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The OC Fic

May 20, 2009 16:19

Title: The Hart Break

Chapter 7, Part A

Author: ChaseII

Story Rating: PG-13(?) (minor language)

Disclaimer: The OC Universe, with all its assorted characters, belongs to Josh Schwartz, et. al. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended, nor is any money being made.

A/N: Many thanks to Beachtree, a delightful, generous, and insightful ( Read more... )

hart break

Comments 9

finlee May 20 2009, 20:40:39 UTC

Bless you... something to read other than what I'm supposed to be reading. I'll comment later, but thank you!!!

chaseii May 22 2009, 13:54:27 UTC

You're welcome...

finlee May 22 2009, 13:58:42 UTC

And I will do a real comment soon - RL clobbered me after printing out the chapter. It's on my couch waiting for me to come home!

finlee May 26 2009, 03:02:26 UTC

I finally got to read the chapter - it was just so excellent. I hate that I waited so long. I just love how the Harts speak to him and support him. Makes you wonder how things would have turned out if they were there all along.

I like to think this is really what happened on the show because I want Ryan to have these people in his life. I do like the Cohens but Ryan really needed so much more.

Thanks again for posting.

Thread 6

60schic May 21 2009, 03:25:55 UTC

Ok, now you have my support with the Harts. Although it feels like everything they are saying *sounds like* it's all in Ryan's best interest, it still feels like they are trying to put a wedge between him and the Cohens.

BUT...and this is a big but, those conversations he never had are ones that we all ranted about way back then---how could there have been no follow through by the Cohens? (stoopit PTB) How could they never have discussed it, sent him to a counselor, all gone through it together? Yep, it was missed parenting of a grand proportion.

So while I still don't want Ryan to be with the Harts, b/c in my mind the Cohens are the ones who truly saved his life over the last 3 years and gave him a future when the Harts just....left, they at least point out the bad parenting choices that occurred.

Now, on to more wonderfulness!

chaseii May 22 2009, 14:26:14 UTC

Like so many of us, I adored the concept of Cohen + 1, as it was initially set up for us at the beginning of season 1. However, TPTB, in my mind, left the original concept early on in the series, turning the show into more of a teen soap opera rather than the dramady it started out to be.

Throughout the years, the Cohens often disappointed me with their parenting, or lack thereof. I've probably spent too much time thinking through the whole canon Cohen/Ryan relationship.

If I'm honest, I'd have to say I still adore our fanfic Cohens, but the ones we got onscreen? Sadly, not so much...

After I was drawn in by the first episodes, there were 'moments' of Cohen+1, but as you indicate, there were times the PTB simply dropped the ball. I'd argue that they dropped the ball time and time again -- need I even mention Season 3?? *shudders*

Wish we'd been given input! We might have gotten the Cohens+1 I wanted to see play out on screen.

60schic May 24 2009, 04:00:02 UTC

If I'm honest, I'd have to say I still adore our fanfic Cohens, but the ones we got onscreen? Sadly, not so much

OMG - we have done such a better job of portraying Cohen+1 than TPTB!!!!! And we have been so much more true to the original concept of the characters than the writers, IMHO. Then again--we have actually paid attention to detail and have retained the continuity. Get a life, you say?