return to me.

[semisweet]

1. expatiates still = the former piratesdaughter.
2. i have lost all self-control. if you have dial-up, don't even think of clicking, f'real.
3. i have also apparently just noticed how hot ben mckenzie is, so this is ryan-heavy.
4. it's not funny. it is woeful, lol. be warned.


the o.c. 4x11 - the dream lover



first of all, a quick foray into storylines about which i did not care at all:

kaitlyn...hung around with bandgeek.


...was hated by bandgeekettes.




...realized that bandgeek was ungeeking himself for her benefit.


...and sent him back to his natural bandgeek habitat.



meanwhile, in the land of newmatch:


julie was in the doghouse.


kiki was still pissed.


there were cookies.


then there was a julie-sanctioned lie from spencer.


and a re-friending for the girls.


ok, that was good. on to things about which i actually care!




morning ryan & seth girl anxiety.




split-screen anxiety!






he has to call, right?


quasi-townwood!


































they'll call...right?!?!


so summer visits ryan at the handome turkey.




*bites*




bearer of bad news.


not an henri fan, so much.






tai che. :D




masculinity intact, thankyouverymuch.






surveying henri's future mcmansion.




dammit, you're not ryan.








ryan bites the bullet (but no bullit, woe) and goes looking for taylor.






instead, he gets yelled at by kaitlyn for his lack of present.


he thinks she's full of it.




she is hilariously appalled.








*ponders*


*is a 15-year-old who's right*




back at the coopers-roberts-townsend-winchester place...


seth & summer's romantic date is not going well.




che will fix things.


cohen, where are you?




there he is!


pretty.


that the balloon says "thanks" just makes it all 100000 times better.




ryan is incredulous.




he tries to make a run for it.








foiled again!










*leaves douchey to his poem*




taylor arrives later.


and gets all doted on.


but definitely does not want to have sex with henri, thank god.




so she gets thanked.




and pretends not to care.




summer calls taylor for cooking assistance.


only it's a lie. atwood ploy!






*has to tell tayor how he feels*


*is skeptical*










"i can do that."






advice-giver.




DO NOT CHOKE!


small hands.


wide neck.


seth and che continue communing with nature.




taylor shows up to help with summer's souffle.


but wait...!


ryan! (i don't know why he couldn't just call her, but ok.)










ryan is sorry.


taylor is, if you ask me, a little snippy for someone who spent the week with her ex.
















*was hurt*














maybe we ARE too different.


no, what matters is how we feel!






so how do we feel?


um.


uh.


er.


*coughs*


"..."


well.


ah.


*waits*




*more nothing*






*sees where this is (not) going*










henri's reading a poem about me.


it's a love poem, ryan. and it's long.




while ryan says more nothing...






...taylor heads out the door.






and she is totally filled with woe, much like myself.




oh, ryan.






*did what she thought was right*




HE GOT YOU A PRESENT!!! OMG SO NICE AND UNUSUAL!!!


oh.


OH.


OK I HAVE TO GO.


*pwns*




hey, i recognize those eyebrows!




*choked*




*loves his rollercoaster girl*






"TELL HER THAT!"


"you can either do something or you can do nothing."


"DO SOMETHING." (sandy loves him some townwood.)




"...a mug." hee.


taylor goes in search of that mug.








not sure if "adored" is the word.








seth and che make with the chanting.


and also the acid-dropping.










awesome 1.


awesome 2.


healed!


gay!


at the poetry reading that night...




ryan makes an appearance.










"WAIT."














"i have a poem, too."


;a;skfh;sdlfhaskfj.






*remembers that he's ryan atwood*


she's going to call security over a dude with a poem, srsly? stfu, lady.










go ahead, let him do it.


BITCH PLZ, I WILL DO IT.


omgomgomgomg.


AND THEN. RYAN ATWOOD. RYAN "KID CHINO" ATWOOD, PEOPLE.

"a sonnet, i don't know how to write."








"a haiku..."


"...five-seven-five..."


"...seems too tight."






ryan realizes he is not shakespeare and tries to make a run for it.


taylor is NOT having that.


"then there are three little words i'm not able to say..."


"...but taylor, this is what i can tell you today:"


(that's right, henri. pwned by the corn-fed farm boy.)


"...though i can't say those words to you tonight..."


"...please stick with me 'cause i feel someday i might."




ben rules. there's the teeniest shift from anxious...


