Thread:Mughees J. Simpson/@comment-24152851-20141208134526/@comment-24152851-20141229032559

Amy? Don't you mean Samey? Amy didn't have any development at all, she's still the same despicable b**ch she was from the start. I think with Scarlett, her popularity stems from not being thought of as an antagonist, but as a snarky nerd, who has to put up with Max where a lot of comic relief ensues. The antagonism was done quite poorly IMO, kept too secret for too long, not enough build up, and let out all at once. But biggest problem of all: she was only an antagonist for one episode.

I guess Brick is another candidate, but I think they were aiming for to characters with a conflict. Cam and Brick are both too nice for that to work, plus he didn't merge and they hadn't thought that far ahead. Jo would've been the perfect one, and the finale was the perfect place to have Cameron standing up to her. Did Dawn's VA confirm she wasn't appearing? If it really is cross generational, I guess Anne and Brick do have a good chance. The concept of "overrated/underrated" is paradoxical: if a character is an early out, they're accused of being too popular for doing so little. But if they make it too far, then they're accused of overstaying their welcome and overly loved despite being a floater. Personally I'm not too fond of the term "overrated", because the term itself is completely subjective. Saying something is overrated means they're undeservingly popular, but whether it's deserving is itself a matter of opinion. I try to avoid using the word these days. Anyway, if that indeed was the reason, it's pretty stupid. Well, having a plot finished is up to debate. Jo and Zoey's plots only finished because they decided it was time to finish them. They could've easily been dragged out a further 1 or 2 episodes. Jo's rivalry with Cameron could've continued to have focus for the final 3 episodes, rather than that out-of-the-blue conflict with Lightning. I'm not sure Dawn's plot was finished either, she didn't feel like the kind of character who was an early out. Since she was the only Toxic Rat to figure out Scott, she could've easily had a long spanning conflict with him, and be the last Rat to be eliminated.

Well my problem with Sugar is, I don't think she should've had that much significance to begin with. She felt like fodder prior to the season, and so much unrealistic crap had to happen for her to make it further. She did do some antagonistic things, but they were scarcely strategic. Eliminating Ella wasn't strategic and was a dumb move, since their team had won. And eliminating Jasmine was complete dumb luck. The only strategic thing she did was breaking up Skave and her alliance with Sky. Take a look other thread to see me rant about Sugar. I think she's meant to be a comic relief character, and is loved because of that. If you took away all her Lindsay-level intelligence, and how she keeps eating everything, she wouldn't be anywhere near as popular (well not that she was popular to begin with, but even less popular). While I like Beardo, I can really understand why they kicked him out first. It's hard to give plot to a character who doesn't talk. Could we really have him there making silly noises for a whole season? If he is to ever return, he really needs to be able to have a proper conversation. He didn't manage to make a single friend in the season, so he has to start as a clean slate. I don't think I'll ever comprehend that Staci antagonist thing, I'm not saying every Staci fan who believes it is delusional, but I'll believe it when I see it, in the mean time I hope she never returns. I have doubts Lindsay will ever drop from #1 for most loved contestant of all time. The fanbase is full of all different kinds of people with different interests, but virtually no one hates Lindsay. Sure go ahead, I don't mind.

Blaineley and Justin yes, they barely exist anymore. But not sure the same can be said for Sierra, fans and haters are both quite vocal about her, especially since there's that comparison between her and Topher. I don't care too much who an antagonist eliminates, only how they eliminated them. For example Scott eliminating everyone by team killing, then doing his little "prep talk" at the end of every episode was pretty stupid, and I really hated how he eliminated Mike in Grand Chef Auto which was so excessively cruel. Izzy and Sierra's friendship definitely should've been explored more.

Did Topher interact with Samey? He barely interacted with Amy as well other than that comment about her gathering the berries. My problem with him is that he didn't even exist in the season other than to Chris, and no one seems to even notice him prior to episode 7. When he finally get noticed and partakes in the challenge in episode 8, he immediately gets booted. Seems like Topher is becoming the new Trent in the fanon ship department. That's one thing I'm really happy about RR, the possibility of focusing more on the underdogs. When the season was announced, I did not anticipate there would be so many returning contestants. I thought there'd be tops 2 returning characters and everyone else was new. But yeah, starting with a clean slate could be beneficial. True, TDI eliminations were less predictable, but they seemed less planned out than other seasons like ROTI and TDPI. TDPI basically had 4 fodder characters lined up and ready to go. Courtney didn't make it that far, that was actually her worst season. I think ROTI is the only season where the cast is least vocal, but I think it's quite clear that most of the fandom wants them to return for the finale, even if it's just to get a glance of them. Even in ROTI, the Scott trauma chair was quite important, even though he didn't say a single line.

Yeah that's another reason Anne is liked. Though those are the reasons why younger fans tend to hate her, and since younger fans make up quite a large of the fanbase, she is still a fair bit off from "fan favorite". Really? I didn't know there was a guy who did that. A breath of fresh air is fine once in a while, but it happened at a bad time, to many it felt like Fresh were just avoiding the problems that TDAS, and postponing when the had to address them. Though TDPI certainly restored my faith in the series, even if it has the least "Total Drama" feel to it. Personally I think Mike should return, by having him permanently gone, people are just pretending he never existed. But that won't remove the stain he's left on the series. He's the only one who can fix the damage he caused. I'll try get that blog up before the year ends. Harold's full name was already revealed though; Harold Doris McGrady V. Anne Maria was on some other list, but the first lineup had Owen, Cody, and Brick. Here's the link: http://totaldrama.wikia.com/wiki/File:All_Stars_Cast.png

Okay when you're able to.