#LATE RB MB

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[bloodbuzz-ohio]

What set abuse allegations did Rachel Bilson brush off?

Here's a rough timeline... sorry I went maybe deeper into detail than you were expecting

Mischa to E! on May 14, 2021: "[...] sort of general bullying from some of the men on set that kind of felt really shitty. But, you know, I also loved the show and had to build up my own walls and ways of getting around dealing with that and the fame that was thrust specifically at me. Just dealing with like the amount of invasion I was having in my personal life, I just felt very unprotected, I guess is the best way to put it.”

Within I want to say a week or two, Rachel and Melinda are asked about Mischa's interview on their podcast (or Danny Pellegrino's, it really doesn't matter, it was uploaded as part of the show podcast for 106) and they both say they never saw bullying on set. And they both extend an invitation to MB to come on their pod to explain herself? It's maddening.

RB says, trying to be funny, "I mean come on, clearly she was having fun. I mean, this episode she’s just making out with Ben McKenzie. What could be so wrong? And listening to Rooney.”

And because we know now that Ben and Mischa dated during s1, that's extra salt in the wound. Rachel of all people was aware of their saga, even if it was 20 years ago. As if dating someone and listening to live music..... means there was no mistreatment?

So then the show's mysterious entities speak to Page Six on June 2, 2021, probably mad that Mischa's interview is now costing them money because the podcast purports the show experience to be sunshine and rainbows and that Mischa herself was the problem, not them.

Their set source (I repeat, this is a 20 year old show with a random set source talking to Page Six) says, “So now she wants to go say that she was bullied,” the source continued. “It wasn’t that she was bullied. People didn’t appreciate waiting for hours for her to show up.”

The source also added that Barton — who played Marissa Cooper until she exited the series in Season 3 — had a momager who was “annoying.”

“It was a mess,” the source sniffed.

And that's its own POS mess. They also try to throw MB's mother under the bus in the book by saying she...... advocated for her daughter? By working as her manager and being on set? Nuala is on my shit list for a 1000 reasons and none of them are because she was on set advocating for her child/client. They really thought they did something with this Page Six hit job.

But Mischa responded to it with this kickass statement, "There was a lot going on. Whether I was late or not doesn’t excuse certain behavior from individuals in powerful positions. Everyone experiences things differently and where I acknowledge some of my past behavior may not have been helpful in certain instances, I will tell my truth when I feel ready.”

Then on June 11, 2021, Mischa published this op-ed in Harper's Bazaar UK.

There's radio silence on the issue until Adam Brody appears on the podcast for 126 in November 2021 and the pod women tell him (poorly, I may add) about the E interview from May. He says he didn't see any bullying but that he rarely worked with MB. Says he feels good about his own behavior with her. He does say that set is not a protective environment and several other nice things about her that put him in my good books forever.

Then there's true radio silence until Mischa finally agrees to be on the podcast during a weekend fandom convention she attends with Melinda and Tate in August 2022. They film the pod ep in December 2022 and it's posted in January 2023. None of the bullying allegations are discussed.

The allegations are also never mentioned in the celebratory book that is published in November 2023.

MB is asked about on-set bullying on CHD in February this year and in her answer mentions backtalk with some people behind the scenes, and brings up friction with guest stars.

Since then, Mischa has posted photos on IG that Rachel has commented on and Mischa replied to one of them in kind so I'd say things between them are... decent.

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[chanar]

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[shoezuki]

So like i watch my follower count a bit lately cuz i Noticed somethin thats really fuckin funny to me like

I tend to be p silent on the weekends cuz im w my fam n doin hw so im jus not Postin as much but i AM on here i jus Look. And durin weekends i gain some followers

But literally. I start talking. And i lose followers

Im stuck at. Very specific number cuz when i jus rb ppl follow but when i talk theyre like ah fuck mb and dip n its so funny to me

[redrattlers]

hi em good morning 🥺🫶 just wanted to say it made my day waking up and seeing all your rbs on my mbs im really glad you liked them and for the kind words 🥺💙 have the best day!!!!!!

good morning maya!! i’m a day late but i just wanted to reiterate just how much i love all the things you make 🥰 (i have a few more of your moodboards saved in my drafts that i want to queue or rb soon, so you’ll be seeing me in your notes a couple more times ☺️)

[safflowerseason]

adam brody commented on the mischa barton situation! the most interesting details were him acknowledging that while he found the set friendly, it was not protective - like any hollywood set at the time - and he made a point to say the way she was let go was wrong, both for the story and professionally. the powers that be leaned into the suggestion that SHE was the problem and he thought that was not entirely true.

