Once again, I got great reviews. I'm glad that people really enjoyed my last chapter, since I was unsure if it was worthwhile. Now to respond:

RedEyedWarrior: I'm glad you think my story is awesome! You certainly hate Duncan; even more than I do. It's interesting that you want Duncan and Gwen to break up. I'm not a big fan of Gwuncan, so the thought has crossed my mind, but I'll only do it if it helps the story. And yes, Chris not being pretty is quite funny, but it makes sense; I doubt that Chris could get a large quanitity of hair gel in prison. I'm glad that you found Courtney and Gwen becoming friends again really poignant! I was hoping people would find that moment touching! It's worth noting that the scene you cited in the chapter four review (Duncan's crack about crack, Noah's response, and Sierra correction) was one of the earliest scenes I wrote for this story. And if you were a writer for Total Drama, I'd most likely have to stop watching the show! D: (Although I would still try to watch it, just to see crazy Trent! XD)

I'm glad that you think my story is amazing, and hopefully you'll enjoy this next chapter!

ferguson97: It's great that you think my story is really good! Jerome might be my favorite O.C. I've created, and that's not just because Jerome was my very first Total Drama O.C. It's interesting that you find him funny, since I wasn't trying to focus on Jerome's humorous traits in my previous chapters. In this chapter, I wanted to give Jerome some more funny moments, hopefully you'll enjoy them.

I've read your Gwody story. It's quite good, but if there is a story I'm thinking about using, it would be your version of "Total Drama World Tour." I like the idea of the old contestants acting like the new contestants in that story, and my Viktoriya reacting to your Viktoriya. Anyway, I'll try my best to keep my work as good as possible!

sierraandcody625: Yeah, this episode is definitely going to be interesting. I ended up not focusing as much on the crack pairings in this chapter, but I love the idea for Jyler, and I have no idea why. XD

I'm hoping to one day read a really good humorous Jyler fic, so hopefully my story will inspire somebody to write a story with this crack pairing.

tdroti scott's Bff: I'm glad you like reading all those fourth-wall jokes, because I love writing them! XD Interestingly enough, even though I love them to bits, I wasn't planning on making any fourth-wall jokes when I was first planning this story, since I thought that they would reduce the impact of the more dramatic moments. But then I read Total Drama Returns by The Cheesebub, which features some funny fourth-wall breaking moments, but also some intense drama. After that, I decided to write down any fourth-wall jokes that came into my head for this story.

Also, it's not a bad thing to like Jerome's most hated characters. I think that Alejandro and Scott are great villains and very entertaining characters, in spite of the fact that they are quite evil.

zquest: I'm glad you thought my last chapter was one of my best! I'm glad you found the Blues Clues bit hilarious! That's an example of one of my totally random improvised jokes that I get worried about, and causes me to think "Is this so ridiculous that people will find it funny, or is it just random and dumb?" Luckily it seems it was the former! I'm not exactly sure how Izzy did that, but the girl does have an IQ of 188.

Sierra's knowledge of the cast is quite scary, but it wasn't as scary as my original idea for Sierra and Jo, where she explains how she knew about Jo's boyfriend. I ultimately decided to leave it unknown how she knew that, since I wanted Sierra to be less of a stalker in this story. Also I haven't read a story with any of the crack pairings that I chose for this challenge, but that's where some of the humor comes in.

Now onto the main event!

Episode 2: Crack Pairings Galore, Part 2

The Shipping Sailors were trying to come up with a plot for a Jo and Tyler story. Luckily, Chef gave each team a laptop built by B, which is probably something I should've mentioned last chapter.

Justin suggested "Maybe we could have Jo teaching Tyler how to be an athlete, and they bond over that."

Tyler scoffed and said "I don't need to be taught how to be an athlete! I've got the skills to pay the bills! To the extreme!" Immediately after saying this Tyler somehow tripped and fell flat on his face. He wasn't even walking, and he still somehow tripped!

"You're gonna need help paying those bills Captain Clumsy." Jo quipped at the clumsy jock. "Nice idea for a story Justin. Now whose gonna write it?"

