User blog comment:Don25/Why many Courtney fans, do not we want her to be a finalist?/@comment-26407122-20180102224955

I wouldn't personally mind Courtney being a finalist, but only if she wasn't All-Stars Courtney. If she were more sweet and more driven like she had been in the very first episode, had some serious development that explained her motivations (ie more why winning is such a big deal to her like that photo she recieved in TDA 2001: A Space Owen) or why she acts the way she does (like Heather in TDI's finale) which would make her more fleshed out than just someone who's a bossy control freak who wants nothing more than to win regardless of who else is hurt.

In the alternate ending where she lost the finale, that could be her biggest moment. It could give her a sense of pride for getting so far and realize that winning can't always be an end goal; she had friends who like her regardless of if she wins; she's still a good competitor anyways; etc. I want to like Courtney... I really do, but she has to give me a reason to stand behind her motivations to win, and why she is who she is.