Thread:Mughees J. Simpson/@comment-24152851-20141208134526/@comment-24152851-20141228055500

While no one seems to admit it, I still think there's some bias that nerds aren't as good looking as the jocks or cheer leaders. Which is why, Scarlett who's the first nerd who looks pretty, is suddenly so popular. I'm fine with Tyler, because he's always relevant to the story, is decently explored, and never does anything out of his ability just to get him further. What gets to me about Lightning is, he was irrelevant for most of ROTI and is only there to be a gag character for the audience. But then all of a sudden he gets an unexplained characterization change, just to justify his place in the finale. He was suddenly made into a villain because they had booted both Scott and Jo, so he was the only villain left. I don't think it was just because everyone else's plots had finished, since Lightning was given a new plot 2 episodes before the finale. It was more to do with them wanting to do that "Brain VS Brawn" thing, and since they had already kicked Jo out, he was the only one left. Also I heard Moneyballer say that apparently a writer liked his necklace, which also played into why he was chosen.

Dawn is still a fan favorite, even though her haters are getting more vocal lately. If you look around on people's userpages she still ranks pretty high and there's still quite a few "DawnFan" userboxes. But I do get why she's getting lashed lately. However difference with Beardo is, he never reached Dawn's level of popularity to begin with, he's already at about the same level where Dawn is at now. Despite the trolls, I don't think Staci comes anywhere near close to being a "liked character", she's still arguably the most hated character of all time. Yeah the original cast who appeared in TDAS have taken a hit lately, but a lot of that blame goes to derailment, and not the characters themselves. Notice when the ways derailed TDAS characters are bashed, when it's someone like Heather there'll be lashing out at Terry McGurrin for making her dumb, but when it's someone like Cameron they'll use his massive OOC state in Zeek and Ye Shall Find to invalidate all of how he was in ROTI.

All of the TDWT characters are base breakers (except for Blaineley who's mostly hated). Alejandro was loved for being so strategic, but hated for being a Villain Stu and eliminating favorites. While Sierra is loved for being hilarious and taking after Izzy, but hated because of her stalker behavior is disturbing or they feel sorry for Cody (which is ironic since Sierra is a parody of the Cody fans who hate her). I don't know if Alejandro and Sierra will return, but I don't feel they've been ruled out anytime soon. Tbh, Topher is more like the Staci of TDPI, as people who like him are like "All Hail King Topher" or "but he's gay". Just like Staci fans who were like "Staci is queen" "Staci is hot". There's been very little defense against Topher, as there's very little to defend, he was almost completely irrelevant aside from the Chris plot. Beardo definitely seems to be the most liked pure-fodder character. Personally I'm not too keen on having characters who are so obviously fodder, and made just to be kicked out. Most of the TDI eliminations make it a lot less obvious who's going to next. I don't know what the deal with Beardo being mentioned repetitively is, I think that's more of a gag, but I would rather all of them had just returned in the finale.

Anne Maris isn't very popular amongst younger fans. The whole Zoey thing definitely plays a part in it. From some Zoey fans who hate Anne Maria I've heard: "because she's so mean to poor sweet Zoey". With older fans, who mostly hate Zoey, and have gotten over the phase of hating "mean characters", tend to appreciate how vibrant and lively Anne's character is. She's a sort of comic relief character, but has such an established personality, and is heavily involved in the plot. She works well for both types of fans (fans of characterization, and fans of comic relief). Another factor is the whole Jersey Shore stereotype, which is a pretty hated show, and a lot of fans (including me when I was younger) immediately biased against her because of that stereotype. I'm in the middle of making a blog about whether Mike should return, it feels like the right time to publish it. I'm not sure about Brian Froud, Fiz asked him on Twitter and he said he had no decision in Sam's return. Especially since it was supposed to be Brick who returned, and not him. But Harold definitely should've returned rather than him.

I didn't realize Ryan deleted his blogs. Are all of them gone? Oh thank you. :) I probably won't get that one up until 2015, I'm working on the more important one about Mike that I mentioned above. Also, I have to fix up some images for the Mr. Coconut blog which is taking a while. But sure, call me over when you can go on chat. I'll see if I can make it.