History YMMV / GilmoreGirls

* MagnificentBitch: Trix. Emily's skills in manipulating people sometimes get her into this territory as well, although when actually confronted with her mother-in-law, she stands no chance.

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee, while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend after literally a decade as the ending might suggest. Logan/Rory fans also thought they deserved better as a couple, especially considering how far they had come in the original series. There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

** Logan. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold, TroubledButCute PrinceCharming? Or an entitled, self-centered douchebag who does nothing but drag Rory down with him? [[spoiler: ''A Year In The Life'' which has him lose all of his Season 7 development and cheat on his fiancee with Rory gives support to the second interpretation. However, his fans turned on this writing move, complaining it was forced and a cheap way just to ruin Logan and basically prove his detractors right, saying he (and, by extension, his love story with Rory) deserved better.]]
** Jess. {{Jerkass}} who treated everyone, including Rory, like dirt? Or does his HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood and [[DiagnosedByTheAudience undiagnosed mental illness]] offer an explanation for his behavior? [[spoiler: The {{Jerkass}} interpretation is less popular as of ''A Year In The Life'', since he's actually retained his Season 6 character development, has his life/career together and manages to be more mature than Rory, Luke, and Lorelai put together most of the time.]]
** Christopher. Charming, likable guy who made some mistakes in his past but is genuinely trying to make up for them? Or whiny ManChild who cannot get himself together and/or step out gracefully of Lorelai's life when he's clearly making it worse? [[spoiler:After Rory goes to see him and tells him about Lorelai's wedding with Luke in the revival, he tells her that he's learned his lesson about letting her go.]]

*** Despite having Palladino serving as showrunner again, ''A Year in the Life'' was probably received worse than season 7 among the fandom, who was so unsatisfied for what the writing gave to the characters and the stories (in particular regarding Rory's ''worrying'' derailment, her RomanticPlotTumor with Logan rather than making them properly get back together and [[spoiler:her pregnancy]] at the end) that most came to say they prefer the original GrandFinale, defining the revival as pointless and useless, if not even harmful, and thus deciding to basically ignore its existence.

*** Subverted by ''A Year In The Life'' where ASP has full control, but the reactions have been from mixed to completely negative, with many even praising the series finale over the events of AYITL, especially the ending and the (in)famous "Last Four Words".

*** To be fair, Luke and Lorelai's relationship was pretty well-received initially and popular when they were actually together throughout Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, plus fans were happy when they got engaged. It was only when the writers threw in the angst of Luke lying about April, Lorelai sleeping with Chris and their breakup during Season 7 that people turned on the relationship. It was more the pair worked better as friends or while still in their early days as a couple, but since they weren't capable to keep the relationship steady at all as they were too different and immature, apparently they were also not meant to be: in fact, in the 2016 revival the two do have rekindled their relationship, but neither of them seems happy (Lorelai herself openly questions it), plus after literally ''10 years'' they are not married yet and even though this happens at the end, they go through ''another'' crisis right before...

** Viewers are supposed to see Lorelai's parents as uptight, judgmental rich people (they are), but their criticisms about her immaturity and irresponsibility are still very often spot on.

** When Sookie and Jackson are on their first (somewhat disastrous date), Lorelai comments that she'll wear blue to the wedding. Two seasons later...

*** To be fair, Luke and Lorelai's relationship was pretty well-received initially and popular when they were actually together throughout Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, plus fans were happy when they got engaged. It was only when the writers threw in the angst of Luke lying about April, Lorelai sleeping with Chris and their breakup during Season 7 that people turned on the relationship. It was more the pair worked better as friends or while still in their early days as a couple, but since they weren’t capable to keep the relationship steady at all as their were too different and immature, apparently they were also not meant to be and thus to last: in fact, in the 2016 revival the two do have rekindled their relationship, but neither of them seems happy at all (Lorelai herself openly questions it), plus after literally ''10 years'' they are not married yet and even though this happens at the end, they go through ''another'' crisis right before, so…

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee (and, by extension, their fans also thought they deserved ''way better'' as a couple, especially considering how far they had come in the original series), while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend after literally a decade as the ending might suggest (especially considering that Rory herself seems to have already moved on ''long before''). There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

** Logan. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold, TroubledButCute PrinceCharming? Or an entitled, self-centered douchebag who does nothing but drag Rory down with him? [[spoiler: ''A Year In The Life'' which has him lose all of his Season 7 development and cheat on his fiancee with Rory gives support to the second interpretation. However, his fans of course ''strongly'' turned on this writing move, complaining it was forced and a ''very'' cheap way just to ruin Logan and basically prove his detractors right, saying he (and, by extension, his love story with Rory) deserved ''a lot'' better, especially considering the said growth he had in the original series.]]

** Logan. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold, TroubledButCute PrinceCharming? Or an entitled, self-centered douchebag who does nothing but drag Rory down with him? [[spoiler: ''A Year In The Life'' which has him lose all of his Season 7 development and cheat on his fiancee with Rory gives support to the second interpretation. However, his fans of course ''strongly'' turned on this writing move, complaining it was forced and a ''very'' cheap way just to damage Logan and basically prove his detractors right, saying he (and, by extension, his love story with Rory) deserved ''a lot'' better, especially considering the said growth he had in the original series.]]

