#Emily St James

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[kitchensunflowers]

Human beings are made up of gaps. We're created by the pauses in sentences, the blank spaces that exist when we think nobody's looking. 'The Americans' understands that every single face we wear is false. Some are just falser than others.

- Emily St. James, The Americans is the best show on TV. So why isn't anybody watching it?

[filmsoftheflesh]

Emily St. James on Frankenstein, specifically the 1931 James Whale movie, in Queer for Fear: the History of Queer Horror episode two.

[jessmmariano]

A list of reasons why Rory Gilmore is a good person and not the shallow, manipulative person people make her out to be:

Took full responsibility for breaking Paris’s project and offered to help her fix it despite Paris being only rude to her at this point

Didn’t tell anyone that Paris had to take her cousin to the Chilton formal despite Paris taunting Rory/saying Rory couldn’t get a date

Told Paris that she could talk to her if she ever needed anyone to talk to despite the fact that Paris had just exposed Lorelai and Max kissing to the whole school

Encouraged Tristan to ask out Paris because she knew Paris had feelings for him

Helped Paris get ready for her date with Tristan and allowed her to borrow her mother’s clothes

Reassured her mother several times about her relationship with Max

Agreed to a coming out party because it made her grandmother happy

Helped Paris study numerous times despite Paris almost always antagonizing her

Gave Jess a chance and was nice to him when the rest of the town despised him. She even vouched for him/defended him often.

Took partial responsibility for the car accident with Jess instead of letting him take the entire blame, which the entire town was doing (and she reassured Luke as well).

Dyed Lane’s hair and then also then dyed it again after Lane freaked out (and she even left the Kim house through the window so that Mrs. Kim wouldn’t see her)

Agreed to go with her grandfather to visit Yale to make him happy even though she didn’t really want to and was only interested in Harvard

Apologized to Dean after their break up and took full responsibility for the problems in their relationship (even though it wasn’t all her fault).

Took time out of her busy end of the year schedule (when she was dealing with finals and being valedictorian) to help her grandmother pick out an outfit for her graduation

Went back to Kyle’s house the day after the disastrous party to get Lane’s heavily stained backpack and deliver it to her

Was always super supportive to her friends (Lane with her band, Paris with academics, Lorelai with the Inn, all of them about their relationships, etc.)

Helped her mother throw a baby shower for Sookie (albeit they never got to have said shower).

Took care of Logan when he in the hospital and after even though he hadn’t been the best boyfriend at this point.

Always encouraged Dean to pursue his dreams/passions and told him he could do what he put his mind to.

Anyways this is all I can think of off the top of my head but stop saying Rory Gilmore is a terrible person. Yes, she made mistakes, but everyone does lol

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GILMORE GIRLS CHARACTERS as TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUMS ( insp x x )

[okaydyke]

"But what it [Little Green Men] does best is remind viewers that this isn't a show about aliens as much as it is a show about our need to believe in something lest the night become too dark and terrifying. There's so much darkness in the night sky, but there are also so many stars. And maybe one of them is looking back at us."

Emily St. James in Monsters of the Week: The Complete Companion to The X-Files

[westofessos]

I’m watching season one of Gilmore Girls and every time Emily shows a little bit of growth, and she and Lorelai start getting along, it just hurts so bad because this is what we could’ve had! A slow, beautiful growth of a complicated character who goes from being selfish and manipulative and controlling to understanding and someone who listens when people speak. And it just. . . never happens. She never grows, never changes. It really sucks. That character arc could’ve been one for the ages. Best of all time. Damn.

[lovealwayssay]

I’m re-watching Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life and I’m realizing why I didn’t like it the first time I watched it. The whole plot doesn’t make sense for the time period. All the things, sans Richard’s death and Sookie being gone, don’t make sense for 10 years after the finale, they make sense for the characters at their season 7 ages. Lorelai and Luke shouldn’t have waited 10 years to discuss kids and marriage, that should have been a season 7 plot. Rory shouldn’t be wandering from home to home and sleeping with an engaged Logan at 32, she should be doing that at 22/23. Jess shouldn’t still be waiting for Rory, they should have figured it by now. Their character development should have continued through the ten years, not gone stagnant.

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[loving1sabelle]

Rory before Yale is my inspiration fr

[gilmorebits]

Gilmore Girls’ best outfits: Dean Forester’s Cargo Pants and Black Leather Jacket- 1x01

[jessmmariano]

Things in AYITL I disagree with:

Paris and Doyle getting a divorce, especially the part where Paris insists on it being messy. Like, she’s felt the repercussions of a messy divorce before why is she putting her kids through that?

Luke and Lorelai making literally no progress in their relationship.

Rory having an affair with an engaged Logan. She learned her lesson with Dean.

That Lorelai couldn’t come up with one nice thing to say about Richard at his funeral. He helped her daughter to attend Chilton and then Yale. That was a safe yet sweet thing to say, yet she couldn’t come up with it?

Paris being a surrogate agent. She said she wanted to do cancer research. This job just doesn’t seem like something she’d be interested in.

Rory having a boyfriend that she was always forgetting about/just stringing along.

Wtf was the musical? Like, it didn’t need to be that long and it wasn’t funny in the slightest. Fill that time with, I don’t know, Luke and Lorelai’s wedding maybe??

Building off of the Luke and Lorelai relationship thing—they seriously didn’t talk about kids? What was that whole surrogacy thing? It seemed so out of character. Also, why did they make Luke so dumb about the whole thing? He isn’t dumb.

Sookie’s poorly explain disappearance. Like, I get Melissa McCarthy had a conflicting schedule or something of that sorts, but give a better background? Or just have her come in one day and film a bunch of small scenes of her’s to slowly sprinkle in? I don’t know, it just bugged me.

