Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything (Unfortunately...)

[@thetake]

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[@doktordivine]

What everyone did to minor Jenny was absolutely insane. Chuck should've gone to jail for his assault and all the others were never held responsible for the way they treated her.

[@misswiss278]

oh god agree..and also she was the only one of these somewhat spoiled kids that actually had talent and had the bite in her to work hard and achieve things and literally all the older people in her life had nothing better to do than put stones in her way, rather than support her...she had boss bitch energy and everyone was threatened..

[@So-wb8wr]

Chuck after the pilot was always nice to Jenny and tried to get her away from the dealer, Serena, Eric, Nate, Dan and Vanessa were always very nice to her and tried to get her out of bad situations, but Jenny has returned them by treating them badly and bullying them, Blair was bad with Jenny, but Jenny tried to bring the title of queen to Blair and always tried to make Blair and Nate leave, so Blair was not totally wrong

[@goldrush18x]

@@So-wb8wr Jenny is absolutely justified in hating Chuck for the remainder of the series because of what he did to her in the pilot. And I know some Chuck fans have tried to excuse his actions by claiming it’s not canon because it’s in the pilot… no, it very much is. It’s referenced numerous times and has an impact on characters and their dynamics after the pilot episode. Chuck is an attempted rapist who has admitted to having several other “incidents” with female hotel staff in the past and yet the majority of the audience excuse his actions and relentlessly hate characters like Dan and Jenny, even though their actions could never be worse than Chuck’s.

[@nellywilliams2776]

@@goldrush18x it’s definitely cannon because that storyline was actually plucked from one of the books. I believe in the book he tried to SA her but was stopped by either Dan or Nate (can’t remember which one).

[@Tontoquienloleation]

​@@goldrush18x Even if what he did was bad, we can like his character and redemption arc. It's fiction. Why do you even watch fiction if you're gonna treat it as if it's real life?

[@nallelychow]

And that’s why “You” is the sequel of Gossip Girl, particularly the last season 😄

[@bubblegumlipgloss_9614]

Yesss I thought this so much while watching Gossip (I only watched it a year ago) Dan and Joe are soo similar and both lived in New York

[@jenlindley7780]

Exactly what I was thinking lol The first season of You is very first season of Gossip Girl coded as well

[@evanlaney5806]

Joe Goldberg is just another alias; his real name is Dan Humphrey

[@sammymeyer2937]

So true! Dan divorced Serena, moved to LA, and changed his name to Joe Goldberg.

[@dilldes]

On another note, unpopular opinion: Dan and Blair should've ended up together. They balanced each other out really well

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@dilldes no Dan should have ended up far away from NYC. Blair and Chuck, Serena and Nate. The original squad.

[@Evamarie41]

I agree if he's not gossip girl

[@paolasarmento6734]

Exactly!❤

[@paolasarmento6734]

​@@Evamarie41season 6 is a trash

[@intothestarlight4443]

I liked Chuck and Blair together at first,but then their relationship became borderline abusive, I couldn't root for them anymore

[@MD0K]

they shouldve stuck with eric being gg, this whole creators changing narrative because reddit guessed something is infuriating. You're literally catering to the intellect of a minute audience at the expense of your own story

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

I wish they kept georgina as GG when she took up the mantle. That was fun and loved when her “husband” provided his ideas for it. And it suited her.

[@karentorresalfaro3371]

Yep, Eric and Dorota were the best options for GG, but by the end of the show they were really aware of what people though of the show and decided to do something random just to prove people that they had not figured it out, wich was a terrible idea all around.

[@jenlindley7780]

Eric was too irrelevant

[@ObsidianTender]

Truly thought at one point that the show was building up Nelly Yuki to be GG!

[@GoddesssofMind]

@@jenlindley7780exactly

[@antilikka]

I liked Blair and Dan. They made sense

[@paolasarmento6734]

Totally sense

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Yes. My favorite couple on the show. They are the reason I keep coming back to the show.

