User blog:ArtDraw12/How could've original TDAS look like?

Hi! Recently, a topic of originally planned contestants for TDAS was brought up again for a while. It inspired me to write a blog about how original TDAS could've look like.

Don't confuse this blog with my "My Way" series. Although a format will be similar, it's a different kind of blog. In "My Way", I'm writing about my ideas for an elimination order, sometimes trying to repair some damage done by the real season. Here, remember it's TDAS. Original TDAS, but still TDAS. There are still going to be some problems with it. Be aware of wasted potentials, abandoned plots, and derailments!

Please remember also that this is just my opinion on how it would've looked like. Your may be different. You can always write what do you think in comments or write a blog about it.

The Cast
Let's start with the cast. Most characters remain. However, Owen, Cody, Brick, and Anne Maria were originally planned, while Gwen and Sam weren't in the season. So it looks like that:


 * Contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Lindsay, Mike, Owen, Scott, Sierra & Zoey (16)
 * Boys: Alejandro, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Lightning, Mike, Owen & Scott (9)
 * Girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Jo, Lindsay, Sierra & Zoey (7)
 * 1st Gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Lindsay, Owen & Sierra (8)
 * 2nd Gen: Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Scott & Zoey (8)

As you can see, the patterns are perfectly even, except for one. This is the only season where gender ratio is that much uneven at the start. It was even worse in the later version (here I'm talking about the earliest) where Anne Maria wasn't included anymore but Gwen hasn't replaced her yet. You think that a lot of boys are going to be eliminated early to make up for it, don't you? Ha! Nope! You'll see.

Now let's talk about teams. We have more Heroes than Villains now. With no Gwen around, I guess Courtney's role as a "victim of a love triangle" wasn't counted and she was in the Vultures from the beginning. It'd also make sense for her plots that I'm gonna write about later. Out of the original contestants I think Anne Maria was considered a villain due to how she was portrayed in the Anne-Mike-Zoey love triangle. To sum up, the teams in my opinion looked like that, as in this case there's an even number of members:


 * Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Scott (8)
 * Heroes: Brick, Cameron, Cody, Lindsay, Mike, Owen, Sierra & Zoey (8)

How about switching teams? Well, I'm gonna write about this later but I can spoil you that I think Duncan and Cody (you may be surprised with this one) switched teams at some point.

The Plots
I'm gonna base my opinions on this picture. It may look fake to you, but remember that it was posted by User:TDRoblox who's known for posting spoilers. It mentions original plots of the season, similar to the original description of Max having an ability to see 3 seconds into the future. Anyway, let's start:




 * Anne Maria - In fact, she's the only one confirmed who's not present on this photo. This means she appeared in the very earliest version only, thus didn't have much of a plot. With Vito being more of a background character, Mal being the season's main Mike's alternate personality, and being on different teams than Mike and Zoey she didn't really do much for sure. Fortunately, she's on a team with Jo and can continue her conflict with her. Due to her personality, I could also see her developing conflicts with Courtney and Heather. Maybe even a crush on Alejandro? Although if he's still faking his injuries, then I don't see it that much. So, she's not really a lost case.
 * Owen - His description is yet another example of the creators clearly favoring Owen's ending over Gwen's. It also doesn't say much about his plot. As I believe, characters whose plots aren't mentioned and it's only said they're here to win were obvious fodders. However, there's one part in Owen's description: "(...) and he's hundgrier than ever." It's most likely a reference to Food Fright. As I, and many other fans, believe, Owen was clearly replaced with Sam. Sam's "plot" and the way he was eliminated was literally the same (except for the parts when Sam mentions Dakota).
 * Jo - Her description also doesn't say much, except that she'll have some enemies, both old and new. Plus, her elimination in Saving Private Leechball was leaked as the earliest one. It could be different back then, but I believe it was not. Speaking of her enemies, she's on a team with Lightning, Anne Maria, Heather, and Courtney (the latter could develop a conflict similar to Heather's since they were on the same team).
 * Mike - "Multiple personality Mike is returning - and there's even more of him!" This foreshadows some things. Firstly, his MPD wasn't cured of course. I always knew that beating his personalities wasn't enough (although it's better than a reset button). I was surprised when people were like "Why does he still have MPD? Didn't he defeat his personalities?". The second part of the sentence can be interpreted in two ways - A) he's going to appear even more, as he will be a finalist. B) Obvious reference to Mal.
 * Zoey - "finally got her mojo"? "Will the new Power Zoe(y) eat everyone else for breakfast"? This obviously refers to her new godplaying status that may be an effect of Commando Zoey from the previous season. It also foreshadows that she'll be a finalist.
 * Lindsay - Her description clrearly confirms she's a fodder. Her elimination didn't change, I guess.
 * Cameron - Wait! This desciption makes sense for his first season. He had alliances back then. He even had high tech weaponry. And it's missing in TDAS. I know I'm talking about original version of TDAS here and he sounded to be more interesting, but isn't this EXACTLY the same what he did last season?! Well, maybe at least this time his alliance is his friendship with Mike and Zoey, as he realized they can quickly outnumber other heroes.
 * Lightning - Yup, another obvious fodder. Guess his elimination was exactly the same too.
 * Courtney - Now, that's interesting. Lack of Gwen means she'll have the main conflict with Heather and will try to eliminate her. This also means she's most likely over the love triangle and is more annoyed that Alejandro chose Heather, not her. Plus, Heather won in her ending while she didn't. I wonder if she's still blindly into Alejandro or not? Well, she definitely had a time to watch past seasons after her last appearance. Also, creators definitely wanted to create a relationship with a 1st gen and a 2nd gen contestant no matter what. Of course, here's Scott. So, I guess she found out about Alejandro's true colors, but she hates Heather more, so she may even work with Alejandro.
 * Duncan - While Courtney wants a revenge on Heather, he wants a revenge on Courtney. His conflict with her continues, so he'll most likely form an alliance with Heather to get rid of her after realizing that she hates Heather the most and she's their common enemy. Then, he's most likely going to switch to the Heroes team (Wait! If there's no Gwen, then how? I'm gonna write about this later.) where he'll have his gag of becoming nicer that could lead to his elimination even in this version. He'll also have his background with Mike and a friendship with Zoey, like in the final version.
 * Heather - Yep, her Action-World Tour development is thrown away and she's more villainous (although not that much as in Island) again. And she still loves Alejandro. She's also not the safest. Besides Duncan and maybe Scott everyone will want to eliminate her per usual.
 * Alejandro - So, he'll be out of Drama Machine. But did they plan the whole faking his injury back then? Possibly. Also, he'll act he hates Heather now as a trick to have a revenge on her. He'll also try to eliminate her, possibly working with Courtney.
 * Sierra - And here comes the flanderization. I'm glad they didn't continue their plot like that in TDAS (although they did with Cameron). Also, since Cody's here as well, we won't have Cameron and Sierra! Yay!
 * Cody - Yep, he's back to when he's scared of Sierra. Once again, flanderization. Seems the creators forgot about their frenship they formed at the end of TDWT. And that they like stalker-based plots.
 * Brick - One of descriptions that say "He's back. He plans to win" only. This means he's an obvious fodder. But I'm not surprised. Jo's on a different team and has her own conflicts now (plus some new). Brick on the other hand doesn't have much people to interact with, as all other Heroes have their own plots. However, I still think he could've had some interactions with Jo. In fourth seasons they interacted even when being on different teams. This conflict could encourage the most heroic Hamster, Brick, to win challenges over Vultures.
 * Scott - His description, just like Cameron's, makes him sound more interesting in the original version. Looks like he wasn't a completely different person back then. He's still strategic, but obviously not an antagonist, as we have Mal. He'll be most likely like his self from Evil Dread for the entire season. Also, not only his past about living on a poor farm will cause him to change his strategy, I guess. Since here Scott sounds smarter, he'll know that he cannot throw challenges anymore with teammates like Jo, Heather, Courtney (when she's not heartbroken), Lightning, etc. Besides some sort of redemption, he'll obviously have his relationship with Courtney, even despite it's not mentioned. This means he may help her and Alejandro to try to eliminate Heather.

To sum up, here's a list of plots that would be used:
 * Alejandro and Courtney
 * Alejandro and Heather
 * Alejandro and Mike (short)
 * Anne Maria and Courtney (short)
 * Anne Maria and Heather (short)
 * Anne Maria and Jo (short)
 * Brick and Jo (short)
 * Cameron and Mike
 * Cameron and Zoey
 * Cody and Sierra
 * Courtney and Heather
 * Courtney and Jo (short)
 * Courtney and Scott
 * Duncan and Heather
 * Duncan and Mike
 * Duncan and Zoey
 * Heather and Jo (short)
 * Jo and Lightning (short)
 * Mike and Scott
 * Mike and Zoey

And a few more.

