Har har! I can see your gradual love of the Chuck Bass creeping in here, building and rising and mingling with the awesomeness of Blair to finally peak in an eruption of Bluck(?) love!
Some of points: Yes, intentionally or not, Dan's character seems built to annoy. He's supposed to be our 'guide' character or whatever, leading us into the upper east side world and representing the viewer with the disparity between us and the super-rich - but his constant whining and reverse snobbery (like he's 'common people' with his loft apartment and his - his - MESSENGER BAG), and the fact that Serena is the main character and much more sympathetic, make it impossible to like him.
I might be confusing that particular fight (the whole Georgina arc) with another one, but I think Dan's complaint about the recurring concealment of information thing was weirdly like him complaining about the quality of writing on the show. I mean, occasionally characters will gripe about the conventions they're stuck in, for the po-mp ironic factor, but it seems, I don't know, somewhat unsporting for Dan to hold Serena accountable for convoluted plot devices - those being the bread and butter of the teen-drama and all...
Random point: how old are these kids supposed to be again? Because the cast look in their mid to late 20s. While the Humphrey Mom character (did not like) seemed glaringly too young to me.
As for Nate, I struggle to understand the appeal. He is boring to look at? There's another guy with two facial expressions (big smile, and no-it-can't-be! frown). I guess there's the thing with him becoming a man and being the better person with his parents being crazies, but he seems to go through (hopefully not giving anything away here) all the girls in the show and then forget about them (with the exception of Blair...for like two episodes). I don't know if they wanted him to seem like the a relatable young man of today character - he just comes off as bland, overexposed and directionless as a character (this may sound bad, but he sort of reminds me of Harry Potter?)
What I felt increasingly with season 2 was they were already destroying then recycling relationships to the point where the dynamics feel fractured and exhausted, and the characterisation schizophrenic (Nate, Little J - though there's at least some vitality in her insane character swings). The good thing about Chuck/Blair was they were steady and there's a coherent thread to them so our investment is pretty strong, but even there I'm afraid I think the relentless agonising and to-ing and fro-ing take it right off the boil, and there's some very weird plot choices by the writers to try and keep it fresh.
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Some of points:
Yes, intentionally or not, Dan's character seems built to annoy. He's supposed to be our 'guide' character or whatever, leading us into the upper east side world and representing the viewer with the disparity between us and the super-rich - but his constant whining and reverse snobbery (like he's 'common people' with his loft apartment and his - his - MESSENGER BAG), and the fact that Serena is the main character and much more sympathetic, make it impossible to like him.
I might be confusing that particular fight (the whole Georgina arc) with another one, but I think Dan's complaint about the recurring concealment of information thing was weirdly like him complaining about the quality of writing on the show. I mean, occasionally characters will gripe about the conventions they're stuck in, for the po-mp ironic factor, but it seems, I don't know, somewhat unsporting for Dan to hold Serena accountable for convoluted plot devices - those being the bread and butter of the teen-drama and all...
Random point: how old are these kids supposed to be again? Because the cast look in their mid to late 20s. While the Humphrey Mom character (did not like) seemed glaringly too young to me.
As for Nate, I struggle to understand the appeal. He is boring to look at? There's another guy with two facial expressions (big smile, and no-it-can't-be! frown). I guess there's the thing with him becoming a man and being the better person with his parents being crazies, but he seems to go through (hopefully not giving anything away here) all the girls in the show and then forget about them (with the exception of Blair...for like two episodes). I don't know if they wanted him to seem like the a relatable young man of today character - he just comes off as bland, overexposed and directionless as a character (this may sound bad, but he sort of reminds me of Harry Potter?)
What I felt increasingly with season 2 was they were already destroying then recycling relationships to the point where the dynamics feel fractured and exhausted, and the characterisation schizophrenic (Nate, Little J - though there's at least some vitality in her insane character swings). The good thing about Chuck/Blair was they were steady and there's a coherent thread to them so our investment is pretty strong, but even there I'm afraid I think the relentless agonising and to-ing and fro-ing take it right off the boil, and there's some very weird plot choices by the writers to try and keep it fresh.
But that's still to come!