#sandy x marissa

[foreveryoungadult]

The O.C. S3.E25 “The Graduates”

[zamyamf1028]

Someday you will find me

Beneath the landslide

In a champagne supernova in the sky

[hadontmindme]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The OC (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Seth Cohen/Summer Roberts, Ryan Atwood/Marissa Cooper, Ryan Atwood & Sandy Cohen, Ryan Atwood & Theresa Diaz Characters: Ryan Atwood, Seth Cohen, Theresa Diaz, Sandy Cohen, Summer Roberts, Marissa Cooper, Trey Atwood (The OC) Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Family Feels, Insecure Ryan Atwood, Ryan Atwood’s martyr complex deserves its own character tag Summary:

Ryan takes the blame for Trey’s shooting. To him, it seems like the most logical thing to do. After all, all of this is his fault anyway.

His family tries to convince him he’s wrong.

[maya-matlin]

From any fandoms, pick 3 of your favorite ships from each letter of the alphabet (based on their ship name) ex: A:(three ships) B: (three ships) and so on. If there’s only one that exists per letter that’s okay too! 😊

Uh.. I'll try! I can't promise anything for some of these letters.

A:

1.) Adam & Becky (Degrassi)

2.) Angel & Cordelia (Angel)

3.) Alex & Marissa (The OC)

B:

1.) Betty & Jughead (Riverdale)

2.) Brooke & Lucas (One Tree Hill)

3.) Brittany & Santana (Glee)

C:

1.) Chandler & Monica (Friends)

2.) Cory & Topanga (Boy Meets World)

3.) Craig & Ashley (Degrassi)

D:

1.) Drew & Bianca (Degrassi)

2.) Dan & Blair (Gossip Girl)

3.) Dawson & Jen (Dawson's Creek)

E:

1.) Ephram & Amy (Everwood)

2.) Elizabeth & Jason (General Hospital)

3.) Emily & Naomi (Skins)

F:

1.) Fred & Gunn (Angel)

2.) Faith & Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

3.) Felicity & Noel (Felicity)

G:

1.) Graham & Megan (But I'm a Cheerleader)

2.) Georgia & Joe (Ginny & Georgia)

3.) Ginny & Marcus (Ginny & Georgia)

H:

1.) Holly J & Sav (Degrassi)

2.) Hannah & Bright (Everwood)

3.) Henry & Alex (Red, White and Royal Blue)

I:

1.) Isak & Even (Skam)

2.) Iris & Miles (The Holiday)

3.) Isabel & Kyle (Roswell)

J:

1.) Jay & Manny (Degrassi)

2.) Joey & Caitlin (Degrassi)

3.) JT & Liberty (Degrassi)

K:

1.) KC & Clare (Degrassi)

2.) Kirsten & Sandy (The OC)

3.) Karma & Amy (Faking It)

L:

1.) Luke & Lorelai (Gilmore Girls)

2.) Logan & Veronica (Veronica Mars)

3.) Leo & Piper (Charmed)

M:

1.) Michael & Maria (Roswell)

2.) Marshall & Lily (How I Met Your Mother)

3.) Mike & Phoebe (Friends)

N:

1.) Nathan & Haley (One Tree Hill)

2.) Nancy & Steve (Stranger Things)

3.) Noah & Allie (The Notebook)

O:

P:

1.) Pacey & Joey (Dawson's Creek)

2.) Pacey & Andie (Dawson's Creek)

3.) Patrick & Kat (10 Things I Hate About You)

Q:

1.) Quinn & Santana (Glee)

2.) Quinn & Logan (Zoey 101)

R:

1.) Ron & Hermione (Harry Potter)

2.) Ricky & Gina (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)

3.) Riley & Maya (Girl Meets World)

S:

1.) Sean & Ellie (Degrassi)

2.) Shawn & Angela (Boy Meets World)

3.) Sam & Mercedes (Glee)

T:

1.) Tiny & Shay (Degrassi)

