40/100 pictures of Chuck and Blair

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superflyse:

How can Veronica Mars not be Gossip Girl?

Veronica in her spare time might just enjoying fucking around with overly privileged people’s lives.

There is the perfect opening in that Kristen Bell is already both of them.

THIS NEEDS TO BE MADE IN A FIC.

(AND THEN THERE WOULD BE AN EPIC SHOWDOWN BETWEEN VERONICA AND BLAIR BUT VERONICA WILL ULTIMATELY WIN BECAUSE VERONICA MARS IS ALWAYS SMARTER THAN YOU.)

crindywithclubsauce:

If there’s a video going out about all the horrible things Chuck has done, is there one going out about Blair, too? Because I’m sure if you put all of her bullying, takedowns, and every time she has humiliated someone on this show, into one video, you’d have a long fucking video.

It’s so sad when people don’t understand that THIS IS GOSSIP GIRL, THE SHOW WHERE ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE PRETTY HORRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS. You can put such a video for everyone there… Well, Nate’s would probably be very short, but he had his bad moments, too, especially in season five.

Reblogging not because I agree that Dan is a loser but for the fact this poster actually mentions his early arc! I think it’s totally spot-on, when Gossip Girl and Dan’s role on the UES are concerned. If only something fun was done about it in season six!

(Source: society-hi, via thatmotherchucker)

maribells.: That awkward moment when... →

maribells:

… Chuck can’t even stand up for himself after an entire season of Blair jerking him around without people saying it’s “verbal abuse”.

Do you think “Verbal abuse” means “disagreeing with someone”? “Using a harsh tone”? “Saying anything that’s not 100% rainbows and unicorns”? Did Blair verbally abuse Chuck in 5x19 then? Heck, did she verbally abuse Serena in the finale, or Dan for, like, almost the entire time they’ve known each other? Am I verbally abusing you right now? So many questions.

I mean, it’s pretty clear that DB fans prefer the “male is subservient to the female and worships the ground she walks on” dynamic, in terms of relationships, but can you guys seriously not deal with any sort of a drama or arguing without immediately pulling out the abuse card? Only on Chuck’s side, of course, because Blair is always the victim no matter what she says or does. That’s just feminism, yo.

No one is ever allowed to call Blair out on her shit without being accused of “abusing” her, apparently. She can say or do whatever she wants to Serena, slut-shame her, insult her intelligence, kiss the guy she’s in love with right in front of her, and that’s all fine- but the second Serena retaliates, suddenly she’s this horrible best friend and terrible person. Blair can shit all over Louis, cheat on him, actually try to leave him while carrying his baby, publicly humiliate him at his own wedding, but when he understandably snaps? Oh right, he’s the asshole. Same is true with Chuck, obviously - a season worth of Blair leading him on/hurting him/generally being a bitch to him for no reason, and that’s all fine, but the second he’s finally had enough and tells her where to get off, he’s abusing her.

I think the crux of the matter is, Blair fans are as bad as Dan fans in terms of never accepting any responsibility for their character’s actions. No one is ever allowed to hurt them or be mean to them, regardless of how much they deserve it.

It’s this whole “wait, why should my actions have consequences?” mindset that’s simply baffling to me.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING LOUIS. I’ve never been particularly interested in him but throughout all his episodes in season four he was the perfect boyfriend. He really tried to be enough for Blair, he loved her and if she felt the same about him, the two of them could be very happy. Instead Blair pushed and pushed until she broke him and his faith in her. It was her behaviour that initially made him paranoid. That of course doesn’t absolve or excuse what he did in the end, but I kind of pitied him, you know?

What We Have Is A Great Love: Gossip Girl Petitions →

faithtrustand:

So Dair fans if this is really about the greater good I think you need to prove you aren’t a bunch of bitter hypocritical preteens whose hormones and ‘love’ for the muppet have led you to falsely imagine an ‘abusive relationship’.

Gossip Girl also glamorizes Drug use, look at Serena’s existence, it glamorizes casual dangerous sexual encounters, it glamorizes bullying, look at what happened between Blair and Jenny, it glamorizes using violence, look at Dan being repeatedly violent and threatening, it glamorizes drug selling, Damien, it glamorizes the idea of blackmail, look at everyone, and it glamorizes lying, stealing, cheating (Don’t forget the biggest cheater of them all DAN).

So I would like to see petitions for ALL of the things that Gossip Girl supposedly does wrong, in your fucked up mindset that is. Otherwise shut up, stop watching and realize that this FICTIONAL SHOW is supposed to be an escape and if you don’t like where it takes you than use the magical REMOTE to change it. If there aren’t enough puppies and rainbows for you Dair fans than I suggest you turn on Nick or the Disney Channel, but only before your bedtime. Wouldn’t want you guys staying up too late.

