User blog comment:TheDipDap1234/Duncan - a Good or a Bad character?/@comment-31556666-20141116234224

I don't know where to begin with Duncan. There's so much to be said about this guy. Is he the biggest screenhogger ever? Yes, but that causes him to have good and bad moments.

In TDI, I, like many others, loved Duncan. He was just an everyday cool guy with plenty of amazing moments, with funny ones too. We saw that he had a heart to him also, like in Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon for instance. I thought it was hints that Duncan was a character with depth. Apart from Gwen, Duncan was the kind of character who felt like one who was showing you around, seeing the ins and outs of all the weird things going on.

I was impartial towards him in TDA. He was kind of getting repetitive with him mostly just bullying Harold. His character felt like a rehash too and his relationship with Courtney had little to no progression. I found him a floater due to being in the Bottom 2 THREE times in a row, yet somehow being a finalist, and compared to all of the other merged contestants, Duncan really didn't stand out to me as much.

I did not like Duncan in TDWT. He was the cause Courtney vs Gwen. Courtney blames Gwen for kissing her boyfriend but Courtney is just treated by Duncan acting like a pig and randomly kissing Gwen. Sure. Courtney was annoying towards Duncan and he was getting sick of being in a relationship with her, but where was the occasional sweet and honest person we had in TDI? He should've just broken up with Courtney first and then do this to Gwen because otherwise, Duncan complicates everything. I thought he was actually even more of a floater than Cody was. In the merge, Cody at least had a plot with Sierra. Duncan's only plot in the merge was Courtney, and that was very one-note. Sure there was his alliance with Alejandro but the outcome of that was so predictable, making me barely care about Duncan. I'll give Duncan credit though. In his first three seasons he at least still had some consistently funny moments.

I thought TDAS was Duncan's 2nd best season. I loved the many, many times he was shown to care about Gwen (as I've mentioned before), I liked how he was MUCH less of a floater this time, and I thought he was hilarious with the "Unwilling Hero" gag. His interactions with Mal, Zoey, Gwen, and even Scott were all pretty good. Of course, since the show no longer even knows how to write Duncan, there was some BAD missteps. In Moon Madness, we get this sudden one-sided attraction towards Courtney that literally came out of nowhere, and now Duncan didn't care about Gwen despite what the previous four episodes established. He was also pretty bad in You Regatta Be Kidding Me towards its conclusion. Duncan loses his mind and randomly blows up a mansion to prove he's not gone soft, is arrested, and then ALL of his storylines are abandoned. This is so rushed and incoherent and irritates me. The one season in a while where Duncan should've lasted way longer, and he gets disqualified in such a contrived way. Where was the conclusion to Duncan vs Mal? Will Duncan still be listed as one of Gwen's one-sided enemies, will he ever reveal his forced attraction towards Courtney? How does Scott actually even feel about Duncan? Will we get explanation of how Mal got in prison or how Duncan met him? WHERE'S MY DOEY?!

In the end of it all, Duncan is one of the biggest mix bag characters for me. I want to like him, but the series makes things look like you're supposed to not like Duncan. Future seasons will have to determine how I'll feel about Duncan soon.

Give us a hint for the next one please. And hey, have you ever thought of doing a "Good or Bad Episodes" blog series?