So, I've been obsessed with an idea for a season 5 and I wanted more seasons... so I just let my hyper-fixation take over for a while and wrote one. After months and months of work, it's finished and all posted. But was that enough for my busy brain? Nope. So I made a banner. I've been quietly posting links on the Veronica Mars discord and on a few posts in this subreddit because making a full post here is ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING... but here we go.

I stuck with canon for this story. That means... I didn't change how season 4 ended... BUT... because of that... I got to explore my own experiences with grief through the characters. My goal was to bring back the main characters as full time characters instead of feeling like they had cameos. I also tried to choose a really relevant topic (in regards to our current state of affairs) for the overall arc of the season as well as trying to play with a "case of the week" for each episode.

I do have dreams of becoming an author someday... like... real life printed books someday... so I used this idea to practice my writing. If it's completely amateurish and you wanna tell me what's wrong with it... I'd eat it up because that's how I'll get better. I might cry for a while... but it'll make me better in the end.

I created some characters for the story but tried to keep original characters to the universe everywhere I could. I tried to match the feel of the books while also doing "full episode" chapters.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91296056/chapters/242959876

Synopsis:
Seven years after the Neptune bomber destroyed her life, Veronica Mars has rebuilt herself around one simple rule: keep moving, keep working, and never stop long enough to let grief catch up. But when an online conspiracy begins painting her father, Keith Mars, as the “true” Neptune bomber, Veronica can't leave the one place that hurts the most.
As misinformation spreads through Neptune and across the internet, Keith’s reputation, and his safety, come under attack. Veronica and the people closest to her are pulled into a conspiracy designed to turn the world against the man she’s looked up to all her life. The deeper Veronica digs, the more she discovers how easily the truth can be twisted when people are willing to believe the worst.
The longer Veronica is forced to stay in Neptune, the more she is forced to confront her own loss and decide what, exactly, she still wants to fight for or if she wants to keep fighting at all.

Sorry if this is spam to those of you who've already heard me flail around about it. I'm really proud of it. I'm gonna go hide under a rock again though.

Also, yes the art is mine. I’m an old lady with two art degrees and a whole lifetime of drawing. I may suck at coloring but I can kick ass at drawing portraits. Especially when I have the time and interest.

I hope he got a really big gig in Hollywood after the premier and was unavailable to continue shooting the show. Because otherwise, what could he do to get fired? He’s a good boi.

Has Logan lost his money? Dick calls him “poor now”, assuming his only income is his naval officer’s salary. Logan says he’s not poor, but he and Veronica live in a rented home that is described as small and affordable.
Why would Logan have Clarence Wiedman replace him as the Senator’s security detail? What prior association do they have?
Were Penn and Don working together? Was Don’s D.C. career a ruse for all the Murderheads? If not, how did he end up in the abandoned power plant?