okay i wanna know how you identify with svdw cause i reblogged it and said how i identify with blair
TL;DR version: serena is seen as the “ultimate IT girl” of the UES. she’s gorgeous, attracts/dates a lot of men, super rich, and is always down for a good time. until the whole pete fairman/sleeping with her best boyfriend’s boyfriend thing happens and she really cracks down and decides she needs to be somewhere else so she can get her act together [even though she causes some trouble there] but as she tries to escape that, her past keeps following her or the fact that she’s famous and gorgeous~ keeps hindering the person who she really wants to be
some examples:
s1 blair’s mother wanted serena to be the model for her new clothesline instead of blair because the other designers were telling them to go with Serena because she “appeals to the masses” more.
s1 georgina was basically upset because serena has changed, doesn’t wanna party, and says that she wants to go home to study for the SATs. it irritates Georgina to the point of spiking her drink to make serena fun~ again
in s2 B told S that Yale wasn’t interested in Serena because who she was a person, but rather her fame and how it could bring more “current times” to the campus.
s4/5 serena gets a solid job that she’s doing great at, but here comes here past in the form of Dan Humphrey’s book which caused her co-workers to look at her differently and even call her by the alias that Dan used in the book.
all in all, Serena is never taken seriously in the UES and no one wants to value how she’s trying to better herself and leave the past behind her. but everyone from her mom to her best friend always make comments about how pretty she is and that she doesn’t need to try to be successful or find “the one” because she’s gorgeous.
minus a few minor details i can relate to those situations that her character goes through a lot. she’s constantly trying to seek attention from her father, get positive attention from her mom and be as supportive as she can to her brothers and sisters. she does the best she can and sometimes she reverts back to using drugs and alcohol and her body/status to get what she wants, but only because she began to believe that maybe those people were right about her.
top 5 serena van der woodsen moments & top 10 gossip girl episodes
svdw moments:
season 1 when Blair tried to embarrass her and the meet and greet college thing by telling everyone that she was in rehab for alcoholism but it was really her brother and she went ahead and took the wrap for it anyway because she didn’t want anyone to hurt her brother
queen serena’s return after blair tries to sabotage her during fashion week/dan is an asshole to her
“as for taking me down i’d like to see you try”
the entire arc of the first half of season 4 is my absolute favorite because it explains serena’s past, why she ran away, the Ben Donovan thing, etc. etc.
basically her entire friendship with blair and how they take care of each other (the good parts)
honorable mention: her mugshot moment was pretty damn badass
top 10 episodes:
this is hard omg
Victor/Victrola - 1x7
A Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate - 1x13
All About My Brother - 1x16
The Serena Also Rises - 2x5
The Treasure of Serena Madre - 3x11
The Debarted - 3x12
Last Tango, then Paris - 3x22
Double Identity - 4x2
The Witches of Bushwick - 4x9
The Townie - 4x11
(we don’t talk about anything past season 4 episode 11)
when you get this, you must publicly post something nice about at least 5 different people you follow, then copy and paste this in each of their ask boxes.
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coopershangover omg my fave <33 super sweet & basically the person i can credit for my obsession w bradley cooper
niallersjhoran PRETTY BABY & i love her so much. plus she’s gorg & has great taste in music.
cooperspooper bae tbh everything he posts slays me HEART EYES JAMES, HEART EYES
yellowberet perfectperfectperfectperfect x 100. the blair waldorf to my serena van der woodsen
perfectgeneration he’s super sweet & always calls me cutie! <3 :3