...to relieved.


and then happy and bashful and awww!






i swear, this lady is the bane of my existence. SHUT UP LADY OMG.








*wanted to tell her how he feels*


*loves it*




SHUT UP LADY.


so in the way only she can, taylor wigs and runs off.


and ryan, spent, watches her go. :(


back at the hotel, taylor finds an "au revoir" letter, finalement!






she also finds something even better. ♥


meanwhile, seth and summer make out now that his otter is healed.


and che spins julie a tale of frog-otter love.


and she is weirded out.


and che knows that he has to tell his otter.


so he practices.


ryan sits out by the fire.


and there is sad music.


and finally, there is taylor.
















"i didn't love him, never would."


and ryan goes from this total happy, hopeful thing...




...to thoughtful...




...to hesitant.


















*desperate for love*




*will suck it up and say it*




*is not actually THAT desperate, thank god*








shouldn't be with anybody.


including ryan.


and ryan is sad, but understanding. of course.
















just looking at caps of this scene makes me want to cry. :(




taylor will treasure the poem forever.


*meant it*






*knows he did*




i have no idea how any woman could walk away from this.


but taylor manages.


"bye, ryan."


and he's silent.


and he lets her go.


because there's nothing else to say.


because she's right.


and so he sits.


*sobs forever*

Comments

[hauntedwispers.livejournal.com]

WHAT?????????????? She just leaves??? The writers better fix this!!!!!!

Thank you soooooo much for these... You seriously ROCK MY WORLD!!!

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

have you not seen the ep? :O

yeah, she basically says that she's realized that she needs to be stronger on her own before she can be with anyone, including ryan. and it sucks. :(

but nonetheless, glad you enjoyed! :D

[mandaspeaks.livejournal.com]

1. Have I told you how much I love you for doing these picspams? Because I do.

2. i have also apparently just noticed how hot ben mckenzie is, so this is ryan-heavy

*loves it*

3. I am not ready for it to be OOOOVER!

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

1. well, i love you for loving them! :D

2. hee. me too.

3. NEITHER AM I OMG. :(((((

[maidofawesome.livejournal.com]

I had to leave my computer alone for like an hour, waiting for all this to load. You are obsessed. But in a good way. Townwood 4eva!!1!

Why is Henri so ugly? That bugs me more than anything else. If he was a hot Frenchman, cool. But he is a fug Frenchman, who, apparently, smells. I don't see the appeal at all.

But Ryan doesn't like cheese. Which also concerns me.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

i don't think i even realized you watched the o.c., lol. and i'm glad you're willing to bear with my obsession while you wait for the pics to load. :D

yeah, henri definitely could've been hotter. someone on twop mentioned michael vartan, which would've been pretty awesome, i think. and i doubt michael vartan is smelly.

omg, ryan's dislike of cheese was one of the most upsetting parts of the ep, other than the massive otp-related emo. wtf is wrong with him?!

[belle-1220.livejournal.com]

I love your lack of self-control and your new found Ben appreciation. It makes me happy :)

just looking at caps of this scene makes me want to cry. :(

Me too, :(

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

they make me happy, too, lol. i mean, i never, like, didn't appreciate ben, but something clicked for me this ep and i was suddenly all "OMGBENNNNNNN" which i hadn't really been before. it's been building for a few weeks now, i think. so yummy, that man.

[bijou.livejournal.com]

eee. i'm glad at least that you've realized how hot ben is. i've always felt so alone in my love for him, because everyone has always been about the brody, and i've always been like "LOOKITTHEHOTBENNNNN."

and okay, the band geek girl who was all in love with will? bane of my existance. OMGZIGAVEHIMAPENITSLUVVVVV.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

oh, ben has ALWAYS been hotter than adam. i originally preferred seth to ryan, but lately i've been appreciating ben more and more, and he finally sealed the deal this week. i honestly think the lack of marissa has really helped. plus, i really love his hair shorter. he looks so much more manly and just...rawr.

i didn't mind the band geek girl TOO much; when she said the thing about giving him a pen, first i thought of hitch because that was albert's first ever contact with allegra, and then i thought of "i gave her my heart - she gave me a pen" and i went to a happy lloyd dobler place. :)

[diamondrocker.livejournal.com]

You aren't the only one who recently pulled their head out of their ass and realized how freakin hot Ben is. DAMN. I could stare at that boy all day.

