User blog comment:AGuyHere/Best and Worst Version of that Character: Gwen/@comment-2212492-20150220092149

TDI: I think the main reason that Total Drama Island was so good was because the storyboard writers could go all out with what they wanted to make the character personalities shape out into and I think they were pretty successful with the top eleven. Another extension to what you said is that in the first season, Gwen didn't care what the other contestants said despite whatever they thought of her and she right out told them about it (Beth and Lindsay's intelligence, her finale rant, Heather) and the writers made the show interesting in the first season because who would've thought, Gwen and Leshawna or Geoff?

About the flaw you're talking about, I have to say that the main reason for that flaw was that she bad mouthed her boyfriend for crying out loud, he held a rock for her the whole episode and she wasn't grateful until she lost/won. The finale of Island was a little boring, there wasn't any drama because walking over a ledge, a final race that was possibly rigged for Gwen to win if Izzy didn't find brownies, and climbing up a pole? How breathtaking. The main problem with this was the large amount of writers for the first season, many of them didn't keep track with the characters, few episodes Gwen likes Trent especially apologizing after his elimination and then she hates him.

TDA: The thing about Gwen this season was that they had a good plot in mind but their execution was horrible, what I'm saying is that Gwen should've still developed the early friendship with Duncan but got eliminated for being weak in a certain challenge, that way there'd actually be a Duncan/Trent conflict which most of the contestants would actually look forward to and there could be a side plot between Cody trying to flirt with Gwen in the aftermaths.

TDWT: I especially agree with you here for a couple of reasons, first of all what would Gwen care about a preppy like Courtney not liking her, second of all why does Duncan care what Courtney thinks? She said like a million times in Island that she didn't want to be with him and they broke up with Action and again in the special after the finale. Honestly, if Gwuncan never happened, the season would've been okay despite Feral Ezekiel but everyones kind of gotten over that. The Gwen and Courtney friendship could've continued, another reward episode, Noah wouldn't have had to leave and Amazon might have lost for once. Not to mention Gwen's elimination, I feel like the writers made up the allergy along the way so I agree with you there.

TDAS: Okay, Gwen already established the fact that Courtney caused her elimination in World Tour and doesn't like her so why try to be friends with one of the few people on the show that you just can't be with? That scene with them talking about double conditioning especially freaked me out but Gwen should've just continued her relationship with Duncan and not cared about what anyone else thought. If they had to break up, it would have been better that Gwen revealed in the end that Duncan was distracting her from her game. Gwen and Zoey definitely don't match so I don't know why they thought of doing that and didn't Gwen want Cody to win last season? Why go Alejandro? Cameron was okay I guess though.

Gwen's rankings: 4)TDAS 3)TDA 2)TDWT 1)TDI