User blog:CamperThirteen/In Defense of Courtney, Part I

The first -- and very rough -- part of my Courtney manifiesto. Basically I'm just providing counter-arguments against the usual arguments Courtney-haters employ. So there you go.

Oh, and beware of language and high amounts of sarcasm.

Argument #1: She's bossy, obnoxious, and annoying. Alright. Look up 'personality' in a dictionary. FYI, nobody's perfect, not even (gasp!) your favorite characters. Everybody's got their good points and their bad points. How you perceive them is entirely personal, and not a universal truth.

Argument #2: She uses people to get farther ahead in the game. When did she do this, before TDA raped every character in sight? I must have been watching the wrong season of Total Drama Island all this time, because during her time there, she never manipulated anyone. Unless you're mistaking her for Heather. If you're referring to her time on TDA... First, that season, like I said, raped every character in sight, which means the way it portrayed Courtney is hardly inaccurate of her true character; second, it's called playing the game; third, she never forced anyone to do something they wouldn't have done normally.

Argument #3: People only like her because she's Duncan's love interest. That is the weakest, most prejudiced argument I've ever heard. You're assuming that you know EVERY fan of Courtney (mon dieu, how did you manage to do that?) or at least making a general assumption (and a wrong one, at that) as to why the majority of Courtney's fans are her fans in the first place.

Argument #4: She should have been voted off instead of Ezekiel. Okay, people, you need to accept that Ezekiel. Is. Not. A. Fucking. Main. Character. He was on TDI for the sole purpose of making that sexist comment and being eliminated first. Get over it. Now, how exactly is voting off someone who was scared of jumping off a freaking cliff but who actually helped to get the challenge started more fair than eliminating the guy who's a freaking sexist?