I just read someone say

Blairs hatred of Dan is one of the best parts, it shows Blair’s personality. If she were to suddenly enter a relationship she’d be changing her character. As far as I’m concerned she’s perfect.

First, I don’t think Blair ever hated Dan. Did she view him as below her? Yes. Did she think he wasn’t god enough for Serena? Yes. Did she think his judgmental ways and higher than thou attitude were annoying? Yes.

Blair didn’t like that he acted like he was better because he wasn’t from the Upper East Side, he turned his nose down at her and that wasn’t something she’d had to deal with previously, she was always the one looking down at everyone else.

As far as the comment that she’s perfect… I kind of have to ask what character they are watching. Is Leighton amazing in her acting of her fictional character? Yes! Does Blair make it easy to love her in spite of some of the choices she makes? Yes. But perfect… far from, she’s insecure, she’s easily jealous, and a little bit rash, and we love her for it, but Blair Waldorf is not perfect, and if she were she’s be very one dimensional and I think we’d feel cheated.

As far as the Dair relationship, I never once felt like it was thrown at us unsuspecting. We watched Dan and Blair come together to scheme may times during the first three seasons and during season four they came together again and this time realized that they has so much in common.

The growing and the building of Dan and Blair’s friendship has been happening in front of us for years, first as unhappy accomplices, to more willing partnerships where schemes were concerned. Its been there all along, and Dan and Blair’s friendship didn’t make Blair suddenly any less who she is. In fact it allowed her a level of deep conversation about the arts, and history, and movies that was lacking in all of her other friendships.

If Blair were to get together in a romantic relationship with Dan, it wouldn’t change her personality just like their friendship didn’t, all it would do is make her happy.