*** To be fair, Luke and Lorelai's relationship was pretty well-received initially and popular when they were actually together throughout Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, plus fans were happy when they got engaged. It was only when the writers threw in the angst of Luke lying about April, Lorelai sleeping with Chris and their breakup during Season 7 that people turned on the relationship. It was more the pair worked better as friends or while still in their early days as a couple, but since they weren’t capable to keep the relationship steady at all as their were too different and immature, apparently they were also not meant to be and thus to last: in fact, in the 2016 revival the two do have rekindled their relationship, but after literally ''10 years'' they are not married yet and even though this happens at the end, they go through ''another'' crisis right before, so…

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee (and, by extension, their fans also thought they deserved ''way better'' as a couple, especially considering how far they had come in the original series), while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend after literally a decade as the ending might suggest (especially considering that Rory herself already moved on ''long before''). There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

** Logan. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold, TroubledButCute PrinceCharming? Or an entitled, self-centered douchebag who does nothing but drag Rory down with him? [[spoiler: ''A Year In The Life'' which has him lose all of his Season 7 development and cheat on his fiancee with Rory gives support to the second interpretation. However, his fans of course ''strongly'' turned on this writing move, complaining it was ''way'' forced and a ''very'' cheap and lazy way just to damage Logan’s character and basically prove his detractors right, saying he (and, by extension, his love story with Rory) deserved ''way'' better, especially considering the said growth he had in the original series.]]

*** To be fair, Luke and Lorelai's relationship was pretty well-received initially and popular when they were actually together throughout Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, plus fans were happy when they got engaged. It was only when the writers threw in the angst of Luke lying about April, Lorelai sleeping with Chris and their breakup during Season 7 that people turned on the relationship. It was more the pair worked better as friends or while still in their early days as a couple, but since they weren’t capable to keep the relationship steady at all as their were too different and immature, apparently they were also not meant to be and thus to last: in fact, in the 2016 revival the two are back together, but after literally ''10 years'' they are not married yet and then go through ''another'' crisis, so…

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee (and, by extension, their fans also thought they deserved ''way better'' as a couple, especially considering how far they had come in the original series), while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend as the ending might suggest (especially considering that Rory herself already moved on ''long before''). There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee, while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend as the ending might suggest (especially considering that Rory has already moved on ''long before''). There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

** Logan. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold, TroubledButCute PrinceCharming? Or an entitled, self-centered douchebag who does nothing but drag Rory down with him? [[spoiler: ''A Year In The Life'' which has him lose all of his Season 7 development and cheat on his fiancee with Rory gives support to the second interpretation. However, his fans of course ''strongly'' turned on this writing move, complaining it was simply a ''very'' cheap and forced way just to diminish Logan’s character and his growth in the original series and prove his detractors right, saying he (and, by extension, his love story with Rory) deserved ''way'' better.]]

* AbandonShipping: [[spoiler: The revival miraculously managed to put a lot of people off ''both'' Rory/Logan and Rory/Jess, the longest-standing ship war in the fandom. Rory/Logan lost a lot of sympathy thanks to the pair cheating on their respective boyfriend and fiancee, while a big reaction to Jess - who retained his character development - was that he deserves better than the now unlikable Rory and shouldn't still be pining after his high school girlfriend. There's also unity on all the characters deserving better than the writing they got regardless of shipping.]]

** Subverted by ''A Year In The Life'' where ASP has full control, but the reactions have been from mixed to completely negative, with many even praising the series finale over the events of AYITL, especially the ending and the (in)famous “Last Four Words”.

** Despite having Palladino serving as showrunner again, ''A Year in the Life'' was probably received worse than season 7 among the fandom, who was so unsatisfied for what the writing gave to the characters and the stories (in particular regarding Rory's ''worrying'' derailment, her RomanticPlotTumor with Logan rather than making them properly get back together and [[spoiler:her pregnancy]] at the end) that most came to say they prefer the original GrandFinale, defining the revival as pointless and useless, if not even harmful, and thus deciding to basically ignore its existence.

*** To be fair, Luke and Lorelai's relationship was pretty well-received initially and popular when they were actually together throughout Season 5 and the first half of Season 6, plus fans were happy when they got engaged. It was only when the writers threw in the angst of Luke lying about April, Lorelai sleeping with Chris and their breakup during Season 7 that people turned on the relationship. It was more the pair worked better as friends or while still in their early days as a couple, but since they weren’t capable to keep the relationship steady at all as their were too different and immature, apparently they were also not meant to be and thus to last: in fact, the two do begin the 2016 revival back together, but after literally ''10 years'' they are not married yet and even go through ''another'' crisis, so…

** Despite having Palladino serving as showrunner again, ''A Year in the Life'' was probably received worse than season 7 among the fandom, who was so unsatisfied for what the writing gave to the characters and the stories (in particular regarding Rory's ''worrying'' derailment, both her two major and popular ships with Jess and Logan, depending on which side of the ShipToShipCombat you are, and [[spoiler:her pregnancy]] at the end) that most came to say they prefer the original GrandFinale, defining the revival as pointless and useless, if not even harmful, and thus deciding to basically ignore its existence.