shallowness

As I haven’t been watching any TV that I’d post about (I will get around to it, and with the bank holiday, this week will be lighter), I reposted a fic yesterday!

Sweet (I could be your favorite girl), The O.C. PG. 368 words. Kaitlin/Spencer. Summary: Over the years, she’s been getting better and better at having things her own way. Fluff. Established relationship. Future fic. (First posted in April 2007.

I only lightly edited it, although I wanted to do something about the first two paragraphs and all the uses of ‘nibbling’, but it would have been too much. Wow, that was only a month after I last reposted a fic.

Apparently The Wheel of Time is cancelled (is it my fault for not getting around to watch the third season yet?) :( In possibly good news, I saw that pictures from Zootopia 2 were released. Admittedly, sequels don’t have a great record (especially of original properties), but I am excited about more adventures with Judy and Nick and exploring the world further. It will all come down to the script. While I get it that they won’t be developing the ship, and that's fine, that's what fic is for, I don’t want to see any love interests for either.

I reposted a ficlet yesterday: That Cooper Family Christmas Feeling, The O.C. PG. 280 words. Kaitlin, gen. Summary: Alt!world Kaitlin’s Christmas Eve night. AU. Post 4.07. ‘The Christmukk-huh?’ (March 2007)

Very seasonal! (Or not.) Very niche, as it expands a bit on the alt world Ryan and Taylor visited. Lightly edited from the original version.

Étoile 1.1 The Swap

Me a few weeks ago: Why is YouTube promoting this trailer at me?

Me last week: OH, it’s an Amy Sherman-Palladino project about ballet (never did get to see Bunheads) on Prime.

Me after watching the trailer: Oh, I am so watching this.

This is me after watching the first episode.

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AKA Icons Week

( Dressing up. Two couples choices. )

Before that, I reposted a ficlet yesterday:
Feeling Fine The O.C., G/Universal. Kaitlin Cooper, Drabble. Summary: Mothers and daughters. Spoilers for ep 4.07. The Christmukk-huh? (March 2007)

I am reassured that AO3 has it at 100 words, as did I when I counted each one out – Word said it was 99. No editing required, although I don’t love the title. It’s from spring 2007, when The OC’s fourth season (the only one I have on DVD) kept inspiring fanfiction. If it were as easy to repost all my fics as that was, I would have caught up by now.

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and all that. (Mine has been unfortunately sleep deprived.)

It occurred to me I had the time and space during the build-up to Christmas to get back to reposting fic (I’m not writing any new fanfiction), so I reposted a couple here and on AO3.

Je me souviens, every single thing, The O.C., PG, Taylor/Ryan implied. Coda to 4.04 ‘The Metamorphosis’. 169 words. Summary: I remember every single thing. (February 2007).

Do Atwoods dream of French dictionaries? The O.C., PG. Ryan, Kirsten. Past Ryan/Marissa, Ryan/Taylor implied. 380 words. Missing scene for 4.04 ‘The Metamorphosis’. Summary: Ryan had a weird dream. Coffee and Kirsten don’t really help. (February 2007)

I don’t have much to say about them. Looking back, I think they’re slight, but they show how taken I was by Taylor/Ryan in season 4 of The OC. (I had an absolute HTML-related nightmare updating the masterlist after ‘Je me souviens’.)

Strictly Christmas Special

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Title: Je me souviens, every single thing
Fandom: The O.C.
Rating: PG.
Pairing: Taylor/Ryan implied.
Word count: 169.
First posted: February 2007.
Summary: I remember every single thing.

Notes: Coda to 4.04 ‘The Metamorphosis’. Written listening to Jem’s ‘Finally Woken’, though the summary comes from Pulp’s Disco 2000. Thanks to Taylor for making me scramble to remember my A-level French and lamiss12 for correcting it. All mistakes are mine, the characters are not.

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Suitably, the finale edged it of the four episodes on the fourth disc.

( The Case of the Franks / The Shake-Up / The Night Moves / The End Isn’t Near…It’s Here )

So, I am now rereading Taylor/Ryan fics and about to move on to watching Burn Notice season 3 on DVD.

And finally

( the usual questions and potential spoilers )

The next DVD boxset on my 'To Watch' pile was Burn Notice season 3, but as all the dramas I’ve been watching lately are spy or spy-adjacent adventures, I needed a change, and skipped to The OC season 4. It’s the first time I’ve rewatched the show since it aired, apart from seeing bits of a subbed episode somewhere on holiday. I accept the first season was probably the best, but this was the season of Ryan/Taylor, which I loved to bits, so I bought the DVDs second hand.

Anyway, the rewatch is an exercise in nostalgia – I’m still enjoying the title song – ( california! )


And yes, I was motivated to post 'EXHIBIT: Sharp-suited Man' because I watned to rewatch this.

Title: On the outside, moving in.
Fandom: The O.C.
Pairings: Ryan/Anna, Seth/Summer.
Rated: PG-13 (about what you’d get on the show)
Word count: 3,322.
First posted: March 2006
Summary: It’s not the first time that both Ryan and Anna have been outsiders, so they know how to deal with it differently.

Notes: Futurefic (written having seen season 2 only). This was largely the result of my watching season 1 on DVD. With thanks to lusmeitli and FridayAngel for the beta, all errors and idiocies are mine. [Edited in April 2017.]


( On the outside, moving in: shallowness )

Title: Wouldn't it be nice...?
Author: shallowness
Fandom: The O.C.
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairing: Julie
Word count: 579
First posted: May 2005
Summary: It's Valentine's Day, and Julie has her credit card.

Disclaimer: I make no profit from this fan-written fiction.

Author's Note: 2nd person POV. Present tense. Thanks to FridayAngel for the beta. Takes place during 'The Lonely Hearts Club'

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