In which I prove I am not as over Veronica Mars as I thought
Oh Veronica Mars fandom. Wow. It’s imploding in a horrifically spectacular fashion. Actually, after reading the latest spoilers, even I who thought I was indifferent to VM now, am very very annoyed. Yay. We had three years of the L/V ship, which is the main ship on the show and the only one most people like and what? We are going to end the show with Logan alone (because he can never have any fun) and Veronica with random boring ‘suddenly pop up’ character? Ugh. I don’t even see L/V as a viable ship any more as the writers wrote it into the ground so quickly, but at least let Logan have someone, too. What a freaking waste! Along with lack of character development. And to think I loved S1 and liked S2. That is why I prefer doramas. OTPs stay OTPs and there is beginning, middle and end. Oh RT. I know you can write. So what happened?
I read this really awesome quote on TWOP that sums up the trainwreck that is current VM:
I feel like this seasons Veronica is like what Robin Hood would be like if instead of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, he got glowing letters of reccommendation from the rich and snarked and insulted the poor for not being as cool and witty as he is...
Yeah.
The thing is, I still love S1 to pieces. It’s brilliant, probably best first season of any show out there: nuanced, and dark and complicated and so fresh. And it made me care. Made me care for the snarky, tough, wounded Veronica. Made me care for the complicated, jerky, messed-up Logan. Made me care for the dazed Duncan, who really came across as someone good yet passive, tarnished and yet not (I think Teddy Dunn was just fine in S1. The writers didn’t know what to do with him in S2 at all though). Made me care for everyone: Wallace, Weevil, Keith, Mac, even Aaron (granted it was care to bash his head in, but whatever…). Oh God. It was so GOOD. But it really should have ended with one season: all it needed to wrap everything up was to show who was at the door: beaten-up or not Logan.
But fine, even though S2 felt much more disjointed, I loved it, even if not with the same strength. And it had some excellent episodes and some wonderful character development and interactions (e.g. I loved the Aaron-Logan scenes).
So I think in the future, I’ll just pretend that S2 last episode was the series finale. Might as well as S3 cannot be recognized as Veronica Mars. Continuity is gone, characters don’t make sense, plots go nowhere. Ugh.
So, I suppose I lied. I do still care.
Last point. You know, this is a very general observation. I am not a huge bad-boy fan, in RL or in fiction. I find men who possess devotion and sanity and a steady income much too appealing (but then I don’t think Logan qualifies as a ‘bad boy’ but that’s another story). And no, I do not have a Spike hang-over. I was always a Buffy/Angel girl. But HELL, Veronica! Wake the frak up! If someone saves your life (going unarmed against a guy with a gun no less), saves you from a rapist, saves you from having your face tattooed (going against a bunch of gangsters with an unloaded gun as his only backup), not to mention saves you on other smaller occasions, and goes to bat for you in other spectacular ways (he got himself thrown in jail just so he could harm the men who attacked you), YOU SHOULD FRAKKING CUT HIM SOME SLACK. Slack the size of Belgium, actually. OK? You think Piz would do it? Huh. Also, I know it’s hard, girl, but it’s actually good for you to have a boyfriend with a personality as strong as your own. Having a human-shaped carpet for a significant other really bores in the long run.
P.S. You know, we as viewers are supposed to cut Veronica some slack because her life has been tough (hasn’t for the last year, but it’s a separate issue). But by that logic, Logan deserves three times the slack. Hello! He is a Perils of Pauline levels person, what with severe beating, hate of the whole town, best friend ditching, girl he loves believing him capable of rape and/or murder, murder trial for something he didn’t do, girlfriend being murdered by his father (and oh, yeah, said girlfriend was sleeping with the father), mother killing herself, and did I mention that he’s been systematically abused by his horrific father? Did I mention said father tried to set the girl he loves on fire and later got murdered? Yeah. He’s surprisingly together for someone with that lucky background, and no parental guidance whatsoever. Actually, I’d think Veronica, or anyone, should probably show some concern over the guy (he is a prime candidate for therapy and I don’t even care for shrinks) and not always dump things on him. If the writers wanted me to be harsh towards him, they shouldn’t have made him so sympathetic, and so caring towards people he loves despite being so messed up.
I read this really awesome quote on TWOP that sums up the trainwreck that is current VM:
I feel like this seasons Veronica is like what Robin Hood would be like if instead of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, he got glowing letters of reccommendation from the rich and snarked and insulted the poor for not being as cool and witty as he is...
Yeah.
The thing is, I still love S1 to pieces. It’s brilliant, probably best first season of any show out there: nuanced, and dark and complicated and so fresh. And it made me care. Made me care for the snarky, tough, wounded Veronica. Made me care for the complicated, jerky, messed-up Logan. Made me care for the dazed Duncan, who really came across as someone good yet passive, tarnished and yet not (I think Teddy Dunn was just fine in S1. The writers didn’t know what to do with him in S2 at all though). Made me care for everyone: Wallace, Weevil, Keith, Mac, even Aaron (granted it was care to bash his head in, but whatever…). Oh God. It was so GOOD. But it really should have ended with one season: all it needed to wrap everything up was to show who was at the door: beaten-up or not Logan.
But fine, even though S2 felt much more disjointed, I loved it, even if not with the same strength. And it had some excellent episodes and some wonderful character development and interactions (e.g. I loved the Aaron-Logan scenes).
So I think in the future, I’ll just pretend that S2 last episode was the series finale. Might as well as S3 cannot be recognized as Veronica Mars. Continuity is gone, characters don’t make sense, plots go nowhere. Ugh.
So, I suppose I lied. I do still care.
Last point. You know, this is a very general observation. I am not a huge bad-boy fan, in RL or in fiction. I find men who possess devotion and sanity and a steady income much too appealing (but then I don’t think Logan qualifies as a ‘bad boy’ but that’s another story). And no, I do not have a Spike hang-over. I was always a Buffy/Angel girl. But HELL, Veronica! Wake the frak up! If someone saves your life (going unarmed against a guy with a gun no less), saves you from a rapist, saves you from having your face tattooed (going against a bunch of gangsters with an unloaded gun as his only backup), not to mention saves you on other smaller occasions, and goes to bat for you in other spectacular ways (he got himself thrown in jail just so he could harm the men who attacked you), YOU SHOULD FRAKKING CUT HIM SOME SLACK. Slack the size of Belgium, actually. OK? You think Piz would do it? Huh. Also, I know it’s hard, girl, but it’s actually good for you to have a boyfriend with a personality as strong as your own. Having a human-shaped carpet for a significant other really bores in the long run.
P.S. You know, we as viewers are supposed to cut Veronica some slack because her life has been tough (hasn’t for the last year, but it’s a separate issue). But by that logic, Logan deserves three times the slack. Hello! He is a Perils of Pauline levels person, what with severe beating, hate of the whole town, best friend ditching, girl he loves believing him capable of rape and/or murder, murder trial for something he didn’t do, girlfriend being murdered by his father (and oh, yeah, said girlfriend was sleeping with the father), mother killing herself, and did I mention that he’s been systematically abused by his horrific father? Did I mention said father tried to set the girl he loves on fire and later got murdered? Yeah. He’s surprisingly together for someone with that lucky background, and no parental guidance whatsoever. Actually, I’d think Veronica, or anyone, should probably show some concern over the guy (he is a prime candidate for therapy and I don’t even care for shrinks) and not always dump things on him. If the writers wanted me to be harsh towards him, they shouldn’t have made him so sympathetic, and so caring towards people he loves despite being so messed up.