User blog comment:Fedora Kid/Evil Dread Review/@comment-1615275-20130918193947/@comment-1734566-20130920035110

My overall thoughts on Gwen and whatnot (which will probably evolve dramatically, or change somehow, as the season goes along).

Obviously, I agree with Ryan and Soundandimage that merely laughing is not a sign of immaturity, and nowhere near as immature as Courtney taking half-credit for a plan someone else came up with first. I still would not categorize Gwen as immature based on any of her actions thus far in the series. Naive, and perhaps confused/unsure of how to act in the heat of the moment and the drama? Yes. But does that make someone immature? No.

The whole Alejandro/Gwen thing. Obviously, he's back to his usual tactics of seducing girls whenever he can (Justin rip-off, much?). It's obviously been confirmed now, as it's been shown in two episodes (three with the Ep 3 sneak peek), that this is going to become a major deal in the season. Of course, as per the Ep 3 preview, three of the villains (Heather, Jo, and Alejandro) are all after Gwen's support because Duncan will go with her, and anyone aligned with Gwen and Duncan instantly has 3/6 votes. However, Alejandro's motivation is slightly deeper than that. Beyond just wanting the strategic advantage, he's flirting with Gwen, it seems, to make Heather jealous. Because clearly, he still loves her and wants her back (though he won't admit it in public). Though why Heather would ever be jealous of her arch-rival is a mystery to me. The fact that Gwen rarely responds to his flirtatiousness is a sign of her loyalty to Duncan (other than her line about his eyes in the first episode).

However, I think the constant Courtney vs. Gwen, Gwen and Alejandro, Gwen automatically being a "villain," are all aspects that have led me to one conclusion. I can safely deduce that, as evident by the fan war it has created, the writers are clearly trying everything and anything in their power to destroy Gwen's character. They've honestly deluded themselves with the fantasy that Courtney's automatically a perfect, do-no-wrong hero now because she got her boyfriend taken away, and all her evil, villainous acts in TDDDDI and TDA are completely forgiven and forgotten as a result. Similarly, they're trying to shove the narrative down our throats that Gwen is now a total villain, a "new Heather," all because she and Duncan kissed (to say she kissed Duncan is false, because he initiated the kiss in the first place), and now all her heroic acts in TDI, including being the main protagonist that most of us were clearly rooting for to take down Heather the entire season, have been completely eradicated. This effort to destroy Gwen can be traced back to early TDA, when she was suddenly a jerk towards Trent and treated him like a freak-show just because he had a lucky number, dumped him, left him for his team to eliminate, and then threw a challenge even though she was not obligated to. However, all these actions were largely forgotten in TDWT. But it seems they're returning to a "Destroy Gwen" campaign with TDAS, again, though the obviousness of the creators siding with Courtney, having Gwen fall for Alejandro, being put on the villains team, and always accidentally committing "villainous" acts. They will not stop until they've done everything in their power to destroy Gwen's character and her heroic persona.

As Hitler once said, "Tell a lie, tell it big, tell it often, and the people will eventually believe it."