User blog comment:TotalDramaFan82498/Is It Bad That I've Liked Every Season?/@comment-1037137-20150306083152/@comment-1037137-20150307045620

Shawn really is not a fodder. But Mike really should've been, would've spared us all a major headache.

I just prefer a cast with a strong variety of appeal and an abundance of people I can enjoy. The TDI cast was brilliant for these reasons, they'll always be the best no matter how many more new casts you introduce. Even the ROTI cast I felt had more potential than they actually bothered to exploit from them, as unpopular an opinion that I know that is. The TDPI cast for me is forgettable. The characters are largely unengaging and one-note, with only a handful standing out as genuinely likable and entertaining. TDPI could've done with a stronger cast that dealt with fewer outright gimmicks and more three-dimensional characters who could stand their own alongside the originals. And only a few of them did that for me.