So true. If there are people who hate on Gossip Girl because it teaches children wrong values, they have my full respect, because they are right - it does. But when some group apparently thinks that Gossip Girl would be all in all a show to watch, if it weren’t for this pesky abuse, than I’m sorry, but you don’t care about ethics and morale and whatnot - you’re just trying to prove your point. Because yeah, right, poor Blair, who bullied the whole school, actively tried to destroy her friends chances to get into a good college, banished another girl from a city, blackmailed a teacher so she would treat her better, ruined a boy’s dream of going to Yale etc. That’s okay, huh?

All I’m saying is - be consequent in everything you do, because if you’re not, nobody’s going to treat you seriously.

CW Unveils Fall Schedule: Gossip Girl Final Season Scoop! →

In a surprising move, the network has decided to rollout its new fall season starting in early October. 

90210 has once again been paired with Gossip Girl on Monday.

So what’s on tap for Gossip Girl’s sixth and final season? The gang is on the hunt to find out of their own as Serena (Blake Lively) has gone off the grid, beyond even the reach of Gossip Girl.  So where is she? Her friends can’t even imagine where she’ll turn up. Blair (Leighton Meester) has finally offered her heart to Chuck (Ed Westwick), but is her love enough to help him win back his empire from his father? Dan’s (Penn Badgley) new book is set to stir up some major trouble on the UES and he has no plans to remain anonymous this time, while Nate (Chace Crawford) is on a mission to finally reveal Gossip Girl.

It’s interesting how the writers try to re-do Dan’s book story line. Did they realize how idiotically they botched it? I remember being really excited about it, thought it’s going to be fun and entertaining. Instead I got something that bored me to tears. Hopefully, with Georgina there, light will be shed on all of the Upper East Siders :) Ah, the only thing it lacks are Jenny and Eric making a come back. I wouldn’t even mind Vanessa *shrug* I’m so glad we’re going back to the beginning!

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bumcrackmosh:

chuck + blair | love lost

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Chuck and Blair essays.: The great abuse debate. →

crindywithclubsauce:

I watch A LOT of TV, and I used to be a fan of Gossip Girl. Back in 2008, I wasn’t even ashamed to admit it. I liked it on a purely shallow level; it was simply good, fun television. The best things about the show, for me, were not the ridiculous (yet still interesting) storylines, but the wonderful clothes, the fantastic city, and the pretty people that I got to see on my TV screen every week. 

That was ruined for me when an influx of Dair shippers barged their way into the fandom of a show I once loved, and I became embarrassed by not only the poor storylines, but also the people within the show’s fandom, because the subject matter that had been brought up, by these shippers, angered me.

I’m not about to start hating on Dan/Blair and complain about all the reasons why I do/don’t want them together. I’m writing this, not to give you a list of reasons of why you should ship a fictional couple, but because I feel things in the fandom have gotten far too heavy and serious, especially for a show called Gossip Girl. I’ve seen so many Dair fans throw the “abuse-supporter” card at Chuck/Blair fans, and honestly, I’m tired of it.

Firstly, “abuse-supporter” is probably one of the worst insults I’ve ever seen within a fandom. To be a supporter of abuse, I assume you would have to enjoy watching an abusive relationship, and fully advocate it. And I’m sure that if you ask any Chair shipper if they enjoyed these so-called counts of abuse (3x17, 4x20) they would tell you that they didn’t enjoy those scenes at all, because they want their favorite couple to be together, and they want to see them happy. I’m also positive that, in real life, they would never want to see a woman being beaten by her husband. So, why, for the love of God, are they being called this?

It’s always going to be a difficult subject when the hotel incident, or the final scene from 4x20, is brought up, because shippers will never agree on whether or not CB had an “abusive relationship”. Personally, I think the writers took some of the key elements of the show - scheming and manipulative main characters - and wrote a storyline that had no business being on a teen soap opera. They got carried away, caught up in the ‘drama’, and wrote something that wasn’t abusive, but incredibly inappropriate.

The fact that the writers even considered writing a story where a character was traded for a hotel, is awful, and is more of a detriment to the writing team, than the characters of Chuck and Blair. They’re fictional, which means they can bounce back from the worst situations possible. In the land of fiction, people even come back from the dead.

I stopped watching the show for a long time after that episode. I was annoyed that couple that I loved so much was being put into a stupid and over-the-top situation, and I wasn’t enjoying them like I used to. When I started watching again in season 5, I decided to ignore everything that had happened in the second half of season three, because this is a tv show, and if I wish to do so, I can.

