User blog comment:Cody Kins TD Fan/Which is the Worst Season Finale: TDAS or TDWT? Note: PLEASE NO MIKE AND ZOEY BASHING!/@comment-1037137-20131206204915/@comment-4618045-20131206213835

I don't think "childish" summed up ROTI. The real problem with ROTI is that it's mean-spirited and it designates particular contestants to go to the end. I know that Island did this too, but the people it established were enjoyable and/or deserving.

The main people ROTI sets up for us is Scott, Mike, and Zoey (I know there's others, but these are the main ones).

Scott is a terrible villain in my opinion because his entire plan would have been foiled if anyone had even a little bit of common sense. He makes it way too obvious from the start that he's out to do dirty work and looks like someone who is ready to sabatoge his team. He never made an alliance with anyone and his elimination strategy was centered around challenges. Plus, he's just pathetic. He's always getting involved in slapstick routines, he's slipping up left and right, and he's just awkward.

Now about Mike and Zoey, I'm going to respect Codykins' request and not bash them here. But you can read more about them in my review of All-Stars (just click on my profile and find it under blogs).

Now what makes it mean-spirited? Well ROTI tends to focus almost entirely on the designated characters, and everyone else is either in the background or a pawn of these characters' intentions. It's like the writers just threw them in to make the season long and to make these characters look fantastic.

Ironically, though, these sidelined characters are more interesting than the designated ones. Yes, I will admit some of them annoyed me (Staci, Anne Maria), but I wanted to see some of these other characters more (Dawn, Brick, and B). And ROTI just throws these characters away like they're trash. And some moments in particular really stung to me (like B trying to talk or Mike and Zoey trying to kiss (yes, even that affected me))

But I do agree with you, All-Stars is the worst season (and you can read more about why in my review).