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Why do I have so many thoughts about Gossip Girl?
So I really liked the Gossip Girl finale? WTF not expecting that. Maybe it was because I was already spoiled for a lot of it? But they got me with all the drama and the previous season call backs and the pilot references. I'M EASY OK?
Seriously I get why people are mad about the finale. I'm personally not all that concerned RE: Blair/Chuck. I cannot grasp how people are more upset about him sleeping with Jenny than they are about him pimping her out to Uncle Rape-a-lot. Chuck sleeps with everyone. Chuck was partying with hookers and blow like the very episode before.
Although I do love that Blair's line in the sand was sleeping with Jenny Humphrey. She's totally fine with him going on an opium bender and sleeping with every prostitute and cirque du soleil member in the city. But JENNY CORPSE BRIDE HUMPHREY? Fuck no. We're through. I actually really follow Blair's logic there. I wouldn't want to get anywhere near the rat's nest on top of Jenny's head, even if only secondhand.
Blair and Chuck will be fine. Not for awhile but eventually. They're the WHOLE SHOW. I've stopped worrying about them as a couple. They'll always find each other in the end. They are the only two people of equal awesome and evil.
I'm more worried, honestly, about my lovely shiny happy people AKA Serena and Nate. I'm encouraged that Blair referred to them as "mythic" because really...they are. No two people on that show are as simple and pretty and happy as they are. They just bounce around, doing stupid things and ruining everyone's life by complete accident and it's wonderful. I NEED MORE SERENA/NATE. I'm not willing to let go of them yet! I'm sincerely worried about them. They light up my life.
With that said? It was actually sort of nice to see Serena/Dan again. Don't get me wrong, I do NOT want that to happen again. It looks like it is and I am not on board. BUT with that said? It felt like Dan was more likable in this episode than he's been all season (except for in scenes with Blair) and more relevant too. I'm 1000% team dumb golden retrievers but I won't mind getting more Serena/Dan interaction. And I buy that after all the stuff with her dad she would fall back into the Serena/Dan blackhole briefly. He was her first love.But I'm hoping the show doesn't forget Serena/Nate. Seriously. They are SO DEAR.
I actually felt really terrible for Jenny. I don't actually hate her like a lot of people do. (Unlike Vanessa, who serves no purpose on the show other than annoying me and being Dan, but so much creepier.) Jenny is there for hilarious drama (like remember that time she was a drug dealer!? Or when Agnes SLOWLY burned her clothes after the ~guerrilla fashion show~?) and I appreciate that. By the end of the episode she had blown up every major relationship on the show. It might be annoying but it is impressive.
And her downward spiral has been really well developed over the season. I came up with this theory about Jenny awhile back because I was trying to figure out what was her thing. Like Blair is all about control and Vanessa is all about stalking and Chuck is all about the burlesque which makes him perfect for Blair because she's always staging these movies in her head. And I could probably write an essay about Serena but my thoughts have been pretty scattered on her lately so I'll spare everyone.
I figured out that Jenny's thing is that she always wants the thing that she can't have. If you put something up on a shelf and tell Jenny she can't have it she will rappel up by her disgusting extensions to get it. She wants to be Queen but not just in time, NOW so she disposes Blair to do it. She wants to get into fashion so she gets an internship with Eleanor. But that's not good enough so she has to QUIT SCHOOL because this is the only time in her life she'll get a chance! And then she's not content in just working for Eleanor, she has to be in meetings! Then she starts her own clothing line! And this season she's finally gotten everything she ever thought she wanted. So no wonder she went crazy and started dealing drugs and trying to get Nate away from Serena. She had nothing left to WANT. My guess is if she got Nate that relationship would have lasted for two seconds. It's not Nate she actually wants, it's just the thing she can't have.
Without something to strive for this season she's just gone increasingly nutsballs until it finally spiraled into sleeping with Chuck, which is the universally recognized symbol that you've hit rock bottom on this show. I actually felt terrible for her the whole episode, despite all her problems being of her own making. And when she was crying with all her zombie eye makeup smudged all over her face: ouch. Taylor Momsen might seem like the most pretentious teenager ever in real life but girl can ACT.
