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Reply to some of the partial quotes I comment or start your own comment thread with another Dean quote. (Sort by 'New.')

Last rounds (I'll still respond if you comment on old posts):

• Finish that Emily Quote!🍷
• Finish that Paris Quote!☝️
• Finish that Richard Quote! 🧐
• Finish that Rory Quote! 📚
• Finish that Lorelai Quote! 😏
• Finish that Sookie Quote! 🍳
• Finish that Logan Quote! 🤑

I'm neutral on Dean in every way, but tell me he didn't have amazing hair in this episode!

Reply to some of the partial quotes I comment or start your own comment thread with another Logan quote. (Sort by 'New.')

Last rounds:

• Finish that Emily Quote!🍷
• Finish that Paris Quote!☝️
• Finish that Richard Quote! 🧐
• Finish that Rory Quote! 📚
• Finish that Lorelai Quote! 😏
• Finish that Sookie Quote! 🍳

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Note: Honestly feeling discouraged by the reaction last time I posted on the other sub, so I wanted to try posting something lighter here.

LOGAN: You up for a movie? RORY: Oh, yeah. Something really bad. LOGAN: Absolutely. Let's check the paper and see if Rob Schneider's still employable. (But I'm a Gilmore)

Rory and Logan's first official date as a couple in But I'm a Gilmore - getting soul food then going out to a really bad Rob Schneider movie - really screams Rory to me. We only get to see so many dates from anyone onscreen, so I like whenever we get these hints into what people have in common. (For those of you movie buffs, any idea what they would've picked to watch in 2005? This makes me nostalgic for the days of checking a newspaper for movie times.)

Also, Logan's line reminds me slightly of this Lorelai line from Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist: So the movie was good. Nice to see Michael Caine working again. Which was sarcastic... 'cause he works a lot... constantly. [Chuckles] Never says "no" to anything, which can be risky, you know? Lowers your batting average.

I disagree with the opinion I sometimes hear that Jason and Lorelai would last long if the lawsuit plotline was just removed. Even if we assume he grew on her after the initial rejection, Lorelai still had reservations months into their relationship.

During Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doing the Twist, Lorelai, who is normally socially attuned to what people are implying, does not pick up on what Jason means by offering her a key to his apartment at all. Committing to him in that way is so far out of her mind that it doesn't register. When Jason explains what he meant at the end of the episode, Lorelai's reaction isn't much more sympathetic. She is even pretty harsh while he anxiously explains they're hitting the point he normally bolts at, considering she has done the two-month cha-cha herself multiple times in the past, according to Sookie. Jason's declaration that he wants to move forward with Lorelai is met with her calling the idea romantic, not with Lorelai saying she feels the same.

View the key in the following dialogue as a symbol of the whole relationship between Lorelai and Jason, and you have her true feelings on the matter - she can honestly take it or leave it.

>JASON: Yeah, it's just a practical thing. It's not a big deal.

>LORELAI: Oh, good!

>JASON: Or you don't have to take it.

>LORELAI: No, I'll- I'll take it.

>JASON: I mean, I know how it is. You've got your keys on your ring just so, and then you put in a new one- it throws off the whole balance.

>LORELAI: Well, if you think --

>JASON: Or you can keep it.

>LORELAI: You sure?

>JASON: If you want.

>LORELAI: I can go either way.

>JASON: It's fine with me.

>LORELAI: Well, which way?

>JASON: Either way.

>LORELAI: Well, I'll take it, [Chuckles] Okay?

Lorelai struggled to give keys to Max when they were engaged, and now Lorelai struggles to accept keys from Jason when he wants to get serious. Keys are a consistent symbol of commitment, and her lack of enthusiasm about Jason's makes it clear why it doesn't conflict Lorelai much to leave Jason once a strong reason to presented itself later on.

Thanks for all the love on my last Zikki fic. I have always intended to write more for them and finally had the time and inspiration to. I imagine their early S2 relationship as full of fixing trust issues off-screen because look how secure and happy Rikki was with Zane by the S2 finale. I hope you'll check it out at the link below:

Diving Back In - cocktailwaitress - H2O: Just Add Water [Archive of Our Own]

Parent comments easy, medium, or hard. Child comments a puzzle phrase that is phonetically similar to its solution phrase and matches the difficulty level. (Easy puzzle solutions are 2-3 words, medium are 4, hard are 5+.) You can ask for a hint to receive the first letters of each word, if needed.

• Example 1:
  • "easy"
  • "bake on annex"
  • "hint?"
  • "b_ a_ e_"
  • "bacon and eggs!"
• Example 2:
  • "medium"
  • "took hill four skull"
  • "hint?"
  • "t_ c_ f_ s_"
  • "too cool for school!"
• Example 3:
  • "hard"
  • "tough forest oft a mall"
  • hint?
  • "t_ f_ o_ t_ a_"
  • "the fairest of them all!

Rules

• Mobile users may have to swipe horizontally to see all of the puzzle.
• Comment a word you found along with its coordinates (bolded letters and all numbers) and the direction. Words can be backwards or forwards and horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
  • Off-Topic Example: "FAE, diagonally L6, K7, J8"
  • Old post with more examples: Help Find the Words: Honeymoon-Themed Word Search! ❤️ : r/lanadelrey
• OP will list found words as well as cross them out. If you find any unintended words that are on topic, I'll add them to the bonus section. (Some letters will be used in multiple solutions, so refer to the Solutions section instead of only seeing if letters are crossed out.)

