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Gossip Girl 204
Dan was so annoying in this episode, Serena should have slapped him in that final bar scene!!! But at the same time Serena was also annoying the way that she kept apologising for everything, and Dan had a point when he said that either she was responsible for her friends actions or she wasn't. She acts guilty around Dan all the time, and it's like she wants him to judge and find her wanting. Just as with the kissing Nate in 201, she had nothing to apologise for in this episode and seeing her humble herself before Dan was getting so old. Loved when she decided to return to being her old self. The look she gave Dan at the end as she saunters in, that was perfect and I was cackling at Dan's expression :P And poor Blair, but the scene where Serena wraps the scarf around her was really chilling and well done.
The one thing that does confuse me a little is that I never got the impression that Serena was actively mean in the way that Blair can be. Rather that people follow Blair because they're afraid of her, but people wanted to follow Serena because of her IT factor and apparent effortless charm. It really come across that the other girls just adored Serena, and were thrilled and excited to see her back. Whereas with all of the Blair and Jenny drama last season it never came across that the girls actually liked hanging out with Blair, but simply fell into line as her minions. I always thought that old Serena was meant to be an oblivious party girl where things just fell into her lap, and that she got chosen over Blair without having to work for it, rather than Serena treating it as a competition. But then maybe Dan and his asshat ways drove Serena to take it further than she used too?
Anyway I am loving this new bitchy Serena, finally an actual interesting personality may emerge! She has just been such a passive character so far, the Georgina plot was the worst for her character because it promised major scandal and changes, and instead it was all about Serena crying and not knowing what to say to Dan...Thank God those two are broken up at last
And I'm also glad that Marcus is now gone because that plotline did nothing for me, and I wasn't sure what to make of Blair's tears. Originally she was using him to make Chuck jealous, and actually said to Marcus's face that she doesn't really like him and he's boring. Then she finds out he has a title and decides to stick with Marcus, but since when does that equal actually falling for him? Marcus actually made me appreciate Nate/Blair more in retrospect...I had no emotional investment in a love triangle with him, and found it lame that Blair has apparently lost all feelings for Nate. Chuck/Blair are my ship for GG, but rewatching the season 1 DVDs recently made me think that Nate/Blair had some really nice moments too. It's a shame to totally drop them just because of Chuck/Blair appealing to the audience more.
In fact I seem to find it easy to ship Nate with everyone as I really like him with Vanessa as well, and also hope they do Nate/Serena eventually. And of course Chuck/Nate which I wish the show would focus on more friendship-wise at least. It feels like they used to interact a lot more in season 1 (Nate sleeping on the sofa in Chuck's bedroom!!), and now Serena has kind of replaced Nate as the person Chuck confides in maybe?
Dan was so annoying in this episode, Serena should have slapped him in that final bar scene!!! But at the same time Serena was also annoying the way that she kept apologising for everything, and Dan had a point when he said that either she was responsible for her friends actions or she wasn't. She acts guilty around Dan all the time, and it's like she wants him to judge and find her wanting. Just as with the kissing Nate in 201, she had nothing to apologise for in this episode and seeing her humble herself before Dan was getting so old. Loved when she decided to return to being her old self. The look she gave Dan at the end as she saunters in, that was perfect and I was cackling at Dan's expression :P And poor Blair, but the scene where Serena wraps the scarf around her was really chilling and well done.
The one thing that does confuse me a little is that I never got the impression that Serena was actively mean in the way that Blair can be. Rather that people follow Blair because they're afraid of her, but people wanted to follow Serena because of her IT factor and apparent effortless charm. It really come across that the other girls just adored Serena, and were thrilled and excited to see her back. Whereas with all of the Blair and Jenny drama last season it never came across that the girls actually liked hanging out with Blair, but simply fell into line as her minions. I always thought that old Serena was meant to be an oblivious party girl where things just fell into her lap, and that she got chosen over Blair without having to work for it, rather than Serena treating it as a competition. But then maybe Dan and his asshat ways drove Serena to take it further than she used too?
Anyway I am loving this new bitchy Serena, finally an actual interesting personality may emerge! She has just been such a passive character so far, the Georgina plot was the worst for her character because it promised major scandal and changes, and instead it was all about Serena crying and not knowing what to say to Dan...Thank God those two are broken up at last
And I'm also glad that Marcus is now gone because that plotline did nothing for me, and I wasn't sure what to make of Blair's tears. Originally she was using him to make Chuck jealous, and actually said to Marcus's face that she doesn't really like him and he's boring. Then she finds out he has a title and decides to stick with Marcus, but since when does that equal actually falling for him? Marcus actually made me appreciate Nate/Blair more in retrospect...I had no emotional investment in a love triangle with him, and found it lame that Blair has apparently lost all feelings for Nate. Chuck/Blair are my ship for GG, but rewatching the season 1 DVDs recently made me think that Nate/Blair had some really nice moments too. It's a shame to totally drop them just because of Chuck/Blair appealing to the audience more.
In fact I seem to find it easy to ship Nate with everyone as I really like him with Vanessa as well, and also hope they do Nate/Serena eventually. And of course Chuck/Nate which I wish the show would focus on more friendship-wise at least. It feels like they used to interact a lot more in season 1 (Nate sleeping on the sofa in Chuck's bedroom!!), and now Serena has kind of replaced Nate as the person Chuck confides in maybe?
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Date: 2008-09-24 04:31 pm (UTC)B/A vs spuffy news relevant to the the comics:
http://sum1-different.livejournal.com/119724.html
And see what they've done to poor Dawn:
http://sum1-different.livejournal.com/119818.html?mode=reply
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Date: 2008-09-24 04:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-09-25 12:24 am (UTC)http://sum1-different.livejournal.com/112411.html