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i love how fucking devastated gwen looks here it's like trents her tragic backstory dead wife
WHAT
how I go to sleep at night knowing Gwen’s voice actor confirms that Gwen does love Cody, and wouldn’t mind if a gwody love triangle happened in a future season.
Why Total Drama Action was worse than TDI AND TDWT
I was scrolling through Total Drama Tumblr when something caught my attention. A post that talked about Cody and how he was technically the protagonist (along with Heather) in Total Drama World Tour. And that got me thinking.
Season One protagonist: Gwen (Owen could be argued but I would say he was more of a mascot than a protagonist)
Season Two protagonist: No Clear protag (Could say Duncan, and I'll get to that in a bit)
Season Three protagonists: Heather and Cody
And I think this is why TDA was worse than the other two seasons.
In TDI, Gwen was the "Straight Man" of the 22 contestants. She was levelheaded and reacted the most normal out everyone, even calling out others for their lack of reaction to the crazy situation they were faced with. While others like Leshawna, Heather, Trent and Duncan could also be weirded out and confused at the nonsense, they tended to go with it without much question. We followed Gwen throughout the season from the beginning to the finale.
In TDWT, Heather was the main protagonist during the first half of the season, with Cody joining her during the second half. For Cody, the first half was used to set him up for the second half of the season, setting the stage with his and Sierra's dynamic and the issues that came from it. Both Cody and Heather, while not as much as a "Straight Man" that Gwen was in Season One, were usually pretty levelheaded and had season long problems with Sierra and Alejandro respectively. We followed them from the beginning to the finale. (Even though Cody wasn't in the Final Two, he still played a key part in it.)
TDA, however? As I stated above, you could say it was Duncan as he made it to the finale, but I disagree with that. The difference between Duncan and the others is that from the beginning of their respective seasons, the first episodes practically outright stated what the overarching problems would be for the protags. Gwen was surrounded by a bunch of outlandish characters with skills and flaws that could help them in challenges she couldn't understand but needed to out power through if she wanted to win. Heather's behavior from past seasons catching up to her making her a target while also trying to keep Alejandro under her radar. Cody had to deal with Sierra's obsession of him and the problems that stemmed from it while just trying to survive everything thrown at him. Duncan? Nothing that follows him all the way to the finale. The relationship drama doesn't count since it either didn't affect him (Gwen and Trent) or it wasn't introduced until way later into the game (him and Courtney) (Also to mention that Gwen was the protag again before she was eliminated)
I am not saying that having a clear-cut protagonist would have saved TDA, but it definitely would have helped it. Having a protagonist that has a season-long overarching storyline that we follow along with a resolution is the key to a good season. Just look at the seasons that follow the protagonist pattern vs. the ones that don't and there is a clear difference in how the fans receive it. Anyway, these are just my thoughts, but I feel they are worth noting down.
Just feel like drawing Taffy
Total drama doodles Owen and izzy are so silly I wanna give them a gold star ⭐️
i was like. thinking about gwourtney happening in season 1 in place of duncney and gwent a few weeks ago and my brain did the lightbulb thing and i went on with editing a few scenes with them in mind instead today
OMG IT'S COURTLYN AND GEN FROM THE HIT CARTOON TOTAL DRAMA BISLAND
okay so i've been like working through writing this what if tdi au rewrite for a month now (i still don't have a name) based on all those edits i made (check here) and i've been ITCHING to actually draw it to flesh it out more so have some gwourtney!!!
bonus: re: legally blonde
naku miss, kaya mo ba kong halikan? (happy pride guys)
Femboy hooters harold and goth ihop gwen‼️‼️
oh i guess that's just the way things go
Two tickets for Barbie and Oppenheimer please! <3
Kinda rushed and messy but I really wanted to draw this <333
hey siri play speed drive by charli xcx
the silliies ♡
gwen did NOT like me when I drew this lmao-
I also HATE doing backgrounds and landscaping lol..
Gwen :0
I finally managed to draw her hair after struggling for so long hhhhhhhhhhh
Gwen total drama moment
[Also a mini Gwent drawing i made lolz]