too much exposition

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Well well well, once again I have totally failed to post anything in almost two weeks. I've been kind of worn out by work and the weather and things. Last week I met up with some dear friends for a picnic followed by Shakespeare on the Common's production of Othello, which was mostly very good except when it was unintentionally funny. I found Iago a lot cooler than in previous productions. I am tempted to blame this, like so many other things, on kdramas. Or jdramas.

Speaking of things with infuriatingly vague endings, how about that Veronica Mars series finale, eh? I finally finished season 3 and was left gaping. What kind of an ending is that? (P.S. Oh Logan, what are we going to do with you?)

I've been doing a lot of reading lately--Robin McKinley's forthcoming book, Tony DiTerlizzi's novel, and so forth. And what I feel building up in my brain is a rant on evolutionary biology, comma, textual misuse of. Anybody interested?

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In the final scene there was randomly a pool in their bedroom, which was then used for rather disturbing drowning purposes, except everybody was distracted by the fact that there was a random pool in the bedroom.

Yep. And while I enjoyed the return to angry!Veronica, I think it was pretty heavily implied that things were going to end up where they were at the beginning of season 1: Veronica and father contra mundum. (Except she at least has friends now.)

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I feel like I've seen at least one cinematic Shakespeare adaptation with a pool in a sleeping room. Maybe the Branaugh Othello? Maybe one of the Venetian plays?

Smothering was too gentle, I take it? Eh.

Where do you stand on the Logan question? I think he's a character with a great deal of chewy dramatic potential, played by a talented actor, but I never drank the kool-aid on the Logan/Veronica relationship. I wish the writers had found other interesting things to do with him instead. Particularly in the third season, when he's a major player in the trope of "Veronica gets in trouble and a big strong male has to rescue her" that recurs with even more nauseating frequency.

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Oh Logan. I agree that he's a fantastic character with lots of dramatic potential, and I too wish he'd had more interesting things to do in season 3 than rescue Veronica (Seriously, Veronica? Somebody's been slipping people drugs in their drinks and you leave your Coke unattended and then drink from it? SERIOUSLY?!?!?! WHERE IS MY PARANOID VERONICA, I WANT HER BACK.) Although watching him get schooled by an eleven-year-old in that one episode was hilarious. It's a sad day when Dick Casablancas is the one with the more interesting personal issues.

I've been chugging the LoVe kool-aid for a while now, though. I can see why they're not, ultimately, a functional couple--neither of them can change enough to make the relationship work--and their dynamic is most interesting when they're conflicted about each other or downright enemies. But I love them together. *sob* Oh Logan, there never was a sweeter psychotic jackass than you.