User blog comment:LuluTDFan/Who is the most overrated contestant?/@comment-24952355-20160112190512

I find it sad that this is the only fandom that I'm a part of that is ABUSING the idiotic word "overrated". It's just a stupid word that you use at those characters that you don't like, but many others do. Dawn has many fans? So what? She has the rights to have fans, in fact, every character in any show does. There's no limit. Who the heck cares if she was only seen in 5 episodes. Many people loved her so why should this even bother me? Or interest me? Also, hating a character just because many other people like that character is very unfair. It's not her/his fault that she/he has fans. I don't understand why do many people adore TDI and bash the other seasons, but this is something that can be resolved if those people just explain to me why they liked that season so much. And I am not hating TDI at all because of that. The word "Overrated" is the most overused, stupid word that I've ever seen in this fandom. I'm happy not many people use this word anymore but this is because the fandom is literally dying. The word "underrated" isn't anything better but at least it's not that overused. Another thing that seriously bugs me is that the main characters of the show are sometimes called "writer's pets". Most notably Owen and Duncan (Completely ignoring the fact that Heather appeared in a lot more episodes). You have to keep in mind that TD is a cartoon and it's for childred. Which characters do you think children at the age of 8-12 like? Of course, characters like Owen, Duncan, Gwen, Mike, Lightning, Mal, Max, Shawn and Junior. Why? Back in 2008, all of my friends were obsessed with TD, not just me. They all adored Owen and Duncan and hated Courtney and Heather and if you go to sites like youtube or CN you will see the same thing. Do you really think kids give a damn about a character like Anne Maria for example? Of course not. TDAS for mostly for the kids. They listened to us, the older fanbase after that, and that's why Noah and Geoff were seen in RR. That's why great teams like the Cadets, Sisters, Ice Dancers made it far. We love them but I doubt kids liked any of them besides maybe MacArthur and Emma. But they listened to Kids as well with teams like Father-Son, Stepbrothers, Rockers and Surfers and I think that's why Stepbrothers and Rockers made it quite far.