User blog:TDIwriter/Character Ratings (1-10) Boney Island, and others to come.

I've decided to do an in depth character study-thingy. I'll be using Boney Island, just because it's popular, and it's one of my favorites. I'll be going over each character's role, actions, eliminations, and end with what I give that character out of ten. This will probably take a while, so I'll only do Esme for now. If you would like me to rate your characters, feel free to ask. Though, I do ask that your story has at least three chapters. Here's the scale I'll be using:

1-2. I really did not enjoy this character, or this character did not have enough airtime to have a sufficient rating, IMO.

3-4. This character was below average, but not the worst. They had a few good moments, but most were confusing/boring/excetera.

5-6. This character was average. They had a decent about of funny and or enjoyable moments, and only a few not so enjoyable ones.

7-8. This character was above average. They had enjoyable lines and actions throughout, with only one or two not so enjoyable ones.

9-10. This character was perfect. They had nothing but good lines, fun/funny/enjoyable moments.

I'll go through in the elimination order. For the three characters that returned, they will be rated at their second elimination. I will only be reviewing in competition preformances, due to the sheer length of this blog post, and not post-elimination reviews, or reviews of bios.

Total Drama: Boney Island
The first character is Esme. Esme was the sixth character introduced, in the very first chapter, Let the Games Begin... After You Meet the Campers, That Is. She starts her game off my insulting the males who had already arrived, though it did not seem to be out of pure malice, as it seems only Chris and Zane were the only ones offended. Her next action is to comfort a crying Lisa, which strengthens the theory that she was not simply being rude, with her first comment. She doesn't do anything worth mentioning until Levi arrives. In what could be considered the least subtle declaration of attraction I've ever read, Esme announces that Levi is a 'hottie', and promptly glomps him. Chris, fortunately for Levi, makes her return to her side of the dock. She complies, but makes sure to mention that Levi is 'dreamy', apparently with hearts in her eyes. When Jerome arrives, it can be speculated that she laughs with the other contestants. Esme makes no more individual acts in the first chapter. In the second chapter, The Island of Screams, Esme is put on the Prehistoric Geese team. She volunteers to trade places with Katrina, and does so, switching her to the ill-fated Screeching Spiders. When the team gets together, Esme proclaims that Levi must know how to survive in the wild, since he managed to save Waterlily, previously. She nominates him as team leader, and grabs onto his arm. Levi declines, but Dirk convinces him to change is mind, sort of. As the team travels through the woods, Esme asks Levi of his favorite hobby, to which he replies, 'swimming'. She claims to love swimming as well, and insists that they have a lot in common. She states in the confessional that she feels she has a real connection with Levi, and that she switched places with Katrina in order to get closer to him. She presumably does not know how to set up a tent, as she didn't speak up once it came time to do so. Esme heads into the challenge with Sabrina, and once they make it half-way to the buoy, Esme 'accidentally' falls off of her raft, and into the lake. Her eyes turn to hearts, once again, when it appears that Levi is coming to her 'rescue'. Before he can do so, Sabrina hits her on the head with a board, and tells her to grab it. Esme tells her to 'stop it'. She feels someone grab her, and bring her to shore. Assuming it was Levi, she states, 'You're my hero," only to find out Lisa saved her, instead. She then reveals that the whole thing was staged in order to get close to Levi, which leads to her elimination. It would seem she is very resilient, due to the fact that she immediately asked an intern out, seemingly forgetting about Levi, as she boards the loser boat.

Over all, I found Esme to be enjoyable in way that, she kind of relate to her, as I think we've all had that moment where we meet someone we feel an instant connection with, or atleast, I have. I feel like, I should give her the benefit of the doubt, as her actions were driven by love, as it appeared. However, once she hits on the intern after her elimination, her actions and feelings lose the cute innocense that they seemed to have for the first chapter, and half of the second one. She also seemed to have a rather well planned storyline, for a first eliminated, instead of being hushed through the chapter, and eliminated at the last minutes, like Ezekiel. All in all, I think I'll give Esme a 6/10.