#source: senamarais

[emilyskinners]

i'm right, btw (inspo)

[terrainofheartfelt]

I keep these longings locked In lower case, inside a vault

[insistonyourcupofstars]

[peacedelicate]

Serena Van Der woodsen on her computer - a definitely not needed thread of pictures

[strideofpride]

strideofpride's personal top 10 favorite looks: Blair Waldorf

10. from 419

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and finally, 1. from 404

[terrainofheartfelt]

hi hi hi allow me to talk @ you about this song because it's soooooooooooo!!!!!

okay so, full disclosure the Josephine bit I didn't even put together was for you until I listened to the playlist a second time lol but that's BECAUSE I was too busy going feral about his references to Beethoven.

So like the Josephine bit is to allude to both Beethoven & Napoleon. Napoleon the reference is obvious because he married a Josephine but BEETHOVEN.

he lived and died a bachelor, and as you could probably guess, many musicologists have speculated as to why. but. BUT.

there's this letter Beethoven wrote, these love letters, or like, one love letter in 3 parts, with some of the most romantic german prose to exist like you read it and you're like "the FUCK?!?!? LUDWIG?!?!?!?" like,

wo ich bin, bist auch du mit mir, mit mir und dir rede ich mache daß ich mit dir leben kann wherever I am, there you are with me, and talk with me so that I can live with you

die Liebe fordert alles und ganz mit Recht, so ist es mir mit dir, dir mit mir Love demands everything, and so rightly. So it is for me with you, and you with me.

Deine Liebe macht mich zum glücklichsten und zum unglücklichsten zugleich. Your love makes me the most happy and the most unhappy at the same time

sey ruhig – liebe mich – heute – gestern. be calm - love me - today - yesterday Welche Sehnsucht mit Thränen nach dir what longing with tears for you dir – dir – mein Leben – mein alles you - you - my life - my everything

leb wohl – o liebe mich fort – farewell - o keep on loving me... ewig dein ewig mein ewig unß. forever yours, ever mine, ever ours

like fucking WHAT

and no one knows his addressee, there's no name, so we (royally) call them Unsterbliche Geliebte (Immortal Beloved). But, many music historians have done a lot of detective work and posed many a theory as to who the Immortal Beloved might be, and the most credulous and supported and popular theory is that her name is Josephine Brunsvik, who was married to another man and therefore unavailable to be with Ludwig in any lasting way. but of course, all history has to go on are these unaddressed, and perhaps unsent letters.

and then in the 21st century Frank fucking Turner has the AUDACITY to write in the bridge to this song:

I wrote all of these letters to my Immortal Beloved and you're the only one who's ever gonna know what they mean

and it makes me *dan humphrey scream into pillow*

and THAT is one of the reasons I love his mind so much

JOSEPHINE!!!!!

[forgetwhatyousee]

forgetwhatyousee's gossip girl outfits ranking

Blair Waldorf's season 5 outfits 10-1

10. from 5.20

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[fritextramole]

nothing was right and nothing's wrong

part 5 of a Serena van der Woodsen playlist - best heard in order

tracklist and quotes under the cut

Menace ~ Maya Hawke

I want to behave It's a small concession All my regressions I don't understand But they're painful old news

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now ~ The Smiths

Two lovers entwined pass me by And heaven knows I'm miserable now

Piece of Me ~ Britney Spears

You want a piece of me? You want a piece of me I'm Miss bad media karma Another day another drama

Cheap Queen ~ King Princess

I'm gettin' too cocky since everyone wants me It's harder to be myself

Brand New City ~ Mitski

I think my ways are wearing me down But if I gave up on being pretty, I wouldn't know how to be alive I should move to a brand new city and teach myself how to die

Hot Mess ~ dodie

Wake up, do the same thing Break up, then we're dancin' Why am I so alright to do it again and again?

I’m a Ruin ~ MARINA

I've had my share of beautiful men But I'm still young And I want to love again

Bad Friend ~ Rina Sawayama

But the truth is I'm so good at crashing in Making sparks and shit but then I'm a bad, I'm a bad, I'm a bad friend So don't ask me where I've been Been avoiding everything

Los Ageless ~ St. Vincent

I'm a monster and you're my sacred cow I guess that's just me, honey, I guess that's how I'm built I try to tell you I love you and it comes out all sick

Special Girl ~ dodie

I was raised by open mouths and teary eyes Passive wistful lullabies I found my worth in this world By proving I’m a special girl

Runs in the Family ~ Amanda Palmer

But don't blame me because I can't help where I come from And running is something that we've always done well And mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from Run from their pity, from responsibility Run from the country and run from the city

They Say I’m Different ~ Betty Davis

You play the blues for me And that's why, and that's why, and that's why they say I'm different

You Stupid Bitch ~ girl in red

When you cry and need my comfort I drop everything to come over Don't bite your lip or grit your teeth Just count to ten and try to breathe

Lollipop ~ MIKA

I went walkin' with my mama one day When she warned me what people say Live your life until love is found 'Cause love's gonna get you down

7 rings ~ Ariana Grande

My smile is beamin', my skin is gleamin' The way it shine, I know you've seen it I bought a crib just for the closet Both his and hers, I want it, I got it, yeah

I’m Every Woman ~ Chaka Khan

I can cast a spell of secrets you can tell Mix a special brew, put fire inside of you

[emilyskinners]

“close to you” by audrey gillispie // dan humphrey & blair waldorf in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

jenny humphrey x guts [2/17]

“they always used to praise me for being this precocious young girl, that’s so much of the praise i get, that i’m so impressive ‘cause i’m so young doing this.” [olivia] also revealed her realization that “it wasn’t always going to be that way and wondering what i would lose or how i would become less attractive in certain ways to people.”

"teenage dream" by olivia rodrigo // jenny humphrey in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

"you're a really special girl, jenny, who deserves someone who's gonna see that." "not like you're available"

"number one girl" by rosé // jenny humphrey & nate archibald in gossip girl

(jenate screencaps from @senamarais)

[emilyskinners]

jenny humphrey x guts [13/17]

“girl i've always been” by olivia rodrigo // jenny humphrey in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

jenny humphrey x guts [10/17]

“the angst of social anxiety roars in "ballad of a homeschooled girl," the fifth track of guts. the garage rock cut delves into olivia’s struggles to socialize and fit in with her peers. the song’s title alludes to the common albeit faulty notion that homeschooled children are socially stunted.”

“ballad of a homeschooled girl” by olivia rodrigo // jenny humphrey in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

jenny humphrey x guts [1/17]

"in one lens, rodrigo embraces her inferiority complex by personifying the beauty of women she’s intimidated by in this “lacy” character. similar to “jealousy, jealousy” and “obsessed,” olivia succumbs to her habit of comparing herself to other women to an extent so extreme that it seems like a crippling romantic obsession."

"lacy" by olivia rodrigo // jenny humphrey & blair waldorf in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

jenny humphrey x guts [16/17]

“differently from the rest of the songs in the album, so american is about being in love. olivia is not pretending anymore to feel something she isn't”

“so american” by olivia rodrigo // jenny humphrey in gossip girl

[emilyskinners]

when are you going to realize that i had a better life before you climbed up my fire escape four years ago?