#nrktv

Me watching another niche Norwegian show called Rykter in 2024...

Mathias & Erik | Rykter

Episode 10:

Go to hell, Olivia

Mathias does not want to tell anyone about his sexuality. So Olivia decides to talk to his mother.

16. september

Episode 11:

You had a fucking job

Mathias tries to talk to the boys about Felix. But then he makes a fatal mistake.

I binged the 1st and 2nd season because I started watching when they were both already out. I was sooooo excited for season 3. For days I went to sleep creating scenearios for what we might get. How they will write the story forward. And I was expecting some drama, exploration of sexuality and how the society reacts.

But come on. I watched enough teen shows to know it's too much and too chaotic what they did to Erik's character. I understand a character can be confused, make mistakes and not know what do to or how to respond in a new situation. Especially considering their age.

But you don't suddenly change the chore of who the character is. A sweet guy who stands up to what's right even if others don't like it turns into a guy that supports bullying and starts adding his share to it? It doesn't make sense however you look at it. And I'm all for justifying character's actions because I always try to think about the motives from different angles. But Erik is starting to make less and less sense and at this point it's just messy writing. One that wants to give us drama with disregard to continuity. This could have been handled differently and still have given us the confusion and miscommunication between Erik and Mathias because of the kiss.

I care a lot about continuity and sadly there is some missing here. Hopefully as season 3 creates chaos the next ones will bring us some peace.

I always try to watch the show when it's finished precisely because of what we were given here. We can't sleep waiting for another episode, then get dissapointed and have nothing to look forward to because it seems like it just keeps getting worse.

I think I'm gonna put a stop to watching the show and come back when season 3 is fully out. Or maybe even until they release the 4th one. I will keep looking at gifs here though so keep posting them.

Sorry for the lenghtly post but I had to.

mathias & erik — i’m not trying to defend erik here, but i do feel like his behaviour makes sense. he clearly liked what he had with mathias and to me the way he’s trying to reconnect and talk about the kiss shows that he doesn’t have an issue with mathias being a guy, and it was mathias that put distance between them in the first place while in the meantime erik, who doesn’t have many friends to begin with, ended up spending more time with felix. so, after all the trouble he went through when he last stood up for someone, how difficult it was to fit in and also the consequences of mathias ghosting him, he’d rather not take anyone’s side for now and stay away from trouble. that being said, even if may not be erik’s intention, his behaviour will inevitably hurt and perhaps confuse mathias, so when in ep 5 erik will confront him to maybe fix things, i think it may be mathias that will push him away once again.

mathias & felix — i always suspected that felix had feelings for his (ex) best friend, and that “what does he have that i don’t?” from last season solidified it for me and it actually surprises me that no one else seems to agree. if im right then we’re getting the usual homophobic bully is actually queer storyline (eyeroll), and since mathias chose erik over him, he’ll take out his anger on mathias while also putting more distance between him and erik. again, assuming my theory is correct, i wonder if in ep 7 thea will ask felix about mathias and that will be what’ll make him snap.

mathias & olivia — since mathias will basically end up alone, olivia will become his only friend and confidant. they’ll probably rely on each other a lot considering the shit they’ll both go through and the fact that they’ll live together BUT there’ll be a rift between the two in ep 10 (the synopsis kinda makes it sound like she’ll out him to his mum and i’d hate that) and mathias will end up even more heartbroken when his only friend will sleep with the guy he’s into.

thanks to JanErik for the links (Norwegian TV Interviews DVD)

U og Sånn

Brief Tin Machine interview from October 25th, 1991 starting at 12:10. Only one of these that wasn't on YouTube before.

I Egne Øyne (1990)

Vera Kvaal interview from July 27th, 1990. A very commonly shared video.

I Egne Øyne (1993)

Interview with Peter Nome on BTWN from 1993.

Note the 'bro' pat.

VERSUS

Mathias hugging Erik, a boy he's known for only a few months...