One Tree Hill has had some of the most over the top storylines on TV. Murder, fratrecide, prom-night hostage crises, getting to the NBA through starting out in career of playing SlamBall, virgins gone wild after too much whiskey, a psycho nanny bent on kidnapping and torture by keeping Dan hostage in an exact replica of a hospital room while slowly torturing him, then using him to lure his grandson Jamie into her clutches with a of bonus keeping his first heart transplant, a dog literally eating the second heart Dan was supposed to get transplantated.
At 22-23, they have had best selling novels, successfully launched record labels, and Brooke has dated half of Hollywood while having time to not only launch a clothing line, a store, a magazine, but estrange herself from her mother, taken care of a baby waiting for a heart transplant and become a foster mother to a girl who's (now) boyfriend's brother was the one who attacked her and killed the gang's high school friend oh and meet a Hollywood producer who already been to Sundance and wants her and her foster daughter to move to LA.
OTH doesn't just jump the shark - they ride it .
Shooting starts up in about 7 weeks and the writers will be soon back there old tricks. And its tough to keep it fresh in the 7th season and flesh out a recurring character into a regular. But OMG knows Austin and the parts he's played better than anyone, so why not give your best suggestion and help the OTH writers out with a Julian storyline suggestion.
Perhaps like:
Waterskis to save Brooke from pirates off the coast of Tree Hill trying to hijack her clothes line and restoring her relationship with Victoria before their secret wedding
Takes Haley's place teaching English at Tree Hill High has half of school loving him or confusing the rest in their identities 
Play a tennis champion at Tree Hill Country Club for the chance to go to Wimbledon and bring back the McEnroe look singular handedly.
Gets caught in a freak natural disaster in a library with icy walls, a pack of wolves and a smiling blue eyed stranger as they try to build a utopian society with the fellow survivors while waiting for Dennis Quad and the U.S. Geological Society to save them.
Secret thumbsucker secret shame
Discovers a hidden goldmine underneath waters Tree Hill with the help of magic dust, some dolphins and two twin elves (wait that's the Olsens)
Sleeps with Brooke, Victoria (Brooke's mom -Daphne Zuniga), Chase and Owen in a love quadangle set to 90's pop hits.
Becomes a Vestiphobic
Performs Dan's heart transplant using only a plastic spoon, a box cutter, a stapler and the heart from the stalker who was after ex girlfriend Peyton, with Lucas torn over his feelings between him saving Dan and and saving Peyton and holding the still beating heart.
Paul is not his father, but stole him as an infant from a monastary only to have them come back to take Julian in order fulfill the secret prophecy of Samuel
Julian is John John is Julian as told by Neal Cassady to David Milch in an acid flashback
Go for it and give your best and most outrageous shot at a Julian storyline - the OTH writers will thank you for it.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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That's a great story Wicked.
I love the fact that OTH has these quirky elements mixed in. I'll have to put on my writer's cap later on when I have time to think and see if I can come up with any of my own.
Watching OTH, even when Austin is not on, has become my guilty pleasure, a perfect thing for a Monday night. They help offset the syrup. There are still characters and/or plot lines I have no interest in, and some things that are just too unrealistic to buy (a school dance for six-year olds, e.g.) but the one thing I wish they would really change is the music, which is sooo not my taste. It would have such a different feel with different music.
I'll leave the proposed OTH plot lines to some of our slash writers. I must confess to dozing off and hitting rewind more than once when Austin is not on the screen, although I do know everybody's back story now.
I have never seen that picture of Austin, second from bottom before. What a cutie he was even then. No wonder Jake's world was rocked when he first laid eyes on him.
Austin media is showing a Deadwood item autographed by Austin for sale on EBAY. Any handwriting experts here? It's a bold signature, though I am never sure if such things are real or not.
Interesting what you said about the music Destiny, since music is such a big part of OTH. Mark Schwahn has said that each episode title is named after a particular song that has something in common with that episode theme.
In fact One Tree Hill was named after the U2 song.
Some of the band's that have had their music on the show include:
Oasis (band), Radiohead, Stereophonics, Mclusky, Snow Patrol, Frightened Rabbit, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Bon Iver, Keane, Starsailor, Travis, Feeder, Dashboard Confessional, Pink, The Cure, Switchfoot and Foo Fighters. Some of the artists who have played on the show are Gavin DeGraw, FallOut Boy, Sherly Brow, Kate Voegele, Jack's Mannequin, and Nada Surf.
