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Oh yes, Gossip Girl is actually not the latest thing we can discuss, since the series itself was first released a loooong time ago (I was in junior high I suppose) and the finale just ended about a month ago. It was a little too late when I started to watch the series seriously. January 2012, I remember. But then I'm really into it and its characters even though, well, it is very much full of scandals, schemes, lies, never-ending conflicts. Sometimes I think it is not so different from Indonesia's so-called sinetron. But, somehow, the Upper East Side package makes it more luxurious, doesn't it?
(saatnya switching ke Bahasa Indonesia) Tapi ada satu poin menarik yang pengen gue bahas di sini. And that is... Blair Waldorf. Karakter yang diperankan oleh Leighton Meester ini merupakan salah satu yang paling bikin gue terobsesi. Bahkan ada seorang temen gue, Cella, yang menganggap Blair Waldorf alter ego nya. Kenapa? Karena sifat ambisius over-achieving nya yang sering menghalalkan segala cara.
Sejak beberapa bulan terakhir gue suka banget melakukan analisis Zodiak. Dulunya Zodiak bagi gue hanyalah buah dari peradaban dahulu kala saat orang-orang seneng ngeliat langit. Ternyata, ada lebih dari itu. Gue sekarang sering banget mengidentifikasi Zodiak gue sendiri dan temen-temen gue dan dicocokin sama traits yang katanya dipengaruhi Zodiak. And most of them are true. Sejak saat itu gue mulai percaya dengan apa yang udah diteliti sama para nenek moyang kita. Gue di sini bicara tentang personalities and traits ya, not including the fortune-telling, karena sirik kalo percaya ramalan hehehe.
Nah, di suatu malam gue tiba-tiba mikir, zodiak Blair Waldorf apa ya? Dan gue sampai pada kesimpulan begitu cepat: Scorpio. Gue sendiri juga Scorpio dan gue kenal baik dengan diri gue. Gue mungkin gak se-manipulatif dan Blair since gue masih punya iman tapi kalau lo hubungin, traits nya Blair dan Scorpio secara umum (dan gue) itu sama banget.
1. Mottonya Scorpio adalah "Don't get mad, get even". Dan kita sama-sama bisa lihat betapa jelasnya hal itu di Blair. Saat dia merasa seseorang, bahkan sahabatnya sendiri, cross her, dia prefer untuk langsung melakukan skema balas dendam. Bandingin sama Serena yang ngajak ngomong atau ngelabrak. This trait is so Blair.
2. Blair had a hard time opening up to people, yet is so loyal to her best friends. Blair Waldorf adalah cermin "keangkuhan" yang sebenar-benarnya. Kenapa dia angkuh? Pertama, pastinya karena dia Upper Eastsiders yang cenderung underestimate masyarakat kelas bawah. Kedua, karena memang Scorpio gak bisa membuka diri ke orang. Menjadi angkuh adalah mekanisme defensifnya Blair untuk survive di lingkungan. Katanya, kalo seorang Scorpio membuka diri ke seseorang, orang itu beruntung banget, karena Scorpio is one of the most loyal zodiac when it comes to friendship. Lihat gimana Blair selalu cover for Serena, bahkan saat harus risking her own reputation. Lihat gimana setianya dia sama Chuck Bass, even though he is the jerkiest of all the jerk that once sold her for a hotel. Dan ingat juga bagaimana ketika Blair akhirnya membuka diri ke Dan, she became such a lovely person.
3. Blair is ambitious, in a way that a Scorpio is ambitious. Definisi ambisiusnya Scorpio itu adalah "I will eventually get what I want". Blair is exceptionally smart: her ambition of going to Ivy League, being in the most elite club in New York. Itu juga yang membuat dia menghalalkan segala cara, because she knew she will eventually get what she wants, walaupun kadang-kadang it turns out to destroy her life.
Tapi, kemudian balik lagi ke trait yang kedua, Blair sangat loyal kepada orang-orang tertentu. let go the chance to be the face of Girls Inc. foundation only to be together with Chuck. It is a very huge sacrifice for someone who is so ambitious. That is one thing only Scorpio can do.
4. Last but not least, Blair is attracted to a man with power. Remember when she was going to marry Prince Louis. Furthermore, how she falls in love with Chuck lebih daripada common ground seperti dua orang yang sama-sama manipulatif, tapi generally Scorpio woman loves a man with power and status. Chuck Bass gives it all, and not to mention how he satisfies Blair's passionate love.
Setelah gue menganalisis secara dalam, kemudian untuk memastikan, gue lakukan Google search untuk kata kunci "blair waldorf birthday" dan ternyataaaaaa Blair's birthday is some time between 11 to 17 November, which means she's a Scorpio!
I don't know if Cecily von Ziegesar really did a research back then, but I''m glad that my analysis is true and I'm proud that I and Blair Waldorf both are Scorpio women :).