Cody raised his hand. "I'll do it! Back in the day, I used to write Star Wars fan-fiction. Not to brag, but the Codemeister wrote some pretty ill stories."

Courtney giggled at Cody's nerdy-ness, and said "I'm sure you wrote some great stories Cody."

Cody blushed at Courtney's compliment. He then started typing up a story between Jo and Tyler.

Meanwhile, the Fanon Fixers were trying to figure out who should write the story.

"I should do it!" Sierra suggested. "I've written Total Drama Fan-Fiction before! One time I wrote a story where Cody and I…"

"Wait a minute Sierra!" Harold interrupted. "I think I should write the story. I went to Author Steve's Young Aspiring Writer's Camp!"

Jerome proposed a third option. "Why don't you write the story together? Sierra can write the first half, and Harold the second. Then you can revise each other's work!"

Sierra and Harold both agreed with Jerome's plan.

"All right, now that we have our authors, we can brain-storm." Trent said. "So what should the plot be?"

"I know!" Owen said. "Trent and Sierra should go out on a date at Kentucky Fried Chicken, where they eat crispy and delicious fried chicken, with those great herbs and spices. They can also get some yummy mac-and-cheese, some tasty root beer, and scrumptious, gooey, chocolate cake and eat it slowly…"

"I'd hate to interrupt you," Noah told his chubby buddy. ", but we're writing a story about Trent and Sierra, not a KFC commercial."

Leshawna contributed an idea. "How about a story where Sierra is miserable about Cody utterly rejecting her advances, and Trent takes her out on a pity date?"

Heather noticed that Anne Maria was not helping the team, since she was too busy brushing her hair. The raven haired girl then asked her "Um, Hello? Miss Jersey Shore reject? We are in the middle of a challenge. It would be nice if you tried to contribute to your team."

"As much as it pains me to agree with Heather..." Leshawna said. "...she's right. Girl! You can brush your hair later!"

Anne Maria scoffed and said "I can't brush dis fabulous hair lateh. My hair-doo needs constant maintenance to look fabulous. I wouldn't expect people with bad hair like you to undehstand that."

Heather and Leshawna both yelled "What did you say about my hair?!"

Trent stepped in to defuse the argument. "Calm down everyone. We don't have time to argue. Let's continue with the challenge. Leshawna, your idea sounded pretty good."

Sierra said "Leshawna's idea does have some potential. Let me see what I can do with it." Sierra started typing on the laptop her team received.

The Sue Crew was also coming up with ideas. Mike contributed by saying "Maybe we can do a story where Cameron is trying to go surfing for the first time. Bridgette could teach him how, and they would bond over that."

"I like that idea." Bridgette said. "It would be fun to act out."

Cameron was looking very nervous. Pablo took notice and asked the bubble boy "What's wrong buddy?"

Cameron responded "You should know! Don't you remember my dismal performance yesterday? I'm not sure if I can overcome my stage-fright."

Pablo sighed. The Brazilian orphan was worried that his team might lose the challenge.

Gwen offered to be the writer for the story. Everyone on the Sue Crew agreed, so the goth girl started writing a cute little one-shot between Cameron and Bridgette.

Cody finished writing his first draft of the Jyler story. He printed out a copy for his team. "Well guys, what do ya think?"

Courtney smiled "Wow Cody, this is really well written!"

Tyler took a look at the story that Cody wrote and frowned. "I'm not sure if I like some of this dialogue. Like 'Jo, you would be a much better girlfriend for me then Lindsay.'"

Lindsay gasped and looked heartbroken. "Taylor?! Are you breaking up with me?"

Tyler quickly responded "Of course not Lindsay!"

"Then why did you call Jo a better girlfriend then me?" Lindsay asked.

"Lindsay!" Courtney yelled in frustration. "That was only dialogue in a story! Don't you realize that you dumb..." Courtney trailed off. She frowned and quickly said "I'm so sorry Lindsay. I'm still working on controlling my temper. Anyway, this challenge is all about acting. Tyler and Jo will only be pretending to like each other. Understand?"

