#squad skam

[nooraamalies]

The Girl Squad's costumes for Halloween

FREDAG, 20:30 - 30.10.2015

[littlebabywille]

if there’s one thing i love it’s a skam x young royals moment

[davidluigi]

Skam 3x03 - ‘I’m starting to think you’re bonding too much’

[parallel-univers]

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🎅🏻❄️

[forbescaroline]

favorite platonic relationships: amira naybet, cris soto, eva vazquez, nora grace and viri gomez “Those are the good friends, right? The ones who are there for the good times, the bad times and the fucking worst.”

[justalexx-things]

5 years <3

[zoennes]

Zoenne Fic ❥ Sixteen Candles

[slayerkitty]

helloo!! sending you the ask as promised :)) firstly, how are you? how’s your health? hope you’re feeling better now!!

so here’s what i was thinking, completely entertaining the thought that ep1 & 4 of OF were in fact referencing SKAM. the reason i even thought of this comparison between OF & SKAM was because of the title cards in ep1 & 4. as i was researching, i also found that texting between characters which was used as a motif in SKAM, also shows up in in OF ep4 between nick & top (i’ve attached screenshots for all of this). however, for reasons such as the fact that the narrative frameworks used in OF don’t repeat in a linear pattern and that there definitely has to be a reason behind why a particular narrative framework was chosen for a particular ep, i think the reference runs deeper than just the title cards and text trails. given your post on narrative frameworks in OF & the super tiny discussion we’ve had in its comments, i thought i’d ask you for your opinion on this :))

title cards part 1:

SKAM:

ONLY FRIENDS:

text trails:

SKAM:

ONLY FRIENDS:

title cards part 2:

SKAM: i’m not sure if we saw title cards of the name/actual title variety in SKAM and i couldn’t find any in my brief YT rewatches also but pls do lmk if u find any!!

ONLY FRIENDS:

lil disclaimer here, i watched the dutch remake of SKAM till mid of s3 (which is the queer season) when it was airing, so sometime in late 2019/early 2020. the original SKAM was also polish so there might be a few discrepancies between the two shows (none that i came across tho) and some gaps in my memory but anyway, coming back to the point.

so for context, the most important thing about SKAM that remained consistent across all of its remakes (i think) was that it told the story of a group of teenagers within a high school in whichever city the show took place and while each season had a new protagonist/core characters etc. they were all connected and were friends w each other (for example the protagonist of s3 was classmates w the protagonist of s1 (and as far as i remember friends w her boyfriend?) so more like everyone was a friend of a friend/classmates etc.). this meant that while each season dealt w a different couple/core group of characters, these characters and their plot was still impacted by the side characters, the side plot lines, the past, the present etc. and vice versa.

now, one thing that i noticed in both ep1 & 4 of OF was that we seem to move away from the typical couples and get a larger peek into the relationships of all the characters, their dynamics w each other, different past storylines etc. more than in the other 3 eps. ep1 was obviously more of an intro/context-setting episode where we were introduced to each character, the different relationships we’re to get etc. but ep4 specifically went more into the past of the friend group, top & sand’s past, explored vulnerability in nick & sand’s friendship, the whole ordeal with ray & mew. it essentially explored relationships between characters from different couples (in both the past & the present), that we otherwise haven’t seen much of at all. do you see the similarity i see?

now where am i going with this? idk either, this is the point where i get stuck. now while all of this could easily be chalked off as part of building the plot in OF and have no connection to SKAM, i am just not able to ignore these similarities. i also didn’t go too deep into my own research/exploration of this similarity so there might be stuff that i missed (pls pls tell me if u think i have) but i think a deep dive is extremely worthy here. further, i think that as more eps air, and we get to some new narrative frameworks/old ones repeating, we’ll probably be able to identify patterns better and get more insight into this similarity and arrive at the purpose/rationale behind the other narrative frameworks.

what are your thoughts @slayerkitty? do you see what i see or am i trying to connect dots that are worlds apart? cant wait to hear your thoughts on this!!

also also, so i have been reading the ephemerality squads posts on voyeurism and how OF explores this motif and i found some really cool connections to SKAM in this regard. i’ll not go into too much detail here because this ask is already miles long but apparently SKAM poland played a lot with the use of social media in its show and the characters had real, live instagram accounts that fans could access between airs. additionally, when SKAM poland was airing, the official SKAM website would apparently drop 5-minute clips of the show at the same time as when the scene occurred within the show’s universe (as in if two characters had a chat at 9.30am on tuesday morn, the scene would drop at the same time) throughout the week at random intervals and then these would be compiled into the final, weekly episodes. i’m not sure if the show intended to incorporate these in the context of voyeurism, but do you see the controlled voyeurism similarities?

