Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds

One of the great things (in addition to the general greatness) about Murielle coming to visit is that I got to watch Season 1 of Veronica Mars on DVD again. I find it's the most fun to watch a) with someone similarly obsessed or b) with someone discovering for the first time. You get to relive the joy or, rather, experience it for the first time vicariously through the other person. It was a pleasure to see Murielle love the show as much as I did and get so involved in it. (I knew she'd like it!) I'm so familiar with certain scenes and events now, but Murielle was surprised and excited and scared and amused and hopeful in all the right places. Just good times.

Aaaaand...I should also mention that I'm really digging what's been going on in Season 2 lately. That's what the quote in the title is about; at first I wasn't really invested in the Season 2 mysteries and storylines (much like Veronica herself), because I thought they were different and she was different and it didn't have the magic of the first season. But, that's not what loving a show is about. You can love a show even when it changes; you love the fact that it grows and tries new things, even as part of you misses how it used to be. I'm sure Shakespeare would, like, totally agree. ;) (He's the bard, he'd appreciate a good yarn.)

I'll say this about season two: it feels like it's still building up. Like they're setting up a bunch of interesting things, adding a bunch of interesting elements to the mix. We keep getting deeper and deeper into the mysteries, and they aren't getting clearer, they're getting murkier. Things are starting to heat up, but they're nowhere near a full boil. (How many other analogies can I use here...chemistry, spelunking, cooking...I'm unstoppable!) I can't imagine how mixed up and murky and boiling over things will get before the season comes to a close. I'm really looking forward to see how it turns out.