User blog comment:Paper Lantern/I blame Duncan/@comment-1363526-20130829022400/@comment-1756703-20130829114025

Yeah, he halfheartedly tried to talk it out with her... after he had already cheated on her and the whole sordid affair had been revealed to the world. If I were in Courtney's position, I also would have dumped spaghetti on his head and kicked him in the kiwis then. >~>

And to be fair, it's never been clear on what Duncan wants in a girlfriend. If Gwen truly is his ideal match, I would think that he would have shown more interest in her sooner. Instead, he showed outright contempt for her at times in TDI, and denied anything more than a friendship with her in TDA (while at the same time affirming his attraction to Courtney.) Up until TDWT, it was assumed, judging from his confessionals and his reactions, that his ideal girl was someone who was assertive, feisty, and could dominate him just as he dominated others. And guess what? Courtney fits that description perfectly! But now? It's a lot more ambiguous now.