Nate Archiband and Dan Humphrey dudes of GOSSIP GIRL are be definition, opposites.
Nate is the Upper-East Side preppy, Columbia 3rd generation legacy, lacrosse player, son of rich parents with political connections, and fully fine with mischief and manipulation.
Dan is from Brooklyn, he goes to NYU, the rock star dad, he's shy-ish, he's (generally with the exception of the last few weeks) not prey to the games of the Upper East Side, and he's brunette.
Then we have Serena, their love, their fair maiden. The free spirit, fashion maven, rich girl who just wants to be treated normal and stop appearing in page 6, even though she loves the attention.
Now that we know the players, we can discuss the twisted bromance/rivalry between Dan and Nate over the fair Serena.
While Blair and Serena's twisted love-hate-love friendship is a cornerstone of the show, showcasing the best and worst of friends who can get through anything, frenemies have come to the boys of GOSSIP GIRL girl as well. Nate and Dan didn't seem to get along. Then they gradually became friends (despite both dating Serena and both dating Vanessa (a whole other story)) and have a beautiful bromance going. But Serena's usual flip-flopped-ness has brought out a level of competition between these two relatively civil 20ish guys that makes Serena and Blair's fights look tame.
Is this what the modern day version of a duel has become? Both guys text their lady with the perfect date idea and decide who gets to be with her by her acceptance of the date? Not sure it works like that.
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