Some of the characters remain up in the air, but I am fairly sure that Chuck and Blair are going to be together by the end of the series.
One thing that makes me certain about this is the continuity:
The show has been airing for almost five years. Chuck and Blair’s famous hook-up happened in episode 7 of season 1. Since that moment, the couple entered people’s hearts and has remained an important cornerstone for a show that is always in flux.
They have been talked and written about throughout the seasons, regardless of the status of their relationship. Even if they are not together now, it does not mean they will never be again in the future.
Another sign that makes me believe this show is going to end with Chuck and Blair is the many instances of foreshadowing we have seen, from the famous million-dollar Harry Winston engagement ring to the many wedding and family mentions.
Those are not just casual lines put there to satisfy fans; Chuck and Blair’s destiny has been decided a long time ago, even before the show runners thought they would get a season 5.
Some of you may say that since Chuck’s proposals went to waste, there is no hope anymore that they would actually get together again for good. However, we all know Blair won’t marry Louis — or at least won’t stay married to him. He is a guest star and he is not exactly what she wants. Blair has proved many times that Chuck is “the one I never want to leave” and “all I’ve ever wanted”.
They are the only two characters that for all this time have not stopped loving each other. As opposed to couples like Dan and Serena or Nate and Serena, Chuck and Blair represent the Gossip Girl relationship with the most longevity. And you cannot easily kill a four-year relationship in the span of a season… Of course feelings can change, but strong feelings like the ones Chuck and Blair feel for each other are forever (or at least they are forever in teen soap operas). They are family, as Blair told Chuck in the past.
Let’s look at what happened in the last episode: Blair was torn and she did not know if it was right to leave her future husband and father of her baby in order to go back to Chuck. Her heart decided for her. Even if the baby is not Chuck’s, he decided to take care of it regardless. He decided paternity did not matter because he loves Blair, and the natural thing to do would be to love Blair’s baby just as much — as much as Lily loved Chuck after Bart died.
Chuck and Blair were in a car wreck, which stopped their reunion this time around. They need to face obstacles before they can be together, just as in any great love story.
For sure their story isn’t going to save Gossip Girl. No couple is going to save that show. But Chuck and Blair have been a part of if for 4 years, and will continue to be to the end. After all, every great show has that couple no one forgets, right?
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Ah I love this article so much!!!!!! I agree, They have had to much foreshadowing for them to not end up together in the future! They truly are a great love story :)
I know people argue all the time whether Chuck and Blair were meant to be part of the larger fabric of GG from the very beginning, but I think the important thing to note is that their story line has been an unbroken thread that reaches back to 1.07. Whether the writers originally intended that or not means nothing at this point.
You're so right about the foreshadowing, Tweety. From Chuck going to Blair after losing his only family, to Blair promising to always be his family, to Chuck wanting Blair to be in his FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH, to Chuck and Blair wanting to raise a baby together ... You see what I'm saying? It's been 4 seasons and counting of Chuck and Blair gravitating towards becoming a family.
And let's not even get into the massive wedding foreshadowing we've have for these. If only for aesthetic/paralleling purposes, Chuck and Blair have to end up together. Gossip Girl loves its full circles way too much to do anything else, and I wouldn't have it any other way. And I, obviously, have the final say in anything Gossip Girl-related. ;)
Yeah, the wedding and family foreshadowing has been anvil-rific. Subtlety, thy name is not Gossip Girl, heh.
I don't see how it's even debatable that they're still the story, to be honest. There may be stops along the way... but they're clearly the destination :)
I don't either-especially after last episode. It was pretty much set in stone they love and will only truly love and pick each other.
freaking beautiful!! I completely agree with this. They suffer so much because they are the story, it is always the same mode of operation with the great love stories. The course of true love never did run smooth.
And so true that their story is the longest running, their feelings for each other have never been gone or even dormant. Sometimes they seek and settle for other things due to pain or anger, but they have never been over each other.
They are definitely the couple to remember in this show. It's been seen time and time again, their story is definitely not over yet.
