#the rory gilmore is good actually tag

[anxiouspotatorants]

Don’t mind me I’m just thinking about how Rory almost destroyed her life and definitely destroyed her sense of self trying to please everyone around her not because they explicitly demanded it of her but because she grew up with a deep rooted unadressed view of her own existence as the destruction of Lorelai and Christopher’s lives, causing her to be constantly mindful of what the world might expect of her and desperately trying to not just meet those demands but a whole lot more no matter the cost because that’s the only way to make up for the fact that she exists and is alive

[stellaluna33]

I got tagged by @belleandsaintsebastian to share part of a WIP, so... Here's part of a second chapter of Smells Like School Spirit, my "Lane and Jess goof off in gym class because the school actually communicated about his absences and now he has to show up every day" Season 3 AU. 😂 (It's on ff.net so maybe I should put it up on AO3?)

........

After Jess had unleashed that storm of vengeance upon Chuck Presby on her behalf, it seemed that Lane and Jess had something else in common besides a love of music and Rory Gilmore: going full-on rabid guard-dog when a friend was under threat.  If questioned, Lane would maintain that she mostly did it for Rory, but the facts of the matter remained that she had stormed into Principal Merton’s office in a blaze of righteous indignation at the idea that Jess Mariano would receive the full brunt of punishment for the “altercation” that had occurred in P.E. that day.  No, this was outrageous, this was unjust!  Did they know that she had likely sustained a concussion- a concussion!- from Chuck Presby and the school did nothing?!  But Jess comes to her defense and gets a suspension!

Principal Merton was unmoved.  He “regretted” (he looked far from regretful) to say that, “as uncharacteristically honorable as Mr. Mariano’s motives might have been, the school had a zero-tolerance policy on physical violence” and yada yada yada… but then Lane had played her trump card.  She simply wondered what Mrs. Kim would think about a policy that allowed boys to give girls concussions but punished anyone who tried to stop them… and suddenly the Principal was proposing that perhaps both boys could be given detention instead.  Lane guessed that would be fair, but also suggested that since there were a couple openings in the weightlifting class right now, perhaps that might be a good way to keep Jess out of mischief, and if she could be moved also, she could keep an eye on him… as well as be able to inform her Mama that the school was making sure her concussion was properly dealt with.  Sighing wearily, Principal Merton had promised to make the necessary arrangements on the following day.

And that was how Lane had secured herself and Jess two coveted spots in the Weightlifting gym exemption- open only to Stars Hollow High athletes and a waiting list of Seniors.  No more laps, no more dodgeball, and if you happened to be partnered with a fellow slacker who had no qualms about falsifying your progress reports, not much actual weightlifting either!  This was the life!

[hairstevington]

Get to know me tag!!

Thank you @tartarusknight for tagging me ilysm 💕

Favorite Color - Light blue, like sky blue almost? Yeah, that. But I love most colors tbh. Green is also good.

Last Song -I've been listening to Orla Gartland's new album "Everybody Needs a Hero" all damn day (it's release day) and I fear I will never stop listening for as long as I live

Currently Reading - Uhhhhhhhhh I don't have too much time to read these days unfortunately :((((( haven't even had time to write, it's so tragic. But I'm absolutely feral for my bestie's fic seeking selfish wishes rn, it's fueling me whenever I have the opportunity to read it and i love it so much it makes my neurodivergent brain go brr (it is actually gifted TO me so it's literally written with my interests in mind)

Currently Watching - It is autumn, and I am back in my Gilmore Girls era. It's very weird because the last time I watched it I was closer to Rory's age and now I am closer to Lorelai's age. I see things SO much differently it is WILD what a fully formed frontal lobe will do

Currently Craving - physical touch plz someone hold me

Coffee or Tea - I am a fan of both but only one is keeping me awake on a consistent basis and that is coffee

A hobby you would like to try - Hmmmmmm I would love to devote more time to music and take piano up again but alas, time. OH and I would love to join a zumba or yoga class to stay active. Unfortunately I am so tired I can just barely get my butt up to work and clean and be an active adult. Once again, TRAGIC.

An AU you're working on/thought of - I consistently have so many ideas and not enough time. My two WIPs right now are my group therapy fic and my deaf steve season 4 rewrite. I love them both and they're also taxing to write at times. I def miss writing fluff lol. I also have some original novels going!! Maybe one day I will publish <3

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I am tagging hmmmmmm @tinytalkingtina @withacapitalp @spicysix @devondespresso and ahhh I always forget people's usernames but if you DM me and say you want to be tagged I will edit this after the fact or just lie and say I tagged you and I will happily corroborate🫡

