User blog comment:TDWT: Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles/Duncey vs. Gwuncan/@comment-24971793-20140702124055/@comment-1037137-20140702171429

That was mostly LeShawna's doing, not Gwen's. She didn't even vote him off. Though I would agree that she (And Trent) needed to confront each other about it on some level first before they assumed the worst.

Uh, no. No, it did not. They did not spend that much amount of time together in the time between her elimination in TDA or Duncan's return in TDWT. They spent that entire time apart and had zero feelings for each other in TDI, and consistently said they didn't have any in TDA. Everything that would imply that they were beginning to fall for each other happened in the TDA special onward, where they spent even less time together and where Duncan expresses zero romantic affection for Gwen up until the moment where they actually did reunite. That is highly insufficient buildup. And it was impulsive, Gwen was becoming boy-crazy about the guy when she was never that loose with her feelings before. And everything she did from that point on was a self-defeating move and she made herself an easy target for many.

This is one reason why I say character development sure as hell ain't TDWT's strong suit. Defend it fine, but the buildup to Gwuncan is still not played smartly or in a way that can make me believe there's anything credible to this couple or that the attraction makes sense. It was way too sudden on both their sides.