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lemon tart · 11-15-2006, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by caf123 (View Post)

But the show got renewed, and she achieved that dream in season 4. Leaving three seasons - for what? "An indication that she will be with Luke in the future." If she's going to be with him, then show it, and if she's going to be single and independent - if raising Rory meant she missed out not only on the Road Trip to Harvard dream but also on a personal future - then show that.

Well, let's see. I believe ASP was forced to put L/L together in S4, not something she did because she was planning on it. At least not at that point. She gave you a *middle* of sorts, by showing them as a couple on screen. If Lorelai was ever going to explore the idea that more was out there for her, it has to be after Rory graduates from college. Amazingly, that will be the end of this season.

IMO, there was no where to go with Lorelai & Luke except marriage & kids after what happened in S6, and while that might be exactly what L/L shippers want to see, I don't think that's how ASP wanted to end things for Lorelai. She wanted her to have options. I also think she never intended to have Lorelai begin another family on screen, taking her focus away from Rory. I do think she wanted Lorelai to have a reward for having made the right choices and sacrifices to raise Rory. And that reward isn't just raising more kids. It's her getting back some of the options that she gave up by having and raising Rory to begin with. Dreams change, you don't stop dreaming because you achieve a goal. So Lorelai achieved her stated dream, does that mean there's nothing more for her to achieve in life? She can just sit back and watch the world go by? Or can she use that success as a launch to see if there's more out there for her as well? She might. And the only way to do that is to make her relationship with Luke go south in a semi permenant way that drove a wedge between them that wouldn't be easily fixable. Chris is easily that wedge. Because for her to explore what's possible she needs to not be as tied to Stars Hollow as she would be with Luke or in a marriage with kids.

Lorelai is an unconventional character, and always has been. I think ASP wanted to maintain that spirit for her. I think by imploding Luke, with Chris, thus massively kicking the L/L can down the road, she opened back up for Lorelai a more unconventional life than marriage & kids. Which is the most tradition bound route she could go with her. Rory's the one that's always been written as a more traditional character. She's the one that The DSR has said of her relationship, "they will deepen & intensify"...and that "they will grow closer as a couple." Of Luke & Lorelai he's said, "They will always be in one another's lives." Which could mean anything from marriage and kids to she goes back to the diner. But it certainly leaves open the idea that she doesn't get back together with him any time soon.

It might not be what you want to see. Maybe you want her to have a very traditional life from here forward. But thinking the writers of this show both past & present are trying to give her a more non tradtional one than happily-ever-after marriage & kids, isn't an invalid interpretation. I'm not saying that won't ever happen, I'm just saying I don't think it will happen on the show, but in a future, not seen on screen. Lorelai got the inn when Rory graduated from Chilton. Lorelai getting opportunities when she graduates from Yale, not just new obligations and apron strings, seems very symetrical to me.