User blog comment:Smartbook/Random thoughts about Total Drama/@comment-27329394-20140830004820/@comment-1441098-20140831164137

I agree with almost all of this (except for TDROTI getting better in the second half, to me episodes 10-12 are almost genuinely unwatchable) especially the last few points. Scott and Courtney is an amazing relationship, honestly I loved all of their interactions, agreed about the Samey/Sammy thing (the spelling of her name hasn't even been confirmed, maybe it's spelled Samey but pronounced Sammy?) and Amy and Samey leaving at the right time, and also Max's design is hilarious.

I never really thought of Mike as offensive or insensitive until the reset button either, I did recognize that his character was a pretty inaccurate depiction of DID but didn't really hold it against the writers all that much since it's a cartoon and I didn't expect it to be completely accurate, so I never really hated that aspect of him until the finale. And YES, pre-intern Dakota was very annoying, especially her voice. She became a much more sympathetic and interesting character after that, though.