[riordanness]

omg hi congrats on 800 again!!!! for ur event i have to go w i can fix him no really i can 😫 ok so the basics r i’m a cabin 4 ravenclaw infj taurus (i always start w these soz LOL) and also the ambivert final boss like genuinely i don’t lean towards introversion or extroversion and if the mbti had an a for ambivert i’d def be an anfj 🙏🏼 im a HUGE perfectionist it’s so bad actually i cannot function if something is imperfect i’ll lose my mind 😭 (i also have ocd so 🙁) when i asked one of my friends what the pros and cons of dating me are she said my perfectionism may cause problems LMAO😣😣😣 i get told im kind a lot so i like to believe thats true 🙏🏼 im super soft spoken which is a struggle cz im always having to repeat myself 🙁 (did a french speaking exam this year where i was recorded n when i say i was YELLING the entire time so that the recording device thing could pick up my voice….) im super super stubborn and persist in things until they go the way i want them to LMAO (this might be my fatal flaw) i refuse to settle for less in all aspects of life it’s either up to my standards or i’m not claiming it 😬 i LOVE LOVE LOVE reading and music those 2 r the most consistent things in my life !!!! for my type in men this may be a shocker but jason grace is an anomaly because irl + in other forms of media i tend to go for the dark haired sassy sarcastic funny guys (idk if you’ve read better than the movies but if you have wes bennett is a very good example of my type) some characters i’ve been compared to (because for some reason i get compared to a LOTTT of characters) are hermione granger, annabeth chase, rory gilmore (pre uni DUH), amy santiago, caroline?? from tvd? (idk her but my friend said i’m very similar to her so!) ummmm idk what else to include… i’m a HUGE germaphobe and get grossed out super easily LOL would rather die than go hiking or camping or anything like that soz demeter kid but not one w nature i just like flowers and gardens 🫣 i’m also super sensitive and have been told i’m emotionally intuitive!!!! i cry often about everything LOL soz if this is too long love u SOOO much 😚 also would like a pjo guy pls !!!

CYNTHIA HII (also idk why i always tag your other acc and not this one i legit always forget this url idk why 😭) anyways tyy soso much you’re actually the best fr

so. i put like way too much thought into this cause i didn’t want to just, like, stick you w jason bc that’s the easy answer yk?? BUT on that note, based on what you’ve said, i actually pair you with him?? like… if y’all were my friends irl i would ship you so bad fr.

you’re both perfectionists, tho probably in different ways yk, you bc of mental stuff and him bc he was raised by camp jupiter and literal wolves. so that would make it good for you both bc there’s nothing worse than being a perfectionist and living with someone who makes chronic messes (i can attest)

you’d both have really intuitive kindness and understanding of each other and others and that would bond you together soso well. also jason wouldn’t be a loud talker. like at all, so he’d be totally fine hearing you perfectly bc he’s used to quiet talking

neutral and very faded colour palettes for you both, light light blues and pinks and white and cream and gold everywhere (if you moved in together🤭)

jason would love to listen to you speak french btw

he does NOT strike me as a very outdoors person (in the hiking and camping and dirt way) he’d much rather sit on a porch with you and read than do any of that stuff (also he’s roman. they’re famous for their baths he would love being clean no germs here)

would totally understand your ocd and be soso nice about it like. this man would be so careful not aggravate you with unnecessarily untidy or uneven things like that.

music and book dates >>>

anyways y’all are cute i ship it so bad

[rose-of-oz]

For the plot bunny ask game: Gilmore Girls + Rory Gilmore x Jess Mariano poly ship, please??

@dancingsunflowers-ocs ✨💛✨

Ooooh, thank you so so much for this, Alexandra!! (And I’ll also tag @manyfandomocs ‘cause I know he likes Gilmore Girls and I like him. <3)

NAME: Theodore “Teddy” Young.

LOVE INTEREST(S): Rory Gilmore + Jess Mariano.

SUMMARY: Teddy had been in love with Rory Gilmore since the two of them were in elementary school, but what he’s never been is good enough for her. Rory, always the smartest girl in class and now even attending a renowned private school outside of Stars Hollow, has always been out of reach for a laid-back guy like Teddy who cares more about learning new tricks on his skateboard than he ever has about grades, but no matter how many other girls and guys Teddy has dated, he’s never been able to forget the only girl he truly wants. And now that Luke’s witty, good-looking nephew has moved to town and seems to be interested in Rory, Teddy feels that she might be farther away from him than ever as his new friend pursues the girl of his dreams… except that, incredibly, Jess seems to be interested in Teddy as well, and the more time the three of them spend together, Teddy finds himself returning the feelings, and Rory even seems to finally be reciprocating the love Teddy has had for her for so long.

OTHER INFO:

Listen, Rory and Jess need nothing more than a cool skater boy as a part of their relationship, and by God I’m gonna give it to them.

Basically Teddy has that stoner skater boy vibe without actually being a stoner, that’s the best way I can describe him.

He’s also actually pretty smart! He has a really good memory and likes to read, which is how he becomes friends with Jess in the first place - he just doesn’t care much about academics.

Emily is mildly horrified that Rory’s dating him (miraculously she breezes by the fact that Rory’s dating two boys at once who are also dating each other), Richard actually loves him because he’ll play golf with him and he’s surprisingly good at it, and Lorelai also loves him because he teaches her how to ride a skateboard and they have similar taste in movies.

He’s actually also an amazing cook - Luke hires him to help out at the diner eventually, and after the story’s happy ending when Jess takes it over, Teddy becomes the head cook.

send me a fandom and a faceclaim/love interest and i’ll make an oc!!

