User blog:TDFanatic52/Mutant Maggots Verus Waneyihtam Maswaks- Who is More Dominant?

The Mutant Maggots and the Waneyihtam Maskwaks are perceived as the more dominant teams in their respective seasons. At the merge, the Maggots had four out of their original six members. For the Maskwaks, they had four out of their original seven members reach the merge. Just like I did with the weaker teams, I will examine who is the more dominant out of these two dominant teams. And just like that blog, only the original members will be included, so that means Scott and Max will not be included.

To start, lets go with the Maggots:

The Maggots, at the start, are pretty diverse. You have:
 * Anne Maria- somebody who loves her hairspray
 * Brick- a marine cadet who is scared of the dark
 * Cameron- an ingenious boy who lived in a bubble
 * Jo- a competitive jockette
 * Mike- somebody with multiple personalities
 * Zoey- the first line of Journey's Don't Stop Believing

Giving the numbers disadvantage in ROTI and this blog, they never had to experience the loss of their original members until A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste, and that is with Brick and Jo as members of the Toxic Rats. If you want to be more specific, their first lost happened in Finders Creepers thanks to two rats finishing before Brick.

The Maskwaks are a different story. They have:
 * Beardo- a beat boxer
 * Dave- a germaphobe
 * Ella- a singing princess
 * Leonard- a Live Action Role Player
 * Shawn- a zombie apocalyptic conspiracy theorist
 * Sky- an inspiring Olympian
 * Sugar- a pageant queen

The Maskwaks unfortunately had a rough start. They experienced the first two losses of Pahkitew Island, sending home Beardo and Leonard. However, thanks to a lucky break in Twinning Isn't Everything when they finally won something. They continued to win (or tie with the other team) having lost another one thanks to a rat. If the two teams did match up, I would have to say that the teams would be dead even with the Maggots narrowly beating the Maswaks. First off, all of the members of the Mutant Maggots can hold their own in Total Drama. Not a single one is seen as fodder and all of them have a major story line that either runs through the entire season or through the pre-merge portion of the show. The Maswaks have fodder characters with one of them having a small plot with another Maswak. As far as challenges go, the Maggots got the Maswaks beat. Zoey, Jo, and several of Mike's alternate personalities are quite athletic. Brick has military training. Anne Maria can literally bust open one her spray cans. The only weak link is Cameron, but he is sitting pretty with friends like Zoey and Mike. For the Maswaks, their challenge beasts include Shawn, Sky, and Sugar with Dave and Ella pulling in the rear and Beardo and Leonard doing their own thing. The only thing the Maswaks have on the Maggots is leadership. The Maswaks have to definitive leaders, both used for different reasons. Shawn, with his survivalist knowledge, is helpful in a survive or die type of situation. Sky is a good leader in challenges. Both Sky and Shawn have shown to be capable of working together instead of butting heads. For the Maggots, this might actually be their downfall. Their self-proclaimed leader tends to be rivaled against two others with Mike, Zoey, and Cameron having to pick up the slack. Half of the Maggots share a close bond with the other half being seen as either independent or in desperate need for somebody to bark orders at him.