Hello there everyone! Not too long ago I found out that it was going to be the ten year anniversary of Total Drama Island this year, and that completely blew my mind. I remember watching this show back when I was in middle school. It's hard to believe it's been ten years since then. Well, I decided to re watch the series for the anniversary, and while I'm only halfway through, I just felt the urge to write. Now, this isn't my first one of these, in fact I've had quite a few of them, just not on this account. But compared to then, I'm a much better writer than before. I'm not really up to date with how the Total Drama fanbase is nowadays, since I haven't considered myself a diehard fan in over four years now, so I hope this story will be interesting for you guys. I figured I would try something that I haven't tried before. Let me know if you guys are interested in the premise and if you'd like to see this continue.
Of course as you can tell, this is a Submit your own story, but it's got it's own twist for you to find out as you read through this chapter. There will be more details at the end so have fun reading through.
"It's been an interesting fifty years, hasn't it, world? Since the turn of the century we've achieved so many things. Man has landed on Mars. We have space stations on the Moon. We managed to find an alternate source to oil! Big shocker that one. Totally didn't see it coming. Somewhere along the line we may have even achieved something similar to world peace, even if it didn't last too long."
"But the biggest shocker of the last fifty years? It has to be the fact that man has evolved past what we were before. I mean seriously. I've been alive for a long time and I still look this good. And they said money can't buy eternal life. Well, I wouldn't say eternal. Thirty-five years frozen in a box wasn't too ideal, but hey, it worked out for the better. Who would have thought that by the time I woke up, mankind would have gained superpowers? Well, I know not everybody has them, it's going to take a little bit for natural selection to fix that for us, but while we can we might as well exploit them for the better. Now, you might be thinking: Who is this devilishly handsome sounding man speaking to me? Well, you may not know me, but back in my time, I was the face of reality TV."
A single man stood in front of what seemed to be an run-down, old-fashioned campground. Complete with a rickety dock and a rotting sign, the camp looked to be something out of a 90s' horror film, or a badly illustrated story book. The man himself appeared to be close to his early fifties, and his once perfect black hair was starting to go grey. He smiled to himself, glancing towards the cameras. "My name is Chris McLean, and back in the early part of the century, I hosted the world's most popular reality show, Total Drama Island and all it's sequels and spinoffs. Except that darn Ridonculous Race. Stupid producers kept me out of that with a contract dispute. Well who's laughing now Don? Oh, not you I guess. Since you're too busy drinking out of a straw in a retirement home."
The man, apparently named Chris McLean, paused for a moment and straightened out his close. "Sorry about that. Fifty years worth of emotions coming up right there, not my greatest moment." He grinned once more and motioned towards the camp. "Behind me, you can see an exact replica of the camp we used back in Total Drama Island. Now, we'd have used the old one, but apparently a certain hippie turned it into a wildlife reserve. But we've got everything we once had there. Well, except for one thing. It pains me to say, but our loveable, long time Chef and my wonderful Co-Host Chef Hatchet has passed away in the years between then and now. But don't worry, we've hired his very own son to take care of-" Chris suddenly stopped talking, staring at the camera for a second. "Chef had a son? Seriously?"
"Yeah. And he was pretty clear about how much he disliked you." an off-camera voice stated. Seconds later, a tall, dark skinned man walked up next too Chris. Apart from the clothing, which was eerily similar to his father's, hat and all, the man looked nothing like Chris had expected him. He was similar in terms of being rather well-built, but he wasn't hunched over like his father, and didn't have a gap between his front teeth either.
"Dude, you're really Chef's kid? How hot did your mom have to be to counteract Chef?" Chris asked, staring almost in awe.
The other man frowned, shaking his head. "And now I understand why he would say that. And before you even try it. I will not be answering to Chef. Got it?"
"It's cool dude. I wasn't even going to ask." Chris replied quickly, though he looked quite displeased at the statement. "So, then Mr. Hatchet, what should we call you?"
"Sam is fine." The cook replied, before walking off camera. "I hope you don't expect me to be as bad a cook as he was."
Chris sighed, shaking his head. "It's so hard to get good help nowadays. Guess that's the issue with living in a different time. Nothing will ever be the same." Suddenly, Chris's grin widened. "Or will it? This isn't just some silly advertisement for Cryogenic Freezing. By Cryoware. For all your cryogenically frozen needs. Or a promotional video for a new theme park about a place where a bunch of teens almost died. Nope. This year, we're bringing back the drama! This summer, I'll be giving twenty-two superpowered teens a chance to grab a solid six million in cash. I really only wanted to do three, but with fifty years worth of inflation, what can you do? Anyways, at the end of this sweet promotional video, you'll find an application that could give you. Yes! YOU! You could participate in a once in a lifetime chance to be on TV-" Chris paused, holding his hand up to his ear for a moment. "What do you mean TV isn't thing anymore? What do people watch for entertainment now? Streaming? Ugh, it'll have to do. You'll be able to participate in a once in a lifetime chance to win six million dollars! Until we meet again! This is Chris McLean signing off! See you back here eight months from now, on the premiere of TOTAL! DRAMA! SUPER!" As Chris spoke the title, the camera zoomed out with each dramatic pause. First showing the main campground and then the entire island. However, as it zoomed out the last time, it showed a whole different picture, one with a large blue dome sitting on the grey and rocky surface of the moon, with stars shining brightly in the background.
I hope that was interesting enough for you guys. I'm really looking forward to writing this. Now, to talk about the big stuff. I will be accepting a total of twenty-two characters. However, I've already received a male character from a friend of mine, so there is only ten male slots left, while there is eleven female slots. One thing I do want to discuss is how much detail should be put into your characters. Now I'm not asking you to tell me their life's story, but enough detail that would allow me to write them properly is really appreciated.
Teams, Eliminations, and Alliances will all be decided on by me. Upon submitting you automatically agree that you cannot be upset if your character is the first to go/goes home early. It just has to happen. Don't worry, if all goes well with this, I just might write another season.
One thing I will ask for is for you guys to send in a sheet for me after the introduction chapter detailing who you believe your character will be friends with/neutral with/or enemies with/or even a possible romance (I'm likely limiting this to around seven or eight. I've seen stories where everyone hooks up before and it really isn't as entertaining.)
That being said, the application is on my profile, so just head over there and send it in. Now, this one is important. I will ONLY be accepting applications that are sent to me via Private Messaging. Any character sent via review will be completely ignored no matter how good a character. Now, simply sending in a character does not guarantee you a position in the story. Even if you send in the first character, you still may not get in. I will do my best to keep up with everyone and reply to each and every character application and make suggestions if they need work. I will not be settling on a set cast for anywhere from a few days to a week from now, depending on how fast the characters come in.
Let me know what you think about the promo too. I may be a little rusty since it's been a while since I've written one of these, so anything helps.
And finally, thank you everyone who's read and is interested in sending in a character, I hope to see you all soon! Thanks again!