2.) Tristan & Miles (Degrassi)

3.) TJ & Cyrus (Andi Mack)

U:

V:

1.) Victor & Tea (One Life to Live)

2.) Veronica & Cheryl (Riverdale)

3.) Veronica & Betty (Riverdale)

W:

1.) Willow & Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

2.) Waverly & Smash (Friday Night Lights)

X:

1.) Xander & Sarah (Days of Our Lives)

2.) Xander & Anya (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Y:

1.) Yousef & Yana (Skam)

Z:

1.) Zig & Maya (Degrassi)

2.) Zoe & Grace (Degrassi)

3.) Zane & Riley (Degrassi)

[ryanatwoodenthusiast]

the oc x the riordanverse - what characters i associate with each other

so i love both the oc and the riordanverse and some characters reminded me of each other so here goes :)

percy jackson - ryan atwood & seth cohen

look... (i didn't want to be a haflblood - okay sorry that's just my first association when i hear the word 'look') i know it may sound a bit random first but i see both of them in him. seth for the humor but ryan for the deeper aspects of the character

annabeth chase - summer roberts

summer just somehow makes me think of annabeth and also, as we found out later on in the show, she is smart. i feel like s4 summer is kind of like annabeth if that makes sense

silena beauregard - marissa cooper

i feel like they're very similar - both reduced to their beauty, and also just very sweet characters that have both made mistakes (although i currently can't think of a mistake marissa made but she is very overhated so yeah)

jason grace - zach stevens

they're basically the same character. perfect on paper - somehow just too perfect and very likeable. and they've both been mentioned in connection to superman so that's that

leo valdez - once again, seth cohen

do i even need to explain?

chiron - sandy cohen

the wise mentor

rachel elizabeth dare (my girl!!!!!) - anna stern

kind of bc of her role in percy/seth's story - the one before the one

nico di angelo - kaitlin cooper

don't ask

sally jackson - kirsten cohen

especially show sally bc she just wants what's best for her son, even if he hates her as a consequence

i'll probably make a part 2 with more characters at some point <3

[safflowerseason]

Ted Lasso, the OC!

Favourite character:

Funniest character:

Best-looking character:

3 favourite ships:

Least favourite character:

Least favourite ship: 

Reason why I watch it:

Why I started watching it:

Thanks so much for the ask!! This is a fun game!!

Ted Lasso

Favourite character: In season one it was Rebecca, but S2-3 Jamie Tartt (unexpectedly!) has earned the top-spot in my character ranking.

Funniest character: oh god, how can I choose...a tie between Roy and Jamie?? Although Higgins is also extra-delightful, and I love Kitman Will Kitman's little bits. OH WAIT NEVER MIND my answer is ISAAC.

Best-looking character: Jamie Tartt. Phil Dunster is...whew.

3 favourite ships: hmmmm!! this is hard, Ted Lasso is the rare show where I don't find myself super invested in one particular ship. Higgins/his wife are probably my Ted Lasso OTP to be honest. I do like Roy/Keeley although I think the writer bungled their break-up pretty badly this season.

Least favourite character: Besides Rupert who I feel is everybody's automatic least favorite, probably Nate, just because I think the show ultimately ruined all the interesting potential for his storyline.

Least favourite ship: idk, Nate/Jade, probably? Also Coach Beard/Jane never made much sense to me either. Give Beard a more compelling love interest!

Reason why I watch it: To see how it ends!! (Assuming S3 is the final season, which it may not be...increasingly it feels like they are going to continue just without Jason Sudeikis/Ted).

Why I started watching it: I started watching Ted Lasso in late December 2020...I had seen some chatter about it online, and I had an AppleTv+ subscription earlier than most of my friends/family because I got a new iPad at the time when Apple was giving out subscriptions for free ☠️ It was such an intense time...I spent most of that month just lying around and feeling sad about the state of the world, and the show's focus on kindness felt really revelatory in a time of such political turmoil, but also in general a really tightly written, well constructed show (I do not feel that way now, necessarily). I remember sobbing my eyes out at the end of "Tan Lines" where Ted says goodbye to Michelle and my dad was like "...what are you watching???"

