User blog comment:TylerSurvivorFan/What If Ella Received All the Hate?/@comment-25297892-20141017223206/@comment-24971793-20141018134510

I don't know if the 13 episode format is entirely to blame. The first gen had less development in their first season than the 2nd and 3rd gen characters. The only character with big development in TDI was Gwen and her development wasn't even close to the amount of development Cameron, Dakota, Shawn or Sammy went through. Geoff, Lindsay/Beth, Courtney and Cody had a very small amount of development and the rest of the cast (15 characters) had none.

Every character in Pahkitew had a reason to be there (besides from Rodney). While in TDI we had characters that where 99.9% useless and still lasted 19 episodes (DJ).

Not every character can or should develop in the first season. It would be madness. Especially the antagonists usually don't develop, Justin being the exception (and somewhat Courtney) who weren't exactly the most succesful/liked antagonists ever.

I think Ella's plot was very interesting, and it's one that you see a lot in cartoon's. Even if you're a nearly perfect person there will always be people who dislike you, often for unclear reasons. You can try to befriend them but if it doesn't work it's best to just leave them alone at some point, cause when you start pushing their buttons you could turn someone who simply disliked you into a serious enemy.