Gossip Girl may be long over but that doesn’t stop us from
going head over heels for Mr Chuck Bass. The smirk, the slow dialogue delivery,
those scarfs and those four words – “I am
Chuck Bass”. Enough to make any girl weak in the knees. Its no surprize
that he managed to get the queen bee herself to fall madly in love with him. He
may have started out as a philanderer but as the series progressed his
character turned out to be one of televisions most loved. Though there is no
reason required to love Chuck, but there were a few moments in the series when
he just melted our hearts and made us collectively go Awwwwwww. While on the re
runs of Gossip Girl, I have nailed down some of his aww-worthy actions.
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The time is kept Lily’s
secret
The time his father died in a road accident while on his way
to meet his stepmom Lily. Chuck, in the process of blaming Lily for his
father’s death paid huge amount of money to his father’s detective. The one who
had a big secret which even his father knew and was on his way to confront lily
about but insteaddied in the car crash. Having a full chance to tell her secret
to the world, Chuck chose to be a gentleman and at lily’s instance kept mum
about Rufus’s child that Lily gave up, years ago.
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When he saved Lily
from getting raped by Jack Bass
While on the verge of losing his dad’s business to the evil
Jack bass, Lily offered to adopt Chuck to become his legal guardian and hence
help him keep his father’s legacy. This did not go down well with the scorned
Jack Bass. He attempted to threaten and rape Lily but she was saved with
Chuck’s timely intervention. I love the look of extreme anger on his face in
this scene and well the mind-blowing blows. *sighs*
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His best man speech
The best man speech at his father’s wedding to Lily was what
changed Chuck from a boy to a man. Now we will forget that towards the end of
the first season he stood up Blair and hobnobbed with some decorator. But his
words about love and forgiveness stole our hearts.
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The time is helped
Serena during the whole Georgina Sparks thing
Playing the perfect friend and step brother Chuck helped Serena
coming out of the mess Georgina Sparks created. From holding her up at the
Palace to arranging a fake Serena to give her SATs. He did whatever was
possible to keep her safe including lying to not-very-amused Dan Humphrey. And
who can forget the iconic “let’s get the bitch” sentence he uttered in response
to Blair’s scheme for the final blow to evil Georgina.
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When he paid for Blair’s
dowry
According to an agreement clause in Blair’s cursed nuptial to
the Prince, she has to stay married for at least a year or pay a mind boggling
sum of money as dowry. Since the money would make the Waldorf‘s bankrupt, Blair
decided to stay married for a year. But Chuck wanted her freedom so on the cost
of Bass Industries he paid off Blair’s dowry in what can only be called as the costliest
romantic gesture ever.
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The time is got Blair
her dream senior prom dress and made her the queen of Constance.
We all know Ms Waldorf had been planning her prom since she
was a little girl. Her dress, her makeup, her man just about everything. But
the time nearing her actual prom was not an easy one. So she was pretty excited
when a dress arrived exactly like the one she had in her scrapbook. She went
with the guy she had always dreamed of going with – Nate and also ended up
being crowned the queen of Constance.Chuck made her dream come true.Though her
minions schemed to de-throne her but it was chuck who saved her and put her
name in all the voting chits. Awwwww.
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When he rode a bike
in that dapper jacket.
In order to get away from Blair’s wedding, Chuck went to
chill out in LA. Considering that we rarely saw him in anything but suits, this
appearance in that leather jacket was a treat!
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The time in Yale when
he saved Nate
In order to accomplish his dream to be a part of secret
society in the crown of Ivy League, Yale he made sure not to betray his best
friend Nate. When the members wanted him to give Nate as a ransom, he gave them
poor Dan instead. Smart as he is, he also kept a blackmail material ready
capturing their escapades with the girls in the party thrown by him.
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When he gave up Blair
to Prince Louis
Even though madly in love with Blair, he let Blair have her
princess moment by not letting her breakup with Louis. It takes a lot of
courage for a deed like this and Chuck proved yet again what an incredible man
he is by this action.
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His fabulous quotes
Agreed he is portrayed as a narcissist but the dialogues and
his dialogue delivery was one of the high point of the entire series.
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Good post Sneha! I've never watched The Gossip Girl, so had no clue about the story or the situations you've written about, but I understood why the character "Chuck Bass" became so popular :)
ReplyDeleteAha! Now u prompting me to watch The Gossip Girl and gotta catch up to do with Friends also:)
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