[@intothestarlight4443]

@@antilikka They had so much potential

[@karentorresalfaro3371]

And it would have been great in retrospectiva because both of them definetly had a hand in what the other became.

[@TheVivaciousNerd]

And if anything making him GG only makes it fit even more - he was a scheming bitchy genius just like her

[@ivanpb1983]

I'm glad we keep talking about this show. May it never die.

[@w2ldorf]

dan and blair were so cute and should've been endgame

[@ruzzelladrian907]

Dan and Blair should've ended up with each other. Blair's character arc would've been from mean and insecure mean girl to kind, sweet, and healed. With Dan's humanity and love, Dan would've transformed Blair to just not be mean. Also, Dan shouldn't have been Gossip Girl. The writer's should've hid his/her identity. Gossip Girl should've just announced that she was going to retire and nobody's going to know who she is. That would've kept the Gossip Girl character omnipotent and mysterious.

[@Dash120z]

he brought the best of her and Blair brought Dan's cunning side, they were perfect together it would have kinda served as a life lesson to Blair on the tale of how Lonely Boy and Queen B fell for each other.

[@Shelbadelbasingsong]

Dan and Blair should have been endgame (I didn’t watch the show)

[@goldrush18x]

And you’re right!

[@Teofilo-i6k]

God no

[@Echo-mg5em]

Rufus’s reaction to his son’s actions sucks. Anytime Jenny did anything wrong, even just being a bratty teen who didn’t want his waffles, it was always “I don’t even know who you are anymore.” When she and Vanessa ruined Serena’s life and she ended up getting drugged, he coldly dismissed Jenny but asked Dan to forgive Vanessa because HE missed having her around. Jenny definitely deserved punishment for that, but Rufus never held anyone else to that standard. Meanwhile, Dan blasts horrific information about his little sister (doesn’t matter if she sent in the tip, she was a minor and as her big brother he should have protected her), and Rufus flares up before immediately letting it go. With Dan it was always “I trust you to make the right decision.” Edit: I know it was Juliet and not Jenny who drugged Serena; Jenny was horrified by that and tried to make it right. But honestly that’s a pretty low bar (not approving of someone being drugged), and it doesn’t negate her posing as Serena to hurt Dan, Blaire, and Nate just because she thought Serena deserved to be taken down a peg. My qualm is with her father rightly calling her out for it (and for far less heinous acts) and letting others slide for equally horrid behavior.

[@irinaimme]

internalised misogyny I guess

[@sanayalove9194]

Jenny didn't drug Serena.She had no idea Juliet was going to do that.

[@w2ldorf]

couldn't have said it better

[@misswiss278]

amen ..also she was the one who actually had talent and worked so hard and they put nothing but stones in her way..jenny deserved better

[@goldrush18x]

Jenny seemed like a nightmare to parent and Rufus tried his best. You can’t honestly say Dan’s actions in the first few seasons were worse than Jenny’s. He was a good kid, Jenny was a defiant one.

[@bella-je5yc]

Dan Humphrey they will never make me hate you

[@ge0rgialiv]

I’ll do it for you

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@bella-je5yc I’ll do it for you

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@ge0rgialiv omg yes!

[@bella-je5yc]

@@jasonvargas7564 if y'alls fave is that abvser chuck bass nothing you say matters to me i fear

[@goldrush18x]

Exactly lol if people can love and make excuses for Chuck Bass the predator then I can like Dan

[@bumblebee7384]

Dan as Gossip Girl is a great story, but it’s too advanced for the writers to get right. Even if they had planned it since the beginning, they aren’t capable to get it right anyway.

