like if he's thinking "damn I'm hungry I should get some wings" is the voice in his head her reading that out all cunty or

I love the relationship between Chuck and Lily, it’s so sweet to see him go to her no matter how chaotic his life is and I love how even tho Bart died, they’re relationship continued to grow. I feel like we don’t talk about them enough, just wanted to show my love for them!

This always makes me laugh. I know this was a trend back then but it looks so funny 😂 😂 😂 😂

Now I’m going to start off by saying that I’m very much aware gossip girl isn’t some deep philosophical show, I’m very much aware of that.

I’ll also be fair and say that as much as I dislike Chuck, I wouldn’t say he’s boring. He certainly has his moments even if I don’t particularly care for them. With that said Chuck is an empty character.

His “motivations” are extremely surface level. Sure, he has his very contrived daddy issues and the dead mom but I never bought it because the writers added that to story so the audience would feel bad for Chuck. It’s not organic therefore it comes off extremely manipulative.

Outside is very melodramatic family dynamics, he has no ambitions,hobby’s, or interests. Even Nate has his own aspirations as boring as he is. With Blair we know her favorite books and movies. It’s the small details that really help characters feel more fleshed and therefore the audience can connect with them. Chuck lacks his own identity outside of Blair.

Hopefully I was able to articulate my thoughts well. I know not everyone will agree and that’s fine lol.

listen i know a majority of this fanbase doesn’t like because of her victim mentality, lack of accountability, along with her sleeping with nate and dan, i get all of that. as a serena stan, all of that frustrates me as well.

however outside of that, i feel like serena could NEVER win with blair no matter what she did. she was trapped in a “damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t” dynamic with her.

blair constantly demanded serena to step down from everything so she could shine. if serena unintentionally attracted attention, blair would take it as an attack and accuse her of hogging the spotlight.

if serena held back or stepped back to let blair shine, blair would still spiral out of paranoia and accuse serena of being condescending or patronizing.

if serena takes a major opportunity that she either earned or was handed to her, blair would label her as entitled or lazy.

if she rejected it, blair would treat it as a slap in the face.

if serena stayed passive, blair viewed her as a passive aggressive threat. if serena stood up for herself, blair used it as proof that serena was some manipulative bully.

it genuinely didn’t matter whether or not serena was in the wrong because blair would view her as a villain regardless 😭

First-time Gossip Girl watcher: my character opinions are probably going to get me attacked

I just finished Gossip Girl for the first time and I NEED to get these opinions out because some of these characters had me fighting for my life 😭

Vanessa : I HATED HER.

I genuinely could not stand her. And not even in a “she’s annoying but I eventually warmed up to her” way. Nope. I disliked her from the FIRST episode she appeared in and somehow she kept finding new ways to annoy me. I know people have complicated opinions about everyone on this show, but Vanessa was just… absolutely not for me.

Blair : LOVED HER.

And yes, I know she did some objectively terrible things. I am aware. But I was seated for every single Blair scene. She was dramatic, ambitious, petty, hilarious, occasionally unhinged, but also incredibly layered. I just enjoyed watching her. 🤷‍♀️

Serena : HATED HER.

And I feel like the reasons are pretty obvious if you've watched the whole show. 😭 I kept trying to understand her and then she would do something that immediately reminded me why I couldn't stand her. There were moments where I felt bad for her, but overall? Girl, PLEASE.

Nate : LOVED HIM.

Honestly, my unproblematic king. 😂 Compared to everyone else, Nate was just out here trying to survive the absolute chaos surrounding him. Was he perfect? Obviously not. But after watching everyone else constantly scheme, lie, betray each other and make the worst possible decision, Nate was a breath of fresh air.

Chuck ..MIXED FEELINGS.

This man had me going through every possible emotion. I could understand why people loved him, and there were moments where I absolutely loved him too. But then he'd do something and I'd be like… yeah, never mind. 😭 His character development was interesting, but I definitely couldn't just overlook everything because he occasionally did something nice.

Jenny: I LOVED JENNY.

And I will die on this hill.

She was literally a teenager. A TEENAGER. Watching the way everyone treated her sometimes made me so frustrated because she clearly needed guidance, stability and someone actually willing to parent her instead of just reacting to whatever she did after the fact.

Which brings me to…

Rufus .... I HATED HIM AS A PARENT.

I actually think Jenny is one of the characters who made me angriest because I kept thinking, someone please just help this girl??? She was a teenager thrown into an insane environment with basically unlimited access to adult drama, and instead of consistently guiding her, Rufus would often just get angry at the consequences.

Like sir, you are the parent. 😭

And the ending.... i did NOT like it!!!

Overall, this show was absolutely amazing and I loved/hated almost everyone at some point. But I'm genuinely curious what everyone else's first-watch opinions were.

Especially Jenny. I feel like people either defend her or absolutely cannot stand her.

XOXO 💋

There are a bunch of pics from costume fittings with Leighton. Does anyone know, if somewhere I could see all of them? Thanks!

theyre always carrying around expensive bags and stuff & limo-ing around… do they not get robbed IRL?
does anyone who lives in NY see these kind of people around?

She’s crushing it!

