chasethislight

Oh my god! Yes, yes, yes, I love you! I’m just rewatching Gilmore girls now, and I am really really struggling. I literally want to throw things at the tv because I just cannot stand Lorelai! I just couldn’t take it anymore, so I came online, and your intense hatred makes me feel better haha... Seriously, the things Lorelai does! She is the most selfish and self-centered person, and I really can’t believe how atrocious her behaviour is sometimes...

Wow! I never realised this, but actually I can’t see Lorelai as doing any hard work ever. She is way too self-entitled for that. I just always assumed that Lorelai worked hard to get to where she is in life because that is the way the show has always illustrated her (i.e. how she always presents herself - one of the things she loves to brag the most about, is how she got where she is from her hard work only, with no help from anyone else). But now that I think about it (and try to leave behind the show’s biased viewpoint that idolises Lorelai) I realise I have barely ever seen Lorelai work hard. She worked hard when they were opening the dragonfly inn and she was running all around like a manic freak, and didn’t even have time to wash her hair. But think about it, most of the time at the independence inn, she was just grabbing with sookie in the kitchen, or on the phone to Rory or one of her boyfriends... And she was always in and out of the inns whenever the whim took her. She was constantly at Luke’s for coffee during the day... Now that I think about it, I can easily see Lorelai being promoted over the other maids, not because she was so much more hardworking, but because of her outgoing and strong personality. And that is also why she does so well in the business world. She has charm, and she is outgoing and she knows how to talk to people. She is also very strong and forceful. And she always gets her way, probably because she will not accept anything less, and that is a direct result of her being so self-entitled, which is a direct relation to her privileged and entitled upbringing. Come to think of it, she is actually very similar to her parents, Emily would never settle for anything less than what she wants in her world, and neither would Richard in his business world. One example that springs to mind, is Emily and Richard kicking out the people who had booked the hall for their wedding vow renewal ceremony. Lorelai, of course, was critical and condescending of her parent’s actions, telling Rory that that’s just how it is in the gilmore’s world. But I can easily picture Lorelai doing the exact same thing, except, instead of doing it with money like her parents, she would do it with charm and manipulation and sheer force of will. What Lorelai does not seem to realise, is that there is more to just money in the psyche of the people of the rich Gilmore world that she hates. There is also the privilege, selfishness and the sense of self-entitlement, and Lorelai has those in spades! And that’s another thing I absolutely CANNOT stand about her - her hypocrisy!