this show does not deserve the amount of words i am writing right now

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For all my posturing that I do not care about anything nonDair related, I do still have feelings and a bit of caring for nonDair aspects of this shit show (this was what I was hoping to avoid with avoiding the show as a whole until it was done and then going back to watch all of the glorious Dair but now that I am convinced that Dair are endgame I

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Some of my thoughts:

-Blair and Serena annoy me- I loved them until the start of S.3. And then... My Serena-hate started. But more than that, they seemed to get annoyed at one another too quickly, go to greater extremes to hurt one another- and then forgiveness just comes too quickly. It is unsatisfying.

(I suppose part of it is that I take Blair's side most of the time, with Serena being all "look at my problems!". So when Serena hurts Blair or Blair forgives Serena too easily, I see red.)

-Ah, Jenny. I miss her and her relationship with Dan and I wish they'd managed to make Jenny and Blair's relationship meet all the potential that was there). I hate it when actresses want to leave early and the writers opt to finish a story up quickly rather than with some kind of satisfying closure...

-Vanessa and Dan = BURN IT WITH FIRE!

-Vanessa and Rufus = MY EYES!

-I don't get how everyone can forgive Chuck for some of the things he does... "Oh, he's changed!" No, he hasn't! He'll just revert again! And even if he has 'changed', that doesn't make up for all his mindgames and manipulation and attempted rape!

-I have *actually* just watched the episode before the wedding and- I just can't see yet how they're going to spin Blair and Dan... I want it to happen and I can see it all on his side (with him writing the vows and everything ♥ ). In that regard, it's easy to see how Dan will win against Louis. But there's been too much emphasis on this Chuck "I can't be with him because I promised God I wouldn't!" BS. Either the fall of Chuck in Blair's eyes will be overly-dramatic and poorly written, or I am missing something.

(But I am still looking forward to it :)

AND I can kinda see what you mean about Serena. Part of me is revolting over the way she is trying to bring Dan back to her because he is so clearly uninterested. But part of me actually likes it. It's a wonderful mix of her lack of anything really going for her, her jealousy of Dan's love for her being shifted and maybe jealousy that Blair has three guys after her presently.

And while I hate that she seems to be trying to get Dan even when she doesn't really still seem to have *strong* strong feelings for him, just doing it in the name of nostalgia or to boost her self-esteem or whatever- it's all balanced out by his disinterest. If Dan really liked Serena and she was just drawing him in out of boredom, I'd be pissed. But because he doesn't really give a crap, I *can* sympathise with her desperation because I know it will lead nowhere, and that satisfies my heart. And- I can almost actually like "look at me!" Serena when she doesn't have so much going to her, because you can feel her acting out of desperation rather than needing to be the It girl, when for the last two seasons, that has been Blair. It's almost reminiscent tof Blair from S.1&2 when she was so overshadowed by Serena.

(But my Serena hate still lingers a little, because she is really just acting out of jealousy. She didn't care about Dan, until she read his book and saw that he wasn't always going to be mooning over her shadow, that someone else had taken primary place in his heart. And it's so "look at me!" Serena that it's annoying me, as much as it interests me. But both ways, it is keeping me intrigued! I'm actually surprised how much I like this side-plot right now. I'm certain the writers did not intend this.)

[diableriewillow]

yep you're dead on about the problems with B/S (bs. heh. hahahahaaa. okay) and their friendship. I want the best for them but they continually act the worst. Blair's my girl always but she also has had her share of terrible friend moments, but I think that the difference between her and Serena is that the show is better at getting at Blair's POV so we know that a lot of what drives her bad behavior is based on her own deep insecurities and fears. It's harder to sympathize with Serena because the writers have been fucking up with her character for years now. Serena didn't start off in this show totally selfish and awful as she has been the last few seasons. she may have been self-centered and oblivious to others but she was still at core a good person. I just hate the way they've written her ever since late s2. It was the whole trying to get her dad's attention thing that started me on my dislike Serena spiral. And then her flaking out on college (this seems to be a peeve of mine which is ironic in light of my own life choices) and just s3 terribleness leading to s4 Serena being even more insufferable, but now she is interesting!

