Gossip Girl: The Fugitives
As always, I'm ridiculously serious about Chuck and Blair, so feel free to skip away and avoid!
So, I want to be all "Hahaha, this show is so ridiculous! How am I even still watching." like I usually am, except clearly whatever they are doing is WORKING, because I am not only still watching, I am VERY, VERY SERIOUS about it. Bastards.
So. Okay. Let's just go with Bart first. I... that reason for Bart disappearing? That one of his business contacts is mean and wanted to kill him and has mob contacts? Ehhhh... It was kind of ridiculous. I was prepared for that, but oh show... You made me sad. Bart's death was such an integral and epic arc for Chuck's character, and while Bart being alive doesn't necessarily change that, it just... cheapens it somehow.
Especially because it was clearly done for drama's sake, and not for any discernible plot reason. That I could tell.
ALTHOUGH! How awesome an ending would it be if Bart was a changed man too, got back with Lily and gave Chuck TWO amazing parents, Serena got better and became his awesome sister, and then Blair marries him and he has a PERFECT LIFE! That is my new fantasy head fanon ending, I think...
Chuck's uncertain neediness with Bart broke my heart. "Now... you're packing to go home, right? Not to leave me again?" OH, MY BBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! *sobs*
And honestly, I don't know how Bart disappearing was any sort of solution to his problem. Okay, so the associate was threatening Lily and Chuck, but... if he really wanted Bart dead, couldn't he have used Chuck or Lily to get Bart OUT of hiding? I guess we're supposed to think that as long as Bart was gone, the associate thought he was safe and everything was okay? I don't know. I don't feel that was solid reasoning, but what else is new?
I am VERY curious to see how it shakes out with Lily now, considering her and Rufus are on the outs. Hmm.
Blair was kind of... a little too detached, this episode. She felt a little like the Blair from a few eps back who turned Chuck away in a time of need after telling him she'd always love him. Honestly, is there really a need to be scornful and sarcastic every time you see him, Blair? Like he's just killed your puppy? I don't get that at all.
Well, I mean, okay, there's one person that Chuck has schemed against the past few months, for selfish purposes, and that was Dan. He got Dan in a noose and had it tight, before Blair called him and asked him to please stop, but then he let go and hasn't looked back.
Still, I'm not entirely sure why Chuck stopped to ask Blair for help. At least at that particular moment, before he went to see Diana. But whatever. I was a little MORE surprised at Serena's behavior. Telling Blair she needed to be with Dan, and then telling her that Chuck's reason for asking Blair for help was just to get her away from Dan. I just... SERENA. STOP IT. I thought you and Chuck were solid now!
That, combined with the promos makes me wonder if the 'fabric' of the show they are changing is going to be Evil!Serena. Like, maybe Serena will be the new Chuck.
As for the promo for the finale...
Oh my. First, how does the ring return? Didn't Chuck leave it on the steps of HW before he ran off to get shot in Paris? OR did the muggers get it? I may have to rewatch that bit.
Second, oh... Um. It does look like Serena does a repeat of her scandal with Nate. Gets drunk and has sex with Dan on a bar. That is her betrayal of Blair in the pilot in a nutshell.
At the same time, I'm... a little nervous. Because I feel like they're telescoping Chuck/Blair TOO much. Trying to lead us into thinking one thing, only to pull a switch at the end. They do love their simplistic twists. The entire promo could be not what it seems at all.
I am not sure why Chuck would ask Blair to marry him at this point. If he did it would feel very... off. Chuck seems fully aware that Blair doesn't want to see him and is happy with Dan. He's been letting them do their own thing, unmolested, except for the last week or so with Bart's mystery. And I think he can be forgiven for that. Not to mention I do not think he was WRONG to think Blair was his friend and would be willing to help. The fact that Blair was unwilling at first isn't his fault. Blair's demonic possession took care of that. Cripes.
I mean, Jesus, she's allowed to make her own choices, but don't tell someone one thing and then act totally different when they take those words to heart. That's just not being a good person.
Okay, I'm going to lay off now. Because I still actually like all of these characters, even if I disagree with their writing. I've always been more attracted to the potential behind them, more than the things they actually do.
So. Right now I'm thinking:
Character out in the wind: Either Dan or Blair. If Dan cheats, and ESPECIALLY if it's all a set-up by Serena to destroy them, he'll take off to Rome and maybe never get there. Or it will all be too much for Blair, and she'll take off by herself. (She WAS reticent to go to Rome with Dan because she wanted to do her own thing, after all.)
eta: Hmmm. I just had a thought... tptb have said that Blair's decision between Dan and Chuck (although I'm not sure how it can be framed as a decision since they haven't really been writing it as a triangle at all.) will be clear in the finale, but they haven't said she will BE with someone. Maybe she chooses Chuck, and he, logically and sanely, tells her no, and that's the last straw. She takes off. Because seriously, if I were dating someone like Blair and she came back after all this and was all "Oh, I love you now!" I'd be all: "Listen, Flaky, let's give it a year and if you still feel the same way, okay, but not right now, because I'm not masochistic!" (He's a sadist, people. He said it himself.)
Serena: Evil next season.
Chuck: Good next season.
Nate: The same as always forever.
