posting on tumblr for the first time in forever for a little gilmore girls rant since i'm rewatching it again
lorelai not talking to rory and calling it "tough love" and not telling her about her engagement to luke was one of the more immature and stupid things lorelai has done in the series. she left an emotionally abusive household at 16 and basically she stopped growing emotionally. she never matured past 16 because she had to raise herself (and another human being) after that. she obviously became responsible enough: raising rory, owning a home, a car, running the independence inn, opening the dragonfly, getting her business degree.
even with all those achievements, she is self-centered with mega main-character syndrome. i mean she literally IS a main character xD but still! everything that happens is her business, all the time. rory deciding not to go to yale was disappointing but she became disproportionally upset about it. its very true that people lose their way and take time to decide what they want to do with their lives. rory going to jail was very upsetting but lorelai absolutely should never have shut rory out. with all of that shit that happened to rory, she needed her mother/best friend the most and that's when she left her. she is her daughter and shutting her out like that was a horribly selfish and immature thing to do. i hate her for that
end rant
im on the episode where richard returns the dollshouse to lorelai and he tells her that he's wprried about rory wandering around aimlessly and they need to formulate a plan. lorelai gets pissed (rightfully) BUT she says if rory wants help, she'll ask for it. some people DONT ask for help when they need it. refusing to help someone you care for, knowing they need help is so wrong. she then tells luke about how sad she is that her and rory had all these plans for rory's 21st birthday and they wont get to do them. JUST TALK TO YOUR DAMN DAUGHTER. i am remembering how much i hated this storyline. u_u
