User blog comment:GothGirlXenon/Belief That Underrated Characters Deserve Better/@comment-26350151-20150708034724

Alright, I'll play this game too. There are plenty of things I can say about SEVERAL characters who haven't been in the limelight as of late, and how most of them, unfortunately, do have a reason for not being in it.

Trent, like it was said several times before, is extremely boring when he isn't around Gwen. He has absolutely no personality trait to call his own, and no, being hurt all the time and being a musician does not count, because as of World Tour most of the contestants fall into both categories.

Ezekiel... I'll be frank, I don't see what people are complaining about. I never found him memorable in TDI/TDA, and when he went feral in TDWT I thought that was kinda cool... they actually gave him character traits, unique ones that no other character has. And you know, he was pretty badass after that; taking down Duncan in Africa, stealing the million bucks for himself, being king of the mutant gophers, kidnapping Chris in TDAS... he actually DID things! That's a lot more than I can say for "homey gangsta $w@g Zekiel" or whatever it was. So if he comes back as a contestant, I'd love for them to explore the feral side of him just as much as his human side, if not a little more.

Eva, no questions asked, does need to come back. Yeah, I really miss her. No arguments there, she just got the short end of the stick.

And as for others... well, let's just say there's a reason half of the contestants in TDPI are written the way they are. Making intentionally bad joke characters like Rodney and Beardo for early eliminations nowadays guarantee that no one would want them back, because with 52 characters and counting in Total Drama there's no chance in hell everyone's gonna get equal treatment. That's just the way it is. Even if they made a season solely for the underdogs, it still wouldn't be enough for everybody who's lacking screentime... and let's be honest, no one wants Staci to star in an underdog season.

Long story short, while it would be nice for some underloved characters to return, and the writers have proven with TDWT that those characters have the potential to be great, we can't expect everybody to get the same love.