THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NONSENSE IN
Gossip Girl
If you don't have plans for this weekend yet, do like I did last weekend and plan an afternoon to rewatch Gossip Girl. The series that we all of course have binge-watched but that, like Sex And The City, is perfectly fine to watch again. Now, the thing is that I, and I don't know how it's possible, have never finished Gossip Girl. Very strange, I once got stuck at the beginning of the fifth season and never picked it up again. Anyway, I'm now watching it again with renewed enthusiasm but to be honest, I almost stopped again because the absurdities in the series really get under my skin.
How they solve problems
In the episode where it really got on my nerves, the following was happening. Blair is with Louis, but is secretly having affairs with Dan. It's December 31st and Nate is throwing a party at the office of his newspaper The Spectator (it's a mystery how he suddenly knows how to run a newspaper) and since Louis can't figure out what Blair is up to, he comes up with a plan. He makes a slide with a photo of Blair and Dan with the text that they are having an affair and puts it in Nate's presentation that he will give later at the party. “That way they HAVE to admit.” This is “the only way I could think of to get Blair to admit what she’s doing.” HOW can this be the way? It is emblematic of all the events in the series, no one asks each other anything, everyone operates on assumptions and the decisions are always the most awkward ever.
EVERYTHING that has to do with technology
You can't just put a slide in a presentation. On a locked computer. But that's not the only thing, because everything in the series that involves technology makes no sense. To start with, how is it that all those people suddenly receive a Gossip Girl blast? And why does that only happen at very dramatic moments (weddings for example)? People also like to call each other while wearing their gloves. Last time I checked, the iPhone doesn't work when you're wearing gloves. Oh and the amount of text messages that come in from blocked numbers, people, that can't be.
The idiocy of the clothing
Look we of course love those hysterical outfits, but sometimes it just gets out of hand. And often it really makes no sense, for example in the episode where Blair runs away from her wedding and goes to the airport with Dan to flee to the Dominican Republic for a divorce. IN HER WEDDING DRESS. That chick has nothing else with her than the dress she's wearing and plans to fly to the DR in it. And then be surprised that people are looking at her. Seriously, stop it with me.
Everyone can always just walk into each other's places
There is nothing fancier than a private elevator that opens in your penthouse. But if the day ever comes that I can also acquire such an elevator, I would like one where I can control who steps in. Throughout the series, EVERYONE just walks into each other's places and stands in the living room without any announcement. Seriously, these types have the worst door manners ever.
A total lack of friend zones
Serena, Blair, Nate, Chuck, and Dan have all been with each other one way or another. The only link that isn't there is between Serena and Chuck. In season five, Blair manages to marry Louis despite declaring her love for Chuck a minute before saying 'I do', and three episodes later she suddenly falls in love with Dan and her love for Chuck has disappeared like snow in the sun. People, get your shit together. And put each other in the friend zone for once, this is getting out of hand.
