User blog:Tomas T/Ranking the characters - generation 1 (Part 1)

This is the time. I did the thrid generation, I did the second, now its the big challange: doing the first generation. Since there are 24 characters in this generation it would be harder to put them in the right place that I feel acceptence (and no, I did not forgot Blaineley. I just don't put her here). I decide to split the blog to two. This one will be from 24th-13th. And the 12th to 1st in the next one. Why? well there are few controversies in this blog and I really don't want them to overshadow everything.

So lets begin! I just want to remind you again that I base this list about my opinions, not how well they played the game. So this blog will represnt only my opinions. And I'm worring you: there will be at least three or four controversial section and I guess you know who are these three/four characters.

24. Sadie
This girl, is so annoying, so shallow and so dumb. Really no wonder she and her other half never returned to the other seasons. They just two characters who exist just because of each other. Everytime they do something its the same thing all the time. Yes there are dumb characters that I actually like. But unlike Lindsay and Lightning, who dumb in chamring way, the case with Sadie and Katie is dumb in cringy way. I can't take seriously those 16 years old girls who act and behave like 4 years old girls. So why Sadie is ranked under Katie? Because Sadie was a burden. Instead of start a storyline about Sadie who learn she could be friends with other people (Lindsay and Harold), they writers just put her there. Doing nothing for the KB winning streak episode. Would not it be just easier to eliminate her in Phobia Factor and giving Lyler more episodes together just to eliminate him in episode 11, an episode that fits for Tyler to be eliminated in? poor Ty.

23. Katie
So if I hate both Katie and Sadie, why does Katie is ranked a little bit better than Sadie? well... after her elimination, Katie accpeted it. Was sad but she accept it. She encouraged (or at least tried) Sadie to keep going and she tried to motivate her. So it means that she is not depends on Sadie like Sadie depends on her. So it give her one more bonus point to be ranked better than Sadie.

But for real, I look at them and I only can think about the Israeli live TV shows for toddlers and kids. Adult people wearing dumb clothes and act like dumb children. It wasn't like that in the past. This is why I let my little brothers to watch old episodes of sesame street.

22. Ezekiel
Well well it seems that our Zeke is not the lowest on the list for once. Nowdays people try to open up for him but I dont. I disliked Ezekiel since the begening. Nothing in this characters work for me. This dude has too much self estem and shamelessness for a person who compete only in two episodes. They had no idea what to do with his characers so they turned him into a ghoul. I admit that I hate this decision but it doesnt make me love him. Well... at least I prefer him than the other two girls.

Oh no... here we come for the first controversy of this blog. Wish me luck.

21. Duncan
I JUST CAN'T STAND HIM ANYMORE!!!! I can't. I hate his desing, I hate his personality, I hate his actions, I hate how Karma Hodini he is, I hate how he treat to others, I hate how the writers love him so much and shoved him to our throat, I hate how he stealing screentime from Tyler, Noah, Bridgette, Eva and others and I hate how many times I wrote here "I hate". Look, im the kind of the people who begin to dislike characters when the creators shoved them to our throat. It happenes in a lots of TV shows. For example: Aria and Ezra from PLL. In the 3rd season they got too much screentime. And it was boring. Aria is annoyong, Ezra is predator, their realtionship is toxic and boring. I began to hate these two in this season mainly because they shoved intou our throat. This is the same case with Duncan. merge every single team? really? was the higher ranking killer bass in the first three season? really? final five three times in a row? really. Sorry but I can't stand this anymore. Not his forced badass attiude, not his storylines and not his interactions. If TDI Duncan was still exist in the other seasons, Duncan could have been here in top 10. But every season he become worst and worst. his gameplay becoming worst and worst. Sorry but I just can't.

its better for me to stop right here. Because if I will continue, I will not stop.

20. Beth
Wow what a nice coincidence: the other finalist of TDA. In TDI Beth was fine. After getting enouth self confidence and befriending Leshawna, I rooted for her. However in TDA, as long the season goes by, she became less and less likable. at first her friendship with Lindsay was great, a good replacment for Gwen-Leshawna-Bridgette friendship in TDI (since Bridgette and Gwen left early). But later Beth showed how "great" BFF she is for Lindsay. in episode 9 she voted her off. BETH VOTED HER BEST FRIEND because Lindsay took the leadership to herself after she noticed how useless their team is. Izzy spanding her time with creating alter agos, Trent throwing the challanges, Owen still farting machine, Justin just lazy antagonist and Beth fangriling Justin and Brady all the time. But instead of appreciate Lindsay's motivation to help their team, she voted for her. Than in later episodes she goes to the conffesion booth and gossip about her and talking how dumb she is. And same with Ezekiel, Beth has too much self confidence and the last episodes of TDA turned her into some kind of godplayer (was Zoey three seasons before Zoey became godplayer). And by the end of the season Beth and Duncan became the worst final two ever (yes I think Duncan is an awful finalist as well). So why does she rank better than Duncan? well she had some decent moments and she was cute here and there. I don't know, she seems to be this kind of characters who way better as side characters because when they are in the center they are annoying. And just to think that in DRAMARAMA Beth is the antagonist...

