dear mom and dad, i'm doing fine
you guys are on my mind
you asked me what i wanted to be
and now i think the answer is plain to see
i wanna be famous
Chris McLean grinned straight into the camera, which usually meant trouble.
"Good — MORNING!" His voice boomed happily, a gleam of enthusiasm more than palpable in it. "Today's the day! You've been voting, oversharing your thoughts on them online, stalking them on every single social media — but the time's here! We've carefully handpicked our sixteen new contestants, and they're about to go on the most wicked adventure yet. Not like they can sneak out of it, though — they're contractually obligated to sticking around until we decide to kick them out." The man let out a snort and then grinned again. "Anyway! I'm Chris McLean, your one-and-only TV host who's going to spend the next eight weeks taking all sixteen of them on the wickedest adventures all through time! Yes, you heard me right. Because traveling the world wasn't enough — our unpaid interns somehow managed to get their hands on a prototype time machine earlier this summer and successfully developed it into a full-scale time-space cruise."
Chris tapped on one of the walls with a grin on his face, only for it to crack and fall to the ground a second later. He grimaced for a second, but then switched back to his usual TV smile and added, "Anyway, we'll be fine. We're going to be taking our sixteen new candidates en route across time and space till there's just one of them left, who will become the rightful winner of a million dollars that have been carefully hidden at our final destination!"
"Uh, Chris, I think they're about to arrive," the cameraman hissed. "The contestants, I mean."
"Arrive, schmive," Chris rolled his eyes, then shook his head in disapproval of the cameraman's comment. "Anyway, we're just about to get things started. And you — " he pointed directly towards the camera, a flashy smile on his face. "Are going to witness it all from the comfort of your homes! What will happen next? Who will be eaten by dinosaurs or beheaded by Robespierre? Who will tragically fall in love like a certain Carthaginian princess did? You'll find out soon enough on Total . . . "
"Drama . . . "
"TIME TOUR!"
Hello! I can't believe I'm finally doing this haha. I've been a TD fan for ages now, and I've always wanted to give it a try on here because I feel like it could be a pretty fun thing to do. So yeah, I'm basically opening sixteen spots (eight boys, eight girls) for this upcoming story! They'll basically travel around to different eras and get into tons of trouble — so yeah, I feel like it might be a fun thing to write?
Here are a few guidelines/rules that I usually like to clarify regarding SYOCs:
1. I'll be accepting one character per submitter, unless the second one is very good. Please submit your forms via PM — I won't be accepting any forms delivered via review, and I'd really appreciate it if you formatted the title as follows: Total Drama Time Tour - [OC's Name] - [OC's Stereotype]
2. This isn't a first-come, first-serve — I'll try to pick the most unique characters that I get. I definitely won't be accepting Gary Stus or Mary Sues, or characters whose background seems unrealistically tragic and/or lacking traits that make them stand out. They don't necessarily need to be special, but I want them to be detailed and as rich as possible. Also, it'd be lovely if I got non-white and/or non-heterosexual characters because that's always an amazing thing to explore while writing SYOCs, but it's totally okay if your character is white and/or straight as long as they're interesting.
3. I really do appreciate feedback, so it'd be lovely if you guys stuck around once the story gets started and let me know how I'm doing. This doesn't mean that I'm going to kick your character out as soon as you stop reviewing, but I do like knowing that I'm portraying them correctly and getting some feedback from their creators. If you've read these up until here, please include your favourite TD character at the bottom of your firm (mine's Trent, hehe).
So yes, I think that's about it for now. The form is on my profile, so feel free to copy and paste it from there and just shoot me a PM whenever you're done, and I'll let you know what I think of them and whether they're in or not as soon as possible. Happy writing! I really can't wait to get this story started. :-)
-vandenburgs.
