Tuesday's Gilmore Girls
Dec. 7th, 2006 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alixtiiOkay, you need to understand a few things:
X. I watch GG with my parents.
X. My mother and I 'ship Lorelai/Christopher; my father 'ships Lorelai/Luke.
X. My mother disagrees with my father and I that there is an implied contract between the show and viewer that Luke and Lorelai will get together. When we pointed out similar OTP arcs in other shows, her retort was "But those [arcs] were stupid." In short, she's confusing what she thinks should be with what is.
X. Neither of my parents would frame the debate using fanfic terminology, because they are not at all familiar with it.
X. Instead, they frame it using terminology I relayed to them from idiolects I encounter at work: Christopher is Lorelai's "babydad."
X. Whenever Krysten Ritter's character appears on screen, I shout out, "It's Gia Goodman!"
X. This has gotten old fast for my parents, who have never seen an episode of Veronica Mars in their life.
So, with these things in mind, my thoughts on the specific episode. I'm enjoying the season so far, so noting that it is "more of the same" isn't exactly complaining. I'll be sad if we never see April again, since she was so adorable, and watching Krysten Ritter on GG is so much fun. I liked Emily's speech at the end, and am saddened by difficulties in the Lorelai/Christopher relationship.
The Luke/Christopher fight has already spawned plenty of Luke/Christopher fics, I'm sure. There are Luke/Christopher 'shippers, right? Everything I know about 'shipping tells me that there have to be.
Alexis is still hot.
X. I watch GG with my parents.
X. My mother and I 'ship Lorelai/Christopher; my father 'ships Lorelai/Luke.
X. My mother disagrees with my father and I that there is an implied contract between the show and viewer that Luke and Lorelai will get together. When we pointed out similar OTP arcs in other shows, her retort was "But those [arcs] were stupid." In short, she's confusing what she thinks should be with what is.
X. Neither of my parents would frame the debate using fanfic terminology, because they are not at all familiar with it.
X. Instead, they frame it using terminology I relayed to them from idiolects I encounter at work: Christopher is Lorelai's "babydad."
X. Whenever Krysten Ritter's character appears on screen, I shout out, "It's Gia Goodman!"
X. This has gotten old fast for my parents, who have never seen an episode of Veronica Mars in their life.
So, with these things in mind, my thoughts on the specific episode. I'm enjoying the season so far, so noting that it is "more of the same" isn't exactly complaining. I'll be sad if we never see April again, since she was so adorable, and watching Krysten Ritter on GG is so much fun. I liked Emily's speech at the end, and am saddened by difficulties in the Lorelai/Christopher relationship.
The Luke/Christopher fight has already spawned plenty of Luke/Christopher fics, I'm sure. There are Luke/Christopher 'shippers, right? Everything I know about 'shipping tells me that there have to be.
Alexis is still hot.