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[evergleam]

I've just been in a severe not-talking kind of mood lately.

Of note:

1. It's officially spring--the Navy boys have changed into their dress whites. Nevermind that most of them are only 18 or 19 years old. If I squint a little, they look older.

2. It's Megan's birthday today. She's been in Africa for over six months, and I still haven't sent her a letter. I'm officially the world's worst best friend.

3.
I don't know why I'm avoiding talking about the show lately. I think I'm in shut-down mode, I'm not letting myself get too excited about it now that it's getting better, in case I fall in love with it all over again and it either gets cancelled or starts to suck again. Plus, I'm still bitter that this season was so royally mishandled, and a few good eps isn't really making up for it.

That said, I'm sort of maybe possibly a little bit finally interested in who's behind the bus crash. I don't think for a minute that Veronica actually suspected Weevil--I think that was more about getting his guard up, about letting him know that she knows what he's about. (Tangent: I am, however, a little unsettled by her tacit approval of his indirect murder of Thumper. That's the second time this year she's just let someone get away with murder and I don't really understand it. Well, okay, Clarence Wiedman is really scary, but Weevil? She can handle Weevil. Is it okay as long as the person who dies "deserves" it? Wouldn't some people argue that Lilly "deserved" it?) Anyway, I don't know who I think it was, and I don't really care to untangle the mess of clues we've been given, but I don't think it's going to turn out to be what it seems. I don't think it was orchestrated for any petty or even logical reason, like Kendall wanting insurance money. This season is all about class warfare, and whether the intended target was the rich kids or the poor kids, it's the symbol that matters.

The Fitzpatricks are involved, but I think they're just the grunts. I don't know who's calling the shots (Woody? Lamb? Big Dick?), but I think this goes much deeper than just settling a grudge or taking out a witness or collecting insurance money.

But heh, I hope every 19th episode has Veronica investigating missing dogs. I really don't think that would get old. :)


4. July 31. Fiona Apple, Damien Rice, David Garza. I am so there.



ETA: Cliff, Shag, Marry. It's happening! /Michael Scott

Comments

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

You have a point, and I don't necessarily disagree with it. Veronica doesn't think Lilly deserved to die, and thus the audience doesn't. The implication that she might have thought Thumper deserved to die is a specific character trait of Veronica's, just as accepting Weevil's hand in Thumper's death as The Way Things Are would be. But I wonder if that's something that will ever be addressed, because it is still a bit unsettling. What I mean, I guess, is I wonder if the show will ever question Veronica's shifting moral values in any sort of direct manner. I really hope they do.

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is why nobody at school has even questioned why a high school student is independently investigating high-profile crimes. I mean, they know the Sheriff is a douchebag, and they know V's a PI, but still. My biggest problem with Veronica is not just that her morals are shifting, but she very clearly thinks that it's Her Way or the Highway -- if Veronica thinks it then it HAS TO BE TRUE, until she finds a better explanation, and then THAT is what she takes as 100% truth until she moves on and finds yet another, better explanation. In Veronica's head, she is never, ever wrong, and that kind of bugs me. Which is why, when she makes mistakes like the wig-shop "she's my sister!" thing, I get overly gleeful. :\

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, that was one of the first things that bugged me about this show, was how Veronica was just never wrong. Even in You Think You Know Somebody, when you finally think she's gonna get it wrong, Troy goes and proves her right. :p It was like, what? Episode 14 before she was really wrong? And even then, she didn't really take much from it. I never really thought of it in terms of Veronica's characterization before, though.