When Chuck and Blair reunited in 5x10, I was happy - not because they were back together, but because Chuck had shown real maturity and proved that he had changed by telling Blair that he was willing to love and care for her baby. This was a representation of a healthier relationship. This was two adults coming together, despite external obstacles, and making the decision to be together. Blair no longer feel that she had to be with the father of her baby, if it meant not being alone. And Chuck had clearly come a long way from being the spoilt bad boy of season one.

I could get on board with this Chuck and Blair, and why wouldn’t I? At this point in the series, this is the type of relationship Gossip Girl is missing; a young, honest, functioning couple, who are going to deal with their problems and responsibilities together, in a normal, healthy way.

Dan and Blair are not a “healthy” relationship. The last time I checked, a healthly relationship meant that the two people involved were honest with each other, and while arguments and problems will arise, they always aim to do what is best for each other. Dan humiliated Blair at her wedding, and repeatedly lied to her about who sent the video. He also tried to get her to run away with him when she came to him in her time of need, in 5x01. This is far from “flawless”, or “perfect”, or “healthy”. But it’s not going to be healthy, because it’s Gossip Girl, and this show simply doesn’t do healthy relationships. (Where’s the drama in that?) Besides, I’m sure there are loads of other reasons why people ship Dair, without having to make that false statement.

I am sure that when CB reconcile for the final time, I’ll fall in love with them all over again, because I’ve wanted them to get their happily ever after since they had sex in the back of his limo. I know I will be judged because of this. I’ll be called an “abuse-supporter”, “Chairio”, “Chuckistan”, because I like watching a fictional couple on TV. 

Frankly, the last two “insults” are so inane and immature, that I could care less if someone called me that. But if someone called me an “abuse-supporter” to my face, I would cut that bitch down. 

It’s an ignorant moniker. It is clear by the language and grammar used by the Dair shippers who throw this name around, that they have no idea what they’re talking about. Reading a few things on Wikipedia about what constitutes an abusive relationship does not make you an expert on the subject, and it does not give you the right to tell people in the fandom of a CW-network TV show, that they support abuse. 

If you really feel so strongly about abusive relationships, help out a women’s shelter, or donate money to an organization that helps real women (note: real women) who have suffered. Don’t use it as an a way to defend your shipping preferences or hate on somebody else’s, because that makes YOU the sick and insane ones, not Chair shippers.

Abuse is a serious subject, and it astounds me that people bring it up as a way to defend their ship, or to bash another one. What is wrong with you? If you didn’t want to see people being humiliated by those around them (a sign of abuse, as many Dair shippers have informed me), then why the fuck are you watching Gossip Girl? It’s what these people do. It’s a specialty of the beloved Blair Waldorf, who in real life, would probably have pushed someone into harming themselves, due to her incessant bullying.

This brings me to the final point I want to make. Insisting that Chair shippers are victim-blaming, makes you a hypocrite. I read a Dair shipper’s post today that claimed Chair shippers are victim-blaming, by warranting anything Chuck has done to Blair in the past, because she’s also done some terrible things.

Like it or not, victim-blaming is the reason so many people can still love Blair Waldorf, despite all of her wrong-doings. She humiliated Jenny and knocked her off of her pedestal in 1x16, and we all accepted it, because Blair was back in her rightful place as Queen, and it didn’t matter what she had to do to get there. In 1x03, most viewers supported Blair as she attempted to humiliate Serena (and indirectly, Eric) at the college mixer, because Serena “had it coming to her”. Yes, she slept with her boyfriend, but Blair wasn’t hurting Nate in the same way, and her actions could have jeopardized Serena’s college career, and her future. That is, in my opinion, much more serious than a drunken mistake committed by two teenagers. In fact, in a large majority of Blair’s schemes/take-downs, she’s actually been in the wrong.

I feel like I’ve said enough, and got my point across. I’m not trying to start a ship-war here; this post isn’t about why you should ship ‘this couple’, and why you shouldn’t ship ‘that couple’. I just wanted to point out the terrible things that are being said in these “ship-wars” are not okay, and people really should think more before they start throwing their ignorant views around.

Enjoy Gossip Girl for what it is: an often shallow show, that is occasionally witty, and showcases it’s attractive cast.

[x]

Yes, because I’m watching a show like freaking Gossip Girl to learn how relationships work. Obviously a bunch of rich, privileged American kids, who don’t go to school, basically don’t work and just wander around Manhattan day by day, are perfect role models for people everywhere.

What is life, Gossip Girl, what is life?

