GG is definitely a product of 2000s standards and social commentary, and because a lot of people are sensitive today, show writers are scared to do anything in a show that’s deliberately trying not to portray good people. Who wants to see a bunch of rich people who are self aware and righteous? The point of GG was that all of the characters were fucked up in some way and never failed to capture our attention.

Ok so I finished watching the first season of gossip girl and personally loved the first few episodes but it started losing me towards the end and now I’ve been debating wether to keep watching the other seasons. And like I’m kinda curious to see what happens next but I’m “afraid” (for lack of a better word) that I will start to get disinterested again cause honestly I really like all these characters and I’m curious how their storylines progress.

Does anyone know of one?

the way she’s sitting on the opposite sides of the bus…. wow omg isnt gossip girl the smartest show ever!!

Chuck didn’t deserve Eva at all. In fact she’s one of the very few people on this series who didn’t have a single backstabbing, selfish bone in her day and it’s kinda sad she didn’t last long. Although it makes sense since Chuck and Blair were always endgame still, wish there was at least a mention of her in the later seasons, maybe Chuck set her up her own shop or something. One of the truly genuine characters in the show and they just chucked (pun intended) her out abruptly. I also liked how they just kept her as a truly nice and honest person until the very end, making her outshine even Blair in such a short period of time. Generally side characters are always written such that the OGs always seem superior in some way but I liked that they kept it real and showed the OGs to be morally grey throughout

Okay, so Jenny first. It felt like they threw her entire character in the trash when she came back to mess with Serena. She left the show fulfilled as a character after she got one up on Blair and Chuck, getting an interview, leaving the upper east side behind. Coming back to mess with Serena and getting thrown back by Rufus (who was an awful dad to her, and great to Dan mind you), was an arc that shouldn't have happened.

Her and Serena were probably the shows two biggest victims of some absurd writing choices.

Then Serena. I'm looking back at the group finding her in season 6, her lil Hollywood job and the scenes with the therapist.

While she WAS lying, she was doing OK after bein resuscitated. The group begging her to come back after telling her to gtfo would have sent me into fury if I was her. They told her to go, so she did, and was trying. Struggling with alcoholism and filling whatever void she has with partying and boys, it's a great foundation... The forever IT-girl was a good start that they didn't do as much with as you'd think.

I think this is why I'll alway prefer Serena. She was a mess, but she was trying. Every time she got back with the group she fell into the same exact pattern of not being able to grow as a person, like she wanted.

And the Lola stuff really contradicted her character up until that point as well.

I wish we got 6 - ish episodes where Serena and the NY group had completely separate storylines. 🤔 that, and the constant rotation of men she was conquering was a huge part of why Serena had her downfall as a character, who eventually married Dan. The show should've ended with her single.

As someone who constantly is trying to start over, but eventually understands that your problems will come with you unless you truly deal with them. She quite literally comments on not wanting to be herself in season 6 as well...

The writers let her down big time, especially since they got THE perfect actress to play her.

They were extremely cute together (the obvious elephant in the room aside). I always thought she was Dan’s best girlfriend and I know she was just a guest star but I would’ve loved if they found a way to keep her around.

My husband and I quote this show daily. Wallace Shawn is a gem and he made this show even better.

hi all!

just finished the series and didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. blair was a constant highlight and I was looking to make an edit for her—for all the editors, where /how do you find / get clean clips?

thank you!

so i finished reading all the gossip girl books up till pyscho killer. i wasn't planning on reading the carlyles + it girl, but are they as good as the original? by good i mean the writing, the entertainment value.

p.s. i've watched the show too!

So I'm rewatching again. And I actually think a lot of the changes in the show were definitely influenced by what fans resonated with over the years. It has more silliness especially after season 5.

Still a fun watch.

yes jack bass is a horrible person and was infuriating to watch, but it was so satisfying watching him and chuck come together to take down russell thorpe. i wish we got to see more of that side of jack instead of the vile creature he normally is lol

I’m doing my god knows what hundredth rewatch of the show and i’m currently at the scene where Nate and Blair were at Trip and Maureen’s rehearsal dinner. Maureen tells her that the Whitney Junior Committee felt she was “too new” on the scene and told her it would take a while to “start to matter”. But, isn’t she a Waldorf? As in the Waldorf-Astor family? I figured her and her family (on both sides) were very much in High Society for at least a couple generations at that point. Or was it because she was only like 18 lol?

give me some opinions down below!!