Lindsay stood there silent, as if she was processing what Courtney had just said. "No, I don't understand." was Lindsay's response.

Jo face palmed.

Confessional

Jo: For the love of crap! Lindsay is such an idiot! And she isn't even a useful idiot like Lightning. She's just dead weight on our team!

*Static*

Tyler: I don't get it, Lindsay is somehow getting less smart everyday! Don't get me wrong, I love her a lot, but her lack of smarts is putting a strain on our relationship!

Sierra and Harold had just finished writing the Trierra story. They printed it out for their team to read.

The story took place in between seasons three and four. At the Playa De Losers, Sierra was feeling absolutely miserable and Cody felt really guilty that he just didn't have the same feelings for his best friend. Cody decides to set up Sierra with a date with his band mate Trent. The guitarist is reluctant to the date at first, but when they go out, Trent learns that he and Sierra share common interests. The story ended with them deciding to enter a relationship.

"Wow!" Jerome said positively. "Both of ya did a great job writing! I could see this happening in real life."

Heather smiled "Yeah, the both of you did good."

Trent read through the story. Trent was surprised that Sierra was able to replicate his character so well, perfectly capturing the way he talked and thought. The guitarist wasn't sure if he was impressed or creeped out by this.

All of a sudden, Chef's voice announced over a P.A. system "All right maggots! Report to the craft services tent for lunch!"

For lunch DJ cooked up homemade chicken fingers based off his mama's recipe. Most of the contestants loved their lunch, but Jerome looked surprisingly down while eating.

"Hey Jerome." Harold, who was sitting next to Jerome, said. "What's wrong? Do you hate chicken fingers?"

"No I don't Harold." Jerome told Harold. "I really like chicken fingers. But I hate eating them without BBQ sauce."[1]

"Without BBQ sauce?" Asked Leshawna. "That's why you look so sad? That doesn't sound so bad to me."

Jerome frowned "How can you even say that?! BBQ sauce is the greatest condiment known to man! You know what they say: 'BBQ sauce is the variety of life!"

"Actually, the saying is 'Spice is the variety of life.'" Harold said, correcting Jerome.

Jerome responded "While I will admit there are a decent variety of spices, the diverse amount of incredible tasting BBQ sauces are mind-boggling! There are not two types of BBQ that taste exactly the same, and each and every one tastes great on almost any type of food!"

Anne Maria, who was still brushing her hair, rolled her eyes and said "Wow, obsessed much?"

Jerome frowned "A better word would be a gourmand of BBQ sauce. Also, you're one to talk about obsession! It's been three hours, and you're still brushing your hair!"

Anne Maria rudely responded "It's not an obsession; You just don't understand the importance of beauty. Not shocking considering how ugly you are-"

"Jerome is NOT UGLY!" Heather suddenly shouted at Anne Maria. All of the Fanon Fixers gave the girl with the gold tooth a strange look. Heather blushed in embarrassment.

Confessional:

Harold: Does Heather have a thing for Jerome? (The nerd sighs.)

Meanwhile, Lindsay was eating with Bridgette and Pablo. Pablo noticed that Lindsay looked kind of depressed. The orphan asked her "Hey Lindsay, is something the matter?"

Lindsay sighed and responded "I'm confused. Timothy keeps on talking about a new relationship with Jo, but he's always insisting that he's just 'reading the fan-fiction's script.' What does that mean? Does Timmy want to break up with me?"

Bridgette realized what was going on, and said "Oh Lindsay. Tyler doesn't want to break up with you! He's just talking about being with Jo for today's challenge, in which people have to pretend to like people. For exampel, I have to say that I like Cameron for this challenge, but that doesn't mean I'm breaking up with Geoff! Do you understand Lindsay?"

"Uhhhhh... No." The dumb blonde responded. Lindsay then got up from her table, since she had to go to the ladies' room.

Meanwhile, Sierra was at another table, talking with her best friend. "So Cody, how are things with Gwen?"

