What did Dan Humphrey really write about his friends in his novel on Gossip Girl? We know Dan got a book deal in season 6 of the show, right before it came to an end.

The book he published was ironically written in the same exact tone and style as the entire Gossip Girl blog.

That should have been a dead giveaway to everyone that he was the person secretly running the Gossip Girl blog all along. But hilariously, no one picked up on it or even noticed.

When Dan got his book deal, I thought it was really interesting to uncover the things he wrote about all of his closest friends.

So let’s dive into the pages Dan wrote up about his buddies on the Upper East Side since he definitely screwed them over… but everyone seemingly forgave him anyway.

Blair as Claire

I personally felt like Dan’s depiction of Blair in his novel was the most captivating since it revealed his undying, true love for her all along. I believe that Dan had real love for Blair, more love than he ever had for Serena.

Personally, I think he settled for Serena since he knew he couldn’t have Blair, since Blair was destined to marry Chuck. Dan’s depiction of Blair revealed just how much he really loved her.

He changed her name to Claire Carlisle in the book, and one of the passages we heard on the show said, “When Claire demanded attention, everyone respected her request. She was small, yet giant. Young yet adult. Girlish yet macho.”

He described her in a way that made it sound like he was in awe of her. He admired her, adored her, and loved her. Dan wrote Claire to be the main love interest in his book.

And he even wrote a passage about them sleeping together, even though in real life, when he was writing those pages, they hadn’t even hooked up just yet. His passage about hooking up with Blair ended up causing major relationship problems between Blair and her fiancé at the time because Louis thought the book reflected reality.

It’s heavily implied that Blair is essentially the star of the book, and reading the pages of Inside is what helped Blair finally figure out that Dan actually has much deeper feelings for her than she initially realized.

Compared to all of Dan’s other friends on the Upper East Side, Blair got the most favorable description in the book. She’s written as being commanding, captivating, intelligent, and the central romantic figure in Dan’s entire story.

While the book heavily criticizes pretty much everyone else, Claire/Blair is described with pure love and admiration. The fact that Dan wrote about their romantic relationship before it actually happened gives vibes of life imitating art and the power of manifestation.

Serena as Sabrina

Serena definitely didn’t get the same positive treatment Blair got in the pages of Dan‘s book. Dan wrote her to be a character named Sabrina van Skoneker. She’s described as being “a flighty, irresponsible, shallow, self-absorbed party girl.”

In other words, Serena represents a beautiful yet extremely vapid character in Dan’s book. When Serena first learned that Dan had gotten his book deal to get professionally published, she automatically assumed he had only written good things about her.

She thought so since they had years of an on-and-off relationship behind them, and she was on a pedestal in his eyes for much of that time. She was extremely shocked to find out that he no longer had her on a pedestal when he wrote the pages of his book.

It became a major source of contention between them. She thought his book would be somewhat of a love letter to her, but it ended up being a massive critique of the way he viewed her during their relationship. His perception of her was never really that great. He always thought she lacked depth.

When you compare Blair‘s portrayal to Serena‘s, Serena‘s is obviously significantly harsher. Blair is complimented for her complexity and brilliance. Serena gets reduced to her basic level of aesthetic beauty and her lack of direction in life.

It’s wild to me that Dan spent years chasing her, but when he finally had a chance to sit down and write about her in his novel, he described her as a shallow, self-absorbed party girl who had nothing else to offer.

It’s the strongest piece of evidence that Dan’s feelings for Serena had fundamentally changed between season 1 and season 6. Which is why it’s still so shocking to me that Dan and Serena ended up getting married. And it’s why I’m convinced he settled for her. His book is at least ONE of my arguments.

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