All the callbacks to the first season were also surprisingly well done. Georgina at Grand Central, Jenny looking out the window, Chuck/Jenny and face punching, Nate getting shut down by Serena, Blair not showing up for Chuck instead of vice versa, and the two girls taking off together. Blair's outfit here even mirrored her s1 finale outfit. And the green coat was obviously supposed to remind us of the green coat she wore in the s2 finale.
I was so happy to see Serena and Blair ride off together into the sunset on a romantic trip to Paris. They are, were and always will be the true OTP of the show. And I love the idea of them both single at the same time. It really gets me excited for the Paris episodes next season. There is little I want to see more than Blair and Serena unleashing their unique brand of destruction on Paris. I'm betting that by the second day Blair will be crowned some kind of royalty and Serena will have accidentally knocked down the Eiffel Tower.
So just posting up the comments I left on the NYMag reality index. Here's hoping I make the recap of the recap again this week! That would make three for three!
-50 for everyone going on and on about how "romantic" Chuck's Affair to Remember ultimatum is. I buy that Chuck would think this was the most romantic thing he'd ever done since just not date raping people is romantic for Chuck but wouldn't anyone else notice this was horrible? I mean Chuck was really going to propose in front of TOURISTS?
+20 for Serena being able to pack up for Paris in approximately three minutes. All her clothes are only about a yard of fabric, so I'm assuming she could get about half her wardrobe in one suitcase.
-100 for the gross Chuck/Jenny hookup and minus an additional 50 for Blair not immediately knowing something was up when she popped over. You know if this was real Chuck would have been covered in dead weave and zombie eye makeup.
+20 for Jenny's evil voodoo powers managing to (almost) successfully blow up every major couple on this show.
The more evil Jenny got the more tendril-like her Medusa hair became. By the end of the episode it looked like her hair was performing these acts of bitchery independent of her. IT'S ALIVE. And it has a plan! Plus 50.
+100 for the Humphrey hug and the look of absolute horror on Lily and Eric's faces when they're asked to join in. In that moment I like to believe Lily started reevaluating her life choices. Fake cancer in Palm Beach not looking so bad now huh?
+30 for Georgina being 20 months pregnant. That baby bump was HUGE but then it would have to be to accommodate all the ego and craziness. I can only imagine the terrifying poems baby Dangina will someday write.
I might do a finale picspam soon with all the comparisons to other seasons/the pilot. Also I realize this post is completely ridiculous. Sometimes I think lots of thoughts about Gossip Girl! I can't help it!
XOXO
~Morgan
Seriously I get why people are mad about the finale. I'm personally not all that concerned RE: Blair/Chuck. I cannot grasp how people are more upset about him sleeping with Jenny than they are about him pimping her out to Uncle Rape-a-lot. Chuck sleeps with everyone. Chuck was partying with hookers and blow like the very episode before.
Although I do love that Blair's line in the sand was sleeping with Jenny Humphrey. She's totally fine with him going on an opium bender and sleeping with every prostitute and cirque du soleil member in the city. But JENNY CORPSE BRIDE HUMPHREY? Fuck no. We're through. I actually really follow Blair's logic there. I wouldn't want to get anywhere near the rat's nest on top of Jenny's head, even if only secondhand.
Blair and Chuck will be fine. Not for awhile but eventually. They're the WHOLE SHOW. I've stopped worrying about them as a couple. They'll always find each other in the end. They are the only two people of equal awesome and evil.
I'm more worried, honestly, about my lovely shiny happy people AKA Serena and Nate. I'm encouraged that Blair referred to them as "mythic" because really...they are. No two people on that show are as simple and pretty and happy as they are. They just bounce around, doing stupid things and ruining everyone's life by complete accident and it's wonderful. I NEED MORE SERENA/NATE. I'm not willing to let go of them yet! I'm sincerely worried about them. They light up my life.
With that said? It was actually sort of nice to see Serena/Dan again. Don't get me wrong, I do NOT want that to happen again. It looks like it is and I am not on board. BUT with that said? It felt like Dan was more likable in this episode than he's been all season (except for in scenes with Blair) and more relevant too. I'm 1000% team dumb golden retrievers but I won't mind getting more Serena/Dan interaction. And I buy that after all the stuff with her dad she would fall back into the Serena/Dan blackhole briefly. He was her first love.But I'm hoping the show doesn't forget Serena/Nate. Seriously. They are SO DEAR.