A huge criticism I've had for Serena that's been made explicit in the show is how everything comes easy to her; she doesn't have to work hard to get what she wants, or be successful, or have a bunch of men fall in love with her and this season is about breaking a lot of that and having her get knocked down and not succeed in everything she does. She's the one in Blair's shadow now and she's the one trying to really find her place and having a hard time of it. So it's been interesting to see just WHO is Serena van der Woodsen without all her lucky breaks. I don't know if you'll end up liking her more in the next episodes or despise her more. honestly I am having trouble figuring out that balance of just how much i like her or not myself, but the fact i have conflicted Serena feelings at all is a good thing instead of blind hatred or indifference. As you said, it keeps things interesting and is so different from the usual Serena storyline that it's not really a bad thing. I'm mean but I do get satisfaction in seeing how indifferent Dan is to her. The fact that he isn't still hung up on her makes her desperation more endearing than terrible and also gives her some much needed sympathy that's been missing since s2. maybe s3.

It's all going to come down to the finale episode for me to figure out where I stand with Serena. I am still really uncertain about her character and just what she's going to do and how it goes down is going to determine how I end up feeling about her, present conflicting emotions be damned. Right now I just don't know what's going to happen. I am on a rollercoaster of at-odds Serena feelings that I never asked to be on and I resent the writers for this.

I'm both excited for and dreading next week because the finale's centered around Blair and Serena and it's gonna be so. bad. Or good. but probably bad. bad for their friendship definitely. but prob terrible to watch as well. as was most of the last episode. sigh. just gonna get really smashed for the finale.

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Oh and you cannot deny the hot eyesex action that was going on between V/R while they were working at the cafe/art gallery thing...gazing at each other from across the counter as they talk about stuff...

seriously i felt chemistry vibes coming off of them and actually really wondered if they were going to have them hook up for real during early s2.

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[FUCK IT ONE MORE SORRY]

I actually think the show's done a good job of moving away from Chair once and for all.

I've been able to kind of see where the writers were going with Chuck and with Chair by extension. I hated the whole "he's changed" bullshit as well because the supposed evidence of him being changed for the better is so flimsy and weak (he has a dog now. he's a good person. pfffft) but hindsight has proven to me that that was kind of the point. It's easy to think that because someone gives to charities and is a responsible pet owner it means he's not the same Chuck Bass he's always been, but you can't really know if that's the case unless something big happens and seeing how he reacts to events; whether he behaves the same way he always has, or if he rises above it and PROVES just how much he's grown as a person. Will he walk the walk of really-redeemed!Chuck or not. You'll see what I mean.

Also.

Remember the episode of Blair's engagement party when Dan and Chuck are on the stoop and Chuck knows Dan's in love with her? Well it's interesting to me that the dialogue goes along the lines of: "you know blair. no force of nature or god stands in the way of her loving someone" (or something). Well what happens a few episodes later but Blair using God and her crazypants pact with Him as a reason to NOT be with Chuck when she no longer had to be with the prince (this actually has echoes of s1 when she goes to confession after first sleeping with him. huh). She still chose Louis even with no baby in the picture. She continually chooses not!Chuck throughout the rest of the season. The wedding episode is awful but from this point on, I'd say it's a good thing to watch the Chair scenes even though you'll have to sit through a lot more stale melodramatic dialogue (if you were like me and skipped most of it before) because it's good juxtaposition w/ the Dair scenes (and it does become Dair heavy at this point. it's a huge turning point. it gets good. even some of the other storylines are not so terrible. i promise. but that's not the case anymore for the last several eps because it's all shitty again and i don't know what to believe. 5x14-5x16...the glory period of solid gg eps outside of Dair.)