User blog comment:Rhonda the stalker fan!/Total Drama 30 Day Challenge: Day 9/@comment-5931267-20180709183201

I loved how TDA gave growth and development to many of the underutilized/underrated characters from TDI. Lindsay, Beth, Harold, Justin, and Courtney all got expanded roles in Action, and all of them either remained consistent or improved as characters throughout the season. Even Trent, who I must admit I've never really liked as a character on his own (including this season), actually had some peronality and was entertaining for more than just the various ways he could get injured. He felt like much less of a plot device and much more of an actual character this time around. It just felt like TDA did much more with the whole cast rather than relying on a few key players all season long. Don't get me wrong TDA did put a ton of emphasis on characters like Courtney, Owen, and Duncan, but that emphasis didn't rob other characters of their moments. A really good example of this is DJ actually. In TDI it felt like DJ got really lost in the shuffle in some episodes, even his elim episode was much more foccused on Izzy, Owen, Gwen, and Duncan than him. But even though he left much earlier in Action he still had much more presence. He had an alliance with Chef he got forced into, had his cooking skills expanded on, and had his morals tested. Even though he came in 11th out of 15 he still had much more to do than in Island where he came in 8th out of 22.

TDA just had better character balance overall, even if those characters weren't always consistent.