"Things are fine. We sometimes get a chance to talk, and I'm happy just being friends with her."

"Really Cody? You no longer have a crush on Gwen?" Sierra asked, slightly surprised. She then noticed that Cody was staring at someone. She smiled and said "Do you have a crush on someone else now?"

Cody stopped staring at a certain C.I.T. and said "Maybe..."

Chef entered the the tent. "All right, Lunch is over. Time to go back to your challenge."

The Sue Crew and the Fanon Fixers left the tent. Most of the Shipping Sailors started to leave, but Tyler said "Wait a minute! Lindsay is still going to the rest room! Shouldn't we wait here for her Chef?"

"Nope." Chef said flatly. "You need to get started on your challenge now!"

Jo told Tyler "This is probably for the best. She was only holding us back!"

Tyler glared at Jo "Don't you ever insult my girlfriend!"

"I said it's time for you to go to your challenge!" Chef yelled at the Shipping Sailors, who quickly ran out of the tent.

A few minutes later Lindsay came back to the tent, only to find it totally empty. She gasped and said aloud
"Where did everybody go!?"

All of a sudden, Pablo walked into the tent and answered Lindsay "Chef forced everybody to stop eating lunch and continue working on the challenge."

"Thanks for the answer Pedro." Lindsay said, once again getting the boy's name wrong. "But this is bad! I don't know where my team went, and I'm not good with directions! What will I do?"

Pablo smiled "I can help you find your team Lindsay."

"Really? Thank you so much!" Lindsay told the Brazilian.

"It's no problem!" Pablo said with a smile, as he led Lindsay out of the tent.

Confessional:

Pablo: I know what you viewers at home are thinking: 'Pablo, what about the challenge?' Well, my team is pretty strong, so I can trust them to do the challenge while I "help" Lindsay.

Bridgette and Cameron were practicing their scene, in which the surfer girl was teaching Cameron how to use a surfboard. "So you lay down on the surfboard and paddle with your hands." Bridgette said, reading from the script that Gwen had written.

Cameron looked at his copy of the script and said rather nervously "Th-Thank you B-Bridgette... You are a gr-gr-great... teach-teach-teacher..."

Duncan sighed. "Wow, you're not even on stage and you have stage fright! How is that possible?"

"I'm sorry guys." Cameron said, apologizing to his teammates. "Ever since I bombed the acting challenge in the last episode, I'm worried that it will happen again."

Viktoriya frowned at the bubble boy. "For crying out loud Cameron. You aren't a loser, so stop acting like one!"

Bridgette frowned at the Russian and said "Listen up Vikky! You better stop insulting...Wait! Did you say Cameron wasn't a loser?"

"Duh." Viktoriya said. "Cameron is no loser. Last season he won the most challenges, and more importantly he won the entire season!" Viktoriya then turned to the bubble boy. "You are a winner Cameron, so start acting like it! You're giving other winners a bad name!"

Cameron smiled at the rude, yet somewhat encouraging, statement. "All right then, let's get acting!"

Meanwhile, Jo and Tyler were also getting ready for the challenge.

"All right Tyler!" Jo said, reading a script. "You need someone to whip you into shape, and I can be that person!"

"OK." Tyler said in an unenthusiastic tone. "Thank you so much for helping me Jo. You are swell." Tyler then sighed.

Cody said "Tyler, you need to work on your acting. Your heart isn't in this role."

"I'm sorry guys." Tyler told his teammates. "I just feel really bad about leaving Lindsay behind. I'm worried about her."

"Is that all?" Jo asked. "Oh please! Your brain-dead girlfriend is going to be fine. Now get back to acting Senor klutz!"

Tyler frowned "Stop insulting me, and especially my gal Jo!"

Pablo and Lindsay were wandering around the film lot, looking for the Shipping Sailors.

"I have a pretty good feeling that we will find your team around the corner!" Pablo said happily to Lindsay.

Lindsay and Pablo went around to corner, only to find the Western film set. Pablo sighed. "I'm sorry Lindsay. I tried my best, but I don't really know my way around the film lot."

