#jeff ratner

[veronicamarsconfessions]

“I don't understand why so many people want Ratner to become an FBI agent or a spy. I read it on so many fanfictions. The actor doesn't look like he could play a government agent on TV let alone a spy.”

[marshmallow-the-vampire-slayer]

vm rewatch � 3x06 Hi, Infidelity

[veronicamarsconfessions]

“There are so many debates and arguments about who Veronica should end up with, it bores me to death. Let’s settle this! I think Veronica should be with Jeff. The guy doesn't even take any shit from her.”

[veronicamarsconfessions]

“All of these debates about who Veronica should end up with... Logan, Duncan, Piz, Leo... y'all know Jeff Ratner is the best man.”

[kmd0107]

Sunday Snippet, January 17, 2016

“Veronica, I’m going to tell you a story.  Let’s call it a fairy tale.  This young guy—totally green—fresh off The Farm gets sent out into the field.  He has a simple job.  Get the source to tell him a location.”

Veronica nodded, Jeff wasn’t usually the sharing type. “By ‘Farm’ I take it you don’t mean where you milked Bessy and shucked peas.”

“No Veronica, not that kind of farm.”  

[yarnlass]

In which I am reminded of the time my judgement on ratner was questioned and I rant about it

I never expected ratner to have an underground fan legion, nevermind one that compared him to season 1-2 Veronica.

Like, where did they even get that comparison? In the three instances where Veronica encounters cheating, she either forces the cheater to come clean of his own volition, expresses indignation and annoyance but keeps her trap shut about it, or does nothing to serve her greater interest and her dad ends up taking care of it for her. (referring to health class quiz cheater and Triton member J. B. in Aint No Magic Mountain High Enough, Logan and his Easyrider essay for the Mayoral assistant contest, and Angie Dahl pushing her out of the lead for the Kane scholarship with her semester at sea credentials).

It actually pisses me off, because Veronica doesn't rat. Ratner does.

Veronica doesn't investigate those who stand in the way of her personal interests until she finds enough dirt to destroy them, the way Ratner chose to do to Veronica--if she did, she would have investigated Angie Dahl and have been the one to expose the doctor's note scam Angie had been abusing to postpone exams to her benefit, not Keith. Veronica only uses her investigative powers in those cases when a) someone asks her for her help or b) it's part of the larger corruption of Neptune--like, she notices evidence of a cheating ring that serves to keep 09ers on top academically above anyone else playing fair.  She doesn't look at someone doing better than her academically and assume because they're rich or an 09er that cheating must be going on--she doesn't even go after Angie, who is everything she despises about Neptune High and knows doesn't deserve the higher grade for something she paid for, to find something to get her out of the way.

Veronica doesn't even rat on people she knows cold cheated, even when it's likely they won't get in much trouble for it anyway, like with Logan and the extracurricular mayoral contest. And in the one case where she does expose a cheater, it's because a) he's coming after her specifically in a scholarship contest that's already tipped against her by virtue of her not having 09er money to spend on tutors/other advantages and has already tried in the episode to pin his own part of his crimes on her--and while she may not be about looking for an excuse to tear anyone who stands in her way down, she does the revenge thing well, and b) she gave him the option of either owning up to what he did and facing fair punishment or the option of getting away with cheating with way worse potential punishment. She let's him decide after confirming the fuck out of her theory that he's the cheater to her own satisfaction.

Ratner looked at Veronica and deemed she didn't deserve the grades she was getting with a) absolutely no demonstrated evidence that Veronica was stupid or dishonest and b) decided to bring her down without even bothering to confront her about it--which no doubt Veronica would have done before making any move to expose him if their positions were reversed. I suppose you could make the argument that Ratner didn't have Veronica's resources to check it out--but then, what does basis does an argument claiming Ratner has anything in common with Veronica other than a bias against the wealthy and snotty? Nothing.

Like, people wanna say that season 1-2 Veronica is the kind of person who would rather suspect people excelling academically beyond her were cheating, instead of the hardworking, hyper-focused girl who smashed the competition by virtue of making sure her own work outshone anyone else's? No, not Veronica's style.  Ratner's the one who saw girl + rich boyfriend + doing better than me in class = obviously cheating.  That's a commitment to finding the truth and exposing corruption ala Veronica Mars...how exactly?

Veronica's no rat. That's her code of honor. And she doesn't assume that anyone doing better than her academically is automatically cheating because whoever they are, they're not deserving of the grade they got for their work (which is what ratner did with Veronica, period).

And tbh I'm not bothered at all with how things ended up for Ratner. Nobody likes a snitch, especially one who looks for opportunities to snitch that serve his own interests.

[yarnlass]

seriously guys just watch the fucking episode

it goes Veronica finds paper online --> Veronica gets email address used to post paper --> Veronica tracks down IP address of email --> email address is at Neptune Grand --> gets receptionist to call her when Rory Finch checks in --> (A WILD RATNER APPEARS) --> Rory Finch shows up and Veronica knocks on door, finds the Dean's wife, bumps in to Landry, figures out who Rory Finch is.  And somewhere she broke into Ratner's car and planted the stolen stuff.

She never investigated Ratner.

She discovered his connection to the Grand after she'd found the Rory Finch at the Neptune Grand angle.

Foyle didn't need Ratner to get her to the Grand.

Foyle didn't use Ratner to get her to the Grand.

Foyle didn't need or use Ratner for anything. Ratner was an independent party and that makes him suspect.

[yarnlass]

Am I crazy? This new theory of mine makes sense, right? 

Either Ratner only discovered that copy of Veronica's paper on a downloadable college paper website because he was planning on cheating with a downloadable paper himself, or he decided that Veronica couldn't have possibly earned her best grade in the class and took it upon himself to double-check if she'd cheated?

The first option would not also make him a cheater, but a hypocrite.

The second option would make him a sexist douche, considering that Veronica had already illustrated her intelligence and capability in her Criminology class several times already, and he had literally no reason to think she would have cheated (unless he was a sexist douche who assumed that women aren't smart enough to earn the highest grade in the class).

Does that change the way you see Veronica not making amends to Ratner when she punished him by planting stolen hotel goods in his car? Because honestly it does for me.