User blog comment:ArtDraw12/Character Appreciation - Week 41: Samey/@comment-25285054-20171016031416

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Amy and Samey's ploltline centering around this person who was abused their entire life doesn't seem like too bad of an idea on paper, but I think what makes Samey really grating for me is that her pain defines her entire character. She never spends her screentime talking about her hobbies, how she's going to win the competition or how she feels about the other contestants, but she talks about how much her life sucks and how much she hates her sister 100% of the time. Combine that with how over the top horrible Amy was made to be and I just feel this plotline had the subtly of a giant titanium hammer. They didn't need to go all out on making Samey Sad and making Amy Evil while doing absolutely nothing for their characters otherwise.

Now you can argue, "But wait Scarlett, they were only in like five episodes!  How can you blame the writers for not developing them?" Lets be real..any major plotline would suck condensed into only a small handful of episodes. If the characters suck because they didn't have time to develop, then they shouldn't have tried to make a plot like this so short. The length doesn't excuse the problems with their character