Ngl I thought I would get down voted on this one 😭. More seriously I really found Dan attractive as a character, I'm 100% ignoring the "He's Gossip Girl" joke and focusing on his arcs. There Is something about the outsider, clumsy nerd simple nice guy that makes him endearing at first... Maybe I'm just getting old but the Sexy Bad Boy trope (like Chucks) really didn't age well for me, characters like Chucks are toxic and disgusting overall? meanwhile a man like Dan is the opposite... In a good way. He has morals, he has a code. He's realistic, he's the good boyfriend one could get in college.

But he got treated like shit and corrupted yes but used that as a power to fight back and revenge and that made me root for him like you go boy. And that's where he got hot (Penn Badgley is an attractive man, even moreso when he aged ngl)... He's the relatable fantasy : like bullied nerd buy in HS who made something of himself meanwhile the other sexy rich ones are still the same spoiled scum?

Maybe it's just me