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i will defend that fictional teenage girl with my life. i literally don’t even care what she did. you would’ve done it too if you were her she’s probably handling things better than you would in her shoes

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re: my prev tags, this was done in 2013:

hai! i just finished watching season three for the first time and i'm going down the tumblr rabbit hole. i love this blog bc i think marissa/mischa wasn't loved by the writers/audience the way she should have been. i'm not sure i'll be able to get over this to finish the last season

Hello! Mm yeah I wouldn't recommend watching further tbh, but I'm a Marissa girl through and through. The thing about Mischa and Marissa is that they had TONS of fans. Millions, even. The show's ratings dropped by half after they offed her. There was and still is the ideas from the people behind the scenes that 1) there weren't many people who cared about Marissa and 2) if she had any fans they were teenage girls and basically who cared about them anyway. It's sick. And, essentially, the show's position ever since has been that only real fans stuck around to keep watching. So not only did they not care about them, they didn't consider them real fans. It's just the worst shit ever for the girls who kept the show going in s3 when it was reaching its worst points. Like I've said before, Marissa girlies absolutely existed online. They just got bullied off of larger platforms and created their own safe spaces. It's not like Josh was gonna patrol Marissa fansites and message boards. He read TWoP and followed critics who routinely hated Marissa and Mischa. It's just disgusting and makes me heated every time I think about it (clearly). Anyway, I'm really glad you like the blog and my girl. She needs all the love!

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do it

I'm about to drop £30+ on importing this t-shirt, because it's the greatest thing I've ever seen.

I'm thirty fucking eight years old...

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THE O.C. (August 5, 2003 –February 22, 2007) S01E01 "Premiere"

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this scene is so iconic

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Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie as Marissa Cooper and Ryan Atwood  in THE O.C. (2003–2007) S01E01 “Premiere”

-Who are you? -Whoever you want me to be. -Okay...Hey, can I bum a cigarette?

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THE O.C. — 1x20: The Telenovela.

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Did they not get the memo that teenage girls dominate pop culture lmao they literally determine what is popular at any given time and drive fandom traffic by a wide margin. Like it's not just misogynistic it's stupid lol

I have absolutely no clue. JS is a man who was like proud of not watching the successful teen shows that came before his. He'd gloat about it actually. He'd be like "our show is more intellectual and funny than wordy Dawson's Creek" and it's like sure okay but also DC went on for 6 seasons and achieved syndication while yours died a quick death in 3.5 years. There's also this thread that I never see mentioned (because I don't engage outside of my bubble, probably) that this show appealed to young men and families because of the Cohens' and while that's absolutely true, and part of the magic formula that worked in the early days, it's not everything. So whenever I hear "it's a show about two brothers" or "it's a show about a family" I literally know that's code for "shut up about Marissa, it wasn't about her".

And really this shit goes so much deeper because these people behind the scenes deeply resented MB for her ever-mounting fame even though they benefitted from it in the same breath. So they love her public persona in the early days until they can't control it and then make her life so much harder because they're pissed at her. It's so wrong and upsetting.

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hai! i just finished watching season three for the first time and i'm going down the tumblr rabbit hole. i love this blog bc i think marissa/mischa wasn't loved by the writers/audience the way she should have been. i'm not sure i'll be able to get over this to finish the last season

Hello! Mm yeah I wouldn't recommend watching further tbh, but I'm a Marissa girl through and through. The thing about Mischa and Marissa is that they had TONS of fans. Millions, even. The show's ratings dropped by half after they offed her. There was and still is the ideas from the people behind the scenes that 1) there weren't many people who cared about Marissa and 2) if she had any fans they were teenage girls and basically who cared about them anyway. It's sick. And, essentially, the show's position ever since has been that only real fans stuck around to keep watching. So not only did they not care about them, they didn't consider them real fans. It's just the worst shit ever for the girls who kept the show going in s3 when it was reaching its worst points. Like I've said before, Marissa girlies absolutely existed online. They just got bullied off of larger platforms and created their own safe spaces. It's not like Josh was gonna patrol Marissa fansites and message boards. He read TWoP and followed critics who routinely hated Marissa and Mischa. It's just disgusting and makes me heated every time I think about it (clearly). Anyway, I'm really glad you like the blog and my girl. She needs all the love!

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need to fail upwards the way josh and stephanie always do

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“I brought bagels!”

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marissa cooper + her yellow ralph lauren jumper in 1x18

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if you weren't real, i would make you up The O.C. "The Premiere" aired 21 years ago today on August 5, 2003 dir. Doug Liman

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love your page soooo much, are you on any other social media too?

Thank you!! And no, not really. At least not for a fandom or this fandom in particular.

ETA: For a minute I did have a Discord server in like 2023 but I haven't been on it in a while.

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Is Rachel a mean girl?

Hmm. I feel like she's careless and immature but she's good at her girl next door schtick that people like Josh and Alan S find very charming so it's also very calculated and self-serving. I purposefully have limited recent knowledge of her because I don't care about her but her vibe is very ~one of the guys~ and will talk shit about you behind your back but will claim to be a victim if you do the same. So... yes?

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Remember when we first met? You said light my cigarette...