The dresses are pretty. But I like Blair's dress better.
Poor Nate, even in the end he defends his best friend. Although, this time around it's true Chuck didn't do anything to Raina--it was all her father's fault.
Chuck let her look for her mom/ get her hopes up, even though he already knew she was dead. And he tried to persuaded Nate to lie to her as well, and to break up with her, even though he knew Nate really liked her. But, yeah, Russel was the biggest jerk in that arc.
Well true Chuck did go along with the charade of letting Raina look for her mom; mostly, because he was doing it for himself--simply because he wanted to really believe her mom was still alive--just so that he didn't have to think that his own dad was a murderer.
And naturally, Chuck twisted Nate's arm to go along with it and even tried pushing his best friend into breaking-up with Raina.
However, in the end, Russell was responsible for the mess that he caused.
I didn't really make the parallel because I believe Chuck is responsible for both instances. I made it because when I watched 4x21, as someone who had rewatched and made a lot of art based on the Paris episodes, the scene very strongly reminded me of 4x02. I don't think it was intentional, but since Sara Goodman wrote both episodes I thought it was worth pointing out.
simply because he wanted to really believe her mom was still alive--just so that he didn't have to think that his own dad was a murderer.Yeah, which totally fits how I think of Chuck nowadays. He's not a monster, but he is an extremely selfish and self-centered person, and I feel like his actions in both scenes fit together in that sense -- running away to India, allowing Raina to get her hopes up (and getting his hopes up as well) that her mother was still alive. These are sort of things that Chuck frames as unselfish (your world would be easier without me in it, letting Raina think her mother is alive is better than knowing she's dead) which I think he has a history
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Ugh, I just told myself she didn't know about the IP because Blair couldn't tell her back in S3. (Blair alluded to it, but it was never completely clear to me that Serena knew.)
And then 4x20 happened, and I was like uuugh. IDK why I ever give this show the benefit of the doubt, it just ends up disappointing me.
I know what you mean, 4x02 was probably the only time I didn't give them the benefit of the doubt, just because I thought Blair would never let such a comment slip by accident. But I was so sure that Nate was really done with Chuck after 4x20, same goes for Lily when they staged that fight for Russel.
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The dresses are pretty. But I like Blair's dress better.
Poor Nate, even in the end he defends his best friend. Although, this time around it's true Chuck didn't do anything to Raina--it was all her father's fault.
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But, yeah, Russel was the biggest jerk in that arc.
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And naturally, Chuck twisted Nate's arm to go along with it and even tried pushing his best friend into breaking-up with Raina.
However, in the end, Russell was responsible for the mess that he caused.
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simply because he wanted to really believe her mom was still alive--just so that he didn't have to think that his own dad was a murderer.Yeah, which totally fits how I think of Chuck nowadays. He's not a monster, but he is an extremely selfish and self-centered person, and I feel like his actions in both scenes fit together in that sense -- running away to India, allowing Raina to get her hopes up (and getting his hopes up as well) that her mother was still alive. These are sort of things that Chuck frames as unselfish (your world would be easier without me in it, letting Raina think her mother is alive is better than knowing she's dead) which I think he has a history ( ... )
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Especially the first one, I don't think I've ever been as upset with Serena as after watching that scene.
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And then 4x20 happened, and I was like uuugh. IDK why I ever give this show the benefit of the doubt, it just ends up disappointing me.
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But I was so sure that Nate was really done with Chuck after 4x20, same goes for Lily when they staged that fight for Russel.
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