#matteoxdavid

Matteo (DRUCK)

Some of the Differences: 

OK first off, Matteo is way more depressed than any other incarnation so far. The very first scene of his season begins with him sitting by himself while everyone else seems to be having a great time at the party then sharing a very lackluster kiss with his girlfriend. He definitely gives off more an “I want to be alone” vibe than the other incarnations, even in regard to his friends. 

Instead of hiding weed in someone’s house to hide it from the cops, he hides it on A PERSON (wtf) who just happens to be this incarnation of Sana, Amira. 

Also, Matteo has a girlfriend?! Yep, instead of David (Even) being taken at the beginning of the season, it’s Matteo who is who has a girlfriend - Sara. It also seems like he still has some feelings for Jonas at the beginning of the season, something I also saw in SKAM Italia. 

It seems like Matteo is a little more in control of the interaction between him and David than Isak was in OG. Towards the beginning of their relationship it seemed like Even was the one to initiate most things, maybe because he was older. In this one they are the same age. 

It was nice that Matteo is an actual roommate with Mia, Hans, and Linn - he even has his own room throughout the whole series lol. In the original it felt like Isak was just thrown in there as a temporary replacement for Noora.

We see Jonas hooking up throughout this season was a nice switch from low key seeing Eva/Hanna and Chris/Samuel   

Matteo is just outright harsh/dismissive with his GF sometimes and then does an about face (like an asshole, hello Isaak) which I think provides a different dynamic between Matteo and his GF than Isak and Emma. This relationship seems more like a hybrid of the Isak/Emma dynamic and the Even/Sonja dynamic

David pulling away from Matteo wasn't a direct result of anything Matteo did, but because of David's own fears which was a nice change. Also he flat out said "I'm not into you" instead of just ghosting him.

Amira is so much sweeter in the German version, and her relationship with Matteo feels warmer, easier, and softer because of it. She seems more like she's actively trying to help Matteo by encouraging him to be brave and take care of himself. 

“The fear inside you is only strength trying to get out." 

The scene where David is being stared at by everyone at school after being outted as trans was an interesting inversion to the scene where Isak is being stared at after being outted as gay. I feel like the original was more powerful than this one, probably because it is being shown from Matteo's perspective instead of David's. 

Favorite Scenes:

I liked the way Matteo was the one to initiate a conversation with David, as opposed to the original where (let’s face it) Isak didn’t know what to think about being in the same room alone with Even. 

It made me laugh out loud to watch David was talking nonsense to save Matteo from being busted for getting on the bus without a ticket

The way they giggled at one another before taking bites from their disgusting sandwiches was adorable

The scene in the kitchen after the party at Matteo's was super sweet. It was so cute that David stayed after to help clean up on his own in a strange apartment, I suspect to boost his chances of seeing Matteo

When Mia is super sassy and says to Matteo after he disses her boyfriend "yes he was never your type."

The conversation between Matteo and Hans where he asks for advice on David is quite different because of the different dynamic between Matteo and David. I liked Hans’ line

“Either give him time, or move on” 

The scene when David comes out to Matteo is wonderful, and it means more to me because it's coming from a transman. 

"Some boys are simply boys. And girls, too. But sometimes it's just different. I was born in the body of a girl. But I'm a boy, I…. I'm transgender. I'm a boy, I just have to try a little harder." 

The dynamic between someone who has just started to come to terms with their sexuality beginning a relationship with a transperson is just so complex, I loved seeing it represented here. The issue of" Am I still gay/straight /whatever if my partner doesn't fit the typical role of who I should be attracted to" is addressed, and I feel like that's a really relevant topic right now given the increased visibility of alternate gender identities and transpeople currently. 

Matteo's face when Hans held out a giant bottle of lube and said 

"Lube is the key to happiness" 

The scene when Matteo tells David that he will be right there with him when he's being discriminated against because he loves him

Also when David asked Matteo if it changed things if he didn't get bottom surgery and Matteo said "no, you're fine the way you are" was really touching

The conversation in the last ep when everyone is giving relationship advice was both funny and adorable. 

The boys squad and girls squad coming together to show solidarity with David while he met with the transphobic PE teacher

When Sana never gave Matteo his weed back and Sam smoked it all

Things I Missed:

The conversation with Emma’s character about "not all gays" 

(edit to add: this is the post that sparked this fluffy cuteness galore)

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David blinks in disbelief as he finds himself in front of yet another secondhand store. He was just ranting about his annoying film school project to his boyfriend and he had convinced himself that he was totally cool and level-headed about everything, but apparently, he had gotten so into his rant that he didn’t even notice where Matteo had brought him.

