#jess and doula

[jojoblessed365]

For those who miss So Far Away.... Here's the highly anticipated sequel!!!!

First 2 chaps out now!

Tagging @ernestonlysayslovelythings as my lovely co-writing partner on this and dedicated to @disasterbiwriter

For those who would like to visualize Doula, here's a picture of the actress I had in mind:

[teddypickerry]

au! where jess is a protective older sibling taking care of a little sister/brother like they’re his own WHEN.

[mrsmess]

[teddypickerry]

this is adult jess trying to figure out bereal

This would be adult Jess trying to use facetime 😅

[stellaluna33]

I know that I've written fanfiction depicting a sweet relationship between Jess and Doula, his younger half-sister, as have many other wonderful writers, and I have my reasons why I think such a relationship might be plausible, but just as a reminder...

This relationship is a COMPLETE Fanon invention with absolutely no mention in Canon.

The show itself never indicates that they have any kind of relationship, and the Palladinos either neglected or forgot to mention Doula AT ALL in the Revival. So... All I'm saying is, keep that in mind if you feel tempted to compare Jess's situation to Rory's, over the fact that the show didn't portray much of an on-screen relationship between Rory and Gigi and may have forgotten to mention her once or twice.

Anyone who has interacted with me here KNOWS how much I love BOTH of these characters, but I just think it's extremely telling that the fandom reacts to Jess's lack of an on-screen relationship with his half-sister by INVENTING ONE and saying, "Well, SURELY they had more of a relationship that we couldn't see!" ...and reacts to Rory's lack of an on-screen relationship with her half-sister by concluding "Well, she must not love her half-sister!"

[the-overreactress]

I really wonder what Jess thought about No Child Left Behind, particularly as a high school drop-out. Like, does he tell self-deprecating jokes about how he single-handedly foiled W. Bush’s plans to keep all kids moving, regardless of whether they were ready?

Probably later on, 2007-2016 era, he was a little more willing to consider this seriously and get his GED. I want that for him. But I also want for him to be his critical, mocking self in the face of less-than-ideal education policies. Maybe he finally confronts why traditional school didn’t suit him, be it a possible ADHD diagnosis, the structure, or his unwillingness to participate in anything where he knew he’d be ruthlessly mocked. Maybe all three? Maybe he really fights for Doula and Rory’s kid and any other kid in his life who doesn’t automatically excel in school, but he knows is smart and capable in a good environment. What if he VOLUNTEERS and tutors or something? Maybe this is all too ooc for him, but I WANT it.

Anyway, thinking about Jess Mariano challenging the American education system and its failures is my new favorite past time.

[alyheartsjess]

unpopular gilmore girls opinions (non controversial edition)

-doula is a cute name. maybe it’s because english isn’t my first language and i didn’t know what a doula was, but i love how it sounds

-jess’ unkept season 4 hair is the best, unmatched. i’m sorry that you couldn’t afford hair gel baby, but you looked great

-i can’t fully hate TJ because he reminds me of joey from friends

-i like dean more than logan because at least when i watch dean, i don’t have to sit there knowing there’s actually people rooting for that guy

-april is a saint and an angel for totally just happily going along with everything

-rory’s fuckass bob was fine after it had grown out a little. very her. it’s really just the events associated with the bob.

-there’s not one fully healthy parent on the show. like try and name one

-the best example of luke not being a great conversationalist isn’t the april situation, it’s the fact that him having a sister who also was a teen mom never came up until his seventh year of being friends with lorelai

-there’s nothing i need more than clarity about what happens at stars hollow high. like sometimes i need that more than literati going on dates scenes

-lane and zach are fine

-i hate jess’ brown coat even tho everyone shot me down on my last post talking about it

ok that’s it for now

[saltygilmores]

(Gilmore Girls) talking points I can and will discuss for hours at any time (mostly Jess stuff though)

Saw someone do this on Instagram and thought I'd do it too.

Dean is An Abomination and his own parents tried to abandon him on the side of the road (he made his way back somehow, crafty son of a bitch) Lorelai is a terrible horrible no good immature person, a gignatic hypocrite, a bad mother, and she dismisses and often encourages Dean’s abuse towards Rory How Lorelai married into Jess' family and now there SHOULD BE a cloud of shame hanging over her head that she treated her nephew like shit for no reason for years and now she has to look him in the eye at every holiday and family gathering for the rest of time, but she has no shame. Aunt Lorelai remember when I was 17 you said I should die in a fire and you'd rather save your shoes? Anyway, Pass the turkey. How much does Rory tell Jess about what Lorelai says about him behind his back Lorelai and Dean's affair (The DALA)

Justice for Lindsay Lister Nearly any Pre and Post Stars Hollow Jess Headcanon (That Usually Do Not Involve Rory) (his entire childhood, his entire adulthood, his ho life, his success as a popular author, Jess as a brother to Doula, life in Philadelphia, stories with his Truncheon buddies, Jess as a mediocre drug dealer in NYC #heytawd), Jess traveling cross country (love that one so much I made an absolutely massive Spotify playlist to accompany it), did he ever go to college? Among the carousel of rotating Mom's Boyfriends and Stepfathers did he ever have a few good ones in the mix? Liz likely didn't have a car and would never care to teach him, so who taught him how to drive?