Love this article!!! Chuck and Blair have so much foreshadowing going for them that it would be absurd for them not to end up together. Though I hate all this stalling and obstacles, they are what great couples are made of! :)
Although I'm a Dair shipper, at some point I did ship Chair. Yep, that's right XD
and I came here and read this just in case I could be able to ship both Chair and Dair so I could stop crying about Gossip Girl and my poor lonely boy x<
But sorry, I don't buy it. At least, not with this reasons... :/ Please don't take this wrong, I don't want to start a Dair vs. Chair war! XD I'm really tired of reading them... :P I wish we could ship our couple and let the others be happy with theirs... :)
And just a thought about the baby... if they hadn't been in the car accident and Blair's baby survived... how could Blair be thinking about running away with Chuck? I really hate Louis, but come on, it's his baby too! And he's a prince! Blair couldn't have been thinking seriously to raise a royal bastard? baby with Chuck and forget about Louis.... :/ I really don't get GGWriters logic xD
Just to be clear, this isn't a list of reasons why you should like them. It's a list of reasons why they're going to end up together whether you like them or not. Personally, as no article would ever make me like DB, I can't imagine any of their fans being swayed by a pro-Chair article unless they were already on the fence. No one who actually feels passionately about a couple is going to change their mind that easily.
oh, well, I did came here to see if I was missing something about their relationship. As I used to like them, I thought it was strange that all of a sudden, I start disliking them...It's different from you, you never liked Dair so it's logical you don't read any DB article...
but yes, I guess that I kinda misunderstood the point of the post... but still don't buy the reasons why they're going to end up together.
Actually, I used to like Dair as a friendship quite a bit, I just hate what they've done to their relationship more recently (and what they've done to other characters to facilitate it). And I've read plenty of DB articles, not one of which has convinced me that they're a viable romance- for many reasons, which I won't go into here.
But yes, the point of this article is to illustrate some of the ways the show itself has shown Chuck and Blair are going to end up together. And they're so numerous and obvious that I don't even understand how it's in question.
well, i sometimes think that Chair are going to end up together, but then I think...what if...?? so I think the only thing we can do, is to wait and see what happens!! XD
Exactly. Not everyone and their mom has to like Chuck and Blair - and I can certainly understand how some paths the writers took in seasons 3 and 4 turned people off - but I think there's a mountain of evidence as to why Chuck and Blair will be the story in the end. And why, honestly, they SHOULD be for the purposes of telling a good story.
But obviously we'll all have different opinions at the end of the day. Even after the show ends, there'll be those of us who thought it was satisfying and made total sense, and others of us who will cry foul and never watch a Fake Empire production again.
I think she can obviously run away with him (which they weren't actually running away, they were going to tell Louis the truth) because they love each other.You don't have to marry someone you are having a child with. Blair didn't want to be locked into a marriage she wouldn't be happy with years down the line because she' in love with Chuck. the child wouldn't be happy with a miserable mother and blair could resent the baby at some point if she didn't follow her heart. I don't see how it's not logical when it has been shown for 5 years now that Chuck and Blair love each other through and through.I'm not sure why people would be ok with Blair staying with Louis because she would have to for the baby's sake. This is not the 1950's and 60's anymore.
Wonderful article, BTW
I didn't mean they have to marry... you're right, this is not the 50's or 60's, I was only saying that sometimes I don't understand GGWriters xDD
Honestly, I'm not sure what there is not to understand. Not to be rude but there has been a specific story lie of Chuck and Blair being it for each other for years. This is not out of the blue.
well, I don't want to start saying why I don't think that, this is not the point of the article, so I'm gonna leave it here... different points of view and that's all!! :)
Who are you tired of reading (about)? Chuck and Blair? If so, I don't understand why you would click on an article that's clearly about them.
no, not at all, I meant reading comments such as ' booo Dair is shit' or 'nahhh Chair is abusive' and things like that xD
I'm also not trying to be mean. Just wondering.
The main argument I see time, and time again, is that Chuck and Blair belong together, because that's the way it has always been. No matter how long something has been going on, that doesn't make it good or interesting.
