User blog:Geoff&Courtneyfan/OC inspirations

Hey everyone, GC here, AKA the OC wizard :P. Any ways, I've been thinking lately you guys all you guys really seem to like my OC's,well, most of them at least, so  I just thought I'd let you know where I come up with them.

Jim - The origin of Jim is a grisly one, if I told you the whole whole story of how Jim came to be, you'd be reading this section for an hour. To keep it short here, let's just say that Jim originally was a physical manfestation of an event that happened in my life. Now, this event is what eventually led to my depression, which I've had to battle ever since. But this event has also led to one of my greatest sucesses in life, and that was Jim. Jim remains my most favorite OC that I've ever created, as he is also the first OC that I've ever created. In fact, I've tried to make multiple characters like him so I can insert them into other ideas I'm gonna use when I do become a cartoonist, but nothing beats the original. It is because of Jim that I am currently in college studying animation, and strive to tell stories for a living. Anyways, after this event, Jim went through a few revamps which eventually led to the Jim that you all know and love today.

Cruiz - This was my attempt at stepping outside my comfort zone. You see, I'm good at creating villains like Jim, fantstical characters like Jessica, or comic relief characters like Becky, not tech geniuses. This was my attempt at just that, and I failed epically. I named him after my childhood friend named Cruiz who is also a mechanic, but in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have.

Becky - She was inspired by the song "One Way Or Another" by Blondie.

Nick - Nick was actually one of what I like to call my "question OC's". Basically, I ask myself a question before creating an OC, or answer a question with an OC, the villain I'm going to use for WC is an example of the latter, but any way, for Nick, the question was "Wouldn't it be funny if there was a Boy Scout who was the exact opposite of what you would expect from a Boy Scout?"

Veronica - She was actually inspired by a real person from my life, a bully, Lindsay, she basically acted like Veronica did, also she was based off a little bit (about 10%) of the character Lo, from Stoked, which is also a Fresh TV property.

Daisuke - Same as Nick, only the question was "Hey wouldn't it be cool if there was a real live ninja in Total Drama?"

Jessica - Believe it or not, Jessica was inspired by an episode of Castle.

Bonus

Davy - He was inspired by 80's rock 'n roll stereotypes and also Axl Rose.

Also, I've been thinking about changing the name of my season from Total Drama World Domination to Total Drama Unleashed, as I feel it might fit the theme for my season of not holding back, and putting together a collection of both exciting and unexpected challenges and locations and dramatic drama. What do you guys think?