The OC

Favourite character: Oh god, probably a tie between Marissa and Kirsten...two characters who I feel got screwed by Josh Schwartz (albeit to very different degrees).

Funniest character: Unfortunately because the character has aged so poorly, it is indeed Seth Cohen, although I think Sandy is a close second.

Best-looking character: MARISSA. S1 Marissa is just the EPITOME of California beauty to me.

3 favourite ships: Ryan x Marissa, Sandy x Kirsten, um...I *guess* Seth and Summer, their S1 story anyway. My favorite trash!ship is Jimmy x Julie. Smarter writers could have done something with their chemistry!

Least favourite character: Hmmm...of the main ensemble I have to say Jimmy, although among the rotating supporting cast I really don't like Rachel in S1. Trey, of course, for what he did to Marissa. Also Rebecca and Carter in S2. Basically everyone the writers invented in S2 and S3 for "drama" purposes, because they were all so poorly written!! (with the exception of Alex).

Least favourite ship: Ryan x Sadie and Marissa x Volchok. I only saw S3 once and I found both of those relationships offensive.

Reason why I watch it: S1 is prestige television!!! Especially through "The Best Chrismukkah Ever." Teen drama at its best!! The pilot is one of the best episodes of American network television ever produced, and I will go die on this hill.

Why I started watching it: The OC was so omnipresent in the early-mid 00's I honestly don't remember where I first heard about it. I do remember seeing a youtube clip (in youtube's earliest days when it was just fanvids and bootlegged movies) of the ending of The Countdown and Ryan and Marissa's iconic kiss and thinking "wow, I have to watch this show."

[polyhexian]

all the girlformers left on my list:

Arcee (botcon 2001, BA retool)

Convention/club exclusives

Antagony (beast wars)

Nightracer (botcon 1995) [1000]

Nightracer (2015 tfcc tailgate retool)

Roulette, otfcc 2003 exclusive

Arcee - combiner hunters

Windblade - combiner hunters

Chromia - combiner hunters 

Airrazor, botcon 2016 windblade retool

Lifeline (tfcc 2016) [40]

Quickslinger (tfcc 2016)

Arcee (human?)

Flareup, ratchet doublepack botcon '05

Angela (Sparkbot, Japanese Tokyo Toy Festival 2007) (120 for set)

Blastcharge Strika Drone (Customization Class toy, BotCon 2013) [30]

Strika (Botcon 2013)

Strika (botcon 2013, kreon)

Nightbird (2015 botcon kreon)

Marissa Fairborn

Masterpiece

Black Arachnia [100]

Arcee [100]

Nightbird 

Cyberverse

Windblade

Windblade redeco

Combiner Megaempress (jp exclusive) [300ish]

Power of the primes

Sticky McGee

Botbots

Arctic guzzlerush

Angry cheese 9

Hawt Diggity

Fit Ness monster

Lolly licks

Frohawk

Vigitente (SDCC)

Bottocorrect (S2)

Scribby (S2)

Brock head (S2)

Hawt Mess (S2)

Must Turd (S2)

Ice Sight (S2)

Tropic Guzzlerush (S2)

Grampiano (S2)

Drillit Yaself (S2)

Grrr'illa grimes (S2)

Big Cantuna (S2)

Sour Wing (S2)

Javasaurus rex (S2)

Lolly Mints (S2)

Sippyberry (S2)

Ollie Bite (S2)

Glitch Face (S2)

Hashtags (S2)

Technotic Sonic (S2)

Nope Soap (S2)

Ol' Tic Tock (S2)

Overpack (S2)

Rebugnant (S2)

Bankshot (S3)

Clawsome (S3)

Knotzel (S3)

Sheriff Sugarfeet (S3)

