Is there a Conspiracy within Gossip Girl Promo Pictures?

Hello my friends and welcome to EXHIBIT A! It is a promo picture for Gossip Girl. Look at them, all beautiful and perfectly coiffed. But there is something about this picture that bugs me. In fact, it tends to bug me in most every Gossip Girl promo picture I’ve ever seen!

Blair (the brunette, Leighton Meester) is never the star! Serena (Blake Lively) is always standing out in front of everyone else, even if not physically. I feel like the pictures say: Ensemble cast? What ensemble cast?! (In the book Serena and Blair are both the main female leads, unlike the show which is catering towards Serena. Ergo, my dismay!)

While this particular picture does show Blair center stage, something is still not right. Although Lively is to the side here, she’s standing out in a clean white cropped vest, with nude shoes and bright jeans that bring out her entire form. Meanwhile, Leighton Meester is in dark colors, almost blending into the fountain in the back!

Look at the picture - look! Your eye goes to the center, but then lingers to the right. Poor Jenny (Taylor Momsen) is providing a white color pull to that side, like a backdrop for Serena. I say, this just isn’t right!

Also not right? Whatever is working as Jenny’s tights. It looks like she pulled her nylons down and left them there. I never heard of that trend.

Of course, neither Blair or Serena look all that great in this picture:

Because the dresses are what a polite person might call ‘ugly’. Ahem. But now we move on to…

EXHIBIT B! I can understand how the colors and dresses work best for the characters of Blair and Serena, but Meester is always pushed away somehow, letting Lively be the star! It’s just not fair! They could choose different outfits. Besides, with two blondes - the brunette should be in the middle at all times. ; ) That’s just math! (Okay, okay - so the guys are all brunettes…yea, yea.)

I have succumb to this show, and I am eagerly awaiting the new season. Also, Leighton Meester is on the cover of the latest Lucky Magazine, so I can’t complain too much.

For your enjoyment, here is a music video about the foursome as friends: Nate/Chuck/Blair/Serena

And here is a music video about Blair Waldorf and her softer side. It’s set to Colorblind (which is on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack) by Natalie Walker (a cover):

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