#Leighton Meester quote

[televisionquoteseverywhere]

Gossip Girl

Blair Waldorf & Chuck Bass

[bookishsugarplumprincess]

icons

[visageofstars]

Me and my best friend, my lover xoxo

[x-lulu]

requests - blair waldrof, gossip girl I’m not a stop along the way. I’m a destination.

[celebsssss]

Enjoy your life and put a smile on your face, no matter how hard it may seem😊

Leighton Meester

[raimissance]

Dan/Blair Gossip Girl Season Two

The only person with fewer friends than you is Dan Humphrey. And at least his lame 90s dad likes him. And that’s because he’s something you’ll never be: a human being.

[elenasalvator13]

Blair Waldorf aesthetic

[spiderliliez]

Leighton Meester (as Sasha) Gillian Jacobs (as Paige) Best friends on their way to the Pride Parade. LIFE PARTNERS (2014) [+] LGBTQ [+] ..more on Leighton [+] ..more on Gillian

[songsandmoviesquotes]

[ny-moodboard]

[broken-puppet12]

“I GOT RID OF THEM ALL FOR YOU!!.” /q

[visageofstars]

I'm a queen with or without you.

[deathisreborn]

Nos labramos nuestra propia suerte y decimos que es la casualidad. ¿Y qué mejor excusa para escoger un camino que empeñarnos en que es nuestro destino? Pero al final del día, todos debemos vivir con nuestras decisiones. Independientemente de quién nos acompañe.

[twopoppies]

I was listening to a podcast with Adam Brody (Seth from The OC for those that don't know) on it and he was talking about his decade plus long relationship with Leighton Meester (Blair from Gossip Girl) and he said while he thought he was in long term relationships in the past, there is no comparison to the feeling of being a team that comes when you've been with someone for so long. I immediately thought of Harry saying that that's his favorite part.

This is nothing new, but every time I think of that quote from Harry, it strikes me just how obvious it really is.

So, so obvious. And yet…

[blues-valentine]

I am not surprised the Gossip Girl Reboot got cancelled because it was boring and I couldn’t finish season 1. I think the creators thought having that property would be enough for the show to be successful and focused all of their energy on those outfits and soundtracks but did nothing for the show to actually work. My opinion on why the reboot failed to impact audiences that no one asked for:

It’s not like the original GG was a writing masterpiece but it came out at the right time. In 2007, while there were a lot of successful shows, a lot of the teen shows like The OC, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls etc were tame in comparation to the format GG was presenting. Aside from the UK (Skins), it was unusual for American TV to exploit sex and drugs on teens the way Gossip Girl did. They turned the negative reviews into promotional banners. That was A+ marketing. They wanted to be problematic. That was their selling point. So in theory, the idea of a group of wealthy teens from NYC doing all sort of awful stuff was appealing. The show wasn’t trying to be apologetic. Yeah, some issues were too much not just Chuck but so many other things but the point stands with the show not wanting to fix it. This with a really good fashion sense — GG really pushed the boundaries on fashion during late 2000’s. It was meant to be a hit ahead of its time. The problem with the reboot is that is not new or original. Euphoria already exists. Teens doing alcohol and sleeping around has been in media for a while and people crave something new. If they wanted to stand out they need so much more than just a known intellectual property but most importantly create characters with personality and sadly, that wasn’t the case.

The characters for the reboot lack distinctive personalities and it was difficult to buy why they were even friends. Like, the group on the OG worked because there was an established dynamic but every character in the new one felt like a parody. The initial conflict was them being mad Julien had a sister. For the OG, the initial conflict worked because at first Serena presented herself as a mystery – as the IT girl that ran away and no one knew why. That increased her mysterious persona and her popularity. She ran away because she slept with Nate (Blair’s boyfriend) and while she was away Blair managed to establish herself as the IT girl. That made the rivalry between Blair and Serena more believable and so Serena's dynamic with Nate. Blair had reasons to feel insecure over Serena because she had the influence and wealth to out power her. They tried to recreate that with Zoya and Julien but failed miserably.

I think every character in the OG group had a very established dynamic and propose. Serena was the mysterious girl that created the rivalry with Blair and also presented herself as a bridge outside of the Upper East Side because of her relationship with Dan. Blair was the "mean girl" — the one ready to create chaos if she feels like she is being displaced from her status. Julien never gave me that energy. Neither did Audrey. None of them were able to go the lengths Blair would go for a little drama. The closest thing to Blair they had was Monet and they didn’t give her enough to shine but that’s also the thing. Teen media keeps trying to recreate their very own version of Blair Waldorf but fails everytime. Every teen show after GG now has their sophisticated "mean girl" that is able to quote books and movies (aka Veronica Lodge or Cheryl Blossom) and it fails every single time. Blair worked because of what Leighton Meester brought to the table but also because Blair was actually really mean and unapologetic about it. She wasn't meant to be taken as a parody with some mean one liners. Her only characteristic wasn’t just being mean, it had realistic layers. And even when I feel she became a bit of a parody the later seasons because the show not longer needed her to be mean, I think she remained charming mostly because of Meester.

