User blog comment:JoshTheKing3/Why Carrie and Devin are Bad Characters/@comment-4726418-20190319140410

It's always fun to occasionally visit this wiki to still see there's a blog or two inviting plenty of discussion, but with that said I really disagree with this.

First of all, you say that Carrie and Devin were typical nice characters, but then go on to call Carrie selfish (which she is). Doesn't that debunk the bland label. As for Carrie being selfish, as someone who's grown to be a big fan of her, it's actually one of my favourite things about her. They keep it very subtle, but to give what seems like will just be a bland love interest real struggles and flaws that make things difficult for her makes Carrie much more complex than I thought she'd be. It could be argued all the Total Drama protagonists each have major flaws to their personality that make it intended to empathize with them, and Carrie's the same. All she wants is her best friend to go out with her and if that means doing anything to benefit herself in reaching that goal, there's nothing inherently wrong about it. Sometimes people can be selfish, and in Carrie's case even though she's benefitting herself, she's also still trying to motivate Devin after Shelly breaks up with him. I think she's one of the most well written characters in RR personally. As for 'Everything she said had something to do with Devin", most of the teams related to their partner a lot. That was the approach of the season. With the exception of the Ice Dancers and Sisters, every other major team's storylines related to the dynamic they had with their teammate.

As for Devin, while he is bland at first, that was the appeal of the 7 Stages aspect of him. And while I can see why some would find his realization he likes Carrie to be rushed, I thought it made perfect sense because he knew her so long and it took her actually being in danger for him to realise she was worth caring about. One of my favourite couples in the show tbh