penelopedavis:

 “It was so surreal to be back in that room and to touch the records and to see our photos and I remember I just started taking pictures of everything and texting them to Hilarie and being like ‘we miss you!’.” - Sophia Bush

hutchjosh:

“So Luke, what are ravens? I mean, you know, more than one?”
“An unkindness”

Sometimes things come along that pass us by. Sometimes we don’t get to know the people we should have, or read the books we could have or appreciate the things that were there. When all is said and done, I cannot say the same about One Tree Hill. It never passed me by, I never under appreciated it and I always cherished it. I was ten years old when the show started, I knew so little of everything and I was given this bundle of drama and craziness and sadness and happiness to learn from, to cry to, to laugh with and to love. I grew up watching this show. I was shaped watching this show. It holds a part of me and now I have to carve that piece out and let it go.

I’d be foolish to say that One Tree Hill was realistic, or represented any semblance of a life I knew anything about. It showed me new territories of fierce love and friendship, loss and gain, truth and lies. But even through the drama and the craziness, the show never feared away from being a quiet companion, a shy friend who taught me how to jump when I’m scared, to hold my breath and hope for better and to live. To love

The characters have been my friends, my family and my constant teachers. Peyton Sawyer taught me to be strong, that its okay to cry and that dreams can come true. Brooke Davis taught me of fierce love, strength and loyalty above all else. She taught me to let go of my past and start a new. Haley James Scott inspired my dreams of music, and teaching and she taught me to take risks with my heart. Nathan showed me that anyone can start over, be a better person for their loved ones and themselves. Lucas showed me the meaning of family. These friends made me laugh when I wanted to cry, and gave me company when I was alone. They picked me up, dusted me off and told me it was okay, because I am not alone.

I cannot thank March Schwann enough for this show and the chances it gave me. I cannot thank him enough for the words that helped me get to sleep at night, that helped me stop crying. I cannot thank him enough for creating these people who I can cherish for the rest of my life. And I cannot thank Joy, Sophia, Hilarie, Chad, James, Lee, Antwon, Shantel, Robert, Austin, Stephen or Tyler enough for keeping me company all these years. For creating characters I can count on whenever I need a friend.

You told me in the first episode that a bunch of Raven’s was called an ‘Unkindness’, but tonight I find myself disagreeing. Because this group of free, loyal, loving, honest Ravens have been anything but unkind to me over these past nine years.

Goodbye, One Tree Hill. I’ll miss you.

(Source: -lucatrixx)

reasontobelieve:

I was born and raised in a magic town, in a magic time. [One Tree Hill 2003-2012]

In your life, you’re going to go to some great places, and you’re going to do some wonderful things, but no matter where you go, or who you become, this place will always be with you. There is one Tree Hill, and it’s your home.

(Source: josephinewitter)

I realised I never said Thank You Mark Schwahn. I have cursed the man so many times over the years but I actually do love him for giving us this show and introducing us to the best cast. I am forever grateful.

9 years, 9 seasons, 187 episodes, dozens of characters we’ve become attached too and found ourselves relating to in some way, inspirational quotes that have helped us through dark moments, music that makes us forget all the pain, storylines that have made us cry, laugh and simply just smile, and memories that will stay with us forever, One Tree Hill is not just a TV show, if it wasn’t for One Tree Hill I honestly don’t know where I’d be today, or who I’d be. That show has made me the person I am today, and inspired me to be a better person. It has helped me through the darkest moments and just given me a reason to smile. One Tree Hill will always be apart of my life, and a will hold a huge place in my heart, I’ve learned so much from it, and i’ve got a lot to be thankful for due to One Tree Hill. It’s not just a show, it changed my life and made me believe that it get’s better. Without it I don’t know what I’ll do, my hearts breaking just thinking about it, but I just want to thank Mark Schwahn for creating such an amazing, inspirational and life changing show, I’m forever grateful, word’s can’t even describe how much I’m going to miss it. Goodbye Tree Hill. 

So today the very last episode of OTH airs in the US and I feel bittersweet. I’ve been waiting for this to happen for a few seasons now, but now that the time has finally come, I actually feel really sad.

I’m not gonna lie, I went through periods of basically hating the show, cursing the writers for stupid storylines but I carried on watching. I was absolutely gutted when LP left and basically promised that I wouldn’t watch the show ever again, but I got curious and secretly watched 7x01 and I was miserable that they weren’t there, but I still watched it and I surprisingly managed to like the new characters. Despite all the crap that our shipper hearts have been through and the somewhat poor storylines we’ve had to endure, the writers had moments of greatness where they reminded us why we love this show. I was only like 10 when the show first aired in 2003, so I was quite content with Drake & Josh, but I think I started watching it properly from when I was 12 or 13, and from the very first episode I watched, I was hooked. I went and caught up with all the seasons and have been watching it ever since. I’ve started watching a lot more shows since then, some of which I’ve recently found a lot more interesting than OTH, but for some reason I have never been attached to any other show or cast than this one. 

I’m gonna be honest and say that this is the only show that can actually make me cry, sometimes I’m not sure why because other shows can be moving, but OTH pulls at my bloody heartstrings. And I will be forever grateful as it has let us recognise some of the most underrated actors and actresses and I will literally cry if they don’t go on to do brilliant things, especially James and Joy, I genuinely hope they do a lot more in the future! And my baby Austin <3 

I do look forward to eventually owning all 9 seasons on DVD though, how fucking great will that be?!

I think Julian’s description of his new show in 9x12 sums up this show brilliantly; ‘A show that’s not afraid to be quiet or heartfelt, a show that’s romantic and sexy and makes you feel like you’re not alone.’ 

So, good night and thank you One Tree Hill.

(Source: fuckyeahmissbush)