Ok. And if andyk304 is to be believed, that was the smarter choice.

Wouldn't it be significantly less than half the country? More than half the country is "left." Then, of the less than half, there's the "establishment right" and then, whatever remains is this "non establishment right" you're talking about.

And the thing is, even if they write Lorelei as loving the idea, it still felt empty and pointless to me.

Exactly. A huge theme of the show was the sacrifices Lorelai was making to give Rory the opportunities she'd lacked (remember how wistful she is when they visit Harvard?). So Rory's ultimate failure to achieve anything of note made it all seem a bit pointless.

I think I assumed he was an astrophysicist because he talked about how he'd spent his whole life staring at the stars.

"This is all connected" is a phrase that should never be used non-ironically.

Do you mean at the dance? Didn't Tristan try to start that fight?

I feel like Rory's uninspiring achievements were intended to show that she wasn't doing what she was "meant" to do. But what they ultimately had her do was so dull and derivative that it just left me thinking, "So that's why I watched 7 seasons worth of Rory getting ready to go off into the world?"

Totally. Thank you. If anyone was a jerk in that moment, it was Dean. Though I didn't he was that bad either because, you know, he was 16.

I mean, I think Richard and Emily were lovely people and I still think they were rather bad parents. Excellent grandparents and decent parents to adult Lorelai, but they were not so great parents. They were upset that their daughter wasn't exactly the daughter they wanted and then angry with her when she wouldn't…

She kind of was relying on him financially. She has no home so she's living in his apartment. He's paying for the meals and the car he sends to get her. He even is apparently, paying for her to sometimes stay in a fancy hotel.

That's not my read of the situation at all, honestly. Rory was his "side-piece" apparently for the whole of his engagement and was perfectly happy relying on him financially and professionally. She's happy to see him and happy to again, enjoy his wealth when he shows up. Logan's expectations of her and what she wants…

Yeah. Rory's story would have been more plausible for a younger person just out of school.

Really? I totally did that as a kid. It made me feel close to her. I liked that, early on, Rory acted a lot like the sort of quiet, bookish kid me and my friends were.

I didn't like that Rory grew up to be awful but I could have forgiven it if I believed that ASP thought she was awful. I don't believe she does. I think we're supposed to think she is wonderful. That's why everyone on the show falls over themselves to help her and tell her how amazing she is.

The thing that was weird though was that all of the surrounding characters had matured realistically. Even Logan had a freaking job and house. If they'd all acted like 22 year olds, I could have ignored the time gap, but, as it was, Rory just came off as weirdly stunted.

Considering that Lorelei grew up super upper class, I don't think that was the issue. I think Rory just was used to always being the smartest most admired person in every room. In the show, I thought they did a good job playing with that idea and how that can be a struggle for a kid.

I think my biggest problem is that ASP and I are so clearly not on the same wavelength. I feel like she thinks Rory is likeable and awesome and the LDB are adorable scamps. This is so diametrically opposite to how I felt that I don't know how she could explain it away.

Meh. I don't see controlling here at all. Rory's behavior up until this point has basically been, "I put up a token protest and then want help from my rich family and friends." Is it really shocking that Logan thinks Rory would accept the house when she already accepted living in his apartment? To be honest, I…

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