Sweet cheat (S3)

Tutu Puffz (S3)

Latte Spice Whirl (S3)

Sensei spiny (S3)

Highroller (S3)

Terror tale torch (S3)

Dingledeedo (S3)

Kikmee (S3)

Halloween Knight (S3)

Disgusto desserto (S3)

Sugar saddle (S3)

Wristocrat (S3)

Grave rex (S3)

Greeny Rex (S3)

Fail Polish (S3)

Nanny McBag (S3)

Smooth Shaker (S3)

Aday (S4)

Hiptoast (S4) (light green)

Tricitrustops (S4)

Crabby grabby (S4)

Pressure Punk (S4)

Roarista (S4)

Whirlderful (S4)

Chef Nada (S4)

The great mumbo blumbo (S4)

Movie Munchster (S4)

Ladoutsky (S4)

Pop n Lock (S4)

Face Ace (S4)

Flare devil (S4)

Dj Fudgey Fresh (S4)

Frostfetti frostyface (S4)

Grandma crinkles (S4)

Smore n'more (S4)

Disaster Master (S4)

Goggly spy pi (S4)

Miss mixed (S4)

Gold dexter (S4)

Goldface (S4)

Pop o'gold (S4)

Bot-T-Builder (S5)

Nomaste (S5)

Jet setter (S5)

Sandy shades (S5)

Tidy trunksky (S5)

Drama sauce (S5)

Super bubs (S5)

Wasabi breath  (S5)

Leafmeat alone (S5)

Bok bok bok-o (S5)

Bratworst (S5)

Shifty gifty (S5)

Outta order (S5)

Professor scope (S5)

Flood jug (S5)

Handy dandy (S5)

Goldie terrortwirl (S5)

Goldito favrito (S5)

Goldpin baller (S5)

Ant Farmwell (S6)

Ulf the orange (S6)

Minerva

Super god masterforce

Nightbeat minerva (possibly identical to regular nightbeat? Was released as nightbeat Minerva in Japan. May have packaging?)

Clear plastic super collection minerva figure

Minerva, botcon 2011 custom class tfa arcee [1000-2000]

Minerva (gutto kuru human figure yellow)

Minerva (resin kit human figure red)

Kiss Players

Three awful anime girl figures

TFA

Slipstream, legends, windblade redeco

TFP:

Arcee, clear blue plated, only 40 pcs

Arcee, go! takara beast hunter 

Arcee, 2022 legacy 

Arcee, Kinder Surprise

Arcee, Kre-o

Arcee, arms micron, pink

Arcee, arms micron gray

Airachnid, kre-o

Airachnid arms micron blue

Robots in Disguise 2015:

Strongarm, radz

Strongarm, legion class

Strongarm, legion class, clear blue plastic

Strongarm, battle pack

Strongarm, hasbro one step

Strongarm, patrol mode one step

Strongarm, one step take 2

Strongarm, warrior class

Strongarm, activator combiner

Strongarm, kre-o

Strongarm, hero masher

Strongarm, surprise drink figure

Strongarm, surprise drink pencil topper

Strongarm, kinder surprise

Strongarm, lunar force

Strongarm, one step 2017

Windblade, legion #2

Unicron trilogy:

Arcee, x-dimensions

Paradron medic - arcee mold

Chromia

Stockade - Universe 2008 (redeco of knockdown, blue triceratops minicon

Thunderblast - Cybertron, white chromia repaint

Treadbolt - energon 2004 [40]

Sureshock - CD pack in

Sureshock - change micron, candy toy pack in, arcee redeco

Sureshock - Magna Convoy DX set

Sureshock - blue, universe version [13]

Sureshock - Cybertron, has autobrand

Combusta - 2003 minicon, came packaged with volume six of micron legends dvds in japan

Twirl - came with the 7th volume of micron legends

Falcia - Came with the 5th volume of micron legends

Sunburn - volume 10 of micron legends (100)