Aww, thank you for asking. I'm doing a bit better, not quite 100%, but getting there.

Oooooo you gave me some stuff to chew on.

I'm not sure if the days are an homage to SKAM or not, but that is a very iconic shade of yellow, so I can't rule it out. P'Jojo did say there was more to the whole day's of the week thing because it was a way to show how structured Mew was (apparently it got cut). I think I'm gonna add this to my narrative frameworks post as a visual moment for episode one.

Text trails are harder because it's very common for shows to do this. I don't know if we can correlate this back to anything specific because I think it's just a sign of the times with phones. Having said that, you could be right and combined with the yellow text cards...

So I have watched all the queer seasons of all the SKAMs, lol (except newer seasons of SKAM France cause that show is on like season 10 omg), and pieces of other seasons. I do not recall if the titles ever appeared on screen, I will have to look into that. If they did, that could possibly lean us toward more certainty.

Now I've seen people mention that OF is more along the lines of Queer as Folk, which P'Jojo has referenced, but I wouldn't necessarily shoot down the core friend group being a kind of homage to SKAM either. It's not a perfect parallel either way. (And yes, Isak and Jonas are BFF, and Jonas dates the main from season one, though they break up later, and omg, I forgot her name).

YES!!!!! The way that SKAM airs to this day (I think France, Germany, and maybe Italy are the only ones still on air, but apparently Korea is gonna try their hand at it next year??) is that clips drop during the week at the time they take place. So if the characters are doing shit at 1am, a clip is dropping at 1am. Then, at the end of the week, the network airs all the clips together as the epiosde on tv. SKAM was revolutionary and wild. They did social media, too, and the nature of its release combined with that does have a very voyeuristic vibe as well.

Season three of original SKAM (Norway) was also an homage to the late 90s film William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, so it could fit in with the late 90s aesthetic we've picked up on in OF.

I think you are definitely not wrong to have made these correlations - I see them, too! I think we might need a few more episodes before I wanna weigh in with any certainty, but I am like this right now: 👀👀👀👀👀

[andtheyalllived]

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[kiss2012]

i actually may cry over the potential of early season 4 of skam

[seizoentwee]

S02E01 - CHAT 3: ZOË & THE GIRL SQUAD - TUESDAY - APRIL 23RD, 2019

[skambigbang]

Curious about who are the new squad for SKAM Big Bang 2024? 😎 We know you are, but you need to be patient just a bit longer. In a few days we will reveal who are the mysterious new moderators. Come on! Can you guess who it might? 😉

[davidluigi]

Skam 3x07 - ‘Are you gay?’

[sflow-er]

💌 send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

Aww this was so sweet! <3

I feel like it's customary for me to thank you with a SKAM GIF - I may have exhausted the Eva and Noora hugs already but here is the entire Girl Squad instead!

[mazarin01]

“Valtersen.”

“Ensign Aker.” Isak quickly and impatiently moves his hand up to his beret and salutes the royal badge.

“Safe travels south.”

“Thank you, Ensign.”

Isak throws his backpack over his shoulder and walks with quick, determined steps towards the airport bus lined up at the stop behind the barracks. He shows the driver his ticket and exchanges a few words with a couple of fellow soldiers from his squad before he sinks into a seat almost at the very back of the bus. 

The driver announces the departure and Isak unbuttons his field jacket as the bus starts rolling. He leans his head against the window and follows the landscape quickly flying by. Lonely houses occasionally pop up behind colorful trees, standing close together, dancing in the wind. High mountains tower behind them, some pointed, others flat. He has been to the top of one of them. With a heavy backpack, little food, chafing wounds on his heels and an Ensign who liked to push his recruits until they almost collapse. The fifteen-hour long Beret Run is fresh in his memory. It was a hell of a struggle. To say the least.

Isak fishes his wallet out of the side pocket of his green military trousers and pries out the small picture of Even from behind a pile of receipts and an old appointment card from the dentist. Even looks straight into the camera, squinting his eyes, his smile taking up his whole face. His hair defies gravity and lies like a golden crown on top of his head. Isak’s smile spreads at record speed, going from ear to ear, and a colony of butterflies begins to flutter wildly down in his stomach. Again. Isak glances around briefly before pressing his lips to the picture. 

Muah! 

Isak eyes his watch. The clock is almost five. In about six hours he gets to kiss Even's lips for real. It's been two terribly long months since last time he’s seen Even – my God, he's looking forward to it! He has never looked forward to anything this much before. Not even when he was five and waited for Santa Claus to bring him Christmas presents.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've translated one of my 1989 stories into English. I'd be happy if you'd want to read it.

Betaed by the most lovely @alterlove2021 💖

Art by me.