User blog:JoshTheKing3/Why Carrie and Devin are Bad Characters

'''Good day fudge nuggets. Ya'll remember Carrie and Devin from The Ridonculous Race? The boring cliche'd friends that obviously become a couple in the end? Well, I'm here to give my thoughts about not just their relationship together, but them as individual characters too! So let's begin!'''

I knew as soon as I saw these two that they were the typical nice characters that were obviously gonna get far. And I was right. Their journey throughout the season is just... painful to watch. So we find out that they've been friends for a long time, but Carrie has a secret crush on Devin, despite him having a girlfriend. That's not cliche'd at all. She keeps wanting to tell Devin but always chickens out. But THEN, their positions REVERSE, and Carrie doesn't take any care towards Devin while he loves her and keeps trying to tell her but keeps chickening out... That was just so painful to watch the whole season.

Let's begin with Carrie. I probably don't hate Carrie as much as Devin... But I definitely do not like her. She acts nice... But really, she's just selfish. All she cares about is how things turn out for her, and that she has her "happy ending" with Devin. I'll get to that more later. Throughout most of the start of the season Carrie is basically just a Devin fangirl. That's literally all her character. Everything she said had something to do with Devin. It's like her only character trait. Once Devin finds out that Shelly broke up with him... He doesn't take it too well. And if your best friend is just dumped, you would try to help them through this breakup by comforting them and being there for them, right? Well, that's not the case for Carrie. Instead of being an actual friend to Devin, she jumps on the gun and says "Yes! Shelly dumped Devin! Now this is my chance to date him!" This is what I was saying earlier, she only cares about how things turn out for herself. As Devin goes through the 7 stages of heartbreak, not once does Carrie help him through it. Heck, she even tries getting Devin angry, sad etc so that it goes by quicker. "It was hard to put my need aside for him..." Excuse me, what. The only thing that likes her more is when she stopped loving him. She starts being independent and does things for herself. I also enjoyed her friendship with Ryan, and with Kitty too I guess.

Now onto Devin. I wish I got money for every time Devin mentioned Shelly. I'd be rich. No but seriously, just like Carrie brought up Devin in every sentence, Devin brought up Shelly in every sentence. Typical love. And well, until Devin reaches the "7 Stages of Heartbreak"... He's basically just a bland character. Like, he did nothing but mention Shelly the whole time and practically ignore Carrie.Then we get to the 7 stages of heartbreak... It was painful watching Devin through this phase, but at least it gave him SOME character. Also I liked the depressed Devin lol and his interactions with the Goths. Then once he gets through the 7 stages of heartbreak he decides that all that's left to do is win the race... Where he starts getting annoying, bossy and pushy towards Carrie. Until he realizes her life is in danger and he realizes he likes her... I hated that scene. Out of nowhere he just goes "Wait, do I love Carrie?... I do! I love Carrie! Haha!" What. WAY too rushed. Like at least have some buildup and hints to it, not just make it appear out of nowhere. Then we got his whole thing of being blind.... That was also painful to watch. Devin's just a very painful character to watch. And he keeps trying to tell Carrie he likes her, and either he messes up, chickens out, or something disastrous happens. Ugh. Kill me.

Then... We get to the kiss. Even though I did NOT want them to be together, once they kissed, I was just like "FINALLY!" and I'm pretty sure a lot of people can relate to me on that. Like... It just felt forever for it to happen. Every time something interrupted them trying to tell the other I just went "UGH!!!!" These two have definitely been two of the most painful characters to watch in the entire show. Also them as a couple just doesn't even feel right. It just feels awkward since they've been friends for so long... Or maybe that's just me. But yeah, cliche'd storyline too. I think I've already mentioned that though lmao. While I do think they're are even worse characters than these two, I'm still not a fan of either of them.

'''And that's my reasons for hating Carrie and Devin! I know a LOT of people will disagree with me here... But please respect my opinions! They're mine, not yours! Hope you enjoyed reading this blog, Josh out!'''