VM 2x18

[alixtii]

Ari? You win. That was the Veronica/Keith episode of DOOM, beginning with the way he barged into her bedroom and made himself at home and continuing through the entire damn episode.

Otherwise? I'm unsatisfied. I didn't really feel the episode worked as a single unit. The way it moved the season's arc together was important, I suppose. But I'm still not sure quite what happened in this ep, or why I should care.

The T-shirts just were weird, although I liked Meg's.

Veronica's mention of Hannah didn't even make sense.

Veronica doesn't use spoiler warnings. Tsktsk, Veronica.

Still no answer as to the arc that really matters, aka Cassidy's breaking up with Mac. Just more about that silly bus crash plot thing.

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[wisdomeagle]

I've thought this more, and the more I do the more I think a simple "agreed" isn't enough.

Oh good!

we know that she can be trusted to do the right thing (although she does take some stupid risks) and so Keith is doing the right thing in letting her run wild

Wellll... I don't know about this. And more to the point, I don't know that Keith would agree if he knew everything that V. was up to. Veronica does take stupid risks (and you know how I feel about Gryffindors!), but then again so does Keith. Veronica also falls very much into a Willow-S6 changing the world to her liking model, where consistant ethics are less important than her gut impulse. That's... kind of scary. And has been discussed elsewhere. "One Angry Veronica" earlier in the season really upset a lot of people for that reason.

Keith's rôle as a parent is (snip) to get out of the child's way and let them grow up.

Okay, can think of a couple of places where there's more than that. In last year's finale, where he had to bodily rescue her, and after the kidnapping, with "I love you, I will always love you, I'm totally straight for you but I will never trust you again." (Although I need to think more on that given that it HASN'T BEEN TRUE. grrr.)


More (much) later - I have to go to work now. :(

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

And more to the point, I don't know that Keith would agree if he knew everything that V. was up to.

Agreed. And that's why Veronica needs to be able to function as an adult, independently from Keith--because, true to the archetype, he wouldn't give her the necessary breathing room to save the day (becaause, on a realistic level, giving her the necessary breathing room to save the day is actually a sort of stupid thing to do).

Veronica does take stupid risks (and you know how I feel about Gryffindors!), but then again so does Keith.

But on some level, it's okay to take risks when you are The Hero. I think that's part of the fantasy the show is selling.

after the kidnapping, with "I love you, I will always love you, I'm totally straight for you but I will never trust you again." (Although I need to think more on that given that it HASN'T BEEN TRUE. grrr.)

Yeah, that was disappointing.