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FIVE THINGS ABOUT VERONICA MARS
Except that it's kind of eight, but there you have it.
1.) She's stopped saying it, but she still believes she's going home. Two months is not enough to rid her of hope. Veronica's determined; she does not give up easily. And there's no way she's giving up her hopes for college and some kind of career, let alone finding closure regarding what happened with the bus crash and Meg, not for a life on a messed up island where things appear from nowhere. She may be feeling better about it, and there are days when she knows she's happier on the island than she's been for months at home, but the thing is, even if Neptune's screwed up, it's home.
1a.) She has complete faith that, if she can't find a way out herself, her dad will come for her. No matter how many times she hides things from him and lies, she loves Keith Mars. She knows her dad will always save her when she can't save herself; she has faith in him, if nothing else, because he always comes for her. She's very close to her dad.
2.) She loves Duncan Kane. Seriously loves him. He was the first boy she ever loved. And she loves him still even after he dumped her without a word, turned out to possibly be her half-brother (which, thank god, was not the case), yelled at her, was suspicious enough for her to think he might have murdered his own sister, had an illegitimate child with a girl and didn't tell her their mutual friend was pregnant, said it wasn't her business, almost slept with his roommate's mistress, and left for Napa Valley instead of staying to help her figure out what to do with the baby. She loves him enough that (and this is beyond her island canon, but it's still who she is) she would lie to the FBI and her father to help him get that baby away from its abusive grandparents. No matter how much Duncan screws up, Veronica loves him. True love stories never have endings.
3.) Veronica is faithful. She is loyal. She broke things off with Leo because she kissed Logan once, and it wasn't fair to let the deputy deal with her when she was trying to figure out what the hell all that had been about. She stuck by Logan through a murder trial. She spent a year investigating the murder of her best friend, long after her confessed "murderer" had been put on death row. If you earn Veronica's devotion, you've got someone who'll stick by your side through anything; but it's quite a feat to earn her trust. And she doesn't let little things like the law get in her way. Betrayal hits her hard.
3a.) This is a large part of why Logan Echolls bothers her. In part, she knows she betrayed him. In part, she finds him disturbing because she cared about him and some part of her still does. It's grown easier between them in recent months, but the fact remains that seeing him with Kendall bothered her more than she likes to admit. In 2x08 "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner," Logan reaches out to comfort her and her reaction is to pull away before he can touch her and to yell at him; she's got an extremely good memory and a fantastic imagination, and the last time he rescued her from anything was at the Camelot (1x18). When he touched her after that, it resulted in a kiss that messed up her world even more for months, and she never wants to go back to that. She doesn't want to care for him as anything more than a friend not even that right now because she's the one who betrayed him, so she can't ask for anything more; because she knows he's screwed up enough on her own and neither of them needs the help; and because to feel more would be to betray Duncan.
3b.) It's also why it's unlikely Veronica will start dating anyone on the island anytime soon. She worries that Duncan's moved on since she left without a word, but two months is still short enough a time that she thinks she's going back any day now and if she does anything, she'll believe it's cheating on Duncan. That doesn't mean she's entirely disinterested (and it doesn't help that she misses having someone like Duncan in her life), but it does mean she feels guilty about being interested and won't act on it. Yes, she occasionally finds she has to remind herself that she's got a boyfriend (although even then it tends to be her internal narrator joking around), and it bothers her, and yeah, she'll flirt a little, but she mostly doesn't mean it.
4.) Veronica is bad at communication. Unlike other girls who go on about their feelings, it is an extremely rare occurrence to hear Veronica say "I feel..." In nearly two seasons' time, she's said it once, and that was to Duncan, who can be kind of thick (seriously, he should have known). Furthermore, she doesn't discuss things with Duncan, and they've got a lot of issues behind them. I mean, this is a boy who took her virginity when they were both under the influence of drugs and they've never discussed it, though she spent nearly two years thinking she'd been raped; they thought, for a while, that they were related, which they've never mentioned since the one time he freaked out on her about it; he had a kid with Meg, and instead of laying the smackdown on him for not telling her, she takes him to see her (and, eventually, will help him smuggle the baby out of the country). It took her months to tell Wallace anything about what she was investigating (though that's as much a trust issue as a communication issue). She's quick-talking and snarky, but it's hard to get her to trust you enough to share more than a litany of one-liners.
5.) Veronica is intensely self-absorbed. Very nearly everything ever is about her and her alone. A rat's taped under the seat of the bus? Obviously it's because she's a rat and it's a message to her, there couldn't be any other answer. And, yes, she broke things off with Leo out of loyalty, but she would have taken a little longer to get to it if it hadn't been for the fact that she needed his help. She asks other people for favors and she'll do things for them, but she forgets to pay attention when her friends are having problems, because her own always come first. She will do anything to do what she has to do. Her mysteries come first, and if she solves something for someone else, it's for money or loyalty (which can be just as valuable in the proper circumstances). She's not a bad person, but she is a person. She's very flawed. She's impetuous and unthinking and stubborn and closed in on herself, and it's all about Veronica Mars. That's why she'll have trouble considering that she's fictional, even if everyone else turned out to be; in her head, the world revolves around her naturally, not because she's the title character.
