Who is bashing NS? If you mean my "how many characters do they have to tarnish to convince people about NS" it's my opinion, I hate when characters are used because the writers are lazy to come up with a solid build up, instead they use other characters to make a certain character look good and validate a couple. They did it with DS and all the lame guest stars for Serena. I’m sorry if it offends you that I don’t want the same to happen with Carter because he’s my favorite character together with Serena.