User blog:Epic~00/Negatives on Everyone in Total Drama

Christlover357 has done quite an interesting project, detailing the positives of every character. So here, I thought it'd be great to do the opposite of that. This is done to prove that every character has some good or bad things about them. I am doing everyone and I suppose it'd be most interesting to begin with my three favorites... Harold, Heather, and Jo. So watch, as I ruin all of your favorites. MWAHAHAHAHA.

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Harold, The Dweeb 

Oh, Harold. How I adore you. I could do an entire blog on why I love Harold. He is by far my favorite character. But like his 51 adversaries, Harold has some shortcomings, that while minor, are worth mentioning.

Up until Owen's TDA return, there wasn't much fault people were finding with the TDA elimination. But once Owen returns, plenty of things are screwed up. Right after the best female is out, the best male goes too. Harold places 5th. Like, what? Isn't there a major problem here? I mean let me explain. The whole reason Harold is one of many people's favorites in TDA is because of how much he developed. He stood up against Duncan, he impressed Leshawna, he sort of befriended Heather, he proved usefulness even more. His elimination is completely out of left field and leaves a lot to be desired. What's Duncan's actual opinion on Harold at this stage? How did Leshawna react to Beth flirting with Harold? Was she angry or relaxed. What about Owen? Harold absolutely hates him in this episode but in WT, they're sort of friends again. This is my main problem with Harold. TDA leaves him unfinished.

In fact, speaking of Owen, Harold's level of intelligence had to be decreased for his elimination to make any sense. Harold knows that Owen is a traitor. He had so much time to tell people about Owen's treachery but he's gone in a flash. It's not like he was dragged to the elimination or anything. Think of it this way. Beth is head over heels in love with Harold in this episode so she'd listen to any word he said, while Courtney clearly dislikes Owen and was mad at his return. So this couldn't be any easier? Granted, Harold finally does tell Beth and Courtney the episode after, but their reactions to this tell me everything I need to know. Courtney and Beth dislike Owen right away, so this just makes things worse. It only proves that Harold had to be dumbed down for his elimination to work in any way. It also shows some inconsistency since Harold has been strategic before, like in Basic Straining.

So I say he's unfinished in TDA, but "How could he be if he was in World Tour?" you say. Well it's very simple. Harold was fodder in this season. Like, what? His relationship with Leshawna was already left ambiguous in TDA and they really want to make it have loose ends again? Team Victory had no reason to have this happen to them. Why not just have two teams to solve this? Harold being fodder isn't the problem here though, since he shined in pretty much every aftermath in some way or another. But in all of those, did we get any Leharold confirmation in the slightest? No not really.

I hate to dishearten my H-Bomb like this, but him having these missteps in consistency hinder him a little.

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Heather, The Queen Bee 

Wow. Well this will be a tad tricky. Heather is, as many know, the most prominent character throughout the whole show. And for good reason. She's very deserving of having so many episodes devoted to her and as a result has one of the biggest fanbases I've seen for a contestant. I am one of those fans.

Sadly, since Heather has appeared the most, there's bound to be some kind of faults with her. In TDI, Heather is the main antagonist of the season. And... she was good as many have said. But there are a small number of people who make a pretty valid complaint against Heather; she was lucky at eliminations. I mean, in Search and Do Not Destroy, Heather just so happens to win immunity. Her first time was understandable, but here, she just pulls out a random win. It's not just immunity though. Heather escapes elimination even when she doesn't earn immunity. Why does Lindsay go home in That's Off the Chain!? Cause Owen and Duncan never finished... Why does DJ get eliminated in Hook, Line, and Screamer? Because he was the most scared...

Why does Izzy get eliminated in Wawanakwa Gone Wild? Uh... I don't really know. Heather did not win immunity in this episode and unlike when DJ was eliminated, this was a vote off. Wasn't it promised to Lindsay Heather would go as soon as she was up for vote? Why you gotta crush Lindsay's dreams? In fact, this scenario makes 0 sense. Izzy shot Heather with a tranquilizer and gets eliminated? Why wouldn't Gwen, Leshawna, and even Geoff cheer at something like this? But Izzy's sent home cause she's... uh, found terrifying? I get that if Heather went right here and then, the season would lose a lot. I also get that this was the perfect time for Izzy to go home. But wouldn't it have been easier for Izzy to just be disqualified for giving a contestant horrible injury?

Next came Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon. In this episode, nobody wins immunity and... Geoff goes home because Heather thought he was too nice. Uh, what? Since when do contestants listen to Heather's complaints, especially this late in the game? Gwen, Geoff, Leshawna, and Owen were all logical votes for her.

As an antagonist, Heather also made some pretty bad errors. Why did she get rid of Beth like that? The moment Beth stood up against Heather and criticized her was when Heather should've begged Beth to come back. Beth and Lindsay were all Heather had. And she just let's Beth go like that. To be more strategic, isn't it more logical to keep Beth? It was also annoying to see her ally with people but then it's never brought up again. Obvious examples of this are Izzy and Duncan, whom could've been way more useful to Heather.

AS is probably Heather's worst season though, like many. I've explained it in AS rants before. So to summarize, she gets Alejandro as an ally but for no reason, tries to get rid of him. No wonder she left. Pretty self-explanatory.

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Jo, The Take-No-Prisoners-Jock-ette So now I come to Jo. My #3. I love this gal. She doesn't take crap from anyone. And that's my favorite thing about Jo, but also one of her major problems. See, there's been antagonistic characters I can name like Heather, Courtney, and Alejandro, and all of these have had plenty of moments where they are seen being likable once. Jo cares so much about winning though that it actually gets in the way of her development. Jo's conflict with Brick immediately springs to my mind when I think of this. She and him are intense rivals but Chris makes some winks at them in Finders Creepers that suggest otherwise and... we never get any confirmation on this. All we know of Jo is that she is in the game for herself. While that is fantastic to watch, it leaves a lot to be desired. She never gets redemption like nearly every other antagonist does and even though she was in 3 AS episodes, she still was slightly OOC, shooting Scott without looking, which, like I said, is inconsistent. There's not much to really say. It's like the positives and negatives of Jo herself; straightforward.

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This is fun. Any disagreements you want to debate about? Who do you want to see next? I could do anyone and will do anyone. Good day.