Thread:Greenhatdigital/@comment-4178326-20140610085350

First of all, I'm a BIG fan of Total Drama. I honestly think that being in the fandom has improved my life aftre my less than savory hgih school years. But, even as a die hard fan there are some things about the show I'm just not fond of. I'll comment about the rest of them in due course, but one that frankly makes my blood boil is the treatment of Ezekiel.

I can understand that he's a minor character and was probably not meant to get much, if any, of a fan base ... but does that excuse the dehuminisation he has gone through? I mean, you claim that the staff love every character ... but it seems quite clear you all hate Ezekiel for some reason. I'd just like to know why he gets tormented, hurt and abused so much. It's not funny, it's actually really upsetting and chilling. I showed my 7 year old brother an episode featuring Zeke in his feral self (African Lying Safari specifically) and he thought the 'moral' was that 'if somebody is different and strange then they deserve to be hurt and abused', and I have to agree that this is the impression I am getting. I've seen people say that Zeke's current state is a symbol of how little the creators care about the fanbase (I can provide a link if needed). You say you're listening to fan feedback to make the show the best it can be ... well, as you have no doubt heard from others, ALMOST NOBODY likes the feral Zeke gag. The reasoning his 'DNA is too scrambled to return to normal' makes no sense, DNA doesn't work like that. If Alejandro can recover so easily from being burnt by lava and being in a robot suit for a year and Scott can survive a horrific mauling from a shark and end up fine in TDAS with no physical injuries and no explanation for recovery then I see no reason you can't have Ezekiel return to normal as well. I understand the staff may like the 'gag', but you want fan feedback and the fact is that nearly nobody likes this awful joke. It is cruel, sick and wrong how he is being treated and how nobody seems to give a damn. I feel like the creators love to spite the Zeke fans, and I'm not alone in that viewpoint.

Thank you for your time. I'll always be a fan of Total Drama forever and always, but there are some things (like the feral Zeke 'gag') which make me refuse to watch certain episodes absed on personal principles. 