helloooooooo, i'm a caaaaaar
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evergleamI'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
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
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(yes Aster's mom has become a V Mars fan--amazing how house arrest (chemo) works that way....
Date: 2006-04-20 06:37 pm (UTC)Re: (yes Aster's mom has become a V Mars fan--amazing how house arrest (chemo) works that way....
Date: 2006-04-20 06:58 pm (UTC)I don't think Veronica is amoral by any means or that her own morals aren't consistent with society or her age, I just find it interesting that she only chooses to exercise her morals when it fits with her current worldview. She barely hesitated to turn Logan in to the sheriff when she thought he may have killed Lilly, but she has just about the same amount of evidence that Weevil killed Thumper, and she's not going to do anything about it? It comes down to whether or not she thought that Thumper deserved to die, and whether he deserved justice for what happened to him.
Actually, that's what it's really about, is Veronica's relationship with justice and finding out the truth. She only wants to get to the truth when it fits inside her box of what things should be like.
Also, I don't think Lilly deserved to die, either. She didn't. But I don't think Thumper necessarily deserved it, though, at least not in the way it happened. I guess, maybe for Veronica, it doesn't matter whether the Fitzpatricks get him or the justice system does, so long as the guilty guy gets what's coming to him. And that fits everything we know about Veronica's character pretty well.
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Date: 2006-04-20 07:12 pm (UTC)Weevil didnt kill Thumper--and remember, Veronica "traded" helping Weevil find Felix's murderer for getting the heat (at least the PCH'er heat) off of Logan--so her moral compass is still set at "love"