User blog:King Flurry51/Normal or Boring?

In every cartoon there are characters that usually conquer us for their quirks and spicy particular off board personalities while others that are way too normal to impress us,and are usually meant just to underline the difference between a crazy and a normal or something similar... Total Drama doesn't represent certainly an exception!Every season has some characters able to entertain us for their personality and others just planned to stay always the same,pointing at a sort of standard personality,normal behavior,that makes them surely more realistic than the others.But they also can appear more boring to the audience or just place in a no hate no love position,a middle place. A Normal Char usually can follow three different roles:

1)Deuteragonist:especially when the protagonist is a crazy (think at Shawn) the role the normal one assumes is to be the 2nd in command,a supporter against the enemies,a friend to count one,and above all the one with more sense overall.Main examples of this category are Jasmine and Leshawna:Jasmine gave to Shawn some depth over the zombophoby craziness,providing for a couple and for an involving somewhat dramatic somewhat comic plot for him;Leshawna supported Gwen from the start of TDI acting like a Big Sis and above all a guardian angel that provided in many occasions to give Heather the Karma she deserved for all the evil committed against Gwen. Deuteragonists are usually the best type of normal chars,because they actually have a personality and they aren't based entirely on the protagonist's shoulders,despite I can say that Leshawna was forgettable once she ended her role and was no more the supporter of the Loner.

2)Just Normal:100% normality can be found in some characters and Bridgette is the main example.A "Just Normal" is intended to stay the same always and is adapted to any situation.It's just meant to act the more realistically possible,be the average contestant,that rarely gains a relevant quirk or moment.He or She is a completely middle or background character that even if in love,in difficulty,in joy,in desperation,exc...stays average,exagerating never.Bridgette and Beth are just normal,being able to be always themselves even when crazy.The main problem with this category is that is risky to make them to get so far because they are naturally so normal to appear boring.TDA is the only season that make a J.N. to merge,and in my opinion was a forgettable idea. Some J.N. can assume also the gimmick of "The Normal between Fools" as Bridgette did when she entered in the Girl Team or Noah is surrounded by friends as Izzy,Eva and Owen.Dave did this only in the first four episodes,before entering in another category very different from this!

ALL THE NORMAL CHARS IN DETAIL:

(This second part is WIP)

Bridgette was the best in terms of writing and plot,but only in TDI.Actually the normality in her doesn't sound boring as in other chars like Trent or Leshawna.She's perfectly balanced in her "normal role".

Zoey is the perfect definition of a bland character entirely based on a specific plot.Her is Zoke.She really has NO DETAILS in personality.Kommando Zoey was just an excuse to make her able to overtake the villain of TDROTI,Scott.Her normality is only a mask to cover that she's nullity.

Sky was the only normal in a Pahkitew cast of crazies,and this immediately made her to appear to me as a "Zoey 2.0",intended to be bland and based on a plot and not a real characterization.Basically what she did was follow the Skave (wrecked) plot while acting as an average competitive contestant,nothing more than this.Burping was sure an attempt to give her a quirk to sound interesting,I found this just ridicolus and childish.Her normality is the same nullity of Zoey but masked by a more competitive behaviour and the olympian gimmick.Remove this and the Skave,and Sky is NOTHING.