User blog comment:JoshTheKing3/Why I Think Cody is Overrated/@comment-44286113-20191209103501/@comment-31723326-20191209155414

In my opinion Cody isn't that bad, but I can definitely see where you come from, but I do have to point out a few things:

1. Cody, to his credit, eventually realised he wasn't going to go out with Gwen and not only didn't throw an incel fit, but also managed to get her and Trent closer together. While he did keep his crush on Gwen in World Tour he never took it to the extent he did in Island and mainly just tried to be a good friend to Gwen. I feel this line from Hatue Camp-Ture speaks volumes for his improvement as a character:

" Gwen is my dream girl. I’m just not her dream guy. But as long as she’s happy, hey, I’m happy. Hehe."

I feel he did get character development in Up The Creek, even if it wasn't that big and that carried out to Haute Camp-ture and future seasons, to the point where he became a much more tollerable character because of it and was considered one of the five campers Gwen considered sane (When even Trent didn't make that list for some reason)

2. I'm annoyed by Dawn's popularity by the fanbase but I don't actually HATE her character

3. NoCo sucks, I'll give you that, but it feels kind of unfair to hate Cody and not Noah for it just because of another ship you like. This is coming from someone who considers Noah as tied for his favourite character too.

4. I feel he gets quite a bit of punishment for being a pervert. I'd consider him getting mauled to near death as a punishment for a bit of creepiness. Also, I'd consider being forced to be on the same team as Sierra as punishment as Sierra basically gives Cody a taste of his own medicine by being a creepy stalker like what he was like at his worst (Not Quite Famous and possibly the beginning of Up The Creek if you count that) but for an entire season rather than a couple times in two episodes. While Cody wasn't voted off STRICTLY due to his creepiness lets be honest, Heather would have totally been voted off in Paintball Deer Hunter if Cody or someone else wasn't mauled, Gwen hates Heather a lot more than Cody, so if She, Leshawna, Trent, Cody and Beth voted her that would have been the majority and as she has more plot armour they needed to do something.

5. I believe the reason that Sierra gets more hate is that she was way more over the top and annoying with her stalking for much longer. Even if you believe Cody was a stalker in every episode he competed in Island, he still competed in nine episodes of Island while appearing in two more. Sierra appeared in every episode outside of Aftermath eps

This is not meant to be rude in any sense of the word, I'm just giving my personal view of Cody's character and why I think he's an alright character.