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Here's the latest batch of my Logan/Veronica analysis as seen (or will be seen) in The LoVe Shack Breakdowns for the new arc.

( Now I REALLY want that five-year arc, damnit! )

According to a poster on The LoVe Shack regarding the writer's, (actually) the editor (who said it) podcast for the last episode of VM.

( Behind the cut because it does allude to an event in the episode. )

I. have. no. words.

(Spoilery comments/speculation in the comments.)

I'm going to be honest. I don't want a sugar-coated pulled out of his ass reunion based on an epiphany, but if it's that or Veronica with Piz or alone, I'll take it. I'm sorry, lame-ass or not, if this is the last season and all signs point there, I want Logan and Veronica together when the final "executive producer/Rob Thomas" shows up on my screen for this television show. We can all work it out that because Veronica took him back (I don't like it, but if they do get back together, it will be seen on the show as, she took him back) then it means that this time they actually work on those problems and there won't be canon to contradict it. Bottom-line, however it goes down, I want Logan and Veronica to be together when the show ends. I'd prefer something that's earned, but I'll take something similar to S2 if it at least means they're together when this show goes off into the horizon, because if they're not, then it does make the last three years completely pointless. And that might hurt most of all.

Title: To Catch a Diary Thief
Characters/Pairing: Logan, Veronica, Wallace, Troy, Cherry Winslow (OC), Annabelle Bonham (OC), Logan/Veronica
Rating: NC-17 overall; this chapter, NC-17
Word Count: 4,009
Summary: Veronica works on the case of the stolen diary, unaware that Logan and Wallace are independently working on it as well. Throughout the investigation, Veronica and Logan are coming to terms with their relationship.
Spoilers: References sprinkled throughout to events in seasons one and two. The only nod to season three is that she's working at the library; she definitely still has the LeBaron because I hate the Saturn. It is sooo not Veronica Mars.
Timeline: I conceived of this story before season three started and this is the way I had hoped Veronica would be with Logan, so although this story takes place around early season three, it is not canon beyond the end of season two. So, yes, Wallace's roommate does not exist in my universe.
Disclaimer: Rob Thomas, Warner Brothers, The CW, they own ... not I. This is just for fun, not profit.
Notes: (1) I would like to give huge thanks to my group of amazing betas who reread chapters multiple times and did so much to make this story a thousand times better than it would have been without their generous help. I am so very, very grateful for all you've done: Sowell, Polartruckin (Belinda), JaneDtwo and SeluciaV (Alli), you are all beyond awesome. (2) ~italics~ indicate what would be Veronica's voiceovers on the show. (3) Like Veronica Mars, I am fond of titles that are pun-laden and/or derived from pop culture sources. The story title is a take on the 1955 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, To Catch a Thief. All chapter titles will be similarly pun and/or pop-culture related. If you're so inclined, guess the reference.

Previous Chapters can be found here.

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( Chapter 2: Bring It On )

Here's the latest batch of my Logan/Veronica analysis as seen (or will be seen) in The LoVe Shack Breakdowns for the new arc. I know I added caps to this one last week, and I tried to do so this week, but (a) it was kicking my ass it was taking soooooo long and (b) with this many scenes written up, caps just seemed like overkill. So, just the text! :D

( Sigh. Why can't it always be like this? )

This was another good one, I had a few problems, but nothing major.

( More behind the cut. )

Woohoo, a new batch of my Logan/Veronica analysis as seen (or will be seen) in The LoVe Shack Breakdowns for the new arc. I decided to do something a little different (a day or two later, but there it is) and I think I'm going to do this from now on. Instead of just the analysis, I'll be doing a mini-picspam to illustrate my points throughout the text. So enjoy. (Caps from vm-caps.com)

( If it flows; it if makes sense ... I'm a happy camper. )

This struck me the other night and I may be totally off-base, but I thought it was an interesting angle. There were things that were glossed over in season one of Veronica Mars that we pushed aside because the overall product was so good. Other things were glossed over in season two, but since the overall product wasn't as good, we called Rob Thomas on it. Same for season three. Now, I got to thinking about how often we hear of how many scenes are cut to make time. And how often Thomas gives explanations for things in interviews that he wasn't able to get to in the show. Then there is how the relationships that turn a larger portion of the viewership off are played out and it all added up to the realization for me that Rob Thomas is a novelist.

I read both of his books and they were good. They were really good. There were twists and there were some leaps, but they worked in the context of the written word. Even though we didn't get the character motivation of every character, the situations set up, the characters we did get insight into to sold what was going on throughout the rest of the story. There weren't happy ends, there were real-life endings and they were the resolution to well-written, well-characterized, well-plotted novels in the cases of both Rats Saw God and Slave Day.

I wonder if some of the issues viewers are experiencing with the show can be based on the fact that Rob Thomas is a novelist and perhaps approaches each season as a separate book. Season one was contained and it was the introduction of these characters and this situation. Once Veronica laid down on her bed in Leave it to Beaver, her story in this "book" was effectively over. She had done what she had sought to do in "chapter one" a.k.a. The Pilot.

( More ... )

You know, 'Fidelity.' The song that played over the final Logan/Veronica scene in 3.03 Wichita Linebacker. I mostly like it, but I really don't like the heart, art, art, art repetitive crap that plays through the song. But I put up with it because it's a FABULOUS Logan/Veronica scene. But now, everywhere I turn, I hear FIDELITY! I'm watching last week's Brothers and Sisters and I hear 'Fidelity.' I'm watching The Colbert Report and during a commerical, I hear 'Fidelity' in an ad for Regina Spektor's CD. Now, I'm watching a TV show tonight (I won't say which) and whaddya know!? Fucking 'Fidelity' is playing.

The universe wants me to either positively adore or despise this song with a passion. I haven't figured out which yet.

If you're on my flist and watch VM, please take the few seconds it will take to vote. I'd really, really appreciate it.

[Poll #905071]

Thank you.