Ironhide - came with terrorsaur, armada [10]

Spiral - the gray one, given away at world hobby fair and ito yokaido stores in japan 2003

Spiral - the red one

Offshoot - Cybertron, 2006

Heavy Metal:

Brake - Micron booster 2004 (only called a girl by fanclub, may not count) 

Kickflip - same as above

Mudbath - same as above

Road Rebel - 2004 minicon [40]

Guardian Speed - stupid ass camera store exclusive [80]

Mugen - japanese store exclusive

Triac - micron booster (canonized as girl by ask vector prime)

Generations:

Arcee, legends

Misc:

Arcee, alternator

Arcee, pewter super collection figure

Arcee, mc axis garage kit

Arcee, 2022 stamp

Arcee, mighty jaxx lil maxx

Arcee, authentic bravo 

Elita one, mc axis garage kit

Hello kitty, q transformers [50]

Hello kitty, q transformers, halloween [30]

My melody, q transformers [40]

Mp-10 unit 01 

Road rage, e-hobby exclusive

Flip Sides, e-hobby exclusive

Windrazor, micron booster 

Howlback, e-hobby exclusives

Freezon, electric racing set 1985 [40-50]

Windshear, minicon, thrilling thirty

Nightbird, arcee retool, legends

Wedge Shape - japanese camera store exclusive minicon. Shes a red bird [300]

Windblade - flame toys kit [50]

Arcee, Super high breed mode (unreleased 1987) [600]

Ahsoka - star wars crossover

Chun LI - (preordered)

Micromasters:

Clipper (gingham)

Discharge 1992

Discharge 2002

Discharge, reverse evolution (black chase)

Windy, 1992

Windy, red (chase)

Beast Wars:

Blackwidow, beast wars returns

Blackwidow, beast wars returns, telemocha

Black Arachnia, legends animated retool

Black Arachnia  - Kre-o

Skimmer - 2014 kre-o

Volcanicon - 2014 kre-o

Freefall - 2014 Kre-o

Snarl blast - predator attack team

Rid 2001

Nightcruz [15]

Beast Wars 2

Scylla - Japanese exclusive

Scylla - 2020 generations 

Beast Machines:

Nemesis strika

Bayverse:

Arcee, battle damage (the Nautica looking mold)

Arcee, wondercon exclusive (pink and white)

Arcee, human alliance

Arcee, smoky clear pink plastic

Elita-1 (deluxe)

Chromia, human alliance

Chromia, robot heroes

Mikaela banes, brown shirt

Override - 2010 legends (MAYBE girl, only said in botcon panel)

Quintessa figure

Shatter (Titan changer)

Shatter (mission vision)

Shatter (power series)

Arcee (studio series bumblebee movie)

Arcee (bumblebee movie model kit)

Cyberverse

Slipstream (scout class)

Windblade (nezha block) (super buy agent was unable to locate, taobao fell through, try elsewhere)

Volcanicus (?) (Combiner, one part is a girl but this is a single figure. ??)

Tiny Turbo Changers 

Blackarachnia (G)

Acid Storm (P)

Chromia (C2)

Arcee (E2)

Slipstream (4-H / 5-B)

TTC strika (alpha strike)

TTC arcee (movie)

TTC shatter

Third Party: 

ProjectEffect "ninja" rosanna

KFC Rosanna "Mandy"

HTB Rosanna

Mastermind r-30 nitro (override)

Iron factory "Night Assassin" nightbird

Iron factory "Alleria" elita one

IF "Miko for Iron Titan" "The Hunter" Combiner Hunter Windblade 

IF "Dark Assassin" combined Hunter arcee

IF "Rainwing" Acid Storm

Takara Hello Kitty Trainformer [70]

Arcee, apc blue

Arcee, apc pink

Arachnid, apc

Lady Tarn lol (preordered)

Magic square arcee

Magic square nightbird

CDL-02 elita 1

Mech fans blackbird

Mech fans nursy

Mech fans nightbird

Mech fans snow

CDL-01 arcee / Nicee (?)