"Don't worry Pedro!" Lindsay said "I understand how you feel; I also have trouble navigating the film lot."

Pablo smiled at Lindsay comment. Then all of a sudden Pablo said "Hey! Look at that clock Lindsay! It's almost two O' clock. Do you know what that means?"

"No I don't."

"It means that the final part of the challenge is about to begin! And that means that both of our teams will be at the theater! And I know where that is! Follow me!"

Lindsay followed Pablo, not suspicious of the fact that he suddenly knew exactly where to go.

All of the contestants, minus Pablo and Lindsay, were at the theater, ready to perform for Chef, Scott, and Chris. The Fanon Fixers were up first. Sierra and Trent both did a great job acting out the script penned by Sierra and Harold.

"So nine is also your favorite number?" Trent said, reenacting the story. "I didn't know that about you Sierra."

"Can I tell you a secret Trent?" Sierra said for the challenge. "You are my favorite Drama brother!"

"Really? I would have thought Cody was your favorite member of the band."

"Cody may be my all-time favorite contestant, but when it comes to your band, I think you are a way better singer, musician, and songwriter."

Trent smiled. "Maybe we can go out again sometime!"

Sierra gasped with joy. "That sounds like fun Trent!"

After that, Sierra turned to the judges and said "The End."

"That was pretty good." Said Chef. "You both seemed to have great chemistry, which attests to your impressive acting skills. Plus that story was well written too. I give the Fanon Fixer's Trierra story a nine!"

Scott gave the performance an eight.

"For a second there, I thought the scene up there was real." Said an impressed Chris, still communicating through video chat. "Great acting! Nine points from me."

"The Fanon Fixers earn an impressive 26 points!" Chef announced. The Fanon Fixers shouted with joy because of their great score. Noah gave Leshawna a high-five for coming up with the story idea, Jerome fist-bumped Harold for co-writing the script, and Trent shook hands with Sierra, praising her for her great writing and acting abilities.

Chef then announced the next team by saying "Next up, the Shipping Sailors."

Tyler and Jo went up on stage and for awhile, they did an OK job acting the script Cody wrote out.

Jo smiled "Wow Tyler, you've really developed into an excellent athlete!"

Tyler responded with a line that Cody wrote. "And you've developed into an excellent girlfriend Jo! I'm so glad I don't have to put up with someone who doesn't remember my name!"

"WHAT?!" Yelled Lindsay, who had just arrived in the theater and thought the scene that was happening on stage was genuine. She ran up on stage and asked Tyler "Tommy, how could you?!"

"Wait, wait, wait! Lindsay I can explain!" Tyler said in desperation.

"Don't bother!" Lindsay said with tears in her eyes. "It's obvious that you don't want to date me anymore, so fine! We're through!"

"I do want to date you!" Tyler insisted. "Jo means nothing to me, you are the only girl for me."

"We ask you to act out a Jyler fic, and then have Tyler choose Lindsay over Jo?!" Chef asked, thinking that what had just happened was part of the story. "You guys failed to understand this challenge, so you deserve a failing score: zero!"

Scott and Chris also gave that performance a zero. "Yep, you guys got no points. Pretty much guarantees that you lose the challenge." Chef told the Shipping Sailors. But at this point, the Sailors were focusing more on comforting a crying Lindsay and trying to explain what had happened wasn't real. Their efforts were in vain, and Lindsay continued to bawl.

During all this commotion Pablo sat down with his teammates. Duncan noticed this and said "There you are! Where did you go Pablo, our team was wondering where you were!"

"I noticed that Lindsay got separated from her team." Pablo told the delinquent. "So I tried my best to help her find her team."

"So that's why Lindsay interrupted her team's performance!" Realized Duncan. "It's a shame that you and Lindsay showed up at the wrong time."