Hi Anon,

Sorry this is so late! Finally got around to listening to the two episodes. I enjoyed it - I imagine this was probably the highest rated/most streamed episode of the podcast, entirely due to Adam Brody. He was a pretty decent interviewee, I thought...funny, of course, and really reflective, and really honest! And of course it was fascinating and insightful to hear his perspective on the show now.

I liked his response to Melinda Clarke and Rachel Bilson bringing up Mischa Barton's comments and basically the whole drama of her time on the show. I appreciated how he came out and said how she was let go wasn’t all right, in any sense. He was totally right in saying that he would classify Mischa Barton’s experience alongside Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, etc, girls being abused and villified in the press by adult men and how traumatic and difficult that must have been for her. He struck me as very empathetic to her experience. I think it's also clear that he clearly has a sense of real emotional distance from The O.C. He's not invested in the show as a uniquely brilliant time, and also was very much aware of his own motivations and blindspots as a young actor at the time. I mean, he called himself out as acting “gross” on set in terms of not hiding his lack of interest in the material, and noted that was being disrespectful to others. That was pretty refreshing! His attitude to the whole thing was very grounded.

However, I couldn’t help but notice that the hosts were so much more sympathetic about his stories of being a young asshole on set towards the end (no one used that word but that was the subtext) than they have been toward Mischa Barton. Like they’re still trying to walk this line of being sympathetic to MB without actually processing or addressing what she really said, so they keep banging out about how young she was, blah blah. But after Brody went on this reflective monologue about how he could have been more aware of the crew’s experience in terms of money, etc., and how he wasn’t really thinking of anyone else and that wasn't great, RB was just like “but it’s okay because you were still appreciative of this wonderful experience” or something ridiculous like that. Like get the fuck out of here. Another moment that bothered me was after Brody talked about being disinterested in the work and letting that come through, Melinda Clarke was like “oh but as a young actor that’s very natural blah blah.” When for MB being “young” is what explains or justifies bad things happening to her later on. She is equally as deserving of their empathy and understanding and time as Adam Brody, and he would say the same thing! He got the nuance and complexity of the issue and he didn't even know about the comments before coming on the show! (And it’s extra ironic because literally all the anecdotes RB shared about Brody were of him being a total dick).

The best part was Adam Brody saying he loved The Sound of Music.

(was that Olivia Wilde on that voice memo toward the end???)

[moonlightjongin]

you don't have to rb everything (again) because of the new mb pls you spoil meee 🥺💖💘💖 — dia

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[yeolkisses]

Thank you for rb and commenting nice things on my mb (peach felix, this is my main blog lol)!!! I hope you have a great day love!

Sorry for answering this so late! 😥 But of course, your moodboard was lovely!!! Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful day as well! ✨

[hearttoshu]

Hey love can you recommend me some seventeen blogs idm if its a multi fandom blog. Thx!💜💜💜💜 P.s. Shua & Jeonghan are just so uwu

Hey bb ^^ sure thing :D (sorry this is a touch late I had to compile and remember people XD) 

Hmm I mean if you’re looking for content creators with Jeonghan / Joshua leans: 

@kristian-do and @joshuahong - I’d say Han catches all the best Jeonghan / Jihan moments and Bea does too :D Both are incredibly talented (n you’re probably already following them too XD) 

@juunshua and @cheolshu - you’re probably already following Mika and Shine too ^^ but still I love hyping talent and lovely incredible creators :D

@shuuvee and @luckyjeonghan - Kevin always catches all the Shua moments no matter how cute or rude and Abby has literally ALL the Jeonghan content uwu and svt content in general :)) (she has a cute side blog for lq Hannie n hearts go follow that too)

@jihooms / @jeongahn - omg Zu’s subject edits and just everything ! She’s so talented and her tags are really insightful too ...? I love just reading through what she has to say sometimes too ^^

@jeonghney - amazing spectacular beautiful incredible Jeonghan gifs please I’m going to cry

@luvhannie - Anna has really STUNNING moodboards of all of svt and she recently made this really beautiful Jihan mb (hannie, cheolie, n wonu biased hehe)

If you like fanfics / writing blogs...? 

