User blog:YoungEezy27/The most controversial topic ever.....

(Sorry beforehand if a get any facts wrong/spelling mistakes etc)

Now, i've been looking around the wiki a lot, and i've noticed something about a certain character on the show. He's either loved or extremely disliked, and i'm not gonna lie, I'm a huge fan of his.Though he is almost always known as by his label and many of him thought that he was a waste of potential I kept opinion the same But after what i read i then questioned my opinion and i thought to myself....Would I really like to see this guy make a return?

Yep, you guessed it, i was talking about Mike.

Ok, now everyone put down your pitchforks and knives and hear me out. In this blog, i'm not gonna ramble, i'm not gonna go on a rampage defending Mike or giving him a lot of praise, i'm gonna try as hard as i can to lock the inner fan boy within me and use the show and the wiki as my main material sources. Alright, let's dive in.

At the start of the series, from the very first episode, Mike is portrayed as a character that has a serious crush on Zoey, '''serious crush. '''I'm talking love at first sight...( which i find. Anywho right off of the bat people notice that something is wrong and he instantly comes up with the lie that he's an actor that get's into character a lot in order to hide the truth from everyone (especially Zoey). The truth is the "Multiple" Mike a MPD (Multiple Personaility Disorder) and that's where the haters start to hate. First off, MPD is a serious iissue that affects many people, many viewers don't like the fact that such a serious topic was used as a joke and that it was solved in such an easy way in TDAS (at the press of a button). Despite this I'm sure many people found the personalities entertaining (especially Vito and Manitoba) if they looked past that. Continuning on, Mike overall came sixth in his debut season TDROTI and managed to hook up with Zoey along the way.

Now many people find it sad that the creators used Mike's MPD as a plot device for him to hook up with Zoey, and i agree with you his plot is kinda bland, but, at the end of the day it did lead to a bit of character development for them both (if you don't agree i don't mind) If Mike hadn't have kept it a secret, Scott wouldn't have been able to manipulate him and eventually knock him out. This very plot allowed Mike to develop so he could at least tolerate his personailities a bit more and keep them under at least a bit more control then before, he even starts to allow them to takeover (we probably would've seen more if this if it weren't for Mal). It also allowed Zoey to develop a bit. Because of the lose of Mike in the competition (combined with the breaking of his gift) Zoey goes from a average super-polite chick to a badass, wilderness Commando. Despite being a bit shortlived, she still displayed that she had some of her skills left over in TDAS..

Anyway enough about Zoey, Mike then makes a return in the next season and before the whole turning i thought Mike might not do that well. Many people consider Mike himself to be a bland character but can you blame him? His personalities get in the way so much that we haven't really got time to see what the real Mike is like (or for his character to build properly. So after getting knocked on the head, this is when Mal starts to rise and viewers start to get excited. Everyone had the craziest of theories on what Mal was gonna do and what would happen and it then turns out after a few episode that Mal wasn't actually worse then any of the previous villains (Mal only directly eliminated about three while Alejadro and Heather are in the double digits). In my opinion Mal had even more personality than Mike, and he wasn't even doing that many evil things (i mean the stuff he did was bad, but he could've done much MUCH worse.) So during the competition Duncan notices who Mal is and Alejandro forms and alliance with him. This is where i thought things could get interesting, these were two oppurtunities that the creators missed and i thought that Mal vs Alejandro was well played out, even though it was only one episode.Zoey eventually realised that Mike was Mal ad the two battled it out in the finale.

Now before i go on i'd like to note something down. Many people out there do not like the fact that Mike made it to the finals because it was all due to Mal's skills and stuff. I'm not gonna lie, I for one was happy that Mike made it the finale but i understand where everyone is coming from. Mike barely did jack in the first 2 episodes and Mal did all the hard work, that is a real pain for me. I'd like to think that the excuse for this is the fact that Mike's Total Drama torture was so mentally and emotionally frustrating that it made up for him not doing anything for 12 episodes. But that'd be too far fetched wouldn't it.

So in the end, at the press of a damn button...(despite being a Mike fan i still can't get over that) Mike deleted all of his personalities and either wins (or loses) the finale.

Ok, so throughout i mainlt touched on the subjects that everyone hated (hey, we've got enough blogs that explain what's wrong with his character nuff said) but overall the main points that people hate are. Now comes the verdict, do we want him to return in any future seasons?
 * His normal personality is quite bland and revolved around Zoey
 * His backstory isn't expanded upon
 * Note: this is a good thing, most MPD victims went through something extremely traumatic to have it. I guess for family friendly purposes they didn't expand on it.
 * His shipping with Zoey was quite bland
 * Mal didn't really do anything to make his mark (apart from face the worst punishment in TD history)
 * His character wasn't developed that much

Despite all of the negatives and such i have to say......Yes

Whoa, hey stop with the rotten fruit and put down the pitchforks, let a guy explain himself.

If Mike were to return without Zoey then i'd be happy. As much as i don't mind the shpping, I think that that was where his character fell the most. I mean, despite all the istakes the creators have ironically set him up to do quite well in the next season. Here's why, Well this is my opnion, so what's yours? I hope you guys don't grill me too much (but hey, i can never say no to a debate or constructive critiscism.
 * 1) He has no MPD anymore more, yet he keeps all of their skills - This is actually quite good. Now that his MPD is "gone" Mike could actually get some decent character development if the creators could go about it right and not make him revolve around another character.
 * 2) Without Zoey he can be focused more on the money - I noticed in the seasons he wasn't as focused on the money. I don't think he even mentioned what he planned to do with it even. In other words, he stayed on the show for Zoey. Now that (hopefully) Zoey may not return (she practically confirmed it in TDAS here ) Mike might be abe to play a little more seriously and we might see a better side of him.
 * 3) He's really reached his lowest point according many viewers - According to a lot of Mike haters, Mike has reached his lowest point. So i guess the only way is up right?

Will Mike ever develop his character? Will he ever have a season without Zoey? Will he ever even return to Total Drama within Tom McGillis's personal of 10 Seasons? Find out next time in Total.....Drama.....whatever the next seasons called! YoungEezy, out