I'm so late to this party (grrr timezones) and have no idea what numbers anyone has done for the David questions. So can you please randomly pick 3 of the ones you haven't answered yet? đ
Ahhh that's so sweet, Allie. There weren't that many so there's still plenty to choose from.
11. Do you think David is a well-written character?
Short answer? Yes. I actually already written a bunch about it but I think David is incredibly well written character. I was so pleasantly surprised by his character and specifically how he's written. I love the fact that we got to know him (I don't agree when people say we know very little about him in fact I think he's one of the most well rounded Even's out of the remakes). I think that in the end we got to know the way he operates, what his coping mechanisms are, to a certain degree why those coping mechanisms developed in the first place. we got to know what he likes to listen to, what his favourite movie is, his passions as well as his skills. we got to know all of this before we ever got to know he's trans. If they managed to pull it off we wouldn't have known until episode 8. Now whether us finding out sooner is a good or a bad thing is debatable but it doesn't change the fact that it's still very well written. He's well written. He's also really well written for Matteo. People already mentioned it a lot but I cannot imagine Matteo with someone like Even. No, he needed to have a boy like David. Someone who is a little more reserved so that Matteo has to fight for him. He needed someone who challenges him on his smarts but is still incredibly kind to him. I just feel like Matteo needed David and David needed Matteo and I think the way both of them are written is really good and the way their story came to be is really good.
25.If David gets his season, what do you want it to be about?
I've seen quite a few people already answer this and I think most of us agree. I think David's parents are our biggest mystery atm. we don't know what happened and according to Lukas' words it's not what all of us think. So I do definitely want the season to be about that. Also because we had skam season that were mostly about absent parents. Parents who live in another country or parents who travel a lot or parents who are mentally ill. Only Sanas get to have present parents but even in their seasons they're mostly reduced to background. I think David's season could deal with absent parents who are maybe dead or absent parents that you truly want by your side and how that takes a toll on a person. It doesn't have to be connected to him being trans at all.Â
I think depending on when it airs it could also deals with the uni life and how your life and your goals and everything changes for you so much in the first year of uni. You think you know what you want to study but then comes the reality. I think in general uni life is rarely covered in tv shows (or at least rarely covered well) and I would love to see it. That could also be one of the things that connect him to the other characters, you know?
One small thing is I would love for it to somewhere in the season confirm he's pan. It's a small thing but the remakes rarely show us Evens' sexuality or acknowledge it and I would love if somewhere we could just see the little pan flag or David just mentioning pansexuality or just something. Not a big deal Definitely not a storyline but just a little acknowledgement would be nice.
26. Do you think that Laura and Matteo should play a big part in David's season?
This is sort of a continuation of the previous ask but basically yes and no. It depends on what we consider big. I do want David to have life outside of Matteo of course. I would love to see his friendship with Leonie (and Sara) because Leonie hasn't really gotten a chance to be developed. I also want to see Laura. She is of course connected to the storyline about David's parents but I would love to see some sibling dynamic. Also because other than the Sanas we don't see siblings much on the remakes/Skam so I would love to see that. And of course Matteo is very important to David's life. I do think they could continue the mental health storyline with Matteo. Nothing too serious. Just sort of again a little acknowledgement and Matteo seeking help and David learning how to help him through it. It could perhaps be connected to the second storyline of uni. Matteo will have been volunteering for about a year now and he might have a little crisis of what to do that could lead to some slight mental health problems etc. but I don't want it to overtake David's season. It should always be connected to him and be in contrast or somehow inform us about him, you know? Anyway I talked enough and I actually do need to finish a movie lol :DÂ
Thank you so much for sending this and hope you find my answers interesting enough <3