User blog comment:TDWT: Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles/Duncey vs. Gwuncan/@comment-24971793-20140702124055

I don't think Duncan loved either of them, he loved the drama. He only cared about Courtney when they where just flirting and when she didn't want him. He stopped caring about her when it got serious and not just cause she tried to change him (which would be sellfish since he tried to change her all throughout the first season). Same for Gwen, he was interested when they where just flirting but lost all of his interest when it got serious. And didn't even seem to care when she dumped him. Girls tend to fall for these type of guys but it always ends bad.

I don't think Duncan will/should ever have a serious long term relationship, he's a lone wolf that can't be tamed. Both of the girls are better off without him. So I neither support Donkey or Gwhatever ...

Also I didn't feel like Gwen cheating with Duncan was character derailment for her, Gwen has had a dubious personality from the get-go. What I remember from her character in island is that she was very unrespectfull towards most characters, many of which where nothing but nice to her. So the real derailment for her was that she cared so much about Courtney, they where never good friends. They got along during the first half of WT, but they where never BFF's. It's understandable that she felt bad about cheating but she never should have been so obsessed about Courtney and about what others thought about her. She is supposed to be "the loner".