As this is clearly a "nuh-uh" response to the other recent Gossip Girl article on this site, I'll say this: It just seems like a difference in what people enjoy.
Chuck + Blair: It has always been, so it must continue to be.
Dan + Blair: This is new, and hasn't been explored or given a chance.
The problem is DB have been explored and it hasn't drawn fans in at all-they have lost fans with DB interacting. Fans seem to not be interested in this pairing and they are in Chuck and Blair because it's the story many have hung on for. Chuck and Blair trended in an episode DB interacted yet DB didn't in other cities even. I don't want to be harsh or rude, but Dan and Blair simply doesn't have the story line people are interested in. Chuck and Blair still draw people in, otherwise they would not trend
I'm sorry, I don't trust the taste of the masses who can get the Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber to trend let alone take Chuck/Blair trending for one millisecond seriously.
I don't know how you can deny the hype of many media blogs and the message boards--even crossover love from actors from Pretty Little Liars and the writers of The Vampire Diaries if you're going to keep trying to tout this "no one's interested in them!! they don't trend!!111" nonsense.
Most importantly, there wouldn't be this great, organized campaigning effort from Chuck/Blair fans if Dan/Blair were irrelevant and completely ignored now, would there?
I don't think it's a bad thing being popular...but in the casa of Chuck & Blair they're popular & people ship them they way they do & didn't give up on them even after the tiresome obstacles bc of the way bc of the way their story has been written since S1, YES like remembering a time where GGwriters didn't fall for lame story lines & plots to cause drama for the sake of drama. When it comes to DAIR...YES they were the relief comedy & the best part of the bad second half of S-4 ( YES it was bad & that's why the ratings of GG kept going down) & it draw attention to the midia again to the show...liking DAIR or not...people were talking abt it...but more than the ideia of DAIR romance for the long haul...if you see in the articles...what the midia really was eager to see...was a real Dan, Blair & Chuck triangle...and pointed out that GGwriters were losing a good story line not doing...but the thing is...even they know...that the GGwriters lost their best opportunity to make this triangle beliveable once they brought Louis & especially after the last mid season finale...and those same people started to like the bromance of Dan and Chuck...pointed as one of the best thing of this season so far...and started to complaining of Dan being emo over his feelings for Blair...and Blair oblivous to it...meaning...they knew GGwriters wouldn't keep up the rythm of good cute friendship scenes between DAIR for too long...but worse then than that...they were ruining Blair's character with this engagement story line (when it could've have been the triangle D, B and C) and Dan's charact by making him suffer for his unrequited love for too long...
Why'd you think the show lost fans over the DB arc? If you don't mind me asking. For me they were the first thing in ages that made GG relevant to the media again.
Because it says it at tvbythenumbers and in the ratings there. I'm not making it up they lost viewers, I don't lie, you can look there for your answers. I don't think it was soley DB but they did contribute to the ratings fall and did not get any new viewers.
But the show lost the most viewers in S2 and S3. Do you think it was because of Chuck and Blair?
Actually the largest drop in numbers came when they lost 600,000 in season two when Chuck and Blair broke up. (the elevator I'm done scene) and then in season four they lost 700,000 last season when Dan and Blair were interacting. You can go look at it if you want to.I can't make numbers up like that.
Lol gurl. You actually think they "lost" those 600,000 viewers because Blair threw peonies at Chuck's feet, dont'cha?
You can believe as you wish. I'm not here to fight with you, just stating an opinion and backing it up with what I see. You can believe whatever you want- it does not affect me either way.
the show dropped almost 1.2 million viewers from 2x01 to 2x24 when chuck and blair were the story. it dropped 600K viewers from 3x01 to 3x22 when chuck and blair were the story. most people stopped watching the show in s2 when chuck and blair were the story.
the story is obviously shit and not working.
No they dropped because Douchbag Dan was centered in the beginning of season three and then again last year. Wow, Dair fans the biggest dumbasses ever and can't even string anything together without making shit up. Still astonished by that stupidity.
