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I've never been on this side of things before. Usually I'm the one rolling my eyes at or clicking away quickly from the few dissenters. It's lonely over here.

But honestly, it's the rape retcon. If it weren't for that, I'd have been on board, I think. I was on board. I've wanted Beaver to have something to do with it all season, though in the beginning I only thought he'd lead us there; it wasn't until recently that I figured it would have to be him. And I was thoroughly enjoying the episode all the way up until Veronica said those fateful words for the second time.

It's just, the whole thing didn't blow me away, instead all it did was remind of how lackluster the season was overall, how disappointing it was. And I can't get over how much I used to love A Trip to the Dentist, which now means nothing. Absolutely nothing. Everything that was good about that episode is just gone. And I'm pissed that the writer's backed themselves into a corner with the whole Duncan thing, so they figured retconning the rape was the only way to make things work next year. It's just bad storytelling. And it's exasperating that the writers could set up so many awesome themes and not follow through on anything. Bad. Storytelling. And because of that one thing, I couldn't forgive all the other minor squabbles I had, which I totally would have overlooked otherwise. (Like what? Like, oh, the pointlessness of Aaron getting off if we still don't get much emotional ANYTHING out of these people. Among other things.)

And okay, the thing is, too, the acting was awesome all the way around. All the way around. (I'm even including the Donut in this, you guys. All the way around.) And it pisses me off more that one thing can color so completely my feelings for the episode. Because I could have absolutely adored the scenes with Logan and Veronica (and even feeling as angry as I did as it was happening, I still melted just a little when he wrapped her up in his arms like that), and Mac could have broken my heart, and Keith's face when he realizes Veronica spent the whole night thinking he was dead--all of it would have absolutely been wonderful. But, I just don't get it. Why turn Beaver into an all out sociopath, when he could just be a crazy guy with a fucked up life who took it out on innocent people? Wouldn't he have made a fantastic mirror for Logan? I guess he still does, but it just doesn't carry the same weight in my mind. He could have still been waving the gun around and frightening Veronica, he could have still been tackled by Logan, and he could have still killed himself--but I'd have cared. How much better would it have been if we actually sympathized with the killer? And it's not like they would have had to fuck so royally with canon to make that happen. A lot of people liked him as it was, it really wouldn't have been hard to make the reveal hurt.

And you know, it does bother me a little that our title character keeps needing someone to swoop in and save her at moments like these. I mean, yes, call someone to come help you, obviously, but does the big strong man really have to save the day every time? I don't know, it just irks me. I miss Buffy. The girl, not the show. :p

At least there was Lilly. I may go back and just rewatch Lilly over and over again. I really liked the dream sequence. I find it amusing, reading reactions, that all these people who loved the episode hated the dream, and well, yeah. I loved it. So nyeh. Minority opinions, woooo!

That's all for now, I guess. Maybe I'll rewatch and then change my mind? Maybe? :p