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Very good point! When Rory became an adult, she had little of the stresses that Lorelai had been through. It makes sense their worldviews would be different. "What she tries, she conquers." (sic) Richard's statement was actually more applicable to Lorelai than to Rory. Too bad he didn't appreciate that.

This would have been a great idea! Lorelai would suddenly go "all Emily" on her, leaving voice messages like Emily does, then thinking Rory is avoiding her when she's simply overwhelmed with college stuff. Lorelai throws herself into SH activities, blowing Taylor out of the water with ideas. We'd have to throw in an earlier hookup with Luke as well, to satisfy my LL loving heart.

The first time I saw the Dragonfly, I couldn't believe the writers created the exact same type of place.

A fun Christmas story from Meags09... Thanks for Christmas. Set in episode 110. https://archiveofourown.org/works/8953546

Christmas... Santa Kirk by Andra-GGfan https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12288136/1/Santa-Kirk

Doing fine, thanks, Eledgy. Corona was not too bad for us, primarily due to me being an introvert. It was really easy to not go out and reduce risk. Started working on a S6 story in which LL meet April at the same time, but it was too big a project. I'm looking for more ideas like Lorelai's Independence Day - an upbeat one shot. Haven't found one yet, mostly because I'm way too serious. I have been listening to Scott Patterson's "I am all in" podcast. Just finished listening to the commentary for the last of the season 3 episodes. Lots of fun. Remember the Jess spin-off? Scott interviewed Rob Estes. He added some depth to the Here Comes the Son work. The most interesting part is that Rob recalled that they did get an offer to make some small number of episodes, but Amy turned it down because she wanted more episodes. Talk about "full circle." The season 6 scorched earth by the Palladinos, but she scuttled Jess' spin-off for the same reason.

Well, that is news. Rather than giving us a better way to manage favorite authors and stories, they give us another layer of making it hard to find stuff. Anyway, thanks. I'm off to read your story. Deepfriedcake: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14163639/1/Dolly-Inspired

Richard and Emily are both the same level of monster. Richard gets a pass way too often, but his supercilious attitude is perceived as more acceptable than Emily's constant criticism.

Yes, Richard lectured Emily after the Roast Luke dinner. He mansplained that she was going about it all wrong and what he was setting up with the franchise, rare coins guys, etc was the right way.

This is a great idea! They knew their fashion, they loved shopping when there was no chance of running into Emily LOL. They would have known every vintage and thrift shop in the area. Including Anna's store. (oh my!) I can see it now: 1996. Rory, look at this clown pillow! We have to get it. Mom, it's creepy. (Grin) Yes, and I love it! It's perfect for our humble abode in Stars Hollow. Anna: You're from Stars Hollow? Why, yes we are. You know it? Ex boyfriend. Do you know a Luke Danes? (6 year old April runs into the room) 😆

One of the things I like most about Lorelai is her ability to use humor, often childish, to smooth over difficult moments. I will never forget her going into the dry cleaners teasing him out of his bad mood.

Agree. I think she was traumatized by her mother's expectations and ran away from problems whenever she could. Honestly, I think Emily would gaslight her, criticizing everything she did and blaming her for things that weren't her fault.

Good question. Except for a couple of major plot points that popped up in 6&7, probably not. It's not quite clear to me if you've already seen 6 and 7. Just in case you haven't, I'll scroll down to mention those plot points. I personally have no problem jumping from end S5 or S6 episode 9 directly to AYITL. spoilers: April Lane's marriage Lorelai's marriage Rory's falling apart after the yacht incident

It could be a good place to stop. My daughter found the first five seasons interesting , but happily ignored 6 and 7. Logan has his moments in the later seasons, but the charisma of You Jump, I Jump was missing for me.

I get it. Since I first watched GG in 2015, I've changed my opinions several times. Only recently have I watched some and thought, "This has so many glaring problems. Why am I watching it?" My current answer for myself is that I enjoy some of the characters and their moments are fun and worth rewatching. I'm still enjoying Fanfiction and have warmed up to the Scott Patterson podcast. I love the many insights the multi-faceted team has. One example from the podcast is how much is Paris like Emily? Quite a bit, IMO, and how does that impact Rory to have 3 women constantly guiding her? No wonder she drifts through life. She's lost.

Nice article. Hope the show is good. LOL. They called him Jess Mariana. I wish they'd doubled down on the error and called him Jess Marinara. 😆

Lol. They really did like the notion of "full circle" when it came to the Gilmore girls.

Tristan was perfectly set up to be a Logan at the high school level. Would have loved to see more of that. Lorelai's reaction to Rory having a Chilton BF would have been very interesting. Can't give up Jess, though. He was too important to Stars Hollow. Not only did he challenge Lorelai in many ways, but he was an "April" mechanism for the LL relationship in seasons 2 and 3: A kid is dropped in Luke's lap. He struggles while Lorelai is convinced she knows how to handle it. Luke won't give her a chance. Breakup of the LL relationship. Christopher returns. Lorelai starts up with him and it falls apart. Weird. I never noticed the parallels before.

Absolutely, since she once catered from her kitchen and was willing to budget-bust for the Dragonfly stove. I like the "You would think" thread. Let's keep it going. You would think Lorelai would have had her original LL bedroom in AYITL, especially since Rory didn't really live there anymore. Instead we got a room smaller than Rory's first dorm room, and decorated more in The Cheshire Cat style than Lorelai style.

That's the kind of comment that comes from envy or self-aggrandizement. Either the teacher didn't get in to Harvard or did, and is looking for a snobbish connection. It could also have been simply that the teacher wanted to rub it in to Paris or laud Rory.

Her relationship with Jess was a factor, I believe. She was in her first likely to be sexual relationship and he had looked up the distance to Yale from SH. I think they'd considered continuing the relationship after high school. Of course Jess not graduating and using his father as a way to escape Luke's plan to help him graduate all came after the 28.2 miles moment.

An awesome take on LL finding out about April by dollsome on tumblr. Her Lorelai is spot on. https://dollsome-does-tumblr.tumblr.com/post/176219066183/gilmore-girls-season-6-au-luke-tells-lorelai

Agreed. Lorelai compartmentalized Max away pretty fast. She even quickly declared the chuppah to be just an arch. I'm not sure it had any Max connotations for her.

Scarynikki12! Wow! Great insights. It's ok with Christopher because she hates Sherry and he wasn't married. It's amusing that Emily "stole" Richard from his fiancée (steals in "the olden days" included more premarital sex than that generation likes to admit). Luke struggling with the knowledge that Dean was still in love with Rory when he married. Luke giving up on Lorelai (without trying hard enough) and marrying Nicole, then she cheated on him. This makes me realize there was a greater moral gap than I thought between Lorelai and Luke when she slept with Christopher.

100% with you here - it was only occasional. She did a little more mean talk, mostly to Rory, but that can be human nature. I guess my UO looks through the lens of the LL relationship. If I'd been a BFOL (Best Friend of Luke 😆), I might have said she's not all that into him. She was into him, even as a boyfriend, more so than any of her other boyfriends, but I didn't really feel the love on her side. Now the boat buying thing - that was spectacularly generous and loving! Not communicating about it was unfortunate and hurt their relationship, but the gesture was chuppah-worthy.