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I get so frustrated with myself every time I watch or think about Gilmore Girls, specifically Literati. I have so much trouble figuring out if I ship Jess with Rory or Jess with Someone Else.

On the one hand, I really do think that Jess is by far the best for Rory. I think she’s her best self when they are together and I know that they appear to be Soulmates.

On the other hand, Rory’s character progression since they met in Season 2 has slowly turned her into someone that I just know would break Jess’ heart if they ever actually got together, and I think he deserves to have a relationship that fills him with confidence and self-worth. He missed that his entire life. His mother never instilled either of these things in him, nor his father/many stepfathers, and honestly (as much as I hate to say this) not even Luke managed to do this. When Jess and Rory finally do get together in Season 3, it’s nothing like I imagined it would be because I honestly don’t know what Jess got out of that relationship emotionally-speaking. It felt like he progressively got more and more distraught the longer they were together, and it doesn’t help that she started siding with the Mob the second he started dating Shane and never really stopped (until season 6)

I guess, as much as I loved Jess and Rory’s dynamic, I just want him to live a happy life with someone who makes him feel loved rather than tolerated. It sucks but it’s just where I’m at.

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When Rory found out Logan cheated on her with an entire bridal party, he called the women "vipers" for telling her.

When Dean decided he wasn't too happy with his wife anymore, he told Rory all this crap about how Lindsay wasn't supportive enough and then cheated on her.

When Rory was slut shaming Shane for publically kissing her boyfriend, Jess stood up for Shane.

reason no. 228 of why I think Jess Mariano is the only man on Gilmore Girls worthy of my time.

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Unpopular Opinion!!!

A lot of people will say that Jess is Lorelai and Rory is Luke. Or they say that Jess is Luke and Rory is Lorelai...

but I think that Jess is Lorelai and Rory is Christopher.

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I think there are a lot of reasons why Jess Mariano is one of the only characters on Gilmore Girls that I actually like these days, but the main reason is that we are practically the same person. Only we have different life experiences. Basically Jess is me if I had a neglectful, abusive childhood.

There are three main complaints that I see about Jess, and I would like to discuss and defend each one.

1. Social Problems

It has bothered me for years the way that the other characters in the show, and even some fans, demonize Jess for not wanting to go with Rory to the Winter Carnival or for forgetting to call her like one time. I can't even tell you how many times I have been treated like some kind of rude freak for not wanting to join my ex at his huge, noisy youth group. I can't tell you how many times I got guilted into going to something I didn't want to go to and felt completely miserable while there.

It's not fair or healthy to say, "you're dating me so you have to therefore do everything I request of you at all times". This is also a complaint that we never actually saw from Rory, only the fans; which is very telling imo.

2. Disrespect

Another complaint against Jess that I see is that he was disrespectful towards adults, which I'm not going to argue only defend.

Why exactly does Jess owe any citizen of Stars Hollow respect? They labeled him a "bad kid" within minutes of meeting him, tried to exile him (which is just ridiculous considering this isn't Ancient Greece, and he was a minor), blames him for a car accident that could have happened to anyone (yes even Saint Dean), and failed him his senior year of high school without once speaking to him or his legal guardian. The whole town is filled with condescending man-babies and gossipy old women. In what way are any of these people deserving of his respect?

3. Avoidance

The final major issue that I see is Jess' avoidance of difficult and uncomfortable situations. For example, lying about the black eye and going to California without telling Rory.

I would just like to say that I really don't think that Jess did the wrong thing by leaving to California to meet his father. I think that considering he was a homeless, high school drop out in a town that wasn't going to do him any favors, and had just been in a really nasty fistfight with his girlfriends ex, I think he did the right thing for himself by leaving. Should he have said goodbye to Rory before he left? Yes, of course. However, I think if the worst thing you ever did in your life was ghost a girl because you didn't know how to tell her that you were really, really lost, then you're not such a bad person.

I think the hate that Jess recieves for his few unhealthy coping mechanisms and life choices (that he does everything he can to fix before reaching 22) is honestly disgusting when compared to the other characters in the show like Rory who has multiple affairs, Luke who has a kid and keeps it from his fiancée, Lorelai who also has affairs, Jackson who impregnated his wife after lying about having a Vasectomy, and Logan and Dean who are also manipulative adulterers. In comparison, Jess being a little bit anti-social and rude and running from his problems at 18 years old is not that bad.

It's also not fair to compare the attitude and actions of an abused, neglected CHILD to a bunch of priveledged, grown adults.

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Jess was perfect for Rory but Rory was not perfect for Jess. I said what I said.

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So anyone else feel like this whole year was a matrix-esq simulation hellscape

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The Rise of Skywalker Conspiracy Theory (Spoilers)

Rey and Ben knew that, now that Leia was dead, Ben really couldn’t return to the resistance. In addition, he really didn’t even want to. The poor boy just wants some rest and a break from all the fighting and the hate.

He passed out after bringing Rey back. Once he woke back up, he took his ship and flew to Naboo. Rey flew her ship to the Resistance, took the lightsabers to Tatooine, and then finally joined Ben at Naboo. No one knows that Ben is alive except for Rey, and everyone just assumes that Rey has moved to Naboo to try to reconnect with whatever biological family she may have left.

And they all lived happily ever after.

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Reblog if you too, are a proud member of the Ben Solo IS Alive Clown Club 🤡

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TROS SPOILER:

“Dad-”

“I know.”

I’m not crying. You’re crying.

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Spoilers??? Kind of??

Ok false alarm. TROS is honestly sooooo good...except for the last five minutes but it definitely deserves more than a 50 something on rotten tomatoes.

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Ok I was literally so pissed at all of these TROS leaks and then BOOM what’s trending? Bucky freaking Barnes. This saved my whole night

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This is why we have fan fiction I guess smh

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I know that Jess was not always the best boyfriend to Rory, don’t get me wrong. Personally, however, I would rather a guy who treated me a little badly when we were young and foolish but has spent the rest of our lives making up for it, than a guy who makes me his mistress when we are fully grown adults. In addition to the fact that Logan STILL doesn’t have a backbone when it comes to his father. Like where is the character growth???

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Casual reminder that no one could ever kill Klaus Mikaelson without his permission, and when he finally died he did it out of love.

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Y’know I watched Klaus Mikaelson die a couple of days ago and I still haven’t recovered.

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You know, with all the fan fictions on this site I think it’s crazy that no one has written something about Jess Mariano’s long lost tv series. Like what happened to him after he left Stars Hollow? Does he still talk to his dad? Why did he move to Philly?

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Can we petition Bob Morley to direct every episode from now on?