I Am All In Rewatch - Jess & Rory - Episode 2x16 (Part 2)
And this is intentional because how many times now have we seen Dean come apart at the seams? Too many times now. He's the guy that can't lose his... can't keep his act together. He's not as cool as he started out to be. Have we seen Jess lose his marbles in this situation? No. Jess is the cool one. Jess is quippy,...and he's and that's how you win. -Scott
jess mariano and rory gilmore are literally the SAME people at their core, just in opposite fonts. they MIRROR each other and are each other's TWIN FLAMES. that's exactly why they understand each other better than everyone else (asp herself said so). both are raised by teen moms and have deadbeat dads. yet, one is nurtured with love and care with a mom like lorelai. and the other is abandoned & ignored by a flaky mom like liz. both develop an immense love for reading regardless of whether it became kind of a coping mechanism. both exceed normal expectations of intelligence required for their age. hence, one goes above and beyond, strives for perfection with it, and craves validation while the other could not care less what people think and says "fuck it. rules don't matter anymore for me. i know stuff". one becomes stars hollow's princess, held onto a pedestal by everyone around her. the other becomes stars hollow's pariah, hated by every person he meets. both are under intense scrutiny by people where one is held to exceptionally high standards and the other is seen as "good for nothing". both of them break out of those respective moulds as soon as they become young adults. and both play a pivotal role in helping each other break out of those moulds and still be true to their inner selfs. I COULD WRITE AN ENTIRE TEN-PAGE ESSAY ON THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THEM....I REALLY COULD!
I Am All In Rewatch - Jess & Rory - Episode 2x16 (Part 1)
I like how he you know, how he deals with these situations. He's he's gradually becoming more aggressive and showing up, yet he's still remaining cool. He's not overreacting when he's asked to leave, like, can you get out of here? Because that's insulting, that doesn't feel good. Dean's coming over. You have to get out of here, and he's like, really, uh,..and then he toys with her a little...Because he didn't want to expose his feelings, he wanted to be the cool guy....if he came over and said, listen, you know if he can't, because that's what Dean would do...So Dean represents I think he represents you know, he's a big city kid coming into stars Hollow, but he's completely transformed into Stars Hollow. He doesn't represent anything mysterious anymore, or anything that Rory, you know, has her her sights set on but Jess does. He's interesting, he's mysterious, he's well read, all of these things. He's clever, he's cool under pressure. That's her ticket. -Scott