I'm a hugely addicted TV show drama watcher. I used to watch soap operas back in the day. I had my couples who I rooted for and I felt deeply attached to these couples. It's because of these attachments that it begins to feel like everything these show writers do starts feeling personal.
Gossip Girl: Bluck (Blair and Chuck)
Gossip Girl is currently on Season 4. I have been and on-again, off-again follower for the past seasons simply because sometimes this show just pisses me off. But the one steady person I can always rely on for some witty plotting and good times is Blair Waldorf. I have to admit; the writers and Leighton Meester have made Blair Waldorf into more then just a bitchy Queen Bee. They've created her into a vulnerable, likable character despite all her faults. I love me some Blair Waldorf Scheming.
The hugest part of Blair Waldorf's story is her relationship with Chuck Bass. In the novels, Chuck is kind of a background douchebag. No one really takes him seriously. In the tv version, they've made him incredibly slick, cool, and damn he looks good with a cane. He's a schemer, and can pull of some of the craziest (and perhaps shockingly cruel) shenanigans (like selling his GF out to his uncle?!?) without even a pause.
Together, Blair and Chuck are dynamite. Like, literally. They tend to blow up a lot. It begins as a one night stand, but turns into a full out love affair. Instead of getting together, Blair and Chuck do a kinda dance around each other, where they sleep together or scheme together (for them, scheming is just like sex), declare their love to everyone else but each other. It kind of gets annoying (between Blair dating a Baron of some sort, and Chuck being...well Chuck) but it came to a nice culmination when Chuck's father died in Season 2. As Chuck spiraled downward, it was Blair who saved him. And while, in true Bluck fashion, they did a little dance around each other before finally coming together in the fantastic season finale, it was definitely the highlight of their relationship. Of course, nothing is at it seems.
Their relationship is not simple like we would want. It is true; in the end, Blair and Chuck know each other better than anything. But from playing a game of infidelity, to selling Blair off to his uncle for a hotel, Season 3 saw the fizzle of their relationship. The ending was the worse; as a fan of Bluck, watching Blair and Chuck do the dance again (I will meet you here if you love me; oh no she didn't show I'm leave; Whoops I was late but I showed.) is annoying, and then to have Chuck go off and sleep with Jenny (of all people; because apparently this show people can only sleep with the 6 of each other. Next thing you know, there will be a threesome with V, B, and S.) was disgusting.
Season 4 begins with Blair plotting against Chuck's new girlfriend. She clearly still loves him, but can't forgive him, which is understandable. After sabotaging his relationship with foreign ex-prostitute Eva (which that was just a joke), Blair was then threatened by Chuck, who swore to destroy her.
Am I the only one getting kind of annoyed with these two?
Grey's Anatomy: Meredith and Derek
This reminds me of a similar back and forth between super couple Meredith and Derek in Grey's Anatomy. These two are my most beloved couple and the only reason I even half watch Grey's Anatomy any more.
Their relationship was also an annoying dance for over 4 seasons, before (and she'll never admit it) fan complaints finally forced Shonda Rhimes to give MerDer their happily ever after. And while I'll never be happy with the way she wrote the relationship (a Post-It note wedding is cute...but only for a an episode or two. I think fans deserve a wedding), at least they are together, and the MerDer chemistry can live on.
Grey's Anatomy has since declined from well written primetime drama to a complete melodramatic cluster f*ck. With a massive ensemble cast closing in fast on the numbers of Lost (hey, at least they killed off a few and made it cohesive and stuff) it's hard to feel anything for the new characters the way that you have grown attached to Mer, Cristina, Alex, Izzy and George.
I'm pretty sure relationships in TV shows are like chocolate. They taste great while you're eating it, but it eventually ends, and that is saddening. I understand the need to make everything have 20x's more drama then real life to bring in viewers. I mean the stuff Meredith goes through is ridiculous (hand on a bomb, almost drowns, her "husband" gets shot in a massacre in the hospital.) I don't think half of that stuff will happen to us. Is it possible for relationships to stop being so annoying? They've ended turning into on-again/off-again fairs that go in circles and are really annoying. There has to be a better way to serve drama.
On a side note:
Grey's Anatomy: Lexi and Mark are stupid.
This is by far the WORST relationship in the entire world. First off, how cliche is it that Lexi (Mer's sister) would end up with Mark, Derek's best friend. Oh wow. What a twist! I'm also shocked at how fast Mark went from manwhore/McSteamy to devoted boyfriend. And I like how Lexi is the one whose kinda hesitant about how seriuos this relationship gets. Talk about out of character. Mark was a lot more fun when he was McSteamy, not McNeedy. Please end the misery and just end the relationship. This and Callie with Arizona (and at first, Hahn) was also really annoying. And cliche. And inappropriate. Not because it is a homosexual relationship, but because I think it really insults homosexuals. Hahn and Callie together were everythings that's wrong with the portrayal of homosexuals. No wonder there was such a huge backlash. Yes, Callie and Arizona have some more class, but I never cared about them. It's possible that it is because I'm only attached to older relationships (MerDer, and Alex/Izzie) but I love Cristina and Owen and they are new. I think Grey's Anatomy needs to pull the plug before they go down like a forgotten flame.
General Hospital: Elizabeth is a whore.
I'm sorry. Elizabeth Spencer is a complete and utter whore. They have completely broken her character down from innocent and sweet, to self martyring and stuck up bitch. The men she "can't help loving" sure do range a lot, and she sure knows how to pick them. From sleeping with and then carrying a baby for a man in another serious relationship, to returning to her ex-husband (father of two of her children), then cheating on him again, and sleeping with her dead best friend's ex husband. Oh, and she gets pregnant by this guy too. Well, it's actually her ex-husband's, but her BF's ex husband's mom made it look like it was his so that she'll stay with him.
I watch her. I try to feel sorry for her. I try to take her feelings as genuine, but I'm beginning to think either a.) the writers are delusional, or b.) the writers hate her.
She's a whore. I'm sorry. She is. And she needs to stop acting so self righteous...
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