woodface: Paris is the only acceptable answer. Too bad Rory actually pretty much becomes as bad as her boyfriends in that last season.
sigh I actually don’t know why ASP is so married to the her original ending for Rory (word is that ending in the revival is how she wanted to end Rory’s story in the original run before ASP left the show). Fortunately, I finally got my Luke/Lorelai wedding even though I thought they’d be married long before then but... okay.
But yeah, I don’t know why Amy Palladino wanted that tone to the ending. It’s why I’m not committing to the Marvelous Mrs Maisel. It’s a casual show I watch that I don’t want to be fannish about despite how much I love Midge and Lenny together.
(Although I like that the Marvelous Mrs Maisel is a bit more diverse than Gilmore Girls).
I am wary of ASP’s writing quirks, the one she falls back to generate drama for her characters.
hatikarat: Yeah, when i watched prodigal son i was like LANE
I gasped when I realized, I don’t know why I didn’t realize sooner!
littleironi: I didn't watch the show when it actually aired, but a lot of my friends did. And they all loved either Dean or Jess, so much so that not only were constantly debating who was better, that's how they mainly recommended the show to me. So imagine my surprise when I eventually got around to watching it and I liked neither of them.
Rory's relationship with Paris was way more interesting. I liked her a lot more too. It's such a pity they never went for Rory/Paris, because their dynamic was so great
Yeah! I watched Gilmore Girls when it was still airing but I wasn’t as fannish about it and missed episodes and I wasn’t as invested with the ship wars. I think I liked Jess but also, I think I was also low key annoyed with Jess but watching now on a binge, all I keep thinking now is: Really? Those two?? Seriously?
I’m going to see if I still like Logan (I love the actor because of The Good Wife) and he has a lot of charm and he and Rory had great chemistry but I loved them in the ending of season 7.
And then there is Paris. And, their dynamic is great and all the beats for enemies to lovers thing are with them! And then going to the Bangles concert and Paris admitting she didn’t hate it?? And then that moment during their graduation when they admitted to liking each other, I thought: Oh, wow, this has all the markers of a romantic moment. In fact if this was written during this time they would be more of a romantic thing.
Then there’s the Spring Break episode? C’mon!
Unfortunately Amy Palladino’s writing is both very straight and very, very white. It’s hard not to notice how little diversity there is in the show. In an expansive cast they only have Lane and Michel!