But the one thing that OTH has done that no other non-cable TV series has ever done, was to get Led Zeppelin to license a song (other other show is the Sopranos)for use in the show. The song was "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" for the season 3 finale.
M, that screencap is from show Sliders, Austin was in the episode call the The Great Work.
The Sliders land on a barren little island in the middle of the ocean (Catalina). They find refuge with a mysterious order of monks who are busy gathering, recording and codifying the accumulated wisdom of their species below the monastary. They're trying to protect the wealth of human knowledge and culture from a marauding faction known as the Volsangs - a Viking-like race of pillagers who have conquered this Earth.
Austin did a lot of guest appearances, and did some pilots between Durango Kid and Holiday in the Sun till he got the part in Six Feet Under that seemed to get him alot of notice.
I didn't know that about Led Zepplin, that's really surprising. Given that they have no problem licensing their music for commercials, I'm surprised they don't do it more often for shows, but maybe it is a matter of the cost. Maybe someone has a kid who likes to watch the show.
They did use The Cure this week, but at least this season it has been mostly pop/ballad/angsty female singer types, a genre I really dislike. And except for Oasis, Radiohead and Pink, not a fan of most of the bands you mentioned, just not my cup of tea.
I have no idea what Austin's writing looks like, and it would be so easy for someone to forge a signature. The only time I broke down and bought something that was autographed on Ebay--by U2--was from a charity auction that I heard about from U2's own website, so I figured it had to be real.
Austin's signature has changed over the years. In the beginning it was big A with more connected scribble with a "t", and the a big N, and you could see the "l" in Nichols. Now is more block and distinct, but it is reminiscent of someone else's writing style. ; ) Maybe there is a handwriting person here OMG that can give a little more insight on signature and writing.
You can see the Deadwood signature is similar to the signature he was signing when meeting fans on the set of OTH.
Vestiphobia is the fear of clothes. Special you crack me up.
and #MabyeByBaby #JudasJack-Off is SO coming out before #ToothyTile! Way!
Amazing Austin pics, I love the Sliders one, and the dolphin!
I do have one question about the Julian coming back to OTH.
What the heck is he going to do?
Start a production company in Tree Hill trying to bring back videos working with Peyton's record label? A film teacher? A Philosopher/Poet/Troubadour? Start a website that becomes a overnight sensation that rivals facebook and twitter? Or will he want to settle down and let Brooke bring home the bacon?
Wow, I hope Ted is not teasing us. Is Hayden dumping the beard and tying the knot with his boyfriend??
I've wondered that too Special, I've been kind of wondering it they aren't going to make some big changes, and have Brulian in L.A.? But more than that, I'm wondering what they're going to do to poor Peyton. I know, I can't believe I'm wrapped up in the stories like this. :-D
New Informers Clip (threesome scene)
WARNING: NSFWANJ
I was looking at The Awful Truth and happened to glance at the definitions, which I had not looked at in a long time. Maybe someone mentioned this before, but I don't recall seeing it. "jaked up - a single person - or budding couple - relentlessly pushed by the tabloids via endless coffee-date...". Now I wonder where that name came from. The definition was added 4 mos ago.
I love this song. Thanks, Spesh, I hadn't heard this for a while.
Watching that new Informers clip I kept thinking this movie really should have come out a long time ago.
YEAH! Maine committee recommends the passage of same-sex marriage bill!
YEAH! YEAH! NH Senate passed the Same-Sex marriage bill!!
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! House of Reps passed the Matthew Shepherd Act!!!
Let's take a moment to celebrate these victories!!!!
That's wonderful! Isn't it great that the Democrats now control the House and we have humane, intelligent president?
Yes it is great! On a related note, there are some seriously delusional people out there. I saw that a representative from N.C. in her speech claimed that the Matthew Sheppard incident was a "hoax" and that it was just a robbery and had nothing to do with his being gay.
That's very funny M about "jaked". I hadn't seen that before. Maybe it'll make it into the urban dictionary.
I see on wft2 that there was a question that went along with that Ted twitter, here's the whole thing:
MaybeMyBaby said
@theawfultruth let it go ted. non-news is tiresome. tell us more about toothy tile. good god. how long has THAT been around?
