User blog comment:TotalDramaFan82498/Is It Bad That I've Liked Every Season?/@comment-25297892-20150305191834/@comment-25297892-20150306235507

To me Mal was an excellent idea for a villain, depicting a dark side of an unexpected character (Mike's look is totally innocent to think there's this demon behind him) and an EVIL PERSONIFICATION was the only way they could have rid off an arch-villain like Alejandro, that in TDWT was invincible (almost) in every episode, having sharp mind but also goddamn skills in every physical activity.

The excellent idea was eventually poorly executed, can't hide this problem, but this doesn't prevent me from having liked Mal surely more than Justin, Courtney and the Pahkitew triads of "mean girls"...that means more than half of the villains existed in the series (because, actually, it's useless to say that Al and Heather were the only good villains in generally).

Mal's fandom is motivated by the idea behind him that makes his fans to ignore what seen really in TDAS. Mal is also original compared to the rest of the villains, that are more or less failed copycats of Al or Heather (Justin is a minor Alejandro, Amy is a minor Heather, Courtney in TDA was the main Alpha B like Heather was in TDI, Scarlett was exactly like Mal just she was a real person and not a dark side personality and Sugar and Lightning... just floaters).