#edited to add a different format bc the first one doesn't focus on them like i want it to. but also the first one is nicer in fullview

[kaunismies]

heterosexually gazing into another man's eyes. it's not gay. shut up.

some funky, equally heterosexual wips:

[maxbernini]

I really dislike the pov switch. The whole format of skam og was centred around one person's pov. We were supposed to see what they saw, feel what they felt, because we were only exposed to their side of the story, including all the complications and misunderstanding that comes with only having one side of a story. And that intense immersion into one person and one person only, you find yourself ending up empathising with them so so much, because you are crazy absorbed in their world and their world only, and it created such an intense connection to a character and one of the reasons the show was such a hit. Instead, seeing others pov beside maya, we understand why e.g. Lola, is acting a certain way or saying certain things. But maya doesn't. She isn't privy to lolas conversation or messages, but because we are, it's easier to understand lolas actions and feelings. And so it takes us out of mayas head, which is the only place we should be given she is the main, thereby losing the intensity of the connection . Having this mixed pov completely detracts from the what the format was all about.

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ok first about pov switches: i honestly don't mind occasional ones? like when tiff ~conveniently ran to the bathroom in s7 so we could hear la mif talk about their own non-tiff problems for a sec lmao, or the first clip of s9 being from their pov, or when we heard max, redouane & jo's convo at bowling when realistically we shouldn't have (and i like how the last 2 were times when maya was massively in denial and shutting everyone out; they also don’t take away from her pov, only add to it, helps that she’s actually in the clip and present). and i think the format can be played with in interesting ways when something happens to the main like daphné’s pov when lola went missing (i mean i have separate #thoughts on that whole plot but the transition itself worked for me), or ekam s3′s double viri/nora pov, which is a little different since viri’s were bonus clips, but the point still stands bc unrelated to pov switches specifically, “this is how the og did it, so the remakes should as well” is generally not an argument i really like tbh, i think that’s a very slippery slope, though i get what you’re saying and mostly agree.

second about this situation: i really don’t like it either, and i don’t like whole episode pov switches. the fact that this always happens to their mains of color (when it didn’t in 6/7, i can’t speak to pre-6) aside, it’s also just wholly unnecessary? what i enjoy most about being in maya’s pov is how immersive it’s been so far. i love all the work the lighting, flashbacks, sound editing etc does, i love the whole ‘the audience knows something maya doesn’t’ thing, dramatic irony allows you to really feel for her, and is a good way of writing a main who does questionable things imo (not bad things, just stuff you as a viewer know isn’t the right choice). i think lola’s perspective has also been very clear despite maya underestimating her re: clement and the relapse, and the fact that we’re sometimes also unsure is another way they’re nailing maya’s pov...like ofc logically lola is sad and isn’t actually dating clement, but maya suspects it, so we do too. if they wanted to do the reverse which i mentioned earlier where lola is now the one underestimating maya, just do bonus clips (smth i really wish they’d done with max too re: his legal case; not in s8 bc i think the HIV plot was too large for a co-main or bonus clips) or weave it into your narrative organically through the writing...in fact they already did djakdsdak this set perfectly captures that disconnect and unspoken miscommunication, all from maya’s pov, whereas this switch doesn’t really add anything. even if it did it still shouldn’t have happened but my point is that it’s so unnecessary anyways. as you said, the focus should come through maya, she (and bilal) deserve/d their full ten eps.

anyways tl;dr: i agree with you!!