(This is not Sesame Street. Gossip Girl is not supposed to be educational. From the very beginning, the show claimed that all girls want to be rich and useless socialites, who can only shop and scheme, who fight like angry cats for boys, who treat them like prizes in return. They have no parental guidance of any sorts, drink and do drugs and have sex with random people.

How Gossip Girl could go from this to the season five finale, right? Yes, that was sarcasm. Get over yourselves.)

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"I buy in. I buy it all. Serena going full-on Leaving Las Vegas, Blair determining she can have her company and her Chuck too, Lily and Bart, and even Dan’s new twist toward notoriety. It seems inevitable — and not, for once, because the plot requires that people act stupid to justify the story. Blair making choices is a good thing, even if I don’t love the choices she’s making. It seems authentic to me, anyway. And if it pisses off shippers, which I am sure it will, so much the better. So Blair sits, and bets on them again, and Chuck stares, and she graces him with the sweetest smile on Planet Earth, and I’ll see you in a few months. XOXO."

Gossip Girl 5.24 recap by Jacob (TWoP)

"

Chuck: So you took away my business? This is our new family partnership?
Bart: I am making the right call. My death meant a child inherited my company.
Chuck: Which is thriving, thanks to me. And no thanks to your widow, or the Thorpes.
Bart: I’m going to awkwardly make this about Blair somehow now.
Chuck: Give it a shot.

Swing and a miss, but it’s a soap opera so it makes sense to do this, but his final point actually is valid to the discussion:

Bart: Not to mention going nearly bankrupt buying out her marriage from the Grimaldis. The engagement ring was just the final test, and you took it.
Chuck: You handed it to me and encouraged me to make gestures. And I didn’t even make the gestures! She dropped by twice today in the middle of her other storyline, that’s it! I was too busy being a good son and not even waiting for this obvious other shoe to drop!
Bart: That was dumb, wasn’t it. I’m the worst.

Bart very carefully rescinds every approving statement and loving thing he’s done and said since returning from the dead — for which he no longer thanks Chuck — and even makes fun of the Empire before he’s done. Final score, Chuck is still a boy and not a man, and only a Real Man can run Bass Industries.

"

Gossip Girl 5.24 recap by Jacob (TWoP)

i can't shake him: Dan is GG. →

chairtomytable:

I’m lazy, so this will be short.

• When Lola was tracking GG, “she” was moving towards the castle. Who had just gotten into the car to go to the castle after B/C? D-Humps.
• That was totally a dude’s body. And Dan was at the castle, had access to that computer.
• Dan was the…

I don’t think that’s possible and I’m also pretty sure that there are more than enough counter-arguments but it would be awesome, wouldn’t it? That would an OMFG moment we would never forget ;)

Gossip Girl, 5.24: Why so awesome, Bart Bass? Or the greatest retcon of all times

WELCOME BACK, BART

You know, I’ve said that bringing Bart back was the stupidest thing the writers could do, because it erased any sense in the not so recent plot line. It’s funny how I was right and wrong at the same time. Bart being alive is making everything that happened after his death irrelevant, but do we really need it? The last three seasons sucked in so many ways. It wasn’t only about ships going down, but it was about characters acting out of character, plots not making sense and the show generally not being fun.

At first I wasn’t excited about Bart coming back, because a) continuity and b) he didn’t seem to be his old bastardly self. I love Bart Bass with a passion, he’s probably one of my favourite characters and his relationship with Chuck was actually one of the darkest, most twisted things on this show. But last episode Bart appeared to be a changed man. It was sickening, really :) The first half of the finale I felt the same - Bart being understand about Lilly moving on, Bart encouraging Chuck to pursue Blair and not to lose hope, Bart treating Chuck as his equal in business, all in all: who are you and what have you done to Bart Bass?

And then Bart trolls us all.

I love it. Bart hasn’t changed, not at all and I don’t think it would make sense for a man of his age and experience to suddenly get a personality transplant, so it’s a good thing. I bet that he knew that Lilly would be pissed at Rufus for going behind her back with the annulment and leave him. He never intended to share his fortune with Chuck because he doesn’t respect him in the least. Jack respects Chuck more than Bart and it creeps the shit out of me. And what’s more important, Bart still believes that feelings make you weak; that real men don’t love or at least, they don’t sacrifice everything for love. Love is expendable, love is a bonus, not the sense of life.

