User blog comment:Tanglefrost/Over-Rated Fanon Characters?/@comment-26485526-20180130230245/@comment-27391152-20180920033534

I guess Isla's freshness for me came in the sense that everyone around her was so focused on the game, that when there was one person who couldn't care less, it was so refreshing. Like, any time Isla popped up, you knew you were about to embark on an entertaining scene, which was a much-needed break from all the strategy talk that I think plagued Bermuda, especially after Isla was gone. Thinking about the pre-merge, all the fun moments I remember contained Isla to some degree.

And while I can see where you're coming from about Courtney/Natalie feeding off of the other great characters that surrounded them, I think Isla enhanced a lot of her surrounding characters that I didn't like otherwise. I found Will tolerable when there was Isla around to talk crap about him, I found Veronica amusing when she was convinced her and Isla were BFFs when Isla wanted nothing to do with her, I found Ryan to be lolzy mess around Isla rather than an annoying gamebot. I think she brought a lot more to the table than just the confessional bitching; the way she interacted with people is what sold me on her.

And I'm not saying she's better than Courtney or Natalie, but I felt you were giving Isla the raw deal by saying "she's one-dimensional and repeats the same stuff over and over again," when there are other people who fit that bill are still amazing.