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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even though this discussion has gone a little wacky, there are some good points here. I don't think it holds up well. Rory was more compelling as a young girl than as a grown woman. [/quote]

She was more mature as a 16 y/o than she was in her 30s. [/quote]

I hate-watched this show but I actually think it is somewhat realistic that it went this way. Rory winds up parentified in her teens because her mom turned her into her best friend/confidant instead of being her mom. Rory didn't have a chance to have a proper childhood and be immature and make mistakes because her mom had to be the child in their relationship, so Rory had no real choice but to be the mature adult so that they could function.

It's realistic that as she actually enters adulthood, and starts dealing with some of her developmental needs that had been ignored in her childhood, that she'd regress and become more selfish and impulsive. As someone who was also raised by immature parents and was a super high-functioning teenager, I am familiar with this dynamic. I think what is missing from Rory's story is that she lacks self awareness of this dynamic. She feels always justified in her behavior even when it hurts other people, and she rejects even the most basic consequences that anyone would have to deal with. It's not totally unrealistic -- given how privileged her background is and how many people in her life have been repeatedly willing to overlook her bad behavior because of her perceived specialness, it's not super surprising. But it is grating AF and makes the reboot miniseries really hard to watch because there is virtually no growth in her character.[/quote]

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