What the HELL!???! Reaction to the reaction to the new VM spoilers

[arabian]

I am positively, absolutely mind-boggled at the reaction from some people in the fandom about the new round of VM spoilers. SERIOUSLY!

Do I like the spoilers about Logan sleeping with Madison, Veronica finding out and dumping him over it? Absolutely not. However, I'm upset with Veronica, not Logan. But I can not fathom how anyone can see Logan as the bad guy here. Seriously. Do I understand why Veronica is upset? Absolutely. But dumping him for it? No way. And I simply can not understand how anyone can be mad at Logan, wondering how he can be forgiven. He. Does. Nothing. Wrong. Grrrr.

They broke up. She took it, didn't fight it, fight for him, they are over. It's not a break, it's not a 'let's see how things play out,' it was the end of their relationship. And then a month later or so he is lonely, unattached and hooks up with another lonely, unattached, willing female. How is this out of a character? He's an unattached 19 year old guy who has no expectation that he's going to get back together with the girl HE broke up with. He did nothing wrong. At all. As far as he knows, their relationship is completely over. It's not like he jumps into bed with someone the day after ep 9. It's three to four weeks or so. He's a single, unattached guy. Single, unattached guys -- even nursing what they believe is unrequited love -- have sex with single, unattached females and it doesn't make them evil. It makes them human and 19-year-old boys with a healthy sex drive.

He did nothing wrong.

He did NOTHING wrong. Veronica? Now her, I'm not so sure about. She breaks up with him because he slept with a girl A MONTH AFTER THEY BROKE UP! They. Were. Broken. Up. Not on a break, not in the middle of any stage of ambiguity. They were over. Again -- beating my head in an endless refrain -- he did absolutely nothing wrong. The fact that she dumps him for something he did when they weren't together? Wrong. Get pissed? Sure. Give him the silent treatment for a week? Sure. Withhold sex for a few weeks? Sure. Make him feel guilty as hell for a few weeks? Sure. And then after all of the above, get over it. But break up with him!?!?!? For something he did when they were not even dating!?!?!? WHAT THE HELL?!!? No way.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/wowsugarpuss_/]

Are people seriously pissed at Logan? Everywhere I've read people are only pissed at the writers but maybe I'm missing somewhere lol.

I hate the fact that they have to have a stupid contrived situation like this, just so RT can have a way to bring back the snark. But I can't at all see how Logan is supposed to be the bad guy. I can see RT and KB portraying it that way because hey, that's what they like to do, but Logan having meaingless sex a couple weeks after he dumped her is no worse than Veronica hooking up with Duncan a couple weeks after she dumped him.
And how the hell is Logan supposed to know how much she hates Madison? They didn't really have any deep and meaningful conversations about the 09ers back when they were in high school, and I doubt they have since.
But even if he did, why the hell should he care what Veronica thinks about the people he hooks up with? I doubt Veronica cared about the awkwardness her dating Duncan again would cause between Duncan and Logan, and if she hooks up with Piz in the future I doubt she'd consider Logan's feelings about him first.

And poor lil Logan had to deal with being all alone over the holidays.. again :( he needs something to take his mind off the anniversary of being force fed pears by his dad and watching said dad screw his girlfriend on tape.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Most people I see reacting to it are raging at the writers for coming up with something so stupid, or pissed that it's giving Veronica a chance to ride her high horse again. I haven't seen a lot of Logan bashing (the closest I've seen is people saying that he's "regressing," which I do think he is, in a sense-- what happened to the Logan who was "over" his bimbo phase? sigh!).

That said, I totally agree with you. And this seems really stupid that this, of all things, is the ultimate dealbreaker for Veronica. Basically her dumping him just proves that Logan was right all along. He's never going to be able to change enough to suit her desire. She's always going to be looking down her nose at him.

[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Oh! And let me add: How hypocritical is it for Veronica to loathe Madison so deeply and yet be totally fine with Dick all of the time?

What. the. fuck. ever.

[beatlegirl59.livejournal.com]

I'm confused. Are they getting back together and then she's breaking up with him AGAIN???

[sowell.livejournal.com]

This...I just...no. I am so very, very not cool with this. Their breakup was SO well done, and I was SO happy they managed to write it in a way that wasn't four steps backward. And now this!!!

