User blog comment:Ttowen/Potential to Develop/@comment-1037137-20140823171140

At this point there is no disputing how much these guys are playing favorites at our expense and the expense of such a large portion of each cast. If they actually gived these regular guys POSITIVE development for once or redeemed them and actually got them back on the right track again seeing how there was never true cause to derail anybody, this would be more forgivable. But because the writing is so lacking in common sense, creativity, structure, or anything you can call serviceable to their respective fanbases, BOTH sides lose: The regulars and the underdogs. At the end of the day nobody has been treated well by them all because they can't be bothered to maintain any sort of real integrity.

So many shows out there have suffered enormously from flanderizing their characters or writing them out-of-character, they should be fully aware of what happens when you start unraveling your own characters for cheap gags and storylines that are in blatant violation of that show's integrity. You start depriving it of its original charm and appeal, and you muddle everything that got your fans invested in the first place. We've seen this before, this is a trend you desperately want to avoid in this field, it's the most toxic trend you can possibly give in to.

That's why it's especially sad that Total Drama was so quick to fall to this dangerous trend, and that they have made no effort to stop it when they have the full power to do so. They have turned a blind eye to a problem that never had to be a problem, and that is incomprehensible.