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Also, the one thing that I struggled with was why people were so upset when she turned down Logan’s proposal. Humbly, I’m so happy being married with two kids. I love the white picket fence that I’ve got. But I’m Voltaire about the fact that’s not right for everyone. I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll fight to death for your right to say it. Not everyone wants to have kids. Not everyone wants to get married. Veronica does not want to get married, right now. She is not ready, and that is her choice. And I didn’t love that people were like, “Why can’t she just marry Logan?” Well, because she doesn’t need a man to fix all her problems. She hasn’t had good examples of marriage. She’s not ready to commit. The true test of feminism is whether or not you’re gonna agree with her, or whether or not you think she should have something different because society states she should. So, it was interesting to me to see so many people upset about that because I thought we had distanced ourselves from John Cusack with the boombox outside our window being right for everyone. It’s not a love story that’s wrapped in a perfect bow. It’s okay for Veronica to have complex feelings about marriage because she’s being honest with herself.
I’ve avoided posting or discussing articles by cast/ crew which which I don’t agree, because everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. But I feel this statement is a deliberate PR misdirect ploy, meant to reframe the backlash as ‘fans being silly’, and KB keeps repeating it in every interview. So, to refute:
1) No fan I know is mad that Veronica turned down Logan’s proposal initially. Pretty much everyone thinks the choice was in character. Veronica’s first line in her first scene, season 1, was something along the lines of ‘I’m never getting married’ and she stated it as an absolute.
2) Veronica DID want to get married and commit in the end, though. You know how I know? Because she did get married. To Logan. By her own choice. In a scene which KB presumably remembers, because she filmed it.
3) How is it distancing the show from ‘John Cusack with the boombox outside our window’ to promote the new season’s theme song with…John Cusack Rob outside KB’s window? This season’s promotional material was 100% tropes she claims they eschew. Which makes their PR a beyond-cynical bait-and-switch con, designed to trick fans into watching something sure to upset them.
The talking point in this interview is a straw man argument, formulated to make the speaker seem more rational and progressive than her opponent. The real reason fans are mad is because the male co-lead was fridged to re-traumatize our heroine–the writers think V’s only interesting when she suffers. And that viewpoint is not feminist or progressive at all.