Hmm... that's interesting. I don't mind if Harold gets eliminated, or not. This is because that at least we know that Courtney has no chance of winning. On the other hand, I don't want Courtney's Mary-Sueness to be the causation/result of his elimination. I want his elimination to go as fair and just as it can possibly go, so it won't give Courtney fans anymore reason to think that she is the more superior player (by the way, this is not a shot at anyone). To be honest, I've grown tired of Courtney's constant immunities. It's that very thing that is making this season lose a little bit of it's magic. That and the players that are left in the game. I have nothing against Lindsay or Beth. Just that even though they have had more screentime and character development, they still don't have as much to offer as last season's finalists. At least when the season was nearing to the end, the writers kept the Gwen/Heather drama going. TDA has become way too predictable in terms of character development. They're basically switching everything around and making Courtney way too perfect. Even though Heather always had her way, the writers had ways of balancing it out ( the red ant farm fiasco, sewage shower, and the drastic buzz cut). You wouldn't know what to expect, but with Courtney, it's a completely different story.

Well, at least we agee on something. The only thing that stops those characters from BEING Sues is semantics.

Duncan did not perform those actions just for the sake of serving his purpose to Courtney. Duncan and Courtney teamed up. Yes, winning one million dollars is a very big opportunity, sometimes a once in a lifetime chance to change your life. But Courtney and Duncan could have easily split the money. Yes, Courtney would have a bit of a shortage, but things would have worked out for the better. The fact that Courtney would desert her boyfriend for a case of a million dollars is very selfish. Disregard my second point: the teams have already merged. Even though everybody was on their own, Courtney was willing to bargain with their lives. She said she wouldn't save them unless she would have some of the prize money. This is not only selfish, this is blackmail. In other words, she would leave them to die if she didn't get what she wanted. This is considered cruel and evil. She may have won the tools, but the least she could have down was to help the others first, talk about a deal after. If Justin wanted to be Courtney to be his girlfirend, all she could have done was say "no" or try to avoid the offer. Instead, she messed around his emotions and Duncan's to get herself the win. That wasn't neccessary. Duncan offered Heather to be in an alliance for the animal hunt. She declined at first, but then joined. She never once double-crossed him after that. I never denied Heather being mean and nasty, cruel at most. But those things that she did weren't just out of plain malice. Gwen's suffering was just icing on the cake for her. Her main goal was just to seek out any visible weaknesses in her competitors. Seeing as Gwen was one of her biggest threats, Heather pegged her. Justin was not at all a threat to the competition. He wanted nothing more than to be with Courtney and Courtney played that against him. Not only that, Courtney was pretty nasty towards everyone else. She threatens Beth for touching her PDA, she insults Lindsay, she tried to cheat Leshawna out a million dollars and persuaded Harold to vote her off (with aid from Duncan)... These things are all similar to what Heather has done in the past. Plus Courtney is still going out of her way to make Duncan suffer. She hit him in the groin, she tries to make him jealous, she left him behind in TDDDDI. The fact that she would try to bring pain to the person she cares for most is considered cruel.

Courtney and Duncan never agreed to split the million; don't assume as if that was their initial plan.

Further, Courtney never believed Chris was going to blow up the building. She wasn't bargaining with their lives; she didn't believe it was necessary. She was merely using their beliefs to turn a profit. That is not wrong.

In regards to Justin, recall that this is a game, and they are down to the wire. Courtney needs to pull out every stop in order to win,otherwise, she'll lose.There's nothing wrong with that. She also never messed with Duncan's emotions; Duncan got worked up on his own, and Courtney wasn't around to explain anything.

How can you state Justin wasn't a threat to the competition? He was a major player in the Guy's alliance, and recall that he was able to sway Lindsay and Beth to his side. Destroying him then, in his moment of weakness, was a smart move.

Beth constantly takes Courtney's PDA; that's theft. Courtney has a right to be angry with Beth for doing that. Further, Lindsay was never kind to Courtney, and Lindsay started it with her rudeness in Playa de Losers. Why exactly should Courtney be kind if Lindsay just whines that she's too bossy?

Leshawna was also unbelievably mean to her, which is odd considering how they got along in TDI. If you look back, Leshawna was the one who threw out all the insults first. Persuading Harold to vote her off is strategy, not cruelty.

As for Duncan, we've been over that. It was all strategy, hitting him in the groin was the best way to utilize her weapon given her proximity, she never tried to make him jealous, she just manipulated Justin.

Courtney's definitely ruthless, but that's not a bad thing. So is Duncan, Harold, Justin, they're just at lesser degrees than Courtney is. She takes it to it's given conclusion. I don't think there is any "virtuous" player left in the game. I'm not sure there was even one to begin with. Maybe Trent.

Other than when he cheated off Courtney, when has Harold been ruthless?

He's not the perfect protagonist, rarely any are. But he's also not an antagonist, not is he an anti-hero. He's a protagonist. Not matter what you say.