#sorry sometimes i can't help but make everything about eskam sorry

[nolabballgirl]

socioeconomic status/poverty (and related food insecurity) is one of those topics that the skams (ever since vilde) have always skirted around, hinted at, but without having a full season to really dive in the topic, it's just come short. and so bilal's season really has the opportunity to explore this is a more fulfilling way. and the last time i felt that way was about viri.

i can't help but make connections between bilal and viri. after all, i think viri's POV clips during skam españa season 3 probably came the closest to giving this topic justice (before it pivoted to the hugo/dilan/dylan/viri 'triangle' and i don't think it delivered all the way.) plus, lola's season just had way too many things going on to really focus on this.

and then there's the shared putting up a front in front of the school/friends! when last season bilal mentioned that his house was filled with too much valuable stuff, it was such a callout in my brain to when viri also told the girls that her house was undergoing renovations and being retrofitted with italian marble! and i don't know if eskam was ever going to pursue an eating disorder storyline, but if not, then we can interpret the second season hinting at food insecurity with viri refusing buns/fainting.

but the main question is what's the reason for the front? for viri, we learned about the need for acceptance, popularity, fitting in. for bilal, it's a little more unclear, especially given that at least he and lola both share that in common. and i think it goes to a deeper core sense of self for bilal and perhaps what he wants to manifest for himself.

#skam france #bilal cherif #skam españa #viri gómez #sorry sometimes i can't help but make everything about eskam sorry