#Also let Nathan and Keith have more screen time I want to see how their relationship develops

[amphypan]

dinner date with taibani yammy yammy

[unlimitedhorsepower]

having some of the worst times of my life ever and im scared things could get worse... how? well you see. they might create more tnb some day even after all of this.

after massacring my boy ryan like that live on screen... smack cam... removing any of ryans narrative worth or meaning just to have him show up and be cringe which i did enjoy but for real guys. my friends. if they had just had everyone do something random and lackluster it wouldve been fine but ryan showed up to drive the plot and continue his character arc from the rising (and then he didnt, as a joke).

karinas lack of real character arc (AGAIN!) so that she can uhhhh talk about crushes... instead of, for example, have her be an equal hero on-screen to the guys who have already been king of heroes and she works arguably harder than anyone else (she is a hero, an idol, and a student). shes so interesting, theres so much to her! but most of her appearances just serve to further some guys character arc (like the whole blue golden episode is mostly about ryan!.. or kotetsu even! cmon)

the character arc that antonio got that wholly ignored that hes friends with nathan and which makes me actually lose my mind when i think that those two have frequently been shown together but they didnt have a single convo together so that nathan and keith can be confined to a cage where theyre only interacting with each other instead of having any real plot relevance despite them both being really interesting!..

and the fact that antonio/agnes made its way into the show bc the director likes him and you know... agnes was her stand-in, and another reason to not let nathan talk with antonio ever because yknow?.. it just tastes like ash in my mouth to feel like the director felt some type of way about nathans and antonios prior relationship...

the buddy hero system was utilized so poorly! it threw so many characters under the bus like ryan seriously got way too much time in blue golden and their prior relationships with each other were ignored so much like man... i just love them all interacting. i dont love whatever the hell was going on with, for example, nobody noticing that thomas is gone. my heroes wouldve noticed immediately btw. instead of subaru and thomas being in a cage where they only interacted with each other, the buddy hero pair curse of 2nd cour that almost everyone suffered from

lets not even get into that even if they say that yuri is actually fine haha! they cant remove that scene where kotetsu and barnaby stared at him and went like “hmm thats rough buddy... anyway”. what the hell... kotetsu is one of the characters i think of the least and it was just so grossly OOC and just plain disgusting... the entire abuse apologism arc with yuri and lara overall as well

what about that fucking scene with jungle where they implied shady shit was going on when subarus communicator didnt go off and he was recruited as a double for thomas anyways and uhhh (checks notes) literally nothing came out of those plot threads btw. jungle CEO was introduced for no reason

and they cant remove what they did to ouroboros (the way they made it all-powerful illuminati-esque organization instead of plain old corruption etc), and the whole NEXT disease ooohhh-thing, and the literal internment camps and the various deeply bigoted implications thereof plus lackluster new character designs (oops! almost all white, pale-haired and blue/green-eyed).

how could they bounce back from this and do i even want to see them try to ignore OR try to grapple with any of the above. oooh when i get my hands on the people who were in the writers room...............

cant they just please retcon that my favourite character fucking exploded to ten thousand small pieces. excited for scraps of my fav characters like usual but then?.. its also like spitting in my face after all the shit they pulled. put me out of my misery

[daphne-miles]

One Tree Hill rewatch (Season 1, Episode 2 - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most)

I’m back with my thoughts for the second episode of season 1! If you want to read my thoughts about the Pilot, here they are. I’ve also created a masterlist where I’ll have my thoughts for every OTH episode, which is here.

Note 1: these posts of mine are not meant to be a recap of the episodes, simply what I was thinking as I as watching the episode!

Note 2: I *think* I’m going to be doing these once a week, so the episodes are fresh on my mind when they’re talked about in the podcast. However, if I find the time and/or want to, I might start doing these more regularly! Who knows, I’m not sure yet what the schedule will be.

Note 3: these will not be spoiler-free. So if you haven’t watched the show or are rewatching and, like me, don’t remember much you can filter the following tags: “one tree hill rewatch”, “one tree hill s1 rewatch”.

Before I start though, I want to say that you can always send me a message (via ask or chat) to talk about the episode! I’m rather useless talking about future episodes because, as I said in my first post of this series, I watched this show only once and it was like 8 years ago, so I don’t remember much. But feel free to talk to me about the episodes I’ve already rewatched, I’d love that!

Episode synopsis: Lucas plays his first game as a Tree Hill Raven...and chokes. He isn't the only one confronting insecurities: Peyton can't find the courage to submit her drawings for publication.

So, without further ado, here are my thoughts:

Keith and Karen at the cafe 🥺

Haley OMG!!! This girl talks so much lmao

When Coach Whitey Durham calls “Scott” and both Lucas and Nathan look up lmao

Ahah, Mouth and Jimmy trying to interview Lucas before the game 😂

Mouth (to Jimmy): “Did you just hear that? We’re media” 😂

God I hate Dan so much (and he was just talking to Keith in the stands at the gym)

God I can’t wait for Nathan to be the Nathan we know and love!!!

