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“What if I went right now?” Lovro rubs the inside of Ivan’s collar. “To do the military course?”

SRAM S 3 + The Little Prince Part 2 | Part 1

SRAM - SEASON 3 (2026)

There is a conversation to be had about that, and how it’s warping what transformativity as a means of engagement with media means. Problem is, it’s become tangled up with the “all literature and actually all storytelling ever is fanfiction” discourse, and so many people seem to define their personalities by their place in fandom subculture, that it’s becoming impossible to criticise fandom without being labelled a no good meanie fun hater and also an elitist snob who just can’t stand for people to enjoy themselves. Every time a conversation about this gains any traction, someone has to slam down like the hand of god to remind everyone that it’s actually okay to have fun!, and the actual intent of the conversation is lost, because it’s more important than anything that we soothe hurt feelings.

The thing is, it’s not only the feelings of the people who can only parse new content through old tropes that matter. There are people out there - and this may seem shocking to many of you - who don’t hate the canon on which their fandom is based. People who want to engage with the themes and storylines and world of their preferred canon in a way that probably gets them accused of being boring sticklers. Strangely enough, this is an equally “valid” way of engaging with media! Just because it doesn’t tickle your funny bone or tick your trope bingo boxes doesn’t make it bad!

also her admitting that the writers didn't realise they had left out “iconic” moments until after they wrote the season is funny to me & I fully respect it. the creators don't owe us anything, really, and I hope they maintain this attitude moving forward. I think the best remakes are ones that divert from the original and craft a story that stands on its own. the best scenes in s3 and in sram overall are the ones that are vastly different to og (imo). although it is a remake, the characters are not carbon copies of the og, so what worked in skam might not serve these characters best.

I don't think a parallel universe talk would have made sense for lovro and ivan because, frankly, they don't talk to each other like that. they're not that sappy! and that's fine because they communicate their love for each other differently.

I think sram gets held back by the fact that it's a remake sometimes and has to follow the general plot of the original show. this is where season 2 fell short, especially in the last few episodes. s3 worked much better because they were a bit looser. the changes in the latter half of the season made the reconciliation in episode 9 much deeper and lovro’s acceptance of himself much more catharic.

I am not from the Balkans. I have never been to the Balkans. I don’t understand enough about Balkan culture to have the right to state my opinion, and I think that should go for everyone. If someone who is actually from the Balkans is trying to explain something, and you, who have never been there, are disagreeing with them, then it’s time to be quiet and listen.

lovro & ivan 🛵