Will Erik Ruin Jenny Humphrey Little J?
BRITTANY:
After all the drama at the cotillion, the question is, Will Erik van der Woodsen ruin Little J’s reign as Queen Bee on the Upper East Side?
For the first two seasons Erik was a character that supported Little J in her quest to rule the Upper East Side; he was by her side as a confident and he really helped her battle Blair and guided her through all the personal problems she had with Rufus and the mean girls at school. Now that Rufus married Erik’s mom, Lily, Little J has become a “social equal” to Erik and she no longer has a need for him, and Erik sees it. Now that Little J (aka: Jenny Humphrey) has achieved social supremacy she has proven that Erik’s support and friendship means nothing to her ’cause she has walked all over him when she has needed to. She proved that Erik’s support is expendable when she instructed her clique to dumb ice-cream on him when he wouldn’t relinquish his spot on the Steps. Little J is schemer and she will walk over anyone to get what she wants.
But Erik is fighting back! He proved at the cotillion that he won’t sit back and be disrespected when joined forces with Blair and deleted her text message from a popular guy, and left her dateless at the cotillion. But like any great Queen Bee she rose above and was introduced to society by Nate, and turned the tables in her favor again. Erik’s not through though. He broke up with his boyfriend, and has dedicated his time to being a Drama Queen in his own right, and the last episode proved that it’s his new quest to take down Little J.
The thing that bothers me about Little J’s behavior is that the entire Humphrey family has gone from being Brooklyn Nobodies to integrating themselves into the lives of the van der Woodsens. All the Humphreys are social climbers, and they try to portray themselves as being “real”, but there completely the opposite. But Erik has caught on, he knows her weaknesses better than anyone, and I believe his scheming will be alot for Little J to overcome.
What Little J neglects to realize is that she is a transplant in Erik’s world. Erik grew up a van der Woodsen and he knows the world of the Upper East Side so much better than Little J, and it’s his experience that will bring her down. She doesn’t know what shes dealing with. In my opinion, once the news breaks of S’s relationship with Tripp, S will become an outcast and she will begin to see the Humphreys’ true colors. Once she does, she will join forces with Erik and they will destroy Little J — ’cause those Steps were Serena’s long before Little J even knew how to take the D train out of Brooklyn.
Remember one thing: Blood is thicker than Christal, Little J.
B.
