User blog comment:Smv21/My Total Drama Season Rankings/@comment-27607014-20180514183352/@comment-4726418-20180515143113

Uuuugh don't tell me the 'Dave was derailed!' card is STILL a thing. Dave was ALWAYS a paranoid, maladjusted little freak with little tolerance of anyone or anything. The whole point of his character was to take this high maintenance stick-in-the-mud pansy and gradually transform him into the most unhinged and volatile member of the cast. A creative concept and not at all what the word 'derailment' means which people seriously need to look up the definition of.

The challenge wasn't that interesting?? There was fire, there was snow, there was an AVALANCHE that nearly killed the finalists what more do you need? And you do see Dave's reaction when Shawn wins? He yells out 'Nooo!' because one of the finalists is alive and it means Dave can't win the money with Jasmine like Chris said they would if Shawn and Sky lost. And Skave's plot had tons of payoff. We found out what Sky was hiding from Dave, we got the climax of Dave's paranoia, and both get karma in the form of Dave being mauled by a bear and Sky humiliating her reputation on TV. Granted there's a few things left open but that's because they want to leave people excited for the next season (if it ever comes).

I think the problem ultimately with this fandom and Pahkitew Island is that it gets too judged like it's a typical season of Total Drama. But the whole idea of it was NOT to be like the usual Total Drama season and to have a cast that clashed a lot and lacking in likeability. That might not appeal to everyone and that's fine but at least judge it for what it is instead of what it isn't.