i'm not trying to wake you up

UM. SKINS.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT SKINS, PLEASE.

( WHAT THE FUCK, SKINS? )

You guys, my brain feels like it's been scrambled. Sometimes I just love Skins and HATE IT SO MUCH AT THE SAME TIME. ;_;

Why does Skins do this to me? It's pretty much always good, often great, and then every now and then an episode comes along that just makes me feel like I'm on a rollercoaster and the whole thing is sort of terrifying and amazing and horrible and wonderful, and at the end I just feel like a wreck. This episode reminded me a lot of Effy's episode last season, 'cause that was definitely one that made me feel that way.

I can't believe I'm having these feelings about Freddie's episode. I even felt for him tonight, I really did. And wasn't as sickened by him and Effy as I expected, mostly because she wasn't happy I suppose.

( Spoilers for Skins 4x05. )

Title: necessities
Author: likecharity
Pairing: Tony/Effy
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: Incest, drug use
Summary: A kind of 'missing scene' from 3x07 in which Tony comes home to visit Effy before JJ turns up.
A/N: Thank you to letmypidgeonsgo for the idea. ♥

( 'What do you need?' he asks, picking up the phone almost immediately after she's dialled. )

Title: Passion Is Accurate
Author: likecharity
Pairing: Effy/Emily
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Summary: Prompt: "She doesn't know what she wants, Ems. But I do."
A/N: For the Skins Anonymous Kink Meme. Title from the song by The Kills of the same name. :)

( She's crying on the bathroom floor when Effy finds her. )

RIGHT. SO. SKINS.

( Spoilers for 3x05. )

First of all I just want to ramble a bit about my feelings on the whole new cast idea, because I don't think I ever really talked about that except maybe in a couple of comments here and there. I was really upset at first, but after a while I kind of accepted it and now I don't really see why people are rejecting the season so early. I mean, I miss the old cast like crazy and I wish we'd been able to see more of them, but I'm excited about the new cast too and I think it's just kind of silly to make judgements on the season without even watching a couple of episodes. Some people have said they won't even be watching and that just makes no sense to me. When you first started watching Season 1, you didn't know any of the characters, and you grew to love them. So this is what's happening here, except it's in a show which has a format and style that you already enjoy. That's how I feel, anyway.

Plus there's Effy, who has my UNDYING LOVE, so of course even if the season is awful I'll keep watching it for her. ♥

( OKAY ONTO THE SPOILERY STUFF. My thoughts about the episode and the new cast. )

Also this has nothing to do with Skins, but if you read Jonas Brothers fic, do yourself a favour and read this. It's called 'The Brothers Who Were Turned Into Birds', by annakovsky and it's Joe/Nick and it's rated R. It's actually probably one of the best fics I've ever read, I wasn't sure about it at first but it just sort of kicks off and sucks you in and it's just that sort of delicious, painful angst that makes you hurt and want more at the same time. The writing's absolutely amazing, too. It's just. Nnngh. Read it.

I finally got Skins to download!! I'll write my thoughts whilst watching, like last week.

( Skins 2x07. )

Spoilers for episode 2x01 of

( SKINS SKINS SKINS SKINS SKINS. )