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apocalypsosOkay, so AICN has a completely spoilery summary for "Donut Run". And it pretty much highlights my biggest problem with Veronica Mars this entire freaking season. Namely ...
Give me one good goddamn reason why Duncan Kane could not get custody of his own daughter. ONE.
He's an emancipated minor, he's highly intelligent, he's known to those around him to be kind and considerate, and he's worth billions. On what planet does a guy like that NOT get custody of his own kid, regardless of what the grandparents might say? And especially considering that the only real argument the maternal grandparents might have is that he broke into their house, and if Lamb is so willing to help him escape to Mexico, I'm pretty sure that the sheriff testifying that he witnessed things in that house that makes him question their attempts at custody would go a long way.
And don't even get me started on the Kanes. What possible excuse could they have for any arguments against him keeping that kid? Do I have to wave my hands frantically in the direction of their bank account again? It's not like he's going to have to forgo college to get a job or something.
It would be completely different if he were off robbing little old ladies or mainlining candle wax in his spare time or something, but the main characteristic that has always made Duncan wrong for Veronica is that he's too safe. We're supposed to get the impression that what she needs is someone who'll pull a gun or beat up an FBI agent to save her ass, and as much as I might think Duncan loves her (and I do, because they're both teenagers still and teenagers are by definition morons), running is more his style. What possible threat could be cited from him, other than the fact that he might bore the kid to death?
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picfor1000 story and it's babyfic, so I spent most of last night trying to figure out the logistics of this whole thing, about how there would even be a real custody battle in the first place. I mean, grandparents have rights, but they don't have ALL of the rights. And I was sorely tempted to question a friend of mine at work whose granddaughter has been having a lot of health problems about visitation rules at the hospital, because if that "they won't even let me see my daughter" thing isn't a crock of shit to mislead everybody around them, I do not get it. This isn't like when the Mannings kept him away from Meg -- that was their daughter and they were allowed. But this is HIS daughter and I do not get why they would have more authority over who gets to see her than her own father.
I kept mentally going through Duncan's "faults" for a custody battle and coming up with nothing. He ran away from home last year? Yeah, with ten thousand dollars (chump change, with his trust fund), to sit in a cafe and try to grow a beard. He has a temper? Yeah, and we've mostly seen it displayed a.) during times of stress, like when Veronica has a file on him as a Lily murder suspect, and b.) when he's been off his epilepsy meds, and I'd love to see anyone try to use that argument in a court of law. And I would also love to see the Mannings try to complain that he broke up with Meg and that's why she was on that bus, which I believe is the kind of reasoning most people grow out of in seventh grade.
This entire plotline pisses me off so freaking much.
Give me one good goddamn reason why Duncan Kane could not get custody of his own daughter. ONE.
He's an emancipated minor, he's highly intelligent, he's known to those around him to be kind and considerate, and he's worth billions. On what planet does a guy like that NOT get custody of his own kid, regardless of what the grandparents might say? And especially considering that the only real argument the maternal grandparents might have is that he broke into their house, and if Lamb is so willing to help him escape to Mexico, I'm pretty sure that the sheriff testifying that he witnessed things in that house that makes him question their attempts at custody would go a long way.
And don't even get me started on the Kanes. What possible excuse could they have for any arguments against him keeping that kid? Do I have to wave my hands frantically in the direction of their bank account again? It's not like he's going to have to forgo college to get a job or something.
It would be completely different if he were off robbing little old ladies or mainlining candle wax in his spare time or something, but the main characteristic that has always made Duncan wrong for Veronica is that he's too safe. We're supposed to get the impression that what she needs is someone who'll pull a gun or beat up an FBI agent to save her ass, and as much as I might think Duncan loves her (and I do, because they're both teenagers still and teenagers are by definition morons), running is more his style. What possible threat could be cited from him, other than the fact that he might bore the kid to death?
I finally got inspiration for my
picfor1000 story and it's babyfic, so I spent most of last night trying to figure out the logistics of this whole thing, about how there would even be a real custody battle in the first place. I mean, grandparents have rights, but they don't have ALL of the rights. And I was sorely tempted to question a friend of mine at work whose granddaughter has been having a lot of health problems about visitation rules at the hospital, because if that "they won't even let me see my daughter" thing isn't a crock of shit to mislead everybody around them, I do not get it. This isn't like when the Mannings kept him away from Meg -- that was their daughter and they were allowed. But this is HIS daughter and I do not get why they would have more authority over who gets to see her than her own father. I kept mentally going through Duncan's "faults" for a custody battle and coming up with nothing. He ran away from home last year? Yeah, with ten thousand dollars (chump change, with his trust fund), to sit in a cafe and try to grow a beard. He has a temper? Yeah, and we've mostly seen it displayed a.) during times of stress, like when Veronica has a file on him as a Lily murder suspect, and b.) when he's been off his epilepsy meds, and I'd love to see anyone try to use that argument in a court of law. And I would also love to see the Mannings try to complain that he broke up with Meg and that's why she was on that bus, which I believe is the kind of reasoning most people grow out of in seventh grade.
This entire plotline pisses me off so freaking much.
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Date: 2006-01-25 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-25 08:15 pm (UTC)That does not make him an unfit parent. Especially if his meds are working properly. And with the amount of money we're talking about here, he could hire a nanny easy.
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Date: 2006-01-25 08:20 pm (UTC)1. He attacked Jake and Logan had to pull him off.
2. His parents thought he had a fit and killed Lilly, but they were wrong.
If he were any more of a threat, it seems like there would be more to it than that.
Considering the timing of his beating the car in "A Trip To The Dentist", that leans more towards being overemotional and jealous than his epilepsy. So far in the series, we've been shown that as long as he takes his meds for it -- and I think simply because of the way he is he'd make sure of it for his baby -- he's no more easy to anger than any other teenage boy.
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Date: 2006-01-25 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-26 04:13 pm (UTC)I mean, suppose that somehow the Mannings got custody in the first place (and even then there's no way they could bar Duncan from seeing his daughter, but just pretending for a minute). We're seriously expected to believe that Duncan and Veronica, with all the resources they have between them (including, yes, a law-enforcement official with first-hand knowledge that the Mannings are abusive parents, and who might well have been more sympathetic if the issue had been custody and not KIDNAPPING), cannot come up with a better way of dealing with that situation than to have Duncan be a fugitive for the rest of his life?! Because, you know, that's a really great situation in which to raise a child! *rolls eyes* This is just six different kinds of stupid, all of it.
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Date: 2006-02-01 08:08 am (UTC)I agree 110% with you. I am not sure why the only parent to the child is now wanted for kidnapping. IRL, unless the parents petitioned the court to get custody, Duncan would automatically have custody.
This storyline is silly and for all I care Duncan can stay in Mexico for the rest of the season because he's character is boring.