User blog comment:Superdawnfan/People Thought To Make Great Main Villains But Wouldn't/@comment-26910203-20161127054235/@comment-11883116-20161127182804

I agree Courtney was flanderized later on, although I for the first two seasons I view it as development. Although you're right, her negative traits were exaggerated in the second season.

To be fair, people saw it as a foreshadowing of a future evil personality right when the episode aired, long before TDAS. But I gotta agree to a certain level. It is still unknown whether it was intentional or an animation goof that caused them to be inspired to create Mal after seeing fans' reactions.