Courtney's other favorite couple, Jate!
Congratulations Courtney! u totally deserve this! How does it feel to be Chair FOTM?
Thanks, J! It feels amazing. My love for Chair has skyrocketed in the last few months, and it’s such an honor to be considered worthy of this titel door people who are definitely bigger fans than I.
1. Tell us something new about yourself.
Hmm. I live in Alaska, in case anyone didn’t know that. God, I am so boring, I honestly have nothing left to put here. Haha.
2. When did u start watching Gossip Girl, and why?
I started watching with the Pilot, because I had been a fan of the boeken for about a jaar before the toon came out. And when I saw the promos for it, I was intrigued.
3. When did u start shipping Chair?
4. Where does Chair fall on your lijst of favoriete GG couples? On your lijst of favoriete couples in general?
Currently, they are my favoriete GG couple. The toon has pretty much screwed every other couple up for me, so they’re kinda the only couple I ship on the toon still. And they’re third on my favoriete ships of all time, after Jack&Kate and Ron&Hermione.
5. Why do u ship Chair? What makes them different (and better) from other couples?
I could seriously write an essay about this, but I’ll try making it short and sweet. There are a lot of reasons I ship Chair. They do angst better than anyone, but they're also hilarious. They bring something to the toon that no other couple has even come close to having. Most importantly, they never bore me. No matter what they are doing, they are always entertaining. Plus, they are meant to be! Why would I waste my time shipping any other couple endgame besides them?
6. What’s your favoriete thing about Chuck?
What isn’t my favoriete thing about Chuck?! Besides his gorgeousness, I love that he’s always trying to be a better person. He has these glorious daddy/mommy issues that make for the best storylines, and I love seeing him trying to go above the faults of his parents.
What isn’t my favoriete thing about Chuck?!
7. What’s your favoriete thing about Blair?
Her loyalty to the people closest to her. She’s always there for the people she cares about when they really need her.
8. What do u think has meer to do with Chair’s perfection- Ed and Leighton, of the writers/producers?
As much as I’d like to put it all on LeightEd because of how pissed I am at the writers right now, I have to go with the writers on this one. LeightEd definitely help with their amazing acting, but their epic, angsty storylines would be nonexistent without those writers.
LeightEd definitely help with their amazing acting
9. Your favorite:
Season: Season 2, hands down.
Angst: “Maybe in the future.” 2x08
Fluff: “Are u okay?” “I am now.” 3x02
Hot scene: Piano sex!
Funny scene: “This ends here.” “How about over there?” 4x08
Eyesex: 2x07, when Blair tells Chuck she’ll have sex with him if he destroys Vanessa.
Dance: Snowflake Ball dance, 2x12.
10. This of that:
Chuck of Blair? CHUCK BASS!
Ed of Leighton? Ed.
Seventeen Candles of Pret-a-Poor J? Pret-a-Poor J.
“Maybe in the future” scene of Train Station Scene? “Maybe in the Future”
“The volgende time u forget you’re Blair Waldorf…” of “I love u so much it consumes me?” I love u so much it consumes me.
Blair’s first ILY of Chuck’s ILY? Chuck’s ILY.
Limo sex of piano sex? Piano sex!
Nair of Dair? I hate you. Uhhhhhh, I guess Nair. :/
11. favorieten per season:
Season 1:
Best cute scene: “Chuck bas, bass is a romantic, who knew?” 1x18
Best hot scene: Limo sex.
Best quote: Chuck’s best man speech in 1x18.
Best angst: The bar scene in 1x13
Best episode: Seventeen Candles.
Scene/moment/anything that pissed u off: Blair getting it on with Nate after running away from Chuck. Chuck’s face when he sees them is enough for me to jump through the TV screen and tackle Blair.
They bring something to the toon that no other couple has even come close to having.
Season 2:
Best cute scene: Chuck’s ILY!
Best hot scene: Ending scene in 2x07.
Best quote: “I love u so much, it consumes me…” 2x25
Best angst: This season was so full of great angst, but I’ll go with the “Maybe in the future.” scene again.
Best episode: 2x08. Still my favoriete Chair/GG episode of all time.
Scene/moment/anything that pissed u off: Hmm. The stupid Chuck/Blair/Nate love driehoek reactivated. Kill me now.
Season 3:
Best cute scene: Cuddling in bed, 3x02.
Best hot scene: “It’s been three hours, I missed you.” 3x01
Best quote: “The volgende time u forget you’re Blair Waldorf, remember I’m Chuck bas, bass and I love you.” <3
Best angst: I’m a sucker for the ending Chair scene in 3x17. It’s so painful, but so good.
Best episode: Hmm, I’ll go with 3x12.
Scene/moment/anything that pissed u off: Uh, everything in 3x18. That episode was ridiculously bad, and the Chair stuff made me want to scream. It’s the only time ever I can say that I didn’t like them.
Season 4:
Best cute scene: The ending scene in 4x08.
Best hot scene: Piano sex!!!
Best quote: “The only thing that’s ever been real is me and you.” 4x20
Best angst: The goodbye scene in 4x22
Best episode: 4x09, for sure.
