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If anyone is looking for a reason to rip your hair out by the roots, I recommend you head here, and read the comments posted about the interview with Lauren Graham. The arrogance, entitlement, and sanctimonious bullshit is rolling off the L/L fans in waves, as per usual. If, however, you would prefer to keep your sanity, stick to the actual interview, which I found rather interesting and entertaining.

People like that make me hate fandom...

Also, the Everwood season 1 DVD set has been hovering in the top 10 of the Amazon top sellers list for several days now, which I'm dearly hoping will prompt the release of further seasons. Money talks, people. (And the price is down to $16.99.)

I really need to stop reading message boards, since it seems like all they're managing to do is piss me off. This time around, it's the Gilmore Girls fandom that's driving me nuts. Holy sense of entitlement, Batman!

I'll be the first to admit that season six wasn't the best. The Rory/Lorelai feud seemed to drag on interminably. The long-lost-daughter storyline came out of left field, and smacked of crappy soap-opera antics. The Logan/Rory romance was sometimes painful to watch. There were other things, but I think you get my point.

When I heard that Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino were leaving the show, I didn't exactly tear my hair or rend my clothes. To be honest, I've felt they were burned out for a while now. If I recall correctly, they planned to leave the show if the Jess spinoff took off, but since it didn't, they stuck around.

The main sticking point of this show, at least for a very vocal segment of fans, is the Luke/Lorelai relationship. In the early seasons of the show, I liked the possibility of them getting together someday. They had good chemistry, and Luke was obviously crazy about her. The fact that he genuinely cared very much for Rory as well was endearing. As the show progressed, however, I became less and less enchanted with the idea. For a few seasons, Lorelai struck me as selfish and shrill, and utterly undeserving of Luke's devotion.

Of course, for me there was also the Christopher factor. For one thing, I think David Sutcliffe is gorgeous. :) But there was always a special spark between him and Lorelai, a joy and lightness that I rarely saw between her and Luke. Even their fights made for riveting television. Christopher is a long way from perfect, of course. He's been shown to be immature and irresponsible. I'm a little tired, though, of the parallel deification of Lorelai/demonization of Chris by many fans. Let us not forget that Chris was willing to marry Lorelai when she got pregnant. She probably made the right decision to refuse him, but the intent was there on his part. We know that he was an absentee father, but we've never seen his side of the story. Did he make bad decisions? Yes. Should he have made more effort with Rory? Most definitely.

Compounding the problem was the issue of David Sutcliffe moving on to his own show. Unfortunately, the writers seemed to use the actor's absence as an excuse for further character assassination. Would Chris be so reviled if he had been a recurring character all six years, developing a relationship with Rory, etc? It bothers me that issues in reality dictated the plot and character development.

Getting back to Luke and Lorelai... I simply don't understand how so many fans can insist on viewing this as a fairy-tale romance. Maybe it could have been once, but the way it's been written, that just doesn't fly. Let's start with the proposal. I can't be the only one who felt like Lorelai proposed because she was desperate for some sense of security while she and Rory were on the outs. That just doesn't scream "romance" to me--it screams "fear," "loneliness," and "codependence."

Then there's the April storyline. The fact that Luke waited months to tell Lorelai was simply unconscienable. He only compounded his idiocy by not allowing them to meet. His "I'm afraid she'll like you better" excuse is utter bullshit. I don't fault him for making April a priority, but his exclusion of Lorelai sends her the message that "you're not important enough and I don't trust you enough to let you in on this aspect of my life." That doesn't exactly say "healthy relationship" to me.

Lorelai's reaction is equally mystifying. For five years, we have gotten to know a woman who says what she thinks and feels and damn the consequences. Now, when she is in a relationship with her supposed "true love," she becomes utterly passive. Is she afraid of losing him? If she is afraid of voicing an opinion for fear of jeopardizing their relationship, how secure is that relationship to begin with? Should she really be with someone who doesn't even seem to notice when her character and attitude do a complete 180?

It all came to a head in Tuesday's finale. ( Cut for spoilers )

And don't even get me started on the LoVe fans who are already threatening to protest if ( a little more rantage )