Dair lost more. Go look it up and start crying again
I think you missed the point of the article also. It's not a list of reasons why we love them or why you should love them. It's a summary of how the show has illustrated that they will end up together.
Most of us could probably ramble on for pages about why we enjoy Chuck and Blair, and what we find compelling and entertaining about them. So attempting to dismiss that as "it has always been, so it must continue to be" is disingenuous, biased, and basically a transparent attempt to belittle the opposing viewpoint.
Most of us could ramble on for pages about how Chuck/Blair shouldn't be together and draw up a summary of how the show has illustrated that as well. Starting with the obvious--they simply can't write the two together so they need "obstacles" and that they aren't even episodically together longer than Blair and a prop.
Newsflash, they can't write any two people happily together. They have openly admitted that in interviews. This is not a Chuck/Blair specific problem, it simply applies to them more because their story has been going on since S1. Honestly, DBers should be happy they're not getting together, because at least that way they'll stay friends and avoid having their relationship completely effed like the writers have done with every other couple.
"Honestly, DBers should be happy they're not getting together, because at
least that way they'll stay friends and avoid having their relationship
completely effed like the writers have done with every other couple."
Lol, thanks but no thanks for this transparent sentiment.
haha, but seriously though, this is a good point.
Have some scripts been leaked? How do you DB won't get together.
How do you *know* DB won't get together?
So very very very very true Maria...something I feel many DAIR fans almost always ignore. This is a show written by people who loves dysfunctional relationships...so had DAIR continued for another season, the writers would have attempted to royally dismantle that relationship...
I didn't miss the point, but I have never thought something should be so just because the masses will it. If that were the case, we'd all be bowing to King Bieber and Queen Black. I pointed out the differences in philosophy. CBers say that they should have influence over the writers because they are Legion. DBers say that the story is much more fun when they are together.
I would also like to point out that I don't spend a lot of time on GG fan sites. The fact that I read this, commented on it, and felt compelled to come back and check on it while I waiedt in the queue for Star Wars: The Old Republic is a testament to how incredible the pull around this is. No matter who ends up as "endgame," the CW and GG win.
Uhhh... I guess I should change my tune, then, lol. As a CB fan, I state my case: the story is more fun for me when Chuck and Blair are together. When DB are onscreen, I want to change the channel and enjoy How I Met Your Mother.
Now we're on the same team! <3
It's also a great way to get hits to your website, right No White Noise?
I guess my reason for why Chuck and Blair belong together is not that it has always been, but rather that it has been shown onscreen that they love each other more than anyone else. They know each other inside and out and love each other because of and despite their flaws. And, certainly, Dan now also loves Blair, but ... She doesn't return the sentiment and she doesn't treat him like someone who ever will. Not to mention the fact that I hate that Serena is shoved to the side (in both the DS and SB relationships) in order to make way for what is new and unexplored.
Just the fact that D has so many romantic and friendship options to make use of while Chuck has ... Blair and Lily, basically ... makes me feel like having DB together actually freezes the show. We already saw in the second half of last season that DB meant Chuck, Serena and Nate with guest stars in their own story lines. Maybe it was fun for those who liked seeing that new friendship/flirtation explored, but for those of us who care more about the other characters? It was torture. I definitely don't want a repeat of that.
I think it's very telling how the essential argument for Chuck/Blair is that they are entitled to be together because their fans have suffered with them (so has the rest of fanbase that doesn't ship these two, too, trust me) and the arguments for Dan/Blair are great writing, characterization, chemistry, hype, fun!, and real plots, lol.
Actually I find Dan and Blair OOC and I don't see one argument to convince me they will ever be anything but friends considering Chuck and Blair are in love with each other and Blair is not in love with Dan. 5 years have told me Chuck and Blair belong together and I don't think anyone can disregard that except fans who think Dan and Blair are the only characters who matter on the show at this point.
Well it's quite obvious Blair and Chuck love each other from last episodes and ,yes, I agree, nothing has told me Dan and Blair belong together. Blair chooses Chuck, he chooses her. If fans want to ignore that then they're only been missing 5 yrs of what GossipGirl has ever told them. In the end it will come back and bite them.
