Greetings readers of Fanfiction! As I'm sure anybody who's watched the first season of Total Drama will tell you, it's hard to forget that iconic scene from "That's Off The Chain!" where Lindsay lashes out at Heather. To explore what language she used that was bleeped out, I figured the best way to do so was tell it from her own POV, so that's what I did here. Just be sure you've seen that episode first (and preferably the whole season) before you read what follows because it contains spoilers. Don't say you weren't warned!
Did anybody ever take advantage of you before? If so, then how did it make you feel upon realizing what they did? Whatever your answers might be, I can tell you now that it has happened to me big time. By no means did I like the truth when I heard it. My name is Lindsay Adams, and here's what happened earlier today: I'm one of the 22 teenagers chosen to compete on the show Total Drama for a chance to win $100,000, and just got eliminated because of a technicality. This put me in 9th place out of 22. What was that technicality? Being the last person from a group of four to cross a finish line during the second half of a bike race despite how two wiped out contestants never even reached that point and nobody else passed the first half. The show's host Chris McLean just had to split hairs and be a jackass by cutting me loose before anybody else had a chance to get to the finish line.
Quite frankly, I was blindsided by this verdict. What shocked me even more is how a so-called ally of mine known as Heather Woodley had no concern whatsoever for my elimination. She had previously promised to take me and my friend Beth Oswald to the final three with her. That obviously didn't happen with Beth getting voted off before the teams were even dissolved. It was a sad night for me when I saw her cut from the contest. She had defied Heather before and got fed up with fulfilling her orders. Beth's elimination followed due to that and the team learning she mistakenly took some allegedly cursed idol from Boney Island back to camp during an earlier challenge, which was believed to have cost us three consecutive challenges.
In retrospect, I should've joined her by quitting that alliance sooner when it was based on false pretenses. Maybe we could've formed a new one of our own afterwards and invited someone else into it. Regardless of whether the idol was cursed (we either way did get three victories after its possessor was axed), I really wish I never trusted Heather. At first, I was happy for her winning today's challenge, eagerly running up and cheering "Yay, you won! We did it; we're safe!" after crossing the line myself and going for a hug.
That's when McLean gave the big twist, telling me "It's not exactly true. Heather is safe because her bike crossed the line first, but Duncan and Owen wiped out and didn't complete the race, they technically didn't cross the line at all, which makes YOU the last one to cross the line, which means it's dock-of-shame time baby!"
Not fully understanding the situation, my response was "OK, I'm so confused."
Ms. Backstabber explained "It means I can't save you unless I give you my invincibility, but I can't do that. Too risky! You understand." before walking away.
"But I won!" I retorted when catching up and grabbing her wrist. "I even built your bike."
She let out a chuckle and insisted "I don't know what she's talking about. You should just leave with your dignity intact. It will make you seem so much cuter in the instant replays."
That prompted a gasp from our goth competitor, Gwen Cabot.
"But we were going to the final 3 together." I replied, only to get a dismissive "Guess we're not."
It led to me asking "Aren't you even sad? We're BFF's!"
Heather then said "Yeah, for the contest, I mean it's not like we're going to be best friends for life or anything.", which made me gasp in the middle of that.
I followed this up with "I can't believe you just said that! But we pinky swore.", holding up my pinky finger for emphasis, and got angry as I continued with "You mean I've been helping you all this time and you didn't even like me?"
While I previously had some suspicions of Ms. Woodley, they weren't fully confirmed until what she told me next. That was "Uh, truth?", prompting me to nod, and the deceptive fucker answers with "Not really, no." and that made me gasp again in shock, though I really wish I caught on sooner.
Her next words were "What? We're not here to make friends; we're here to become celebrities, remember?"
Duncan Ebert the delinquent condemns her with "Ooh, that's cold, bra.", which I did appreciate.
She scoffed at that, retorting with "Oh like you're such a team player. All you do is go around scaring the crap out of everyone."
His defense was "At least I'm straight with people!"
Heather gave a dismissive "Whatever. I have invincibility; no one can touch me."
"This week." Gwen adds, and perhaps she'll get back at her in the future.
As for me, I lashed out at today's winner with "You really ARE mean! And all that bad stuff people say about you is true, like how you're a two-faced, backstabbing, lying, little shit-smearing bitchy twat from hell who fucks over any goddamn competition." while giving her a middle finger.
