"is that the mischa barton show?"

A fan blog about Marissa Cooper and Mischa Barton. With appearances by other Newport Beach natives. Tracking #marissa cooper and #mischa barton Run by @bloodbuzz-ohio Requests are open but please read my faq for exceptions.

[mischas]

SETH COHEN & MARISSA COOPER, The O.C. "Even regardless of Ryan, the Seth-Marissa dynamic was cool. They were next-door neighbors, and yet they were strangers, and there was an awkwardness to it. I thought that was a nice dynamic that I could have seen more of. " - Adam Brody

[fearlessonthecoast]

2003 Teen Choice Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California - August 2, 2003

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[morgansdeb]

THE O.C. (2003-2007) EUPHORIA (2019-2026)

[dogmetaphors]

THE O.C. | S01E01 "Premiere"

[theflashbackculture]

[zamyamf1028]

RACHEL BILSON as Summer Roberts

The O.C. 2.23 'The O.Sea' (2005)

[lolastung]

THE O.C. 1.01, “Pilot”

[aarontveit]

The car is delivered, your debt's paid... but I am never doing anything for you again, you understand? I'm sorry, man. I could've been arrested or killed. I know. And I also know that no one else would have done this for me. But I get it. We're done. Well, I'll come back to see you. Don't. You've got a chance, little brother. You've got to leave me behind. Leave all this behind. Take care of yourself.

THE O.C. | 2003 — 2007 S01E11 ("The Homecoming")

[mischas]

Hello! I stumbled on your link to your scans of 1x03 and 1x22 but the link's dead, if you still have the pdfs can you please upload them again? Thank you!

Hi, no I don't feel comfortable uploading them again. Thank you for asking.

[mischas]

Did you listen to the new Olivia Rodrigo song called “the cure”? Someone made a heartbreaking edit of Marissa to it, and the song is so her, in a way 😮‍💨

I'm not an Olivia girl so no I haven't heard it but I looked up the lyrics and yeah I could see that being a Marissa song in a sad way. Even though I haven't written it in a while, I envision Marissa in my head through the lens of writing fic and not the tortured lens of canon so my view is more of her future and the relationship with Ryan isn't this circle of failure but one that they work on together eventually. I hate it when people think it's unhealthy. They're just kids who've been hurt tremendously by people close to them in their lives.

[christinaguilera]

Mischa Barton photographed for Hello! Fashion Monthly (June/July 2026)

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[mischas]

Thank you for replying to my Oliver storyline. I had no idea you had already made a post.

You’re the best!

Oh you're welcome :) I've been here way too long so there aren't many topics I haven't ranted about in some capacity lol

[mischas]

problematic fave teenagers battle, rue from euphoria or Marissa? honestly I think Mischa played that side of Marissa really well and she sold it amazingly especially the Tijuana scene like that was PEAK.

I run a Marissa/Mischa blog, it's always gonna be Marissa lol

[mischas]

How do you feel about the Oliver storyline on The O.C.?

I'm really tired and jetlagged so I'll point you to the breadth of my blog as the answer as I've discussed it quite a bit over the years and specifically in my Oliver tag. But basically Oliver was like 19 bamboozling grown adults and deliberately manipulating a 16 y/o Marissa away from her friends and family and making her think that they shared the exact same mental health and addiction issues and if people(/Ryan) were calling him crazy, they were also calling her crazy. Oliver deliberately manipulated her entire world and when that storyline finished, with a gun held to her head mind you, everyone acted like a bubble had snapped and of course the manipulation should've been easy to see through etc etc. It's really twisted. It's good tv but the fallout is horrendous and sets a dangerous precedent for the rest of the show where Ryan is always right and Marissa is always wrong.

[mischas]

I know I decided I LOVE the third wheel episode bc the core group dynamic is just so natural and fun, you know? maybe the cast actually bond well with each other on set too (maybe in season 1 generally) and that's why I prefer them and this show over their rivalry show oth. like I feel like in oth everything's so forced and unnatural idk. but I can tell what's good about josh is that he can make his characters act like their age, you know, which makes it more fun to watch. but still annoying how he has these oc characters that he invented, BETTER, and choosing gossip girl? can you make a gif with the core group in this episode?

Yeah it's pretty clear now why s1 is just miles away better than everything that comes after it. It's so cliche, really, I should've known. Mm not sure JS makes everyone act their age. Ryan is always supposed to be the sage 35 y/o trapped in a 25 16 y/o's body. But mostly everyone else, sure. And yep, I'll add that to my list.