User blog comment:Raised By Wolves/Total Dramarama Review – Episode 2: Duck Duck Juice/@comment-4742462-20180813183356/@comment-11883116-20180814160317

Actually, there's nothing stopping the author from including a completely unsympathetic character as a protagonist and making the antagonist the character the viewers would relate with/sympathize with/root for.

Both Shawn and MacArthur actually had those "slightest bit sympathetic" elements that you mentioned. Shawn's survival skills were useful for his teammates, he eventually grew from a corward to action hero, saved Jasmine and eventually agreed to split the money with her. MacArthur eventually learned to respect Sanders and let her be in charge for a change.

But this is DramaRama discussion, so maybe let's leave other characters for different blogs/threads as to not get too off-topic.