Thread:Wxyzwwww/@comment-1037137-20140731032017/@comment-26897147-20140731171713

There really is no excuse in some of the writing seen in the most recent seasons. They're really trying to make the show more cartoony which contradicts it being a reality show depicted in animation.

Lightning has a personality. Whether being arrogant, unstrategic, vain, egotisical, self centered, sporty, or self clueless is a bad and unlikable trait, all of those still count as personality aspects. However, he has NO depth, NO background information, no STORY, and is extremely one note and one dimensional which is honestly ridiculous now that I think about it. What was the point of making him a finalist when he didn't do anything other than win the penultimate challenge? He floated his way to the finish line without accomplishing much. If taking down Jo counts, he did it only with the help of Cameron. His character is honestly just there for laughs and nothing more, and the fact that they chose him instead of dynamic characters like Anne Maria or Brick as a finalist is insulting. While I enjoy Lightning from time to time, he had no business being a finalist. It was pathetic.

But trust me, he isn't the first time a finalist has been a letdown. Owen did the exact same thing in Island, and Duncan in TDA. Both of them only were made finalists because they're writers pets. The same thing happened with Mike and Zoey later on, especially considering the former is a highly controversial character and almost threw the show's quality out the window for good.