[@sanayalove9194]

They didn't.First it was Eric and then nate

[@billlieluv]

dan and blair were so cute to me, dan offering to raise her child with her, taking her to church, helping her with her wedding and after her miscarriage etc dan and blair had an understanding of each other that other people didnt have even in s1 when they open up to eachother despite hating eachother

[@So-wb8wr]

Dan tried to sabotage Blair and Louis' marriage several times, and he took her to church and he said that strange pact Blair made with God just so Blair wouldn’t be able to be with Chuck, while Serena, who really cared about Blair, tried to make her understand that the pact with God was a crazy thing, since Blair is not even catholic. Finally sent the footage of Blair and Chuck has Gossip Girl, and then told Blair that it was Chuck, in this way Blair made a bad opinion of Chuck and became trapped in marriage with Louis.

[@goldrush18x]

@@So-wb8wr And Chuck Bass sold his girlfriend for a hotel, forced himself on her, and almost punched her in the face resulting in her bleeding. Womp womp. Dan will always be the better man.

[@billlieluv]

@@So-wb8wr dan wanted to tell chuck and serena what happened, blair refused and he couldnt just tell them because it was not his secret to tell

[@Ohhey_itsWes]

I think it would have made more sense for Gossip Girl to be Dan and Jenny's mom. She obvi has history with Lily due to her relationship with Rufus so the original would have been to get her kids to come home by constantly making them feel like outsiders, and then after Jenny moves home finds out her mom is GG and tells Dan, she alerts her plans to help her Dan the social status he wants and end up with Serena which helps her ultimate gosl of keeping Rufus and Lily apart

[@Dash120z]

this is such a good theory

[@So-wb8wr]

I hate how people describe Dan as the "good guy" when he wasn’t at all. He abused his friends and family to make easy money, dated a lot of girls, and every time he acted like she was the love of his life, then got tired, cheated on her and passed on to the next girl. He slept with his teacher several times and started a gossip blog where he wrote the secrets of his friends, his girlfriend and his sister, pushing them to want to escape from town or kill themselves because they felt humiliated, And in all this he felt no remorse, rather went around judging everyone as if he was much better. I’m not saying the other characters were better, but at least they were aware of being bad and had interesting plots, Dan instead was a character terribly boring and annoying

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I just liked Penn Badgley a lot. Sorry for sounding superficial

[@dorian417]

He's a good actor and very easy on the eyes, I don't blame you. 😂

[@AlexClementine]

You should check out his band Mothxr. His voice and stage presence is amazing. Seeing him in concert dancing was wild!

[@Camilajj97]

Dan was abusive. If I was any of them I could never forgive the person who tormented me throughout all my teen years. He was a hypocrite and judged everyone to a standard he didn’t even met.

[@raiha1425]

Then he becomes JOE bc he got tired of the upper east side

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@raiha1425 Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite. We hear that Lonely Boy has ditched S, but still has a thing for blondes. Where’s the body? And who am I? None other than Dan Humphrey, I mean, Joe Goldberg, I mean Will Bettelheim

[@michellechabu4566]

I’ll never forget the DAN hate!!! He was my favorite and will forever be my fav!!!!!!😭🫶🏾

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@michellechabu4566 ew how? He was so sanctimonious and judgmental and hypocritical. The rest of them at least knew they were privileged and didn’t shy from it. Dan was always just so jealous of them and wanted to be one of them but hated them for the same wealth, power, and privilege that he wants. And he grew up in Brooklyn but acted as if he was poor. He himself was privileged unlike a lot of other people growing up in NYC.

[@bella-je5yc]

same

[@bubblegumlipgloss_9614]

Samee! He was real and normal and you know kinda cute😂

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

@@jasonvargas7564i am going to put it this way. We can like toxic characters. Blair was just as toxic as him at first, but we love her. Also, there were times where he had growth and arcs and that is where I started him a bit. I also pretend he isn’t GG. Season 6 was fan fiction of their own show, in my opinion.

[@w2ldorf]

@@jasonvargas7564 there are no morals in gossip girl everyone is a shitty person

[@joshuaserrato3495]

Honestly I completely understand Dan. Sometimes you have to throw your integrity out the window to make a name for yourself.

