Lol, I do toooo. At first I was naturally drawn to Sterling, I’m such a rules-follower too, but Blair is such a good kid too. She wants to be a rebel and free-spirited but within certain rules. She’s still scandalized by smoking and wouldn’t have skipped school if not for Sterling suggesting it and has a definitive ranking of twin types and which is more impressive. She’s just a normal good kid. 🙂
Oh man that last ask.. yk blair’s mental health is definitely something I’ll keep my eye out for in season 2 (if renewed) because not only has she described herself as depressed but at times she’s also so impulsive and reckless that I really thought they were trying to hint at another MI possibly? I guess we’ll see, I do wonder what her plot line would look like in a new season since they’ve mostly left it open (unlike sterling who has the mom thing + april going on)
(The “last” ask referring to this one.)
Right, I might put some of that down to just being a teen, and contrasted against Sterling to be the more reckless, impulsive one and, well, it’s a TV show, they need to do reckless, impulsive things, but, on the other hand, they could as easily use what they’ve already written for plot.
When she and Sterling were apologizing to each other in ep 10 outside the yogurt shop, she straight up acknowledged Sterling might be right about her causing drama because she’d rather life feel bad because of her actions and not just life feeling bad, which is a HUGE alert. That’s too specific and real to just be glossed over as TV comedy, I think. I do feel that next season while Sterling’s caught up in everything, in the quieter moments for Blair we might see this unfolding.
If we do get a 2nd season, which I really hope we do! (and to the people reading this that haven’t yet please go watch TBH you won’t regret it) how do you think Blair’s relationship with April is going to change and vice-versa since they both know what’s up now
Oooh, that’s definitely one of the most interesting potential arcs for s2. Like honestly, even in this season, it felt like we didn’t get enough of a reaction from Blair when Sterling revealed they were hooking up. Like, April? April “good girl fellowship leader sex blackmailer whose father they put in jail” Stevens?? I know she was all caught up in the end of the season drama with her own fight with Sterling and Miles and the mama drama but that little reconciliation outside Bowser’s place when they were talking about Miles and Luke and April, how was she not like, okay, but how? When? Why? Sterling’s putting on lip gloss for APRIL STEVENS?
But anyway, I understand that pacing and the season arc had other demands. Fine. Now that it’s a new season, though, and she knows…I think even if initially she thinks April broke Sterling’s heart, that’ll be resolved quickly enough that they can give this new dynamic some time. Something so massive happened to Sterling, to Blair as well but at least her parents are still who she always thought they were. We don’t even know if Sterling will know who her father is. Both Blair and April’ll be on the outer edges of that, I think it’ll give them a chance to create an unlikely bond. Maybe not immediately but at some point in the season, I fully expect the two of them to hang out together without Sterling.
Like, I suppose it’d also be fun drama if it’s the three of them but I can’t see that happening immediately, except perhaps extremely awkwardly in school or maybe even church, with Sterling holding Blair back from going after April. For her part, I think April’ll try to keep up a bit of a front like before, probably more polite and with the knowledge that Blair now knows, maybe dropping it in her concern for Sterling. The worst thing would be for April to barely be included in the eps that focus on the family drama, but given the situation with her father, she still has a major part to play. Once she finds out, I think she’ll be mad at Blair, but most of her ire’ll be reserved for Sterling, who’s the one she actually counted on to be open with her.
Ideally, I’d like for a little friendship to form between them because, like, Blair is honestly the sweetest kid and April has had to put on this facade for so long and underneath is like any other kid. And both care about Sterling so much, they have this major thing in common right off the bat.
Some ideas for gifsets- the April/Sterling confrontations before and after the debate. (i.e. the 5th grade incident and the arm grab scene). Oh, and maybe a random assortment of the telepathic twin conversations. Blair’s fake music audition (do you think they’re going to go back to this? I wasn’t sure if it was a finding her confidence thing or a, maybe something she might want to do in the future thing). Times the twins trying to hook Bowser and Yolanda up?
Thanks, I had some of these on my list already and I’ve added the rest!
As for your question, the fake music audition, I don’t think it’ll come up again, but maybe. As booked as Sterling’s s2 is, Blair’s is kinda empty, aside from being there for her sister and being mad at her parents over a secret THIS massive, and then I guess we’ll see what her love interest situation will be. Oh, though, I SO want to see her interact with April now, knowing everything. Really hope there won’t be any teasing or mocking that treats it like April being hypocritical or that this is some fun, scandalous secret but given their dynamic, feel like that’s being too optimistic. Ideally, would love for them to bond as people who deeply care about Sterling who is going through a heck of a time.
