User blog comment:Epic~00/In Defense of: Duncan/@comment-24152851-20150327041337

Well he certainly isn't "overrated" considering how much hate he gets. I thought he represented his stereotype as the tough guy bully quite well in TDI. I do enjoy a lot of his interactions, especially conflicts (Harold and Duncan was so awesome). You're right in that he always gets immersed in a conflict every season, and are generally pretty decent.

That is something that has always bothered me about Gwuncan hate. It didn't come out of nowhere, and they weren't paired only because of their hair color. In TDI she was one of the only girls who didn't hate him for his rudeness, and other than Courtney the only longterm female friend he had. I'm still not satisfied with how the relationship was executed in TDWT, but the relationship itself isn't the worst thing in existence.

The main problem people had with Duncan returning in TDWT is, he had to boot off Noah and Tyler, the shining beacons in the season, in order to make way for him. Especially Noah who had such a BS elimination. If they had kicked off Owen, or given Noah a more justified elimination then there wouldn't be anywhere near as much complaint. He was also largely responsible for Courtney's character getting ruined. Not entirely his fault, but had he not been there it would've been very different.

In terms of characterizations, I generally don't consider anything in TDAS to be canon. That was Duncan getting wrecked by the season just like everyone else.

Well, Duncan does get a lot more hate than he deserves, but his character is far from flawless and I fully understand if people don't like him. He's kind of a mixed bag for me.