Thread:CF12/@comment-31556666-20150112173922/@comment-27329394-20150114215821

tbh I don't have much to say about Scott that hasn't already been said by others, even though he's at #15 for me. The gist of it though is the fact that it doesn't really matter that much that he was so different. Why? Because he was just so much better in TDAS that it really does mitigate it. He was consistently enjoyable in a season where many contestants struggled and he was also the only one who could probably claim that title that was in the final 5... if you aren't one of those people who thought that way about Alejandro, he might qualify as the only post-merge one to have that title. Along with the whole change thing you also have people who say he floated to third, but that's another thing that really doesn't matter too much. What if he was the same personality-wise and actually worked hard to make it to third place? Would he be as funny? Would he still be antagonistic and follow the same path as before? Would he even make it to third in the first place? Would we learn more about his character like we did in TDAS? Would he even be good? I have my doubts on all these things, especially when most people who say his personality change was for the worst didn't like him in the first place. I need to see a Scott fan say that he sucked that season before I take the claim seriously. Besides, his biggest role outside of being an antagonist was being a pain-magnet, which he was merely even more of, and a jerk, which he still could be at times. I guess he wasn't as smart, but it's possible to be clever but not book-smart so the whole "wedge of cheese" thing isn't really a problem. Besides, that was a funny line!

I'm not going to put the like/dislike thing back in my rankings because there are a lot of times where I'm not sure just how much I like a certain character even though they wouldn't move. Is someone like Owen or Jasmine one of my absolute favorites? Do I dislike Ezekiel or just not care? Where does neutral even start? That's just a few examples, but it is a bit too ambiguous, especially when there are some contestants which I will never conclude on. There are also too many sections. For a general outline:


 * Despise: 52-50
 * Dislike: 49-45
 * Neutral: 44-40
 * Neutral-but-for-some-reason-will-occasionally-defend: 39
 * Somewhat Like: 38-32
 * Mostly Like: 31-22
 * Like: 21-14
 * Really Like: 13-5
 * Da Best: 4-1