The lone voice in the wilderness
We finally caught up and watched the last five episodes of season three of Veronica Mars. And we all know that I always have to be contrary, so it should surprise no one that I seem to be the only person in the world who was actually satisfied with that finale. No, really. It did just about everything I thought it should do.
Over the course of this year I discussed VM a lot with qthelights, especially the business of season three not having the one overarching plotline. "Well then," I said, "the overarching story is going to have to be one of Veronica's personal and emotional development. Which is good, because it's about time she had some." And I was, frankly, really impressed with what the finale delivered on that note; more on that in a moment.
I'm wondering if a lot of people were upset with the conclusion because Veronica and Logan remained untogether. Now, I was as big a fan of that pair as the next girl in my time, but it's become quite obvious over the course of the third series that they are not good together. And all credit to the writers, because I think it's always been there, it's just like one of those pictures where the light shifts and all of a sudden you see the vase of flowers instead. Sure, they're epic. But you just can't live that level of drama day-to-day for the long term. Logan deserves someone he can have fun with (just not necessarily Parker), and Veronica will be a better, more balanced person with someone less confrontational (though not necessarily Piz).
I was very impressed with the way the finale delivered this. To me, at least, it just blazed out - Logan remained fucking awesome, but I didn't want him and Veronica to be together. The two key scenes, I think, are the food-court-confrontations. The earlier one, where V's with Piz and guys starting giving her shit, and when she goes for the tazer, Piz talks her down. He bends. Bending has always been something Veronica has needed to learn; she's too brittle, and brittle breaks. The Male says, "He should've let her go," and I say, "No, this is important. This is another alternative at life. Don't you see? Logan wouldn't just have let her go, he'd have been right behind her all the way." And as if to emphasise that, there's the later confrontation, when Veronica bends (admittedly, in the face of mafioso influence, so sensibly) and Logan (ohGOD I love him) just smashes it all up. "You're dead," Gory says, and Logan just laughs.
And that, when taken with the consequences of Keith's actions, is what's so satisfying in the way of personal development for Veronica in this episode/finale/series. She finally and firmly realises that there are serious consequences for the shit she pulls. It's been an overtone of the whole series, the consequences to the people she loves, but it's come home with a big bang there. And she doesn't like it. Logan has always realised. He's always known the costs. He just doesn't care... no, that's not fair. He cares. But he accepts; he'll pay. But Veronica doesn't like it. I think it's clear from the finale that Veronica has chosen the Piz option. She's going to be more careful. Logan never will. That's what makes him Logan. And that's why they just couldn't possibly work together anymore.
Or at least, that's how I see it. And that's why I really, really liked that finale.
Over the course of this year I discussed VM a lot with qthelights, especially the business of season three not having the one overarching plotline. "Well then," I said, "the overarching story is going to have to be one of Veronica's personal and emotional development. Which is good, because it's about time she had some." And I was, frankly, really impressed with what the finale delivered on that note; more on that in a moment.
I'm wondering if a lot of people were upset with the conclusion because Veronica and Logan remained untogether. Now, I was as big a fan of that pair as the next girl in my time, but it's become quite obvious over the course of the third series that they are not good together. And all credit to the writers, because I think it's always been there, it's just like one of those pictures where the light shifts and all of a sudden you see the vase of flowers instead. Sure, they're epic. But you just can't live that level of drama day-to-day for the long term. Logan deserves someone he can have fun with (just not necessarily Parker), and Veronica will be a better, more balanced person with someone less confrontational (though not necessarily Piz).
I was very impressed with the way the finale delivered this. To me, at least, it just blazed out - Logan remained fucking awesome, but I didn't want him and Veronica to be together. The two key scenes, I think, are the food-court-confrontations. The earlier one, where V's with Piz and guys starting giving her shit, and when she goes for the tazer, Piz talks her down. He bends. Bending has always been something Veronica has needed to learn; she's too brittle, and brittle breaks. The Male says, "He should've let her go," and I say, "No, this is important. This is another alternative at life. Don't you see? Logan wouldn't just have let her go, he'd have been right behind her all the way." And as if to emphasise that, there's the later confrontation, when Veronica bends (admittedly, in the face of mafioso influence, so sensibly) and Logan (ohGOD I love him) just smashes it all up. "You're dead," Gory says, and Logan just laughs.
And that, when taken with the consequences of Keith's actions, is what's so satisfying in the way of personal development for Veronica in this episode/finale/series. She finally and firmly realises that there are serious consequences for the shit she pulls. It's been an overtone of the whole series, the consequences to the people she loves, but it's come home with a big bang there. And she doesn't like it. Logan has always realised. He's always known the costs. He just doesn't care... no, that's not fair. He cares. But he accepts; he'll pay. But Veronica doesn't like it. I think it's clear from the finale that Veronica has chosen the Piz option. She's going to be more careful. Logan never will. That's what makes him Logan. And that's why they just couldn't possibly work together anymore.
Or at least, that's how I see it. And that's why I really, really liked that finale.