User blog comment:TotalDramaFan82498/Just to Clarify Who's Eligible for TDPRR/@comment-24152851-20150224035115/@comment-1037137-20150226093806

Speaking as someone who used to defend them but no longer does, I have to say it makes sense why they failed to appeal to so many. Zoey can rarely look out for herself and is way too focused on Mike. Mike altogether is just a wildly misguided gag that tampered too much with something that is real and serious for some people. They were never strong characters looking back on it all, but All-Stars has brought them to a point where any mention of their return is only going to invite a massive backdraft. In short, bringing them back would be out of the question if they have any intent of working past the controversy that they brought on themselves.

Plus, these two basically stole an entire season and robbed the rest of the cast to tell their love story all over again; it really was not any different than their plot in ROTI. And even then, they were hated by many. Nobody appreciated the rest of the cast geting overshadowed by these two.