i've made a huge mistake

and then managed to tap into it and write a gorgeous arc that made possible themes of the show as a whole come into sharp relief (people not being as you thought they were, the rich/poor dichotomy, realizing you can drop the facade, etc) –

and THEN shunted it all to the side (all that development! all that comprehension! all that cyclical beauty!!!!) to appease the bright, burned-out makeshift glory of “three words, eight letters” that, sure, was appealing at first but quickly fizzled into a stuck-in-the-mud relationship that just destroyed blair’s character entirely

how do you write two characters like dan and blair and not have them end up together

while it’s still here

bravery is also getting up in the morning when there is no incentive, it’s the small things that so many people take for granted, because they don’t have to think about it, and so they don’t realise that it’s brave.