[the-dalseum-duet]

I’m going insane

@svwhssftr late night kohlsposting meets queer girlie music taste tag

oh God. oh god KILL ME

bags… i’m not like the biggest Clairo fan ever but i really liked her in middle school and now that bags is blowing up I’m reminded of just how baller her music is. she’s just so airy and cutesy and nostalgic and it makes me want to gut myself. i actually have insane cuteness aggression. i see something cute and i resort to extreme forms of violence. can’t have anything good around here without getting it a lil bloody

(the first time i heard this song was in a rory x paris edit and they’re my one and only comfort ship. they’re so. grrrrr I love them dearly like it physically hurts me that both are “””straight””” BITCH THEY KISSED anyway this is not about the most goated gilmore girls ship. those academic rivals are LESBIANS!!! the writers are SO WRONG)

but i keep seeing posts like “men who listen to Clairo are the most manipulative people of all time” and it’s funny in theory. but. ideas. IDEAS. GRAHHHH

so. this leads me to noeul. Naturally. Manipulative man ever. But noeul does indeed have a soul buried deep down inside him. He is naturally inclined to do things that bring him genuine joy. He is a hopeless romantic bitch HE IS I’M SO SORRY. NATURALLY. HE IS. HE WAS NOT BORN INTO A POSITION WHERE HE COULD FEASIBLY BE ONE. BUT HE IS REGARDLESS. AND HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS

like he obviously has a strong romantic attraction to Charlie. he stays in dirty motels to see her and blindly trusts her multiple times. he proposes to her. that’s a massive fucking deal coming from him. Living in Eden Grove gave him a sliver of life as a normal human being, and he fell head over heels as soon as he had the opportunity. Charlie made him feel safe. But like. In the way that you feel it’s wrong. It’s very queer even though he’s a man. And she is a woman. They are the gayest straight couple ever. It’s a hard phenomenon to describe but it’s so strong and it’s so conflicting but it’s so warm and hopeful and. ughhh. tl;dr Noeul has emotions he knows he should have but knows he can’t have 

but he suppresses these HARD once he returns to Dalseum. he has to be cutthroat again and maintain the image he had with the Council. this only worsens once his father dies. this is why he cheats on Charlie with Sonnet because he feels like he should be with Sonnet. Sonnet is a prominent community member who will blindly agree with him. Charlie is this nobody who opposes his authority. So he freaks out and just throws her in prison so he doesn’t have to think about what could have been. Sonnet is who he realistically should end up with. He cannot afford to do what makes him happy and, in turn, a better fucking human. 

Oh yeah. He absolutely has a breakdown once he learns about the existence of Crow. Also why he actually realizes that there is room for kindness inside of him. Crow’s existence as their child. But that’s neither here nor there rn i just love torturing this man. 

But. Here’s where we torture him more. Kai. Kai fits this into a way that makes me want to bash my head into a wall even more. 

Noeul sleeps around in a feigned attempt to crush his romantic tendencies. He’s not supposed to be sappy. He’s supposed to be cold and all exchanges with others must be neutral, if not beneficial to only him. Which is how he meets Kai. This was established previously. At one of Gale’s shows. 

And. Throwing this out there. Just to toxic-ify this yaoi even further. Noeul actually really fucking likes him. Like he gets flustered occasionally around him. Kai is a dumbass (affectionate) and doesn’t pick up on this but Sara absolutely does and picks at Noeul for this. But Noeul definitely picks up on Kai not actually caring for him so Noeul acts like he doesn’t care either. But ohh hohohoho he does!! This little whore DOES care so much!! He WANTS romantic dates out on the town and he wouldn’t trade the mornings they wake up next to each other for ANYTHING!! HE LOVES HIS STUPID BITS AND THE WAY HE SMILES AND THE WAY HE PERFECTLY FITS INSIDE HIS ARMS!!!! HE LOVES THAT DAMN SHARK BOY!! But Kai’s just oblivious. He’s just like “eh he sleeps around with Everyone. he just wants to have some fun and I’m cool with that. he’s just like that” BUT HE’S ACTUALLY NOT LIKE THAT. THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS EVERYONE TO THINK. THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS EVERYONE BUT KAI TO THINK!!

that’s it. that’s all. 

just. picturing Sara walking in on Noeul violently sobbing face planted onto his bed with Bags by Clairo playing on repeat in the background 

“…are you okay?”

“WHY DO I FEEL LIKE THIS”

“hungover?”

“worse.”

“kai?”

“NO”

“you’re in love, sang. I’ve never seen you act like that before. stay in denial all you want”

“fuck off sara”

“I’m just saying. It’s better if you figure it out yourself. I’m just pushing you in the right direction”

“there is no right direction here.”

“is that fucking pheobe bridgers?”

“NO!”

“oh-“

“it’s Clairo”

“oh my bad?”

[slumped-in-the-arms-of-fiction]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Finally getting around to this one! Thanks to @justhere4thevibez for the tag, love ❤️

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

17, but the depths of LJ have a few more

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

235,247 across two fandoms

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Stranger Things – specifically Hellcheer, though there are three Eddie-centric ones in there (each with a Hellcheer nod). And I used to write Gilmore Girls.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

I'm gonna focus on ST as that's been my main focus for a while now.

Bruise Pristine

Two guys, a girl, and a cheerleader

Being Human

In Focus

For a good time call Mary Jane

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yep! I'm so grateful that someone took the time to comment on something I wrote, and I want them to know that! Commenting can be difficult and I like to acknowledge that and give a little kudos in return. Plus, I love engaging with fellow fandomers! As a reader, I like to let someone know I liked their fic with more than kudos if I have the spoons to do it, and I love when an author responds to me when I comment.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

While there can be angst in the ship fic I write, I generally like to give a happy ending. Some can be bittersweet, but not out and out angsty. My ships tend to be canonically tragic, so I want HEAs.