Confessional:

Pablo: (He chuckles) More like showing up at exactly the right time! My plan worked out perfectly! Separate that brainless blonde from her teammates who could explain the situation to her, and then make sure that she arrives at the worst possible time. Then I sit back, let her stupidity cause her to jump to conclusions, and she ruins the challenge for the Shipping Sailors! Looks like the Sue Crew won't be losing tonight! (He pauses and after a beat, Pablo addresses what the viewers are thinking.) Yeah, I'm a schemer, but it's not like anybody here will find out! Look at me! I'm a pitiful poor boy with puppy dog eyes! I'm too pathetic and adorable to be mean, much less a threat.

The Sue Crew did an average job on the challenge. Bridgette did an excellent job acting, but Cameron, while improved from his last performance, was still not the most convincing actor. Chef gave them six points, Scott gave them four points, and Chris gave them seven points.

"OK Sue Crew, you get a combined total of seventeen points." Chef said. "A slightly mediocre score, but you're still safe from elimination, thanks to the Shipping Sailors bombing their performance." Pablo smirked mischievously at Chef's statement.

"And the winners of today's challenge are the Fanon Fixers! Enjoy your night on the town!"

Every member of the Fanon Fixers cheered for their victory. Jerome walked up to Heather and said "Hey, do you want to go with me and Harold to a restaurant to celebrate?"

Heather wore a huge smile as she responded "Yes!"

Eight of the nine members of the Fanon Fixers went into the winner's-sine for a night on the town. Harold, Heather, and Jerome went out to a BBQ restaurant to grab some grub. And in spite of Harold spending most of the night sharing numerous random facts about the history of BBQ sauce, Heather still had a great time. After all, she was practically on a date with Jerome.

Owen went to an "All-You-Can-Eat Buffet", and eventually got kicked out for eating everything they had. Leshawna went out to the club to dance, but she quickly got booted out from the club, because her dance moves are supposedly that terrible. Noah went to the library to read. Trent went to a coffee shop that had an open-mic night, and ended up performing. Anne Maria went to a beauty salon.

Sierra decided not to go into the city with the rest of her team, instead celebrating by watching a marathon of Total Drama World Tour at the Total Drama museum on the film lot. Pablo joined her, using this as an opportunity to study Alejandro's tactics.

The Shipping Sailors were at their second elimination ceremony in a row. Chef showed up on stage with the marshmallows. "OK ya'll let's get this over with. Cody, Courtney, Justin, and Tyler all get marshmallows."

Every contestant, sans Lindsay and Jo, received their marshmallows. "And the final marshmallow of the night goes to...

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Will someone get rid of this stack of periods?! No need to build suspense, the readers all know that Lindsay is the one who is getting voted off!"

Jo smirked as she caught the final marshmallow. Lindsay started to leave, but Tyler tried to talk to her "I'm sorry Linds. I didn't vote for ya! I voted for Jo!"

"Why would you vote for your new girlfriend?" Lindsay sneered at Tyler.

"I keep trying to tell you! We are not dating! Everything you saw was just pretend for today's challenge!"

Lindsay rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right. You can't trick me with your lies Bartholomew; I'm not an idiot!"

Tyler got really mad at Lindsay completely failing to get his name right and snapped "Not an idiot? Not an Idiot?! Yes you are! First off, my name isn't Tyson, Taylor, Timothy, Tommy, or Bartholomew! It's Tyler! It's a two syllable name that should be easy to remember! But apparently it's tough, considering that fact that even after we dated on Total Drama Island, you forgot that I existed for an entire year!! You are the BIGGEST idiot I have ever met!"

Everybody was shocked at Tyler's outburst, but none more than Lindsay, who started shedding tears again. Tyler calmed down a bit and realized that he went way too far! "Lindsay I'm sorr-"

Tyler's apology was cut off by a slap to his face, delivered by Lindsay. She then told Tyler "Well, if you hate me so much, it's a good thing we are breaking up! Goodbye Tyler. I hope that I never see you again!"

Lindsay then left the theater crying. Tyler then turned to his teammates, and saw Cody, Courtney, and Justin glaring at him. "Look guys.."

"Not cool Tyler!" Cody said. "You shouldn't have hurt Lindsay's feelings like that!"