She was speechless after hearing all of that and had an expression of pure shock. Something tells me that I surprised that liar by calling out her crap like that when others were more likely to do so. In either case, it admittedly felt good to let loose like that. I followed it up with "I always told them they were wrong. I stood up for you because I thought we were BFF's, but they're right! You really are a two-faced, backstabbing, lying, little shit-smearing bitchy twat from hell who fucks over any goddamn competition! And guess what? I don't want to be BFF's anymore. I'd rather spend the day staring at Owen's butt than shopping with you, and P.S., your shoes are tacky!"
Heather didn't seem to really care until I criticized her shoes, which made her gasp. The previously mentioned guys laughed along with the big-hearted DJ Stranahan and party enthusiast Geoff Gates, with Ms. Cabot adding "Yeah, you tell her!", and even some type of duck in the water joining in on the laughter somehow.
She responded with "Oh, go jump in the piranha pool!" before storming off, and then our no-nonsense sassy Leshawna Brooks arrived on a bike along with the wild Izzy Winkler (they somehow missed the race and didn't get disqualified), with the former yelling "Get me off of this thing!" in terror and continuing to scream as they ran off a cliff and into said pool while the latter didn't seem fazed at all.
After they got out of that mess, the scared one reluctantly confessed off-camera "That was my first time ever riding a bike and I really didn't want to make a fool of myself by wiping out early in the race." and looked ashamed when saying that.
DJ showed the most sympathy. He admitted "I was scared too when I never rode one before today either, so I got on lots of protective gear, especially feeling worried about injuries after the other guys talked about getting badly hurt from their first rides. You don't need to feel embarrassed or like you're the odd one out." before giving a hug of consolation, which appeared to help when she smiled in gratitude afterwards.
Today's experience unsurprisingly gave a poor impression of the activity for both. Maybe someone less crazy should've given riding lessons instead, and the new rider who did participate today probably could've benefited from some practice beforehand. Oh well. Anyway, in a subsequent confessional, I told the camera "When first hearing about a so-called friendship being a lie, I was all 'I can't believe she said that'", gasping right after the "all", to emphasize the initial effect on me, and continued with "Talk about a shock at first. After that, I don't know what came over me. Oh wait; yes, I do! Heather's a total shit-smearing bitchy twat from hell who fucks over any goddamn competition!"
When later leaving the island, every other player was at the dock of shame to see me off. Aside from Ms. Woodley, I doubt any of them liked how I got cut from the contest today. I told Gwen "Thanks for all your support, Greta", accidentally forgetting her name in that moment, and continued with "I love you, Laquisha!" (another name mix-up, which I really need to work on) as I gave one of today's first time-bike riders a hug.
During said hug, she replied with "Take care, girlfriend. If it makes you feel better, we would've kept you on."
My next words were "Really? Thanks! Kick Heather's butt for me!" as I walked away, getting "My pleasure!" in response.
After that, I told my male competitors "Bye guys; see you at the finale!" and gave a handwave.
Our large guy Owen Campbell seemed the saddest to see me go. In consolation, I said "Aww, I think I'm gonna miss you the most." as his lip trembled and he started to tear up.
Not wanting to see him so distraught, I gave a goodbye hug. Owen burst out crying when returning it, startling me somewhat when temporarily lifting me off my feet in the process, and replied "Me too, bye!"
After that, I bid farewell to the one who betrayed me with "Good luck, Heather; I hope you get everything your karma owes you!".
This of course made her frown. I then told Chris and his assistant Chef Hatchet "OK, I'm ready" as I got into the boat of losers as they took me off the island while the sun set in the distance.
After taking me to the resort Playa Des Losers, where all eliminated contestants are kept, the host and cook turned their boat around and presumably when back to the island. Best of luck to the other contestants aside from the backstabber who I never should've trusted in the first place. I'll be damned if she ends up winning. One perk of no longer competing is that I get to spend time at its pool and hot tubs as well as interact with others who are out of the game. In addition to Beth, that includes my boyfriend Tyler Wilmarth, who also got voted off before the teams were declared no more and it was every contestant for themselves. I've missed them both a lot and am sure they feel the same way about me. We have some catching up to do.
The End. Hope you enjoyed this story! In the reviews, feel free to share whatever your theories were as to what profanities the blonde used that got censored and whether you believe mine are a probable guess. It's purely speculation what she said (the closest we get otherwise is a clean dub), but I wanted to explore it nevertheless. The confession that DJ made off-camera was something I found fitting when the bike injuries Owen, Duncan, and Geoff shared clearly terrified him (and prompted the guy to opt for a knight helmet for full face protection instead of a conventional bike helmet), so I thought he would be the best choice to help Leshawna feel better over her own not-very-subtle lack of biking experience.