Solutions

• Summer-Themed Words Found So Far: sunscreen, swimsuit, picnic, Kool-Aid, watermelon
• Bonus Words Found: ice(e)

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l
1	K	I	T	I	U	S	M	I	W	S	U
2	O	C	I	N	C	I	P	S	N	U	Q
3	O	Z	A	G	H	D	T	P	L	N	N
4	L	O	O	P	U	R	M	O	O	S	O
5	A	E	O	W	O	V	Y	L	C	C	I
6	I	U	K	H	A	P	E	F	D	R	T
7	D	C	S	M	X	M	S	P	K	E	A
8	I	E	E	L	R	S	M	I	R	E	C
9	K	B	L	E	J	W	R	L	C	N	A
10	I	R	T	I	D	E	S	F	S	L	V
11	A	A	X	Y	V	U	B	H	C	A	E
12	W	B	I	K	I	N	I	C	I	B	Y

I'm in the middle of a Dolly music marathon, as I'm sure some of you who are also into both GG and her music are, so I wanted to call attention to this little detail in case you haven't noticed:

The original series begins with The La's singing, "There she goes, there she goes again," while AYITL Winter ends with Dolly Parton singing, "Here you come again." Considering ASP's love of full circles, this lyrical bookend has always felt especially fitting to me.

RIP to an all-around inspiring woman. 🕊️

Like those fill-in-the-opposites worksheets from elementary school, but all grown up.

Parent comments a clue word and the letter count of the answer. Child comments a matching antonym or asks for a hint. The original commenter can provide the first letter of the solution as a hint, if needed. Please avoid answers that just add a suffix (eg satisfied/dissatisfied) or use simple vocabulary (eg warm/cool).

Don't forget to sort comments by New!

Example:

• Antisocial - 10 letters
• Hint?
• Starts with G
• Gregarious

Comment your answers for each category before viewing the spoilers.

Then, reveal the spoilers to see the full message. This message is from an English nursery rhyme.

>!I love my love with a(n)!< [a letter of the alphabet] >!because he's!< [positive adjective starting with the same letter]. >!I hate him because he's!< [negative adjective starting with the same letter]. >!He took me to!< [location starting with the same letter] >!and treated me with!< [food starting with the same letter]. >!His name's!< [name starting with the same letter], >!and he lives at!< [other location starting with the same letter].

Example answers: A, Agreeable, Avaricious, Arkansas, Apples, Andrew, Arlington.

Parent comments two last names of celebrities or well-known characters. Child guesses the first name that the listed last names have in common. If someone asks for a hint, the poster of the parent comment adds another matching last name.

(For the sake of making this easier, people who share first names with minor spelling changes are still allowed.)

Make sure to sort comments by New!

Example:

1. Dayne and Lautner.
2. Hint?
3. Swift.
4. Taylor!

Parent comments a subject/noun. Child comments a verb starting with the same letter as the noun. Grandchildren each add a word starting with the same letter so the thread eventually forms a sentence.

Ex:

1. Arthur
2. Arrived
3. At
4. An
5. Aquarium
6. Abruptly

This game is a childhood favorite of mine. AKA hink pink, hank pank, wordy gurdy, brain train. I last posted this two years ago and thought it would be fun to play again.

Levels, easiest to hardest:

1. Stink pink: one-syllable adjective + one-syllable noun that rhymes
   1. red bed
2. Stinky pinky: two-syllable adjective + two-syllable noun that rhymes
   1. quiet riot
3. Stinkeroo pinkeroo: three-syllable adjective + three-syllable noun that rhymes
   1. quizzical physical

What to do:

• Comment one of the above levels. I'll reply with a hint synonymous to the answer. Reply with guesses until you get it right.
  • Example:
    • "Stink pink?"
    • "Ruby cot."
    • "Red bed?"
    • "Correct!"
• AND/OR Comment the name of a level along with a hint. Reply until someone gets your phrase right.
  • Example:
    • "Stinky pinky: hushed mob."
    • "Quiet riot?"
    • "Correct!"
• Repeat and enjoy!

Every time I watch Luke Can See Her Face, I'm struck by all that the Paris/Asher arc could've been if the hospital scene got to function as the turning point I believe it was meant to be.

Until then, the relationship's red flags are clear enough. The classic illicit kissing, the attention-seeking rants, the friendship-straining drama... It's all there, if written in a somewhat dated way. There is even a great moment at Asher's bookstore reading when the aged character Asher describes sums up what Paris can't yet see about him. But the hospital scene is the only one in which we get to see their actual dynamic and it's, as Paris says, eye-opening.

In this scene, I love the simple symbolism of Paris "pulling back the curtain" to face Asher. I love that in this episode all about the importance of seeing your love's face Paris and Asher sit side by side. I love how it shows the sense of whiplash Rory faces, seeing Paris go from walking in wanting to lead the breakup to walking out going to Oxford. The conversation in the room shows how Asher's smooth-talking works on Paris -- he flatters her, frames his disinterest and fear at being seen with her as lack of time, and turns the question of reassessing back on her, as though he wasn't in control of the whole conversation. It not only drives home how old Asher is but also how young Paris is. She is not so far removed from the high schooler awestruck at Jamie noticing her as she would like others to believe, though the object of her affections has changed. (And how sad is it that Jamie comes to represent the opposite extreme in a partner, making time and traveling to see Paris only for her to just not care for him anymore!)

I have unfortunately not been able to source my theory that Michael York had to leave the show early, but I don't like to think that Asher's untimely death was written just for laughs. Paris' arc seemed to promise an upcoming personal awakening up until S5, and I wish we could've seen that.