User blog comment:Epic~00/Discussion: Which fanbases do you think have the most annoying people?/@comment-20926152-20140910050008/@comment-1527105-20140913035246

She IS the same person mentally! The only thing that changed is how she speaks. She's still perfectly able to think rationally.

Dakota wasn't derailed. She developed. Maybe it isn't in an ideal way and maybe you aren't comfortable that she doesn't look cute anymore but she became comfortable with everything in her life. She realized that she wasn't just some hot chick who needed camera time. She turned into the Dakotazoid; a girl who looked past such a ridiculous concept called "beauty". She lost the irritating obsession with papparazzis and TV shows and gained a mindset that didn't maybe what you look like won't matter. Because in the end, if somebody actually cares for you, they'll accept you no matter what. She became a better person and a more complex character. Tell me how that isn't the literal definition of character development.