stlavin95

It definitely was more down to earth compared to the later seasons lol.

jediwands

I remember how much I fell for Peyton when I watched the first few episodes of season 1. I could relate to her introversion big time, even the kind of music she listened too. I didn't know until later on that the loss of her mother would be something in real life I could relate to as well. I also loved Lucas and Haley immediately as well but Peyton was THE character that got me motivated to stick with the show. Hilarie played her to perfection. I instantly loved Lucas/Peyton romantically. I also loved the Lucas/Haley and Peyton/Haley friendships. Lucas/Peyton was my biggest romantic ship (that never changed from day 1, shipped them the second The Pilot was over), Lucas/Haley and Peyton/Haley friendships are the three pairings of season 1 for me.

BlondieLeigh

The friendships were the first highlight for me.

stlavin95

Yeah, Season 1 was great for those pairings and I loved Lucas/Peyton/LP from the Pilot too.

BlondieLeigh

I have rewatched the pilot since I finished, and did love LP in it. Not sure why I didn't before.

stlavin95

Why didn't you like them in the first time around?

BlondieLeigh

When I first started watching I was told by the person that got me to watch that I would love Brooke and BL. I think I spent quite a lot of the first season trying to force myself to do that for her so missed a lot.

stlavin95

Fair point, I got told that too.

Slayerette89

It is a bit awkward when a friend gets you into a show expecting you'll see it a certain way, but that doesn't end up being the case. I had that with the OC. A friend of mine liked Ana a lot and told me that, much though the OC repealed me in general, I'd like her character if I gave her a chance. She also hoped I'd hate Summer as much as she did because we shared a dislike for that type of characters. Neither of those things happened. I was just more or less indifferent to everyone on that show when I tried watching.

That's awesome when a character resonates so much with you. They did do a good job with capturing introversion (or at least one type of it), as well as alienation and anger at the world imo, with Peyton.

I never would have stuck with this show either if it hadn't been for Peyton. I originally started mockwatching it after I saw 2.01 because it was just so hilariously bad. But mockwatching would have gotten old pretty fast if there was nothing on the show I genuinely loved. I liked Lucas and Haley too, but neither of them would have been enough to keep me watching. Though I can relate to some aspects of their characters (Lucas's single mother upbringing and love for literature, Haley's academic ambitions, both of their self-righteousness mixed with outward politeness/niceness towards people).

stlavin95

^ Yeah I know haha, but I guess some people just see things differently to others.

BlondieLeigh

Yep. It was horrible though because I could tell she was annoyed when she figured out I didn't really like Brooke as much as she does. I never told her I liked brucas though. Just told her from the beginning, before I even shipped anything, that brucas weren't written as endgame, and she didn't like hearing that.

stlavin95

Well your not wrong about BL, they were never written that way

BlondieLeigh

They weren't. I honestly don't understand why she thinks they were, the writing was not behind them, ever.

stlavin95

Especially when they were together.

BlondieLeigh

Especially not then