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saltygilmores · 6 months

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THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS: S3/EP4/ONE’S GOT CLASS THE OTHER ONE DYES (PART 2)

Luke and Lorelai both have "unique" approaches to conducting business, I'll give them that. This chapter was rough for me to write for some reason and then I LOST my draft partway through and had to rewrite everything! Some things that are happening:

-Lane attempts to initiate a conversation with Mrs Kim about her new band. She loses her courage before Mrs. Kim presents her with applications to strict Christian colleges. -Michel suggests that the honor of being named a Successful Person in Business is a low bar to clear when Lorelai's only business competitor in Stars Hollow is a presumably homeless and/or mentally ill fellow who scours the streets for change with a metal detector. I mean, yeah, he has more ambition and a better work ethic than Lorelai does.

-Luke is reluctant about the speaking gig and Lorelai threatens to embarrass him by singing badly in public if he does not comply. He may as well refuse since she's going to embarrass him on a daily basis no matter what he does anyway? -Luke says he went to Stars Hollow High for three years. Huh? I thought he's lived in The Hollow his entire life? High school is four years long. Did he move, drop out or graduate early? No explanation was given at this point in time.

-Luke has "no good memories" of high school. Join the club. -Luke asks Lorelai if she's ever been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. No, the answer you're looking for is no. She is unmedicated and dangerous.

My beloved Tomatos Sign is missing! You'd think it was because after 3 years the prop department noticed the spelling error and took it down to fix it. You would be wrong. It'll return shortly to be Tomatos for several more years. Should I ask that Valerie Campbell lady (as "key set designer" is her title, I believe) why it took 5+ years for someone to notice one of the most visible props for the entire run of the series had a spelling error?

Lane is interesting. Yes, she is naive in many ways, that's a given with her upbringing. But she is also painfully self aware and highly intelligent. She is definitely not stupid. She fully realizes how desperately boxed in she is by her neurotic mother. She makes the effort and takes risks to live life on her own terms even though it usually seems futile and AmyShermanPalladino is always lurking around a corner waiting to shatter all her hopes and dreams. Rory on the other hand is such a pathetic people pleaser and so desperate to keep her mother happy that I think she's blind to the fact that she's actually in a similar situation, Lorelai just masks it under the veneer of being a "cool young mom" and Rory is content to remain more stagnant. I have more thoughts on this subject but let's not make this into a rambly mess. On with the ShitCircus.

I can't believe it looks there's another fucking festival going on in the background. I am grateful some of these seasonal events exist because it helps me keep track of where we are in the year. There's pumpkins, it's fall, the Thanksgiving episode is still a ways away so I can assume it’s early October and Rory would have just had her 18th birthday.

Lane and Rory on their way to harrass Queen Shane at her place of employment. Minimum wage in 2002 was $5.15, by the way. Look at that Rory, someone your age has a JOB that makes MONEY.

Stars Hollow, the land where nobody has seen a tv show produced after 1975 but the references to modern pop and rock music flow like wine.

Alexis really does have some spectacular defeated/fed up with everything facial expressions in her acting playbook.

Sure her customer service skills aren't the greatest, but if Lorelai Gilmore is allowed to leave work in the middle of the day to shop for coffins then Shane should be allowed to read a Seventeen behind the counter and ignore Rory. Her manager, Cynthia, is pretty chill and will look the other way if Shane slacks off. Reminder that while Rory knows who Shane is, Rory has barely been a glint in the corner of Shane's eye. Any time that Shane and Rory have shared the same space, it's been when Shane runs into the diner, makes out with Jess, and doesn't look back. Because she is a god damn superhero.

It's unlikely Jess and Shane ever use their tongue for talking either so I doubt Jess has told her who Rory is. So to Shane Rory is just some random customer who is staring at her weirdly like she's trying to melt her with her eye-beams.

Look at that exemplary customer service. Better crown her Employee of the Month now, before Jess offs her and throws her in the lake next month.

Dirty white aprons with tomato can accessories are the newest sensation on the 2002 Paris Runways. Luke Danes, fashion icon. Time to go to class. Lorelai is there to play Fashion Fairy Godmother. Upstairs we go to get him out of that sweaty flannell.

That's so filthy. L&L barge into the apartment without knocking to find Jess in the middle of pulling up his pants. Walking into any room that a teenage boy might occupy is a risky game, but Interruption seems to be Lorelai's biggest kink.

I know Jess is just a poor little street urchin but can we get him some clothes that fit for once? In 2002 Milo was so smol a stiff breeze could have blown him away. He's wearing a belt and it's not working. Those pants are so baggy they could fit 3 Milos in them. Not that I would mind if his pants fell down. Looks we're on Gilmore Girls Time today, where down is up and right is left as Luke and Lorelai are about to give speeches at Stars Hollow High in the middle of the school day but Shane, Lane, Rory and Jess are not in school and no one cares, so it's Who The Fuck Knows O'Clock.

