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No Exit Strategy [D&B] #138: Ride on until you feel like you belong. Don't you wait for too long.
Welcome to the BLAIR WALDORF & DAN HUMPHREY Appreciation Thread "Look who f i n a l l y got a little interesting" "His eyes go wide, but his voice gets so soft and serious that I kind of love him now. "Do you... Do you love him?" Somehow him saying it, the way he says it, makes him wonderful: like the whole world is going Magic Eye and he's seeing the Blair behind the headbands and then ... It's like Victrola for a second. She's just a girl." - TWOP "It's where Blair's language and Dan's language meet, because they're both afraid of the same thing, which is that somebody will notice how easily they can be destroyed... Dan shakes his head, knowing she's on autopilot, scared out of her wits in a ****ty Brooklyn café. They lock eyes it's the first time they've ever seen each other." - TWOP "These two freaks need all the help they can get, and it makes me happy when anybody can see through or around the very substantial layers of bull**** they generate around themselves every day. Blair deserves to feel brave, and loved and Dan deserves to feel like he's helping, like his help is actually requested and required. Like a man." - TWOP " She's Bergdorf's, he's Brooklyn and her best frenemy's sometimes beau. It's a mismatch made in bitchy teen-angst Nirvana, would leave poor Chuckles Bass with nothing but his practice sneer and a closetful of bespoke tweed suits to keep him warm." - TV Guide
"Google r e v e n g e and you'll get BlairWaldorf.com" "I want Dan Humphrey's h e a d on a platter" "Just follow my lead, H u m p h r e y. You're used to doing that."
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"S e e you later, Waldorf." "Here comes your g h o s t of boyfriend past to haunt me."
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Thanks for starting!
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TFTNT!!! 12 more threads until the new OP!
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TFTNT!
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TFTNT!!! Love the title!!
Someone needs to fix the old threads bit, cause it's messy ETA: to add link to the new chapter of The Date: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6757918/38/The_Date __________________
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I just spent like 20 minutes on a comment and then my computer locked up.
Ok, going to attempt to retype this. I will be mentioning other characters and relationships, but not to bash them, but to provide something to compare our dear DB with for paralleling purposes. I am doing a limited rewatch of the older seasons and I am noticing a lot of parallels between the convoluted romances of season 1 and 4. SEASON 1: Blair loves Nate. Nate loves Blair, but he (imo of course) loves Serena more, and he would have kissed her at the masquerade ball had she and Jenny not changed places (I'm ignoring their past bumpity), and he misses his midnight deadline that Blair set for him. Serena has feelings for him (also in my opnion) but sends him back to Blair. He goes back, but inevitably breaks up with her for a bit. During this time Blair and Chuck bond and find they are both hurt by people they care deeply for (Nate and Bart) and also they have a shared interest (Burlesque). They hookup. He develops feelings for Blair against his will, but she denies that she feels anything because he is not who she thinks she is supposed to be with and goes back to Nate when he calls her back. SEASON 4:This whole scenario plays out again, almost identically in season 4, but the roles are different, and the major events are switched a little. Louis loves Blair. Blair loves Louis, but she loves Chuck more. She sleeps with Chuck and misses the midnight deadline Louis set for her. Chuck loves her (ymmv) Blair too, but he sends her back to the prince. Earlier: Blair and Dan bond and find they are both being hurt by people they care deeply for (Chuck and Serena) and that they have shared interests (pretty much everything). They kiss. Dan starts to develop feelings for Blair, much to his own confusion, but she denies feeling anything and goes back to Chuck, the person she thinks she is supposed to be with, when he calls her back. I think you could also compare the 1x7 sex with the 4x17 kiss as well. 1x7 was the first time Blair had sex and it was with someone whom she really didn't like before recent events bringing them together. 4x17 was the first time she truly kissed someone since Chuck and it was with someone whom she really didn't like before recent events brought them together. Both things came after she was able to lower her walls and let loose for a bit (1x7 the burlesque dance, and 4x17 the whole scene from the shoulder touch on) This might not mean anything and is most likely just bad writers reusing storylines, but I like to think this means good things are ahead for our DB!! |
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After doing a rewatch of 1x6, either I am on to something with them paralleling season 1 and 4 or they are really bad at reusing storylines. I will try to compose my thoughts before posting. Maybe I should consider using my livejournal acct for this...
Quick off topic question: Is there a way for me to see all my old posts on here, and if so, how would I go about doing that? Last edited by Rochellena; 08-12-2011 at 08:30 PM |
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Rochellena I love your posts, keep up with the parallel theories!
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Sadly, you can't go back to older posts. I have tried since forever, since the link is on one's profile, but it never works. Not sure why it's there
Also, spot on parallels! Did you notice in VV what happens before Blair and Chuck have sex? It cannot be a coincidence that the camera shows Chuck lowering her strap, while in 417 Dan puts it back up... I get a -messing B's life- vs -putting it back together- vibe from it... __________________
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I knew I should have saved those posts on my computer before posting. Oh well, I guess tomorrow will consist of some posting hunting! Great catch about the strap! It's those little things that make think that this isn't just coincidence. I mean Dan could have grabbed her hand or put his hand on her face or even put his hand on her waist, but you are totally right, he is pushing the strap back up and the strap wasnt even really down that much. It's of the things that initially made the shoulder touch awkward to me (though since then I have come to my senses and my heart is all aflutter everytime he touches her...) but in contrast to C lowering it in 1x7, very interesting. |
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