#the script said logan is chris 2.0 and cares more about being a huntzberger but his eyes said actually rory is the love of his life

[jakeperalta]

What are your opinions on Logan and Rory’s affair in AYITL?

well I like the fact that they canonically still love each other and that it provides some cute moments. but I don't like the fact it's an affair because obviously cheating is wrong but also it's just done really badly in my opinion?

rory cheating on her boyfriend and always forgetting he exists is just used as a punchline and the story would be better without him being this weird add on. but the most frustrating part is the fact they're having this affair because logan is engaged to someone else, even though it makes literally no sense. why would he at like age 20 walk out of the family dinner because they said rory wasn't an adequate match (when they'd only been dating for a couple of months max) or leave his family's business altogether or propose to rory knowing his family wouldn't approve, if in his 30s he's just going to marry some woman he doesn't care about because his family told him to??? it's not even like he and rory are just casually hooking up - they hang out together, go on dates, they're the person the other calls when they have a problem... that's a relationship.

a far preferable storyline in my opinion would be how they kept in touch and maybe were in and out of each other's lives over the years before finally committing to each other and navigating everything that comes with that. but obviously that doesn't fit the ~final words~ plan with rory/logan being a carbon copy of lorelai/christopher, so we get this affair storyline as a forced way to have them be together so that he can father her child whilst also trying to explain why they wouldn't just be a regular couple excited to have a baby (because god forbid rory gets a happy ending or her own path in life!)