@jeonghanniesfool - Aika has really cute stuff tho she’s been a bit busy XD (she’s Hannie biased too^^)

@softhaos - ok but seriously Dara’s writing is super cute and heart wrenching everything written is beautiful (or beautifully meme-y) and really hits you in the feels :’))

Some really lovely people who rb Jihan content:

@milkyooncheonsa and @jihan - are both wonderful and nice people as well as running really amazing blogs !

If you want more extensive lists of blogs...? I have a blog rec tag you can go through... I don’t have a follower forever or an official blog roll (as I follow 503 tumblrs n I’m mutuals with most people) and that’ll have more just svt in general or other member biased creators / amazing people I just kinda listed the ones here I remember that are shu/hannie biased.... honestly I’m always a bit surprised at how many focused blogs there are for certain members because I feel bad when any one member lacks content so if anyone wants to rec any other blogs to me go ahead ^^ 

[cosmouvs]

Ok so I just wanna say a few things

I've been busy lately cause it's test season that's why I'm slow with the astrology mbs

I only accept inbox reqs or the rbs of the post I made with you to rb your sun and moon. Messaging me won't work and I'll probably ignore it too

From 18-20 I will be on a school trip so I'll probably will be really ia these three days

Since I'm really busy studying rn I'll try to make mbs on Fridays and Saturdays (except the days I mentioned before)

I'll probably close the inbox if it reaches over 100 asks

[strechanadi]

For the ballet character ask: Drosselmyer, Odette, Des Grix, Hillarion, Carabosse and Caradoc?

All right, first things first - I assume you meant Des Grieux from Manon, which is something I can probably work with, but who the hell is Caradoc? Only Caradoc I know is a knight from arthurian legends and as much as I am obsessed with them lately, I don’t think there’s a ballet inspired by any of them (which is a major shame, just so you know! I need a ballet about Arthur and Merlin! *punches in the round table* And the others, if you insist…)

*insert caradoc into google search like a proper scholar*

Right. He’s from Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty. You are lucky I watched it just a few weeks ago (and, bloody hell, Matthew, what was it supposed to mean?! Vampires?! Seriously? I mean… Like for real?)

OK. Now to the actual thing, since I finally know what we are talking about.

Push off a cliff - Hilarion(Because I am already sick and tired of all those people constantly moaning like he’s a pure victim, like he was the one who truly loved Giselle, never did anything wrong and had to die and like it’s not fair and blah blah blah… So off a cliff with you, Hilarion! And honestly - you couldn’t expect any less from me, since I a) love Albert, and b) am a roommate with Myrtha…)

Kiss - Odette(… … … Right. This is slowly becoming a problem!)

Marry - Drosselmeyer(I’m sorry. Have you seen Nureyev’s version? Have you seen Nureyev’s fucking creepy version of the ultimate children’s christmas ballet where Clara’s dream prince is no one else than her mysterious, old, grayhaired sort of uncle with limp and one eye? Because oh yes, this is what I call a Christmas!)

Set on Fire - Caradoc(Sorry, boy, I don’t know much about you, apart from the fact you were Carabosse’s son… But I didn’t like you in MB’s production. You probably should have been the mysterious, dark, sexy bad boy. Nice try, but it did actually nothing to me. And you had awful hair. And just for that you deserve to die a painful death.)

Wrap a Blanket around - Des Grieux(Just so you know I can actually be a nice person. And I genuinely think he needs all the comfort world could give him. And a blanket. Give him a blanket!)

Be Roommates with - Carabosse(As long as she would not be the Carabosse from Bourne’s SB, cause I don’t think we would get along since I esentially burn her son just a few lines above.But when I hear Carabosse, I see Kristen fucking McNally from RB’s production and she is so gorgeous, the perspective of living with her as your roommate looks pretty attractive!And I think we would make a damn fine gang - Myrtha, herself and I. And Wolfgang. Because everybody needs a bit of Wolfgang.)

So that’s it. And thank you for your pick!