User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Why I HATE the Total Drama fans from Youtube/@comment-24152851-20141218233039/@comment-27329394-20141222013649

From what I've read Gwen and Trent (and Duncan/Courtney) broke up because the producers thought it would be unrealistic for them to be in love for the duration of the show. Either way, it wasn't teaching anyone anything. And that's the only example I've heard of where it was an executive decision.

This show being a role model? Hardly. Maybe, like, 4 characters maximum out of 52. A lot of people like Courtney and I'm sure nobody takes her as a role model. And what kind of role model would Mike be anyway? There is no role that he is playing here for anybody. Resetting a disorder does not teach anyone anything. Just like how mushrooms don't work like they do in Super Mario - both are fictional settings.

And finally, the people taking this the hardest are in fact teens/young adults. If the concern is kids, then why are none of them piping up about it? Why do they (as in Youtubers and CN people) still like Mike if they allegedly find it offensive? They don't really care, just like how kids like Barbie dolls and then older people will complain about how it is unrealistic or whatever. They just enjoy it for what it is, but people tend to look very deep into things when they are older.

And yes, being offensive is 100% an opinion. I mean, there are people out there who believe Leonard is offensive. There are also people out there who think that having a revealing female video game character is offensive. It all matters on how hard you take it. And people can like what they want.

Yes, it did happen. Yes, some people took it hard. But if people don't think the same way about Mike or what happened, then it shouldn't be wrong to like the episode. But you act like it shouldn't be liked when, in reality, the perception of what if offensive or not varies from person to person. As Legodude said, they are free to like what they want.

This is my last comment on the subject.