How "Gossip Girl" Should End: Dan & Blair
Dan and Blair, individual entities. By the age of thirty, Dan had become a household name as a triple threat novelist, playwright and screenwriter. His earned critical acclaim paired with his youth caused a literary upheaval in New York that hadn't been seen in ages. Heralded as the modern day Fitzgerald, Dan Humphrey was the ultimate insider. Better though, he thought, to have earned his status by way of his intellect and not his money or who that money was linked to. He didn't much mind it all now.
Likewise, but separately of course, Blair had climbed the ranks of high fashion swiftly, though not effortlessly. Her lucky breeding, impeccable taste and dictatorial attitude landed her assistant editor of Vanity Fair before she brazenly began her own magazine, Tracy Lord, just a year later. Blair Waldorf had become a force to be reckoned with in New York society and business.
Yes, the two were very much their own individual, independent entities, but their names had since often been separated by a conjunction. Dan and Blair. First in 2018, on their wedding invitations and subsequently on the guest list to every exclusive event in town.Dan Humphrey & Blair Waldorf. Separate they were admirable. Together, they were legendary.