User blog comment:Iusedtolie/Who is the best antagonist? (Your own opinion,of course)/@comment-25027229-20150605135319

Heather is easily my favorite. Her three-season arc from Island to World Tour just makes her a great character who's always fun to watch. Her role in Island was cliche, but some of hers plans such as breaking up Gwent, sabotaging Justin, and making the first TD alliance show how ahead of the others she was in terms of gameplay.

Justin and Courtney are great villains, but only Courtney is a great antagonist. Justin's character in Action was fun and a spin on typical "pretty" villains because he lost his touch early on, unlike Alejandro. Courtney, however, was a decent strategist and major challenge beast, which allowed her to get reasonably far in all of her post-Island seasons, but also did her in at the end of her All-Stars story. Owen was terrible though. Screw evil Owen.

Alejandro was just a bore and while an intentional Stu is better than an unintentional Stu, it really didn't do him any favors or lend anything to his character, which was based only on a romance with Heather and a rivalry with his brother. All-Stars fixed some of these problems by adding a new dimension to his character by making him into an anti-hero and focusing on his vanity instead of his charm, something I feel doesn't get enough credit that the writers really did well with.

Revenge's antagonists were dull and one-note aside from Jo, who's really the only character from that cast with any personality outside of their rehashed stereotypes. Scott was painful to watch and unlikable. In a real season of Survivor, he'd be a very early out and while he is a Russel Hantz parody, we never actually saw him find the idol that saved him, just proving how desperate the writers were to keep him around. Lightning is a fun, hilarious character, but as a villain, he's not that impressive aside from some jokes here and there. He wasn't supposed to be taken seriously, so I still enjoy his antagonistic side.

Mal just came at the wrong time. In any other season, he would've been better received and not piled in with all the hate All-Stars got. Honestly, that season gets way more hate than it deserves. It's still Total Drama and good entertainment, and there's certainly parts of it that aren't automatically bad because it's part of the season, such as Mal for instance. Breaking things and letting the other players pick each other off isn't a terrible strategy. On Survivor, pushing people to insanity and lowering their morale is a great way to progress in the game, making them appear weak, unstable, and outright annoying. Mal is just a different type of antagonist compared to others who are judged by how many people they eliminate and would've been far more effective had their been more planning for his plot, which had the most anti-climactic ending ever. I don't think the button is as offensive as it is dumb and cheap, but there's enough of Mal I can appreciate to enjoy his villainy.

Pahkitew didn't have a "sore thumb" antagonist, but Scarlett and Sugar definitely fit the role, Max is a joke (a funny joke though), and Dave and Sky... not talking about them. Scarlett was easily the worst villain the show's had. Before her reveal, I loved her character: a witty, female Noah with decent ability, but after that reveal, she wasn't even a threat and ruined everything. All she did was laugh, threaten people, and get taken out by the worst plan ever, all without leaving an impact on the game aside from having a hand in Max's boot (sort of.) Sugar was far more interesting with her great characterization and decent strategy (breaking up a power couple, forming alliances, sabotaging her enemies), along with her skill in challenges that helped her get far without even receiving a single vote.