Ex-01 mookah

Fanstoys arcee titties

[palmviewfm]

female characters you’d like to see as counterparts?

okay  !  don't  mind  how  long  this  list  is  now  about  to  be  ! i'd  love  to  see  taylor  jewel  from  the  summer  i  turned  pretty,  claire  standish  and  allison  reynolds  from  the  breakfast  club,  sandy,  frenchy,  marty,  jan  and  rizzo  from  grease,  cher  horowitz  and  dionna  davenport  from  clueless,  olivia baker, layla keating from all american. aria  montgomery,  spencer  hastings,  alison  dilaurentis,  mona  vanderwaal,  maya st germain, emily  fields  from  pretty  little  liars,  bella  swan,  jessica  stanley,  bree tanner, alice  cullen,  rosalie  hale,  and  esme  cullen  from  twilight,  frances  houseman  from  dirty  dancing,  allie  hamilton  from  the  notebook,  barbie  roberts  from  barbie,  kim  kelly  and  lindsay  weir  from  freaks  and  geeks,  cheryl  blossom,  betty  cooper,  and  veronica  lodge  from  riverdale,  buffy  summers,  anya  jenkins,  tara  maclay,  willow  rosenberg,  faith  lehane,  and  dawn  summers  from  buffy  the  vampire  slayer.  joey  potter  and  jen  lindley  from  dawson's  creek,  blair  waldorf,  serena  van  der  woodsen,  and  georgina  sparks  from  gossip  girl,  marissa  cooper  from  the  oc,  georgia  miller  from  ginny  and  georgia,  sabrina  spellman  and  libby  chessler  from  sabrina  the  teenage  witch,  brooke  davis,  peyton  sawyer,  haley  james,  rachel  gatina,  quinn  james  and  alex  dupre  from  one  tree  hill.  sidney  prescott,  tatum  riley,  gale  weathers,  and  casey  becker  from  scream.  bonnie  bennett,  elena  gilbert,  katherine  pierce,  caroline  forbes,  liv  parker,  and  vicki  donovan  from  the  vampire  diaries.  fran  fine  from  the  nanny.  shelly  johnson  and  laura  palmer  from  twin  peaks.  stephanie  tanner,  dj  tanner,  becky  katsopolis,  kimmy  gibbler  and  gia  mahan  from  full  house.  monica  geller  and  janice  litman  from  friends.  heather  mcnamara  and  heather  duke  from  heathers.  sarah  cameron,  kiara  carerra,  cleo  anderson  from  outerbanks. paris geller, sookie st james and lane kim from gilmore girls. marcia brady from the brady bunch, grace  le  domas  from  ready  or  not.  jo  harvell  from  supernatural.  beca  mitchell,  chloe  beale,  aubrey  posen,  cynthia  rose,  stacie  conrad,  emily  junk,  lilly  onakuramara  from  pitch  perfect  and  dana  scully  from  the  x  files.  if  more  are  needed,  as  always,  send  another  ask  and  i'll  do  my  best  to  give  another  list  !

[lacrimae23]

spoilers

the oc update

ok so i'm on s01e18 of the o.c. and:

this whole luke-marissa-ryan thing was kinda tiring but okay i get it and i lived through it and now we have ryrissa [??? i wrote it correctly?👀] so yay [although, no, um, they broke up, ech, but i'm trying to be hopeful]

seth x summer is THE ship for me and it'll probably stay that way [i mean summer wasn't so nice but i'm waiting for development 🥰]

this oliver guy is so creepy that i literally had nightmare with him XD (idk whats going on with my brain but ok)

sandy and kirsten awww love them

RYAN RESPECT SETH-RYAN TIME PLEASE.

julie caleb huh?

at the beginning there was so much drama i couldn't keep up but now i am used to it

and i'm staying ☺️

[littleharpethcrossfit]

Saturday, 30 December, 2023.

