he's the bespectacled best friend relegated to the supporting role however the fact that both schwartz and longtime writer on the show alan heinberg were deeply avid comic book heads meant they wanted to depict brody's character as the cool outsider which is exactly what happened cess brooding overlooked individualism skyrocketed the character to popularity overnight he quickly became a style icon of the early NUMBER_TOKENs he knew all the coolest bands read all the coolest books and had seen all the coolest movies how did you first come up with the lightsaber the show flipped the let's make fun of the nerdy kid for liking star wars trope on its head almost immediately brody's casting helped aiden this yes you need the cute girls flashy edits and luxurious california locations but adam brody so made the show unique he's the charismatic cast member who makes the most of every scene he rings every possibility for humor and charm out of every line let's also remember for a second that the landscape of prime time soap operas in the early NUMBER_TOKENs was very different today it feels like every one of these shows is literally based on a comic book property like riverdale and archie however back in NUMBER_TOKEN the primetime soaps that existed wanted nothing to do with anything of that kind one tree hill desperate housewives gossip girl and other shows of their ilk all had a specific and refined aesthetic glossy cinematography instantly of the moment fashions and impossibly good-looking people who looked genetically engineered in a lab the shows focused on the interpersonal drama and love lives of these characters but rarely focused on their passions interest or character details outside of the direct conflict of the week the oc managed to fit in that box but flipped those storytelling conventions on their head delving deeper into their characters intentions their lives and what mattered to them the show generated audience empathy for their cast by exploring everything a traditional primetime soap did while also exploring the characters less than conventional interest as well in many ways seth was everyone's gateway both the audience and the characters on the show were introduced to cool new pieces of media and fell in love with them people who normally would not engage in some of these things but would watch the oc we're now doing so whether it be films or comic books it was some introduction to those things in one episode seth goes to the literal offices of wild storm comics in san diego to pitch a comic book series this is to say nothing of the ubiquitous wonder woman flash and other comic book character jokes there's a whole arc where seth gets ryan into reading the legion of superheroes as if these references weren't enough for you there's also the fact that seth routinely has lengthy monologues about comic book creators like brian michael bendis the show mainstreamed the idea that cool people could be into nerdy things a good NUMBER_TOKEN years before that conversation was actually happening within the zeitgeist of pop culture and they didn't do this superficially it was a very specific version of that conversation usually movies or media that feature nerdy obsessions were aimed at men and created by men think kevin smith or tarantino most of these dialogue-specific auteurs weren't aiming their projects at young women they were trying to appeal
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