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The O.C.'s gay legacy

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Michael Jensen

I have to confess I've never seen a single episode of The O.C. so when AE contributing writer Locksley Hall sent me her look at the show's gay legacy, I wasn't sure what to expect. But Locksley always has great ideas and delivers great articles, and after reading her take, I was pleasantly surprised to learn what a gay-friendly show it had been (although not perfect, as Locksley points out). And Locksley isn't the only to espy the show's gay sensibility. YouTube features a number of slash videos pairing up Seth and Ryan including this Brokeback Mountain parody. Check out the article and add in your two cents!


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    • Submitted by
    Michael Jensen
    on Tue, 2007-04-10 09:23.
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    Miss this show...

    Submitted by
    H (747 points) (151 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-04-10 09:45.

    Reading about the OC again really made me think about how much I miss that show! I really liked it.

     And about the article; I think that the first season was more about Ryan/Seth but that became less for each season after that. I never really thought anything more into it, because I loved Ryan/Marissa and Seth/Summer too much.

    But when Seth sailed away it really felt like it must have been more then just loosing  a friend. I don't know. They would have been really cute together though, but Summer and Seth are like my favorite couple ever on TV.

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    'brothers' sail

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    Markie27 (1002 points) (268 posts)
    on Tue, 2007-04-10 17:29.
    after reading this article i immediately tuned on to youtube (thank God for youtube! - and afterelton ofcourse)... there are a lot of great slash videos .. and one prominent sign of homosexuality (not just homoerotic) in the "brotherly" seth/ryan relationship is the brothers sail moment... because the sail of the boat showed the colors of the rainbow!
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