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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5644814/1/Compare_and_Contrast Compare and Contrast]]'' is a ''Series/VeronicaMars'' AlternateUniverseFic by Tropers/{{emmaliza}}, based on the question: what if Veronica was killed instead of Lilly?

The story starts almost a year after Veronica was murdered suddenly on the Kane estate - a crime Celeste Kane was convicted of, and led to the downfall of the Kanes social standing. That was followed by Lilly releasing the Aaron Echolls sex tapes, accidentally leading to wife Lynn's suicide, Jake Kane walked out on his children, and Lilly accidentally fell pregnant, had an abortion, but had photos of her at the clinic published against her will.

Reputation ruined and self toughened, Lilly begins to realise there's more to Veronica's murder than the public story. And it's up to her to find out what really happened.
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!!This work contains the following tropes
%%* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Aaron.]]
%%* AlternateUniverseFic
%%* AntiVillain:
%% **[[spoiler:Keith.]]
%%** Marcos, sort of.
%%* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:Cassidy.]]
%%* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou
%%* DeusAngstMachina: Lilly has the worst luck ever.
%%* DisappearedDad: Jake
%%* TheDitz: Caitlin takes on this role [[spoiler:[[ObfuscatingStupidity intentionally.]]]]
%%* DrivenToSuicide:
%%** Lynn in the backstory.
%%** [[spoiler:Cassidy]] in chapter 8, although it doesn't stick.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Lilly does this to [[spoiler: Keith]], to blackmail him into releasing the proof that [[spoiler:Celeste didn't kill Veronica.]]
* EtTuBrute: Of all the things that happen to Lilly, the one that makes her cry the most is [[spoiler:the betrayal of Caitlin.]]
%%* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Caitlin.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Lilly had one in the backstory, and is never called morally wrong for it.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: Caitlin, though she wasn't that much of a "heel" to start with. [[spoiler:Except she ''was'' [[EvilAllAlong a real Heel]], and still is.]]
%%* HeroicBSOD:
%%** Cassidy in chapter 8.
%%** Duncan in chapter 10.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter is named after an episode from ''Series/VeronicaMars'', such as "Betty and Veronica" ("Lilly and Veronica"), "Leave It To Beaver" ("Get It Back From Beaver"), "Papa's Cabin" ("Papa's Cabinet"), etc.
%%* ItsAllMyFault:
%%** Lilly toward Lynn's death.
%%** Logan says this word for word in regards to [[spoiler:Veronica's rape.]]
%%* LoveDodecahedron: In the end, it becomes kind of hilarious to tally who exactly was sleeping with/dating who.
* MamaBear: This is [[spoiler:Lynn's reason]] for killing Veronica, as [[spoiler:she]] was only trying to [[spoiler:protect Logan after all.]]
%%* MistakenForGay: Caitlin mentions doing this with Cassidy. And Logan. [[spoiler:Which was more accurate than she knew.]]
%%* MythologyGag: There are lots of nods to the ''Serise/VeronicaMars'' canon.
* NoBisexuals: Lilly mentions in chapter 6 that Caitlin doesn't believe in bisexuals.
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Caitlin.]]
* RapeAsDrama: Veronica was drugged and raped a week before her death, and thought [[spoiler:Logan]] had done it.
%%* ReallyGetsAround: Lilly herself.
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:Caitlin's]] plan to get revenge on [[spoiler:Aaron]] by [[spoiler:framing Logan for rape]] more or less falls under this.
%%* ShoutOut: [[Series/{{Firefly}} Big Damn Heroes]]
%%* WhamEpisode:
%% ** Chapter 3 with [[spoiler:Celeste's alibi being found]].
%%** Chapter 6 with [[spoiler:Lilly discovering Veronica's rape]].
%%** Chapter 9 with [[spoiler:Caitlin uncovered as the rapist]].
%%* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Caitlin]]. Oh. So. Much. She even refers to herself with "hell hath no fury"!
* WouldHitAGirl: As Cassidy gets increasing crazy in chapter 8, he slaps Lilly.
%%* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Caitlin]]
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