I saw someone say moffat's era doesn't know how to write Love bc they were comparing river & 11 to rose & 10 and like sure maybe the doctor's romances weren't written like two people in actual real life devoted love but amy and rory? clara and danny? bill and heather?

Lol I'm going to take you up on venting about MSIV because if that didn't leave me feeling like I fell right off a cliff?? The show just... ended. The closure was definitely in the church conversations, but the dock scene just felt so abrupt and now the show feels unfinished.

I get that they stopped the pandemic by killing CSM but it seems like a wasted storyline too? And what was the point of finding William when he was supposed to be the cure for Mulder - I didn't think he was the start of the virus. Just that CSM wanted to take him with him. So did the virus happen like O'Malley was saying or is he going to be more of a conspiracy nut? Do we just get to ignore MSIII now?

Speaking of, I'm one of those people who staunchly believe that Mulder is William's father. CSM might've messed around with science and genomes and DNA but otherwise, no.

And what about Skinner??????? Scully wants to go check on him for all of 2 seconds and then he's forgotten about entirely. And sure Mulder and Scully had stuff going on, but???

Overall I really did enjoy seasons 10 and 11? I thought most of the episodes were a good continuation of the show, and just updated to what current TV looks like instead of the 90s. And it had some of my favourite episodes. I just have such a hard time keeping up with the myth-arc but I had that issue in the first 9 seasons anyway. The main thing was that Mulder and Scully were there for each other and solving cases.

(Also, it took me so many rewatches to really love The Angels Take Manhattan. I hated it at first, but I now find it to be a good wrap up for Amy and Rory - they ended up together and she chose him fully and completely in the end. And The Doctor being so focused on his own pain that he ignores River's is out of character except that Amy basically died and that I get, things are messy when there's grief, and River holds hers back for The Doctor like the badass she is.)

Either way, now I have to revisit my favourite episodes (MOTW for sure) starting back with season 1. Thanks again for the positivity! I'm glad I watched the revival.

Hey :) Sorry I took a couple days to get back to this, it was a bit hectic with the txf 30th anniversary week 😂

I’m glad you came back here to vent !!! As a certified revival enjoyer, I know exactly how you feel and totally get what you mean. The closure in Nothing Lasts Forever is immaculate but then MSIV just kinda feels like it… stops? I don’t think they ever intended to make it feel unfinished, and personally my interpretation has always been that we just don’t need to see anything else. Obviously, things happened after that moment on the dock, e.g. they probably went back to find Skinner (who may or may not be dead, rip???) and dealt with the consequences of that revelation, but it’s… nothing that we’re not expecting to happen. It’s nothing that we need to witness. We know that Mulder and Scully are going to be free of the syndicate and raise their second child and live happily ever after etc. etc. because it’s literally their only option, and the only way it could ever conclude.

And as far as the virus goes, most people pretty much ignore everything that happens in the My Struggle episodes because of the conspiracy theories and the CSM insanity so you can pretty much pick and choose what stuff you want to keep as canon and overlook everything else. I know that doesn’t sound ideal, but it helps make it more enjoyable. I mean, how many people take Mulder’s brain disease in season 8 to be canon? Like… literally nobody. 😂 Also pretty much everyone considers Mulder to be William’s father, even though it might make it canonically more angsty and/or interesting if Scully believes otherwise at the end. 

Honestly, I really love the revival for how new it is. I think it would’ve been a mistake on their part to try and recreate the 90s, even if some of the AI stuff in s11 is a bit on the nose. As long as Mulder and Scully are there solving cases and we get some sweet MSR moments then I’m here for it. And I'm always happy to spread some revival positivity!! <3

Lane Kim

Hearing about the announcement of the the revival of Gilmore Girls I went into to complete excitement mode, I was unbelievably happy to see my favorite characters back on the screen. What I was most excited about was to see what happening to Lane Kim, my favorite underrated character on this amazing show. 

If you don’t already know, Gilmore Girls is a story of a mother and daughter relationship, Lorelai a single mother, and her daughter Rory. We watch this duo deal with all the relationships in their life while trying to reach their goals. Oh and there’s some really cool witty comedy too. 

Aside from the Gilmore Girls being such amazing characters and very relatable and not holding back on struggles of being a single mom and dealing with terrible relationships and just trying to make it.

One thing I took away from it all was Rory’s best friend Lane Kim. 

She was this spunky, funny, smart, timid kid that was being raised by her overbearing, overly strict Christian mother Mrs. Kim. Mrs. Kim never allowed Lane to do or have pretty much anything. I mean Lane’s only way of having a boyfriend was if he was Korean and was super Christian and he had to be approved of by none other than Mrs. Kim herself. Kim wasn’t allowed to go out unless it had to do with school or something religious. 

I related to Lane Kim the most because of all characters I’ve seen on prime time TV, Kim was just like me. I was raised in a world where if they weren’t Arab or Muslim, then it wasn’t safe so therefore it was a sin. 

I too dealt with parents that had to approve of clothing, hair, makeup, food, studies, religion, everything. I had a strict curfew, wasn’t allowed to date (God forbid it in my religion, so boys were a no zone), wasn’t allowed to watch TV unless it was approved by both parents, I had to get straight A’s, you name it I dealt with it. 

The only difference I saw in Kim than myself was Kim found secret ways to be herself without going insane, she even Rory to help her. Watching Kim have her music hidden in the floor boards was pure genius and made me think why didn’t I think of that. She had her hideaway in her closet to just let go, I wish I would have thought of that too. But one thing that surprised me the most is even though she dealt with all of that she really believed it was going to get better. This process made me start thinking it was going to get better too. 

Some would say it’s deceiving to find ways to lie to your folks about where you are or what your doing and who you’re doing it with? I would say come live in my shoes for one day and may think otherwise. I mean I never did anything illegal, I just wanted to be a young teenage girl, I wanted to experience young teenage girl stuff. 

Amy Sherman-Palladino made so happy that she created a character like Lane Kim that I could finally say, “hey I get it!” 

My favorite episode that involved Lane, was when she snuck out to go play drums in her bands show. I was so proud of her character because for the first time she really did put herself first for something she loved and was passionate about. Sadly the outcome was a search party situation started to look for her because Mrs. KIm being Mrs. Kim in her own fashion, thought the worst. Oh and Lane was then basically kicked out of her house. 

My only wish though was that Lane Kim got more screen time and more of a dialogue than what was given to her, because she was a lot of girls you barely heard about in high school because they were too afraid to speak up. 

All in all was I pleased to see Lane Kim where she was at 10 years later, no not really, but did it shock me she was still married and raising her twin boys in Stars Hollow, to answer your question, it’s no. Sure I would have liked in the original series if she didn’t get married or even pregnant, but that she pursued her dream of drumming and making it big in the music business or even attempting to making it. I do believe it was a bummer to have seen her get pregnant that quick. But still she was a trooper and dealt with it and embraced it. 

I hope when others rewatch or watch for the first time, seek out the character Lane Kim, because she is the true star in Stars Hollow, well right next to her best friend Rory.