Tai che.... Ha! *lovez*

Atwood ploys are awesome. There should be more of them. And Summer/Ryan scenes rule. DO NOT CHOKE!!

ryan! (i don't know why he couldn't just call her, but ok.)
Because it's more romantic and surprisey this way. And she can't hang up on him.

Ryan saying nothing is extremely hot.

and she is totally filled with woe, much like myself.
Much like ALL of us. *sniff*

hey, i recognize those eyebrows!
Seriously, where WAS he for the first half of the ep??? Was he caught in a whirlpool?

"...a mug." hee.
LOVED.

"i have a poem, too."
Cue hysterical white knight musack. Oh, and *swoon*

and so he sits.
And so I weep. *full of woe*

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

i don't know how i failed to properly acknowledge the supreme hotness of ben until now. i'm inclined to blame marissa, because that's always fun.

Summer/Ryan scenes rule.
totally! before townwood happened, i was totally in favor of some r/s. ben and rachel are great together. really, ben's great with most people who aren't mischa, ironically. (although he's best with autumn, hee.)

that white knight musak was THE BEST. i'm so glad you pointed it out, because i got such a huge giggle out of it.

ok, bring on 4x12. AND A REUNION, PLZ, JOSH SCHWARTZ. AND SEX.

[impik.livejournal.com]

"i have no idea how any woman could walk away from this". Sigh.

That was awesome, like every week. Very well done. This must take quite some time. Let's hope for a happier spam next week. Thanks.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

heh, it does take forever, kind of. and every week i vow that i will not make so many caps. and every week i FAIL, lol.

but i'm glad you enjoyed it!

[cmp87.livejournal.com]

So, as always, amazing picspam. I swear I look forward to these as much as the episodes. I have to say that I would totally not have been able to walk away from that boy an I don't think it was easy for Taylor either, hence, why did did not look him in the eye whilst saying her goodbye and leaving. And about the lady at the bookstore, honestly, couldn't someone shut her up? I could probably comment on everything, but I won't! Just know I agree with it all and I can't wait til Townwood is healed :)

[cmp87.livejournal.com]

One more thing before I shut up..that final scene..kills me. I cry more everytime I watch it..wahh.

[geebs.livejournal.com]

Awesome pic-spam, as usual! Everyone's bringing up the Ryan hotness, but let me just say Taylor's looking pretty amazing herself. Those two would prolly have some good looking spawn.

Its cool they're having more Ryan/Summer scenes, because before there was Townwood, I always thought those two would make an awesome 'ship. But getting back to R/T, as sad as the final scene was, I think Taylor's gonna work out her issues pretty quickly and they'll be back together in no time. With only 5 eps left (sucky!), things can't be moving at a snail's pace! I predict a reunion within 2 eps. Though it would kill me if they dragged it out until the last episode.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

aw, thanks! and yeah, ben/ryan is getting a lot of love from me this week, but that's because i've ALWAYS been of the opinion that autumn/taylor is hotter than the sun. i was a late-bloomer in my mckenzie appreciation, apparently. :P

i was absolutely in favor of ryan/summer, until i saw a spoilery cap of the kiss from 4x04 and went "OMG, RYAN & TAYLOR?! AWESOME." and the rest, of course, is history.

i definitely think they'll be back together pretty quickly. if there was going to be another season (sob), or even if this season was going to be 22 eps, i could see them drawing it out a bit, but with 5 eps left, they're not going to keep this new, totally popular pairing apart.

*clings to dawesome townwood*

[chosen5x5.livejournal.com]

I am with you on the Ben love. It's the hair (and lack of Mischa). His long shaggy hair was just hiding his PRETTY face. And it doesn't hurt that he has just looked astonishingly good these past few eps. Holy hell. I hope McKenzie finds some good work when The OC ends.

And OMGAWESOME2! THAT is the otter face that made me lol. Loves it.

*is focusing on the hot and the funny so as not to WEEP*

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

seth + otter is basically amazing, right? "...and you can do...otter-related activities." heeeee.

bennnnnnnn. so much with the gorgeous, srsly. i cannot believe i failed to appreciate it until now. i guess you really DON'T know what you've got until it's (almost) gone.

[subtle--sarcasm.livejournal.com]

meanwhile, seth and summer make out now that his otter is healed.

Oh my, that sounds so very dirty.

Okay, seriously, I did not get why on earth Ryan had to do the big apology! Yeah, he didn't return her calls. But I still think it's completely understandable that he was pissed about what she did.

