#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]

[frazzledsoul]

[honestlydarkprincess]

evan 'i specialize in scratches' buckley, you have no game but don't worry, eddie and i are still in love with you

[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.

[teddypickerry]

this is adult jess trying to figure out bereal

This would be adult Jess trying to use facetime 😅

[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

[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.

[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.

[lolabelinda]

Analysis of scene: AYITL Fall "Rande Gerber hot"

Okay, so I just have to talk about this scene after rewatching it recently.

Jess is sitting (quite comfortably) in the Gilmore's house. Now to me this feels like he's been there before, I mean after he left Stars Hollow to live elsewhere.

He says to Rory he hasn't seen her in 4 years, but presumably he's been back to the Hollow a fair few times to visit Luke, his mum and sister Doula and likely just missed Rory those times because she was in NY or travelling.

During this time I'm guessing he spent some time at Lorelai's house and even spent time with both Luke and Lorelei.

We can tell this because even though Lorelei makes several negative comments about Jess throughout the revival ("throw a ball with, not at") I think a lot of that is just habitual banter, kind of a joke that they've never gotten along.

When Lorelei comes in to ask about ordering pizza she points (I think???) at Jess and says "extra cheese?" implying she is familiar enough to know his pizza preferences.

She could be pointing at and asking Luke, but being how much of a health freak he is, it's unlikely he would want extra cheese.

Then she protests when he goes to leave and blows him a kiss (!!!)

I mean I do think she is extra happy at this point in her life, so maybe she doesn't want to be annoyed by him. But all these things are very friendly and familiar and I believe were written into the scene to show the audience how their relationship has evolved (especially if they are trying to set up the whole Rory/Jess relationship that's implied for the future).

I wonder how he feels being there, with his history with Rory (although we rarely see them spend time there when they are together) and sitting there surrounded by pictures of her.

Also, why is he there?

I am guessing he has been asked to be Best Man to Luke (which is so cute to think of Rory being Maid of Honour also) and is there to try on his suit.

We see that Miss Celine was there on an earlier day with all the clothes and I would say maybe if Jess had a specific suit it would've been kept there until the wedding.

Jess may have already tried it on and then is waiting to see Luke's. He still has his bag, so presumably he's just arrived in town.

Although when Rory enters (and you'll notice he looks up from his book at this point) she doesn't seem surprised to see him so I'm guessing she already knew he was there.

Although Lorelei doesn't seem surprised either, so maybe they'd seen a bit of him in the lead up to the wedding (or it just didn't work for the flow of the scene for either of them to acknowledge his arrival).

Also when Jess leaves he says "back at 10?" Implying he is coming back the next morning, I'm guessing to get changed for the wedding.

I recently saw an interview where Milo talks about that last look he gives Rory through the window. He was basically saying you know, he didn't know what it meant, read into it what you want, but that Amy just asked him to look lovingly at Rory.

It's funny though because to me that is not a loving look. Like it is, but to me it's a longing look.

There is love there too, but if it was just "oh we shared something special and I'm remembering that but I've moved on" sort of look (which is what Milo implies) it would probably be more warm, smiling, satisfied type of look.

But no way... He looks sad, longing and loving. Almost even regretful.

The whole scene is the best ❤️

[poetfilm]

little jess headcanon before i go (to the outside world that i hate so much): his little sister is canonically named 'doula' but he hates this for her so much and decided to rename her. both for her own sake and out of a lack of respect for their parents. it's sort of evolved over time. the first name he gave her was 'dolly' (because dolly parton was on the radio one time, he asked the kid if she liked the song, which ofc she did because she's got great taste, and he said "yeah cool, that's your name now.") he tried to call her 'dolores' for a little bit because it sounds literary, but it felt too old-fashioned so they got rid of it quickly. they hopped around with different names (mostly just anything with a prominent 'd' or 'l' sound), before eventually he just ended up calling her 'lou'. it seems to have stuck.

[jojoblessed365]

If they ever make AYITL 2, they definitely have to cast Izabela Vidovic. Here's proof:

Like uncle, like nephew. The exact same face 😅

[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.