User blog comment:Smartbook/Random thoughts about Total Drama/@comment-1441098-20140831165556

Okay, let's see what I can think of...
 * I dislike Zoey a bit more than Mike. Mike was only as bad as he was because of the writers, he could have been decent if handled properly and if the reset button and self-harm issues and constant unrealistic brain scenes didn't exist, and I also didn't outright hate Mike in ROTI. (unpopular opinion?) But Zoey's character is just awful in every way possible, with her reliance on Mike for everything (great way to portray a female character) and always having to be saved by him, her random Mary Sue godplaying skills that came up for absolutely no reason in AS (and she apparently hates jocks when she's the biggest godplayer in the series...?), her complete lack of a personality, and her whining about having no friends despite being a kind of snobby character and acting really entitled towards practically everyone because they're "weird."
 * I like everyone in the first generation cast to some extent, even Katie and Sadie (who are last for my 1st gen rankings) can be funny at times.
 * TDI Heather is kind of overrated, while she was an awesome character in later seasons for sure, she was a bit of a generic antagonist in the first season. She wasn't bad by any means, though, and got better towards the end.
 * I'm a big fan of Ezekiel (pre-transformation of course) and Gollum Zeke is my single least favorite thing that's happened in TD.
 * The first half of TDWT is my favorite stretch of episodes of all time, but it turned pretty bad once Duncan returned, so I never know where to put the season on my rankings.
 * Noah is the best-written character in the series and also my #1, I don't think he's overrated at all and he deserves all the love he gets.
 * I judge characters based on how funny, interesting, and entertaining they are, not how relevant or visible they are or how much 'plot' they have, which is why my top five is Noah, Izzy, Tyler, Lindsay, and Max.
 * I don't really like Sky, but not because of anything to do with Dave, it's mostly because I just find her really bland, especially when a much better/more interesting/likable female heroine like Jasmine existed and served practically the same role.
 * Characters like Beardo and Eva have massive amounts of potential and I would love to see them back.
 * Rodney is an amazing idea for a character, and if he was executed better and not just made to be a gag, he'd be in my top 10 of all time. I still think he can be developed if he were to return for a later season.
 * Scarlett/Max and Noah/Owen are my favorite interactions in the series.