jesouhaite47 | I'm going to hell

Is it bad that I'm amused by the latest dust up over Gilmore Girls spoilers? All that anger. All the indignation. All the "I'm never watching again!" It's like the great JAG kerfuffle of 2004. I should have more sympathy, but I just find the whole thing so funny because I've been here so many times before. How long do you think until it winds up on fandomwank? I would die if it turned out like JAG, where so many people walked away from the show because of a storyline that played out 100% different than spoilers led us to believe.

For the record, my opion is behind the cut.

I don't think Luke having a daughter he never knew about is destroying his character. Some have said it does because Luke is not the type to have a one-night stand. Says who? I also have never bought into the "Luke is infallible" myth, so maybe that colors my judgement. And who said it was a one-night stand? How a girl getting pregnant and not telling him is his fault, I have no idea. If anything, he's the victim here.

Is it a little soapy? Sure. But so was Rory sleeping with a married Dean. And the whole R/D/J triangle. We also have to remember that the DNA test is performed by a 10-year-old girl. A brilliant 10 year old, but still. I do think she'll end up being really his, but my point is that there a lot of ways this storyline could go and I think the odds of it ruining the show are slim. I am worried about the potential effects on Luke and Lorelai's relationship, but I'm willing to see how it plays out. I really do think that if done well, it could be very interesting.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, of course, and I do feel bad that so many people are upset.

I might be the only one, but I'll still be watching.

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I completely agree with you.
Now, you probably know that I'm (usually) spoiler-free, but when I heard all the ruckus about this supposed spoiler, I couldn't help myself and I had to look it up. I wasn't nearly as bad as I had been imagining, and I don't really know what everyone's getting so upset about. It does sound maybe a little contrived and out of left field, so I sort of hope it's not true, but even if this is a real spoier, I trust the writers to write this in a way that doesn't seem like a bad fanfic, or like the show is turning into a soap opera. And just like you said-- just because Luke has daughter that he never knew about, doesn't mean he had a one night stand with someone (which I agree with others who say a one night stand is so not Luke, and I'll be a bit disappointed in him if that's the case), it was probably someone who he was in a relationship with, and they broke it off, and she later found out she was pregnant and never told him! That's not Luke's fault. I'm kind really interested to see how this turns out if the spoiler is real. And I'm upset that so many fans are willing to give up on the show before even watching to se how it turns out.

Oh, and I love that you used the word "kerfuffle"! I love that word. I was obsessed with it last weekend. :oP

If the girl is around 10 or 11, that probably means that he met/knew her mother around the time that Rachel left? Is my math right? (Its hard to know in Gilmore land.) I doubt they'll even think of that or have it play into it at all, but that would be interesting.

Poor Luke, he's going to be kicking himself if this is really his kid. Yeah, so, I'm a little excited now. Thanks guys.

If the girl is around 10 or 11, that probably means that he met/knew her mother around the time that Rachel left? Is my math right? (Its hard to know in Gilmore land.) I doubt they'll even think of that or have it play into it at all, but that would be interesting.
I was wondering if it would turn out to be Rachel's daughter. But that might be weird that she had showed up again in season 1 and never mentioned she had a 5-year-old daughter that was Luke's (unless they say that she showed up for that reason, and then chickened out and never told him). But I don't know if they'll go down that path. But hey they might because I think the writers don't realize how obsessively their fans watch this show, and will probaby be like, "Eh, they probably forgot about Rachel by now." and throw that in there.
Unless you're saying that Luke had a one night stand after Rachel left the first time (I hope not!), or had another relationship that they've never mentioned before. That would be interesting. The more I think about this, the more interested I get.

Yeah, that's what I meant. That he met this woman and she was sort of his rebound for Rachel. Not in a bad way, just, it happens. I'm probably just projecting this because out of all the exes on the show, I liked Rachel the best. I doubt they'll really bring it up.

That's what I thought too, Anna is rebound girl. I don't think it was a one-night stand, but if it was, I don't think I will think less of Luke. He doesn't strike me as the type, but it could have happened once. We have to face the fact that we don't know everything about Luke's past.

I blame all the freakout on fanfic. People have this vision of Luke that was established with fanfic and, if we go to the show to find scenes that support all of Luke's backstory in that realm, there's almost nothing. Where does it say that Rachel was Luke's girlfriend since High School? Or that he never went to college? He didn't go away to college, but he could have studied in Hartford. There's lots of things we don't know, and Amy can't tell her story if she worries about what people chose to believe as the truth.

And I'm upset that so many fans are willing to give up on the show before even watching to se how it turns out.

This is what upsets me the most in all this. But I figure some of the fans have been giving up little by little since last season, this was just the last drop. Still, it bugs me.

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