In saying that, Backpack, though short, is definitely not sweet. It's canonical so... yeah.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

As I said, I do tend towards the happier end of the scale (she says, lying through her teeth). I think my two long multi-chapter Hellcheer fics Two guys, a girl, and a cheerleader and Being Human are quite movie-happy ending. And shout out to the Gilmore Girls kind of fix-it Not Time's Fool because that was tooth-achingly sweet, especially with the follow-up Letters to a Lost Love.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nnnnooo, not really? There was one weird one who berated me for writing Literati (GG) when I had the gall to comment and enjoy a fic with a different ship, which was bizarre. Actually, the almost-hate comments tended to be in GG – people can be very cutting when it comes to Rory. The Hellcheer fandom thankfully tends to love both characters equally, and have been nothing but gracious and accepting.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Boy, do I! Try and STOP me writing it – it always sneaks in. F/M and explicit. Ventured into kink a little bit with For a good time call Mary Jane. My smut also tends to be emotionally driven, I can't do PWP.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Not crossover in terms of characters from two different fandoms interacting (though there was a Supernatural/J2 done in the style of Fight Club back in the day that was WILD). But my two multi-chaps are based on other shows with ST characters kinda merged with the originals or similar storylines (New Girl and Being Human), but the supernatural elements aside in the latter neither are crazy!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, I don't know how it would work but I'm open to it! I spitball a lot with lovely @justhere4thevibez and we've tossed around ideas the other has caught; my dearheart @barriss helped with d&d stuff in fic, and I thrash ideas around with my discord gremlins a lot, so the parts that appear in fic makes it feels like a collab ❤️

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Hellcheer till I die

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I have a ton of Hellcheer ideas in the wings – maybe not all of them will come to fruition, but everything I've actually started writing will be finished, I hope.

I do, however, have an unpublished chapter of Literati that I absolutely love, but I ran out of steam as it was going to be a big undertaking, and then I kinda left that fandom so I doubt I'll ever go back to the fic, unfortunately. Pity, coz what I wrote was 🔥 in my humble opinion LMFAO

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I do snappy dialogue well – I love banter, the flow. I like to think I'm funny too, though I feel very Milhouse "my mom thinks I'm funny" when I say that. I also see things in a cinematic way – the scene, the setting, placement, lighting etc – which I think comes across in my writing. At least, I hope it translates to the page!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I suck at planning. I have an idea and I go from there and down the line I'm like "Ohhhh fuck, where was I going with this, how do I do this, WTF IS HAPPENING", and then I panic, can't write, spiral. It mostly comes good in the end (except that GG one, RIP). Self-doubt is the fic-killer.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I've never written a character who speaks another language, so have thankfully avoided that pitfall, but I would ask someone who speaks the language to help out, if possible. Google Translate ain't great, but it'll do in a push for some things.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Supernatural waaaaaaaaaay back in the day. When season 1 first came out and they were still battling the yellow-eyed demon and MotW. Ahhh, good, simpler times.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

I think my New Girl fic, Two guys, a girl, and a cheerleader. I had a blast seeing how the characters could blend together while still being themselves, as well as using plots from the show to make a full, coherent storyline. I'm ridiculously delighted with the d&d elements of that too – I was so happy with how the True American chapter came out, and I'm very lucky to have had Sabrina's insider knowledge for that to make it what it was ❤️

Though I had great craic writing Mary Jane... And Blood moon sex magick... and I love the Eddie-centric canon-compliant(ish) Back to the Front. Sure look, you gotta be your own biggest fan 😆

That was so much fun! I don't know who hasn't done this yet, so I'm tagging @gingertumericlemon @windowsandfeelings @watercoloredlie

[lilacerull0]

I saw your tags and let me tell you, I got the results and yeah it was as expected three mistakes (I didn't obsess over them the whole weekend btw I'm normal), but I got the highest grade in the class and the teacher said that my essay was impressive so it makes up for it!! Anyway how do you not obsess over your grades again?

BUT I aced my math test because I actually enjoyed studying for it. Thank you for listening to my school rants (this makes me feel like luke throwing his usual morning rants at lorelai [you])

In love with the playlist by the way it HITS:

AAAAAAAAAAAA GOOD NEWS!!!!!! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, THIS IS ME RIGHT NOW:

Thank you so much for letting me know how it went, I was worried about you!!!!! I absolutely get the sentiment... We should start a club... (Rory) Gilmore Girls Society. Oohh about obsessing over grades, a hopeful thought I can offer is that I got significantly better at managing the issue and I think that progression started as soon as I made "as long as you're certain that you have in fact learned what needed to be learned, most especially the crux of the subject, you're good" my starting point for well... anything school related. Mistakes are okay!!! (AND GIRL YOUR RESULTS ARE IMPRESSIVE, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THOSE THREE MISTAKES!!!!!) Sometimes it's just not your day, you're human (although. it would also be cool to see a wire under my skin every once in a while... a girl can dream!) And any kind of effort always counts for something, if not immediately then in the long run for sure. + You recognized what you did wrong before receiving the results officially which is good!!! (EXCEPT FOR THE WORRYING PART!!!) That's what I'm talking about, it means you've conquered that topic and that's what's important. Not to mention that academic validation is way better when you don't overwhelm yourself with assumptions regarding how it's all gonna turn out. It also gets you to appreciate the learning process a lot more (even though there's an downside to that as well, I get too immersed in my studies, which I think you can relate to as well chdjdkdkkdkc).

