I have be an avid fan of Gossip Girl from its pilot episode where I clearly remember when Serena mobil van, van der Woodsen stepped into the airport in tune with the “She’s Back” slogan. But lately, Gossip Girl and Serena are getting on my nerves. Why do I have such a beef with Serena’s character?

First of all, I have a serious problem with someone who does not learn from sebelumnya mistakes, but habitually makes decisions that are based on lies and cover-ups. Serena is a serial liar. She lies to everyone about everything. Serena has lied to Nate, Blair, Dan, and her countless other boyfriends and...

She didn’t need them.

She didn’t need anyone. Not the lost boy with dirty blond hair, atau his disgrace of a best friend. Not the thoughtless drones she used to call friends. Certainly not Jenny Humphrey, atau any other member of her low-rent family. Her mother caused lebih harm than good, and even if she did need her Dad, he had other things to attend to.

In the movie of her life, the one that ran on repeat in her head, she needed two people. Nate and Serena. Serena and Nate. Her support system, her strength.

That was a lie.

When Serena had left, she’d survived. She’d lebih than survived, she’d...