User blog comment:NesteaCookie/Total Drama: Pahkitew Island - NesteaCookie's Way/@comment-25484229-20191014131200/@comment-35606925-20191014181707

I wasn't intending to jump on her. I do respect her opinion. In fact, I said that the final two itself wasn't the part I disliked. In fact, I do think Amy makes just as good as a finalist as Sky. My problem is that returning players need to give you a reason to root for them.

Look at My Own All-Stars Opposite Day. While the eliminations themselves were mostly pre-determined, I had the freedom to write them the way I wanted. While Duncan was a jerk, I kept his Hero arc in the story. I would argue that Duncan was the protagonist of that season, and he got cheated out by Mal when Duncan got the votes to get rid of him. While not as strong, Heather had a similar redemption story.

Amy on the other hand...kind of lacks that. Amy was cheated out of the game, so her returning and winning conceptually lines up well. But Amy basically replaces Max in this version. While she is afriad of Scarlett and gets bullied by her, Amy doesn't seem to grow from it. Maybe if Amy and Samey made up in the finale (maybe even something as simple as Amy calling Samey by her actual same) to show that Amy deserves to be there, then it could've worked.

I liked the season as a whole though for what it was. Honestly, I kind of hate Pahkitew Island in general. Not as much as All-Stars, but still.