Oh dear another controversy is coming

19. Owen
The main problem with Owen is the fact he gets too much screentime. Unlike Duncan, who actually has something to do (unfortunately) Owen always overstay. In the begening of TDI he was way more motivated than the rest of the show. He did challanges and help his team. But sometimes the writing was odd. Like in episode 4, how Owen was the last person standing of his team? Owen was the biggest target, it easy to throw a ball on him. Cody, Heather and evan Noah made more sense because they are the skinniest in their team. Than in episode 12, he and Gwen were the final two in the tree tesk, how with his weigh he stayed that long? than there is Owen in the finale while he did little to help his allies and by the end of the season was the finalists and if he deserve to be finalist its another disscusion and another controversy. But in TDA I get to the point that I can't stand him anymore. I hate the shilling of his character, how everyone talks all the time how amazing and great he is. I hate how everytime there was frame with only Owen, they just dragged his lines more and more (stop the world!!! Owen is talking now). He barley called out about his actions. In his elimination everyone behaved Like Coutney is an awful person for voting him. But it was the KG choice to waste their votes on Courtney. and she was right, Owen tried to eat his teammates, prevented them to do the challange. The thinking of voting Owen by free will was so horrible in the writers mind so they did this lame elimination. And than he return for the last five episode. why? we don't need him anymore. And in TDWT he merged again for no real reason. And the writes love him so much so they could not let themself to eliminate him in the first episode so they scrapped him (along with Anne Maria) from TDAS. Than by putting him as Noah's partner in the RR, it turned Noah's winning chances to ZERO. So if Owen feels like a burden to me, why does he ranke highter than the others? he has redeeming qualities like he can give second chances, he love to have fan, positive and loyal. I really think they he could be great character if the writers gave him some body image storyline. When we have on TV storyline about body images, most of the times it about girls. Doing it with a boy could be very original. Why wrtiers? why?

18. Sierra
I think the hate section was over after Beth. Owen was in "I dont like but not hate either" section and the same goes with Sierra (and I think Owen and Sierra are the only people in this section). Sierra is a character that I really don't know what to think about her, it really dependent on the scene. In the TDA special she was really cute, I love how loyal she was to the cast. in the first half of TDWT she was great either. Strong player, I love her "friendship" with Heather and she had these gossiping funny moments. In the second half she became more redical about Cody and more voulgar and it was kinda turn off, her obsession become worst and worst but still I enjoyed her characters. By the end of the season, I love how she accept the fact that Cody has no romantic feeling for her and but they both decide to be just good friends. If TDAS wasn't exist, Sierra would have been way more highter. but TDAS ruined her by turning her back to her insane presona and making her way more insane. This dragged her down to "not like but not dislike" section. FYI, she migh be Chris's lost daugther.

17. Trent
Trent, the generic nice guy, some people really like him because he is a sweatheart but some really hate him because he is "bland". Well I don't think he is bland. Not saying he has some deep or hidden depths but he is not bland. Trent is really nice person and I really like him (with Trent we can say he is opening the "I like them" tier). But he got the 17th placement because he is so underuse in so much awful way. If we counting the RR, Trent is the male camper who did not compete the longest time. In the aftermaths he did nothing importent things, he did not got any good treatment from the writers even when he compete. And its a big shame. If there will be a miricale and we will get another season, if Trent will be there and it will have good writing, Trent for sure will go up in this list.

16. Justin
If there is a drastic change in my opinions about this generation, is my opinion about Justin and the person who got the 13th place. I used to hate Justin in the past. But now I like him. Its true that he is not the best antagonist (in fact, all the three antagonist of this season, comperes to Heather and TDI Duncan, are inferior) but he was enjoybale character. Don't know what exetly I liked about him, but there is something charming about his attitude in TDA. I do have so much things to say about him but regardless his performence as an antagonists, he was enjoybale character.