What was that Mr. Kim thing? C’mon, you can’t just suddenly have him pop up and try to act like we’ve known about him the entire show.

Why was Jess only in, like, five minutes of the entire thing? He was literally there just to push other characters to do stuff (Luke with Lorelai, Rory with her book). What’s he been up to?? Don’t give us a longing look just to have it never discussed again?

So yeah, that’s all I have right now. I’ll probably add to this later bc I know I’m forgetting a lot. Feel free to add more!

[judgingbooksbycovers]

LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series

By Emily St. James and Noel Murray.

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rory gilmore 🧸🧸

[westofessos]

So I just finished Gilmore Girls for the first time and boy, do I have some thoughts:

First of all, I love this show so much. More than I ever thought I would. It’s just so comforting. I totally get it now.

Now, for specifics.

Lorelai:

I love Lorelai. She does make some dumb choices, but in the end, she’s just so loveable and fun, I can’t help but adore her.

Rory:

I do not get the hate I’ve seen for Rory! Yes, like her mom, she makes stupid decisions, but she’s so wonderful. Maybe it’s just because I relate to her so closely, but I love Rory so much.

Luke:

Ughhhh I love love love Luke. He’s so unexpectedly hilarious sometimes?? I did not foresee that when I started. Scott Patterson is also strangely one of the best actors on the show, which I also did not expect. Luke is a gem, we love him.

Luke & Lorelai:

How could you not love these two together? They’re absolutely perfect for each other and the pining, especially on Luke’s part, makes for incredible television. I do think their dynamic kind of lost the really special ‘will they, won’t they’ tension after season 1/2, but I still ship them. So glad they ended up together. When she was still with Christopher near the end of season 7, I got a little worried.

Paris:

PARIS IS GAY. I will accept nothing less. She is queer in some way, whether she’s a lesbian or bi. She had absolutely no chemistry with any of her love interests but so much with Rory. Also she’s just amazing all around. I fucking love Paris. Make her queer, cowards.

Lane:

How could you not love Lane? She’s the absolute shit. Cool, supportive, loyal, and a fucking rockstar. I didn’t mind her with Zach to begin with (even though I thought it was a bit strange how they all of a sudden liked each other), but when they got married and had kids, that was a big nope for me. Lane Kim deserved to be a famous rockstar.

Emily & Richard:

I went back and forth on these two. On one hand, they’re very entertaining characters and I do believe they’re trying to do what they think is best, but on the other, I think in the end they do more harm than good. The way they dismiss Lorelai’s trauma, and completely disregard everyone else’s opinion because they assume they automatically know what’s best, just rubs me the wrong way. Not to mention the manipulation and the going behind people’s backs. I think there should’ve been an arc at the end where they finally listened to Lorelai and acknowledged what they’d done and tried to change for the better.

Sookie:

Melissa McCarthy is great in everything, and this is no exception. She’s so sweet and lovable, and such a good friend to Lorelai. I love her. Plus her relationship with Jackson is just lovely.

Michel:

He’s such a sarcastic bitch and I love him. I think that’s all there is to say.

The Townies and Side Characters:

Kirk - Kirk is maybe the funniest part of the show and such a little sweetheart, I love him so much.

Babette - aka the best neighbour ever. We deserved even more of her and Morey than we got.

Miss Patty - same goes for Patty! We need more Patty!

Taylor - annoying and obnoxious but the show wouldn’t be the same without him. Irreplaceable.

Gypsy - again, we needed more!! Gypsy was so funny and I just wanted more!

April - I love April! She’s so sweet. I don’t, however, like what her arrival did to Luke and Lorelai’s relationship, and I fucking hate Anna.

Christopher - I don’t hate him, but he’s definitely not one of my favourites. I think it would’ve been a lot better if he and Lorelai had just been really close friends, or if he had just been fully out of the picture.

And finally, the boys:

Dean:

FUCK. DEAN. Do I need to say more? He’s a toxic, possessive, asshole and I hate him. He was okay in the beginning, but the ‘50s episode really clinched my hatred for him. Huge nope from me. What a dick.

Logan:

Man, do I hate Logan. Obviously not as bad as Dean, but he’s such a douchebag!! I genuinely cannot stand him or put up with any of his bullshit. I thought he would grow on me as the show went on but no, I only hated him more.

Jess:

Best for last. My love for this man knows no bounds. Obviously the best fit for Rory, I love them together, but also his relationship with Luke is so great. Also, justice for his and Rory’s relationship while they were dating!! Why did we only get to see it when shit hit the fan? They kept mentioning how they were going to hang out, that they were meeting up later on, so why didn’t we get to see any of it? Why did we only get to see them when Jess fucked up? I hate that. I also hate that they didn’t end up together, even when Jess grew and changed and bettered himself. Anyway, I just love him. I could talk about him forever.

A Year in the Life:

They tried to fit 22 episodes worth of Gilmore Girls into 4 episodes, and it didn’t work. The first episode did an okay job, and I did kind of love the last episode (the wedding!), but the middle two were. . . yikes. No theme song/opening titles? No transitions? NO SOOKIE EXCEPT FOR ONE SCENE AT THE END? Michel thinking about leaving the inn and Lorelai being abandoned by both of her friends? No Jackson? Rory being with an engaged Logan? Basically no Jess except for a few scenes, one of which broke my heart? I could go on forever.

That being said, they should make more after the cliffhanger they left us on. I’ll take whatever I can get, even if it’s subpar.

Anyway those are just a few of my many thoughts about this show. I can’t believe I waited until now to watch it. I need someone to talk about this show with so if you see this and want to talk, DM me.