SOOOOOO HAPPY YOU'RE VIBING WITH THE PLAYLIST, sharing music (and knowledge in general) is my favourite activity in the whole world <3 It's also the best medicine I can come up with!!!! And we have a history of doing this, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring back that tradition. I told myself I'd be making one of those for each month and let's hope that idea remains interesting to me until the end of this year at least fjjdkfkdkd.

I missed you IMMENSELY, thanks for being my Luke <333333

[raptorific]

if I was a grown adult who had presumably graduated from some sort of children's learning institution, and still objected to using the word "growled" as a tag for dialogue spoken in a low, rough, angry voice, and thought that it actually meant the character finished speaking and then went "grrrr grrrr grrrr" like a dog, I would not advertise that fact by putting on a Rory Gilmore-ass personality about what a good reader I was

I’m so sorry but in the nicest way possible do yall actually read books or just read words??? Cause I’ve been seeing that trend of people not understanding how “snarled” and “eyes darkened” and “eyes softened” etc. was used in a book and like…

Genuinely, do yall just not have imagination?? Or not understand figurative language??? Also eyes do literally darken and soften have you not lived a life??? How do you read with no imagination? Is this how you get through so many books in one month - you simply don’t take the time the understand the words as they are read?

[longingthoughts]

I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece

𝅄  ✧  .˚ fandom: gilmore girls

𝅄  ✧   .˚ focus: Odette Schuyler, minor Odette Schuyler/Rory Gilmore

𝅄  ✧  .˚ content warnings:  cheating

𝅄  ✧  .˚ tags: angst, breakup, odette deserves better than rory, rory panicked but that doesn’t excuse her actions, dean was the side boy, one shot

𝅄  ✧  .˚ music: teenage dream(accapella) from glee, her heart by ian mcconnell, water fountain by alec benjiman

𝅄  ✧  .˚ word count: 595

𝅄  ✧  .˚ originally posted: 2021-09-07

       Odette couldn't focus on anything. Not on the music of one of her favorite bands, Queen, as it played or her homework. Everything felt wrong, felt off. A few nights ago it felt like her whole world had ended again. It would be easy to look at Odette as unbreakable because she had that air about her, in fact the tune of Killer Queen that was currently playing fit her well. But she isn't, no one is really no matter how much they insist they are.

       Odette wouldn't call Rory a constant but normally she knew what to expect from her. Even when they hated each other there was a stable capability that always felt dependable. She would never have expected Rory to cheat on her. The words still felt wrong in her brain. But Rory had cheated on her with Dean.

       Odette remembered the feeling of fog after Rory admitted the barest details. As if her mind was blocking out any information that would hurt her more. "I don't care what happened Rory, it happened. It doesn't matter how far it went, and I don't want to know. But you need to sort out why and I-" Her words had caught there. Odette hadn't known what she was going to do. She couldn't forget this information. Not when she lived in the same dorm as Rory. "I can't do this anymore." The words were less cutting than she normally would use, something Rory probably noticed. Odette walked away. She had said what she needed to.

       It wasn't a fight. It wasn't an argument. It was the end of love, the end of safety, the end of so much. Odette would say end of the world but that seemed a little melodramatic. But it sure did feel like it. Odette was once again in tears, the reason she couldn't seek safety in working anywhere but her room. Everything reminded her of Rory and she cried far more than she had in a long time. The loss of love from her parents, if it was ever there, was something that she expected. The loss of Rory felt like every wrong feeling combined into one. She never expected it and that made everything worse.

       She found herself searching her mind for signs. For anything that seemed off. She had noticed how Rory had been more anxious recently but Odette had thought they were getting through that. She thought she was helping. She constantly found herself second guessing everything. Every I love you, every smile, every laugh, every kiss. Was any of it real? Odette mentally scolded herself, of course it had been real Rory wasn't cruel, she wouldn't fake being in love, not the whole time at least. No matter how out of character it was for Rory to do this she wouldn't fake everything.

       Odette's brain had been going in these spirals, between logic and emotion trying to numb the pain with music and work. But nothing worked. Nothing had made her feel better. Nothing had really worked for her. Odette would survive, somehow despite all the pain she felt she would survive. She'd live and be happy someday. But tonight was not that night, tonight she would cry to the music of Queen and try to work on the essay she was writing about physics in outer space, something she was actually amazing at. Maybe she hadn't been a good girlfriend. But she was good with this and she wouldn't let her broken heart stop her from going for her dream with everything she had.

[anxiouspotatorants]

Hating Rory Gilmore isn’t a personality trait and even if it was that’s just sad.

[myschittythoughts]

As much as I love Jess and Rory together, he was nuts to think Rory would bail on Yale and go with him. I mean, that’s just not who she is. She didn’t even like the spontaneous road trip she took with her mom at first. He should have asked her to just spend the summer with him, not completely bail on her life plan to go away with him. 

