Lord of the Bling: Meta

[dangermousie]

It's an ep where the A-plot doesn't hold my interest much (though I love Keith and V working together), but the rest of the stuff is fascinating. Bone Hamilton contiues the theme of fathers and how important they are (gosh, this season is incredibly tightly written). We find out more about Lilly which makes her even less of a dream princess: she is shallow and spoiled (fleet week? chasing sailors with jailbait? Way to go. Ugh) and her comments about Logan being jealous look quite different in retrospect. We don't see him jealous with V (until she is sleeping with Duncan, and I think that's justifiable grounds) or at any other time (he idly checks out Caitlin's phone when he thinks she is cheating). Every time he suspects something it's because he is right: Lilly WAS cheating, Caitlin was cheating, and hey, D/V are clearly dating. It's not being jealous to believe that something is happening whe it's really happening. It's just not being an idiot. But with Lilly, she quite led him a dance, didn't she? Lilly strikes me as someone who'd goad you into being jealous so she could feel powerful and wanted (and of course part of it is girl exaggeration: 'my guy loves me THIS much. Look how jealous he is') which is where her jealousy comes in: she might not want Logan herself, but he is her property and should not get away. I bet if she didn't die, they would have gotten together again and it would hav been a mess again. L/L sounds SO dysfunctional.

But in the whole ep, it's the Logan theater of angst that makes this ep. All the scenes between Aaron and Logan just crackle. You get the sense that Logan is acting out, as if he is trying to push Aaron's buttons so Aaron would punish him because I think in some oblique way he feels he deserved pain because he failed his mother, and also because that's the only kind of attention he gets at home. If Aaron hits him, means Aaron notices, means he matters. And oh, the ferocious, angry 'good cheer' he puts on at the funeral. And I love the Duncan-Logan scene. Duncan is really being a good friend to Logan, and Logan is coping by not coping and denial and of course I know how it's all going to end up and it's just heart-breaking. I also noticed that during that whole talk, there is a pic of Logan and his Mom on the dresser. And I love that Duncan looks so worried for Logan's denial but doesn't know what to say. And poor Logan, hanging on to shreds and 'signs.' He'd rather his Mom abandoned him to his horrible father than she died (and abandoned him this way instead).

And that bit about his 10th bday and the milkshake, I love that he is just resigned to Aaron remembering it differently. It's spoken like someone who knows no one will believe him and who knows that he will never be able to convince Aaron (Aaron is perfect at self-delusion). His matter of fact resignation of the topic as even not worth arguing about is horrible. I wonder how it ties in to the fact of Trina later saying that he used to 'tell stories' about 'cigarette burns and broken noses.' I get the feeling he might have complained when he was younger and no one believed him and he eventually stopped. So he never really tries for the truth any more.

And of course the final scene SQUEE with Logan asking for V's help looking so vulnerable.

Comments

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

I can't stand the A plot in this one -- it sticks out to me as one of the worst -- but I looooove the Logan stuff. When I talked to Jason in Austin before the event (why listen to the band when the cast is in the lobby alone?), he said LotB is one of his fave episodes. I can see why -- he has such great stuff here, from smashing the camera, to the funeral, to the scenes with Aaron and Duncan, and then Veronica at the end. Fabulous!

I also think that Logan probably did tell about Aaron's abuse when he was a kid, but no one believed him. Oh, Logan. Such a woobie!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You have the most amazing icons!

And you went to Austin. Now I am officially green with jealosy :)

But yes, I love all the Logan stuff in this one: he is just such a gorgeous wounded mess here. He has all these great scenes and runs with it.

I also think that Logan probably did tell about Aaron's abuse when he was a kid, but no one believed him.

And then he finally stopped talking about it. Oh, woobie indeed!

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! I am such an icon whore. Remember when the most you could have is 10? How did I survive??

Austin was awesome. My friend bliss_ and I talked to Jason for a good 10 minutes before the show, and it was so lovely. He was so earnest and nice, and hugged us both when he had to go inside to get announced. I was grinning for days, let me tell you!

I love how the end of 113 just flows right into 114. Could have used a bit more of that this season.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

OK, now I am even more green :)

I remember having only 3 lj icons and thinking it was plenty. Those were the days :)

I love the flow too. Actually, I think it's the only ep that does that so directly, or am I forgetting one? So good.

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I think that might have been the only episode that did that, but I wish they had again in S2 when Logan came to Veronica with the something horrible that he'd done.

I remember when they first went to 50 icons. I was so sure I'd never need that many. Ha! Now I have 115!