Does anyone like Serena?

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I tend to consider that those who don't like Serena are simply jealous of that sort of person.

Few seem to get on Nate but Nate in ways was even worse as he had no problems with trying to exploit people for his own gain.

People complain that Dan used Serena and her friends for financial gain, but he also helped their fame and power. Nate largely only helped Dan out with the Dartmouth rep because Nate didn't want to go to Dartmouth. Nate didn't feel much guilty about having sex with Serena. Nate tried to take Serena from Dan. Nate exploited Jenny's desire to be an UES. Nate puts his current romantic interest over all other concerns. He tries to get with Jenny even though he knows Dan wouldn't approve. Nate dates Raina Thrope and acts as if Chuck should simply accept that.

Nate tried to use both Serena and Dan to get traffic to the NY Spectator. Nate had the gall to act betrayed that Dan would opt for more money and power rather than have Nate used Dan's book to drive traffic to Nate's company (and it's never implied that Nate would have paid Dan more money).

Yes, Serena could be petty and very selfish. But so could Nate.

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Serena might have been right about Blair not loving Dan but it was up to her to speak up about it instead of acting immature and try to manipulate the situation where Dan and Serena ended up having sex and taping it. It was not right of her at all and she would have had sympathy on her side if she did not do that. She is wrong because it was still none of her business but if she felt the need to say it, she should have instead of stooping so low.

I agree, I liked her in Season 1. She was sweet and mature. In fact, everyone loved her so far in the series watching Gossip Girl, even if they thought Blair was more charismatic and Leighton gave a brilliant performance. It was not until Season 2 that people jumped on the Blair train and could have a rats a** about Serena. The reason is because she started acting like such an entitled brat. I do not dislike Serena because of anything that has to do with her friendship because at the end of the day, Blair can be a terrible person but like everyone else has said, at least she admits to it.

I do not see how you think that Serena has worked harder than Blair. For one thing, when they were at school, Blair was a brilliant student. When she was practicing for the SAT's, she was getting an almost perfect score. You forget that she was only being manipulative with her grade in senior year when the head mistress was making the girls think it was okay to slack off in that year so they could have it easier to get into the college of their choice. Serena was an average student(in the flashback to her boarding school days, she had Damien do all her homework because she sucked at math). Then, she got kicked out. Lily had to beg for her daughter to get back into Constance. Let's remember that she also got into Yale with all of that in her transcript just because she was hanging out with socialite Poppy Lifton, even though Blair had way higher credentials. She had to manipulate her way in while Serena was just given her acceptance on a "silver platter".

Your point about the jobs: Serena had only two. One was a publicist, which was also handed to her because she was Serena Van Der Woodsen and knew all the back exits to a restaurant, giving it to actress Olivia to escape paparazzi. She then quit that job. Two seasons later, she gets a job again luckily because she already had read that book that the film that was being created was based on. Blair got the internship at the fashion magazine after aggressively applying. Again, how was that easier than what Serena had been through getting her job?

Chuck also got handed his father's business but that is what happens when you come from a family with a successful business. Considering how much harder Blair had worked her entire life, she definitely deserved it much more than Serena, who actually has never really worked hard until something was actually handed to her.

Oh and about the double standard thing, can we not pull the sexist card when it is the farthest from the truth? When has Nate not been called a man wh*** throughout the entire show? He is more known for that than Serena is and it is because they both have the tendency to fall for another person so easily and then so quickly get over them. It has nothing to do with how many people they have boned. It has more to do with how many relationships they are in. They are serial daters that take every relationship for too seriously and get into a new person literally so easily.