THE BASS MEN DON’T LOVE

As soon as he can, Bart deludes Chuck of his hopes of family business and tells him he failed a test. This is such a crucial thing in their relationship: Bart is always testing Chuck’s worth and Chuck is always failing. That’s why the only way Chuck could feel and start to love was after Bart’s death. Bart’s presence in his life was always too toxic and overwhelming to allow any real growth, which was addressed in Debarted. Of course Chuck didn’t get better immediately, but it is noteworthy that most of his major screw-ups were somehow connected to his father and the memory of him. The IP and the season four freak out, Chuck’s two lowest points, come to mind. And now that Bart’s back, Chuck starts making mistakes again.

I am also pleased to say that I was right about the rooftop scene. It wasn’t really about Chuck waiting for Blair - it was about power. Why? Because Bart provoked it. Notice how the rooftop scene takes place exactly after Bart a) takes Chuck down and b) tells him what a failure he his. So when Chuck tells Blair he doesn’t want to be in her shadow and that it’s basically all her fault, he’s not saying what he thinks - he’s just repeating what Bart told him. That’s what Bart’s being alive does to Chuck, it reverts him to his season one and two self but it makes total sense, because that’s what Bart always did. So Chuck on his own doesn’t mind Blair being more powerful or having some hold on him - he has to be reminded by Bart that it’s a bad thing. An un-Bass thing. The identity issues show their ugly heads, here.

BLAIR FINALLY KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS (AND GOES AFTER IT)

I was also happy to see Blair showing some agency here. She chose Chuck and then she decided to fight for him. She agreed to take over her mother’s company because she understood that it’s actually something she wants to do. In the rooftop scene, she was using her annoying baby voice but in the end, that act was gone. What we saw was Blair at her finest, not cooing over Chuck and trying to sooth him like a child. No, she came to him and told him straight: I want you. I’m gonna get you. And I loved how Chuck looked scared shitless in that moment. I’d be scared, too :)

I just loved that last scene. Loved the fact that we still don’t know Chuck’s answer, that we didn’t end the show with Chuck and Blair kissing or worst yet, getting engaged (they are twenty one years old, people, and very unstable, let them date for a while!). Instead, they sat together at a casino in Monte Carlo, looking so very much Chuck and Blair it hurt (classy, rich, like from an old movie) and playing a game. But this time, they play together. And bet on each other. Just like Chuck said back in season three, they need to concentrate their scheming on other people, instead of themselves, because it could tear apart. And it did, actually. So maybe now they can finally overcome this and really be partners?

PEOPLE SAY THEY WERE HAPPIER WITH SERENA GONE, SO SERENA GOES

What I didn’t like was the way Serena and Blair were broken up. It would make sense if Blair got angry after hearing that Serena was ready to expose her, because no matter how pissed about Dan she was, it was a shitty thing to do. But it’s like Blair didn’t mind Serena even considering publishing her diary - she got angry when Serena couldn’t fix it. That was kinda stupid. It was also a very obvious prop for Serena’s down road spiral and paralleling the beginning of first season. I think that could have been done better. (And I still think that too many parallels are just tiring. Come on, the Shepards’ divorce party? Ugh.)

HOW IS THIS RETCONNING, YOU ASK, YOUNG GRASSHOPPER?

All in all, you can see how we are really back to the beginning. The Humphreys’ are on the outside again and let me tell you how I just love Dan deciding to write about the UES the way he should have. Awesome, just awesome! This is the Dan I’ve missed - self-righteous, smart, not taking shit from anyone and disturbing the UES. It would be nice if he acknowledged that Vanessa was ultimately right, though. I’d like to hear him actually say it.

I also absolutely loved Serena’s dig at Dan falling for the dream!Blair instead of the real her. Mostly because that’s how I saw it from the beginning. But I have to admit, that Blair’s treatment of Dan after they got together was quite awful. She led him on, she used him, she hurt and then left him without even saying proper goodbye. I can see (and want to see) Dan trying to get even. Hey, it’s Gossip Girl, those people breath vengeance! :)

Many people stated that Gossip Girl started to suck more after the two worlds, the UES and Brooklyn, became merged with Rufus and Lilly’s marriage. I guess that someone on the writing stuff thought so as well and decided to right that wrong.

THINGS TO COME OR WHAT GOSSIP GIRL IS REALLY ABOUT

I’m very excited about the set of alliances: Chuck, Jack and Blair versus Bart (this could be an epic showdown) and Dan and Georgina versus the world :) If only we could have Jenny back, it would be just like old times. (Imagine what would Jenny do after hearing that Blair Waldorf, of all people, broke her brother’s heart and Serena screwed him over!)

On an end note, the whole season five was worth shit and this is the only episode I really, truly enjoyed. I’m glad I watched it.

Gossip Girl, 5.24: What I want (for Christmas)