December 17th is Chairversary, the day Charles Bartholomew Bass and Blair Cornelia Waldorf finally said I do. As such it’s the day our fandom celebrates this iconic ship’s endgame. In honor of their 3rd Chairversary I wanted to show some appreciation for Blair’s endgame in particular. And when I say endgame I mean more than her final canon romantic partner (Chuck obvs). I mean how the show wrapped up her series long arcs.
Professional Life
After spending almost the entire series striving to become a powerful woman Blair finally achieves it as the head of Waldorf Designs. Notably Eleanor is a self-made woman so this is in effect a matriachal legacy. One thing I love about this is that Blair’s professional “power” is completely separate from any man. It’s one powerful woman entrusting her legacy to the next generations’s powerful woman
Maturity and Growth
Two things stand out to me: Blair hires Jenny for Waldorf Designs and Blair hosts Dan and Serena’s wedding in her home. These two things prove Blair has learned to forgive, let go and find real closure when people born outside her tight circle have done things to betray or upset her. It also suggests that she may have grown more tolerant of “outsiders” into her rarified world.
Family
By the series finale Blair is obviously very close to her mother Eleanor, step father Cyrus, second mother Dorota and her non-judging breakfast club family Nate and Serena. They are all warm fixtures in her life in the flash foward. In addition she’s traded in chilly judgmental Princess Sophie for a more agreeable and fun mother in law in the form of Lily van der woodsen.
Children
Blair had a devastating miscarriage in Season 5. By the series finale she is the mother of an adorable, well behaved (he helped Dorota by picking up his toys! lol) HAPPY little boy. Henry’s joy and happiness suggests Chuck and Eleanor were right when they predicted Blair would be an amazing mother.
Love
Blair always dreamed of marrying a real life Prince and in Season 5 she did. But just like with most of Blair’s A plans, the fairytale turned into a nightmare. She does end up married to a Prince of sorts (or rather a King) when she weds Chuck Bass but Chuck’s arc is more akin to the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast” than a clean cut wholesome Prince Charming.
But here is the thing about Blair: She may have dreamed of a simple fairytale but she’s not simple. She’s complicated and beautiful. She’s a firey empire building Queen not a passive Princess. She’s as much Grace Jones as she is Grace Kelly. Her partner in life should be someone that can match her, understand her and 100% accept her for who she is and not expect or ask her to change. The only character that fits that bill is the King to match her Queen: Charles Bartholomew “Chuck” Bass.
Greek myths are fucking great because their gods are so human. They argue, they fuck up at things, they make fun of each other, they piss each other off, it’s great, there’s so much human interaction and then Christianity comes in like that guy and is all like “oh my god is infallible and knows everything and immortal and everywhere at once and you can’t see it but its totally there and stronger than everything” shut the fuck up Christianity go take a writing class
Pet peeve: People who yelled at you and made you angry but try to joke with you a few minutes later because they can’t stand the atmosphere they created
I’m a manager for a Regal Cinemas theatre, so I promise you this is accurate info, at least for Regal Entertainment Group theatres.
If you plan to go and you want to dress up, please check with your theatre if you’re unsure about your costume.
Masks will not be allowed, and neither will prop weapons. I know those are probably obvious to people, but I’d hate for someone to get dressed up and then get turned away.
Another big thing that I didn’t even think about–face paint counts as a mask, at least for Regal theatres. If you show up in Darth Maul facepaint we are not allowed to let you in. This is a corporate, safety decision. No exceptions. So please, be prepared and treat your theatre gently, it’s going to be very, very busy.
Please signal boost this, I would hate to have someone do their face up as a character and have to wash it off or miss their movie.
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