Courtney agreed and added "Even at my worst, I was never that cruel to Lindsay!"

"Look guys, I'm sorry!" Tyler tried to convince them, but Cody, Courtney, and Justin ignored the clumsy jock, and headed out of the theater.

As Lindsay entered the Lame-o-sine, Pablo was hiding behind a bush, watching her exit the show for good. The Brazilian was snickering to himself.

Confessional:

Pablo: Do I feel bad that Lindsay got eliminated? (Pablo then delivers a nasty laugh) Are you kidding?! She doesn't need the prize money! None of these spoiled teens do. They already have plenty, and they don't even realize it! But I have spent my entire life in the slums, struggling everyday just to survive. I need that money more than anybody else, thus I will do anything to win it.

Author Note:

[1] The inspiration for Jerome's BBQ sauce obsession came from The Cheesebub's fan-fic: Total Drama Returns, in which Geoff has a hilarious obsession with breakfast cereals, which was partially inspired by the author's love of cereal. In the same way, I also love BBQ sauce, and putting it on everything from sandwiches to tacos. Everything that Jerome said about BBQ sauce in this chapter is exactly what I think about it.

Elimination Order: Izzy, Lindsay.

Remaining Contestants:

The Fanon Fixers: Anne Maria, Heather, Harold, Jerome, Leshawna, Noah, Owen, Sierra, Trent.

The Sue Crew: Bridgette, Cameron, Duncan, Gwen, Mike, Pablo, Viktoriya, Zoey.

The Shipping Sailors: Cody, Courtney, Jo, Justin, Tyler.

So that's the end of episode two! A real downer ending huh?

That's right readers! Pablo is actually the main antagonist of this story! A shocker right! Writing Pablo's reveal was one of the most difficult things to write for this story. On one hand, I wanted to introduce Pablo like he was last person on the earth who would be a villain. But if I wrote Pablo as a goody-goody and then all of a sudden revealed him to be evil, then it would feel like a random plot twist that I pulled out of my hind-quarters. So I tried to put in some subtle foreshadowing that there was more to Pablo than meets the eye. While a few of my readers have been mildly suspicious of Pablo, I'm still hoping that this plot-twist will surprise you. Also, what do you think of Pablo as a villain? Let me know in your review!

Also, The way I broke up Lindsay and Tyler almost makes me feel like a hypocrite, since one of my least favorite parts of Total Drama is the way they break up couples just because the executives think that stable relationships are a terrible thing to show kids. Nonetheless, I came up with almost everything that happened to the Shipping Sailors (The Jyler challenge, Lindsay mistaking Jo and Tyler for a real couple, Lindsay getting voted off, Tyler snapping at Lindsay, and them breaking up) really early on when I was planning this story. And one of the reasons I did it is that one thing I want the characters in this story to learn is that couples aren't always going to get along; but getting in one argument is not a valid reason to end a relationship. As long as humans live under the sun, they will not be perfect, so you should learn to be patient and forgiving with your boyfriend/girlfriend.

Also, I'm not trying to make Tyler a big jerk in this story; but I wanted to explore what it would be like to be with a girlfriend who just couldn't remember you. I would imagine it would be really frustrating. But Tyler isn't going to become a jerk. On the contrary, he's going to work hard to set things right.

Woo! That was yet another long chapter! I didn't focus as much on the Crack-Pairing challenge, because I felt that the character interactions and plot developments were more important, hence their greater focus. Luckily, in the next episode, the challenge will receive much greater focus.

And before I sign off, I have one more thing to say; Trying to write in Anne Maria's New Jersey accent is almost impossible.

Next Time on Total Drama Fan-Fiction Theater: The drama keeps on coming! The strain on the Gwuncan relationship increases when Duncan starts to take an interest in one of his female teammates! Meanwhile, Pablo starts to target the Fanon Fixers, and Tyler makes an unlikely friend when all the others are still mad at him! And to top it all off, we're taking a page out of numerous fan-fics and bringing back the paintball challenge! Tune in next time for more humor, drama, and romance!