[likerealpeopledo-on-ao3]

10 Random Lines

Tagged by @codswalloping and @mostlyinthemorning and @cinnaluminum

Rules: pick any 10 of your fics, scroll somewhere to the midpoint, pick a line (or three), and share it! Then tag 10 people. 

Such Great Heights

Ah, there’s the brass band and the fire eaters and the acrobats, and it’s all happening right there in the three-ring circus of Patrick’s ribcage. His smile fills the tiny corner of the screen; in his view, he’s just a set of teeth, gleaming at David against the backdrop of his dad’s claustrophobic office. “That’s–I love you, too.”

Unsaid and Done

“Is everything okay? It’s very woodsy out here. You aren’t going to abandon me in the forest because I made you do a dumb exercise, are you?”

“Yes, David, I hope you brought your breadcrumbs. No, of course not. It was good. Not good, but cathartic, I think. Is there a word for the beginning of catharsis?”

“Feeling?” David ventures, fitting himself around Patrick tentatively, and Patrick floods with warmth.

Bean

“You’re not going to try to put me and Patrick in the same bed like we’re the Buckets, are you?”

“From Willy Wonka? With the nightgowns?” It’s a nice mental picture, honestly, his little family nestled together, his golden ticket. “Don’t give me any ideas.”

Designated Survivor - Gilmore Girls

After the minister has gone back into his limousine, Logan turns to Rory, his eyes rimmed red, his hand flat on the small of her back. “I should have just thrown them the Viking funeral. They would have hated that.”

Like Watching Someone Fall-The Mindy Project

It’s easier sometimes, pretending that Ben was delivered by a gossamer white stork and deposited on her doorstep, and that he wasn’t created by two people in love who got really turned on by year end fiscal reports and plastic novelty glasses. Because she’s tied to Ben’s father, irrevocably, whether or not vows were ever said.

Take Me With You

“Two different people are too different.” Mindy scoots down off his desk, where his paperwork is now strewn about, a row of sonogram photos stuck to the small of her back. She’s wearing his favorite skirt of hers, one that buttons down the front, and it deeply suggests doing everything that he just did with her.

Some Days are Diamonds

“The way you look at me—I love the way you look at me. Can you never stop looking at me like that?”

“Well, I love looking at you, so you’re actually doing me the favor.” Patrick swings his legs up onto the bed, angling himself back toward David. He must catch the look in David’s eye or the start of tears because his gaze turns apprehensive. “Hey.”

The More You Know

“Well, this would not be my first poisoning.” Kris Jenner is a bitch, David thinks, but Patrick already knows that story, and it’s hard to forcefully inflict chickenpox on a grown man.

Hook, Line, and Sinker

“You can tell me if you don’t like something, David. I’m not saying you shouldn’t tell me.” Patrick spoke first—his tone was almost flat now—and the pit went positively cavernous. David did not want to be broken up with while wearing the world’s homeliest bondage gear.

i swallow the sound and it swallows me whole

“You know, Patrick’s been singing his whole life, but I don’t think that I ever truly heard his voice until he met David.”

Tagging @distractivate @vivianblakesunrisebay @dinnfameron @wordthieve @alyiswriting @jamilas-pen @im-televisions-moira-rose @tyfinn @rosedavid @rmd-writes and @sullymygoodname!

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Gilmore Girls fic recs aplenty

OK, so in answer to an ask from edwardsparklehands and an anon, here’s some rambling recs for GG/literati fic! Tagged users both here (if I can find you) and in AO3, hope that’s OK, kids.

This is absolutely not an exhaustive list – I can be picky af and these are just fics or series that have really stuck with me. And they're not in any order. There’s also tons on my bookmarks list on AO3, but figured I should just try and keep this short. Which it is not.

Anyway, there’s tons of excellent stuff out there, all depending on what you’re looking for. I’ll try and give you finished works too, but there are LOADS of wips that I follow and haven’t mentioned that are worth checking out. Also want to preface this with a caveat – I have no idea what your preference is re warnings or ratings, so always go by what the author has rated/tagged.

The Harvest Moon series by @mrsmess/MrsMess is divine. The eponymous fic is seriously one of my all time favourite literati fics. Rory is dealing with the grief of losing Richard and goes to Luke’s fishing cabin for some time to herself and Jess is there fixing it up. It is just so breathtakingly beautiful, the way grief is explored and how Rory comes to terms with what’s always been there with Jess. Aw man, MrsMess has loads of excellent fic, actually. Bluegirls Come in Every Size, Startstuck (Groundhog Day inspired genius), A Form of Attraction (bodyswap, bitches) far too many to list, so go choose!

Wild Geese by @rudeflower/therudestflower. Oh man, this one. Jess-centric with only the barest hint of Rory – like, minimal, so fyi in case you’re looking for hardcore literati. Truncheon folds and Jess has to move back to Stars Hollow to get his shit together. Delves into his and Liz’s relationship and boy does it go hard. There’s a couple more works in the series that are perfect follow-ups too.