Stars Hollow High: Jess is not graduating because he never went to class. Luke: How could I possibly know that? Jess settles into a chair with a chemistry textbook. Our Child Labor Kingpin here Luke Danes tells him to go help Cesar downstairs. Jess says his education is more important than Luke's desire to use his nephew for cheap child labor. Luke disagrees. Luke goes to change in his bedroom leaving Lorelai, Jess, and a cloud of awkard silence to mingle in the other room. Luke has a book on his shelf called "Forty Days" but i can't find anything with that title. It sounds kinda erotic, tbh. Lorelai says she's gone swimming with Luke and has seen him shirtless before. Que? Jess: Have you seen him with his shirt off lately? He's really let himself go. Lorelai: *Sneers and ignores him. (to Luke): And lose the baseball hat! Jess: I think his head will fall off without it. Lorelai (snarkily): I think he'll be okay. You wanted Jess to talk, right? You're going to continue bitching to everyone you know that Jess Mariano only speaks in grunts like a caveman unlike your little fucking English scholar there Dean Forrester, right? He just lobbed you two funny quips in a row (and you love funny quips!) but now you're silent and giving him a dirty look and a nasty attitude. WHAT DO YOU EVEN WANT, WOMAN? MAKE UP YOUR MIND! WHY SO SILENT QUIPPY! WHAT DID THIS CHILD EVER DO TO YOU!

I'm just gonna sit here and read my little Chemistry book, and one day I'm gonna make 40 kajillion dollars when my books are made into blockbuster movies, and I will own you, Aunt Lorelai. I will own you.

Lorelai doing the Fry squint at Jess when he asked if something was wrong, because she refused to make conversation with him.

Speaking of Gilmore Girls Time. Let's stop the clock for a minute here. Moments ago, Shane was at work. She rang up Rory and Lane, and they left immediately. The scene then cuts to Lorelai entering the diner and then after he gets a brief lecture about his clothing choices, Lorelai and Luke start to head upstairs so he can change. In order for Closet Girl to be Shane, her shift would have ended seconds after she finished with Rory and Lane, and then she would have to immediately run down the street, sneak upstairs to Luke's apartment without him noticing and would only be seconds into servicing Jess as Luke and Lorelai are about to walk in PLUS he would need time to hide her in the closet and pull up his pants and appear cool calm and collected. I know Shane is a slutty superhero but could she really put that off in just a few minutes? Conclusion? It wasn't actually Shane in that closet and Jess has a rotation of girls who skip school with him to service him in his uncle's closet.

#gilmore girls #denise rewatches gilmore girls #gilmore girls season 3 #OGCTOOD #jess mariano #rory gilmore #shane #queen shane #luke danes

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bookgeekgrrl · 3 years

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Sunday reading recap (11-Apr-21)

THINGS I WATCHED

All Creatures Great and Small - S1, ep 7

We Could Be Heroes - basically i wanted to see this entry in the Pedro Pascal Hot Dad Universe - it was cute and everyone seemed to be having a blast

Space Sweepers - this was as fantastic as I’d heard - *stefon voice* this movie had everything: space battles, found family, humor, drama, scenery-chewing villain, adorable moppet, sarcastic trans robot

The Yarmouth Castle Disaster | Fascinating Horror - as a Gordon Lightfoot fan, I had heard of the Yarmouth Castle but assumed it was much further back in time. (honestly, same with Edmund Fitzgerald! I assumed all his ship tragedy songs were from events in like the early 20th C at the latest, not 1965 and 1975!)

To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

Avatar: The Last Airbender - S3, ep 2-17 - i’m so close to the finish! was very excited to see the ‘that’s rough, buddy’ moment!

THINGS I READ

💜 Murder in the Belltower (Miss Underhay Mysteries #5) (Helena Dixon) - and now I have to wait until JUNE for the next one!

💜 a flame in two cupped hands (notcaycepollard) - 91K, Natasha-centric, post EG fixit series, : when i die i’ll sacrifice (more than enough for the afterlife) [41K]; the edge of a life (in the present tense) [14K]; you made it this far (just a little bit more) [35K] - possibly one of my favorite post-EG fix-its, centered on Natasha - just a fantastic fic

💜 An Unseen Attraction (Sins of the Cities #1) (K.J. Charles, author; Matthew Lloyd Davies, narrator) - decided it was time for a reread!

💜 An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities #2) (K.J. Charles, author; Matthew Lloyd Davies, narrator)

💜 An Unsuitable Heir (Sins of the Cities #3) (K.J. Charles, author; Matthew Lloyd Davies, narrator)

💜 Interlude: Snow & Winter Collection Volume One (Snow & Winter) (C.S. Poe) - a collection of short stories about my favorite grumpy antiques dealer & his big beef boyfriend.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson, author; Richard Armitage, narrator) - i read this mainly because i just really wanted to hear RA’s voice in my ears and he was stellar.

plus 226K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out

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Want and Need (story by justanotherStonyfan, art by elkleggs) - 1K - excellent short PwP with some fantastic art - i can’t get enough of smol dom steve

9 Lives (Speranza) - 8K - we are blessed by a new installment in the 4 Minute Window universe - the danger with a new installment is that it reminds me of just how fucking good this series is, and really, really makes me want to go back and reread the ENTIRE thing

Taste Life Twice (victoria_p (musesfool)) - 8K, batfam - “Jason's learned a lot of things from a lot of people, but Alfred's the one who teaches him to cook.” - so, so good. it will make you crave grilled cheese and lemon cake but there are links to every recipe which is going above and beyond really

Bucky Barnes Has His Shit Together (and Other Lies He Tells Himself) (betts) - 14K - this is one of my 5-star, all time fave fics with recovering vet Bucky and single dad baker Steve - one of the tags is Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts and that’s the truest statement.

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #miss underhay mysteries series #sins of the cities series #snow and winter series #fanfic ftw #avatar the last airbender #all creatures great and small #we could be heroes #space sweepers #to all the boys ps i still love you #the yarmouth castle #fan makers are a *gift*

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