[@frankenviews4069]

It's not an original investigative journalism concept. Placing yourself in the center of the story and pretty much making it about you in an Alice in Wonderland role as you traverse an underground secret world is referred to as Gonzo journalism. It was made famous by notorious writer Hunter Thompson.

[@laneilleglyne5986]

Dan Humphrey is just a precursor to Joe Goldberg 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Camilajj97]

No, he shouldn’t have ended up with Blair. Not even with Serena. He disrespected every woman he dated. He disrespected and failed to protect his sister. He betrayed everyone close to him. He tormented teens for years. He was abusive and a hypocrite. He didn’t care about anyone but himself. He felt that he deserved it all just because he was “the nice guy”. No, what he was is just creepy, obsessive.

[@AlexClementine]

Thank you!

[@goldrush18x]

Dan being GG wasn’t even believable be so fr girly. And even if he was, his actions could NEVER be worse than Chuck’s and yet the majority of the audience break their backs making excuses for Chuck. Let me guess, you think Chuck deserved a happy ending 😂

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@goldrush18x why do you refuse to believe that Dan was GG but have no problem believing Chuck’s actions in the pilot episode? Be consistent.

[@goldrush18x]

⁠@@jasonvargas7564 The literal CAST laughs about how absurdly impossible it was for Dan to have been Gossip Girl. There are no plot holes involving the storyline of Chuck being a predator. It happens in the pilot and is substantiated in numerous episodes following. Dan being GG never made any sense given the huge mountain of plot holes and even the cast acknowledges that. Not the same situation, sorry delusional lil buddy.

[@nellywilliams2776]

@@jasonvargas7564 Chuck’s actions came straight from the book series while Dan being GG was made up by the show’s writers. GG was never revealed in the books. Dan being GG is not believable at all 💯

[@w2ldorf]

idc i always loved dan

[@ZolaRenard_01]

So basically, Joe is Dan, but 100x worse 😅😅😅

[@breathesyoutube]

so, he was the lady whistledown of NY? 😂

[@karentorresalfaro3371]

The other way arround, this inspired lady whistledown😂

[@nellywilliams2776]

The remake should’ve been about the Carlisle triplets!! It would’ve stayed on track with the book series.

[@GoddesssofMind]

Dan being gossip girl still makes no sense

[@Dash120z]

Dan Humphrey aka the underdog of UES, they could never make me hate you 👑

[@lakouk1901]

Vid on Jen Lindley or Brooke Davis, or "Nathan Scott is better than Lucas Scott", and" Peyton was wrong about everything" ? , so we have been waiting it for a looooooonnnnng time !

[@butterflyunicorn3499]

I'd love to watch that

[@jasonvargas7564]

No, Dan is wrong

[@teamLewis44]

agree

[@teamLewis44]

there is no a single character who was right. its the point of the show, to show how people are complex and not perfect

[@ge0rgialiv]

@@jasonvargas7564 have you met Joe yet?

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@ge0rgialiv Joe is the same as Dan, literally no difference

[@ge0rgialiv]

Same actor and everything lmao

[@PrincessAndBear]

Dan murdered Serena because she was so annoying and became Joe Goldberg!

[@StarDreamsStudios]

Actually Dan being gossip girl makes sense. After rewatching the show I can see it. It actually works.

[@ishikashrimali]

Dan putting down Serena so he could feel better about himself... that's a healthy relationship

[@moustik31]

Dan being GG makes no sense. Who did the showrunners had in mind at beginning?

[@CaraMarie13]

Penn was ready for that Joe role.

[@psyche5751]

I've always thought this. when ppl say "it doesn't make sense dan was gg" I disagree.

[@lakouk1901]

What , this video is a joke? Dan was right? Was right to stalk friends for writing his jerk gossip blog?

[@teamLewis44]

thats so weird but im 26 yo and only at that age I feel similar as the characters. an they supposed to be 16 y.o. am I slow?

