User blog comment:Bigez620/"Food Fright" - Review/@comment-5221692-20131002203325/@comment-5221692-20131003202910

Plus, Courtney can actually handle a deceisive situation. She's been pushed around all of TDI, been ridiculed in TDA, been absolutely dehumanized in TDWT, and villainised in TDAS. Yet she remains in character because she's strong and independant.

Zoey on the other hand can't handle tough situations. She never got hurt all of TDROTI, she was always being saved by Mike, and when she FINALLY DID get hurt, ONCE, she went bonkers and claimed to tap into her "inner warrior". And to this episode of TDAS, Zoey has yet to have a finger layed on her.

What I don't get if why Zoey has the right to backflip up trees and have the "warrior" label. So boo hoo, her boyfriend was voted off and she fell in a ten foot ditch. Big deal. Think about everything EVERY other character has gone through. Do you see Gwen turning Commando? No! Zoey's tantrum does not give her the right to godplay.

I don't get why people sympathize with her on a level of "Oh, poor Zoey. She's always getting kicked around" ... Maybe here in the fandom, yes, but in the actual show? NO! She's always being treated like fine china. And these past two episodes may have had no Mike/Zoey interaction, but Zoey didn't bring anything to the table within these two episodes. Just "I can backflip up trees because I went through some serious shiz on this show" No Zoey, you went through nothing.

I don't dislike Zoey as a person, I dislike her as a disinteresting cartoon stealing precious screentime from those who actually deserve it.


 * 3

Just my opinion. If you don't agree, ignore.