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brynnmck

I woke into a fever dream where silence talked and money screamed

May 10, 2006 09:17

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So, because the world needs one more Veronica Mars finale post. I haven't read anyone else's reactions yet, so this is just what I've managed to cobble together on my own.

( Spoilers! )

veronica mars, random

Comments 11

"What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon??" sdwolfpup May 10 2006, 17:32:25 UTC

*is dying with laughter* That is a hysterical link. Thank you.

Re: "What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon??" brynnmck May 11 2006, 00:20:38 UTC

"I'm gonna tell everyone what a whiny bitch you were about Padamame or Panda Bear or whatever the hell her name is!"

*falls off chair*

danceswithwords May 10 2006, 18:06:24 UTC

So I kind of cry foul on Beaver. Did anyone put that together?

I'd actually seen a fair amount of speculation about Beaver in the past couple of weeks, but I really didn't want it to be him because that kind of damage in a human being is painful to see. As it was. (And in a lot of ways, Woody Goodman really did make that bus crash. What he did destroyed so many lives.) But it was extremely lame that one of the big clues--that Beaver had learned to make bombs from Curly Moran--was something Veronica found out offscreen and never mentioned until now. It felt like the writers were hiding vital information. We actually saw the kid who told Veronica about the bombs and Veronica interact last week, but they didn't show us this very important conversation, and I call foul on that.

brynnmck May 11 2006, 00:27:52 UTC

It felt like the writers were hiding vital information. Yeah. I generally suck at figuring out mysteries anyway, but it just seemed that the Aaron revelation made a lot more sense in comparison. I mean, that was a whole boatload of fucked-up, everything that Beaver did, and I just didn't think they'd even really hinted that his character might be capable of that kind of thing. I know it's always the quiet ones and blah blah blah, but I still would have liked it to be foreshadowed a little. I also think that the connection to Woody could have had a lot more impact because, as you say, he was at the root of a lot of this, and obviously Beaver's psyche was incredibly damaged by him, but it all happened so quickly that I felt like I missed the real weight of that. I felt like I was being asked to completely reevaluate Beaver's character in about five minutes that were also pretty packed with external action/danger, and I feel like I lost something there ( ... )

Cassidy aexia May 11 2006, 03:34:31 UTC

always struck me as completely amoral and vindictive so it didn't strike me as out of left field for his character.

Re: Cassidy brynnmck May 11 2006, 18:40:36 UTC

Feel like providing some examples? I'd be curious to see what you identified that way.

Re: Cassidy aexia May 11 2006, 19:42:39 UTC

Leaving Veronica unguarded at the party.
Lying to police about Logan's whereabouts the night Lilly died.
Going along with Dick and Logan's pool burning.
The transgender prostitute prank also struck me as mean-spirited.
The Land Trust looked like it was going to be a massive scam even though it turned out not to be.

Just lots of little moments. Mac always felt similarly mercenary(she made all that money off the purity test, remember?) so I thought they were a good couple. Obviously she lacked Cassidy's cruel streak.

Re: Cassidy aexia May 11 2006, 19:43:13 UTC

Whoops. That was supposed to be me logged in.

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dualbunny May 11 2006, 05:16:05 UTC

On the other hand, if it was supposed to be "what would have happened if Lilly hadn't died," it's weird that she was with Logan.

I was thinking about this one, and that was the impression I got in respect to what the dream was, but it sort of made sense that she'd be with Logan, not Duncan. If Lily hadn't died, Veronica wouldn't have slept with Duncan, and he'd still be thinking she was his sister with no one to ever go figuring that stuff out. Maybe. ;D

brynnmck May 11 2006, 18:48:07 UTC

Huh. Yeah, I could see that. I mean, Logan would have had to move past his feelings for Lilly in another way, but that doesn't seem out of the question. (And of course, there is the fact that we're in Veronica's head and not in her reality.) Either way, I think it's probably an indication that she's kind of moving on from Duncan, which is healthy, considering he's Down Under now. (And now I have to try to refrain from making a bad joke about Duncan's sexual prowess.)

The vid! OMG. Have I mentioned the love? SO MUCH LOVE.