User blog comment:DaisyPeachPower/Total Drama Action Review/@comment-31556666-20160725093944

My experience with TDA a good SEVEN years ago is a complicated one. I had started the show around the time Million Dollar Babies was airing and once I got to that episode, I managed to watch the episodes weekly. Keep in mind I was only 11 at the time. What particularly stood out to me as I watched TDA, even as a young child was the characterization towards Lindsay and Harold. As a kid, I related to Lindsay's naivety or Harold's dorkiness and I was hoping so much that they would make the final two...then I saw a leak of Beth and Duncan being revealed as the final two, making me furious to say the least. How could these two characters deserve the finale over two that have had to overcome obstacles against their personalities. I just had to accept what would come though. Didn't help that I saw this leaked after Get a Clue aired where I loved Lindsay more.

So I waited, accepting my fate that Harold and Lindsay would be unceremoniously kicked off the show. And I wondered just how they were going to do it... and they brought Owen back and turned him into a snaky unlikable mess and he just single-handedly ruined the season for me. In fact, he was one of the main components behind Lindsay and Harold's eliminations. He was KEEN on voting off Courtney even though she had invincibility, which was one way Lindsay ended up getting 3-2-1 and voted off, and then he was one of the two votes for Harold because he's "onto him." The real Owen would've owned up when caught out. Just like DJ. Owen doesn't! He's made guilty but he doesn't do anything to rectify it. So two fantastic characters end up going and him and Duncan are the two highest ranking males again ~rolls eyes~

Sorry about that tl:dr. I just REALLY don't like TDA Owen and how much he tainted this season's last few episodes. So what about TDA as a whole?

Well, actually, it's fairly good. The whole reward challenges are a little divisive in the fandom but I liked them! They helped flesh out the characters more and we even got to see how their social dynamic was. It's a heckuvalot better than the latest three seasons. I also really enjoyed the cast. Besides Owen, I think everyone served a unique and enjoyable performance. I even liked TDA Trent and TDA Geoff despite them not being that popular. I think it's a way better case than past season, which had 7/22 of the cast, fodders, which is around one-third. In fact, TDA doesn't even have any fodders. Because everyone does something important. It's a very fluid season. I would've said I really loved this season for how funny it is, how natural things are, etc. But I just can't stress enough how much Owen ruined what would've been an amazing season.

Regardless I still think it's one of the funniest seasons and definitely a good one.