#actually the precanon timeline has bugged me for a While so I’m glad I put it out there

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do you think nate was the first guy serena slept with who she genuinely had strong feelings for

Ohhhhh I don’t know. We don’t know much specifics about Serena precanon, but I guess we can infer some things. Like, Dan was the first person she had a significant, long term relationship with. And she absolutely definitely had a deep connection with Nate before she and Dan even knew each other. So by that logic…probably?

But this ask got me thinking…when Carter rolls into town, it’s alluded that they a significant fling sometime precanon: ie, Santorini, and the way Lively plays it, and the way they get together a couple years later, it seems that there are Feelings there too.

But I have no idea timing wise how that all shakes out bc the gg writers could not pin down a timeline if their life depended on it. But, here’s what I’m thinking: Serena has her summer in Europe, Santorini with Carter happens, the end of the summer/beginning of fall is the Shepherd wedding, and the events of which spook her enough to go to boarding school. (But canon also says to S B & Nate all together that Thanksgiving? Which means the Shepherd wedding happened in the winter/spring instead??? I’ve made myself confused. S, help me.)

But back to your question: maybe? Probably? It’s really up to your interpretation of Serena as a character and her relationships. but I think I concluded that for me, the answer is no? bc Carter?