User:Musou

Um, hey there, just another generic Total Drama Island fan, at your service. I just thought I'd become a Wikia member so that I could help out around the wiki and participate in some of the Talk pages, the other members haven't thrown me off the Dock Of Shame yet so I guess I'm doing alright!

About Me:

 * 1) I'm a girl (big surprise huh?)
 * 2) I find almost everything funny, the depressing parts of life are easier when you can laugh about them.
 * 3) I spend most of my time drawing, writing, panicking about tests I haven't studied for or watching TV like a mindless zombie.
 * 4) As you can tell by the above, I tend to add random comments and then put strikes through them the Matrix is real so I can pretend I never said them.
 * 5) I avoid conflicts and arguements at all costs, I'm basically Switzerland, completely neutral, if things get ugly I lay low until everything blows over.
 * 6) I'm an animal lover, if I see a cat or a dog I'm automatically inclined to try and pet them (yes, that has ended badly for me at times -_-;)
 * 7) Even though I love nature I'm also a TV addict, if you make a reference to an old tv show/anime/movie/etc, 70% of the time I'll know what you're talking about... as you can probably tell this does not bode well for my grades >_>;

Thoughts On Total Drama Island:
Total Drama Island doesn't air where I live so I, like many others, rely on Youtube for new episodes. It's weird, I saw these ads for TDI on Cartoonnetwork all the time when I was little, back then I thought it was gonna be some cliche teen comedy so I never got into it. a few years later I heard about it again and finally decided to watch the first episode. You can guess what happened then, heh. Total Drama is kind of a change of pace for me, I usually watch shows targetted towards older audiences, this is the first time I've been part of a fanbase that's in the same age group as me!

Anyway, I loved the first season but didn't watch much of the second since most of my favourite characters didn't compete in it and the rest had their personalities seriously messed up (Trent. Duuuuude.) but I still love all the Aftermath segments, if not just for the random moments where the camera pans over to Noah and Cody reacting to stuff or looking confused.

Thoughts On The Characters:
I adore all the castmates but my favourites are:

Noah

My all-time favourite and the only reason I even started watching the show! Seriously, I'm not even sure how it happened, I was watching the first ep and I was all, "Ok, it's like Survivor, only animated... Ah, the characters... Host...Teen... Teen... Teen... Teen... Te- WAIT. THAT GUY. HE'S GONNA BE MY FAVOURITE." Part of me was like, "What? Why?" and the rest was like, "I don't knooooowww! He just will!" but after the first few episodes (and Haute Camp-ture) Noah officially became my favourite camper, despite having hardly any screen time or lines! I guess part of the reason that I like him is that he doesn't fully embody the stereotype he's supposed to represent, I mean, his IQ's off the charts but he prefers videogames to studies, he hates sports but isn't scrawny like Harold or Cody, and his bio really makes me feel like he had alot of potential to be a deeper character.

 Cody 

...No big speech here, I just like him cuz' he's so adorkable.

Izzy

Oh man, where do I start? Girl's crazy!

Geoff

I dunno, I just liked the idea of a popular party animal who wanted to be friends with everyone rather than just the popular crowd, not to mention I admire his optimism thoughout the first season. And his hat.

 Bridgette 

Have you read her bio? Cool hippie surfer dudette, swims with dolphins, is a vegetarian and is friendly towards everyone? What's not to like?

Gwen

Meh, no real reason, I guess it's cuz' she's more mature than most of the campers and has been through so much throughout the series.

Courtney

... At first I thought I would hate her, but despite her bossiness I feel like she's a realistic character, with flaws like selfishness, cruelty and greed while having strong qualities like determination, pride and willpower. Her attempts at getting ahead in life being sabotaged by people who just want her to let up and start having fun seem to me like a cruel sort of irony.

Pairings:
I'm very open-minded, if I think two characters look good together then I ship them, no matter who they may be, though I draw the line at Chris/camper pairings.

Okay, now on the topic of the whole Trent/Gwen/Duncan/Courtney issue, I don't oppose the Duncan/Courtney pairing but I'm not that interested in them *ducks flaming brick* I SAID I DON'T OPPOSE IT! I tend to steer clear of most of the "Duncan/Gwen" vs. "Trent/Gwen" arguments, but I did think that the Gwen/Trent moments in TDI were quite cute... *ducks again and throws hands over her head* I'M SORRY! DON'T HURT ME DxG FANS! DX

Character Interactions
Not quite pairing-related (although it could go either way, they'd make a cute couple!) but for some reason I love the idea of Noah and Izzy being friends, its just so unexpected and yet brilliant at the same time, and their clashing personalities would result in such interesting conversations XD

(Izzy and Noah bobsleigh down a snow-covered mountain at 200 mph on a make-shift cardboard sled)

Izzy: (sitting at the front with hands in the air excitedly) Whoo! He-eee-eey Noah! Isn't this fun?!

Noah: (sitting behing Izzy and clinging onto her for dear life) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Izzy: I know right?! It's so awesome! My aunt used to take me out for snowboarding all the time!

Noah: -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Izzy: Seriously! And get this, she's 70! How cool is that?

Noah: -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Izzy: Haha! Totally! Whoohooooo!

And I'd like to imagine that Noah and Cody ended up talking to Ezekiel a lot during their stay at the Playa, why? Cuz' it would be priceless. Their techno-talk versus his homeschooled-vocabulary, just think of it XD

Cody: Hey dude, have you played that new DS game by Steelblaze? "Osara's Kingdom" or something?

Noah: Yeah, played it, interesting plot, controls are a bit off though, would have been better for the PS3. It's like playing GTA on a Gameboy Advanced.

Ezekiel: (walks past) Eh? What's that?

Cody: GTA? It stands for Grand Theft Auto, it's a game.

Ezekiel: Oh, okay, but what does "PS3" mean?

Noah: (raises eyebrow) ...It stands for "PlayStation 3".

Ezekiel: Oh. (Pause) What's a PlayStation?

Noah: (eyes widen in shock) ...You.. you don't...

Cody: (eyes widen in shock as well) ... But... how... (clutches heart and makes choking noises) 

Random Facts

 * As much as I love the comedy aspect of Total Drama I can't help but think the characters would have been even more interesting if the show had been more like a normal humour/slice of life series, rather than a full on comedy where someone gets eliminated every week. The characters here have alot more potential and personality than most shows have. It would have been cool to see how they act in a non-competitive environment. That's one of the reasons I love Haute Camp-ture, because we got to see everyone (other than the final five) acting like normal teens and actually being civil towards each other (... Except Courtney and Harold that is).
 * I sometimes wish we had more information on the other characters rather than just Duncan, Owen, LeShawna, Gwen and Courtney. Take Noah's biography, he's got eight siblings and he's the youngest and presumably the smartest among them, wouldn't it have been neat if we could have seen them? I mean, at least in a "Video Message From Home" thing?