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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh.

Lorelei Gilmore needs a punch in the face. Manic Pixie Dream Girls should not be moms. [/quote]

I don't think that word means what you think it means. She is NOT a MPDG. MPDGs are usually not allowed to have their own emotions and interior lives and serve only to boost the male lead's stuffy solitude. I like Lorelei, but she is sometimes very selfish, very human, and very mean. In other words, a human.  Not the way overused MPDG meme. [/quote]

The more I watch this show, the more true this is.  I like Lorelai, but sometimes, she is the most annoying person ever.  Very selfish and childish.  Not always, but a lot.  I'm glad she's portrayed that way instead of always perfect, all the time.  In fact, she's rarely perfect.

[b]Even in the dynamic she has with her own mother, sometimes I want to slap Lorelai.  Her mom isn't always [i]that[/i] bad, but Lorelai continues their strained relationship when she could tone it down a bit and meet her mother halfway. [/b] [/quote]

But if you've ever had a Mom like that, you know that's exactly how you react to the smallest things. My mom and I love each other, but man, can she push my buttons. When DH and I first started dating he wondered why I flew off the handle over the smallest things my Mom would do or say. Taken in isolation, yes I was nuts. But the constant 'small' things add up. In time, DH has realized why I flip out so 'easily' on her. It's like death by a million little drips of water.[/quote]

This dynamic is perfectly illustrated in the episode where Luke and Lorelai have dinner with Emily, and Luke keeps giving Emily the benefit of the doubt when she says "beer" with a sneer or calls his diner "rustic."  Lorelai gets defensive about every one of those slights, and Luke acts like she's being crazy.  Of course, by the end of the episode, Luke comes to see Lorelai's perspective because these things always become clear in about 40 minutes on tv. [/quote]

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