#like what do u mean the only season marissa cooper is treated well by the narrative is the season mischa barton is dating her older co-star

[mischas]

hi, i just finished season 3 after avoiding the show for almost a year (pure dread @ knowing what happens) because going pages-deep into your blog made me remember how much joy i got from these characters. i started watching in 2021, and always came back to your page because you care so deeply for Marissa's arc, Mischa's self-advocacy as an actress, and the heart this show has despite it's bizarrely evil showrunner/crew. i learned how awful the work environment was for Mischa through your posts, and it makes the s3 finale 50x more devastating. but you & your mutuals have created a lovely little community for The OC, safe from the weird fandom/cultural misogyny around Marissa, and i just wanted to say thank u!

Hi sweetheart just know this message made me cry when I read it the other day lol 😭😭 In a very nice, good way of course. So thank you for sending this in!! I'm so, so glad that Marissa fans can find a little nook of comfort over here after all these years. I know it's a comfort to me. It's such a shitty feeling when the thing you love so much turns out to suck massively. And that most of the people who made it sucked then and suck now too. It's been such a weird few months of revelations. I'm lowkey scared of what the next year holds in that regard. But excited that MB's opened the lid on some stuff.

It made me a little sad that you learned so much from this blog when this shit should be blared from megaphones in show-centric spaces, but I'm not surprised. It's been Marissa/Mischa fans vs the world since 2003, tbh, and I'm really not exaggerating. I'm glad that people can pick up on things I say plainly and the other stuff underneath too. I acknowledge this is a super, super niche topic and not everyone has the same fixations I do, lmao. But still. This show was a phenomenon. It's essentially why we have the Kardashians in our lives. Perhaps why Bravo is the empire it is today. Why indie rock became mainstream for a time. The core four were on Entertainment Weekly. MB was on nearly every magazine cover imaginable promoting the show. How TPTB fumbled that bag so excellently plays on my mind a lot.

As for how it makes 325 even worse...... yes. I can't even talk about it much. Let alone what they turned it all into after. Another thing I'm scared of learning more of is the decision-making there. Think there are still things that will shock + disgust. Like MB having a sober coach toward the end of her tenure and them making her pretend to do coke on camera. Right before they fire her! Though ofc Stephanie and Josh don't have the balls to do it themselves and Josh can't even face the Bartons on the 325 set. Disgusting people who have only failed upwards and continue to do so. I will never get over this!