That said: HE WROTE A POEM OMFG!!!!!!

And I'm still completely weirded out by why Che told his story of otter love to JULIE of all people.

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

That said: HE WROTE A POEM OMFG!!!!!!
srsly, i never in a million years expected that. even when he showed up, i thought maybe he'd say something, but a poem?! gah!!!

i think che just has no filters, so it never occurred to him NOT to tell julie, lol.

[whatever-we-are.livejournal.com]

*sobssobscriesweepswibblewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!*

Oh, teh Townwood. How you have broken me.

But there's those pretty pictures of them dancing in next week's episode! SURELY THEY MUST GET BACK TOGETHER? Otherwise, I fear we may both die *clings to you*

[inlipstickred.livejournal.com]

they will OBVIOUSLY get back together so they can make with the loooooooooove for the last few eps. *SOBS*

[singingrl.livejournal.com]

*tears up* gah, that last scene kills me :( I hope that they get back together soon...also, if a guy who looked like Ryan wrote me a poem...I would certainly not run off. Taylor has amazing will power lol

[whatever-we-are.livejournal.com]

Oh, and Ben. So glad you're starting to appreciate the HOTNESS. :P

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

YOU MADE ME CRY.

I was all set to tell you how much I love you for doing this, and how awesome I think you are, but NO. YOU HAD TO MAKE ME CRY.

Jesus god, you would think, with only 5 FREAKING EPISODES LEFT they would make us not want to cry, no?

::sigh::

[pm153.livejournal.com]

Wonderful picspam as usual :) This was such a sad ep for them, it physically hurts me to see them fight. And damn the writers for making me angry at Taylor for the first time ever because I cannot handle being mad at someone that adorable.

But never fear Frenchy is gone and they will dance next week and all will be right in the universe *is relieved*

[beabeabea.livejournal.com]

Once again, thanks so much for your picspam, but NOOOOOOOOOOO, what is up with Taylor that she can walk awy from Ryan?! Ryan who wrote her a poem and bought her a bear.

I spent most of this episode shouting "Go away Frenchy" at the screen whilst waiting for the big Townwood reunion. Dammit.

*Sobs in the corner until next week*

[platysseus.livejournal.com]

Ah, just lovely. This just redeemed the whole episode. :)

Until I read this, my favourite parts were Ryan/Summer time and Seth's hallucination...

The RyTa shipper in me was very disappointed, but I knew they would 'break up' at the end as I knew the RyTa plot of 4x12. ;)

This isn't the end...

[monnie44.livejournal.com]

"3. i have also apparently just noticed how hot ben mckenzie is, so this is ryan-heavy."
YOU HAVE FINALLY COME TO YOUR SENSES. OMG. I must say, it's about time. :)

Whilst I'm verrrry ... "unhappy" at a certain Townsend this week (wtf was "he left me at the talk show! wahhh! I hate him!" OMFG SHUT UP.), you're picspams are so awesome it just doesn't matter while I'm reading them. Can't wait for next weeks.

"i have no idea how any woman could walk away from this."
His face! My baby! :( They need to write me into the next episode so I can spend the 45 minutes sucking him off to make up for it.

[abvj.livejournal.com]

Have I ever told you how much I love it when you do these pic spams? I could be having the worst day ever and these would make it all better.

*sighs* I found new love for ben because of this eppy too!

[130587.livejournal.com]

Very nice picspam, as always. ♥

On a side note, the faces made between Ben & Willa are hilarious.

Snagging the mp3. Thanks. :]

[ihavemoreissues.livejournal.com]

I love your picspam. Look forward to it every week.

Oh, and, welcome to the I Heart Ben McKenzie Club. ;P

[the-kates.livejournal.com]

I seriously cried. WOE THE TOWNWOOD. Josh better fix this shit next week, or I will pwn him. Thanks for the hunky ryan and cappage of general WOE. Bah. There is no telling how hard I will cry when this ends. *guh* I might just kill my TV. Oh God, I don't even want to think about it. *sobs*

And yes, Ben McKenzie is ALL KINDS OF FINE.

[adri278.livejournal.com]

Aw, depressing picspam. I wish they could just be happy together! Who needs the drama? Thanks for this, it's great!

[kazfloyd.livejournal.com]

LMAO at the red haired lady comments! She was soooo annoying!!