a crush.

-- CHRIS AND JAL. (NGL, I was kind of pissed that she got that abortion. I get it, though.)

-- Tony is a bad-ass.

-- I always hated Michelle.

-- Mr Stonem cracks me the fuck up.