I love Veronica Mars, I really do. I need to state that first and foremost. If they did a season 5, I know I would watch it and I know I would like it. I just never thought I wouldn’t care if they did do another season or not.
I started watching the show when it premiered on the CW and by Christmas of that year I had bought the first two seasons and it easily became my favourite show. Then only a few months after, it got cancelled and all of us marshmallows were left heartbroken. I signed every petition, I sent Warner Bros. fake money with “Veronica Mars is smarter than me” written on them. Obviously this all fell on deaf ears until about 10 years later and I still find it hard to describe how it felt seeing it all go down. Learning about the Kickstarter and then when we came up with the money in hours. All of us marshmallows literally brought the show back to life. A feat that so rarely happens and it was just incredible. And honestly I was satisfied with that.
Then the announcement of season 4. Yes. This is nuts. How did we get so damn lucky? This little show with so much sass, so much heart and with some of the most loyal fans a show could hope for.
I thought season 4 up until the last 10 minutes was solid. It was a different show, it was definitely darker but the characters have grown up. We’re not in high school anymore and maybe I didn’t love it as much as the first 3 but man I was still so excited to have it.
I definitely don’t think I’ll ever understand the mentality behind the decision to kill Logan. I’ve seen all the interviews and comments as to why he made that decision but each time I’m just scratching my head and puzzled by that logic. Maybe he should’ve consulted with other writers, I don’t know and frankly it doesn’t really matter now because what’s done is done.
Something that really bothers and I know all of us “burnt marshmallows” would likely agree, how this beloved show became something we never wanted it to become. We had this close relationship with the show and the cast and with rob. We literally brought the show back to life and when they gave us 8 more episodes, it felt like a dream come true only for him to destroy an entire fan base in the last 10 mins without any guarantees of a next season.
Now there’s this animosity within the fan base that wasn’t there before. People have even attacked Kristen and Rob for their comments which of course is not ok in any way. We were marshmallows, people who loved this show and loved how connected we were to the cast and creators.
I know a lot of VM fans would love a season 5 no matter what and I’m not trying to be bitter when I say I don’t care either way anymore. Something died when Logan died and I think for us “burnt marshmallows” there’s nothing that season 5 could give us that would make up for what happened in season 4.
And can I just say again. I’m a real Veronica Mars fan. And it breaks my heart to feel this way about a show I loved.
