#to be clear i have no moral objection to rory stealing a towel be gay do crime

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i’ve always had a bone to pick with lorelai telling emily that rory would never steal because rory literally tells lorelai she stole a towel from the club in season one (and the corn flour, but i’m not sure that one counts), but watching lorelai and dean hopelessly try to convince each other “rory wouldn’t lie” makes me realize the writers were really trying to emphasize lorelai’s squeaky clean perception of Good Girl Rory and how it’s slowly starting to be tarnished