User blog comment:Glenn31/Character Appreciation - Week 24: Heather/@comment-1396625-20170612173814

I don't really have much to add that probably won't be covered by someone else, but one thing I appreciate about how she was handled in TDI is that even before she had all her hair cut off (which I still think is the best 'defeat' of any antagonist), she wasn't exactly getting off easy beforehand. While she did get lucky at times in terms of just not getting eliminated, contestants (mostly Leshawna or Gwen) would constantly get back at her if she did something bad, and even if she didn't, things often won't go her way during challenges, or she'd at least be forced to pair up with Owen. I mean, just in the last five episodes with teams, she gets attacked by her own team with paintball guns, then gets locked in the freezer by her own team, then gets attacked by jellyfish, then has Owen land on her after she quits the challenge, and, though it works in her favor, has her top torn off. Though she obviously deserves all of it but she probably takes the most punishment of any of the female contestants, and it honestly isn't really that close. This is different than someone like, say, Alejandro, who may get worse karma in the end and doesn't really 'avoid' elimination until the 3rd to last episode, but generally makes it through the challenges untouched.

Another thing I've noticed while I've been rewatching episodes is that there are a lot of times that she's surprisingly funny given her role, especially in TDA.