User blog comment:PhoenixDragonSamurai/Beth vs Cody/@comment-1037137-20140808061634/@comment-5928665-20140808080330

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. If I had to choose who the most popular characters amongst the teenage/adult fandom were from the first season, they would be:

Gwen Duncan Courtney Cody Noah Izzy

There were the characters I saw the most talked about/depicted in fanart around 2008/2009. I don't remember Heather actually becoming that popular until around TDWT. And Owen has NEVER been that popular amongst the older fanbase.