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To be clear: I absolutely think the Writers' Guild is doing what's necessary. I'm not one to think that the Little Guy is right often, but this time.... fuck yes.
That said: WAIIIIIIIIL.
I mean, I may not have the deep, all-encompassing love for TV shows that I watch now as I did for Alias, but I still like them. Thursday is like, my favorite day because of 30 Rock Grey's and Betty. And I love Pushing Daisies and House and Brothers and Sisters. So this kind of alarms me. NEW SHOWS NEW SHOWS.
However, now to bitch about Old TV.
(ETA: This rant was going to be small, and then, omg, I got filled with rage and now it's long and full of caps.)
I love GG. It's like my second favorite series, and I am not kidding. I think for the most part it's clever and witty and delightful and I love Lorelai Gilmore more than I can say. And I loved Luke. Always. Allllllways loved Luke. Which is weird, because he's not all Ken-doll pretty and perfect, and he's not sleek and smooth and rich. He's average, he's cute, HE WEARS FLANNEL. The men I like usually wear oxfords (if not straight up uniforms. At the tender age of three I fell in love with Georg von Trapp. Give me a man in formal wear and I am yours.) But Luke? Not so much. But it didn't matter, because he was good and kind and wonderful and in love with Lorelai, so it was great.
Until now.
I know that a lot of times when couples on show get together it's all jump-the-sharkish, but I really didn't feel Luke/Lorelai was doing that. I think that there was enough going on elsewhere to keep the show from going down the path of The Luke and Lorelai kissing Hour Mwah. But no. They couldn't just have them get MARRIED and BE HAPPY. Where's the fun in that? There IS none. So they bring in April.
I don't mind the idea of April. I don't. I even like the name April, even though it's kind of a dumb name. But the actual character of April? She is Rory 2.0. And while I love Rory, I also HATE Rory, in a fashion similar to the way I hate(d) Sydney. So seeing the same precocious intelligence on a kid that was (A) not as cute as Alexis Bledel and (B) Coming out of nowhere was TOTALLY ANNOYING.
So, they bring on April. I think they basically handled Luke's reaction the way Luke would've reacted. I think Lorelai was stupid for not, oh, I don't know. VOCALIZING HER EMOTIONS. But whatev. Fine. April's in the picture.
But Anna. I could tolerate stupid April if it weren't for wretched, obnoxious, holier-than-thou, I'm Diet Lorelai Anna. First she bitches at Luke because... he thinks that April spending her day AT THE DINER was a bad idea. Sure, he really didn't want her to come because he was being a douche and lying to Lorelai, but also? SENDING A KID TO A DINER FOR THE DAY IS STUPID. STUPID! And then! And then stupid April's birthday party!
(I should preface this mini rant by saying that I didn't actually see this part of the episode, BUT I READ THE RECAP AND MY ANGER!!!!!!! IT STANDS!)
Fucking Anna has the nerve to snot at Lorelai about giving her kid a good time. WHAT KIND OF MOTHER DOESN'T THROW THEIR OWN KID A PARTY, AND THEN BITCHES WHEN SHE GETS ONE. I mean, I get it. I do. She doesn't want April to get... attached to Lorelai, even though SHE MET HER ONCE. Also? She is Luke's girlfriend. Therefore, she should have already MET April, and theoretically, April could have been spending EVERY SECOND SHE WAS WITH LUKE WITH LORELAI AS WELL. So get the fuck off your high horse, Anna. Talking about how it is as a single mom. Lorelai was one too, bitch.
AND THEN LUKE. Luke just sitting on his hands about the whole situation, and being an overall asshole and ignoring how Lorelai feels and postponing the wedding and keeping her from April and coddling Liz all the freaking time and HATE HATE HATE!
I LOVED LUKE/LORELAI. I WANTED THEM TO GET TOGETHER SINCE I FIRST STARTED WATCHING TWO SUMMERS AGO. I WANTED THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND GET MARRIED AND HAVE BABIES OR NOT HAVE BABIES AND BE HAPPY AND BANTER AND HANG OUT AT THE DINER FOR ALL ETERNITY!!
And now? I want Lorelai to get the hell out of Dodge and leave Luke to his obnoxious, aloof daughter, the horrendous ex-girlfriend WHO DECIDED NOT TO TELL YOU SHE WAS PREGNANT (and that she was sleeping with two other guys) (and then you decided to lie to your own girlfriend about having a kid), your stupid Renaissance Faire jewelery maker TRAINWRECK of a sister, your IDIOT brother in law, AND JESS, WHO TURNED OUT THE BE THE BEST DANES OF THE BUNCH!
OMFG YOU MADE ME LIKE JESS BEST!