Scene/moment/anything that pissed u off: Putting aside the whole Ban thing, I’ll go with Blair telling Chuck that she needed to be ‘independent’ and ‘by herself’, and now is wanting to be a princess. She keeps bitching about Chuck needing to grow up, um, look in the mirror Blair.
Chuck carrying Blair!
12. Is there anything about Chair’s story that u would change?
Um, I would have made this season their rebuilding season. So that season 5 they could have been together and planning their wedding. The seconde half of season 4 has been awful, and if they would have had Chair stuff in it, it wouldn’t have sucked so bad. Just sayin’.
13. What’s the craziest thing you’ve heard a Chair hater say? How would u like to respond to them?
Hardest vraag ever. They say some crazy stuff. I guess I’ll go with the time people were freaking out that the Piano Sex was rape. Maybe they would know that wasn’t rape if they stopped spending all their time bullying people online about a fictional couple and got laid.
14. Chuck’s actions in 4x20 have garnered a lot of heat. What are your thoughts on it?
That was NOT domestic abuse.
Ohh, I have lots of thoughts on it. First and foremost, that was NOT domestic abuse. I don’t know how many times I and the writers have to say it, before people get their heads out of their ass’s and understand this. I will say that it was a lot meer intense than what I was expecting it to be, but I think people are blowing it WAY out of proportion. Obviously, what Chuck did was wrong. There is absolutely no denying that. But people are acting like he actually planned on hitting her/raping her. Are u serious? After he got her on the couch, and she told him to stop, what did he do? He stopped. And I don’t know if these haters have ever been around the male species, but a lot of them have some rage problems. And considering all the shit Chuck has had happen to him, him being angry/in rage is completely understandable. Which is exactly what Josh 2.0 zei when he explained why Chuck punched the glass, he was in rage. And it wasn’t with Blair, it was with himself. Also, people really need to understand that if Josh zei that Chuck wouldn’t hurt Blair, then he wouldn’t hurt Blair. Chuck isn’t living a magical life that we aren’t seeing. Chuck is just Ed Westwick reading lines off a piece of paper that some writers wrote him to say. So he has no other feelings/intentions that the writers don’t know about. Which is why I’m pretty certain they know meer about Chuck then some teenagers online.
Ugh, this fandom frustrates me so much.
15. u can "borrow" one scene from each one of the Gossip Girl couples. Which one do u choose?
Serena and Nate: jas closet sex, 3x13.
Dan and Serena: The morning after on the beach, 2x02.
Nate and Jenny: Fashion toon kiss.
Blair and Nate: Sex scene in 1x10.
Nate and Vanessa: Going to the opera together, how cute would that be?
Carter and Serena: Gosh, I don’t even know. I can’t remember any of their scenes.
Chuck and Serena: When Serena’s pretending to be her mom and Chuck is getting turned on door it, 4x12. lol
Chuck and Jenny: I can’t give anything of theirs away. Sorry.
Chuck and Vanessa: On the stairs at Jenny’s party, talking about their amazing sexual chemistry, 2x20.
Dan and Blair (yes, u must choose!): UGHHH. I guess I’ll give them the 1x04 scene, because it would be nice for Blair to talk to Chuck about her Mommy issues.
16. Is the CB spot your favoriete spot on Fanpop?
Indeed.
17. What did u think of the finale? What are your hopes for Chair in s5?
I liked the finale. They were so happy dancing and of course I loved the sexytime. The goodbye scene was one of the few times I've cried during GG. I seriously wanted to jump through the TV screen and cuddle Chuck. I am disappointed that Blair went off with the Prince, I thought that since Chuck was growing up and letting her go, that she would let go of the Princess crap. Guess not.
The goodbye scene was one of the few times I've cried during GG.
I really think that after the finale, it will give a really nice fresh start for CB in season 5. They can rebuild from here and hopefully whatever happens with the pregnancy storyline will bring them closer than ever before. I want them engaged door the end of the season as well. But I'm not holding my breath of anything.
18. Ban endgame of GG being cancelled without a resolution to Chair’s story and everyone hating Chuck? u have to choose, otherwise Ban get endgame door default.
The latter. I don’t care if everyone is hating Chuck, because I will still love him and that’s all that matters. And I’d rather no resolution for Chair’s story, because then I can just pretend that they get together later.
19. What’s your favoriete quote about Chair (something someone zei on the show, something Ed of Leighton said, etc)?
There are so many flawless quotes about them out there, but I’m just gonna go with this one. “"I'm Chuck Bass. The love of her life. Anyone else is just a waste of time." It’s so blunt and to the point. And I think after he zei it everyone just kinda went ‘duh’.
"99.999% sure" of CB's endgame status
20. How sure are u about Chair’s endgame status?
Like 99.999% sure. I mean, c’mon.
21. We’ve come to the end of this interview- anything else u want to say?
Thank u so much for doing this, J. I know you’ve been so busy with school, but u still made an amazing interview. And to everyone else, stay strong, CHAIR IS ENDGAME BITCHES.
"I'm Chuck Bass. The love of her life. Anyone else is just a waste of time."
Congratulations Courtney! I'm so glad I got to interview you, and sorry for putting it up so late!
Disclaimer: I take no credit for the art.
