The Character Assassination of Marty on Gilmore Girls

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  @sneakaboo3486 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I think her disinterest in Marty is a symbol that Rory has fully left her mother’s world, where people have to work hard for their money and dreams, and entered her grandparents’ world, where your family and connections mean you don’t have to. Her choosing Logan over Marty is her literally and figuratively falling in love with the upper class

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  @saraa.4295 · 2 years ago

  I actually find it interesting that Marty is actually the only guy friend she considers just a friend. Every other guy is either a jerk or boyfriend material or someone else's  boyfriend material.

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  @cierra7246 · 1 year ago

  My opinion on Marty's animosity towards Rory is that it stems not from her having a boyfriend/rejecting him, but from who she choose to date. In every interaction they have together we see Logan being condescending to Marty. He consistently made digs at him and treated him like he was less than for having catered Logan's parties before. Marty and Rory seem to have a very intimate friendship, even physically as you pointed out. It probably hurt Marty deeply to see someone he cared about so much and who he saw real substance in be wowed by the rich kid who's always a jerk to him, not to mention most of the instances of Logan disrespecting Marty happened right in front of Rory (and she never told Logan to lay off). I also disagree with your take on the dinner situation. No matter how "nonchalantly" Logan offered to pay, why would Marty be comfortable letting someone who continually disrespects him for not being well off cover his meal? I don't blame Marty at all for being distressed at that dinner. Overall I really only blame him for how he treated Lucy.

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  @bethanytaylor1704 · 2 years ago

  They ruined this relationship.  Rory needed a good, platonic friendship.

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  @Fermentedsnails · 2 years ago

  Marty felt like the most realistic man in the show to me honestly. I have had so many men act exactly like this

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  @tokyworld · 2 years ago

  I like how Marty brings the fact that there's actually a gap below the Gilmore Girls, and this isnt explored at all throughout the story.

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  @isabelleb-l2699 · 2 years ago

  My one takeaway from this whole show is that Rory gives terrible hugs

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  @moonlight4665 · 2 years ago

  i think we can all agree no one did Marty dirtier than the writers.

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  @xosecox12 · 2 years ago

  The most unrealistic part is anyone in college even caring that a student is in their pjs. I saw people go to class to give a presentation in worse conditions when I was in college

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  @kaitykaity · 2 years ago

  I loved that Marty was one of the few people who told Rory off.  I was fully in my “I despise Rory” phase at that point .

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  @imhislobster2063 · 2 years ago

  Rory was oblivious at first, but she would later purposefully ‘misread’ signs in order to avoid accountability when messing with his feelings. Marty is an awkward guy that had expectations (as most of do) but those didn’t coincide with Rory’s lifestyle or personality. I’ve notice I’ve been mentioning Rory a lot in a video analysis of Marty which makes me realize he has no true arc outside of his infatuation with Rory which is upsetting because he had the potential to become a very likable character, not to say he isn’t but a little more depth could go a long way.

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  @laceyjo89 · 2 years ago (edited)

  To be fair to Marty, I think that he didn't expect such a high end place when they were invited for Chinese food. Since it's Logan's crew he probably should have expected it, but if someone invited me super casually like, hey lets get some Chinese, I wouldn't expect to spend more than $20. But i don't remember how much Logan talked about the place before they went that would have let them know it's a high end restaurant.

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