You can’t go wrong with anything by @rorygilmoregf/peterstank. I got sucked in by the weight we carry and it absolutely broke me, but in such a good way. Follows the show from Jess’s POV mostly, but gives him back story and fills his character out so well. Eventually has Rory POV and there’s plenty of literati goodness. Distilla truant is an AU of Jess in Chilton and it is so goooooood. Also, there’s a series called wrapped up in books and it’s an au/fix-it from the Real Paul Anka episode and it is just so wonderful. As is the new lux et veritas where Rory meets Jess in Yale. Just, yeah, go read.

Desdemona's Handkerchief by @stellaluna33/Stellaluna33 is like a lost scene from Teach me Tonight. Just seeing these two knuckleheads being adorbs and lovely and dancing around each other is so sweet – something I would’ve loved to have seen more of on the show. Stellaluna also wrote the gorgeous wip The Long and Winding Road, which I love – it’s on fanfiction.net and ye gads I don’t like the that site’s interface so I flap about like an old lady and get very confused so apologies to Stellaluna for not commenting on it but I LOVE IT and wait with baited breath for more!!

Ah man, pretty much anything by @missgoalie75/missgoalie75, another fandom heavy-hitter imho. To Move With Purpose, the Sense8 AU (LOVE THIS), Get Out of This Place While We Still Have Time, this is all addition by subtraction – all excellent literati. I’m gonna let a cat amongst the pigeons and say Weather Me is one of my favourite GG fics, but it’s Jess/Paris set post-revival – a pairing I thought I’d never read because I’m a literati diehard, but their writing is just so good that I had to read and I was not disappointed.

@gingerteaonthetardis/gingerteaandsympathy has two recent GG fics that are just * chef’s kiss * always crashing in the same car reimagines events in Teach Me Tonight if Rory was driving; it’s all one night and yet there is so much character development it’s astonishing. A thing in itself is an alternate ending to s4e12, A Family Matters, where Jess goes back to Stars Hollow to pick his car up. What if Rory and Jess actually talked things out? I would very much say this.

Truth, Fiction, and Rose-Colored Glasses by @hawthornewhisperer/HawthorneWhisperer figure things out post-revival. This is so soft and lovely and just, yeah. Love it.

It’s a Mixed Up, Muddled Up, Shook Up World (Except for Lola) by @this-is-not-my-dream-blog/cyrene. Post-revival, Jess is just there for Rory and the baby, being all protective and pining and adorable and shit. Yes please.

Eurydice Backwards by @notthereneveraround/notthereneveraround. I adore this conceit; exquisite storytelling.

To You, From Me by 70sBabe – notes Rory and Jess have left for each other. Tracks their relationship through the show and them diverges – love it. 70sBabe has LOADS of excellent fic – I loved this must be the place (flatshare au) and call it what you want (canon divergence, set around 2013, they go on a roadtrip – ugh, the feels).

The Subsect by @truncheonpress/truncheonpress – literally what it says LOL A masterfully meta piece of writing – the author writes as Jess writing his book which is about his life. So densely packed full of detail and references that, like, an embarrassing amount of it is lost on me, but that doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of the writing. It’s incredible. And it’s a wip btw.

ETA: dammit, missed gave me the blues by madwoman14! Rory, Dean, Logan and Jess as colours and how they interact. So gorgeous.

OMG ETA AGAIN: how in the name of Mariano did I forget @jenlindleygf/pambeesly's gorgeous fic that absolutely devastated me, you could call me babe for the weekend! Jess and Rory start up a no-strings attached relationship while in Stars Hollow for the holidays and my god is it good. MY GOD IS IT GOOOOOOOOD. But also part of a larger series and I am (not so) patiently waiting for more coz ❤️❤️❤️

And, come on, I would be remiss if I didn’t stick my fics in here too. Because I crave love and attention and I’m actually really happy about them LOL Not Time’s Fool is my attempt to fill in the gaps of AYITL, with a little pre-revival chapter thrown in there too. The sexy times in chapters 1 and 2 is very much explicit, so be warned. But there’s loads of fluff and angst and love and banter and stuff too so, ya know. Letters to a Lost Love is post-AYITL by a few years; just a little domestic fluff scene where Rory talks to Jess about a Truncheon book she loves, and Jess has a confession. And the immediately post-AYITL Ride’em high, kids is shameless, gratuitous, lascivious ogling Jess in shorts because yeah.

OK, I need to stop now. I’m gonna go read more fic and stare at my wips LOL

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Pro/Con of each Rory boyfriend

Okay, I'm gonna keep this as objective as possible but each boyfriend will be criticised a fair bit. I am not tagging this post as anti-anything but if you're uncomfortable at the thought of any of these men being criticised DO NOT READ!!!

