#duve

Can I just say how much I HATE how they handled Veronica’s assault? I don’t care if she drunkenly said ‘yes’ and Duncan is the goodest good boy who ‘just’ made a mistake.

She was SOBBING when she found out what he did. And we’re supposed to just believe they got back together? No. Way. She wouldn’t even date Troy after he’d stolen drugs. How is it logical for her to go back to Duncan? As a character?

What he did was already irredeemable. 

And Veronica’s character-someone who was waxing on about not fitting in as 09′ers, knowing all the gritty details of that life, suddenly wants to be the poster child for that? Her character would not say no to the case in the first episode of the season. Yes, she might want to rest after what happened, but at her core she’s a character who still wants justice. Not a job as a waitress. 

Also was it implied that Logan had an affair with Beaver’s mom? After what just happened with his own dad and his girlfriend? That would be like Duncan trying to juggle heavy objects near his head by the poolside right after Lilly’s death. Does. Not. Compute. 

The gap between the 09′ers at the start of the season didn’t make much sense, either.

The best teen dramas are the ones that embrace the awkwardness, the unnecessary cruelty and the uncontrollable emotions that are an unavoidable part of wading through the treacherous waters of adolescence. Although we may leave those experiences in our rearview mirror, those years have an intense effect on all of us, which is why these shows continue to resonate with people of all ages.

Much like real life, one of the most vital aspects of any teen drama is the romantic relationships. There are many reasons why we tune in but rarely are any of them quite as compelling as the love stories that are woven into the very DNA of these shows. After all, what love is more intense, more heartbreaking, and more melodramatic than the love that you discover during high school?

These relationships can become so important that for better or worse, they completely overtake the entire series. Some TV couples you love, others you love to hate and others still, well, those just evoke nothing but the purest of hatred. These pairings can elevate a show to new heights or even send it crashing to the lowest of lows.

9. SAVED: VERONICA AND PIZ - VERONICA MARS

Let’s get this out of the way: Veronica and Logan are the true love story of Veronica Mars. However, there was a point at which the drama between them simply got to be too much. Veronica always had to worry about Logan and never felt that she could truly trust him - which is fair since early on, he wasn’t what you might call trustworthy. For a time, Veronica lost herself in that relationship and what better place to find yourself than at college? She and Logan gave it their all, but at a certain point, both had to admit that it was time to throw in the towel.

Enter Stosh "Piz" Piznarski. He was the anti-Logan in every way and it was awesome. After the dark days of Veronica and Logan, her time with Piz was like a breath of fresh air, for both Veronica and the show itself. Even Kristen Bell has said that before the movie, she was Team Piz all the way. He brought a different energy to the series. Logan is Veronica’s true love, but Piz actually made her happy.

Veronica and Logan needed that time apart and viewers needed a break from the nonstop rollercoaster of feels that was their romantic relationship. Finding their way back to one another in the movie was only possible because of Veronica’s romance with Piz. Sure, he may have just been a placeholder in the end, but Veronica really did love him.

6. HURT: VERONICA AND DUNCAN - VERONICA MARS

Although iZombie does help to fill the Veronica-shaped hole in our hearts, there will never be another show quite like Veronica Mars. The series combined the socioeconomic divide of The Outsiders with the central mystery of Twin Peaks and boasted an amazing heroine who was sort of an amalgamation of Buffy Summers and Nancy Drew.

Speaking of Veronica, she was always way too cool for her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Duncan Kane. He wasn’t exactly the most interesting of characters and on a series full of them, he stuck out as particularly bland. Early on in the series, it was easy to get invested in the romance between Duncan and Veronica. He was her first love and the potential relation storyline was intense, to say the least. The flashbacks made it clear that there was a time when their relationship was really quite sweet.

Duncan was pretty much fine before we got to know Logan better.