I actually felt really terrible for Jenny. I don't actually hate her like a lot of people do. (Unlike Vanessa, who serves no purpose on the show other than annoying me and being Dan, but so much creepier.) Jenny is there for hilarious drama (like remember that time she was a drug dealer!? Or when Agnes SLOWLY burned her clothes after the ~guerrilla fashion show~?) and I appreciate that. By the end of the episode she had blown up every major relationship on the show. It might be annoying but it is impressive.
And her downward spiral has been really well developed over the season. I came up with this theory about Jenny awhile back because I was trying to figure out what was her thing. Like Blair is all about control and Vanessa is all about stalking and Chuck is all about the burlesque which makes him perfect for Blair because she's always staging these movies in her head. And I could probably write an essay about Serena but my thoughts have been pretty scattered on her lately so I'll spare everyone.
I figured out that Jenny's thing is that she always wants the thing that she can't have. If you put something up on a shelf and tell Jenny she can't have it she will rappel up by her disgusting extensions to get it. She wants to be Queen but not just in time, NOW so she disposes Blair to do it. She wants to get into fashion so she gets an internship with Eleanor. But that's not good enough so she has to QUIT SCHOOL because this is the only time in her life she'll get a chance! And then she's not content in just working for Eleanor, she has to be in meetings! Then she starts her own clothing line! And this season she's finally gotten everything she ever thought she wanted. So no wonder she went crazy and started dealing drugs and trying to get Nate away from Serena. She had nothing left to WANT. My guess is if she got Nate that relationship would have lasted for two seconds. It's not Nate she actually wants, it's just the thing she can't have.
Without something to strive for this season she's just gone increasingly nutsballs until it finally spiraled into sleeping with Chuck, which is the universally recognized symbol that you've hit rock bottom on this show. I actually felt terrible for her the whole episode, despite all her problems being of her own making. And when she was crying with all her zombie eye makeup smudged all over her face: ouch. Taylor Momsen might seem like the most pretentious teenager ever in real life but girl can ACT.
All the callbacks to the first season were also surprisingly well done. Georgina at Grand Central, Jenny looking out the window, Chuck/Jenny and face punching, Nate getting shut down by Serena, Blair not showing up for Chuck instead of vice versa, and the two girls taking off together. Blair's outfit here even mirrored her s1 finale outfit. And the green coat was obviously supposed to remind us of the green coat she wore in the s2 finale.
I was so happy to see Serena and Blair ride off together into the sunset on a romantic trip to Paris. They are, were and always will be the true OTP of the show. And I love the idea of them both single at the same time. It really gets me excited for the Paris episodes next season. There is little I want to see more than Blair and Serena unleashing their unique brand of destruction on Paris. I'm betting that by the second day Blair will be crowned some kind of royalty and Serena will have accidentally knocked down the Eiffel Tower.
So just posting up the comments I left on the NYMag reality index. Here's hoping I make the recap of the recap again this week! That would make three for three!
-50 for everyone going on and on about how "romantic" Chuck's Affair to Remember ultimatum is. I buy that Chuck would think this was the most romantic thing he'd ever done since just not date raping people is romantic for Chuck but wouldn't anyone else notice this was horrible? I mean Chuck was really going to propose in front of TOURISTS?
+20 for Serena being able to pack up for Paris in approximately three minutes. All her clothes are only about a yard of fabric, so I'm assuming she could get about half her wardrobe in one suitcase.
-100 for the gross Chuck/Jenny hookup and minus an additional 50 for Blair not immediately knowing something was up when she popped over. You know if this was real Chuck would have been covered in dead weave and zombie eye makeup.
+20 for Jenny's evil voodoo powers managing to (almost) successfully blow up every major couple on this show.
The more evil Jenny got the more tendril-like her Medusa hair became. By the end of the episode it looked like her hair was performing these acts of bitchery independent of her. IT'S ALIVE. And it has a plan! Plus 50.
+100 for the Humphrey hug and the look of absolute horror on Lily and Eric's faces when they're asked to join in. In that moment I like to believe Lily started reevaluating her life choices. Fake cancer in Palm Beach not looking so bad now huh?
