Fic: (t)edification of the obligatory psychotic jackass

[da_phoenix13]

Fandom: HIMYM/Veronica Mars (crossover)
Pairing: mentions of Barney/Robin and Logan/Veronica
Rating: PG-13 for swears and underage drinking (and sexual references, if you count Dick's name)
Spoilers: Season 4 of HIMYM and post-season 3 of VM (mostly mild, or pertaining to the Logan/Veronica relationship)
Word Count: 1495
Summary: Logan and Dick

Comments

[da_phoenix13]

Thanks! And we should definitely watch more when we have the time! Veronica Mars is totally awesome. =D

[otempora42]

I feel drunk with power.

And this was fun. :) I liked it!

[da_phoenix13]

You should. =P

And thanks! It was fun to write, and it's helpful for getting me back in the game, if nothing else.

[idioticonion]

I know nothing about Veronica Mars, but sounds like Logans got quite the crush. And I didn't NEED to know anything about Veronica Mars because your characterisation was AWESOME!

But now, I kind of WANT to find out a little about Veronica Mars.

I wonder where you can download it?

[da_phoenix13]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it and thought I had good characterization! Yeah, Logan gets all moony over Veronica in the third season. He's much more of a jackass towards her in seasons 1 and 2, and they have a love-hate relationship going on. I feel like they're similar to Barney and Robin in a lot of ways (only handled a lot better, Craig and Carter).

And I know you can find downloads of the show online if you look for them... I belong to a couple TV sharing comms and downloaded the entire third season off tv_share, and the first two were up there too. I don't know if you generally do torrents or what, but I found a Megaupload file of the pilot for you:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2CMIICYN

[idioticonion]

Oh, thank you for that link! Do you mean tvshare? I'll have a look.

You know, I was actually quite disturbed by the pilot. Yes, disturbed. It was the rufie/rape scene and the way she shrugged it off so casually. I'm sure this comes back later though.

It's not at all like I expected it to be.

[da_phoenix13]

Yeah, although there are quite a few moments of levity, VM can be a pretty dark show. Certainly a lot more dramatic than I probably made it seem here, since I was crackficcing it up.

The rape storyline definitely comes back later, and I think it may seem like she shrugs it off here simply because it's the pilot and there's a lot of exposition to get through. Plus, she was left with literally no one to turn to about it, thanks to the way the sheriff and her friends treated her (plus, one of them is the guy who raped her); so she doesn't really know how to deal with it, and so chooses not to deal at all, at least for the time being. But it certainly had a huge effect on her, I think especially in her lack of ability to trust people and the way she alienates herself from her peers.

[snogged]

Okay...that's it...Veronica Mars S1 (And possibly the other ones...) is going on my Christmas list.

I love the way you handled this crossover, and I was glad I was able to pick up on a few things because my dad was always a rabid fan of the show.

“So some bully stole your lunch money on the playground,” Barney shrugged. “Get over it.”
“I was the guy who stole people’s lunch money,” Logan corrected,

I think this was probably my favorite exchange because it was both funny AND melodramatic :)

Nicely done!

[da_phoenix13]

Awesome! I own seasons 1 and 2 and am thinking about asking for season 3, even though I already have it downloaded onto my computer. It only seems fair that I should pay for it, right?

I'm glad you think I handled it well... it was tricky trying to do the VM character voices since I've never done them before. And yes, I had to add just a smidge of melodrama, given the nature of the show. ;)

Thanks for reading!

[secondmezzanine]

So... this was all kinds of amazing.

Pitch perfect characterization, on both sides.

Hilarious.

True.

Almost parody-like when Logan tells his tragic life story in the McLaren's environment.

Clever, clever, clever dialogue.

“So what?” Dick shook his head. “You and her broke up six months ago, dude. V’s moved on to Piznarski, and yet somehow she’s still got you by the balls. You gotta move on. You and your feelings are harshing my mellow.”

PERFECT Dick.

“All right,” Barney said, pretending to roll up his sleeves.

Love the little details here.

He nodded at Logan. “You might want to pay special attention to that.”

LOVE. Especially because now that I think about it, Barney and Logan have a lot in common. Jerkfaces you can't help but love... who tend to cry.

“Besides, Bro Code Article 45: ‘A Bro never wears jeans to a strip club.’”
“We’re not going to a strip club tonight,” Logan pointed out.
Barney just chuckled. “Oh, my scrawny little friend. You have much to learn.”

Hands down my favorite part. Clever girl, write novels