So on and off Iāve been writing this super long post on some of my thoughts about Gilmore Girls. And something I wrote made me go, āwow, the evidence against AYITL just being the season ASP didnāt get to do is really stacking up because the two things I can see Jess being around for in season 7 is what he does in the revival except the circumstances with Liz are different.ā SO. Hear me out. If the reason we didnāt get a ārealā Lorelai/Luke wedding was budget restrictions (I call bullshit, why did we need TWO musical numbers)ā¦well let me take you on a made-up journey of the end of season 7 on the CW with ASP showrunning. Without Netflix freedom and money to throw her unrestricted last hurrah with GG, we get our series finale with a full-on Luke and Lorelai wedding because, well, why wouldnāt this be the ending of the show??
I now realize that getting Luke and Lorelai married in one season after the shitshow that was the end of season 6 might be difficult so letās just assume this is handled in a mature and healthy way and theyāre back and better than ever! Because I honestly didnāt think about that bit when this scene popped in my head and made me go āWHY, it could have happened! And now I need to tell everyone!ā And Iām not really in the mood to go about theorizing this AU season 7 in full.
Rory still has to get pregnant but not want to be with the father because ~*fULL cIrcLe*~. The way I can see this happening is Logan goes off to London, their long-distance relationship is a lot rockier, and she eventually finds out that Logan has been cheating on her. OR Logan convinces her they should open the relationship up; Rory is not comfortable with this but is too emotionally invested in him to let him go yet. Either way, the hurt she feels has her breaking up with him for real, is very sad, blahblahblah, and they end up having a ālast hurrahā together that gets her pregnant. WHY? Because FULL CIRCLE.Ā
So weāve seen Rory break up with Logan for good, sheās pregnant but we donāt know that, and weāve gotten some sort of āwindow sceneā that shows Jess still has feelings for her. WEDDING TIME. For real this time with family and guests and ceremony! Town square or Dragonfly Inn, take your pick.
Maid of honor and best man start the show. Jess is hilariously nervous because thatās my favorite look on him, ngl. While waiting on Rory to meet him, we get a nice little look between him and Luke of familial love and respect across the room. Jess gets distracted by Rory appearing and his whole face goes soft, and the proud smile on Lukeās face quickly devolves into a smirk because Luke has his number and knows heās still got it good for Rory. Jess glares. I laugh. Rory is unaware of this moment of amazing communication and is nervous as well, but puts on her best brave face and walks arm-in-arm with Jess in all her beautiful grace.
Now for the actual ceremony, I could never even begin to come up with something as heartwarming and beautiful and hilarious as ASP or a talented fic writer. But Iām gonna throw in the detail that for some reason the officiant they booked canāt get there and Kirk has to step in last-minute because of course heās an ordained minister. He throws in way too many personal stories and exudes his awkward charm (cut to appalled looks between Emily and Richard), but overall it goes surprisingly well (cut to proud, tears in their eyes like in Lorelaiās Graduation, MY HEART). We also get one little Jess and Rory smile at each other all shy and romantic-like because I wanna see it.
Now weāre at the reception. Rory comes up to Jess all cute and happy, ācome dance with me.ā Jess is like, why would I do that, blank stare. āItās tradition.ā Super cute innocent smile she knows will get anyone to do anything; Jess is not immune and is already going to say yes but he has to be difficult, Rory knows this.
āWhat tradition? And why would you think that argument is going to work on me?ā
āBest man and maid of honor traditionally share a dance.ā
ā*rolls his eyes* Your mother is not going to care, and frankly would probably prefer not to have a picture of us dancing.ā
ā*pulls out the big guns* You owe me for prom.ā Not unkindly, clearly in a joking manner. (I KNOW THIS IS A TROPE BUT I LOVE IT OKAY)
Fake hurt, clutches his chest āOUCH.ā
The dance starts a bit awkward and stilted, but they slowly relax and enjoy themselves. Jess cannot waltz. Neither can Rory. Weāre getting served some serious āReflecting Lightā vibes tho with the shots, set design, and another beautiful Sam Phillips number. The parallels are being thrown in our faces. We LOVE IT. We EAT IT UP.
Jess goes to make the slightest move to bring her in closer when a wave of nausea comes over Rory. She backs away quickly, and Jess does a ādid I do something wrongā look/line like after the āThen She Appearedā kiss. Sheās got her arm covering her mouth, looks panicked, āIām sorry, Iām so sorry,ā runs out of the party. Luke notices and asks whatās going on. āI donāt know, she looked like she was sick?ā āIāll get Lorelai.ā
Lorelai searches for Rory and finds her crumpled on the ground crying, sweaty hair, make up ruined, just completely unraveled. She tried so hard to keep this secret to herself for Lorelaiās big day, but she is too overwhelmed and tired. Lorelai settles in next to her, pulling the hair out of her face, āOh honey, whatās wrong?ā Rory cries harder.
After some good Lorelai hugs, Rory calms down slightly, looks at her mother distraught:
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