Ted said
@MaybeMyBaby this is major. The whittling down to #RPattz making a decision is getting closer.
and #MabyeByBaby #JudasJack-Off is SO coming out before #ToothyTile! Way!xx
That changes how I see it. Since he was answering a question about TT, he's saying that even Hayden, who dumped his boyfriend and got engaged, is more likely to come out. And someone who is that desperate is unlikely to ever come out, so I think Ted is now saying he believes Jake will never ever come out, and maybe Ted is going to move.
Okay, I know I'm mostly talking to myself today, but some links to some great stories.
One about an athlete that was out to his college football team, and how positive it was. I especially love the bits about how nothing changed in the locker room, they all wanted to hear about gay sex, and they came to his and his date's defense one night when they were in a restaurant.
xx
Gay Football CaptainHoward Stern on the need for gay marriage.
xx
Stern
Coming out before - to me means ahead of; to me it does not imply never about Toothy.
I do wonder if the capitalize SO maybe could also mean something else - like significant other. You know how Ted also like to write with a double meaning.
Adam Ant, another bad boy Brit in leather. :)
Originally the SO made me think ted was implying it would happen soon, but now I don't think that. I agree it must have another reference.
Naw, you're not talking to yourself, Destiny. I just got home & grimaced when I saw I had left my internet up the whole time we were gone. Brother. But yes, indeedy, it is quiet.
I was horrible at Tedspeak, though, let alone TwitterTedTalk. That's even more indecipherable to me. I can't tell anything with those pound signs and whatnot in there. Looks more like there's a virus in there or something.
Anyway, I still say how on earth can Ted possibly know if Jake would ever come out in his lifetime. Heck, I bet Jake doesn't even know. If Jake could've had his mind changed from one minute to the next from coming out individually or coming out with Austin to being talked into an Industrial-Sized Bearding campaign, how can anyone, including Jake, say for sure what he's going to be doing in the next 6-9 months. And, if Jake did indeed go from a mini-bearding campaign to this multi-year platinum edition bearding mini-series, that would be something else that changed unexpectedly.
But, depends on what Ted is saying, lol. No need to go on a big spiel when I don't even know what he's saying in that Twittertittertatter.
Well, I don't have a plot for OTH. I am mentally exhausted from panic birthday shopping for my cousin. And the last store, Target, was so hot in there. Unfortunately, her present is going to be mailed late but well, can't be helped.
The self-induced, somewhat of a Jaustin Quarantine/Isolation was pretty successful and indeed is still helped by their laying low. The mad has long subsided/ebbed (just don't show me any pictures, tho, it's liable to bring all that back up bubbling to the surface again) although I cannot honestly say I am back riding in the back of their little red wagon. I'm following behind, thank you, on my own bike, complete with black banana seat, monkey bars, colored streamers on the handles, and a holder for my IPod. And I am keeping a safe, observant distance so's I can keep an eye out for any danger ahead. Because I'll do a wheelie & I'll veer off the path if I see another one of those deals coming again. I will ditch their short, little parade, no doubt about it. Take the more scenic route.
Besides, the best action is really in the grandstand bleachers with all the buds. Raising a ruckus.
Whoa. On second thought, scratch that Ipod holder, not unless there's some speakers. Talk about unsafe. I cannot be setting a bad example when it comes to safety.
SAFETY FIRST!!!!
Will have to sing for self-entertainment.
LOL PG. I can just see you on that bike. I can understand how you feel about needing a break, but I've sure missed your posts, especially at lunchtime.
And you're right of course about Ted now really knowing, although he does understand how HW works, and I think that is probably what his post is based on. Ted is probably like a lot of us, thinking nothing will ever change.
Chiming in before I turn in. I think Ted is just looking forward to a big heavyweight actor coming out. He thought (hoped) it would be Toothy leading the pack, but he sold out. At this point Ted is excited about the prospect of the new blind vicer leading the charge.
Not a fan of the twitter either. Too short. It's hard enough to grasp what Ted is trying to say when he writes a whole paragraph or two. A few words makes it ludicrous. I'm lucky I even know what twitter is, but I do try to keep up. I've noticed that when Ted mentions Pattison now it generates 500+ comments.
Dest, I love that story about the gay football captain.
Chiming in, completely agree with you about Ted on Twitter.
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