#**vmars

When James shows up to take Erin to the ‘50s prom after she gets stood up

The juxtaposition of the happy, innocent kids at the talent show and the adults watching the news report of the latest deadly bombing at the end of S1 of Derry Girls

"What’s he sayin’?” “I! AM! A DERRY GIRL!”

All of the Derry girls starting to wear rainbow lapel pins to support Clare

“I’m trying to come out to you” “Well, don’t! Go back in!” (That was more of a Deeply Sad cry)

When Scoutmaster Pat gets to see his baby grandson Pat (“He has my legs!”)

Robin explaining why he loves the moonah (“It’s the only thing that’s been here as long as you have, eh?”)

Mr. Kim realizing that Kimchee’s roommate is Jung and pausing to look at the photos of Jung with Janet over the years since they stopped speaking

The pudding conversation in the hospital in Kim’s Convenience

Mr. Kim singing along from outside the door during the talent show

Mr. Ratburn’s wedding

The Rosa Parks episode of DW13

The Pakistan episode of DW13

Patrick’s proposal to David and FIVE RINGS :’‘‘c

Johnny Rose standing up for Roland and Jocelyn at the fancy restaurant

Stevie’s reaction to Johnny Rose in the hospital :(

“The Rosebud Motel” name-change :(

Moira trying to bond with Stevie and complimenting her and genuinely meaning it

Johnny Rose protecting Stevie when they realized she was being dumped

Will destroying Fort Byers (and, in the same vein, “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls”)

The letter at the end of S3 of Stranger Things, even though I hated Hopper this season

Alexei’s death :( He just wanted his Woody Woodpecker toy and the games weren’t fixed :( The kids were so excited when he won :( “You can do it, mister!” :(

‘Veronica Mars’ Season 4 Doesn’t Understand What It Means to Be Strong – Spoilers, Libby Hill @ Indie Wire

This is a really good encapsulation for why media romances, on the whole, are usually so unhealthy. But I also feel like it’s extremely lazy writing (...brings to mind, idk, “Poe and Finn couldn’t go on an adventure together in TLJ because they get along too well and that’s boring”) to suggest that characters who complement one another as much as contrast, and who grow TOGETHER and change ONE ANOTHER are uninteresting as a narrative or can’t sustain a romantic storyline. Kristen Bell’s own other major show, The Good Place, is literally fucking ABOUT how relationships both platonic and romantic cause people to grow and change and how vital that is, and Eleanor/Chidi beats Veronica/Logan out on the heart-stopping romance scale any day. (Jeremy Bearimy, baby. They’re gonna spend every day of forever chilling in the dot of the ‘i’.)

IDK. I really want to see more healthy relationships in media just so there are more examples of what they fucking look like. It is really hard to know that you aren’t in one when you’ve never seen one, or when the only ones you’ve seen have been way outside your peer group or outside of your sexual orientation. I get that it’s uncool and ~anti and fuddy-duddy and whatever to just be like, “I really just want to watch stuff where the people in my ships actually like each other and are good to each other and trying to be good to themselves” but like... that’s a self-insert fantasy, too!

And also I am very tired of intimate partner violence being normalized as sexy when it is not! Even when hotties like Kristen Bell are the ones being abusive! Because I was grossed out with how she treated Logan in VMars4, and that made me very bummed out. Even with how much I like her legs. Good legs doesn’t excuse her goading him about his therapy and trying to trigger his rage response and PTSD and addiction issues, dangit! And neither does being “damaged” herself!

oh yeah, i wasn't only talking about what happened with logan, i was talking about the season as a whole. the way veronica was so resistant to change and kept sabotaging herself and her relationships. the way she mocked therapy and any kind of introspection. it was painful to watch. she definitely looked down on wallace, too.

this is an excellent article and i just. feel this kind of profound loss right now because i had so much hope for veronica's future and instead we got this. great