Happy Birthday, Logan

January 10 is Logan's birthday. I'm so dedicated to my blog [i.e. geek] that I added all the BSC members' birthdays to my calendar so I could do a birthday/tribute post about their characters, personalities, and traits I liked and disliked about them. So, let's talk about Logan.

When he first appeared in #10 Logan Likes Mary Anne!, my tweenaged self though he was a heck of a catch. Mary Anne was so lucky he liked her! He was so cute on the cover! Then he turned into a controlling jerk and Mary Anne dumped him. Then she took him back. Then she dumped him again. They had their trials and tribulations, for sure.

I'm sitting here trying to think of what to say about Logan, and I really can't think of anything. He's a boy, he's thirteen, he's from "Lou-ah-vull," or whatever, he's a dick, he has blondish-brown hair. He works at the Rosebud Cafe (how does that happen, he's only 13!) and calls it the "Road Spud." Original. He's a jock. What else can I say about him?

I truly think Logan is a very unrealistic thirteen year old boy. My reasoning for that is because I have a fifteen year old stepson, and he and Logan have about the same maturity level. I don't know if that speaks badly for my stepson or for Logan. When my stepson was thirteen, he didn't know what a girl was. And here's Logan, with a "serious" relationship. When I compare my stepson to, say, age-equal Sam Thomas, there's no comparison there either. While Ann Martin/the ghostwriters do well with the girls, they strike out for teenage boys.

Reading over this, I have come to the conclusion that I don't like Logan very much, especially in the later books. I'm trying very hard to think of something good to say about him, but... Well, I guess he did do some good in Super Special #7 by saving Mary Anne and the Pikes from being hungry. That's about it.

At any rate, Happy Birthday, Logan.