Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150313055759/@comment-24152851-20150405132648

Sorry for the late reply, couldn't get online for most of today.

We really need the old TDI writers back, or at least writers who shared their mentality of putting as much focus on fleshing out the characters and establishing interactions rather than just this one-track mentality of making everything as crazy as possible. It has escalated even further as of late, with TDAS being the summit of the complete drama-oriented writing style, to the point where zero regard is given to the characters well beings.

OMG, Gwen's character was so ridiculously derailed she wasn't even Gwen anymore. I literally cannot see any trace of her TDI Gwen present there other than her physical appearance. As far as I'm concerned she wasn't even in that season, and a girly Gwen doppelganger took her place. Personally she was even more painful to watch in TDAS than Zoey was. At least Zoey was still her same old depthless, boring self rather than someone completely different. Her induction into the trio certainly has done her no favors, much like how Cameron's fanbase took a hit when he became even further trio oriented. One of the reasons why I liked him so much in TDROTI was he has the highest amount of solid interactions with other characters. Gwen's intelligence has been on a steady decline since TDI. Her strategic mind rivaled that of Heather's back in TDI, but has never been the same since the writers decided her only purpose was to be strewn into a tangle of relationships. Her unsympatheticness was the least of my concerns, at least she wasn't villainized for no good reason and remains on the hero side.

The mixed views of villain Courtney is partly why that thread to Julie might need defending in the first place. Some people don't see that as a problem. I guess people have different tastes, and some (beyond my understanding) like b**chy characters. But her derailment in TDAS esp. SMS is still unfair to both sides simply because it was completely unnatural and biased in her portrayal. The love for Courtney won't be going down anytime soon, she has far too prominent and vocal a fanbase, and just as you said some only feel more sorrow for what happened to her rather than resentment. But yeah, the side that was never fond of her to begin with hasn't changed much either.

Well getting that answer would clear up a lot of answers, as well as part of the solution as to not what to do next time round. For starters stop entrusting him with so many responsibilities, esp. writing finales.

Even if the writers weren't as passionate or caring about the outcome, there still should've been a minimal level of standard that was met. It was either crossed without any hesitation, or it never existed in the first place.

I like people who think like you. I hold that ideology on many matters as well. For instance with global warming, people keep saying one person can't make any difference at all, but I reply that if everyone thought like that than nothing would ever be accomplished in the entire history. Like or not, there has to be someone to address this matter, and that honor has been rightfully given to you. It is indeed a very volatile issue that requires very careful treading, but for the moment I think we've done all that we can. The trinity will forever be a stain on the series, and although it's existence still very much burns, I choose not to regard it as canon and was established against their better judgement. But there should never ever be a repeat of that or anything reminiscent of it.