User blog comment:Raised By Wolves/Character Appreciation - Week 22: Gwen/@comment-4726418-20170528164950

Yeah... i'm being really generous with that userbox but overall I can say Gwen is a pretty good character. There's not really much I need to go into with TDI that other people haven't already said. She has a cool down-to-earth role, some great interactions, develops into being less of an anti-social introvert, and she bounces off Owen well in the finale.

It's TDA and TDWT where I thought she's a little too underrated though to be honest. The Gwent breakup in my opinion was actually very well-written because, similar to Skave, we get to see the mindsets of both of them on display. Trent can be saved for his week but as for Gwen I thought it was a great leap from her TDI portrayal to her TDA portrayal, having her be deadpan but still pretty human about her issues with Trent and I thought for the most part she handled it all pretty maturely. She was eliminated fairly early but like everyone in TDA her performance has plenty of things worth getting recognition for.

Seeing as how the love triangle is actually one of my favorite plots (before TDAS ruined it anyway), I thought from Gwen's point of view it was a pretty good way of showing that even the most normal people like her could make a massive mistake. She was kinda boring up until then like Courtney was in the season too but once Duncan came back she got pretty great again. I enjoyed the tension between her and Courtney for a couple episodes that centered with Team Amazon and unlike many I probably would've eliminated her in Africa too since Courtney is just the funnier and more entertaining character.

The reason I can't fully call myself a fan of Gwen though is because AS Gwen is just atrocious I'm sorry. I get that Gwen would be upset about what she did to Courtney and I get that she might be really interested in uniting the Villainous Vultures by teamwork, but it is literal derailment for GWEN of all people to be really cheery and preppy girl-ish about everything. There's feeling bad about something and there's just being really obnoxious and terrible about it and Gwen was the latter. I didn't hate her in AS but when she was annoying, she was really annoying. Gwentney is also by FAR one of the worst interactions I've ever come across in this show, probably second only to Mike and Zoey. They were never even friends to begin with and the whole "I came back for COURTNEY!" thing is just dumb and I hate it and I don't think I ever want them to become friends. And if people really don't think Gwen was derailed in this season, let's not forget that in TDI she QUIT a challenge because she had to listen to unicorn music! That tells you as much as you need to know.

Best Moment: Defeating the killer

Best Season: Total Drama Island

Best Episode: Trial By Tri-Armed Triathlon