"Give me ten minutes, man."
May. 10th, 2006 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fan_eluneDear Veronica Mars writers,
WTF?
You're probably real proud, right about now, to have surprised 95% (99%?) of your viewers. And I respect your desire to pull the rug from under our feet. But there's a twist ending, and there's a believable ending, and there's respecting characters. Maybe I just adore Beaver too much becauseof how cute he'd look with eyeliner onof how cute he is, eyeliner or no, but, damnit. I just can't see it, I can't feel it, and I don't like not feeling it. Things don't have to make sense in a logical way so much as an emotional way and you've got the logical covered but I really, really can't feel it.
So, WTF.
And also WTF, did you actually expect us to believe you'd killed Keith maybe if you'd got cancelled but it's not the case is it and how could we have VM without Keith he'severybody's most people's favourite Mars! (...right?) I mean, seriously. The only moment when I doubted and thought "what if they have killed him..." was five seconds before Keith spoke up, so, yeah. Pointless roller-coaster of emotions and you did not make me cry. Woe.
Also. Wtf about Logan not having a really cuddle-worthy moment in the whole ep? Well, maybe when he walked out after Keith came out of his room. And I wanted to tacklehug him when he cheered for Veronica at Graduation. But still. Less cuddle-worthy than usual. Wtf? (Not capslocked because it is a smaller wtf than Beaver gets.)
And another small wtf over the whole Jackie storyline because, I'm sorry, am I supposed to care? Which is too damn bad because I did a few episodes ago, but lately she's just grown so uninteresting and way to pull the rug from under our feet again but what's the point is what I'm asking.
That said. Lamb coming to arrest Weevil and not letting him graduate? Lamb is such a fucker and it was brilliant and that got me to tear up. Oh, Weevil. And I'm going to miss Principal Clemmons like you wouldn't believe. And I loved the little moment between Dick and Veronica. And oi, lookit here, it's Clarence! And the scene in the lift with Aaron makes me want to stab his eyes out, and then only get started on his genitals. Also, I liked the dream, and I loved Lily's bisexuality/Veronica's bicuriosity yay. So central to the Lily/Veronica friendship. And, while I do not buy the whole Beaver thing, I did enjoy his "my name is CASSIDY" line a lot, and the actor is very good. He could act both Beaver, and homicidal!new!Beaver, it just so happens that he couldn't sell the fact that they're one and the same to me. And, majorly so, that Logan/Veronica kiss at the end when he picks her up? Purrrrrfect. So congrats, you guys, for all of that.
Now, a couple of suggestions:
1) Don't try so much to do twist endings. Look at where those bloody pointless cliffhangers got Alias.
2) We know you're all with the Buffy fanitude. Right? Because you know one thing I loved about Buffy, which they completely lost in Angel's S5? Is how you don't kill a human being without there being consequences. Not ever. There are always consequences. And while I don't much care about Duncan and could do with never seeing him ever again, I still have issues with him ordering the hit on Aaron if we never hear about it again.Plus I wanna see Clarence again. Don't ask me why I love Clarence, I just DO. There's no reason why only Weevil should pay for his sins.
3) Listen to Michael Muhney; hire Amber Benson.
Right. I think that about covers it. Looking forward to next season! Keep on rocking in the free world and all that!
A reasonable amount of love,
Me
Now, about The Girl In The Fireplace...
Steven Moffat, I still adore you. And your obsession with banana (which in my mind was such a Nine thing it made me crave for my Doctor so badly). I actually liked Madame de Pompadour a hell of a lot. She was such a strong female character, so much so that she reminded me of Angel's Kate Lockley. Except being more with the sap ("lonely angel"? yeah, Kate would have rolled her eyes at that), but that's a cultural thing really. There is still something, both physical and in her strength and yet vulnerability, that I foudn very resminiscent of Kate and, for the record, I adore Kate.
Back to the character at hand(I wish). Reinette was very interesting on many levels. As a figure of strength, because she is strong, and proactive, and strong through her dreams, too. And she's open-minded, and no-nonsense when she needs to be. As a tragic figure, too; the end was rather obvious but her letter did make me tear up, mostly when she refused to give up hope. That, too, was her strength. And finally, in her interaction with the Doctor. Because she offered her hand to him, which he took, which is the opposite of what keeps happening with Rose.
That said - I don't see the Doctor as loving her more than he does Rose. He trapped himself in her time, yes, but I don't see that as that much of a personal decision. It's just what the Doctor does.
Now, and this will probably raise far more eyebrows, I'm sorry but I LIKE MICKEY. Mickey is this regular bloke. Mickey makes bad jokes. Mickey's still hung-up on Rose. Mickey's Mickey. And I love how much the Doctor takes the piss out of him, and I love how much Mickey just takes it for what it is, and doesn't throw up a fuss about it. (Yet. I'd like to ruffle some of the Doctor's feathers at some point, and possibly again seeing the not-so-good side of Ten as he tears into Mickey and dumps him back on earth in the present? Who knows.)
I think it's the episode I've enjoyed most so far. But that said, it's also the episode that's shown Ten in his best light. We've seen an emotional side of him, we've seen snogging, we've seen drunkenness, we've seen heroism and sacrifice and light-heartedness and horseback riding and a mention of banana and only the charismatic, mostly harmless sides of his arrogance. Which makes me wonder if this wasn't the point of this episode. To remind us the great guy he is.
