Thread:Fire Eater/@comment-24152851-20141126042007/@comment-1037137-20141203011433

Fair enough logic I suppose. Though if you were to redeem Duncan, that's gonna take some work. Then again, we got his droves of fans who will continue to insist he can commit no wrong and so has nothing to need redemption for. Uggggh..........Similar to TDWT, Duncan's overrated standing doesn't help my impression of him either.

I still stand firm with my belief that he clearly has the capacity to be a villain, and so to say he isn't one in spite of his clearly villainous deeds is something of a stretch.

Bad writing is to blame for a lot of character regression and derailment here, Stryzzar, or should I say all of it. But that doesn't prevent anyone from hating who they hate and liking who they like. I'm not happy with how Duncan turned out, there was a time where I didn't have such a low opinion of him. But the writers gave me too much cause to want him gone. I suppose for Courtney's haters this also stands true, but it's a bit more complicated for those many of us who still like her and have cause to root for her, same with any other character who falls into the love/hate category.

You're 100% correct about Courtney. She was perfectly alright in the first half of TDWT and ought to have remained as such. Her antagonistic status has never been popular, and TDA should've been the end of it because of that, regardless of whatever these guys had going on in their heads at the time. Just like how they should've cut the crap with Feral Zeke and Zoke eons ago.

Still I acknowledge and duly note your previous points. You are remarkably unbiased and insightful Stryzzar, perhaps one of the most objective I know in this fandom right now. I greatly value your input and opinions for that reason, yours is a perspective that is good for fandoms like this where all sides so often come head to head on what they agree or disagree on.

Yeah, but that was before we realized what a stalker he was, even when he himself was getting stalked by Sierra. At the time he just seemed a hapless romantic, a semi-innocent one at that. Guess not. = /

Well you see one of the reasons why Gwen is such a mess now. And that's not even getting into how I think they've just sucked out her likability as time goes on. Gwen usually was cautious about who she let in, that was one of her defining traits. Not anymore. And I don't get why.

Still doesn't excuse Gwuncan by any means. And oh man, the whole Gwent breakup is just.........It was stupid then, and it's still stupid now. And I hate rebounds.

And I thought the Avatar shipping wars were a nightmare, but Total Drama mucks up relationships even worse than the shippers of that fandom used to. Speaking as a longtime Avatar fan where shipping used to be one of the main crazes of it. Total Drama's making that drama look tame by comparison.

Which is sad because I thought she could've been a stronger character if her flaws had been acknowledged and addressed. But nope, they made her a bigtime screenhog who ultimately stole the spotlight and did nothing to earn her place as the main hero or as a finalist. The handling of Zoey's character was an unmitigated disaster, and should stand as a reminder of why Fresh's obvious favoritism is going to do them in if they don't start getting with the program and keeping it in check. That goes for any other character, Mike especially moreso. But Zoey, even as one who still likes her I won't defend her in TDAS. Ever.