User blog comment:AGuyHere/Can We Stop Pretending that Anne Maria is a Good Character?/@comment-1504131-20150809042220

" There seems to be a recent trend in the TD fanbase to compare an underaged character that gets very little screen time to an over exposed character that is hated, and put the underated character on a pedestal."

1. There is no such trend. It's more of an observation and it doesn't account for a large portion of the fanbase.

2. There is no underaged character. They're all the same.

3. The underrated receives support because they haven't had the amount of screentime as the overexposed character, thus not warranting any hatred from a large portion of the fanbase because they haven't had a lot of screentime to piss people off. This is the case with characters considered underrated like Bridgette and Geoff, who have had a fair shair amount of screentime, but haven't done anything to provoke the fanbase into openly bashing them which is the case for Mike, Zoey, and to a lesser extent, Owen, Courtney, Duncan, and Gwen.

" Just because Anne Maria is a better character than Mike and Zoey does not make her a good character because, LITERALLY EVERY CHARACTER IS BETTER THAN MIKE AND ZOEY. Anne Maria is still a bad character and the likes of Brick and Dakota are so much better. Saying that Sam is undeserving and them bringing up Anne Maria just discredits anyones whole claim. Sam is way better than her."

1. You haven't given any defense to back up your claim of her being a bad character other than saying she's one and that other characters are simply better than her.

2. Brick is an exception, but Dakota is just as one note as Anne Maria. Both of them are parodies of obnoxious people. Dakota's last name is Milton...doesn't that sound like a certain Paris' last name? Not to mention Dakota was terrible in challenges, Anne Maria was not. She actually proved that underneath her tough exterior, she can be nice to other characters (Cameron), and she's good at challenges (Finders Creepers).

3. What makes Sam a way better character? Because he had a plot with Dakota? The love triangle plot can counter it, the only difference being that none involved in the latter received any development, but still, the plot unfazed Anne Maria. And plus, Anne Maria outlasted Sam in ROTI, she ranked two spots above him, and was better at challenges, had a more aggressive and complex personality, and had much better interactions than the generic gamer (her conflict with Jo, Zoke triangle, and Cameron). So there's a reason why she's considered more deserving than him. Anne Maria brings drama to the table, Sam does not.

" I will now explain. Anne Maria is bland, tired, and has been done before. Just like how always being happy and nice can be bland, so can always being mean and mad. Literally all Anne Maria does in ROTI is get mad at people, spray people in the face, and flirt with Vito

1. She's not bland. She has personality. She's cocky, arrogant, aggressive, prissy, sassy, somewhat self-clueless, loves fashion and her hair, and she's hotheaded and tough, but can prove to be nice at times as shown when she tried to warn Cameron from Izzy in the spider costume, and when she showed concern for Brick when he was captured by Izzy. As I said above, Dakota hs been done before, and so as Lightning. We have literally seen his unoriginal stereotype in millions of other shows. You can't call out Anne Maria for being unoriginal when Jo is Sue Sylvester, Dawn is Luna Lovegood, Dakota is Paris Hilton, and Lightning is a cliche jock stereotype. The only difference is Anne Maria is more open with it, but that still doesn't excuse this clear bias.

2. Being mean and mad can also be bland as seen with Amy, but Anne Maria isn't defined by being mad as I have already explained with my previous points on how she has proven to go beyond her stereotype for a few episodes. And plus, ROTI was 13 episodes, literally everyone has potential, but there wasn't enough time for every character to receive better progression because the season was so short, that's why all the characters are flat so it's no wonder Anne Maria is not a great character.

3. She only gets mad when she's provoked. Jo constantly throws insults at her, Zoey literally pushed her after Anne Maria shoved her for blocking Jo's oxygen supply in Backstabbers Ahoy, and Dakota shoved her out of the way all because the screen cut to her. Other than that, she's hardly hostile unless you provoke or insult her.

"ROTI characters better than Anne Maria: Jo Brick Sam Cameron (not taking All Stars in to account.) Dakota Lightning (although they are close) Dawn (Maybe) and probably even Zoey (again not ROTI, not All Satrs)"

1. I already explained why she's better than Sam, so let me skip to Lightning. I completely disagree. While both are completely flat characters, Lightning is more one note and one dimensional than she is. She had better interactions with other characters and Lightning cannot be excused for that because he was in more episodes than she was. He had all of ROTI to do something and wasted it by being a self pretentious and incompetent babbling jock all season outside of his interesting conflict with Jo and his last minute run in with Cameron, which led to nowhere btw. He can be funny, but I definitely don't think he's any better than Anne Maria, who in my eyes, has more potential than Lightning.

2. How is she worse than Dawn? Dawn had like...7 lines, and she was only relevant for her final episode. Dawn is completely one note, and has even a tinier personality than Anne Maria. Literally, she only gave depth to other characters and not herself. Dawn literally existed to serve as a early boot for Scott. Not to mention Dawn had two interactions with just farmboy and B. She's literally invisible during her time on ROTI.

3. I'm not even going to bother explaining why she's 10x better than Zoey, even in ROTI. Actually, I'll summarize it as shortly as I can...Zoey's not an indie chick, she has nothing to offer that even relates to that, she's hypocritical, wanting to make friends, yet pushes away Dakota and Dawn, who tried to befriend her, she spends the entire season as Mike's damsel distress, and when he's gone, she literally does not stop talking about him and acquires super powers from Mike withdrawal that came out of nowhere and led to nothing. She was built to be a protagonist, but had an inconsistent story, zero personality aside from being nice, and otherwise proved to be a bad character.

And one more thing I'd like to add, your blog is somewhat problematic. While I get that you don't like Anne Maria, you can't force people to feel the same way. Some will think she's a good character, others will think she's a bad one. And no one has ever said she was a brilliant character, as I recall, she's a base breaker, and she's not even one of the most remotely talked about characters on the show. And it's a cartoon, anyone can like and say a character is a good character, nobody should be getting offended or annoyed by it. It's a cartoon, who cares if a character is liked or being supported? It shoudn't bother you in anyway whatsoever.