15. Gwen
I never thoutgh I would place Gwen that low but these are the consequences of bad writing. I really think that out of all the characters who had bad writing, Gwen is the biggest victim. Gwen used to be my favorite in TDI. I rooted for her since the 3rd episode. She had great personality, she did great in challange, she had amazing character development, she was awsome protagonist. And as a past goth (well... in the soul at least...) I relate to her a lot and I was so happy she won. But since TDA the writers turned her into an emotional punching bag and every season they found a new way to ruin the great thing they created in TDI. So in TDA Gwen's confidence was taked away from her. She gave up so fast about her relationship with Trent, TDI Gwen would fight about their relationship. Than she let herself being victim of Justin's blackmail, TDI Gwen would never let herself stay on the victim's place. And than everyone blamed her for the nonesense of Trent, Duncan and Justin. TDI Gwen used to stand for herself while TDA was a victim. In TDWT, before Duncan return, Gwen return to her TDI persona until Duncan arrived and they both cheated on Courtney. Gwen seems to be ok with being in a relationship that began with a cheating and hurt a friend. And again the writers let her got all the shaming while Duncan got away from cheating with repuation that wasn't damaged. In TDAS Gwen was so cringy. She had obbsession of being Courtney's friend again (after she wanted to get rid of her in TDWT), was angry at Duncan for talking about Courtney while she really talked about her all the time, she cared so much about puttin in the villian team (while TDI Gwen would say "whatever"). She brok up with Duncan with really bad way (I hate him and the Gwencan ship and yet I found this break up dissrespecting). She cared too much about Cameron kissing Courtney. And maybe the worst: she hit Heather on the head with no real reason. In TDWT Heather did nothing bad to Gwen (yes she wanted to get rid of her but it was because Gwen was the reason for losting the challange) and later she took her side and not Courtney's side. In TDAS Heather was nice to Gwen. Yes she had her own reasons (I mean, it Heather) but still she wanted to from an allience with her (thing that TDI Heather would never do unless they have to). And after two seasons of doing nothing bad, Gwen for no reason felt it was the right thing to do: hitting her on the head because she waited to this moment four seasons (did she forgot she is the reason of Heather losting the money, the competition, the hair and the sanity?). So with the way the writers demaged Gwen, I still like her. Yes TDAS butchered her character but I still remember how awsome and amazing she was on TDI. TDAS, to me at least, never cancelled TDI Gwen. In fact if there wasn't a TDAS version of Gwen, she would be in the top 8.

14. Geoff
Geoff, for me he could have been way better finalist than Owen. Like Justin, there is something really charming about Geoff and I can't tell why. Maybe its how clueless he can be and yet being charming without try to be one. Geoff overall is a great guy. The only things that prevent from him to be in the top 12/top half is all these scenes here and there that I really did not liked. Like how he bullied Harold for no reason in TDI episode 12. Or his TDA personality. While he was decent in the RR, I really dislike how he dumped down. But I love his TDWT version and his dynamic with Blaineley. Overall he is a great guy. But I just happened to love other characters more than him.

13. Eva
Like Justin my opinion about Eva drasticly changed. She used to be my most hated character. But only in the rewatch I realize how cool she is and I think a lots of other people noe aware for her potential and everyone wants her in new season. In every episode she was in, Eva was funny and scene stealer. In the first two episode, I love how she glared at Leshawna and was mad at Ezekiel. In the "big sleep" her anger issues were added and it amazing source for great and deep storyline. Eva talk about her anger issues and she metnioned it happened before and it seems she want to change. Her return in "no pain no game" was great. Returning to the island with fire before her, shaving most of poor Sasquatchanakwa's hair and making from it shoes and helmat and han she swear to revenge (too bad she never got a chance to revenge). I love how she still was loyal for Gwen in the finale (When everyone moved to Owen's side, it was the worst scene in the season. This is why I always watch the episode with Gwen's ending) and we finally get to see her smiling out of happiness. In the special, Eva was enjoybale again with her allience with Noah and Izzy (Team E scop rules!!!). Her small roles in TDA+TDWT were also enjoybale. Eva is maybe the only character in this generation that I enjoyed from every moment of her (even the eliminations). The only reason that I dont put her on the top 12 is just because she was only in five episode (six counting the special) in one season while the others got two or three seasons. If Eva was part in TDA or TDWT, She could be in the top 6.

So lets end the first part of the list with the most obvious thing: GO TEAM EVA!!!

Conclusion
So this is the low 12 of the first generation. Some of them I really hate, some of them I really like, but for some reasons they found themself out of the top 12. I guess I created some controversies with my opinion about Duncan, Owen and Gwen. I really hope these controversies wont overshadow the rest of the blog and other section will get some attention.

Hope you enjoy to read it. I would love to see your comments to see your opinions. And if you have some predictions about the order of the top 12, let me know :)

Have a nice day and remember: GO TEAM EVA!!!