+30 for Georgina being 20 months pregnant. That baby bump was HUGE but then it would have to be to accommodate all the ego and craziness. I can only imagine the terrifying poems baby Dangina will someday write.
I might do a finale picspam soon with all the comparisons to other seasons/the pilot. Also I realize this post is completely ridiculous. Sometimes I think lots of thoughts about Gossip Girl! I can't help it!
XOXO
~Morgan
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So many THOUGHTS. And I agree with you almost one hundred percent...minus a few things. lol.
I was really heinously upset that Chuck slept with Jenny. I didn't like, didn't like it at all. And I don't blame Blair for one second. Yeah, she'll take Chuck after billions of hookers and kilos and kilos of coke are done with him....but one night with Jenny Humphrey? Hell no. Blair doesn't do sloppy seconds. Also, I like how everyone acted like she was ravished at the hands of one Chuck Bass. I mean, hey yo, it takes two to tango, and boy, did Jenny tango.
I went back and watched the pilot and I completely miss Dan and Serena. Despite my love for Nate/Serena/Golden locks of sunshine, I have always carried a torch for Dan/Serena. ALWAYS. I think Nate and Serena need smarter counterparts. If they're together, their future would just consist of lots of pretty sex, made up problems and pregnancy scares. Also fresh faced, natural haired pilot Jenny made me sad. Oh the bitchy, disgusting future you have, Little J!
I too believe that Blair and Chuck will make it through. However, if its because he gets shot, I will feel cheated. That would be ridiculously predictable and I won't have it!
All I ask is that the writers please do something...I don't care if its new characters...to keep from recycling through the same couples again and again. I mean. Seriously. If Nate and Blair get back together or anybody gets with Vanessa I will just...ugh, do not know.
And I am too glad about Serena and Blair partying it up in Paris. But, wtf, Dan, that plane ticket to Paris to "woo" Serena would do nothing but make things awkward and make Blair hate you. Does the UES/Brooklyn have no tact? Give the girls some break up space, damn.
Anywho, onward to next season!
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Haha! Awesome! I think so many thoughts about Gossip Girl, even though I know I shouldn't. Good to see I'm not alone though! <3
Yeah, she'll take Chuck after billions of hookers and kilos and kilos of coke are done with him....but one night with Jenny Humphrey? Hell no. Blair doesn't do sloppy seconds.
WORD. I think it's funny that the line Blair draws is Jenny Humphrey. Like fine, sleep with some hookers and do some blow. Whatever. But there is NO WAY Blair is getting back together with you after you've touched Little J and her 80 pounds of eyemakeup. GAME OVER.
Despite my love for Nate/Serena/Golden locks of sunshine, I have always carried a torch for Dan/Serena. ALWAYS.
I actually feel the same. I ways always Dan/Serena until they got back together (the 2nd time) in s2. And then I was like "OMG I NEED A BREAK FROM THEM". And despite how much I love my happy flossy couple I still have a special place in my heart for them. I honestly still hope to see Serena/Nate again next season but I wouldn't die if some Serena/Dan stuff happens.
The problem with Nate/anyone else is that I'm pretty sure he's never been as delightful with anyone else as with Serena. I mean he and Vanessa were cute but they were just thrown together randomly without any buildup because the writers needed to work Vanessa into the show more and so I could never really care abotu them too much.
However, if its because he gets shot, I will feel cheated. That would be ridiculously predictable and I won't have it!
Agreed. That would be the worst. I hope GG thinks up something better (or at least MORE dramatic and hilarious) than that.
If Nate and Blair get back together or anybody gets with Vanessa I will just...ugh, do not know.
Agreed. No one wants to see either of those things happen again. Can Vanessa stay in Haiti?
But, wtf, Dan, that plane ticket to Paris to "woo" Serena would do nothing but make things awkward and make Blair hate you. Does the UES/Brooklyn have no tact? Give the girls some break up space, damn.
I laughed so hard when I saw he was going to buy a ticket. I just imagined how awkward that would have been after Serena told him to GTFO. Like...what does he do then? Hope you got a hotel Dan! You're not staying with Serena and Blair! They have shopping to do and crepes to eat and berets to wear! THEY ARE VERY BUSY.