Teen drama fans are being fed well with The Summer I Turned Pretty - and Conrad Fisher is the vindication they never got with Gilmore Girls' Jess Mariano. Gilmore Girls fans know the deal all too well: You were either a Team Dean, Team Logan or Team Jess when it came to Rory Gilmore's complicated love life. But, let's be honest here - no one was really Team Dean, which means Team Logan and Team Jess have been fighting it out for years. While Logan (Matt Czuchry) delivered the high-class world and spontaneous adventures a part of Rory (Alexis Bledel) craved, it was the brooding, cerebral Jess Mariano (Milo Ventimiglia) that many viewers believe deserved Rory's heart in the end. So it goes with The Summer I Turned Pretty, a show that reignites the age-old TV argument over who is the better match for the main character. In this case, it's Belly (Lola Tung) choosing between two brothers, Conrad (Chris Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). And while a love triangle between two brothers sounds a lot more like The Vampire Diaries than it does Gilmore Girls, there's no denying that Rory and Belly are similar in more ways than one, most clearly with the undeniable pull they feel toward their respective on-and-off loves, Jess and Conrad - two characters who are the same, just in different fonts. Conrad vs. Jeremiah: Inside 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Love Triangle "If you were a Jess mariano girlie you are now a Conrad fisher girlie, I don't make the rules," one fan recently wrote via X, while another declared; "Conrad Fisher my friend Jess Mariano understands you so deeply." A third, however, pointed out something particularly important: "Jess Mariano walked so Conrad Fisher could run." While the duo are very similar, there's one major difference between them: Conrad Fisher actually gets the girl (we think). So how are Conrad and Jess similar, and why does it make Us mourn the loss of Literati (that's the ship name for Rory and Jess, by the way) all over again? Keep scrolling to find out: Conrad and Jess Are Both Tortured, Terrible Communicators Milo Ventimiglia, Alexis Bledel WB/Carol Kaelson, (C) Warner Bros./Everett Collection Both Conrad and Jess are introduced as brooding bad boys who have trouble with communicating their feelings (Conrad, however, doesn't have a penchant for magic tricks like Jess does). That lack of communication gets them both into trouble when it comes to their relationships with loved ones. Despite clearly appreciating what his uncle, Luke (Scott Patterson), has done by taking him in and caring for him, Jess has a hard time showing his affection and gratitude. He also struggles to explain why he has so much built-up anger, which stems from his father leaving him at a young age and his mother being absent in his upbringing. He finds it hard to open up about those same topics with Rory, eventually causing a rift in their romance. Instead of being up-front with her about failing school or his resentment, he leaves town in season 3 without so much as a goodbye. He returns the following year to tell Rory he loves her in a grand declaration - one she no longer is interested in hearing. Conrad's struggles parallel Jess' issues. Season 1 of TSITP shows him holding the secret of both his mother's (Rachel Blanchard) cancer and his father Adam's (Tom Everett Scott) cheating scandal inside. Being forced to deal with those complicated situations alone causes him to collapse inward, destroying his mental health and pushing him away from the people he cares about. That includes his brother, Jeremiah, who eventually resents Conrad for not being honest about their mom's cancer and shutting him out of making decisions, and girlfriend Belly, who can't push through his walls. That coat of armor eventually leads to their messy breakup on prom night in season 2 (note: Jess and Rory also break up over prom), with Belly thinking Conrad doesn't love her. In reality, he was holding the weight of his mother's illness and couldn't figure out how to communicate his pain. They Both Yearn for 1 Girl Chris Briney, Lola Tung Erika Doss / (C)Amazon / Courtesy Everett Collection Conrad and Jess are nothing if not one thing: top-tier yearners, bested only by teen drama's prince of romance, Dawson Creek's Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson). Despite their "bad boy" images, both Conrad and Jess are fiercely loyal to the objects of their affection. Although they both briefly date other women throughout the course of their respective shows - remember Nicole and Shane? - those relationships are clearly just a way for each of them to distract themselves from their actual heartbreak as Belly and Rory date other guys. And while both Conrad and Jess are with Belly and Rory for less than one year total, the relationships impact them enough to keep them hoping for a reconciliation for years to come. Conrad spends four years avoiding Belly, confessing he still loves her after being in her orbit again for just mere weeks. Jess, meanwhile