OMG BROOKE DAVIS, LOVE OF MY LIFE, FINALLY APPEARS!!! Mind you, from what I remember, I didn’t really like her until like s3-s4, but still 🥰

Peyton (to Lucas): “Nice hands”; Lucas (to Peyton): “Nice legs” - lmao

Wow Lucas is really feeling the pressure during the game. I actually feel bad for him

The cheerleading uniforms from these first two episodes are actually kind of cute, but not anywhere near the s4 uniforms, which were a beauty 😍

OMG, the first time the theme song plays 🥺🥰 ngl, it made me emotional

Ewwww, Nathan and Peyton 🤢 - I want Haley!!!

Nathan (to Peyton): “Hell yeah, didn’t you?” - Nathan, sweetie, why do you have to be such an arsehole?! And what he said to Peyton? Omg, fuck him!!! Man, he’s such a little shit (in a bad way)!!!

Ahah, Karen upset at Keith. But mostly at herself for not being at the game for Lucas 🥺 oh Karen sweetie 🥺

Peyton (to Lucas): “Guess misery really does love company”. Also, what a great way for her to cheer up Lucas: “Look, it’s just a game. Who cares if the entire school, most of your friends and half the town saw you suck?” LMAO

But also this hairstyle looks so good on Peyton 😍 (as Sophia, Hilarie and Joy said on the podcast, it always comes back to hair 😂)

I think I’m going to roll my eyes every time Dan is on screen, ngl. He’s such a little shit, it makes me want to scream! Or beat the shit out of him!!!

Peyton (to Lucas): “Do you want to come in?” and “What are you doing? (...) I didn’t invite you in, I just asked you if you wanted to. Thanks for the ride.” Peyton 😂

Karen (to Lucas): “I’m sorry I missed it”; Lucas (to Karen): “Yeah, me too.” 🥺

Peyton’s drawings!!!

Peyton (to Nathan): “Peyton’s not here right now, just her lame music” 😂

Yeah, you should be sorry Nathan! You’re being such a little shit!!! Also, have you ever actually been good to her?!

Again, Lucas really feeling the pressure, can’t even score in the playground

Teacher (to Peyton): “Peyton, describe Lucas using only one word”; Peyton (to Lucas/classroom): “Choke”; Teacher (to Lucas): “Lucas, care to respond and describe Peyton?”; Lucas (to Peyton/classroom): “Lonely”; ooooh indeed

Nathan (to teacher/classroom): “I can describe Lucas in one word. Bastard.” - NO NATHAN, YOU’RE THE BASTARD!!!

Jake LMAO you little shit (in a good way)

Lucas and Haley’s friendship 🥺

Brooke (to Peyton): “You know, it’s really too bad Lucas is poor and can’t play because he’s fine.” - ewwwwww 🤢 (disclaimer: I strongly dislike/hate Brucas, so any kind of comments like this or, worse, when they’re together will involve these types of comments and emojis)

Brooke (to Peyton): “I think about the future sometimes and it scares me. But then I think I’ll go to college, I’ll join the right sorority, marry a rich guy... unless I get fat” 😂 But wow, that first sentence is such a mood

Keith and Lucas 🥺

Keith (to Lucas): “It’s the rule of life. Prettier the girl, messier the car.” 😂

Hum, Lucas, sweetie, why did you think it was ok to go through someone’s private belongings?! That’s not right!

Dan for fuck sake!!!!!!! Go fuck yourself!!!!!!!

Nathan (to Dan): “He wasn’t swinging at me, dad. He was swinging at you.”

Haley: “Is that the phone?” 😂

Karen (to Lucas): “So why go down to his level?” - wise, wise words

Lucas (to Karen): “How would you know, you weren’t even there.” - yikes Lucas, but also I feel bad for him

Lucas and Karen the next morning 🥺

Oh Karen sweetie 🥺 you deserved so much better!!!

Dan certainly has (and always has had) a healthy ego 🙄

Jake (to Lucas): “Just remember, don’t let him take it.”; Lucas (to Jake): “I don’t know what that means.”; Jake (to Lucas): “Yeah, I know, but you will.”

Nathan stop being an arsehole!!!

Peyton (to Lucas): “I wanna draw something that means something to someone” sweetie 🥺

Ugh, Dan go fuck yourself!!!!! Ugh, I hate him so much 🤬

Coach Durham (to Dan): “Make you happy, Danny? Seeing the demise of the kid you fathered and then abandoned?” and “You’re just destroying kids’ lives left and right, aren’t you?” you tell him!!!

While the teacher is reading the answers the students wrote on the papers, I’m realising that so far it’s really only Peyton, Lucas and Nathan the main characters. We barely see Brooke or Haley.

Ewwww, Nathan and Peyton 🤢 - I want Haley!!!

Again, Haley and Lucas! I love their friendship 🥺

Karen and Lucas 🥺 oh Lucas, I feel so sorry you had a shitty “father” who abandoned you 🥺

Dan (to Lucas): “Give this to my boy, will you?” - Fuck off Dan!!!!!

Jake (to Lucas): “Don’t let him take it - your talent, it’s all yours.”

Oh Karen, what a brave step going to the gym where the arsehole broke your heart 🥺

Lucas (to Peyton): “Hey... your art matters. It’s what got me here.” 🥺🥰

Get fucked Dan!!!!! Lucas isn’t quitting the team!!!