Although my mother is not a modern single mother, she is fashionable and young enough to be my friend who can talk about everything. If you have anything you want to complain about, you can tell her that there are people you really like or admire, and she will make fun of me when you chat with her. She also always dresses "inappropriate", "too young", like Lorelai wears a pink bathrobe or a T-shirt when Rory goes to Chilton on his first day (can't remember), my mom wears some occasionally Weird miniskirts and revealing halter tops, and asked me to recommend places to get her tattoos. Once I posted a photo of my mother on the school network, and some strange boys replied asking for contact information (?!). I always feel that my mother, who is rebellious, hates cooking and housework, and is always young, is really similar to Lorelai.
As for me, although I don't have a family background like Rory's, and I haven't reached that level of excellence, it can be regarded as a smooth journey of growth. The first time I watched Gilmore Girls, I was 14 years old. Because I have always been a good student in everyone's eyes, my grades were finally excellent. Even before the high school entrance examination, I still remember that I pretended to review day and night and peeked at American dramas. day. A week before the senior high school entrance examination, I studied at school every night. As a "discipline inspection committee", I was supposed to sit on the podium and supervise the students' self-study. Taking advantage of my position, I secretly used the computer in front of the podium to silently scan Gilmore Girls. These days I will never forget.
Rory went to private school from public school, and went to Yale after graduating from Chilton. As I worked hard, I slowly moved forward. Yale and Princeton used to be my ideal schools. Although I didn't get into such an Ivy League in the end, it was considered to be a top school in the world and finished university.
Rory's confusion in the second half of college in seasons 6 and 7 is like a portrait of my life, and the more I look back, the more I understand her state. Even in the year when the university was suddenly suspended, many people thought that she was overreacting, but I think it is completely understandable. A good friend once said to me: "As smooth as I am, I have always been a 'excellent child' who has never suffered setbacks. Once setbacks, it will be hard to stand up." This sentence applies to me, but also applies to Rory.
Having said so much, it's all about my relationship with Rory from the first seven seasons, and it hasn't talked about the comeback season. When it comes to comeback season, most viewers on Reddit are disappointed by why Rory is 32 and hasn't quite figured out what he wants. 32 is the age when Rory's mother Lorelai appeared at the beginning of the first season of the show. Rory was 16 years old at that time, but now 16 years have passed. Some people say that Rory is not as alive as he was when he was 16 years old. She understands.
Life is not like this, there are still so many ups and downs in life in your 30s, and in the face of these ups and downs, even if you pretend to be calm on the outside, you are still just as helpless as a teenage child. Similar to Rory, when I was 16 (14) years old, I also understood more than I do now. At that time, the goal was so simple and clear, and the ideal for the future was also simple and abstract, smiling and using the perfect "qualified hairstyle" and examination papers. The composition paper can keep sprinting forward. She doesn't seem to be the most gregarious girl, but she is always somewhat complacent, knowing that even though her life at school is not so easy, she is still unique.
However, after coming out of the school exam papers, we have gained and lost too much in reality. The cruel, cold-blooded and fast-paced life has made Rory, who has a particularly strong self-esteem, particularly frustrated. I know her life, she doesn't have a stable job, she is a freelancer writer, and she contributes to many media at the same time. An excellent portfolio can make her a stepping stone. It can be very prosperous for a while, but it is easy to face sudden lows and closures. door. I often think that I can't get along in New York, and maybe I will suddenly move back to my parents' house like Rory, living in a room that has become a guest room. Thinking of this, I can understand the "good intentions" of the screenwriter. Perfect insight into the lives of many Millenials.
In such a low career period, it is not difficult to understand that Rory, who is prone to self-destruction, has the same entangled feelings as Logan. She felt frustrated, not good enough, maybe not worthy of the best things, and didn't have the courage to take the initiative to confess to Logan and seek a truly serious relationship. Logan is just her escape from real life. A netizen commented on Reddit in particular: Logan and Rory are only together because of Nostalgia and Escape, it is a feeling of escaping reality to enter an ideal state. The part of The Life and Death Brigade is the best proof of this feeling. When I saw it, I was so excited that I cried and was dumbfounded, as if Rory suddenly heard the sound of a horn in the deepest part of despair and saw a glimmer of hope. But that perfect midnight escape was as psychedelic and unreal as a dream when she had a high fever. Rory, who was very self-respecting, finally didn't have the courage to ask Logan what she really wanted. Maybe she didn't dare to admit that she really was. what is longing for.
Even if she really sang "we found love in this hopeless place" like Rihanna, in such a state with despair and self-destruction and Logan's intermittent love and warmth, it is Jess who can really wake her up. It is Jess who has been growing in the past nine years. He has completely left his family and the influence of his family. He has worked hard without back up and no way back.
Rory has Emily, and Lane, and Lorelei and Luke and all the people who embraced her with open arms and hugged her when she was at her worst, so lucky for her, in the final conversation, because pregnant seems to be leaving Stars Hollow already? A life of constant reincarnation, just like Lorelai left Emily and Richard when he gave birth to Rory. But I really hope Rory is here to break the cycle, or be brave and go after what he really wants, no regret of trying.
Rewatching Gilmore Girls after a lapse of nine years, I understand the plot line of Lorelei and her parents Emily and Richard. The relationship between parents and children is like this, the teeth of love but hate are itchy, but love can't be expressed, and when it comes to the mouth, it becomes a sarcastic word or a sneeze. What 50 years of marriage means, Emily finally shows me. I would like to thank the crew for treating Richard's passing with deep respect and touching. It is not a waste of life to be remembered by others in this world.
Circle of Life, like a spell, can be beautiful or trapped. I hope Rory will slowly find the good side in the cycle of life.
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