Talk:Hatred Only Runs Skin Deep/@comment-26184525-20180922234740/@comment-27391152-20180923072117

Don't get me wrong, I do like the season, but compared to the amazingness that is Seychelles, Peru & Arabia, it just doesn't hold up.

I suppose I'll start with the positives. The bazaar is quite possibly my favourite twist from any fanon on the entire wiki; I love how it was the only twist in the game and everyone knew about it from the get-go. And although simple, it really helped shake up the game at points (the Jonas boot/Aaron boot). It was also nice to see a season without idols. Another thing that I liked was the winner. Once Jada was gone, Meredith & Charlotte really emerged as my two favourites for shutting down Kel and Marco constantly and I was very satisfied that the two of them ended up as the Top 2 (I refuse to accept that Kel is anything but 3rd place ^_^). The ulonging was also fun, especially since Lan Xang was -by far- the superior tribe.

With that being said, I think overall, the cast was easily the weakest of the four seasons. There were only 4 people I can really say I liked; Fernando, Jada, Charlotte & Meredith (I guess Kacey as well, but she was gone too soon). Fran was okay but was a pretty standard underdog character imo. And I think the fact that everyone was fawning over her all season long didn't help either. On top of that Marco, Kel and Terry were awful and the fact that they made the Final 7 hurt the season tremendously. If they got their true comeuppance, I might've been able to appreciate their roles in the season more but they didn't even get THAT. Their "downfall" was freaking Jada of all people going home, and then they essentially got their way at the next tribal by bullying Terry into quitting. Not to mention that Kel, if anything, got REWARDED by being one vote away from winning.

I think, while I was thrilled with the end result, this season also contained a lot of disappointment for me. The season was also really mean-spirited and not in a fun way, but I think that's also what makes it so unique to other fanons on the wiki. It's hard to deny that the writing is fantastic, but what actually happens within the season just doesn't do it for me.