User blog comment:Jam7/Jam's last-minute TDAS predictions/@comment-16923242-20130909202201/@comment-1376932-20130910063327

And furthermore, I'm not sure why I'm comparing Island to World Tour so much, but another thing that World Tour had plenty of which Island really didn't focus too much on was character development.

Even if this was negative character development (i.e: you claim Duncan became more hostile, etc.), Island's final five was Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Leshawna, and Owen. The only one of those five I could really say developed in Island was Gwen, who inched out of her shell and learned to like people.

Let's take a look at World Tour's final five: Alejandro, Cody, Duncan (again), Heather, and Sierra. All of these characters developed in one way or another throughout the season. Alejandro let his guard down for Heather, Cody became more self-aware and independent, Duncan got... meaner, I guess(?), Heather was the most developed character of the season, and Sierra learned to accept Cody as a "best friend" rather than a romantic interest.

Once again, even though I love Island and consider it my favorite season, I don't understand your claim about World Tour being a terrible season. It was personally one of my favorite.