100% convinced this is her

Just rewatched s1ep10 and honestly Rufus's revenge against Cece wasn't just "petty revenge" imo, what she said to Dan, what she did to Rufus with Lily was really awful. If it was just about Rufus and what happened in the past it would feel more like petty revenge but she was literally doing the same thing with Serena and Dan, he had every right to want to stuck Dan in her face and Dan should've gone with Serena. I'm sure he would've let Jenny go too if she had asked him, the issue was she didn't ask, she just went without telling anyone

Georgina posing with dictators and then there’s Ed sheeran 😭
Also a big ass Blair frame to stay inspired

- She helped Jenny get into the masked ball and even doubled back to make sure she had her keys

- She got Dan published in the New Yorker

- She gave Dan sex advice even when it was breaking her heart

- She went out of her way to become friends with Serena even though it was breaking her heart

- She gave Blair the tape she recorded of Chuck blackmailing her, asking for nothing in return

- She apologized to Nate for unfairly judging him after reading his SAT essay

- She helped Serena create the perfect Christmas present for Dan just because she wanted him to be happy

- She stifled her feelings for Dan in order to be a good friend to Dan and Serena FOR THE ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP, unlike other people in the cast who scheme to break people up and cheat, and even after they broke up, she did not pursue Dan first

- She helped Serena impress her director crush during the school play, almost at the expense of her own relationship

- She gave Chuck a chance to buy a bar she cared about and saw that underneath it all, he was a misunderstood guy with redeeming qualities and even defended him to Blair - before being humiliated by the both of them

- [JUST ADDED] She advocated on Jenny’s behalf, showing Rufus how important Jenny’s work at Eleanor’s atelier was and helped arrange homeschooling for her which ultimately set Jenny on the path to achieving her dreams and establishing a (fleeting) moment of peace between Jenny and Rufus

- Even though no one found out that she stole Nate’s letter to Jenny, she took it upon herself to tell him and took her public humiliation with grace without pursuing revenge on anyone

- She helped Nate confront his father so he could turn himself in and helped mend his friendship with Chuck in the process

- She encouraged Nate to reach out to his family and give them a chance to make it up to him

- She forgave Nate and went to Europe with him after he unceremoniously dumped her for Blair

- Because Vanessa submitted Dan’s writing to the New Yorker, he gained opportunities for internships and started NYU off with a stellar reputation

- [JUST ADDED] She gave Georgina a clean slate when she got to NYU and encouraged Dan to forgive her too

- She forgave Scott for lying to her about his identity and using her to get close to Dan and his family

- She allowed herself to be manipulated by Georgina in order to protect Scott’s identity

- She warned Nate about the Tripp scandal, giving him a chance to figure things out before submitting it to the press and then forgave him after he tricked her into giving the footage to the wrong reporter

- She didn’t call Blair racist and classist for her comments about her “good breeding” compared to Vanessa’s (but maybe she should’ve because the fandom doesn’t see it)

- [JUST ADDED] She lent Blair, someone who has never had a kind word to say to her and has talked badly about her genetics multiple times (i.e. supporting Serena heading off any Humphrey-Abrams offspring) her clothes when Blair wanted a night out away from people who were afraid to date her after Chuck so she could blend in with the Bushwick crowd.

- She dropped everything to help Dan raise Milo without being asked

- She forgave Dan for:
—Falsely telling Willa that her submission to Tisch was plagiarized
—Cheating on her while she was in Haiti
—Running to Serena when she was trying to help him deal with his depression over Milo - during which time he told Serena he’s not over her

- When she heard that an email was sent from Serena’s phone offering sex for grades, she decided it was better to tell her that she stole her phone than to allow her to get expelled for something she knew Serena didn’t do, saying it was “the right thing to do” (before Juliet intervened and blamed it all on her)

- She helped Nate find out the truth about Juliet by snooping in her house while he kept her distracted

- She got Dan’s book published (that is not an easy thing to do)

Did she also do bad things? Yes, and every single one had to do with being betrayed, hurt, or lied to by Nate or Dan, both guys who treated her like trash and left her for girls who think nothing of her. Tell me if your fave character has a list this long of good things that they did for every single main character, even people they’re not friends with, people who treat her like she’s disposable, just for her to be painted as the worst character and the biggest hypocrite when she is far from it.

Should I read the books even though I have watched the series multiple times? Are they any good or not worth it?

it’s just that she always has to go, so she constantly ends up with car hair 💀

im on season 2 ep 15 of gossip girl for the first time and i honestly keep wonderings why dan is with serena when her best friend / friend group bullies his younger sister? i just keep thinking about how he or his dad is okay with this and letting it slide all the time.

esp Serena too. u would think she would actually get mad at Blair for being so mean to her boyfriends sister most of the time

i just finished the show and i can't helo but ask myself why he's refrenced so often, especially in seasons 5 and 6. like i get one mention, but multiple?

S5 E1. I can't believe I didn't pay as close attention to Serena/Nate's conversation as I thought! 🙈

Not only did Chuck clearly not learn anything from Blair/Hotel scandal.

But I'm honestly surprised that a real person was mentioned in this scene.

Thoughts?

When gossip girl ended and Chuck and Blair had a kid who would be most likely to cheat out of Chuck and Blair
And do you ever think Dan would cheat on Serena with Blair or not