It was a breezy, chilly morning but no complaints were heard, not even from our warm-blooded Surgeons.

Warmup

Tabata's (They did these on their own)

4 Rounds

Banded Good Mornings

Banded Shoulder Dislocates

Strength

Deadlifts: 2 EMOM X 12 Minutes

Start Light and Progress Heavier

Chase=405 Patrick=365 WG=315 Herb=265 Tom=245 Coach=215 Kayla=205** Joe=180 Sue=145 Linda/Elisa/Tripp/Sandy=135 Polk/Lew=100 Faith (The Kid)=85 Cheri=135 Angel=went heavy

WOD

Partnered

I Go, You Go

This WOD required me to type too much.

It included the Bodyweight Exercises of

Burpees (50)

Pullups (80)

Back Raises (90)

Pushups (80)

Med-Ball Situps (50)

There was a total of only 350 reps of these exercises.

Interspersed will be 4 separate opportunities to do your favorite short sprints on foot or Ergs.

The Gym I stole this from put a 20 minute cap on it. No doubt it was an ELITE GAMES READY BOX.

Sue=22:11 (Solo all)

Elisa/Tripp=15:52 Herb/Chase=16:11 Cheri/Kayla=16:25 Faith (The Kid)/WG=17:54 Coach/Tom=17:56 Joe/Patrick=18:54 Polk/Lew=18:56 Sandy/Angel=20:55 Linda=PJ

Notes:

Kayla rang the "Personal Best Bell" again today, with Cheri Coaching her. Her Deadlift weight keeps sneaking upward. When she passes me, she loses her lifetime free membership.

Chase's friend Patrick returned again today. Somehow, Patrick could tell I was disappointed that his lovely wife Marissa wasn't with him this time. He promised me they would both come here again, since her family lives just down the road in Franklin.

Were are totally out of bottled water until Herb and somebody else brought a case.

Tomorrow is New Years Eve. 123123. Get it ? 12/31/23 ? 1:2:3:1:2:3 ?Oh just forget it.

Sunday workout sessions are at 0730 and 1 PM. We are expecting some visitors. Probably at 1 PM.

[littlecajunlady]

Look I'm sorry the kid literally stole a car. I wouldn't leave my keys in there with him. I mean I know it was Trey but hell.

oh here it is the Ryan x Marissa meeting. WHOEVER YOU WANT ME TO BE AAAAAAHHHHHHH.

sERIoUSly? Look it's cringy but also iconic so i forgive him.

It's Seth Cohen! I love how on the podcast they're like if he sailed to Tahiti on this thing he'd fucking die.

That sail is very minty Seth

Yeah I'm one of those people who never cared much about the adult storylines and as the seasons went on i cared about them less and less

Aww the tie scene. Couldn't tie one until you were 25 Sandy, like the real age of this "teen" actor?

That's gotta be wild being in jail one day and the next day you're in a suit going to a fancy party.

[mischas]

The OC foreshadowing a Ryan/Marissa marriage and Julie Cooper becoming Ryan's mother-in-law.

[yourfavewouldlikethesesongs]

“I suffer from rage blackouts.”

[marrissacooper]

everytime I see the s4 "but if she's alive...you don't want to go back" scene in RM edits it drives me insane. where was this energy in s3? the writers really gave them the most garbage storylines possible, only to turn around and make ryan say he'd literally give up his world to be in one where marissa's alive. why the stupid break up and car accident then

[bloodbuzz-ohio]

favorite episodes from the oc: 1x24 the proposal

“Yes, I'm emotionally stable. Besides, I'm not the only one crying.” "I'm sorry, what? I'm allergic, okay, and there's so much pollen in here right now, it's ridiculous."