Serena worked on early seasons then she became unnecessary and boring. Her character only worked because of Blake Lively's charisma which I feel a lot of the new ones lacked. Then there was Nate. He was like, just there. He wasn’t that problematic until that season they made him date a minor for zero reason. I would assume GGRBs version of Nate was Obie (?) and that was such a boring character. Now, Dan was a good character until they needed to use him as a plot twist because they didn't know who GG was and needed a finale. Dan was the one that was inside the elite but hated it and brought interesting points about their privilege and had not problem in checking them once in a while because he was like the impartial one. Again, they tried to make Zoya the one that wasn’t in their circle but her character was just boring, the actress did good with the material.

And Chuck, he was introduced as a rapist from the get go and didn’t deserve to get as far as it got or even a "redemption". Blair deserved better and I will never go down with the Chuck and Blair train. Blair coming back to him on season 6 after learning her own value and worth outside of Chuck's shadow and toxicity only to make her regret it was character assassination. Chuck should’ve died on Season 4. Now, here's the thing. It was clear Max was supposed to be their unproblematic version of Chuck and it's a shame because Thomas Doherty was giving THE perfomance. I wish him luck in his career. Also, Savannah Smith as Monet did good when given good dialogue and stuff to deliver.

Jenny was an interesting character. It gave the show the outside drama it needed. Georgina was an amazing villain. Even Rufus and Lily served. GGRB had potential but didn't give anything interesting. OG GG embraced being problematic and the reboot tried too hard to be "woke". There's nothing woke about a group of wealthy kids (and not just any money but generational wealth for some of them) that don't need to worry about paying the bills. Maybe if they didn't take themselves so seriously it would've worked a lot better. They should've allowed Monet to be the mean girl she was clearly destined to be. Luna also deserved her own plot not just a sidekick.

Lastly, their biggest problem: GG being the teachers. The teachers story line made me cringe. It was so weird and unrealistic. The thing about GG is that it could be anyone. It was the anonymity that made it fun. GGRB fumble by giving GG a face and an underwhelming one too. In conclusion, while I loved the diversity of the new cast, none of them had the charisma on screen except for one or two on occasions and charisma is what carried the original series until a season 6.

[bethaven]

#5 The OC

(Spoiler alert)

Plot: Ryan is the quiet, smart guy from the wrong side of the tracks who ends up with a rich family in Orange County. Nextdoor is Marissa, the cute it-girl who hangs out with all the right people and does all the right things, but deals with a lot of shit underneath the fancy surface. Worlds collide and lives change as they and their friends navigate through teenage troubles, loves, challenges and parents who struggle with their parenthood.

Years: 2003-2007

Seasons: 4

My story: My brother was really into the OC when it aired and kind of dragged the whole family into it. Then he got all the seasons on dvd and we continued with rewatches in his small student apartment during high school. I was fascinatd with this teenage-life that was so far away from my own world, the bad boys and the good girls and how neither of them were really happy.

Teachable moments: The OC teaches us about two important things; awareness about our prejudices and the importance of giving people a second chance, in your life and theirs. The series seems quite shallow at first, but it's very layered and develops over the years.

Best character: Ryan is the core of this series and it's hard not to pick him. He comes in and shakes up everyone's worlds by just being himself. It turns he's the person everyone was missing and needed.

Best episode: S4E1 Avengers. Shits been going down and everyone's lost after Marissa's sudden death. Everything seems hopeless and noone knows how they're going to tie everything up. It's the beginning of a really interesting last season.

Best quote: "You're my destiny, Cohen" (Summer to Seth). Even though Ryan and Marissa's relationship's usually in the center everyone knows that Summer and Seth are the true endgame of the series.

Fun fact: Summer and Seth might be endgame in the series, but actors Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody split up before the series ended. Rachel went on and dated Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen for ten years and they have a child together. Adam, on the other hand, ended up married with two kids with another teen series actor; Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester. Acording to Bilson in the podcast "Welcome to the OC, bitches!", which she host with fellow co-actor Melinda Clarke (Julie), they've stayed friends though and all meet up for playdates.

If you like this you might also like: Beverly Hills 90210, 90210, One tree hill, Dawson's creek, Hart of Dixie and Gossip Girl.