April Nardini / Vanessa Marano Appreciation

[Nuttmegg015]

A lot of people do not like her but she made luke happy and I think thats is great for him

[gilmore for life]

i think it fits gilmore girls perfectly and she is so sweet

[thevoid99]

Has anyone been watching the show on ABC Family?  I keep seeing these ads for that movie The Clique and I found out that Vanessa is in that movie.  Yet, she's not playing one of the main cliquey girls.  She's actually the weird art girl character.  I have never heard of the film or book and I'm not interested.  Yet, I did check out the sites and see that she is playing the weird one.  The site also has ads for DVDs of the show. 

I've only seen the character of April in Season 6 and I don't think it was her fault that she broke Luke & Lorelai up. 

It was Anna's fault for not telling Luke about her in the first place.  It was also Luke's fault for not introducing her to Lorelai. 

In the Virtual Gilmore Girls series.  She does become a more interesting character as she deals with conformity in high school that really scared Luke while she's been in a couple of episodes in the 9th season.  Attending the Luke-Lorelai wedding where she definitely became Jess' shadow and later, ranting about Homeland Security about her hand lotion stolen and eating fries with Lorelai when Luke tries to chase down Kirk. 

[cherilee13]

Speaking of Vanessa Marano, I just read that she will be taking over the part of Eden Baldwin on The Young and the Restless starting December 3rd.  Erin Sanders, who is playing the part right now will continue playing the part until November 19th.  You can read more here  http://www.gilmoregirlsnews.com/

I do remember reading a while back that Vanessa was in the movie The Clique but totally forgot about her being in it even though I have been seeing the ads for it during Gilmore Girls.  Don't know if I will be checking it out or not.

I agree with you, it wasn't April's fault at all and I don't really blame Anna either, although keeping it from Luke was totally wrong.  I put the whole blame on Luke.  He never should have kept it a secret from Lorelai.  As soon as he found out, he should have talked to her about it.  If any one would have understood, it would have been Lorelai and he should have known it.  Then he made it worse by not including Lorelai into this new world of his with April and then he started shutting Lorelai out of his life as well.  It was totally Luke's fault that they ended up breaking up. 

[thevoid99]

I'm watching Season 6 and yeah, it's Luke's fault.  I think after the whole shock about finding out that he had a daughter and told Liz about it.  He probably thought he should forget about it until he heard what Christopher is doing for Rory and that made him feel like crap.  It seems like Christopher often brings the worst in Luke in which he would become insecure and make irrational decisions involving Lorelai.  When he became focused on April, he definitely became extreme oblivious to how Lorelai is feeling and I hate to say this because he's one of my favorite characters but... he became an *sshole to Lorelai. 

When April's birthday party came in and he didn't want Lorelai involved.  He ended up realizing he did need Lorelai's help and it turns out that Lorelai would be good in April's life since she likes Lorelai.  Anna ended up making him more insecure and he just acted so stupid.  Then when he decided to choose April over Lorelai.  He had no idea what he was doing and when Lorelai told him she slept with Christopher.  All of the bad sides of Luke started to unveil as he became convinced that he and Lorelai weren't meant to be together which was total bullsh*t. 

I don't think April was at fault at all.  She even wondered where was Lorelai since she really liked her and I think she knew that inside, her dad was hurting somewhere and probably even tried to get him to move on because she was concerned.  She really was a positive influence on him knowing that he can be a really good dad.  I think it was the moment she got sick and he found out that Lorelai married Christopher made Luke realize that it was all his fault.  Here he was, sitting on his daughter's bedside, watching some old movie, and probably began to think about what had happened in all those months that led to the break-up and realized, "it's all my fault".  He neglected Lorelai, he pushed her to sleep with Christopher, he made her feel like sh*t and claim that they didn't belong together, and then got her to marry that smug, Yuppie d**che.  And the worst part was that he hadn't even hit rock bottom yet.

That rock bottom would be the idea of losing April just as the two were starting to really bond and have this father-daughter relationship that he didn't expect.  The moment his niece was born and holding her made Luke realize he had to fight, even if it killed him.  It was also clear that April needed her father because all those years of not knowing that she had a dad for so long and just having this relationship I think made Luke a better person.  She also helped in his decision about his father's boat realizing that if he needed to change.  He had to do it for himself to become a better person and she in many ways, did that. 

People rag on April for driving Luke and Lorelai and that's way too easy.  I consider her to be the unofficial fourth Gilmore Girl, w/o the name. 

[thevoid99]

Sorry for the double post but I found this article about Vanessa and her sister Laura who are both on the rise.  I found this through a Natalie Portman site where Scott Patterson compared Vanessa to Portman.