User blog comment:GothGirlXenon/Belief That Underrated Characters Deserve Better/@comment-26350151-20150708034724/@comment-26350151-20160221030349

REALLY late to the punch here, but here's my side of things.

Trent's relationship and interactions with others does not define his character because pretty much none of them really help give Trent any more depth to his personality. Throughout Island and Action, the only thing that mattered about Trent was his relationship with Gwen, never Trent himself. Gwent wasn't a story about the two together, it was the story of Gwen and Gwen's boyfriend on the side. Everything important about Trent, and by extension Gwent, has revolved around Gwen. Trent never showcases himself as an individual character and his interactions don't really let him stand out on his own. He was always just Gwen's boyfriend. Which is why he never became relevant again after the two broke up.

And no, being the biggest punching bag isn't a trait either. Trent's not special because he gets hurt a lot, all the contestants get hurt, so it isn't unique to him. And even if it was a trait, we already have Ezekiel for that.

On the topic of that, Ezekiel wasn't abused because he's a feral freak. He's abused because he's asking for it. He's an annoying, ignorant, rude, obnoxious and persistent pest who doesn't know when to quit, and ever since World Tour he's also been shown to be cruel, greedy, aggressive and uncaring for others around him, especially when he has a set goal in mind (stealing the million dollars in World Tour, killing Chris in All-Stars). I'm not sugarcoating this, this is just how the character's been written. Nobody gives Ezekiel a break because he's proven through his actions that he doesn't deserve one.