An obligatory break-up post

[dangermousie]

Good-bye, my former love.

I am sorry.

I know we have been together for a while. Couple of years, give or take.

In the beginning, our relationship had the giddy highs of shiny new things: I would skip meals, sleep, and even social interaction to spend time with you.

I would smile out loud to myself while thinking about you, or just try to puzzle you out. And I thought about you a LOT.

I went looking at all the pictures of you I could find, and I saved them on my photobucket. I joined groups of other people who understood your wonderfulness, and devoted hours in reading about you in various incarnations, including some creative takes on the moments in your existence I never saw. I would probably be sending you a bill for carpal-tunnel, if I thought you'd pay.

But then you changed. You went away for a few months and when you came back, you were different. You were not the one I fell in love with. Shiny and with a great wardrobe, but not as complex, not as emotional, not as interesting to be with.

I hung in there, hoping it was a temporary change and we could go back to what we were. But alas, it was not to be. After another brief hiatus, you are even further from what I thought you were. I believed you to be a clever, quirky, complex companion, but instead you are a snappy-mouthed fratboy.

Far from clearing my schedule to spend time with you, I have started to avoid you. I would wash my hair, or go for walks, or even hang out with those cool guys from Korean dramas instead.

It seems we weren't meant to be.

I must face reality and break it off for good.

Good-bye, Veronica Mars. I wish you well. May you find other admirers more suited to the new you.

If you want me back, I'll be over in the corner, crushing on my other love, Battlestar Galactica and trying to catch up with that new guy around the block, Supernatural.

But I am still keeping the Logan photos, mind.

Comments

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

*sobs* I totally know what you're going through... becuase I'm feeling the same way about Veronica Mars, I've wathched all the episodes that have aired this season and it seems that as soon as I finish watching I forget evething that has happened in the episode completely... and that's not a good thing, not to mention that find myself just watching vaguely while I'm doing other stuff because I just cannont be focused on the episode because I find my mind wandering most of the time :(

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's OK now but I really think it was a one-season wonder.

[sinclair-furie.livejournal.com]

Awww... I find myself generally amused enough to keep watching but I don't like exactly how they're handling the college thing. Alas.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Naaaah. I have a short attention span.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*guh* to the icon.

"Awwww" to the rest.

I think, though, that VM will have to truly, truly suck for me to not get season 3 when it comes out, though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Naaaah. I haven't even bought s2.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Hahah. I love you.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

*basks*

[aoimidori.livejournal.com]

The new season isn't really up to par with the first season, but after the second one, I didn't really have any high hopes about it. And considering I hung in there for all of season 2, and considering I have practically unconditional love for all my favorite shows, I'm sticking by it. Hey, it took me five seasons before I got really tired of GG, and even now I'm giving that a chance by acquiring the season I missed.

VM is never going to be the same, true, but I'm trying to hang onto it as much as possible. I'm trying to just see the positive parts. ><

Sad though, I used to watch VM episodes over and over again, hardly getting tired of them. The prettiness and ingenuity was undeniable. Now I watch one episode, and then get bored by the first time I rewatched it. (With the exception of 3x01 which I really loved and watched practically back to back half a dozen times -- but maybe that was because I really missed my show.) Anyway, I'm still watching, but keeping my not so high expectations. So it'd have to really suck for me to cut it, because I really adore this show. :)

BSG is my new boy around the block though, and SPN is effing pretty. *dies*

P.S. Shiny and with a great wardrobe, but not as complex, not as emotional, not as interesting to be with.
But even the wardrobe doesn't compare to early Season 1 Veronica! ><

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

See, I have a short attention span. With books and movies and doramas, I'll finish even if I don't like. But a show? No. I bailed on Buffy and am now bailing on VM. oh well...

BSG is my new boy around the block though, and SPN is effing pretty. *dies*

Definitely!

[aoimidori.livejournal.com]

Ah. I stuck by Buffy til the end, but I think that was because back then I didn't know I was allowed to criticize favorite TV shows. :p

Doramas and books and movies are easy to finish and sit through because they're much shorter. But shows are way longer, especially when they are continuously renewed again and again, year after year. ^^;

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't grow up with tv shows so it's something that's hard for me to get used to.

[aliterati.livejournal.com]

Aw... How sad.

However, I'm glad to say that I knew this was for VM.

In other news, I'm coming to DC Friday night and staying that whole week. We should see each other.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, let's hang out!

[missmarch.livejournal.com]

Sad to say that I know where you're coming from. I deleted my VM icons a while back. I'm still watching(sad to say that I love JD so much that I can't quit) but the intense fannish love is gone.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, I got rid of my VM icons too.

It's just not super-good any more (and I have some feminist issues with it too, but honestly, if the writing was excellent, I could have overlooked it).

[missmarch.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I really hate this mystery and I will be happy when it's over. I never expected the show to match season 1 again, but the dropoff has been steep. I did like this past week's episode and things here and there in the two before, but the obsession is over.

Still, I will keep watching until the bitter end. I hung in for all nine seasons of the X-Files. I can take this. :)

[barn-swallow.livejournal.com]

Aww I'm sorry! Is it OK if I still hang out with her though? Or will that be too awkward?

(And as much as I love her, BSG >>>>> All.)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Naaaah, you can hang out with her. I am too busy ogling BSG to mind :P

[hope-fuleigh.livejournal.com]

I totally sympathize... I've been re-watching some of season 1, and it hurts me to think of how awesome it was - almost a perfect season of TV. But then the second season happened, and now, I don't feel compelled to watch it every week, or freak out if I miss it...

But I'll still watch, mostly because Lo/Ve is still one of my top 'ships and I need to see what happens to them.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I really do think first season of VM was like a dorama: one storyline and then complete. The rest of it is just dragging out a story that never really was in a serial US TV format. I love LV but not enough to watch the eps. I'll probably rent the DVDs and just watch their scenes...