Huge fan of the OC 2 Launch Period "shining star is Rashid, Cursed Arm's son" theory because. Lets put it this way
Imagine you're Cursed Arm. You've had a pretty rough life filled with sacrifice that, looking back, wasn't really worth it, but things are fine now. You got a solid job, your boss is nice, you feel like you're doing mostly good things. All round, great.
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Imagine you're Ritsuka Fujimaru. Life Is Ok. Things have been rough for a while, but it's fine, right. You have been traveling all over, you got a lot of incredibly cool friends, you're learning a lot of stuff, great opportunity! Everything is fine, yeah.
Then suddenly, as you're just walking around with your colleagues, some boy shows up out of nowhere and almost throws himself at you. Not unusual. But you have no fucking idea who he is. A bit weird, but not unheard of.
Then he starts babbling stuff about you haven't even said to yourself, and you immediately start trying to shut him up.
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Imagine you're Shining Star. You're hanging out at some sort of bar for a celebration you got invited to as you moved to a new place. You don't drink, but hey. Then someone you never saw before rolls up to you and starts chatting. You can smell the alcohol on them but they seen very put together and are very charismatic so they're probably not drunk, just tipsy, you think, from what very little you know about drunkenness. They're also very angry and sad about a lot of stuff, but they're emotions you understand well so you hit it off.
Eventually, they ask if you could go to your place and you're nervous, but sure, why not. You talk some more, have some emotional heart-to-heart about stuff, and you don't think you ever felt more understood. After a while, a blond girl knocks on your door asking for Ritsuka, who enthusiastically hugs the girl they call 'Mash', so you just say goodbye and guess you'll never see them again.
Then a couple weeks later, there they are. And they have no fucking idea who you are after you poured open your heart and body.
You're getting a bit annoyed.
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Imagine you're Cursed Arm.
Your son just stopped you and your boss' little group in the middle of the street. He hasn't noticed you're there. One of your boss' boyfriends started picking a fight with him over how intimate he is being. Your boss looks like they are about to have a meltdown. You have never seen your kid be this clingy to someone and you quickly put together the level of affection, the way Ritsuka remembers jack shit and what is going on.
You figure out. Your boss. Drunkenly had sex with your son.
Nevermind the fact this information is pivotal to stopping a public brawl from breaking out.
What.
The fuck.
Do you do.
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