[safflowerseason]

what are some of your favourite fights (verbal not physical!) from the oc? i was thinking about how much i enjoy ryan and marissa's fight in 3x02 about the shooting. it's one of the few (only?) instance where they talk about it and marissa vocalises ryan not needing to save her all the time. for all their misery in season 3, it's a shame we didn't get more explosive fights between the two. really emblematic of how the show lost its energy and spark

Oooh, this is a great question, Anon, as everyone here knows I love a good fight. However, the only season I can really consider in my answer is S1, because I haven’t watched the other seasons closely enough to really have a favorite (I also think they are written badly enough that a lot of the fighting just annoys me because none of it actually makes sense emotionally). 

In general, my favorite fights on The OC are between Sandy and Kirsten, for a couple reasons. For one thing, they are always the best acted (um, sorry to the core four, but it’s true). Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan had such good chemistry and did an incredible job of portraying a marriage in all its dimensions. I also just personally love watching/reading a good fight between married people (I am writing a whole fic to that effect) because there’s always so much going on, so much history to draw from, and so much more is always at stake. I’m not sure I can pick a favorite, but whenever Sandy and Kirsten are fighting in S1, I am always having a great time and just appreciating their dynamic because it’s so rich. One of my favorite fights is the fight they have during the Valentine’s Day episode in Kirsten’s office, which starts out kind of silly about the V-Day dance and then turns into a bigger fight about their whole relationship. Inject that kind of fighting into my veins. 

Anyway, after Sandy and Kirsten’s fights, I also really do appreciate Seth and Summer’s fight at the beginning of S2, when Summer reads the riot act and calls him on all his bullshit, because she basically sums up everything that’s wrong with Seth’s character and it’s just a shame Seth actually regresses in S2 as a human. “What do you want, Cohen?” “I just want you.” “...No, you don’t.” SO GOOD. Normally Adam Brody out-acts Bilson (and/or you get the sense they are just being a couple onscreen together), but she completely shines in that scene. Rachel Bilson went to acting classes or something between S1 and S2. 

For Ryan and Marissa, it’s a bit difficult for me to choose. Unlike Sandy and Kirsten or Seth and Summer, who largely communicate via fighting, Ryan and Marissa do not communicate that way, so fighting for them is often less about communication and more just...yelling past each other, which is more frustrating to watch. The moments when they make up from their arguments are always the more compelling to me. I’m not sure I agree that Ryan and Marissa needed more fights to fix what went wrong in S3 (although I haven’t seen it in years and years and it sounds like maybe they did need to scream at each other)...I just think the writers had no idea how to write their relationship anymore. To me, Ryan and Marissa’s best moments as a couple are their quietest moments...Ben McKenzie and Mischa Barton are not very talk-y actors...they often do better just letting their faces do the work for them.

Nevertheless, I do enjoy their fight in the S1 Chrismukkah ep, after they get pulled over by the cops and Marissa almost gets busted for drinking and Ryan unloads on her about how he can’t put up with her behavior anymore. To me, it’s a very realistic argument, and Ryan is actually setting a boundary with Marissa (albeit angrily), which is very compelling to see considering they have basically no boundaries with each other at that point in their relationship. I also enjoy their post-Oliver arc when Marissa wants to go back to normal and Ryan can’t because he feels too betrayed...when Marissa shows up and basically wants to have sex as a way to make up for it and Ryan is like “ahhh stop.” These arguments both center Ryan’s perspective over Marissa’s--the perennial problem in the writing of their relationship, especially after Oliver--but nevertheless, both those fights, to me, say a lot about both Ryan and Marissa’s separate psychologies and the root of their dysfunction. 

In response to an ask, I also wrote a close reading here about their argument in 2x09, when Lindsey gets really drunk and Ryan blames Marissa. True to form, I find their conversation AFTER the fight a lot more interesting than the fight itself, but I dissect both. And fwiw this is also a ~*great*~ fight for Ryan and Marissa, and it’s not a coincidence it calls back to their fight in the Christmas episode.  

Thanks so much for the great ask, Anon! As you can see, I love dissecting how a good fight works on the page and on-screen 😎 it’s harder than it looks!