ripley

professional girlblogger “half doomed” @the-best-cliche

[mysticjupiterr]

if you ever miss me, look for me in these characters

[politicalprocrastinator]

marissa cooper character of all time. she's emotionally unstable. she has flawless bangs. she's got mommy issues. she shot her attempted rapist. she's even bisexual.

[unfathomable-mortal]

what if i said marissa cooper was probably the best written female protagonist out of any of the 2000's teen dramas? what if i said that her character's strengths and flaws were always consistent and her relationship with both her parents were painfully realistic? what if i said that the final fate of her character was extremely plausible? what if i said that marissa cooper deserves all the praise and love serena vander woodsen gets online because really truly she just blows serena out of the water in every way? what if i said marissa was a better person, a better friend and a better sister? what then, huh?

[piscesprincessdotcom]

current status

[nostalgc]

Marissa Cooper — The O.C., 2003.

[meluneira]

[birb0t]

coming out as a port mafia fem dazai with unreasonably long hair truther

[uhcakepop]

Music is the cure

[kimskoonwalker]

Summer Roberts 4x7 of The O.C my newport girl <3

[sweetchicdeer]

born to be summer roberts, forced to be me -`♡´-

[moon-kittyy]

love her

[hotpinkvintage]

fuck minimalism bring back color & cozy vibes

[bsdcharactercard]

[bsdcharactercard]

[shaneswetbrowneyes]

i actually think that what's being missed in the 'why does everyone love heated rivalry' conversation is just that it's good

it's well made, well shot, well directed, the music is interesting, the costumes are both thoughtful and subtly period accurate, the sex scenes are intentional and, again, accurate to what hooking up when you're like 18 actually feels like...the actors are of course attractive but they look like real people. the characters are varied and well fleshed out, the acting is really, really strong

so many shows and films shoot and then slot in whatever music kind of fits or could be licenced in the budget after time, but you can tell that the scenes in hr were shot with that specific music in mind. and the same intentional approach runs through the whole thing

it feels...so nice to watch a show that cares about itself

[raincitygirl76]

Nobody knew in advance that this show would become a massive international phenomenon. It was a mid-budget Canadian show (which means low budget by US standards) adapted from a Harlequin romance novel. The deal with HBO for US distribution rights was only signed a few weeks before it began to air.

But everybody involved treated it as if it was serious art anyway. Not just some little Canadian streaming show that might well disappear after airing. Based on a book from a genre that is usually ridiculed by people who consider themselves serious film people. The cast, the crew, the writer/director, the music supervisor, everybody. They all did their best work for love of the game.

[loveyladyfingers07]

[lady-shadow-and-darknesss]

A fact that too many people do not understand is that Dazai is not trying to find reasons to die, he is trying to find reasons to live. The man wants to want to live, he desperately wants to live for something.

[iron-casket]

conversely, dazai does wear a seat belt. like. canonically. which is a cute choice for mister actively suicidal.