#Julie cooper

[radiodread]

the gamble || THE OC S1E03

[bloodbuzz-ohio]

The O.C. 2x12 The Lonely Hearts Club

[karihighman]

Love that Mischa posted her support of her OC cast mates supporting the strike!! 🪧👏 ⬆️

& Melinda posted the full photo on her IG along with Josh Schwartz who posted these epic signs on his IG stories!! 🪧👏 ⬆️

[zeroandvoid]

🦁 Julie Cooper moodboard 🦁

[starryeyesxx]

[teddypickerry]

genuinely how the fuck does julie cooper have fans??? suddenly in season three she’s seen as some woman who’s overcome her issues and wants the best for her daughter(s). oh, she lives in a trailer park now… she’s changed! are you forgetting her making marissa stay with luke even after he cheated? then later sleeping with her daughter’s boyfriend? THENNNN marrying her best and only friend’s father for money purposes and attempting to kill him. on top of all that, she ran off anytime things were hard and left her daughter (who indulged in self-harming behavior and was an alcoholic) alone to grieve. but no she’s “giving brat” and wears juicy tracksuits so she’s serving cunt! looooovvveesss ittttt

[moondstars]

Portia Featherington is the Julie Cooper Nichol of Bridgerton and she doesn't even have the risk of someone throwing sunbeds into her pool.

[winnie-the-monster]

[camibarbz]

3. The O.C.

4 years later and I'm back. It's safe to say that I'm somewhat of an expert at this show. I rewatch it at least twice a year. Let me just say CINEMATIC ART. Josh Schwartz actually ate down with this one. Okay here's my little spoiler warning -> SPOILERS AHEAD

The first episode is probably one of the best pilot episodes I've ever seen. From the beginning we get angst, we get drama, we get humor. Ugh it's just SO SO GOOD. Like are you joking? I can't even comprehend my thoughts I love this show. "Who are you?" "Whoever you want me to be." LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING. The soundtrack was iconic. The fashion, iconic. Some of the most quotable things. It was the perfect amount of drama for a teen show without going over the top (sorry Riverdale) and it was just so funny.

Character Review:

Marissa Cooper wasn't the worst person in the world, she was just hella misunderstood with a wacky mom and family. She is the human embodiment of a cry for help. Her mother is as they say - Julie Cooper. Although she loves her daughter, she loves status more. Some of her ideas were great, they just lacked in execution. And I know Marissa could be a pain, but she just needed help and love. She should've gotten that psychiatric help. But alas, she stays to add fuel to the fire. What is a teen drama without drama. She is such a nuanced character and I will not stand for the slander (maybe some but like SHE'S NOT ALL BAD CMOONN) She definitely did not deserve to leave the way she did. #rip

Ryan Atwood, the ultimate broody bad boy who's really a softie at heart. Literally could not catch a break. Went to jail (bc his brother wanted to steal a car) His girlfriend shot his brother (and we got a hilarious SNL skit out of it), burned down a staging home (luke's fault but still), got a girl pregnant (allegedly) and then she miscarried (lies), fell in love with Marissa (#rip) always felt like he had to fix everything for everyone (his downfall) became a cage fighter (cuz Marissa #rip) got kicked out of school senior year (cuz of Marissa #rip) came back to school (yay!) (my timeline if fked). I know his need to fix everything for everyone came from having to lock in throughout his childhood, but alas (again) where would the show be without it. Marissa was his real true love, no matter how toxic it was. They were literally written for each other. And super unpopular opinion but his relationship with Taylor near the end was cute! It might've been just what he needed. He was funny unintendedly and I loved the ongoing lore that he couldn't lie to save his life. and he was hot. NEXT

Seth mfking Cohen. I think the thing that got me was that he was just hella charming. He was a little shit, but his charm and humor got him through the show without being absolutely insufferable. Like all characters, he has his flaws but his character was there to make sure we weren't dark and gloomy all the time. I truly hope that after the time jump, he actually became a real person and not just a funny spoiled brat who is now an adult and married the love of his life. Now that I think about it, he didn't ever really have a true character arc, but at least he was goofy and funny. He's a perfectly imperfect character who has a purpose and executes it flawlessly.

