User blog comment:Hermione102300/All-Star Contesants: Week 3/@comment-5110752-20130803200950

Now, I'm not going to say that Duncan is a horrible character. It's true that I'm not a fan of his, but I will explain my reasons.

First off, I will say that Duncan has been a strong player in every season. There is a reason that he has always at least made the Final 5, and that is because he is both strong and strategic in his gameplay. Also, I enjoyed a lot of the character he had in TDI, where we had glimpses of his personality that showed that he might not be such a bad guy at heart, like when he got DJ a new bunny.

However, Duncan's personality in the later seasons changed to the point that his humane, non-jerkish moments faded out almost entirely in favor of him being an abrasive punk to everyone (sans Gwen), which removed a lot of the depth of his character. In addition, in TDWT, him quitting in the first episode was actually a pretty good twist, with the strongest competitor leaving right at the beginning. However, his return really sent the season into a downward spiral, bringing about the elimination of two dark horses that were getting good development (Noah and Tyler), and kickstarting Gwen's character derailment as well. Plus, Chris openly ignoring the votes in Greece's Pieces to keep Duncan really put a bad taste in my mouth. If Chris hadn't been blatantly rigging the season, Duncan would have left premerge, and the fact that Duncan made it as far as he did in TDWT due to executive meddling really hurts his legacy, in my opinion. I really think that it would have been best for him if his story had ended when he quit in TDWT's first episode. Leaving on his own terms and defying authority. That's the way I imagine that Duncan would go out.

I hope that this is a sufficient enough argument for my position. I thank you all for your time.