Parallels between The OC and Gossip Girl go far beyond the shows' creators (Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage). I'm sure I am not the first person to ever analyze just how deep they run.
Garry's convinced that it's effectively the same show/story, set in NYC instead of Orange County. I maintain that GG has way more delicious scandal and better characters, but gotta admit the resemblances are a bit creepy. So I decided to make a few diptychs (or triptychs) to compare the characters side by side.
- Ryan Atwood vs. Dan Humphrey vs. Seth Cohen. Garry's got a point - if Ryan and Seth had a love-child, Dan would be the result.
- Kirsten Cohen vs. Lily Van der Woodsen. They are so alike in appearance and character, I can barely tell them apart!
- Summer Roberts vs. Blair Waldorf. Both dark-hair beauties, but Summer's more adorable and Blair's more badass.
- Serena van der Woodsen vs. Marissa Cooper. No contest. Serena is as awesome and vivacious as Marissa is vapid and vacant.
- Sandy Cohen vs. Rufus Humphrey. Garry says they look alike and I think they don't at all! Maybe the only resemblence is that both of them at one point sang in a band.
- Nate Archibald vs. Luke Ward vs. Chuck Bass. No apparent connection except their all moneyed "bad" boys. And they look pretty good.
