She’s the Golden Girl.
He’s the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, the hard working honest boy.
Torn apart by their families and backgrounds.
How very “Romeo and Juliet” of them… Bound to be together, right?
Perhaps not.
The producers of Gossip Girl have put a question mark in the middle of Dan and Serena’s relationship and I, for one, am thrilled. No, don’t get me wrong: they were cute together. But they were also boring.
When you think of classic on screen romances, you tend to think of witty banter or hot chemistry. Serena and Dan started off with both and quickly petered into an old married couple (and yes, I’m married, no jokes please!).
And clearly, they were both not happy, really.
Take Serena. She refused to tell Dan what was happening because she feared the worst. Really? What’s the worst? Not being able to talk to him? Because that’s what already happened. If you can’t tell your boyfriend/significant other about what’s really going on in your life, what matters to you, what bothers you, what eats away at you, then it’s not a relationship that is going to last. I’m not saying that Serena had to “tell all” the first second that she saw Dan but it’s clearly indicative of their relationship that she could trust Chuck (Chuck!) with her secrets and not Dan. Chuck, whom she claims to loathe. And Dan whom she claims to love.
As for Dan? Serena was his dream girl, we were lead to believe. He waited and waited to have sex with her because he wanted it to be special - yet would have *almost* sex with a girl that he had only met a bit before and knew to be a liar. It doesn’t make sense.
Serena and Dan kind of found each other in the beginning, but I don’t think they ever really knew who the other was. There is a familiarity with Vanessa (for Dan) and Nate (for Serena) that is probably largely comforting.
Are they destined to get back together? I don’t know exactly. It’s a more compelling story line to keep them apart - I certainly hope the writers don’t push them back together in the first episode. I’d love to see them explore life outside of their relationship.
What do you think? Are Serena and Dan meant to be? Let me know what you think!
(Next post: Blair and Chuck)
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