Matteo tugs at his hand again, urging him to go inside.

“Come on David, secondhand shopping is good for the environment. At least that’s what Jonas says.” He argues, pulling him towards the door. It gives a little jingle as it opens and they step inside.

 “That’s not what Jonas says, that’s what you say.” David mentions, absentmindedly running his fingers over a very ugly jacket that is hanging right by the entrance. Matteo turns to look at it, and for a second David is scared that he actually likes it. Thankfully, he just slightly shakes his head at it and makes a beeline for the ugly sweater section instead.

“Whatever.” he mumbles.

That’s when David snaps back into attention. Lately, he keeps noticing how Matteo is passing off all of his thoughts as someone else’s, like they’re not good enough when they’re his own. What Jonas said, what Hanna texted him, what he read somewhere.

David jogs after him and gets in his face, disrupting his shopping process.

“Why can’t people know that you care about the environment?” he demands.

Matteo flashes him one of his signature lopsided smiles to distract him.

“People can’t know that I care about things in general, it messes with my cool vampire aesthetic.” He says, brushing past David to continue his walk through the aisles.

David looks at his back, a little dumbfounded.

“Your cool vampire aesthetic? I have the cool vampire aesthetic.” He calls after him.

Matteo shrugs.  

“I thought it could be like a power-couple thing.”

David shakes his head and laughs.

“Oh. Oh no. You’re more like the Bella to my Edward. You’re not cool at all.”

When Matteo turns over his shoulder, smiling with his tongue between his teeth, David knows he just walked into a trap.

“So you really identify with Edward Cullen? It really is that bad, huh?”

“I just said that because that’s the only reference you would understand.” David grumbles, but Matteo is grinning at him in a way that says he’s not buying it at all. He pulls a sweater from the rack and holds it up.

“What do you think?”

“It’s hideous.” David sighs.

Matteo nods, looking very self-satisfied, and goes to throw the thing over his arm so he can try it on later. He moves on to the next section of disagreeable fashion items and David loops his arms around Matteo’s waist from behind, sticking his nose into his neck, still cold from the air outside.

Matteo shivers a little at the contact, but he’s so warm and smells much better than this musty, empty shop they’re in, so David doesn’t intent to move any time soon.

“I like you.” David mumbles into the collar of Matteo’s jacket.

He hums in response, pulling at a hoodie to look at it before he shoves it back disapprovingly.  David wonders whether it’s too ugly or not ugly enough.

“I never could have guessed.” Matteo mocks, but he circles his fingers around David’s wrist and rubs a thumb over his pulse point.

“And I like everything you have to say and all the thoughts in your head.” David goes on.

“Okay.” He can tell Matteo is trying to sound annoyed, but David can only hear the smile in his voice.

“You’re so smart, I could listen to you all day.” He smiles against the skin of Matteo’s neck, tightening his arms around his waist when he feels Matteo struggling in his hold.

“Please, stop it.” Matteo laughs, pushing at David’s hands.

“I wish you had a twitter account.”

“Okay, okay, I get it.”

Matteo manages to turn around and loops his arms around David’s neck, bringing their foreheads together.

Matteo (20:56) : What’s the dopest sandwich topping?

David (20:57) : You

Matteo (20:57) : Haha

(20:59) : Do we want to get up at some point?

David (21:00) : Nah

Matteo (21:00) : Ok :)

David (21:00) : Why are we texting, when we are lying next to each other Mr. Florenzi?

Matteo (21:00) : Laziness level: Matteo

David (21:01) : Hahahhaa

(21:01) : Isn’t texting a much bigger effort?

Matteo (21:02) : Shhhhhhh 🤫 

i went to a pride in my city and this was my poster 💞💞💞💞💞 i was so proud

Druck lockscreen/wallpapers

Hans: You two must have gotten too wild!

Matteo: Haha yeah...

[the night before]

hi fic request since idk if ill be able to write it myself:

basically just a fic of the boys reaction to hickeys. like idk i love reading them cause they are always low key funny and like cute when someone gets flustered. kinda want the hickeys on david so the boys can tease matteo for them but like the teasing can go either way.