 |
| GIf taken from Tumblr; I do not own this image. |
For one thing, she is a bookworm. I won't try to generalize introverts as avid bookworms but we'd be lying to ourselves if we didn't admit that a good majority of us are. Rory can be seen with a nose in her book throughout the whole series and she is incredibly quick-witted with literary references that could make an English professor go nuts! It's so admirable, I feel inadequate with my reading list.
Although Rory is shy, you can definitely see how genuine but also how passionate she is. She is most certainly not afraid to speak her mind when it counts most, and it's one of the main reasons why I love her.
There was one episode where her mother, Lorelai, was out of town and she had the whole house to herself. She thus, passes up a night with her boyfriend Dean (Jared Paledki pre-Supernatural)because she wants time to herself. She would much rather order Indian food, wear her pjs, and do her laundry while watching movies instead of spending time with her boyfriend! This, my friends, deserves applause. Not to mention, Rory also spends her lunch listening to music and reading books, and as a child who would habitually bring books to restaurants, I want to commend Rory's character for justifying my weird tendencies.
 |
| GIf taken from Tumblr; I do not own this image. |
However; what I appreciate about Rory is that she is unlike most teenage TV protagonists in that her character is genuinely relatable to ta good majority of the girl population. I would think that most girls don't party every weekend, nor do we spend our high school career trying to find a boyfriend. While she does undergo several relationship mishaps, ultimately, the story brings it back to how those relationships, romantic or otherwise, help develop Rory's character. Rory is academically driven, extremely responsible, and lovably quirky. Maybe's it's because she is one of the first of her kind, but this "nerdy" character of hers does not seem contrived because the show depicts, more or less, an accurate depiction of a real girl. Sure, Rory is "nerdy" but she is not pigeonholed to that stereotype because they show the complexities of her character like when she has mental breakdowns in the middle of her history class or how she likes to participate in quirky town traditions that require her to dress like a pilgrim. Upon watching the first season, I had this image of how Rory's character was going to play out, but I was surprised at how outgoing she could be at times, and for that, I greatly admired Rory's character.
That's not even the best part. Rory Gilmore is a not a character to be pitied; rather, she's not afraid to lay down the sass when confronting the mean girls and as far as characters go, she stays grounded and true to her character when boys or snobby private school girls enter the picture. She sure is one heck of a fictional character. Now if you exuse me, I'm going to binge watch Gilmore girls in all its heartfelt, witty banter-ness!