Elimination order
Based on the final version and their hinted original plots, I'm gonna write how I think the eliminations looked like. Did you think it's impossible to make a 13-episodes season with 16 contestants? Nope! Well, I'm gonna need two double eliminations, no returns after being eliminated and no non-elimination episodes, but still.

Episode 1

 * Eliminated: Lindsay
 * Reason of being eliminated: She was quickly too tired during the challenge. She also voted for herself on purpose.
 * Exiled: Lightning (volunteers after hearing about "a special reward.")
 * Remaining contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Owen, Scott, Sierra, Zoey (15)
 * Remaining boys: Alejandro, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Lightning, Mike, Owen & Scott (9)
 * Remaining girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Jo, Sierra & Zoey (6)
 * Remaining Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Scott (8)
 * Remaining Heroes: Brick, Cameron, Cody, Mike, Owen, Sierra & Zoey (7)
 * Remaining 1st gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Owen & Sierra (7)
 * Remaining 2nd gen: Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Scott & Zoey (8)

Plot: Since Courtney's on the Vultures, Lindsay volunteers to push the carriage for her team herself. Also, it's even worse for her than in the final version, as she has Owen on her team. And since Courtney's on the Villains, this is the episode where foreshadowings for Courtney and Scott started. For the same reasons (Courtney being a Villain), Lindsay votes for herself on purpose, rather than it being supposedly another accident.

Comment: There are barely any changes here. Her early description proves she was meant to be fodder from the beginning. The creators definitely wanted a veteran to be eliminated first because they had three seasons for them while newbies had only one. Also, Courtney and Heather, the only contestants I could see her interact with in this season, are on a different team and have more important plots. Sorry Lindsay's fans, I warned you the original version will in my opinion have a lot of mistakes from the final TDAS.

Episode 2

 * Eliminated: Lightning
 * Reason of being eliminated: He does the same mistake as in the final version.
 * Exiled: Owen (he thinks he owes this his team for his poor performence during the challenge)
 * Remaining contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Mike, Owen, Scott, Sierra, Zoey (14)
 * Remaining boys: Alejandro, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike, Owen & Scott (8)
 * Remaining girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Jo, Sierra & Zoey (6)
 * Remaining Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Scott (7)
 * Remaining Heroes: Brick, Cameron, Cody, Mike, Owen, Sierra & Zoey (7)
 * Remaining 1st gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Owen & Sierra (7)
 * Remaining 2nd gen: Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Jo, Mike, Scott & Zoey (7)

Plot: As I said, Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather and Jo easily have conflicts with each other, the latter three for leadership of their team. However, since Lightning is an obvious fodder, his conflict with Jo is less important than the mentioned ones and this season was when he realistically has to be eliminated early, unlike the previous one, he does the same mistake that costed his team a challenge as in the final version. His teammates hate losing, so they put their conflicts aside and team up to vote him off and guarantee another victory for their team.

Episode 3
Plot: Jo, wanting to be a leader, takes the cannon for herself and accidentally shoots Scott. At the end of the challenge, Brick's the last one from his team. The last Vultures are Duncan and Jo. Here we have some Brick and Jo moments. When they're close to Brick, Duncan trips and accidentally "saves" him from Jo's shot. While she's shocked she shot yet another teammate, Brick shoots her and wins for the Hamsters. There are so many conflicts that it was hard to choose who would be eliminated. But ultimately, it's Jo who accidentally eliminated two teammates from the challenge.
 * Eliminated: Jo
 * Reason of being eliminated: She accidentally shot two teammates.
 * Exiled: Cody (he wants to be away from Sierra)
 * Remaining contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Mike, Owen, Scott, Sierra, Zoey (13)
 * Remaining boys: Alejandro, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike, Owen & Scott (8)
 * Remaining girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Sierra & Zoey (5)
 * Remaining Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Scott (5)
 * Remaining Heroes: Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike, Owen, Sierra & Zoey (8)
 * Remaining 1st gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Owen & Sierra (7)
 * Remaining 2nd gen: Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Mike, Scott & Zoey (6)
 * Note: Duncan is switched to Heroic Hamsters for accidentally "saving" Brick.

