u might have answered this before somewhere but what’s your opinion on chuck bass/his character development?
there has been no development.
chuck started the series as a rapist and ended the series as a murderer. back in 2007 i used to excuse his actions like everyone else but nowadays he makes me sick to my stomach, especially because i see people saying that he changed, that blair saved him, and i still see chair being portrayed as an epic love story and it’s disgusting and sad.
chair is one of the most veiled deeply abusive love stories of all time. maybe you think that’s epic on TV but i assure you from experience that people who grow up watching this shit are more prone not to recognize when their partners are being abusive shitholes because they think it’s real love and romance.
chuck throughout 6 seasons stalked, gaslighted, belittled, lied to, manipulated, whored out, physically hurt, yelled to, blackmailed, his main love interest. the list goes on and on. he also did horrible things to other people like when he attempted to rape two girls in the pilot or when he literally threw his father out of a building (which was the last moment to show some growth but i digress).
he was not a tragic hero, he was a piece of shit. blair “saved” him but it cost her her mental health and her personality. she became a ghost of a shell of the girl she could be because him and his tragedy sucked everything out of her. the sad part? this happens to women everyday in real world.
“oh but blair did terrible things too”, nothing blair ever did or thought about doing is even close to how horrible chuck’s actions were. especially when it comes to their relationship.
“oh but dan was gossip girl and shitty to serena”, yes, but nothing dan ever did is even close to how horrible chuck’s actions were.
“oh but it’s gossip girl the moral bar is low”, yes, but nothing no one ever did was as horrible as chuck’s actions except for jack bass and william van der woodsen.
so no, he doesn’t get a free pass anymore just because he was “deeply romantic” and “hot” (debatable). not in 2020 and to 31 yr old me.
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