#or dismissing her granddaughter’s non-rich boyfriends

[anxiouspotatorants]

Look, I know posts from a while ago could make people think I’m anti Emily, but as flawed as I think she is and opposed to certain parts of her upper class tendencies, I genuinely enjoy her character and believe that she is a loving and caring person.

That being said I am having a hell of a time trying to wrap my head around how some of the same people who celebrate Emily as a sassy character and ultimately good person will then turn around and call Rory a spoiled overprivileged and all around awful character.

I- Like in what world is the teenager turned young adult who spends most of the show being the rope in a tug of war and some of it having low points and crisises that are natural for her age less redeemable than a middle-aged to older uber rich wasp woman who constantly harasses her working class staff and was so obsessed with status and norm that her daughter severed ties at 16 and still struggles to even get along with her decades later? Emily does grow as a person over the show but the fact that certain people afford her a lot more leeway to essentially be an asshole while significantly less cruel characters half her age become contestants for the «which Gilmore Girls character should be cancelled» debate just irks me.

#and to anyone who is going to say that Emily is more entertaining than Rory and that’s why she gets a pass #tell me what’s so funny about bullying maids and servants :) #or literally anything about Berta the foreign maid :)) #asking as a foreigner :)))) #or trying to push your daughter away from a healthy and loving relationship towards her rich ex #or dismissing her granddaughter’s non-rich boyfriends #yes there is humour to be found in darkness but don’t confuse humour with redemption #gilmore girls #rory gilmore #the rory gilmore is good actually tag #emily gilmore #not tagging as anti because again I DO ACTUALLY LOVE EMILY #gilmore girls meta #gilmore girls discourse