Vanessa/Lilly- Gossip Girl

Vanessa

Vanessa is all over the place. When the show began, the girl who seemed only mildly irritating, with a small chip on her shoulder, was harmless enough. In fact, she was almost an admirable character. She did not care what others thought about her, save for her Brooklyn buddy "Lonely boy". She was original and artistic. Vanessa appeared to be a together character. Her only fault, in fact, was a slight judgemental streak. This reared it's ugly head when her friend seemed to care too much about fitting in with the 'have-it-alls' of his new school.

Vanessa came off as someone who did not have everything those in the world she had recently been introduced to had, but someone mature enough to handle this. Then there was a shift. She became more bitchy, more judgmental and more possessive. By the current season, she has become insanely jealous and the type of person who blames everyone else for her problems. This is just pathetic and distasteful.

She was willing to ruin Serena's life and for what? Serena had never gone out of her way to be cruel to Vanessa. In fact, the only one who had been cruel to Vanessa was the person she teamed up with to take Serena down. The other person who she viewed as having nothing while Serena had everything. This is jealousy at it's worst and ugliest.

Perhaps Vanessa's former appearance of confidence was merely a facade, and now, faced with actually having to interact with people who have more than her, her true insecurities shine through. Or perhaps her character was badly developed. The writer's may have decided that she was too boring before and inserted some drama into her personality and relationships.

Lily

Lily is just a cold-hearted woman and a horrible mother. The only thing she seems to care about is her reputation and image. She does not care who she throws under the bus; her son who she ushers into treatment because he is gay, her step-son whose company she steals, her husband who she continues to lie to and disregard, her daughter who she seems to have no faith in or motherly love toward... It is revealed that even strangers - like the teacher she had no problem sending to jail to protect her family's image - are not safe from her borderline sociopathic wrath. This woman is a greedy void. There is nothing real left on the inside, so all she cares about is the outside and how she "appears" to others.