[newportbarbies]

I’m a diehard fan of RM and have been since I watched many many many years ago (The hyper-fixation kicked back into full gear). but one thing I reallyyyyyy hate about their relationship (and kinda ryan’s character) is the rhetoric that Marissa “destroyed ryan’s life” mentioned on more than one occasion.

Like yes marissa had a somewhat dramatic life but she wanted to handle things on HER OWN. She even wanted ryan to leave her alone at times. Ryan would create chaos in her life (punching luke at the diner) and then leave her to deal with the collateral. She’s always getting blamed for ryan’s impulsiveness and it doesn’t sit right with me at all. Ryan was always hotheaded he literally got sent to juvi and then stole cars for his brother but marissa never once held that over his head and I already know it’s because Marissa is not that type of person. Once she helped someone she Really helped them she cares too much about people. It just really bothers me that the writers and the audience tries to frame the mentally Ill teen girl (who’s also dealing with substance abuse and has little to no parental guidance) as this massive weight in Ryan’s life how come no one ever questions how irrational he is? The double standards really tick me off

[newportbarbies]

The aesthetic of Marissa Cooper 💌

Have not been active on this blog in years and have hopped through a different couple fandoms but I wanted an outlet to dedicate my love for the O.C but mostly Marissa Cooper. I feel like she’s wildly mischaracterized by the fandom and it baffles me because after going through 3 seasons with her, her only crime was being too nice for her own good. I always have a soft spot for characters who are doomed by the narrative and are wrongfully vilified because of it

[newportbarbies]

the argument that paxton only cares about looks is so stupid because devi was the one that went to him because he was popular and hot. like maybe at first it was for looks but then he formed a genuine friendship with her made her feel better after the party, posted her to his instagram after she was feeling embarrassed and help turned the situation better for her, complimented her outfit she wore to ganesh puja after she was feeling insecure, valued how smart she was ben never did that

[newportbarbies]

literally devi’s whole life she felt like she was crazy in a bad way but when paxton came along he said that’s what he loved about her like i love them sorry

[newportbarbies]

ben made devi feel like shit for so long calling her david (which is racist), calling her unfuckable, making fun of her body hair, constantly belittling her and cared so little about her feelings

but paxton came along and never judged devi or made fun of her, and after she got humiliated at the party paxton helped her and made the situation into a positive

paxton never judges devi and cares about her feelings and the only time he made her sad was justified because devi lied to him and put his scholarship in limbo. so he was obviously hurt but he still went back to devi and valued her the only reason he wanted a secret relationship was because he didn’t want to get hurt again

ben on the other hand went back to being racist to devi when they broke up by calling her david and going back to how he used to treat her

so the people that are saying paxton humiliated her and doesn’t care about her feelings are wrong because the only time he humiliated her was after she hurt him. ben humiliated devi multiple times because he thought it was funny

[newportbarbies]

when bloom interrupted sky in the middle of his sentence to prove she had feelings for him and it wasn’t just to distract him i’m sorry but that was top tier

[newportbarbies]

y’all be like “we want complex female characters” then we get rachel, a complex character that has so much depth to her characters it’s “she’s whiny and annoying” just say you don’t want to see woman deal with trauma in a realistic way and go

[newportbarbies]

if we don’t get a scene of shelby wearing tonis brown jacket then what is the point of all this

[newportbarbies]

bitches be like “i’m not gay” then check out a girl and look at her lips mid argument. shelby goodkind is bitches

[newportbarbies]

so no one besides fatin thought that shelby was a lil fruity after she got on top to give her the pill ? they just all thought shelby was a heterosexual woman 😭

[newportbarbies]

toni being at shelbys throat the whole time on that island and her whole demeanor changing after the kiss and becoming the biggest simp for shelby is so funny and kind of let’s us into tonis character more how she’s more guarded and when she truly cares about somebody she’s completely vulnerable

[newportbarbies]

you know how gay ppl just know when other gay ppl are around ? fatin picked up on the fact that shelby and toni were ~a thing~ probably long before that beach scene so basically what i’m getting at is fatin is bisexual case closed

[quinnfebrey]

one thing i absolutely fucking love about the characters on the wilds, which i was talking about with jordan @colorsinautumn, is the way they use similar tropes for multiple characters, but then make each person handle them completely differently.

leah and martha are both victims of sexual abuse and grooming on some level, but while martha repressed hers, leah deluded herself into thinking it was love.

shelby and toni are both lgbt, but about as far on each end of the security spectrum as it gets.

fatin and shelby are both the pretty girly-girls, but fatin is this sex positive, liberal californian, while shelby is initially portrayed as nothing more than tomi lahren’s hot younger sister (and then they deepen those identities! again!)

nora and dot both feel a responsiblity towards a family member and keeping them alive and healthy, but while dot does what her father asks, nora rats rachel out on more than one occasion.

leah and nora are both the weird, quiet, bookish girls, but again, couldn’t be more different in terms of personality and the way they interact with other peers.

and of course, the dynamic between the twins of “the grass is always greener” when it comes to attention from their parents

because of this, you can literally pair any character up with another and all of a sudden you have this unique, interesting dynamic. it’s amazing, and a sign of really well thought out writing and world building

[newportbarbies]

no but the way regan told toni “one little match and you catch fire just like that” and she doesn’t know how to handle it vs how shelby tells toni she’s this “fiery and passionate” person in a positive way and toni looks shocked that shelby likes that about her because ppl have told her, her whole life that she’s too much

[newportbarbies]

toni being so cold with everyone vs being the biggest softie and shyest person ever when she’s with shelby it’s so important to me

[newportbarbies]

the xantana kiss awakened the bisexual in me i cant lie

[newportbarbies]

new episode of ahs tonight vs realizing xavier is stuck and in a place that traumatized him and cant escape