Except that it's kind of eight, but there you have it.
1.) She's stopped saying it, but she still believes she's going home. Two months is not enough to rid her of hope. Veronica's determined; she does not give up easily. And there's no way she's giving up her hopes for college and some kind of career, let alone finding closure regarding what happened with the bus crash and Meg, not for a life on a messed up island where things appear from nowhere. She may be feeling better about it, and there are days when she knows she's happier on the island than she's been for months at home, but the thing is, even if Neptune's screwed up, it's home.
1a.) She has complete faith that, if she can't find a way out herself, her dad will come for her. No matter how many times she hides things from him and lies, she loves Keith Mars. She knows her dad will always save her when she can't save herself; she has faith in him, if nothing else, because he always comes for her. She's very close to her dad.
2.) She loves Duncan Kane. Seriously loves him. He was the first boy she ever loved. And she loves him still even after he dumped her without a word, turned out to possibly be her half-brother (which, thank god, was not the case), yelled at her, was suspicious enough for her to think he might have murdered his own sister, had an illegitimate child with a girl and didn't tell her their mutual friend was pregnant, said it wasn't her business, almost slept with his roommate's mistress, and left for Napa Valley instead of staying to help her figure out what to do with the baby. She loves him enough that (and this is beyond her island canon, but it's still who she is) she would lie to the FBI and her father to help him get that baby away from its abusive grandparents. No matter how much Duncan screws up, Veronica loves him. True love stories never have endings.
3.) Veronica is faithful. She is loyal. She broke things off with Leo because she kissed Logan once, and it wasn't fair to let the deputy deal with her when she was trying to figure out what the hell all that had been about. She stuck by Logan through a murder trial. She spent a year investigating the murder of her best friend, long after her confessed "murderer" had been put on death row. If you earn Veronica's devotion, you've got someone who'll stick by your side through anything; but it's quite a feat to earn her trust. And she doesn't let little things like the law get in her way. Betrayal hits her hard.
3a.) This is a large part of why Logan Echolls bothers her. In part, she knows she betrayed him. In part, she finds him disturbing because she cared about him and some part of her still does. It's grown easier between them in recent months, but the fact remains that seeing him with Kendall bothered her more than she likes to admit. In 2x08 "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner," Logan reaches out to comfort her and her reaction is to pull away before he can touch her and to yell at him; she's got an extremely good memory and a fantastic imagination, and the last time he rescued her from anything was at the Camelot (1x18). When he touched her after that, it resulted in a kiss that messed up her world even more for months, and she never wants to go back to that. She doesn't want to care for him as anything more than a friend not even that right now because she's the one who betrayed him, so she can't ask for anything more; because she knows he's screwed up enough on her own and neither of them needs the help; and because to feel more would be to betray Duncan.
3b.) It's also why it's unlikely Veronica will start dating anyone on the island anytime soon. She worries that Duncan's moved on since she left without a word, but two months is still short enough a time that she thinks she's going back any day now and if she does anything, she'll believe it's cheating on Duncan. That doesn't mean she's entirely disinterested (and it doesn't help that she misses having someone like Duncan in her life), but it does mean she feels guilty about being interested and won't act on it. Yes, she occasionally finds she has to remind herself that she's got a boyfriend (although even then it tends to be her internal narrator joking around), and it bothers her, and yeah, she'll flirt a little, but she mostly doesn't mean it.
4.) Veronica is bad at communication. Unlike other girls who go on about their feelings, it is an extremely rare occurrence to hear Veronica say "I feel..." In nearly two seasons' time, she's said it once, and that was to Duncan, who can be kind of thick (seriously, he should have known). Furthermore, she doesn't discuss things with Duncan, and they've got a lot of issues behind them. I mean, this is a boy who took her virginity when they were both under the influence of drugs and they've never discussed it, though she spent nearly two years thinking she'd been raped; they thought, for a while, that they were related, which they've never mentioned since the one time he freaked out on her about it; he had a kid with Meg, and instead of laying the smackdown on him for not telling her, she takes him to see her (and, eventually, will help him smuggle the baby out of the country). It took her months to tell Wallace anything about what she was investigating (though that's as much a trust issue as a communication issue). She's quick-talking and snarky, but it's hard to get her to trust you enough to share more than a litany of one-liners.
5.) Veronica is intensely self-absorbed. Very nearly everything ever is about her and her alone. A rat's taped under the seat of the bus? Obviously it's because she's a rat and it's a message to her, there couldn't be any other answer. And, yes, she broke things off with Leo out of loyalty, but she would have taken a little longer to get to it if it hadn't been for the fact that she needed his help. She asks other people for favors and she'll do things for them, but she forgets to pay attention when her friends are having problems, because her own always come first. She will do anything to do what she has to do. Her mysteries come first, and if she solves something for someone else, it's for money or loyalty (which can be just as valuable in the proper circumstances). She's not a bad person, but she is a person. She's very flawed. She's impetuous and unthinking and stubborn and closed in on herself, and it's all about Veronica Mars. That's why she'll have trouble considering that she's fictional, even if everyone else turned out to be; in her head, the world revolves around her naturally, not because she's the title character.