[@dorian417]

You're not slow, teen shows have long used actors in their 20s and 30s to play high schoolers, and the script is written by adults. And they cut out the bits about school. The lives of the characters in this show are very adult 😂

[@oruga9737]

it was so funny they went on about trips and past experiences, like Santorini. yet they were 16 and never traveled in the show, they always decided to stay for the holydays or summer in NY, so when did all that happened? when they were 9?

[@Valentina-ly6bu]

The last season of the show was a mess, they really needed to re write the whole thing

[@codezero7981]

I will always stan Dan Humphrey.

[@emmarosediiorio2371]

Serena should’ve ended up with Nate

[@chihirokai9193]

Is this a reupload? I feel like I’ve seen this before

[@pikachick222]

Blair blasted Jenny in her sendoff episode for trying to worm her way into the elite.

[@yoyodre]

My issue with the ending was those people being that cruel to each other would not result in marriage. At least not a happy one.

[@angelgray8899]

He reminds me of Heathcliff

[@ge0rgialiv]

When Nate punched him, that was the best part of the show.

[@paolasarmento6734]

When Dan punched Chuck that was the best part the show, Chuck should be a jailed

[@goldrush18x]

When Dan punched Chuck after he assaulted his little sister and then punched him again when he was about to propose to Blair like a sick coward right after sleeping with an underage Jenny >>>>>>>

[@Dash120z]

when Dan punched him in the pilot and the season 3 finale was the best part of the show.

[@psyche5751]

@@goldrush18x facts hes so real

[@brandonbates9259]

Dan ate that punch lol he didn't get knocked down..When Nate got punched by Damien he got dropped,Chuck got dropped by Dan twice

[@lizakatz23]

Dan (not as GG) should have ended with Queen B. They made the most of each other.

[@syren4731]

He should've ended up with Blair. That storyine where he ends up with Serena is the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things.

[@santiagovillamar5472]

Dan? All I see is a Joe, idk what y’all talking about

[@santiagovillamar5472]

@@Solar_wind13 fuck no

[@nidhiroses]

Dan is not gossip girl never

[@billlieluv]

idc dan is a loser but i love him😭😭

[@yeet-lj3dr]

1.5 million subs and 7k views 😭 LOL

[@Shaylovespopeye]

No thank you he would never do that again I love Dan and Serena fyi he has kid which you forgot about I’m absolutely positive they are happy with their kid and their life’s so no thank you please do better

[@MitaliChouksey]

gossip girl not gossip boy. stereotypical!!!

[@Missmagazinebura]

Jenny or Georgina should have been gossip girl and and at season 5

[@Tringa5Sija]

This is a spoiler!😢😂

[@antilikka]

Eh no it’s not

[@aiden8834]

Ended 12 years ago. You had more than enough time.

[@thetake]

Thanks for watching! Who do you think should actually been Gossip Girl in the end? Dan? Dorota? Some mysterious person we never find out about? & Next up, make sure to check out our video on queen bee Blair Waldorf! Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHnYeGhsrbigftU

[@jasonvargas7564]

@@thetake we never should have found out. It never makes for a good ending to find it out, UNLESS the entire show was built on the premise of a certain character being “it” the entire time. Otherwise it just ends up being nonsensical with too many plot holes and contradictions, forcing the ending instead of it being a OMG moment. Like Jon Snow’s true parentage on game of thrones. It wasn’t just made up on the spot in the later seasons. The author already had that planned from the very beginning and so it all made sense.

[@Evamarie41]

In the books, it's no one

[@forensikarie]

DOROTA

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Georgina Juliette, maybe. Or it could be a ring. If someone was tired of it, they pass the laptop on in a black market kind of way.

[@PirvateerKurei]

Gossip Girl could have started with Dan, but then he could have let it die until someone else hacks in and steals it from him. Someone like Georgina that has connections and know-how. Things like this work best when there's a pair like Ghost face, because there's way too much information one would not be privy to. Btw OTP should be Dan and Georgina if anything. They're a match made in darkness. Or maybe Vanessa, the best friends angle works very well.

[@sibilaribeirof]

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