ultra_fic: (Gilmore Girls)
ultra_fic ([personal profile] ultra_fic) wrote 2021-10-11 06:34 pm (UTC)

Jess Mariano - excellent choice :)

1. how I feel about this character
Without question, Jess is my favourite character on Gilmore Girls. He obviously went through so much crap in his life, which absolutely explains the attitude and questionable behaviour that he had, particularly as a teen, but he turned his life around and became a strangely well-adjusted adult. It made me proud of him, even though that's probably weird because he's fictional! lol

2. all the people I ship romantically and/or sexually with this character
Rory, all the way. I ship Rory/Jess (aka Literati) so hard. They absolutely should've been endgame (the actors dated in RL too, for Heaven's sake!) and I'll never understand why they weren't. That said, I have been known to mess around with the idea of Jess/Paris on occasion, because wouldn't that be super-fun? ;)

3. favourite gen relationship(s) for this character
I do love Jess & Luke because they fight so much but also love each other so much, it's kind of beautiful, actually. In fic, I really love when Jess & Lorelai get along too, because I thoroughly believe that they should've been friends, given how much they have in common. I also wrote a trilogy fics once where Jess & Paris became step-siblings and that turned into an awesome gen relationship too. Still, canon-wise, it's got to be Jess & Luke :)

4. my unpopular opinion about this character
I don't know that I really have one...

5. one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon
That he had ended up with Rory. I can't say 'that he and Rory never broke up' because honestly, I think they had to at that point, but they absolutely should've got back together at some point later on, no question. I have goodness knows how many fanfics that prove just how many ways it could've happened :P

6. random pet theory about this character that you won't convince me is not true
When Jess took Rory's bracelet, it wasn't about stealing something that Dean gave her. He didn't know she got it from Dean and he only took it because he believed it was just a random bracelet. He wanted something of hers to hold on to because he thought it might be the only part of her he ever got to call his own.

7. a song or piece of music I associate with this character
California by Nevershoutnever. Someone made a music video about Jess (and Rory) to this song and I thought it fit so amazingly well. It's so totally Jess at the end of Season 3.

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