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And that is total bullshit and completely not a case in the show. Chuck is one of the very few characters on tv, especially in teen dramas, that we actually see addressing his problems and trying to change before going forward.
His true change is in season 5 when he does something that is really incredible and important thing to see on tv especially in regards of young male characters. We see him actually going to the therapy, we see him addressing his problems, discussing them and giving them names.
Everything about the show is perfect. The soundtrack fits all the episodes so well and completely sets the tone for the show. The character development throughout the all the characters and especially Chuck Bass, is actually insane. The characters clothes, houses, and parties are all so gorgeous. The holiday episodes are life altering.
Another character I loved throughout the series was Chuck Bass, another extremely rich-kid living on the Upper East Side. When the series first started, I hated Chuck- he was so slimy. But as the series progressed, his softer side was exposed, and his character becomes more than just a spoilt rich-kid. He apologises for his disgusting actions, and his character development is really interesting to watch.
The friendship/relationship between Chuck and Blair is so much fun to watch, and their intense moments really made the series what it was. They made the ultimate pairing, and their characters- although not always the nicest- were definitely the best of the series.
One thing I loved about this series, other than the characters, was the setting. The series is set mainly in New York, and the glamorous parties and wardrobes of the Upper East Siders made me want to be a part of their life- even if there was a lot of corruption behind it.
I liked the use of a class difference, particularly the struggles Dan faces when trying to get into college, for example, or the way in which Jenny is forced to stoop to low levels in order to keep up with the girls in her posh high school.
As much as the female characters in this series were obviously obsessed with dressing nicely and wearing as much make-up as possible, I think characters such as Blair could be seen as role models. She clearly has high hopes for a career in the fashion industry, and when she wants something, she stops at literally nothing to get it- even if that means scheming against her enemies in order to ensure she wins.
As I said from the outset, there are, in fact, some moments between them that make me melt. The teen dramas are designed to suck you in, especially when it comes to the relationships. But sometimes you have to draw a line. And the Chuck-Blair romance shamefully crosses it.
The \u201CGossip Girl\u201D series finale left many people asking how Serena could stay with Dan after all he did to her. I think the more important issue to discuss is how Blair could stay with Chuck after all he did to her.
While Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are arguably the series\u2019 most popular couple, I\u2019ve never really been onboard the Chair train. Sure, there are times I\u2019ve rooted for them. There are moments between the pair that make me swoon. But I can\u2019t shake the toxicity of the relationship.
The problem goes back to the very first episode. In the \u201CGossip Girl\u201D pilot, Chuck tries to force himself on Serena in one scene and then attempts to rape Jenny in another. He even remarks at one point that Serena needs to be \u201Cviolated.\u201D There\u2019s this saying: When someone shows you who they are, believe them. We should\u2019ve taken Chuck at face value as he showed us who he was from day one: a predator.
Episodes later, we learned Chuck could be an emotional abuser as well. After Blair loses her virginity to him, Chuck spurns her and cruelly spits, \u201CYou held a certain fascination when you were beautiful, delicate, and untouched. But now you\u2019re like one of the Arabians my father used to own: Rode hard and put away wet. I don\u2019t want you now and I don\u2019t see why anyone else would.\u201D And yet, even after such vitriol, they continue a push-pull dynamic and eventually end up embarking on a relationship.
Their romance reaches a sadistic low in season 3, with Chuck essentially offering Blair up for sex with his uncle Jack in order to regain control of the Empire hotel. To be clear, Jack won\u2019t give up the hotel unless Blair has sex with him and Chuck agrees to that. Blair becomes a transaction, her body a commodity. It\u2019s a plot straight out of Indecent Proposal (and one also done years before in season 6 of \u201CBeverly Hills, 90210.\u201D). Like many abusers, Chuck then becomes suicidal when he thinks Blair is done with him for good\u2026 and then sleeps with Jenny. He keeps that dalliance a secret when Blair returns to him and then sleeps with her.
This unhealthiness only worsens in season 4, when a drunken Chuck \u2014 angry that Blair is in a serious relationship with someone else \u2014 attempts to grab her at a party. He later forces himself on her (a leopard doesn\u2019t change its spots) and punches a window right next to her face. Blair\u2019s cheek is left bleeding from the shattered glass, but make no mistake: If she had not ducked, it would\u2019ve been her face that Chuck punched, not the window.
\u201CThe way we viewed it, I think it\u2019s very clear that Blair is not afraid in those moments, for herself. They have a volatile relationship, they always have, but I do not believe \u2014 or I should say we do not believe \u2014 that it is abuse when it\u2019s the two of them. Chuck does not try to hurt Blair. He punches the glass because he has rage, but he has never, and will never, hurt Blair. He knows it and she knows it, and I feel it\u2019s very important to know that she is not scared \u2014 if anything, she is scared for Chuck \u2014 and what he might do to himself, but she is never afraid of what he might do to her. Leighton and I were very clear about that.\u201D
That is not apparent at all in the scene, especially when you consider Blair ends up literally running away from him. Disturbingly, the author of the piece linked above also refers to Chuck as a \u201Cclassic romantic hero\u201D who \u201Calways had that Gothic thing, and those guys are always imbued with a dark side in addition to their vulnerability about their girlfriends.\u201D It\u2019s a characterization I find sickening \u2014 and worrisome, given the show\u2019s youthful viewers and how impressionable young girls are at that age. This is the message we\u2019re sending them? That men who behave this way are romantic heroes, who aren\u2019t culpable for their actions as long as the woman isn\u2019t scared?
Then in season 5, we\u2019re apparently supposed to feel sorry for Chuck, so emotionally stunted because of Blair\u2019s rejection and his troubled childhood. We even get an apology scene that is seemingly supposed to make him redeemed.
More push-pull in season 6 ultimately culminates in Blair and Chuck getting married, and in the series finale\u2019s five-year flash-forward, they are depicted as happily wed with a son. We have no idea if Chuck has stopped being physically or emotionally abusive, but Chair fans were thrilled the couple was endgame.
To be fair, the issue here isn\u2019t only Chuck. The couple\u2019s repugnant behavior goes both ways. While Chuck disturbingly insists Blair is \u201Cmine,\u201D there are times when she treats him as a possession all the same. There\u2019s even a scene where she slaps him after trying to seduce him. Their dynamic through the whole series could even be boiled down to them taking turns rejecting one another, both physically and verbally.
And the conclusion that their relationship is abusive isn\u2019t something that\u2019s only evident in hindsight. In 2011, after Safran defended Chuck getting violent with Blair, Zap2it published an article titled, \u201C\u2018Gossip Girl\u2019: Is Chuck Bass abusive? E.P. says no; we beg to differ.\u201D Author Carina Adly MacKenzie, who is now a television writer herself, rightfully pointed out:
\u201CHumiliating a woman with sexual language and derogatory statements, as Chuck did at the party, is abusive. Physically intimidating a woman by invading her personal space, shoving her, and being destructive to her surroundings is abusive. Women and girls who watch the show should be aware of this.\u201D
But the passage of time has afforded more opportunities for critical looks at the Chuck-Blair relationship, including one written in 2017, 10 years after the show debuted. In \u201CWe Need To Talk About Sexual Assault On \u2018Gossip Girl,\u2019\u201D the writer pointed out:
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