1. Rory and Logan’s relationship never recovered and
neither did Rory’s career (part 1)
In her years since graduating, Rory Gilmore became a
truly entitled Republican, the Bohemian version. For months, if not years, she
enjoyed being Logan Huntzberger’s mistress – and nothing more. As a result, her
personality and skills deteriorated, and eventually Logan kicked her out – in part
because of his family’s prompting, but in part because Rory herself no longer
resembled the girl that he befriended, (and more), in college. He grew up. Rory
just grew out.
2. Rory’s daughter grew as ‘something else’
Stephanie Cari Lorelai Gilmore II grew up as someone
else. She was named after her grandma Lorelei Gilmore I, (Rory tried to mend
the fences with her mum at the time), and there were some physical similarities
but otherwise? Whereas Lorelai had loved her daughter and cared for her, Rory
not so much. Her personality continued to deteriorate and she would often take
it out on her daughter – who reciprocated it, but also copied her mother’s
behavior as well. As a result, while Rory, (due to her grandparents’ will) did
inherit a certain amount of money that allowed her to live comfortably and some degree of respectability, her
daughter’s behavior was much more white trash.
3. Rory’s attempts to restart her career with the book
backfired (part 2)
Rory’s attempt to restart her career as a writer by
writing the book about her, her mum and grandmum backfired. The problem was in
her writing skills – she was equally bad as a writer as she was a journalist.
People largely ignored her book, gave it bad reviews, or demanded their money
back. The publishing house who released Rory’s work had a ‘no money back’
policy, so there was a slew of minor online scandals and bad publicity.
Consequently, Rory’s relationship with her mother and grandmother deteriorated
further – neither of the women enjoyed the fact that Rory depicted their family
as some sort of a classless rich…or worse, but they still tried to keep in
touch – sort of, at least for a while…
4. More about the book (part 3)
The book itself did became famous, or rather infamous,
for some time – but mostly because of the publishing house’s ‘no refunds’
policy. People took to complaining and trying to sue the organization in question,
which launched a defence of its’ policy and a threat of a defamation suit. As a
result, they gained the reputation of hard-liners and loyal to their clients,
but also of being rather unscrupulous and unpredictable (in a bad manner) as
well. Rory’s book became a representative of ‘bad attitude’ and Rory herself
became infamous and unpopular, some sort of an anti-feminist or a
pseudo-feminist, and it did not do her any wonders; her mother, grandmother and
daughter got caught in the fallout as well.
5. Christopher got involved
Christopher, Rory’s father and Lorelai’s ‘first love’ got
involved at this point, as the mess of the publishing house prompted his new
family to force him to do so. Christopher tried to interfere, but in an inept,
high-handed way, causing Lorelai’s ire to go onto him – in a bad, explosive
way. The pair re-remembered why they disliked each other so much to begin with,
and when the dust settled, Christopher de-facto disowned Rory and her girl, and
cut-off all the ties with the Gilmores. What’s more, Luke had not been very
amused by Christopher’s interference, and Lorelai was not amused by Luke’s
involvement, so the pair put some distance between each other, as Luke remained
in SH and Lorelei went to her mother’s new home in Nantucket.
6. Emily
Emily took it hard – the fact that her great-granddaughter
is white trash, her daughter is vulgar, and her granddaughter is a spoiled brat
(or worse). Her health began to deteriorate, so Lorelai used is as an excuse to
move in with her mother under the excuse of taking care of her, and making
distance with Luke. Consequently, her relationship with Luke withered, and
Emily’s health also deteriorated: Lorelai’s unhealthy eating habits caught up
with both women and their weight exploded, (with Rory, it was mostly
post-pregnancy weight and she had it somewhat under control). Before long, both
of the older Gilmore girls were overweight and out of shape, and Emily’s age
finally caught up to her. (The caretaker they hired eventually had to take care
of both of them instead).
7. Paris and Doyle
Paris and Doyle were initially on team Rory – tentatively
so, more because they disliked Logan than liked Rory (still). More precisely, Paris
was on team Rory – Doyle has largely distanced himself from Logan and Rory a
while back (he was that sort of a person). When Rory’s book got published and
Paris saw Rory’s depictions of herself, Doyle and Logan, she joined the group
of people who did not want to associate with the Gilmores anymore, and she made
her peace with Logan and his new wife. She and Doyle also made-up, sort of –
they are not really married anymore, they just live together and raise their
mutual children. Sometimes they dine with Logan and his wife. They do not talk much
about Rory and the rest of the Gilmores anymore.
8. Zach and Lane
Zach and Lane got hired to run the Gilmores’ household –
the new one, in Nantucket, at first. Mrs. Kim was that good and had that sort
of influence with Lorelai Gilmore still. For a while Zach and Lane were
reluctant, to say the least, regardless of their initially bad financial
situation, (recession and all came to SH at last). But then, as Lorelai grew
fatter and more despondent and spoiled on one hand, and Emily grew older,
heavier and weaker on the other, the influence of the Kims grew and they realized
that working for the Gilmores was not so bad – especially after Mrs. Kim ‘the
original’ moved in and became the real head of the household, with none of the
Gilmores being able (or willing) to stand up to her. To simplify matters when
it came to the will, (and the bulk of Emily and Richard’s fortune actually went
to the Kims, cough), Zach himself adopted ‘Kim’ as his last name, and this has
helped his mother-in-law to become the matriarch of the family once more. These
days the Kims own most of the Gilmores’ old property, including their old
property in SH.
9. Sookie and Dragonfly Inn
Sookie was not bothered by Rory’s novel, because she did
not read it. She did not really remember Rory, or Lorelai, or the rest of SH at
all. She did become a successful chef due to having a competent and amazing
manager, and she is quite rich – rich enough to own part of Dragonfly Inn, when
Luke tentatively reached-out with this offer: after he and Lorelei drifted
apart, their finances suffered – and Sookie came through, or rather her manager
did. Sookie never realized what she was doing or what she has done; she has
forgotten SH and it has largely forgotten her. At least Rory and her kid are
running the Kims’ old antique store, (and are actually good about it, if they are
not getting all very well with each other).
10. Jess
Jess tried to win Rory back after Rory returned to SH but
Rory did not want him; she did not want to get married to anyone, it seemed. Her
daughter’s father remained unknown and Rory just did not appear to want to
settle down. She always backed down before Mrs. Kim the elder, but so did
everyone else, including Emily, once she got old and feeble enough. After her
book was published, Rory and Jess had a confrontation, and Jess left, SH, for
good. Where is he now, who knows?
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