User blog comment:LoganParvatiTD225/Meet Tom and Jen from The Ridonculous Race/@comment-25027229-20150721195248/@comment-1734566-20150722001137

I agree with you 100%, Foreseer. FINALLY, someone else who agrees that Tom and Jen aren't just the greatest things ever. I feel that a lot of their "popularity" comes from the in-joke that they're named after the creators. :P As of right now, they're my absolute least favorite pair (although Ryan and Stephanie will more than likely give them a run for their money), and I hope they go early. For all the reasons you said, and more; these two, like Jacques and Josee, could've worked well if they were much more over-the-top and cartoonish. But nope, they're inexplicably toned down JUST enough to be boring rather than interesting. I especially love how you compare them to Topher, Justin, and Dakota, as those three really are characters that worked because they were SO over-the-top in their vanity that it worked, whether it was for comic relief like Topher or for the purpose of being a villain like Justin (though I do think Dakota was a pretty weak character, IMO).

And wow, this particular thread really got off-topic fast. Let's see here...

I find it funny, Sun, that you mention how Owen, who hasn't been on since TDWT, puts this season in perspective by being brought back after such a long time; yet if anything, you missed the elephant in the room on that point with GEOFF. HE puts it into perspective more than anything, since he hasn't been on the show since Episode 2 of TDA, lol.

In regards to: The longevity of the Fashion Bloggers vs. the LARPers. I agree that a veteran should NOT be the FIRST boot, but I can totally see Leonard and Tammy going early. Like, more than likely the first of the veterans to bite the dust, and possibly around the same time as the Fashion Bloggers.

In regards to: Screenhogs. Yeah, we should be done and buried in regards to Gwen, Heather, Duncan, and Courtney. For the longest time, it was those four and Owen who were the Total Drama screen hogs, but then All-Stars came along and basically just cut Owen out of the equation. And heck, I LOVE Heather and Gwen, but even I'M tired of them and think they should not be brought back for a LONG time, much less the same in regards to Courtney and Duncan, who are just thoroughly bleh at this point. I think we SHOULD stick to the strategy being used currently by Ridonculous, and focus on bringing back some of the classic, ORIGINAL "all-stars" before All-Stars itself happened. You know, basically those who made it far in TDI, came back for TDA, and then maybe had a third run on TDWT but didn't do as well: Izzy, DJ, LeShawna, Harold. And heck, why not dig even FURTHER back? Why NOT bring back, say, Katie and Sadie? This is a show that is literally MADE for them. Why not give Eva another shot after all these YEARS? Literally, YEARS. We could MAYBE stretch it with people who haven't been back since TDA like Geoff, such as Trent, Beth, and Justin, but that's at the absolute most.

In regards to: Bridgette. Yeah, I'm totally with Codyfan and Sun that Bridgette is SUPER boring, because that's literally who she is. She was designed and introduced as "the chill surfer chick." She's not loud, proactive, eager to play the game or make friends necessarily; she just lays back and relaxes. Even right down to her softer voice and her lazy-looking, half-closed eyes pretty much ALL the time. That's just who she is. I always thought she was overrated in TDI, both in-universe and among the fanbase; she's definitely not smart, she's not that physically capable, and she definitely doesn't have a strategically-oriented mind, that's for sure. And sure, she DID get really sh** on in two of her three seasons, but both of those actually happened BECAUSE of her flaws that were already established (her obsession with Geoff, her clumsiness/stupidity, etc.), and not because the writers went out of their way to make NEW flaws just to get the character out early, like, say, they did with DJ in TDWT or Lindsay in TDAS. And for those reasons, I was satisfied that Bridgette left early.

And lastly: I'm just gonna forget that Blaineley's name came up in this thread, for brevity's sake.