 | | 01-31-2007, 02:21 PM |
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| Obsessed Fan
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| Caf, what you posted really made me wonder about this: From what scenes or whatever shown on this show did you ever see Lorelai despise Chris/look down on him or whatever that would now make her actually having genuine feelings for him seem so wrong that it's like she is selling out her heart and her morals?
I know ( I think we all do  ) you personally feel strongly about the lack of parenting provided by Chris to Rory. I get that. But since you seem to expect some sort of response or lack of response emotionwise from Lorelai (because she seems to be the one that you feel 'How low can she go'-about when it comes to Chris), I would think that would actually mean Lorelai felt so low about him before. And the thing is I have never seen that from Lorelai, so I don't feel weirded out by her actually having sincere feelings for him. It does make me wonder what you saw that made you feel Lorelai is selling herself out opposed to a situation in earlier seasons.
I do understand that someone can feel strongly about some parent-role or lack of it. What I don't get is that expectations get placed onto a character (Lorelai in this matter) who never seem to have showed these personal feelings I am sensing you seem to have (correct me if I am wrong!). I guess that is why I have a hard time understanding this, because I feel two worlds get mixed up. And well that leaves me confused. That is fine, just saying ... happens all the time.
I am not saying you do it differently, because I can not know. So to make this about me This is how I try to view this show. Firstly: of course I also view this show from my POV, because well, that is the only perception I have, mine. But my POV is that I need to try as hard as I can to get THE CHARACTERS POV ... because it is THEIR story. What is their motivation, how do they feel about things, how do they react to certain situations etc. etc. And when I try to view this show and these characters in this way I simply cannot come to another conclusion than Lorelai always having positive feelings about Chris, no matter what his role in Rory's life was ... this of course could still change, sure ...
So for me that is the Gilmore Girls world. Their world, their story. The other world would be, I spoke before about two worlds, is how I personally feel about some matters. And they do not always coincide with how these characters feel or do things. And of course I feel emotional responses when I watch the show and some of these things are addressed in some way ... but those responses to me belong to that other world, not the GG one, because that ain't about the characters, but about how I would do and see things.
Thanks for letting me know Cappu about the DC and Damsel, I was wondering the same thing, but I do think she was leaving a message ...
ETA about that DC. The only thing I was thinking was Oh o Emily is gonna fall apart pretty damn hard at some point ... |
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