I'm Chuck Bass

“Why? Give me a reason to stay, and, no, ‘I’m Chuck Bass’ doesn’t count.”

Yeah I can see many a follower of the television show Gossip Girl snicker in laughter. Oh yeah! It is indeed that rather famous line Blair Waldorf uttered in the episode “Summer Kind of Wonderful”. Yes, that quote mentioned by her just as Chuck tried to stop her from leaving with Marcus. I have to admit that is one witty line, and that is why it’s making me, a rather hard GG fan, chuckle.

Okay, for those of you who have never gotten any news of or heard of this scandal-fest of a show (if you lot still exist, that is)i, let me brief you with some basics.

Charles Bartholomew Bass (or ,yes, Chuck) is a character in Cecily von Ziegesar’s series of novels, as well as the TV series based on it, called Gossip Girl (as if you didn’t know that!). He serves as the antihero for the programme’s plot. Chuck is basically your typical rich bad boy who does whatever the bleep he wants, whether it’s manipulating innocent Jenny Humphrey or getting off the hook in a snap from whatever alcohol-induced shenanigans he’s done at some party. Why can he? Well, it’s simply because he’s well, rich and influential, because he’s Chuck Bass. He can make the most obnoxious comments about you and get away with him not being smashed into pulp. Why? Because he’s Chuck Bass. He can sleep with as countless women per night as he wants. Why? Because he’s Chuck Bass. He can party harder than all the rockstars in history combined. Why? Because he’s Chuck Bass.

And yes, he knows that well. In fact, “I’m Chuck Bass” as a reason is one of his famous catchphrases. You hear it uttered as a reply every single time his best friend Nate Archibald or his partner-in-crime Blair Waldorf poses him that elusive rather overused word “Why?” He’s Chuck Bass. That’s who he is, and every bit of his entity states what he does as a person. Being Chuck Bass is the reason why he acts like, well, Chuck Bass.

And I suppose that’s how it is supposed to be with us (No, I don’t mean the alcohol and hormone-driven craziness!). The reason why we act the way we do should be ourselves, show our real personae. Whatever our beliefs are, whatever values we uphold, everything in us --- it should permeate its way from the inside out. We shouldn’t be afraid to be ourselves, to fully showcase our beings to others. Who we are should dictate what we do (Okay, so people are living contradictions. But you get what I mean.)

So, I’d give you a reason to stay, Blair. I’m Alexis Araneta, and, yes, it absolutely counts.