Chuck & Blair manip

Episode 1: Back to the Bass

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At School.
Serena and Blair are sitting in the courtyard eating lunch.

S: So What happened the other night at Victrola
B: Nothing (looks down)
S: B?
B: Nothing I swear
S: (looks at Blair waiting for an answer)
B: If I give toi Chuck Bass, A tone of booze and a Whore joint namly Victrola, draw your own conclusion S...

All the Chair citations from season 1. :) Because we l’amour them. Can toi pick just one? ;)



Episode 1.02 - The Wild Brunch

Chuck: I'm honoured to be playing even a small role in your deflowering.
Blair: You're disgusting.
Chuck: Yes, I am, so why be shy?


Episode 1.03 - Poison Ivy

Blair: You're heinous.
Chuck: Which is probably why toi called.
Blair: toi know me well.

Chuck: Admit it, even for me, this is good.
Blair: If toi weren't such a perv, i'm sure the CIA would hire toi in a second.
Chuck: Defending my country? There's a future I never imagined.
Blair: With good reason.

Chuck: It's a facility for the...

01. GAMES


I mean, obviously. Chuck/Blair has been a near-constant battle. Games were part of the foundation of their relationship ("You and I bonded over a mutual l’amour of scheming"), games were part of their undoing. Season 2 is inundated with dialogue about games and stakes, winning and losing. Games + Chuck and Blair's king and Queen pretensions = every chess and war cliche reference in the history of ever.

Also obviously, games aren't the point. S2's sabotage, schemes, wagers, and ~seductions are just a way for Chuck and Blair to channel their feelings for each other into a safer type of...