The O.C. Fic: I Used To Be An Optmist, But I'm Not Anymore
A while ago I promised O.C. drabbles to Ctoan, Famous99, Miss_Begonia, Smc36 and OvernighterThe popular themes were Ryan angst, a bit of Cohen + 1 and a frankly mean request from Miss_Begonia to incorporate the words "brownies, fertile, metrosexual and bunny" into one slashy, fluffy future drabble. Heh. I totally did it, by the way. Somehow they
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I very much liked each of these, so much angst, until the last one, creative much!
These definitely prove short can say a lot. You tackle so many lost opportunities to provide more depth and backstory for Ryan, the baby and the idea that Sandy might have seen Ryan and Trey before, highly plausible.
My absolute favourite is the one for Famous love each piece of Ryan's life that you pick out to associate the smells with and each one at night when such feelings are stronger, I think. Sum greater than the whole? Saying so much with so few words.
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Dude, it nearly killed me. You know how I like to go on and on Mrs Doyle styl-ee! But drabbles are fun and take a discipline all of their on so I'm glad I tried it and very glad it worked for you!
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and sorry to report that your music link seems to be buggered, sweets
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I think I blasphemed to the yousendit gods or something. It was a bit big. I may well try again...
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As for the drabbles. They were awesome. It takes a lot to write a short piece. It take more control. It's more aligned with poetry, which I suck at. I loved these. Each one evoked such emotion, especially the one where you learn Sandy had met Ryan before.
As for the title... you put a lot of pressure on me... I feel like I have to now it. Alas,I don't. It rings a bell. I'm thinking the Outisders by S.E. Hinton, but I don't think it. Then I was thinking maybe in the His Dark Materials Trilogy. But I can't place it. *sigh* I feel like a failure now.
But I loved my pressie anyway.
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It's from "Just As Long As We're Together" by Judy Blume, it's the title of Stephanie's essay after her parents separate. I love that book. Admittedly, it's kind of obscure!
I have to say the drabbles were tricky, particularly the one for overnighter. After the first wo came out at 184 words each by coincidence, I had to keep it up and the implications of a prior interaction were so huge, it was difficult to find the right framework for it, so I'm glad it worked for you! Quite smugly pleased with myself actually...
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I can't get over how much i love you icon.
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You chose a great, significant range of topics that tap into so many emotions and issues that TPTB have yet to address. *Sigh* Each one has its compass and there's a sense of continuity- until the final one!
Thanks, but I can't take much credit for this, I was prompted for most of them, I just ahd to find a way of telling them. It's nice to do bite size angst.
He can't help himself and he keeps getting hurt.And don't we just love that, sadisists that we are ( ... )
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Don't know about the Dawn thing. I think it may have evolved, but at some point became a conscious way of dissassociating himself from what she represented and not letting her get too close. If she's a person with a name, that same expectation and dependence isn't implied or anticipated. It humanizes her and makes her not so much the infallible parent kids see up to a certain age, but someone with problems who doesn't and can't parent. If she loses that connection and that significance, then the lack of concern and contact loses it's punch- in theory.
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*ahem*
I'm a Seth girl at heart, weird considering I mostly write Ryan centric fic. I just think he's fascinating, really we know less about who made him who he is than we do Ryan. And I hope that Dawn shows up again, just to give us more things to discuss. Bring on season 3!
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