If Jess had such a terrible childhood did Luke ever try to intervene? How much did he know? How much did he see Jess as a kid? Was Jess ever in foster care? Liz Danes...just Liz Danes. Could probably discuss this trainwreck and the people in her orbit until i was blue in the face. I have thoughts. Headcanon: Jess has had sex with any other similarly-aged existing character on the show besides Rory at some point (this would be in the future, during his Ho Years.. I don't really find any joy in the thought of him cheating on Rory) Where do Rory and Jess go on the dates that are (infrequently) implied they have Why does Luke always bring up how severely he underpays Jess for working a the diner? How often does Jess wait on Rory and Lorelai's table? Do they actually tip him, ever? Shane, Shane’s murder The date of Jess' birthday (it's late August or early September, babes. I'm unflinching on this but willing to hear all sides)

The origin of Jess’ unusual name How do Jess and Rory celebrate birthday and holidays together (within the OG series timeline)? If they actually do? Does Jess actually want to celebrate his birthday or Christmas? What gifts do they buy each other? The prom that never was Rory loses her virginity to a stupid butthead but doesn't put out for Jess for like 8 months and frequently teases him while the poor thing doesn’t even have the privacy to jack it once in a while to a Maxim magazine (but also, did they or did they not come fairly close off screen at some point, when and where?) gurl you interrupted a steamy makeout session so you could run home and talk to your mom! You talk to your mom every second of every day! And before that, you run away after your first real make out sesh so you could go talk to Dean! You are beyond help. What is up with that "We haven't seen each other in four years" comment between Jess and Rory in AYITL? What the hell happened in 2012? What is the day to day life in Stars Hollow High like between Jess, Dean, Lane, Lindsay without Rory around? Do Dean and Jess have any classes together? Where do they sit in the cafeteria? How come Lane and Dean never told Rory that Jess was skipping school? Especially when Dean has an incentive to spill the tea (getting Jess in trouble) and Lane is a hopeless gossip and there's no effing way she could keep something like that from Rory for that long

What is The Subsect actually about

What would it be like if Jess went to Chilton with Rory? How would he even get in (I really have to stretch the limits of my imagination but I have a few weak theories)

Madelyn and Louise (they’re awesome)

The friendships that could have been between Jess and Paris or Jess and Lane

How Rory is too dopey to see that Paris is in love with her

How disaster follows every female character who loses their virginity (even when in the confines of marriage)

The child bride epidemic on this show

Dave Ryglaski is mediocre. Alex is under rated and it’s a shame the Male Gilmore Girls Character California Wormhole probably sucked him in like Dave was, never to be seen again.

I don’t even care about her storyline: April as a character is so incredibly annoying I can’t watch any scene she is in.

Jason DiggerStiles is so uninteresting and his chemistry with Lorelai is so weak and the insurance storylines are so fucking insipid I have to skip all of those scenes too.

The only characters who emerged from season 6 with any sort of diginity intact were Jess and Paul Anka.

[teddypickerry]

do we have a doula fan cast/headcannons or do all of us just collectively not give a shit about her? (unless it includes big brother jess) gonna say it’s the latter.

[frazzledsoul]

[shirleyjacksonenthusiast]

The deliberate absence of abortions in Gilmore Girls

The philosophy, "Love is hard. One must not give up" permeates through the show. Extravagance (effort) and not extravagance (monetary) is shown to be the key to love. It's present of course in Luke's storyline but also for Dean, Jess, Logan, Jason, Dave, Lane, Richard, Emily, etc. Both platonic and romantic, over and over you see that none of these characters get over their love especially on screen. But this thought process becomes cancerous when it comes to pregnancy.

As I've been going through the seasons, multiple pregnancy plotlines have popped up. Over and over, someone gets pregnant and there is never any mention of abortion. I'm not just talking of people having it but also of taking it under consideration. Emily and Richard suggested marriage to Lorelai over and over but no one ever mentions that Lorelai ever even considered abortion.

With Lane as well, you see her completely panicking over being pregnant, the word abortion is never used. No matter how unprepared anyone is, what their financial circumstances are, or how one got pregnant, no one ever considers getting an abortion. Lorelai tries to convince Sookie that having a third child with Jackson (i won't go into Jackson, it pisses me off too much) would be a good thing. She seems to be in league with her best friend's husband over her best friend here. No mentions of getting rid of the baby, just a load of how they're so angry and how could he do this.

Babies are the hardest part of the "Love is hard. One must not give up" philosophy and the show preaches it. Every single good character seems to overcome the difficulties of childcare. Liz fails as a parent to Jess but ultimately is shown to succeed with Doula because she's "good" now. Her redemption has turned her into a good mother. Lane, Lorelai, Sookie, they're good people so they succeed with their babies.

Sherry and Christopher fail with GG at first but Christopher is never shown to be an evil person, just an irresponsible one so he eventually succeeds. Sherry's redemption is off screen so we never get to see her succeed.