Why the HELL would they have them get back together and then break them up AGAIN??? They want to have Logan sleep with Madison and have Veronia get all pissy about it? Fine. Let her be pissy, let her be jealous, let her FUCKING PINE A LITTLE BIT.

But the fact that they're getting them back together just so Veronica can do the dumping?! No. No. So very much no. I'm sorry. I'm NOT COOL with this development.

Arg. This is why I need to learn no to click on the spoilercut! SO ANGRY.

Preaching to the choir sister

[tigereyes320.livejournal.com]

I know! I read this spoiler thread and was like WTF!!!!

Why is anyone even considering what Veronica is doing is right?

I can understand how she feels, but let's get real what girl could Logan sleep with that Veroniva wouldn't/couldn't/doesn't hate. But it's her insecurities and problem.

In no way shape or form is Logan sleeping with Madison, making Logan bad. The only thing I question is his sanity, but not his right to do it.

It's just another way for FT to make Logan the bad guy and Veronica get on her high horse. I really think we need to write him and ask him if he want this to be the last season of Veronica Mars. Because if he does this he is forever painting Veronica as a one dimensional harpy.

[nessaassen.livejournal.com]

I noticed the "Logan messed up" language on LoveShack too, and it's so sad--it's like people slip into that phrasing without even realizing it, even when they're predisposed to sympathize with Logan. This is the power of RT and show pushing the bad boy shtick.

I still can't believe this is the dealbreaker for her. I wish I believed RT was writing a character arc for Veronica in which she learns to be a compassionae and less judgmental human being, but I guess we all learned our lesson about RT and character arcs last season.

[polarthestral.livejournal.com]

You know I'm totally with you on this now that you've come over to the dark side of RT cynicism (you know, this is where you belong, hee). I do think it would be great if you wrote your original story as a fanfic though. Because I think I'd much prefer that to the crap we're going to get.

I can't believe the Network is letting him write this story after they know how badly the last relationship reversal went over. I really would have thought they'd intervene, but ... maybe they just don't care if they're planning on cancelling the show themselves and they're letting RT destroy himself however he sees fit.

I can't believe RT would risk destroying LoVe (via our affection for Veronica) in the scene that he has accepted probably is his last. *shakes head* Is this a 'fuck you for watching my show'? I'll serioulsy never watch something he writes again because he doesn't maintain character arcs and thus there's no fulfillment for the anticipation, no pay off at the end.

I feel empty and hollowed out but I'm clinging to Logan because I love him so, and Jason is the only actor on this show (the ONLY one) who was able to pull the fragments of a character together and make his arcs seem cohesive. He rides subtext like a bicycle. Logan is the only character that still makes sense to me, I still understand everything he does while Veronica is sometimes psychotic and random and I can't make sense of anything she does. That's because of Jason and I'll stick to him like the loyal fan I am, I'll follow him wherever he goes after this . . . and I'm so sad RT didn't treat him and his character better.

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

He did Madison Sinclair. He did something wrong. That shit's nasty. She's like the Paris Hilton of VM.

I think BSG has the right idea. Just take your most fucked up couple, put them in the ring, and let them punch each other untill they can't stand and are forced to montage.

[afrocurl.livejournal.com]

We already talked about this, but I think that is a damn good way to put this situation.

I'm chalking this situation up to being Epic.

[sweetumms33.livejournal.com]

I said this somewhere else, but I'm confused. Why Madison? Why bring her back? I'm a bit of an optimist, but I'm hoping there's a bigger arc. More importantly, looking at the women Logan's been with, Madison? She's just not in his league. Not to mention she's his best friends ex, and I think Logan learned that lesson the hardway already.

Bad bad bad. I really thought Veronica was going to work for the relationship for once. Not so much. I get him just taking her back, because that is Logan's problem, he has a thing for abusive relationships (with Hannah as the only slight exception). I don't get why it's Madison, as opposed to random girl off the street. Why bring back EVERYONE from high school? Seriously, the only way this redeems itself is if Veronica sleeps with Corny. Then I will be happy.

[jeannie-bean137.livejournal.com]

*closes eyes and screams*

I told myself no spoilers...and then I clicked the link because I have no willpower...and all I saw was "Logan slept with Madison"....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Gawd if this happens on the show I'm going to be pissed.