User blog comment:TylerSurvivorFan/Discussion: What If Heather Was Never Part of Total Drama?/@comment-24152851-20141003080530

While Heather certainly did make TDI special, I wouldn't have liked or disliked the season any more than I do now. The first season wasn't as antagonist oriented as it was in later seasons, it was more focused on the friendships and relationships. Lindsay would still be dumb, Izzy would still be crazy, Gwen would still be cold, Owen would still fart incessantly, and many characters that everyone enjoyed wouldn't differ that much. I do give her props for making Gwen and Leshawna's plot a lot more interesting, but I wouldn't go as far to say there wouldn't be TD without Heather.