I used to be a romantic. Then I met the Gilmores.

[mhalachai]

So, this is how I think tonight's episode of Gilmore Girls should have gone:

With MASSIVE spoilers for GG 7.21 'Unto the Breach'

Before the party
LOGAN: Rory, before we go in there, I have something to say: I want to ask you to marry me.
RORY: The huh?
LOGAN: I love you, and want to be with you. I want you to know that.
RORY: I do know that...
LOGAN: Then think about it. After the party we'll talk about it, and what we can do to make it work. After all, I have a great job offer in California, and you may end up working anywhere, so we need to be realistic about all this. Love may be a lot, but it don't pay the bills.
RORY: It can if you get the right agent.
LOGAN: You worry me sometimes.
RORY: Thanks. Logan, I love you.
LOGAN: And I love you, Ace.
*kisses*

Later, before Rory's grad
RORY: I'm glad we've spent the last few days talking about getting married, Logan, but I don't think I'm ready at this point. My career (assuming I don't end up jobless and living in my mom's place) may take me anywhere, and it wouldn't be fair of me to not acknowledge that, or to hold you back in any way from your own dreams. I do love you, and that hasn't changed.
LOGAN: I'm disappointed, but I understand your reasoning. I love you too, with all my heart, and because of that, I think we should stick together. We can do long distance.
RORY: We've done it before.
LOGAN: And then, maybe someday when we're both famous, we can talk rings again.
RORY: You're the most amazing man in the universe.
LOGAN: Well, I do have abs of steel.
RORY: We're going to take the world by storm, Hunzberger!
LOGAN: Go get that diploma, Ace. You've earned it.
RORY: *twu wuv*
LOGAN: *twu wuv*
TV AUDIENCE: *ded from kute*


Of course, this would have needed the characters to be WHOLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Like, seriously. Has Logan never even met Rory? And that all or nothing bullshit. Gah.

Yes, I know it's a tv show/soap opera. But I can still wish for a little more realism in my pop culture.

Comments

[sabriel-0405.livejournal.com]

I'm a few seasons behind - 2 more eps to watch in Season 5, but so far, I really, really dislike Logan. He is not a good match for Rory and, frankly, vice versa. Maybe he changes. But for someone so smart, Rory is remarkably stupid when it comes to men. I don't care if she's a Gilmore, she wasn't raised to be in Logan's league.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

He doesn't change. And I think Rory's actually regressed over the years. She has the worst judgement in men (Jess wasn't that good of a catch, and frankly, that whole sleeping with married Dean thing was a bit of a bad choice. Just a little.

I don't care if she's a Gilmore, she wasn't raised to be in Logan's league.
Hell yas. It's easy to forget that Rory was raised hand-to-mouth for many years by a single mother. Logan was raised to expect the kind of life he has, and also to expect that when he asked a girl to marry him, she'd say yes and jump at it.

Let me know when you see those last two eps of season five, then we'll talk about how Mitchell Hunzberger had a crystal ball and could see two seasons ahead on this show.