Comment: Character with potential gone. Well, Jo's elimination was the earliest we found out about. That's why we have double elimination now. And there are about twice more boys than girls now. Plus, Heroes outnumbered Villains so much as well. But don't worry, it won't last long. What about the title of the episode? Yeah, I think "Private" could refer to Brick. And what about "Saving" if there's no Gwen? Would Duncan save someone else? I guess he would in a very TD style. That's why he accidentally "saves" Brick and Chris switches him to the Heroes, making a huge number disadvantage for the Villains by the way.

Episode 4
Plot: His love for food, as well as a night spent on a Boney Island, causes Owen to smuggle a piece pancake from the challenge. When Vultures were supposedly about to have an elimination ceremony, Alejandro, Courtney, and Scott teamed up to vote off Heather. However, Chris reveals "the cheater" and it's actually Heroic Hamsters that is going for elimination ceremony for never technically finishing the challenge.
 * Eliminated: Owen
 * Reason of being eliminated: He smuggled some pancakes from the challenge, thus causing his team to lose.
 * Exiled: Scott (due to his "love" for McLean-Brand Chris Head)
 * Remaining contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Mike, Scott, Sierra, Zoey (12)
 * Remaining boys: Alejandro, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike & Scott (7)
 * Remaining girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Sierra & Zoey (5)
 * Remaining Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Scott (5)
 * Remaining Heroes: Brick, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike, Sierra & Zoey (7)
 * Remaining 1st gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather & Sierra (6)
 * Remaining 2nd gen: Anne Maria, Brick, Cameron, Mike, Scott & Zoey (6)

Comment: This one's easy. As I've said before, Sam's "plot" was exactly the same as Owen's, especially in this episode. Owen has even already been stung by bees once, so they could easily use his design after that event again.

Episode 5
Plot: After an attack of moon-affected animals, heroic team is split into two groups. One of them is Cody and Sierra. Cody's fed up with his stalker after spending most of the challenge with her and decides to abandon her. He pushes her and runs away. Meanwhile, Brick's fear of dark causes him to freak out and get lost. Due to this, he comes to the finish line as the last one and loses for his team. Before the elimination ceremony, Chris switches Cody to the Villainous Vultures for his "villainous act", as well as to annoy the villains for having to put up with a "Token Good Teammate". Brick's fear causes him to leave the island.
 * Eliminated: Brick
 * Reason of being eliminated: His fear of dark caused him to lose the challenge for his team.
 * Exiled: Scott (once again, due to his "love" for McLean-Brand Chris Head)
 * Remaining contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Mike, Scott, Sierra, Zoey (11)
 * Remaining boys: Alejandro, Cameron, Cody, Duncan, Mike & Scott (6)
 * Remaining girls: Anne Maria, Courtney, Heather, Sierra & Zoey (5)
 * Remaining Villains: Alejandro, Anne Maria, Cody, Courtney, Heather, Scott (6)
 * Remaining Heroes: Cameron, Duncan, Mike, Sierra & Zoey (5)
 * Remaining 1st gen: Alejandro, Cody, Courtney, Duncan, Heather & Sierra (6)
 * Remaining 2nd gen: Anne Maria, Cameron, Mike, Scott & Zoey (5)
 * Note: Cody is switched to the Villainous Vultures for the way he treated Sierra during the challenge.

Comment: Ever wondered why Cameron was switched to the Vultures? And why wasn't he switched for a villainous act? Yeah, me too. Since Cameron was so imagined as Cody by Sierra in the final version, I think it could happen that way in the original one.

Wow. Writing this takes a lot of time. I'm done for today, but don't worry, I'm gonna continue this blog. Meanwhile I'm gonna sign this off like Chris would do:
 * How will Cody be doing on a villainous team? How the seperation is going to affect Sierra? How will Alejandro and Courtney take their revenge on Heather? Is immunity statue gonna have something to do with that? Or simply - who's going home next time? Stay tuned 'cause we'll return. On How...Could've...Original TDAS looked like!

--- Placing:
 * 12th - Brick (since Heroes vs. Villains to Moon Madness)
 * 13th - Owen (since Heroes vs. Villains to Food Fright)
 * 14th - Jo (since Heroes vs. Villains to Saving Private Leechball)
 * 15th - Lightning (since Heroes vs. Villains to Evil Dread)
 * 16th - Lindsay (Heroes vs. Villains)