User blog comment:Cody Kins TD Fan/Which is the Worst Season Finale: TDAS or TDWT? Note: PLEASE NO MIKE AND ZOEY BASHING!/@comment-1037137-20131206204915/@comment-1037137-20131206224104

That balance is what TDWT does not have. TDWT was just extremely mean-spirited and cruel and t he ending was just as much of a "screw the viewers" moment as the TDAS finale was.

I'm not saying Total Drama can't have some mean-spiritedness, TDI did have it. But Sunsummer7 as you pointed out, there was a balance between the good and the bad moments in TDI, so why that balance is out of whack nowadays is beyond me. It's taking the title way too literally, there needs to be enough moments of positive development and such to balance out with the harsh and upsetting moments. I know we all have a different idea of what those are, but World Tour's cruelty is something I really can never ignore. That love triangle played a big part in it and should never have been, especially since it was a middle finger to the legions of Gwent and Duncney fans who at the time made up an enormous part of the fandom. Way to get that many people angry at you and your show. But the cruelty showed beforehand too, and did not stop even in the finale. The balance is not there. Drama should never come at the expense of character development.