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austennerdita2533 · 4 years

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I was wondering if the GG revival changed your opinions on the ships? I was SO frustrated that LL still have zero communication and no emotional maturity. They missed the chance to have kids because they can't even have a real conversation! And even though I'd always shipped literati tbh I found myself thinking that Jess deserved far better than the mess Rory has become and hate the idea of him waiting around for her to finally consider him romantically, which she hasn't really done in decades.

There were a lot of things in the revival that I wish had gone down differently - like how they weaved in/handled Richard’s death, for example - and I was disappointed in it overall, ngl. I’ve actually only watched it the whole way through twice whereas I pretty much watch the original series on a continual loop.

(Make of that what you will. 😇)

As for your question, I wouldn’t say that revival changed my ship preferences at all, no. I still bleed Luke and Lorelai and Rory and Jess all the way. Probably always will. I am not easily swayed once I go “all in” for a ship. I think this resolve of mine largely stems from the fact that I grew so attached to them as ships in the original series, you know? Plus, I look at them as complements to one another. They’re always there to support but also to challenge/push the other out of their comfort zone when they need it.

That said, I was frustrated over Luke and Lorelai’s communication issues. It was almost like they and the status of their relationship was frozen in time from 2007 to 2016. (Too much “drama for drama’s sake,” imo.) I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that they never discussed kids again after they got back together. ESPECIALLY with the whole “kids would be good” convo they had during the OG series. Granted, I know they’d been through a lot emotionally with the whole engagement break-up and sleeping with Christopher thing, possibly making things awkward between them at first, strained even as they got back into the swing of being a couple again, but I feel like they would’ve had to work past that at least a little bit in order to stay together. Particularly so they could avoid falling back into the same we’re-not-communicating pattern that plagued them last time. By the end of the OG series, it seems they both WANTED to do that. Or to try.

I realize that communication issues can crop up in any and all relationships in some capacity but I would’ve thought Luke and Lorelai would’ve tried to work on some of theirs. I thought that was what the whole Hay Bale Maze conversation was meant to show? Them attempting to be better. Them trying to converse more openly than they had in the past.

Maybe that sounds too hopeful and not at all realistic considering where we left them at the end of s7 but, hey, that’s just how I interpreted things!

With Jess and Rory, I can’t help but still OTP them. Even with all of Rory’s borderline unlikable antics in the revival. Mind you, I wish we had gotten more interaction between the two of them in the revival because I think it would’ve showed more where they’re at in relation to one another. It’s kind of ambiguous, isn’t it?

Might be what ASP wanted to convey, tbh. In which case, she succeeded!

Still, Jess showed, again, that he was there for her when she needed someone to hold a mirror up so she could look at herself clearly, to give her a push, and it’s largely because of him she finds a way to get her life back on track. I like that they’ve fallen into this “I know you better than anyone” familiarity. It’s what first attracted them; it’s what has remained between them through everything. It’s nice because it manifests platonically after they break-up - or maybe “unconditionally” is a better word? - but there’s still an undercurrent of romantic tension between them always, on one side or the other. I don’t think either one of them want to tread too close to that, though. They’re afraid. They’re more cautious now. More...guarded. For Rory, in particular, we won’t mention her inconsiderateness for the feelings of her boyfriend, her sense of entitlement, or her philandering storyline with Logan because all were awful in the revival, I think she’s willfully oblivious to how she feels about Jess. She ghosts over it whenever possible.

It always struck me as similar to how Lorelai was with Luke in the beginning, you know? She wasn’t “ready” yet. And I mean that in the Doesn’t Have Her Shit Together sense as well as the not ready to admit to herself that they could be “more than” sense. It’s not much different with Rory and how she regards - or in this case, doesn’t regard - Jess in the revival. All she knows is he is/was there for her when she needed a shoulder (and some afternoon whiskey!), and that’s close enough to comfort for her now. ;)

Anyway, I suppose what I mean to say is that I always envisioned Literati had a longer arc full of angst and friendship and eventual love epiphany, anyway, so the events of the revival didn’t change that for me. They just...complicated it a little more. Okay, okay, a lot more.

Hopefully these ramblings of mine make some sense to you. Fingers crossed they managed to answer your question at the very least!

xx Ashlee Bree

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