While the show is never shy in its discussions of sex, it is very shy when it comes to the consequences. Everyone chooses to have the child over and over and over no matter what they want in their life. This is the one thing that stood out to me that had no standing in the real world. We fall into the extremes of the love is hard philosophy and take cutting people we love off or aborting babies out of the real life equation. Even if we see certain instances of cutting people out, it gets resolved if the love is strong enough or if they just put in the effort.

Gilmore girls ultimately becomes a show for the romantic where everything works out eventually. We can't live in a utopia, that counteracts the difficulties and the effort to overcome them philosophy. It's about community and help yes, but mostly it is about resilient individuals who happen to be in a community. We also see Rory reading Ayn Rand in one of the seasons. Most of the books mentioned are very intentional and I think we must look closely at why Fountainhead is considered a book that aligns with their ethics.

In the end, these characters will choose to believe in their individual strength and have the child and raise it correctly because they are good people in the narrative. No one ever wants to question their own capability or capacity. In the end, we will see children running around and their parents' finances being sorted BECAUSE they are good and hardworking, there is no other option.

[theonethatwatchesalotofshows]

Has anyone ever noticed how there is an unrealistic amount of only children on the show? Lorelei, Richard, Lane, Paris, Christopher probably too, Rory for the first 18 years of her life, and Jess for the first 22 years of his life... I mean this was in the 2000s when the birth rate wasn't THAT low yet. So why? Was ASP just too lazy to write more characters and introduce more complicated family dynamics? Even the sibling relationships we do get are not well fleshed-out, except Luke and Liz. Jess and Doula don't even meet in the original show, Emily has a sister we never get to see, Dean has three sisters but we only meet one. Is ASP an only child? I will say though, Rory and GG's relationship is very realistic for two half-siblings who have 18 years between them.

[disasterbiwriter]

Everglow (1122 words) by SarabethSilver Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rory Gilmore/Jess Mariano Characters: Jess Mariano, Rory Gilmore, Matthew of Truncheon Books (Gilmore Girls), Chris of Truncheon Books (Gilmore Girls), Lane Kim, Luke Danes, Lorelai Gilmore, Liz Danes, Doula (Gilmore Girls), Paris Geller Additional Tags: Mental Health Issues, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Literati, Fluff and Smut, gilmore girls season 8?, except it's mostly Jess-focused, Jess is working on himself, good thing he has his bestie Lane Kim, will add more tags as this thing grows wildly beyond my control Series: Part 3 of Parachutes Summary: A year into their relationship, Rory and Jess are stronger than ever… but now comes the hard part. Career transitions, family drama, and more than one unexpected turn of events. Mostly written from Jess' POV. A Literati Season 8.

@sarabethsilver thought she could sneak these goodies under the radar but LO SHE CANNOT

[sagesfandomspot]

Okay this is v random but I recently got back into Literati fan fiction and I swear I remember reading a fic (admittedly years ago) where Liz fell off the wagon and Doula ended up in Jess and Rory’s care. Am I nuts or does that fic exist? And if it does do you know where it is or what the title is?

Hi! So I know something similar happens in @scoopsgf's fic The Weight We Carry (which is an incredible Jess-centric fic that shows the entire show and the gaps in between. I've read it multiple times, highly recommend), where Liz relapses and Jess isn't Doula's only caretaker, but he does take on a lot of the parenting, and Rory kind of helps out. Another one is @jojoblessed365's The Danes Duo where Liz sends Doula to live with Jess in a very full-circle-moment kind of way. Those are the only two I can think of right now, but if I remember more I'll add them!

(if you're looking for that type of fic, @ernestonlysayslovelythings has an active fic right now that involves Jess taking in Doula while in a relationship with Rory. warning, it is heavier and deals with potentially triggering subject matter, but it is so good and I highly recommend.)

[reputayswift]

what do you think the cancelled jess spinoff would be like? how would it affect the main show? do you think we'd still see him be hung up on rory if he had his own show?

There’s actually a clip of it out there! And based off that, I’m kind of glad it didn’t happen 😭 I suspect it would’ve acted as a sort of “anti-Gilmore Girls” following a strained relationship between a father and son. But his storyline with Luke already accomplishes that in a more interesting and unexpected way! (Could totally see an ep where Luke makes a guest appearance and he and Jimmy try to out-dad each other.) Based on Here Comes The Son, we would’ve also seen him bond with his bookish step-sister which could’ve been really cute (and is what I wanted to see from him and Doula :/). And I could see Jess working at or frequenting this bar/bookstore:

As for the main show, I think Jess would still make infrequent appearances while Rory goes on with her life. Maybe the spin-off was planned to only last a set number of seasons before merging his storyline back into GG? Or maybe we’d see his growth onscreen and then he and Rory’s reunion at Truncheon would’ve taken place within the spin-off! I can’t imagine ASP NOT giving Jess at least one new love interest, but it might’ve been a Lorelai situation where partners came and went while he pined for the same person. I just don’t see him moving on, for better or for worse lol