Dean- pros

Genuinely loved Rory

Got along with Rory's family

Went as Rory's escort to all her high society functions with minimal complaints

Tall

Nice hair in Season 1

Is very sweet to Rory when they first started dating

Is the only one of the three boyfriends who seems to know how a relationship works

Can keep up with the Gilmore's quirks

Tries to read big books for Rory

Dean- cons

Loved Rory to the point of infatuation

Got along so well with Lorelai that he started confiding in her about his relationship with Rory

Extremely possessive, has threatened bodily harm on two guys who Rory saw as friends

Got jealous of Harvard

Misogynistic, does not understand unusual family structures

Yells a lot

So tall that looming in shadows and being intimidating comes easy to him

Still seemed to think he had enough of a say in Rory's relationship with Jess to sucker punch Jess even though he had no idea why Rory and Jess fought

Got married to Lindsey while he loved Rory

Lied to Rory to get her to sleep with him (this is also in the grey area of consent btw)

Was not planning to end his marriage to Lindsey until she found out about the affair

Broke up with Rory twice, in public, by yelling at her

Blames her for both times, when really he just couldn't handle being inferior to her

Jess- pros

Genuinely loved (loves?) Rory

Has everything in common with Rory

Doesn’t care what anyone has to say about him or their relationship

Pushes Rory to fight for herself

Takes Luke's and Lorelai's feedback into account to be a better boyfriend

Though he didn't make the greatest impression on Emily the first time, he was ready to go back and fix it

Does not get jealous

Does not yell at Rory for being friends with guys

Instead tries to tell her that he doesn't want her to feel like she needs to lie to him or keep secrets from him

Slowly becomes friends with Lane and Hep Alien

Tries to be nicer to Lorelai because Rory asked him too

He "made sure she was okay"

Great hair

"Why did you drop out of Yale" "You should write a book"

Gets his shit together, writes a book and has a steady income by the age of 21 (is the only boyfriend to do this)

Jess- cons

Loving her was not enough for him to stay

Has some deep seated issues that stopped him from trusting anyone

Loses all impulse control when he's emotional

Kyle's bedroom (again, in the grey area of consent)

Asked Rory to go with him to New York after he left her twice

Did not take her to prom

Said "I love you" and ran away

Did NOT know how to be a boyfriend

Could be a bit pretentious

Was rude to Lorelai and Emily

Took his anger out on Rory in Keg!Max!

Didn't tell her he was leaving

Logan- pros

Genuinely loved Rory

Made an effort to get along with Lorelai that actually stuck

Gives Rory a place to stay after Paris kicks her out

Is the only one of the three boyfriends who seems to understand consent (SERIOUSLY the threshold is so low)

Gives brilliant gifts

Knows his authors and books

His and Rory's relationship lasted two years pretty steadily which is good for someone's first try at a relationship

Tries to communicate his problems with Rory

Had the entire adult relationship thing down

Was ready to change for Rory

Gave Rory new experiences such as the LDB

Knows how to have a good time

Gets along well with the Gilmores

Good at high society events

Supported most of Rory's career

Also supported Rory's... non career (aka yacht)

Logan- cons

Did not love Rory enough to support her choosing her career over their marriage

Broke up with Rory at her graduation

Cheated on Rory with his sisters entire bridal procession

Manipulative: twists Rory's words into something they aren't multiple times

Rude to people of lower social class (Marty, Jess)

Also known for getting jealous (Marty, Jess) (Though I would like to add that he was in the right about telling Lucy the truth)

Spoiled

Loses a million dollars in a business deal and then goes to LA to blow off more money

Has too much fun

Is a part of the Huntzberger dynasty

Introduced Rory to the Huntzberger dynasty

Tries to rebel against his dad by constantly flaunting his privilege

Rory forgives Logan for cheating after he jumps off a cliff in Costa Rica and severely harms himself

Supported Rory's non career (yacht)

Gatsby levels of pretentiousness

Doesn't go with Rory to SH events that matter to her (Lane's baby shower, Lane's wedding)

Still acting like a petulant child at his big age of 25

In conclusion, all three of them had a great deal of growing up to do and they all made their mistakes. But they were important for Rory's growth at that stage.

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{{Time for some clap backs 👏

In defense of Dean Forester because the tags got me feral. He was not a bad boyfriend in my opinion. What kind of bad boyfriend reads a book they don't even like TWICE just because you ask him to?

What kind of boyfriend BUILDS you a car? Makes you a bracelet? Braves the humiliation and pain of watching you fall for someone else right before his eyes?

Sits through being BELITTLED at a Gilmore family dinner while STILL being respectful? You can say what you want about him yelling but he was a teenage boy who had normal teenager feelings. Human emotions. Sometimes people yell. He also did a TON of other things right that get overlooked. Half of the time his insecurity and fears were founded. But that doesnt get noticed.

Tristan? Jess? Both actual threats to his relationship so of course he got defensive? Both ANTAGONIZED DEAN. Went out of their way to get under Deans skin. Tristan at the market knocking over flour and dropping change on the floor? Blatantly disrespectful and hateful. Jess during a few scenes? Also the same exact way. Doesn't mean they aren't great characters or ships for Rory. Just speaking on why Dean was the way he was. I mean look at the episode: They shoot Gilmore's, don't they.

Jess and Rory were having a full out war in front of Dean. He's even used as canon fodder during the dance break scene. Where Jess wraps an arm around his girlfriend and Rory does the same in response. The whole conversation being about Jess as they danced? Who wouldn't be mad and fed up at that point?

He became a bit of a dick. Season 4 Dean? I can't excuse that. I wish if anything after his bachelor party that he would have realised he still loves Rory and broke off the engagement if that was the case. But you cannot say he didn't love Rory. Because he truly did.

I feel like his ungraceful and bitter bow out of season 5 was because Dean just didn't see himself as good enough for Rory anymore. He didn't fit into her life. She was destined for great things, beautiful parties, and a great life meanwhile he was still working at Doose's and not going to college. So he let her go finally.}}