Or was I the only one that, far from having forgotten, could still use the reminder?
Now, though. I'm very afraid of what's coming next. And by "afraid" I mean "oh god I can't wait come on come on come on!"
Oh. One thing though? I'd have liked the Doctor to be leaning on the TARDIS at the end. I'd have liked it to be obvious that he was drawing comfort from her. I didn't like him hitting her like that in"Rose and Ten are on crack!" Tooth and Claw, and I would've loved to see some attachment to his ship.
WTF?
You're probably real proud, right about now, to have surprised 95% (99%?) of your viewers. And I respect your desire to pull the rug from under our feet. But there's a twist ending, and there's a believable ending, and there's respecting characters. Maybe I just adore Beaver too much because
So, WTF.
And also WTF, did you actually expect us to believe you'd killed Keith maybe if you'd got cancelled but it's not the case is it and how could we have VM without Keith he's
Also. Wtf about Logan not having a really cuddle-worthy moment in the whole ep? Well, maybe when he walked out after Keith came out of his room. And I wanted to tacklehug him when he cheered for Veronica at Graduation. But still. Less cuddle-worthy than usual. Wtf? (Not capslocked because it is a smaller wtf than Beaver gets.)
And another small wtf over the whole Jackie storyline because, I'm sorry, am I supposed to care? Which is too damn bad because I did a few episodes ago, but lately she's just grown so uninteresting and way to pull the rug from under our feet again but what's the point is what I'm asking.
That said. Lamb coming to arrest Weevil and not letting him graduate? Lamb is such a fucker and it was brilliant and that got me to tear up. Oh, Weevil. And I'm going to miss Principal Clemmons like you wouldn't believe. And I loved the little moment between Dick and Veronica. And oi, lookit here, it's Clarence! And the scene in the lift with Aaron makes me want to stab his eyes out, and then only get started on his genitals. Also, I liked the dream, and I loved Lily's bisexuality/Veronica's bicuriosity yay. So central to the Lily/Veronica friendship. And, while I do not buy the whole Beaver thing, I did enjoy his "my name is CASSIDY" line a lot, and the actor is very good. He could act both Beaver, and homicidal!new!Beaver, it just so happens that he couldn't sell the fact that they're one and the same to me. And, majorly so, that Logan/Veronica kiss at the end when he picks her up? Purrrrrfect. So congrats, you guys, for all of that.
Now, a couple of suggestions:
1) Don't try so much to do twist endings. Look at where those bloody pointless cliffhangers got Alias.
2) We know you're all with the Buffy fanitude. Right? Because you know one thing I loved about Buffy, which they completely lost in Angel's S5? Is how you don't kill a human being without there being consequences. Not ever. There are always consequences. And while I don't much care about Duncan and could do with never seeing him ever again, I still have issues with him ordering the hit on Aaron if we never hear about it again.
3) Listen to Michael Muhney; hire Amber Benson.
Right. I think that about covers it. Looking forward to next season! Keep on rocking in the free world and all that!
A reasonable amount of love,
Me
Now, about The Girl In The Fireplace...
Steven Moffat, I still adore you. And your obsession with banana (which in my mind was such a Nine thing it made me crave for my Doctor so badly). I actually liked Madame de Pompadour a hell of a lot. She was such a strong female character, so much so that she reminded me of Angel's Kate Lockley. Except being more with the sap ("lonely angel"? yeah, Kate would have rolled her eyes at that), but that's a cultural thing really. There is still something, both physical and in her strength and yet vulnerability, that I foudn very resminiscent of Kate and, for the record, I adore Kate.
Back to the character at hand
That said - I don't see the Doctor as loving her more than he does Rose. He trapped himself in her time, yes, but I don't see that as that much of a personal decision. It's just what the Doctor does.
Now, and this will probably raise far more eyebrows, I'm sorry but I LIKE MICKEY. Mickey is this regular bloke. Mickey makes bad jokes. Mickey's still hung-up on Rose. Mickey's Mickey. And I love how much the Doctor takes the piss out of him, and I love how much Mickey just takes it for what it is, and doesn't throw up a fuss about it. (Yet. I'd like to ruffle some of the Doctor's feathers at some point, and possibly again seeing the not-so-good side of Ten as he tears into Mickey and dumps him back on earth in the present? Who knows.)
I think it's the episode I've enjoyed most so far. But that said, it's also the episode that's shown Ten in his best light. We've seen an emotional side of him, we've seen snogging, we've seen drunkenness, we've seen heroism and sacrifice and light-heartedness and horseback riding and a mention of banana and only the charismatic, mostly harmless sides of his arrogance. Which makes me wonder if this wasn't the point of this episode. To remind us the great guy he is.
Or was I the only one that, far from having forgotten, could still use the reminder?
Now, though. I'm very afraid of what's coming next. And by "afraid" I mean "oh god I can't wait come on come on come on!"
Oh. One thing though? I'd have liked the Doctor to be leaning on the TARDIS at the end. I'd have liked it to be obvious that he was drawing comfort from her. I didn't like him hitting her like that in
