I think that Logan's motives aren't entirely pure, as part of why he's turning to Veronica is because his life is fucked up, and she's a rock, someone solid and real that he can cling to. I don't think he's really conflicted about having derided her - I think they teased each other enough when they were friends that there was a pattern of conflict set up before Lilly died and it became real hostility. And she gave as good as she got, so I doubt he had the slightest idea of how deeply he was wounding her.
I've never really bought into that he really blamed her for Lilly's death. Blaming her was inextricably linked with blaming himself, and even though it wasn't really mentioned, you can probably throw in blaming Duncan and the senior Kanes and even the frickin' maid for not being there. The blame there is way too diffuse to focus as a specific grudge against Veronica on its own. It does, however, make a dandy reinforcement for blaming Veronica for betraying him by tattling about the kiss with Yolanda; to my mind, the key phrase in that whole scene is when he says that she (Veronica) was his friend, too. It shifts his anger entirely away from being related to Lilly - his anger is because of Veronica, because of her actions and her relationship with Logan; Lilly is merely the catalyst. And yes, I think that having the hots for her sometime in the recent past is related to that, because even if he'd never conciously think it out, let alone say it, he'd totally blame her for the fact that he's thinking of her in ways he shouldn't be, and that'd be part of what made him angry with her, especially if you add in guilt over him thinking of her that way despite the circumstances with Lilly's last breakup with him and her subsequent death.
And it'd certainly make for an interesting AU, to write about what would've happened if it had been Duncan who died instead of Lilly. Someone should write it. *peers at you*
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Date: 2005-11-03 11:48 pm (UTC)I've never really bought into that he really blamed her for Lilly's death. Blaming her was inextricably linked with blaming himself, and even though it wasn't really mentioned, you can probably throw in blaming Duncan and the senior Kanes and even the frickin' maid for not being there. The blame there is way too diffuse to focus as a specific grudge against Veronica on its own. It does, however, make a dandy reinforcement for blaming Veronica for betraying him by tattling about the kiss with Yolanda; to my mind, the key phrase in that whole scene is when he says that she (Veronica) was his friend, too. It shifts his anger entirely away from being related to Lilly - his anger is because of Veronica, because of her actions and her relationship with Logan; Lilly is merely the catalyst. And yes, I think that having the hots for her sometime in the recent past is related to that, because even if he'd never conciously think it out, let alone say it, he'd totally blame her for the fact that he's thinking of her in ways he shouldn't be, and that'd be part of what made him angry with her, especially if you add in guilt over him thinking of her that way despite the circumstances with Lilly's last breakup with him and her subsequent death.
And it'd certainly make for an interesting AU, to write about what would've happened if it had been Duncan who died instead of Lilly. Someone should write it. *peers at you*