User blog comment:BlueBarracudas555/Discussion: Characters that everyone else hates that you LOVE./@comment-25297892-20150730220446/@comment-25213010-20150801054335

I totally agree with your comments about Mike but not about Leshawna, Aqualad. The show is animated fiction, it's not supposed to be realistic. I mean if Mike is considered offensive because he didn't accurately display a disorder and was played for laughs then why isn't the toxic waste from Roti considered offensive because it hurt plants and animals and didn't accurately display the effects of radioactive poisoning and was used for humor? It would be terrible if Mike was actually realistic because it does not fit well on this type of show and would not be funny or entertaining to watch. Mike's disorder is just based off of the real life disorder because DID is nothing like Mike's personalities and the brain buttons and stuff.

I personally really enjoyed Mike and Zoey in both seasons and especially liked Mike in Tdas because of Mal and generally enjoyed he and his personalities plot lines.