Post by Meg on Oct 7, 2008 14:13:04 GMT
For most of my life, I've been of the opinion that guys and girls can be friends, that it's just those annoying stereotype-mongers who insisted otherwise. After all, I am one of those girls who happens to have more guy friends than girl friends. However, I do know from experience that it's very difficult to stay friends with someone you were in a relationship with, and last night's Gossip Girl corroborates my theory.
What often ends up happening when you break up with someone is that you either make yourself forget why the relationship failed in the first place and give in to your baser instincts, as Serena and Dan did in the Hamptons this summer, or else your feelings morph into jealousy and competitiveness, as Serena's and Dan's did in last night's episode of Gossip Girl.
Serena (Blake Lively) and Dan spent the better part of last season in and out of relationship angst, mostly because Dan (Penn Badgley) could not get over his self-righteous asshattery, which lead to the inevitable breakup. For the life of me, though, I can't imagine why Serena would even want to be friends with him anyway. He's made himself into such an unlikable character that he makes even Chuck Bass, the physical of embodiment of pure evil in an Armani suit, seem warm and cuddly. Dan just cannot compromise on his very black and white worldview. I especially found it irritating that he couldn't understand that Blair was solely responsible for the plot to brainwash the new girl, Amanda, and then in the very next scene, make the case to Vanessa that Blair is the go-to person for scheming and machinations.
That brings us to Nate (Chace Crawford) and Vanessa. These two never really were friends, as were reminded twice last night, but I hardly care. We barely saw their relationship on the screen at all, so I don't feel for them at all. However, I do hope that Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) learned that when Blair Waldorf promises to ruin people's lives, you shouldn't interfere because she always delivers.
Even the old folks of Gossip Girl can't be friends. I really felt for both of Lily and Rufus (Matthew Settle) last night. I really wish that Lily (Kelly Rutherford) had not decided to marry Bart Bass, but I empathized with her about wanting to have companionship with someone she was once close to. On the other hand, her friendly advances put Rufus in a difficult position. You could tell that he wanted to spend time with Lily – these two really do share an easy chemistry together – but he had to nip it in the bud to avoid the inevitable heartbreak that occurs when one gets entangled with a van der Woodsen woman. I hope this isn't the end of Lily and Rufus.
Finally, I hope that Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) will never stoop to being just friends with each other too because they are so appealing as enemies. I mean, the way Blair schemed to destroy the lives of Marcus and his step-MILF was pretty fantastic, but Chuck orchestrating Serena's re-ascension to the throne solely so that Queen B would fall to a lowly handmaiden status? Spectacular. Chuck is truly the Master of Puppets. I don't expect that Blair will take this sitting down; I'm expecting her to strike back at Chuck in an even bigger way. Bring it on!
Source: Buddy TV
What often ends up happening when you break up with someone is that you either make yourself forget why the relationship failed in the first place and give in to your baser instincts, as Serena and Dan did in the Hamptons this summer, or else your feelings morph into jealousy and competitiveness, as Serena's and Dan's did in last night's episode of Gossip Girl.
Serena (Blake Lively) and Dan spent the better part of last season in and out of relationship angst, mostly because Dan (Penn Badgley) could not get over his self-righteous asshattery, which lead to the inevitable breakup. For the life of me, though, I can't imagine why Serena would even want to be friends with him anyway. He's made himself into such an unlikable character that he makes even Chuck Bass, the physical of embodiment of pure evil in an Armani suit, seem warm and cuddly. Dan just cannot compromise on his very black and white worldview. I especially found it irritating that he couldn't understand that Blair was solely responsible for the plot to brainwash the new girl, Amanda, and then in the very next scene, make the case to Vanessa that Blair is the go-to person for scheming and machinations.
That brings us to Nate (Chace Crawford) and Vanessa. These two never really were friends, as were reminded twice last night, but I hardly care. We barely saw their relationship on the screen at all, so I don't feel for them at all. However, I do hope that Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) learned that when Blair Waldorf promises to ruin people's lives, you shouldn't interfere because she always delivers.
Even the old folks of Gossip Girl can't be friends. I really felt for both of Lily and Rufus (Matthew Settle) last night. I really wish that Lily (Kelly Rutherford) had not decided to marry Bart Bass, but I empathized with her about wanting to have companionship with someone she was once close to. On the other hand, her friendly advances put Rufus in a difficult position. You could tell that he wanted to spend time with Lily – these two really do share an easy chemistry together – but he had to nip it in the bud to avoid the inevitable heartbreak that occurs when one gets entangled with a van der Woodsen woman. I hope this isn't the end of Lily and Rufus.
Finally, I hope that Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) will never stoop to being just friends with each other too because they are so appealing as enemies. I mean, the way Blair schemed to destroy the lives of Marcus and his step-MILF was pretty fantastic, but Chuck orchestrating Serena's re-ascension to the throne solely so that Queen B would fall to a lowly handmaiden status? Spectacular. Chuck is truly the Master of Puppets. I don't expect that Blair will take this sitting down; I'm expecting her to strike back at Chuck in an even bigger way. Bring it on!
Source: Buddy TV
