I had a huge love affair with the OC back when it first aired, but come season 3 I kind of gave up on it and got really, really frustrated. Because the entire Seth/Summer/college drama thing was just weird and annoying and poorly written. I didn't even watch S4 when it aired except for the finale. Plus, there was the college/work/real life thing. But this summer, I engaged in a massive EPIC rewatching project and ... yeah, Cohens+1 and Sandy/Kirsten? I fell in love ALL OVER AGAIN.
I agree with you as far as the flashback scenes from season 4. I wanted to see the fun, rebellious Kirsten Nichol who turns down USC and the Ivies to smoke pot and study art history and completely escape from Jimmy Cooper and Newport. I was really, really pissed about her work storylines after her alcoholism - NewMatch with Julie Cooper? Is this really the woman who is supposed to be Sandy's intellectual equal? And I was pissed that in the final episode flashforward, they didn't do anything about what Kirsten was actually doing. What about her art gallery in Sausalito?
I wish they had spent less time in season 3 dealing with the nonstop Marissa drama saga and spent more time on the characters that were far more interesting -- Cohens+1 and Summer.
Re: the mermaid poem -- YES, YES, YES. That pissed me off SO MUCH. I get what they were going for, but they could have done that without making the mermaid poem TAYLOR'S.
Also, I've been dabbling with writing some OC fic. I've only finished one (and I literally JUST finished it), but it IS Sandy/Kirsten if you want to read it. (http://community.livejournal.com/for_the_coast/2450.html#cutid1) Also, I don't know if you've ever scoured fanfic.net for reasonable fic, but this one (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3597585/1/for_this_is_the_beginning_of_forever) is one of my favorites because it actually makes some sense of the screwy timeline.
apparently, i have pent up issues and fandom related rage
I had a huge love affair with the OC back when it first aired, but come season 3 I kind of gave up on it and got really, really frustrated. Because the entire Seth/Summer/college drama thing was just weird and annoying and poorly written. I didn't even watch S4 when it aired except for the finale. Plus, there was the college/work/real life thing. But this summer, I engaged in a massive EPIC rewatching project and ... yeah, Cohens+1 and Sandy/Kirsten? I fell in love ALL OVER AGAIN.
I agree with you as far as the flashback scenes from season 4. I wanted to see the fun, rebellious Kirsten Nichol who turns down USC and the Ivies to smoke pot and study art history and completely escape from Jimmy Cooper and Newport. I was really, really pissed about her work storylines after her alcoholism - NewMatch with Julie Cooper? Is this really the woman who is supposed to be Sandy's intellectual equal? And I was pissed that in the final episode flashforward, they didn't do anything about what Kirsten was actually doing. What about her art gallery in Sausalito?
I wish they had spent less time in season 3 dealing with the nonstop Marissa drama saga and spent more time on the characters that were far more interesting -- Cohens+1 and Summer.
Re: the mermaid poem -- YES, YES, YES. That pissed me off SO MUCH. I get what they were going for, but they could have done that without making the mermaid poem TAYLOR'S.
Also, I've been dabbling with writing some OC fic. I've only finished one (and I literally JUST finished it), but it IS Sandy/Kirsten if you want to read it. (http://community.livejournal.com/for_the_coast/2450.html#cutid1) Also, I don't know if you've ever scoured fanfic.net for reasonable fic, but this one (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3597585/1/for_this_is_the_beginning_of_forever) is one of my favorites because it actually makes some sense of the screwy timeline.