I wasn't sure where to post this so just decided to start a new thread. It may fit somewhere better but I don't have the time to go through all the existing threads to find it.
I have not posted here in a very long time due to all the negativity and mean spiritedness I have seen, but after Monday's episode and hearing about all the backlash I had to vent. Before I do so I will admit that I am probably quite a bit older than most of you on these boards. I'm not 15 or 20 but 40. I have watched the show since the very beginning and have been a Chuck and Blair fan since day one. I continue to root for them as a couple even after watching "The Princesses and the Frog".
First and foremost this is a fictional show. It is not reality TV. If anyone is watching this show hoping to learn a moral lesson they are going to be disappointed. This isn't "Glee" where every week there is some warm, fuzzy lesson being learned. This is "Gossip Girl" where for the last 4 seasons we have had drug use, underage drinking, sex with friend's boyfriends, prostitutes, threesomes and affairs with teachers. There is no morality lessons to be learned here. I personally gained my morals from parents, grandparents, teachers and peers. Not from fictional TV.
I also don't condone violence. That being said however I don't believe for one second Chuck would've shattered that glass if he had known it was going to harm Blair in any way. He was desperate and broken and he reacted. Having been through many relationships I have learned that they are never black and white. They are messy and sometimes dark. I have been known to say or do something in a fit of anger that I regret later. I'm sure we all have. That's the way life works. Sometimes it's not perfect.
I also would like to point out that Blair went there knowing full well the kind of mindset Chuck was in. I doubt she went there thinking he had sobered up and she could have a conversation with him. I'm not a 100% sure why she did. The news could have waited just as easily till the morning when he had been possibly in a better frame of mind. Blair walked into that apartment completely unafraid.
This couple needs a lot of work but I do believe that they can come back from this in time. I prefer to wait and see how the next two episodes play out before I judge and until then I will continue to support Chuck and Blair and their relationship.
Posted 5/4/2011 1:58:30 PM
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