Summer Roberts, loml. My favorite character of the series. From season 1, she has an EXPONENTIAL character arc. She turns from certified mean girl to a certified baddie with a heart as big as the sun. She always ate down with her outfits, had insane one liners, and was the one girl to always LOCK INNN when they needed her. When she actually ended up being a genius, I was OBSESSED. I liked how they approached this storyline as opposed to how Glee did it with Brittany. NO NOTES!

My favorite episode of the whole show was the one where they got locked in the mall after sorting clothes for the clothing drive. I love love love when shows do something fun to balance out the dread and drama. Them rolling around with the hockey masks looking like Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th was funny asf.

Rating: 9/10

minus 1 because (shockingly) i did not enjoy season 3. I didn't hate season 4 as much as everyone else, but the most insufferableness occurred during season 3 for me. Like Marissa's public school arc. Like Volchek (UGH) Like Johnny. #rip johnny but like BRUH CHILL OUT> However all the other points because of my favorite tv dad Sandy Cohen for saving the day (except when he cheated on his wife, that was so not cool sandy).

[mischas]

Thinking about the "Marissa has only been in love once, and he looked a whole lot different in a wife beater" scene...

On one hand, I love the quote itself. I love that the show consistently acknowledges that Ryan is Marissa's person (and vice versa)- and that Julie, who was so against Ryan in the beginning and still doesn’t care about Ryan as a person (re: her "deal" with trey) has come to accept that Ryan is Marissa's person. But the context makes me uncomfortable because Julie is saying it from a place of clear homophobia and maybe even a power battle with Alex

It's a great line, but it's also such a mean line. Unnecessarily mean, really. It's designed to signal the narrative shifting tides and going back to some of their foundational dynamics, but still awful to poor Alex who is truly just looking for her girlfriend. Like damn, she did not deserve that. And who cares if Marissa once loved Ryan? We as the audience know this, and we know they have unresolved shit, and Alex certainly knows they used to date, but to tell Alex that 1) you are this era's yard guy and 2) you cannot and will not be the love of my daughter's life is just so cruel. And it's not even if these things are true, it's that Julie so casually drops these bombs on this poor girl. For the record, the yard guy reference is SO gross and reductive. As the audience, we know Marissa has real feelings for Alex. So that's a nonstarter. AND it's homophobic like you said. Like she's just a phase. Ick. This is 2005, but still ick.

That said, I think the line does speak to how Julie views Ryan and RM from this third party perspective who floats in and out of their bubble. A lot can be said about Julie's upbringing as the show unfolds so her Ryan-tinted glasses are interesting to view things from. She has such tunnel vision when it comes to him in s1. But in s2 the whole DJ thing is designed to get under Julie's skin so of course she later puts Ryan on a pedestal as he isn't punching people at events anymore. It comes down more to how her daughter's paramours can serve her and her image and Marissa can read her mother so well. Obviously I wish more had been done in this area. It really goes away post 301 with that whole 'setting Ryan up for attempted murder' thing. But you're right that Julie knows Marissa's heart. At least partly. And we as the audience know it's only a matter of time, especially as we see sparks start to fly again in the mall. Obviously this all should've been stretched out more because I needed to see Ryan pining a little longer and Marissa dating Alex for longer than two seconds. But I do see the narrative shift that the scene/line/episode provide so it's doing its job.

[radiodread]

THE OC || S1E20: the telenovela

[tvscreencaps23]

[scoruspio]

Nah, I fucking love that scene in The O.C where Marissa loses it with her mum and the pool chair. Art.

[editfandom]

Julie Cooper - The OC

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TESTIMONIALS

"LITERALLY gaslight, gatekeep girlboss, a mom, and someone who fucks frequently. also i love her"

"it's the iced coffee"

[darkestgrays]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The OC (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Unnamed Atwood Brother, Ryan Atwood, Trey Atwood (The OC), Frank Atwood, Julie Cooper, Kaitlin Cooper, Marissa Cooper Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canonical Character Death, Non-Linear Narrative, Character Study, Relationship Study, Dysfunctional Family, Complicated Relationships Summary:

He is a mosaic of all that came before him.

He takes after a brother he’s never met. He has the same smile as his sister who died.

These people who make up his family, even though he’s not sure he really makes theirs.

Or, Julie and Frank's son reflects on his family and his weird family tree.

my The OC rewatch is inspiring more than i thought it would.