TOTAL DRAMA: THE VALDEZ ISLANDS

Hello, Hello!

Thank you all so much for the interest expressed in this story of mine! As an old fan of TD fanfics since my middle school years, I'm stoked to see that the community is still alive and well.

When logging into this old account of mine I saw that I had previously tried my hand at an original character story a few years ago during the height of the COVID Shutdown, back when I was an anxious wreck with too much free time in my hands and no motivation. Unfortunately I guess it was too much for me, so I never continued. To any of you who might have had a character in that old story, I do apologize sincerely. I hope to not make that same mistake with this story here. Now that I'm in a stable position and doing well, I'm finding my old love for reading and writing.

Anyways, enough of my lame backstory, let's get to what ya came here for. First off, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SENT IN A CHARACTER! Within hours of my first post, I received over a dozen different character submissions, and hours after that it was over 25. Absolutely bonkers. I genuinely was torn over who I should pick. So many different and interesting characters. I almost considered raising the amount of players I let in, but I stood firm and decided 16 was plenty for my first time back. I do apologize to those who didn't make it into the story, if o had the prowess and the time, I'd accept em all. Alas, I cannot. I hope you'll still take the chance to read this series anyways, if not, no tough feelings.

I really thought over this list. Before deciding, I had to really think about what kind of story I wanted to tell over the course of the season. Once I came up with a rough and then final outline, I looked over all characters and chose who I thought would best fit in and be able to tell the story.

And thus, I rounded out our cast and made the final call. Ladies and Gentlemen and those who don't conform to standard gender roles, I present the official cast list for THE VALDEZ ISLANDS!

-CONTESTANTS-

1. James Kane "The Biggest of Bros"

(EvilUno1999)

2. Norm Carert "The Catalyst "

(Tempokeep)

3. Chase Walker "The Perverted Thief"

(Ser Matten)

4. Samuel Dakota "The Gal Pal"

(Waking Bad)

5. Victor Edgars "The Stoic Strategist"

(Double-D 64)

6. Brandon Saratoga "The Shut In"

(Starksnowidc)

7. Emery Young "The Yo Yo Pro"

(KadachiNova)

8. Rival Seizon "The Selfless Vocalist"

(SinWriter7)

9. Skylar "Scout" Haneul "The Adventurous Storyteller" (The Feline Overlord)

10. Jackie Townsend "The Competitive Athlete"

(Thedragonrooster)

11. Amber Lynn Mackenzie "The Tik Tok Queen"

(masterofbum)

12. Taylor Kovalevsky "The Adrenaline Junkie"

(Ser Matten)

13. Samantha Dakota "The Tomboy"

(Waking Bad)

14. Sydney Chariot "The Delusional Magician"

(Ninjedi)

15. Hailey Fall "The Shy Martial Artist"

(Schyte)

16. Veronica Juarez "The Floater"

(Fair n Gold)

I tweaked a few stereotype descriptions but other than that, these characters were submitted by the wonderful Authors listed below their names.

Once again thank you to everyone who has taken time to view this and those who have submitted their OC's.

Expect a Prologue to come soon, if not this week then the next. Authors with characters in here, please keep an eye on your DMs, I will be in contact with any questions or comments.

Smell ya later,

Lorne