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*** It's pretty much a [[Broken Base]] at this point. A large number of fans hate what they have done with the pairing and feel like Chair have lost their appeal. An equally large amount of fans are as passionate as ever, refusing to give up on the couple no matter what the writers come up with. It seems to be a fairly even 50/50 split, although the people who have jumped ship tend to be a tad more vocal.
** It now seems to have been revived by Chuck's S5 apology to Blair and his redemption arc.
* [[Actor Shipping]]: Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester have quite the following of little shippers, most of them on [[
*** Questionable. More and more fans are jumping ship to the sweeter Dan/Blair pairing while the Ardent Chuck/Blair fans seem to becoming louder with twitter campaigns and such.
** Also doesn't hurt that Meester is infamous for ad-libbing lines in their scenes together. Including "If I were you, I would have rode me harder."
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** "Shove it" by Santigold during the climax of 'The Ex Files'
* [[Designated Protagonist Syndrome]]: A lot of people feel this way about Serena, especially in season 3, and wish the show would focus more on Blair and Chuck (and Eric, who is sadly not a regular).
* [[Die for Our Ship]]: A rare instance of the show itself playing into this trope - Bart Bass seemed to be killed off at least in part to allow Lily and Rufus to become an [[Official Couple]], given how quickly the latter happened after the former.
** Elle, Chuck's two-episode season two crush, earns this treatment from the Chair fans. Those who even [[Fanon Discontinuity|admit to her existence]] in the first place, that is.
** {{spoiler|Eva...}} Hooo boy...
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* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: As of the season 3 premiere, ''a lot'' of people prefer Carter/Serena over any other Serena pairings, ''including'' the original alpha couple.
** In the early episodes of the first season many fans preferred the combo [[Birds of a Feather|Chuck/Blair]]-[[Your Cheating Heart|Nate/Serena]]-[[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Dan/Vanessa]] to the then [[Official Couple|Official Couples]] [[Strangled by the Red String|Nate/Blair-Dan/Serena]], but never thought the writers would abandon Nair or Darena. Fast forward to season 3, and Chair-Serenate-Danessa are the current pairings.
*** Justified, especially with Blair/Chuck, as Nate is generally considered to be [[Too Dumb to Live]] and didn't treat Blair very well, whereas in contrast Blair and Chuck had some pretty intense [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]].
*** Although at present (late season three) most people seem to be preferring Vanessa with Rufus.
** Dan/Blair has gotten a nice following which almost rivals the Chuck/Blair ship.
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Blair dressing up for an ''[[Anna Karenina]]'' sex roleplay with Chuck.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Some fans speculate that Chuck's previous experiments with other guys included Carter Baizen. It's neither been directly denied or implied on the show, but it certainly is plausible.
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* [[Large Ham]]: The dream sequences usually have the actors really hamming it up. Special mention goes to Ed Westwick in Chuck's late season three nightmare.
** Some also feel that Ed Westwick was incredibly hammy in the episodes dealing with the aftermath of Bart's death. Others think it's his best work yet.
*** One example seems to be Chuck's raspy whisper Batman voice. Some think it is Ed's inability to keep an American accent and some think it adds to Chuck Bass allure.
* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Serena, in-universe. Blair in fandom
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Two Words]]: Chuck Bass.
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** Played straight by the show itself. When a reviewer called the show: "A parent's worst nightmare" the publicity department put that quote up on huge posters and used it for advertisement.
* [[One True Pairing]]: Still Chuck and Blair for some fans.
** As per [[Base Breaker]], some have jumped to Dan/Blair, as it's free from the whole stepsiblings issues that the Dan/Serena ship has, and well, Dan hasn't whored out Blair yet.
*** The fandom seems pretty evenly split between Dan/Blair and Chuck/Blair.
* [[One True Threesome]]: The show tried to market the Dan/Vanessa/Olivia threesome as such. The fans still didn't like it.
** Some fans ship Chairenate. That's Chuck, Blair, Serena and Nate together.
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** The Dan/Blair pairing is a rather fun example. Those who ship them tend to call them Dair (as in "we dare to dream") while those who dislike them together tend to call then Blan (as in "they're bland together") or Ban (as in we should Ban them)
** Not a romantic portmanteau, but the extended Van der Woodsen/Bass/Humphrey family, with Lily's marriages to first Bart and then Rufus, has become the Van der Bassphrey family.
** Chair has been used as both a positive name or a negative one with gifs of broken chairs or people throwing them.
** Daircut. Shipping Dan and him getting a haircut.
* [[Possession Sue]]: Happens with Chuck ''a lot'' in fanfiction.
* [[Relationship Writing Fumble]]: Nate is often referred to as an older brother figure for Jenny... Until he ends up making out with her. Fast-forward to season 3, and he's back to acting as if he only ever saw her as a little girl. Then why in God's name did you stick your tongue down her throat, dude?
* [[Rescued
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Many fans' reaction to the ''Indecent Proposal'' storyline. And Chuck and Jenny having sex.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Vanessa Abrams, especially true among fans of the books [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|when they watch the series]]. She got better (a little) in season 2, only to get a lot worse in season 3. In fact, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20423146,00.html the very same author of the books talks about it]. [[Creator's Pet|But the producers insist on giving her more stories, in spite of general dissaproval]]. Just visit any [[Gossip Girl]] webforums and you'll see rabid comments about Vanessa.
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**** And they got their wish in Season 5.
** Jenny's portrayal in the series [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|has been a bittersweet taste for fans of the book]].
* [[Ship Mates]]: People who ship Chair (Chuck and Blair) tend to be positive of a Serenate (Serena and Nate) pairing since it for one keeps Nate away from Blair and for another means the NJBC is nicely paired off. Dan/Blair fans seem to convenience ship Serena/Nate as well.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Blair and Dan recently. The writers have long said they would like to try a romance between the two because they like their possible "[[Slap Slap Kiss]]" vibe. They never did though because of possible backlash from Chair fans. Lately, though, they seem to have said screw it and are teasing them anyway.
* [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]]: Fans of the book tend to think Blair belongs with Nate. Fans of the show tend to ''passionately'' believe Blair belongs with Chuck. Cue endless arguments.
** There also seems to be a great deal of warring between fans who believe Nate belongs with Serena and those who believe he belongs with Jenny, even though there hasn't been much on the show itself to support the latter pairing.
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* [[Stoic Woobie]]: Chuck.
* [[Super Couple]]: Chuck and Blair.
* [[Take That, Scrappy!]]: Vanessa gets a lot of this, mainly from Blair, who hates her.
** As of season 4, she's been shipped off to Barcelona.
* [[Theme Pairing]]: Chair and Serenate.
** Chuck and Blair are [[Birds of a Feather]], two dark, ruthless people who scheme and manipulate their way to the top but who deeply care for the people close to them.
** Serena and Nate. A carefree, [[Brainless Beauty]] duo, both fickle and free-spirited and neither with any real ability to come up with a cunning plan or with any real drive in their lives. Often compared to a pair of golden retrievers (with Chuck and Blair being their masters).
** Even Dan/Blair who are both [[Brainy Brunettes]] who love posh art and cinema.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Serena's [[Start of Darkness]] as Gossip Girl last for a single episode before the real Gossip Girl demands her site back.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The show tries very hard to downplay Jack Bass attempting to rape Lily in season 2, but the audience never forgets. So when Chuck {{spoiler|sets Blair up to sleep with Jack in exchange for his hotel}}, he is not only {{spoiler|allowing her to prostitute herself}}, he is also {{spoiler|placing her in danger of getting raped}} according to the majority of viewers.
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