User blog comment:BlueBarracudas555/Anna Maria Fans, may I ask you a question?/@comment-24152851-20150202041052

She had a very vibrant personality, was able to be entertaining and funny, but was never irrelevant comic relief and was actively involved in the plot. She's just a character who has the right balance between all aspects.

She's also quite unique in that she's not too mean to be a typical hero, but can't be considered a villain since she has no evil intent. It's a nice change to have a character who's a bit morally ambiguous, and I thought she was handled really well.

Most of her haters just come from Zoke shippers who were unhappy with she got in the way, and the incident in Backstabbers Ahoy where she pushes Zoey because she was standing on Jo's air supply.