Sorry, but what does "belonging together" even mean and how is it something one can "disregard". Many viewers who don't like Chuck and Blair (yeah, even the ones who like DB) expect them to be "endgame", they just don't think it would make good TV.
Many people want to see them together. As said, Chuck and Blair trended world wide last episode and that's not from people hating on them. I'm not sure how people can justify so many don't want to see it after that. Sorry, you aren't winning any argument with me.
But how is "belonging together" something someone can "disregard" tho. Explain it to me. And stop with the trending, no one cares tbqh.
I'm sorry if I hit a nerve with the trending thing but networks do care. You are kidding only yourself if you think otherwise.
Also, I'm not going to go into explaining to you what end game is and how DB fans try to disregard all signs that Chuck and Blair are endgame at this point. Go look on anon to see what I'm talking about.
So, "belonging together" means endgame? But many DB fans believe CB is endgame. Looks like they don't disregard it after all.
You don't hit a nerve with the trending thing, you just kept repeating it, and I wanted to let you know that I read it and that you can stop now. And yeah, the network cares. Did they even notice CB trended for two minutes?
The writers commented on them trending, so I would say that's an affirmative.
I'm sorry you are so upset with what I'm saying and all but I've read Db fans interpretations and you may not be one of those I'm talking about but they are out there.
That's in YOUR opinion. Like in my opinion, I see NO romantic chemistry or great writing between Blair and Dan. I wish people would quit acting like their opinions are facts. Blair hasn't given any indication she is interested in Dan, besides being his friend. But like I said before, it's a matter of OPINION. The plot between Blair and Dan is predictable, not good or real.
Well, that's your opinion.
Obviously, or I wouldn't have said it IN MY COMMENT.
Yeah, I just wanted to remind you of your own wise words because your last sentence sounded like you were stating a fact! :)
That's not, and never has been, the essential argument for them- that's just you trying to downplay the arguments in favor of them so yours will seem superior in comparison. Furthermore, this article doesn't have a thing to do with Dair, and didn't say anything about fans being entitled to anything because of their "suffering", so what are you even talking about?
This is obviously a response to the article by Heather about Dair that was a featured recently so that was what I'm referencing. And sorry, I don't argue semantics--the idea and point of this article is quite clear.
It's actually not a response, since again, it has nothing to do with Dair. In fact, it seems that the author was trying to just write something positive and avoid a ship war entirely... but of course, we can't have that .
Wait, how can she downplay any arguments for CB if there weren't any arguments stated in first place?
You're an idiot!
Chuck and Blair also had lots of good writing and fun moments...the problem was the over the top dramatic moments the writers put to keep them apart (apparently know it's gonna be God lol). The point is Dan & Blair hadn't a real relationship & to explore DAIR they had to put them apart of other chracters...and ended up making the most important relationship of the serie suffer with it...Blairena...with this all BFF thing between Dair...and now the way it seems...there will be a Serena, Blair and Nate kind of situation going on between Serena, Blair and Dan...with Serena feeling like Blair...when she knew Nate loved Serena. And besides that like I said...the writers already said they don't know how to write happy couple...and for how long they'd keep entertained with Dan and Blair watching movies & eating pizza & talking abt it and funny public fights? (And if you think abt it some Dair situations were OC...like Blair telling Dan before Serena abt her pregnancy...and when would have thought abt Blair having a public fight over a stapler? )That's why some some reviewers wanted the GGwriters to have done the triangle during that time in S-4 & now wants to see what's gonna happen with Chuck and Blair what will be Dan's next step on the situation...and how things will play in the Dair scenario.
Chuck and Blair should've been separated longer. Chair shippers just want them to be together, and are tired of obstacles (yet again) getting in the way. If they are going to have dair be something more as friends, they shouldn't of brought back Chair for like....5min? I would rather have dair first, get that out of the way, then Chair be an epic finale. No one on this show can be happy for more than a minute. :/
I have to kind of agree with this actually, in that I think they brought Chair back together too fast.... and now they have to come up with some ridiculous reason to keep them apart again.