FUCK YOU, GILMORE GIRLS. FUCK! YOU!
That said: WAIIIIIIIIL.
I mean, I may not have the deep, all-encompassing love for TV shows that I watch now as I did for Alias, but I still like them. Thursday is like, my favorite day because of 30 Rock Grey's and Betty. And I love Pushing Daisies and House and Brothers and Sisters. So this kind of alarms me. NEW SHOWS NEW SHOWS.
However, now to bitch about Old TV.
(ETA: This rant was going to be small, and then, omg, I got filled with rage and now it's long and full of caps.)
I love GG. It's like my second favorite series, and I am not kidding. I think for the most part it's clever and witty and delightful and I love Lorelai Gilmore more than I can say. And I loved Luke. Always. Allllllways loved Luke. Which is weird, because he's not all Ken-doll pretty and perfect, and he's not sleek and smooth and rich. He's average, he's cute, HE WEARS FLANNEL. The men I like usually wear oxfords (if not straight up uniforms. At the tender age of three I fell in love with Georg von Trapp. Give me a man in formal wear and I am yours.) But Luke? Not so much. But it didn't matter, because he was good and kind and wonderful and in love with Lorelai, so it was great.
Until now.
I know that a lot of times when couples on show get together it's all jump-the-sharkish, but I really didn't feel Luke/Lorelai was doing that. I think that there was enough going on elsewhere to keep the show from going down the path of The Luke and Lorelai kissing Hour Mwah. But no. They couldn't just have them get MARRIED and BE HAPPY. Where's the fun in that? There IS none. So they bring in April.
I don't mind the idea of April. I don't. I even like the name April, even though it's kind of a dumb name. But the actual character of April? She is Rory 2.0. And while I love Rory, I also HATE Rory, in a fashion similar to the way I hate(d) Sydney. So seeing the same precocious intelligence on a kid that was (A) not as cute as Alexis Bledel and (B) Coming out of nowhere was TOTALLY ANNOYING.
So, they bring on April. I think they basically handled Luke's reaction the way Luke would've reacted. I think Lorelai was stupid for not, oh, I don't know. VOCALIZING HER EMOTIONS. But whatev. Fine. April's in the picture.
But Anna. I could tolerate stupid April if it weren't for wretched, obnoxious, holier-than-thou, I'm Diet Lorelai Anna. First she bitches at Luke because... he thinks that April spending her day AT THE DINER was a bad idea. Sure, he really didn't want her to come because he was being a douche and lying to Lorelai, but also? SENDING A KID TO A DINER FOR THE DAY IS STUPID. STUPID! And then! And then stupid April's birthday party!
(I should preface this mini rant by saying that I didn't actually see this part of the episode, BUT I READ THE RECAP AND MY ANGER!!!!!!! IT STANDS!)
Fucking Anna has the nerve to snot at Lorelai about giving her kid a good time. WHAT KIND OF MOTHER DOESN'T THROW THEIR OWN KID A PARTY, AND THEN BITCHES WHEN SHE GETS ONE. I mean, I get it. I do. She doesn't want April to get... attached to Lorelai, even though SHE MET HER ONCE. Also? She is Luke's girlfriend. Therefore, she should have already MET April, and theoretically, April could have been spending EVERY SECOND SHE WAS WITH LUKE WITH LORELAI AS WELL. So get the fuck off your high horse, Anna. Talking about how it is as a single mom. Lorelai was one too, bitch.
AND THEN LUKE. Luke just sitting on his hands about the whole situation, and being an overall asshole and ignoring how Lorelai feels and postponing the wedding and keeping her from April and coddling Liz all the freaking time and HATE HATE HATE!
I LOVED LUKE/LORELAI. I WANTED THEM TO GET TOGETHER SINCE I FIRST STARTED WATCHING TWO SUMMERS AGO. I WANTED THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND GET MARRIED AND HAVE BABIES OR NOT HAVE BABIES AND BE HAPPY AND BANTER AND HANG OUT AT THE DINER FOR ALL ETERNITY!!
And now? I want Lorelai to get the hell out of Dodge and leave Luke to his obnoxious, aloof daughter, the horrendous ex-girlfriend WHO DECIDED NOT TO TELL YOU SHE WAS PREGNANT (and that she was sleeping with two other guys) (and then you decided to lie to your own girlfriend about having a kid), your stupid Renaissance Faire jewelery maker TRAINWRECK of a sister, your IDIOT brother in law, AND JESS, WHO TURNED OUT THE BE THE BEST DANES OF THE BUNCH!
OMFG YOU MADE ME LIKE JESS BEST!
FUCK YOU, GILMORE GIRLS. FUCK! YOU!