User blog:David117/i've had sometime to think and...

so before i get to the meat of this blog, allow me to provide some backstory on this blog. i've been watching total drama since day 1. the five characters who kept me coming back for more were duncan, courtney, gwen, trent and heather. as you can see, the first 4 of those named are members of the infamous love rectangle/triangle. i didn't watch tda till the special came out but by then i didn't like where the writers were heading. now for those of you who know me, i was a big advocate for the duncney ship, as well as gwent. after tdwt had leaked, i took to the wiki in 2010 to voice my displeasure over how these ships and characters were handled. i engaged in heavy debates amongst the wiki regulars as well as youtube posters.

when it came to the fan-war, i'm a veteran lol. like any war though, it really brought out the worst in people, and i was no exception. but after being away from the wiki and subsequently frequenting other td fandom sites, i started to reflect on the reputation i had built. and the truth is, i didn't like what i saw at the other end of that mirror. all the things that were associated with me were qualities that i dont show if you really get to know me. i still carried alot of anger and spite due to being banned but at heart i was really sad that i'd never get the chance to change things. that is until someone *cough tdifan13 cough* finally heard me out. now that i'm back, i took sometime to re-examine how i feel about what happened with the triangle in a purely objectional way. but it wasn't until i had an epiphany at work today did i realize something....

if the writers had handled the gwuncan pairing better than they did, i would of completly embraced it. and the point of this blog is to-highlight how they should of handled the gwent and duncney break ups and what has to happen in order for me to fully except the dxg ship.

GWENT- i feel like the writers had better opportunities to break this couple up but simply settled on the most dramatic way possible. here are two scenarios they could of used that ends with both characters still having their dignity. gwen breaks things off with trent because he's become to obsesed with trying to please her or too mistrusting of her and duncan's friendship. either one of these would of sufficed because trent wouldn't end up a number obsessed creep and gwen would still have her morality intact.

DUNCNEY- the writers should of kept them split up after top dog. here's something i've never told people, i dont blame duncan for voting courtney off. she had great intentions with the contract but lets be real. any girl who's giving you some form of paperwork regarding you're relationship and you didn't put a ring on her finger yet is probably crazy(i still love you courtney lmao). and another thing, courtney was a total gold digger in the finale. that ending felt so rushed and poorly written that i almost liked the beth ending better. and for those of you who feel courtney didn't get her karma for her villainous role in tda, the writers missed a great way to give it to her. when duncan won, he should of brushed courtney off and ask gwen out on a date. i could of lived with that.

the truth is while what gwen and duncan did in tdwt was wrong, it completly over shadowed the fact that courtney and duncans realtionship had degenerated. in tdi, i loved this ship because despite their differences, this ship was a joy to watch. but after tda, it left a bitter taste in my mouth. another thing that made me forget this during world tour is that courtney had improved alot during the first half of that season, only to be completly victimized by the kiss in i see london. i over sympathized and i'm not afraid to admit that. duncan wasn't completly heartless about his actions. prior to her finding out, duncan wanted to clear the air. and the one thing that gets completly overlooked is that he attempted to apologize in the ex-files(before taking a shot to the nads lol). his actions to courtney afterwards were excessive but i'd be lying if i said i wouldn't be bitter if the girl i cheated on won't give me a chance to make things right and assaults my kids for the umteenth time( not that i would ever cheat). and with gwen, there is no denying that she should of attempted to apologize when it happened as opposed to now. and telling courtney to suck it was plain wrong. but is it really fair to hold her faults over her head for this long. nobodies perfect. we all have fallen short somewhere. even though her attempts in tdas haven't been exactly genuine, she's still trying. give credit where it's due. it's only a matter of time before the runnig gag ends and she fully owns up to what happpened.

now i dont exactly remember the interactions with gwencan in tdi. but based on what i know, on paper it is currently a more healthy relationship if we're looking at just the blueprints of the ship and not how it came to be. somethings me and many people overlook is that 1 gwen was the only other person besides courtney to notice duncans good side on her own. 2 she is one of three other people who knows about duncans criminal past, and vice versa for duncan. 3 and this is more noticable but just as unapreciated; these two have great chemistry. but my main point is something my ninth grade english teacher told me which i finally understood today. people don't want just to be loved, they also want to be understood. there's no denying that courtney loved duncan( in her own special way that involved alot of paperwork lol) and she did see what duncan was really about. the problem is she didn't fully apreciate him for who he is as well as gwen does. duncan is a badboy with a heart of gold, courtney wanted to over-expose his soft side. but the problem with that is his soft side would be less apreciated if he showed it all the time and that's exactly what happened in top dog. gwen has a better time excepting duncan for who he is because she can relate too him on a deeper level. she too is a person whose ruff around the edges but good at heart.

what i hope for this season is that gwen and courtney resolve their differences and reconcile. i also would want gwen to force duncan to properly apologize(though this is a minor since he did attempt to when it blew up). that would mean courtney and duncan having to co-exist(pun intended). the cxg friendship was a unfortunate casuallty of the triangle, and i hope they can restore it. it's already to late for trent. lets not end things on a bad note for the rest of them. i want courtney to move past this and make it far without being distracted by relationships.(especially getting involved in the aleheather drama which is unfortunatly bound to happen). thanks for reading guys