User:StrangerAtaru

Hey there, eh? I'm extremely new around these parts but strangely I finally started to catch on with the Total Drama train once I finally saw the show for myself instead of just seeing it as "just another stupid animated series that just wants to throw pop culture references at random"...at least here they all have a purpose. (yeah, I sort of have this massive grudge against certain types of these shows...cough, anything done by Seth Mcfarlane, cough...but still like them if done right like Futurama or the early Simpsons seasons) Then again...I guess I'm also a huge fan of the show because...well, it's about time Canada gets a show to show off with! Being a Canadian-phile (don't live there but have been to Ontario and Alberta), I like seeing the actual culture of our friends to the north which seems to get ignored or lost south of the 49th. Anyway, I guess this is where I end up listing favorites and such:


 * Favorite Characters:
 * Lindsay: I love a dumb ditzy but strong willed blond when done right...and boy is Lindsay done right!
 * Courtney: I know many people probably can't stand her but somehow I feel for her and likewise just see her as more of a perfectionist whose own drive for success wants to make her win. Plus she is a cute one.
 * Leshawna: The best to always speak her mind regardless of who or what gets in her way.
 * Bridgette: The "cool girl on campus", sweet and probably one of the more consistent characters
 * Izzy: It's Izzy...need I say more?
 * Beth: Honestly the kid's growing a lot on me. She was cute in TDI, but really has developed into a great, enthusiastic character by TDA.
 * Harold: Another character I see a lot of myself in: a geeked-out weirdo who just tries to use what he has and gets screwed along the way.
 * DJ': Probably the funniest character due to how many weird insecurities he has, a macho exterior with a creamy center gives off a weird but workable style.
 * Ezekiel: Weirdo Canadian prarie boy...having listened a bit to the CBC out of Saskatchewan and Alberta, I sort of imagine what his life was like.
 * Owen: Hard not to love him; does get a bit much on some of the gross-out humor but has charm when he needs it.


 * Characters I Can Do Without:
 * Justin: If I have to see one more of his pose-a-thon moments, I'm going to puke.
 * Alejandro: Justin...but with a brain and more evil.
 * Trent: He was "okay" if a tad bland in TDI, but his trip over the edge in TDA did not really help him...at all.
 * Heather: Granted she has mellowed and developed since TDI but does still seem rather manipulative and controlling and can go back and forth between cool and annoying.


 * Neutrality (they're cool but similarly nothing stands out, their good and bad points sort of balance each other):
 * Eva: I like the tough strong type for females...but Eva always came off as a tad forceful to me. Maybe it's just her design.
 * Katie & Sadie: Strangely they're not bad characters...except they have to be together. There are some nice moments of them on their own (Katie in the dodgeball game, Sadie and the phobia challenge), but I think the joke of them being together or dying gets overplayed.
 * Sierra: Ever see "Play Misty for Me"? Sierra reminds me a ton of the stalker in that movie...which is a good thing...and a bad thing...
 * Gwen: I like her anti-social nature and creepy factor with the goth thing, but somehow her pushiness gets to me.
 * Duncan: There are times I want to call him one of the coolest characters on the show...and there are times I see him as a complete jerk. The highs and lows force him to stay in the middle.
 * Cody: I don't mind him and some of his character developments, but sometimes he just seems like "he's there" at times even with them. I nearly like him...just not enough to move him any higher.
 * Noah: His smarminess and sarcastic nature...I like. Some of his other stuff...sort of prevents me from embracing him.  Though...he is a good Spade to Owen's Farley.
 * Tyler: If it weren't for Lindsay, I probably would end up ignoring him. But again, I see him as the Kevin to her Brittany. (if you ever saw Daria).
 * Geoff: Sometimes his friendliness creeps me out, likewise his sudden obsession with stardom. But...he's with Bridgette so he can't be that bad.

Hope that helps anyone interested in knowing a bit more. Open to any questions or comments. -StrangerAtaru 13:37, August 21, 2010 (UTC)