Lily, Rufus, Bart: HMMMMMMM!
Thoughts?
So, I want to be all "Hahaha, this show is so ridiculous! How am I even still watching." like I usually am, except clearly whatever they are doing is WORKING, because I am not only still watching, I am VERY, VERY SERIOUS about it. Bastards.
So. Okay. Let's just go with Bart first. I... that reason for Bart disappearing? That one of his business contacts is mean and wanted to kill him and has mob contacts? Ehhhh... It was kind of ridiculous. I was prepared for that, but oh show... You made me sad. Bart's death was such an integral and epic arc for Chuck's character, and while Bart being alive doesn't necessarily change that, it just... cheapens it somehow.
Especially because it was clearly done for drama's sake, and not for any discernible plot reason. That I could tell.
ALTHOUGH! How awesome an ending would it be if Bart was a changed man too, got back with Lily and gave Chuck TWO amazing parents, Serena got better and became his awesome sister, and then Blair marries him and he has a PERFECT LIFE! That is my new fantasy head fanon ending, I think...
Chuck's uncertain neediness with Bart broke my heart. "Now... you're packing to go home, right? Not to leave me again?" OH, MY BBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! *sobs*
And honestly, I don't know how Bart disappearing was any sort of solution to his problem. Okay, so the associate was threatening Lily and Chuck, but... if he really wanted Bart dead, couldn't he have used Chuck or Lily to get Bart OUT of hiding? I guess we're supposed to think that as long as Bart was gone, the associate thought he was safe and everything was okay? I don't know. I don't feel that was solid reasoning, but what else is new?
I am VERY curious to see how it shakes out with Lily now, considering her and Rufus are on the outs. Hmm.
Blair was kind of... a little too detached, this episode. She felt a little like the Blair from a few eps back who turned Chuck away in a time of need after telling him she'd always love him. Honestly, is there really a need to be scornful and sarcastic every time you see him, Blair? Like he's just killed your puppy? I don't get that at all.
Well, I mean, okay, there's one person that Chuck has schemed against the past few months, for selfish purposes, and that was Dan. He got Dan in a noose and had it tight, before Blair called him and asked him to please stop, but then he let go and hasn't looked back.
Still, I'm not entirely sure why Chuck stopped to ask Blair for help. At least at that particular moment, before he went to see Diana. But whatever. I was a little MORE surprised at Serena's behavior. Telling Blair she needed to be with Dan, and then telling her that Chuck's reason for asking Blair for help was just to get her away from Dan. I just... SERENA. STOP IT. I thought you and Chuck were solid now!
That, combined with the promos makes me wonder if the 'fabric' of the show they are changing is going to be Evil!Serena. Like, maybe Serena will be the new Chuck.
As for the promo for the finale...
Oh my. First, how does the ring return? Didn't Chuck leave it on the steps of HW before he ran off to get shot in Paris? OR did the muggers get it? I may have to rewatch that bit.
Second, oh... Um. It does look like Serena does a repeat of her scandal with Nate. Gets drunk and has sex with Dan on a bar. That is her betrayal of Blair in the pilot in a nutshell.
At the same time, I'm... a little nervous. Because I feel like they're telescoping Chuck/Blair TOO much. Trying to lead us into thinking one thing, only to pull a switch at the end. They do love their simplistic twists. The entire promo could be not what it seems at all.
I am not sure why Chuck would ask Blair to marry him at this point. If he did it would feel very... off. Chuck seems fully aware that Blair doesn't want to see him and is happy with Dan. He's been letting them do their own thing, unmolested, except for the last week or so with Bart's mystery. And I think he can be forgiven for that. Not to mention I do not think he was WRONG to think Blair was his friend and would be willing to help. The fact that Blair was unwilling at first isn't his fault. Blair's demonic possession took care of that. Cripes.
I mean, Jesus, she's allowed to make her own choices, but don't tell someone one thing and then act totally different when they take those words to heart. That's just not being a good person.
Okay, I'm going to lay off now. Because I still actually like all of these characters, even if I disagree with their writing. I've always been more attracted to the potential behind them, more than the things they actually do.
So. Right now I'm thinking:
Character out in the wind: Either Dan or Blair. If Dan cheats, and ESPECIALLY if it's all a set-up by Serena to destroy them, he'll take off to Rome and maybe never get there. Or it will all be too much for Blair, and she'll take off by herself. (She WAS reticent to go to Rome with Dan because she wanted to do her own thing, after all.)
eta: Hmmm. I just had a thought... tptb have said that Blair's decision between Dan and Chuck (although I'm not sure how it can be framed as a decision since they haven't really been writing it as a triangle at all.) will be clear in the finale, but they haven't said she will BE with someone. Maybe she chooses Chuck, and he, logically and sanely, tells her no, and that's the last straw. She takes off. Because seriously, if I were dating someone like Blair and she came back after all this and was all "Oh, I love you now!" I'd be all: "Listen, Flaky, let's give it a year and if you still feel the same way, okay, but not right now, because I'm not masochistic!" (He's a sadist, people. He said it himself.)
Serena: Evil next season.
Chuck: Good next season.
Nate: The same as always forever.
Lily, Rufus, Bart: HMMMMMMM!
Thoughts?