User blog comment:HammerBro101/How I Would Rewrite Total Drama All-Stars/@comment-27157772-20180623195300

Here is my take on your rewiting of All-Stars:

Cast: It is great that you kept some of the better AS: Cameron, Gwen, Jo, Mike, Lindsay, Duncan, Scott, Courtney, Lightning, and Alejandro. The addition of Anne Maria (hopefully to cause drama) is a nice addition, especially being a villain. Dawn and Brick are good contestants (imo) to write for. But Blainley? She competed for two episodes! How is she an AS?

Now, the removal of some contestants (Zoey, Heather, Sierra, Sam) are hits or misses. Zoey and Heather do deserve a spot in AS. Heather needs no explanation why since she is an AMAZING strategist. Zoey is social which is very boring to analyze but very effective to getting farther into Total Drama. Sierra would be a hit on removal, but if replaced with Izzy, I feel like you missed. Sam is no question. Good for the laughs, but not AS material by any means.

ELIMINATION: Can you say yikes?

On paper, its horrible. And if there was a reason why each of them managed to get eliminated, I would like to know. I know how much the wiki doesn't like Cameron, but he should at least stick around for a few episodes and not be the first one out. Why is Gwen the second boot? Basically, this seems like it was roughly done without any thought of story plots whatsoever.

"IMPROVEMENTS": Cameron as an independent? If that is the case, then why is he the first out? Does not make sense. If you want to improve a character, you do have the basics, just add on to that without derailment. Cameron is smart and likeable, something that kept him in the game and formed the necessary bonds that kept him away from eliminatoin.

Mike's personalities is what Mike stand out from the rest. If he can control them at will, great. If not, fine by me. It is hard to write Mike without his personalities (I speak from experience.)

Lightning and Lindsay smarter? Look, I know AS made Lindsay dumber, but both of their characters revolve around their low intellect. Lightning is a dumb, arrogant jock and Lindsay is a ditzy blond.

Make Duncan not as a jerk? If Duncan is not a jerk, then what is he? A nerd? Duncan works as a jerk because that is what works best for Duncan.