Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American drama series, which aired on The WB and later The CW from 2004 to 2007. A crowd-funded film was released in March 2014, and a special 4th season aired on Hulu in 2019. 
==Original Series Overview==
In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town's toughest mysteries. Veronica used to be one of the popular girls, but it all came crumbling down around her after her best friend, Lilly, was murdered, and her then-sheriff father, Keith, was removed from office for naming Lilly's rich father as the lead suspect. During the day, Veronica must negotiate high school like any average teenage girl. But at night, she helps with her father's struggling, new private investigator business--and what she finds may tear the town of Neptune apart at the seams.
== Film & Fourth Season ==
The series was not renewed for a fourth season, though in January 2009 creator Rob Thomas confirmed that plans were afoot for a VM movie.Rob Thomas Confirms 'Veronica Mars' Movie!, accessed January 23, 2009 On March 13, 2013, Rob Thomas launched a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for a Veronica Mars movie. The campaign was a success, raising $US 5,702,153 from fans of the TV series by April 12, 2013, and breaking a number of Kickstarter records.The Veronica Mars Movie Project, accessed March 14, 2014 The film, set 9 years after the events of the series finale, was released on March 14, 2014.
In September 2018, a fourth season was announced which would give a finale update on the characters. It was released on streaming services (Hulu, in the USA) in July 2019, reprising many of the themes and bringing back characters from the original series. 
Its ending, however, proved extremely controversial, as it killed one of the main characters. 
==Fandom==
VM fans engaged with the show in an active way from the start, for example on fan-forum Television Without Pity, which even got a shout-out in a few episode.Website / Television Without Pity page on TvTropes.org, accessed Sept 2021
Fanworks for the original run of the series were largely based on Livejournal, since the show's original seasons (2004-2007) predated the creation of AO3. Some of the fanworks produced during that time were reposted to AO3 later, but many have been lost as authors moved off LJ and locked or purged their accounts. 
The movie and revival season each prompted a renewal of interest in the show. 
=== Controversy ===
*A major controversy in VMars fandom occurred at the end of Season 1, when the resolution of the seasonal mystery proved unsatisfactory to some fans. This led to a multifandom discussion of a culture of squee versus a culture of critique.
*The then-unusual success of the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter campaign prompted a wave of criticism suggesting that people who were spending money this way should donate to charity instead. A number of meta pieces were written in response: 
*The decision to kill off a beloved character at the end of the 4th season also led to much criticism and fix-its. 
=== Pairings ===
By far the most popular pairing in VMars fandom is Logan Echolls/Veronica Mars, which some fans call LoVe, in keeping with the namesmoosh tradition. (All stats as of Sept 2021 on AO3)
* Logan/Veronica works: ~2400 
Other popular pairings include Weevil/Veronica (WeeVer), Veronica/Duncan, Veronica/Piz and Weevil/Logan: 
* Veronica/Weevil (works on AO3): ~200
* Veronica/Duncan (works on AO3): ~150
* Veronica/Piz (works on AO3): ~70
* Weevil/Logan (works on AO3): ~60
Early on, there was also a significant amount of femslash, though few made it to AO3: 
*Veronica/Lilly (works on AO3): ~60
*Veronica/Mac ( on AO3): ~40
*Veronica/Meg (on AO3): ~10
A small number of fanworks also exist centering on secondary characters, such as Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie: 
*Mac/Dick Casablancas, excluding 'Veronica/Logan' works: ~40
===Crossovers===
Crossovers are moderately common, especially with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural, with Veronica Mars/Dean Winchester and Veronica Mars/Buffy Summers the most common crossover ships. Two Buffy actresses had recurring roles in the show, Alyson Hannigan as Trina Echolls and Charisma Carpenter as Kendall Casablancas, and their characters are sometimes depicted as related to the Buffyverse characters. Joss Whedon was a fan of the show and had a cameo role in one episode, and Buffy is referenced in the Veronica Mars movie in the lines
::"Neptune High..."
::"It actually does sit on a Hellmouth..."
==Examples Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Intuition by reginahalliwell (2005, Logan/Veronica & Veronica/Weevil)
*Cryptogram by thingswithwings (Veronica/Lilly, 2008)
* A Strange New Story Every Time by gyzym (2011, Logan/Veronica)
*In Between the Past and Future Town by petpluto (2013, Veronica/Weevil)
*This Thing They Do by thesilverarrow (Logan/Weevil, 2013)
*we travel without seatbelts on by victoria_p, a gen MCU crossover 
* Slipstream by cheshirecatstrut, a 400k Logan/Veronica epic (2015-2017)
===Podfic===
* (Podfic) Mexicali Blues by nickelmountain (2012)
* (Podfic of) A Strange New Story Every Time by gyzym by klb, swiiftly, were_duck (2013)
*(Podfic) Time to Land by ofjustimagine (Veronica/Meg Manning, 2014)
*(Podfic) lifetime piling up by analise010 (Veronica/Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie, 2015)
* With Friends Like These (PODFIC) by Opalsong (Teen Wolf crossover, 2017)
===Vids===
*Every Me Every You by Charmax
*One Way Or Another (Veronica Mars vid) by charmax
*What's Left of Me by catherinebruce
*Tears and Rain by charmax
Additional vids can be found at the Neptune Awards
===Meta===
* Veronica Mars: A Love Letter ;archive link page 1; archive link page 2 by wisteria (2005)
==Archives & Fannish Links==
===Archives===
* Weever Fic - Weevil/Veronica fic archive (no longer active)
* VM Fic - General Veronica Mars fic archive (no longer active, not archived)
* Veronica Mars - All Media Types on AO3
* Veronica Mars (mostly Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossovers) on Twisting the Hellmouth
===Livejournal Communities===
* veronia100 - VMars drabble community
* vm_fic - VM Fic Recs, a moderated VMars story recommendations journal
* vmarsfemslash - femslash
===Fansites===
* Veronica Mars
* Veronica-Duncan.net, a Veronica/Duncan fansite
* Something-Happens.com, a Veronica/Logan fansite
* VM Fic Club, a Discord server
===Other Fannish Resources===
* vmficrecs - Veronica Mars Fic Recs Tumblr blog
*Veronica Mars Wiki at fandom.com
===External Resources===
* We Used to Be Friends: An Oral History of Veronica Mars by Marc Freeman, June 7, 2019, Vanity Fair
==References==
Category:Veronica Mars