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In Between Seasons (Total Drama Pop Culture)

So, after the Total Drama World Tour, the contestants have a two-year wait before the next season is aired, allowing them to recover from injuries (Alejandro) and focus on graduating High School. So here's a bit of slice-of-life from now and then, plus some highlights of their motivations for coming back on the show.

Chris has been cashing in on his status as Total Drama host, making guest star appearances on shows and even movies

Noah has returned to working as his personal assistant since Chris can’t find anyone more organized and amusing than him, kinda grown a soft spot for the boy and asks him to take care of himself. When he doesn’t seem to be acknowledging his health, Chris calls up Eva, Izzy, and Owen to do it for him, even paying them a little side cash to do it. With the paychecks Chris gives them, they are all able to go to secondary school after they graduate.

Thanks to Chris looking out for Noah, Team E-scope is back in action with Owen hanging out with them (Izzy jokes Owen’s like their loveable mascot). They regularly hang out when Noah goes for his lunch break (and they go to a cafe/fast food joint) or when Izzy isn’t on set for filming. They catch movies together, go to open parks to be able to freely mess around, and even go to the library (Eva tricks Noah into getting stronger by making him carry all these big books she’s gonna “check out” from the library)

Yes, Owen and Izzy are a couple (Only after Noah lectured Izzy about being a good girlfriend to Owen, he knows that she is sane and only undermined her in front of Alejandro so he wouldn’t see her as a threat or a pawn for the eel [but Izzy ended up leaving the game early again] and because he didn’t like Owen being treated poorly (even if it was for the sake of her game strategy), he’s all for her messing with all non-Team E-scope)

Also, they get Owen unhypnotized so the word “Revenge” doesn’t affect him anymore

Heather, Sierra, and Cody hang out together after the show much to everyone’s surprise. With Heather’s help, Sierra calms down on her fangirl over the cast saying she’s part of them now and friends with them like her friends from school which helps Sierra see them as normal people at least enough that she is like them. Heather also hangs out with them more than her “friends” she made when she was in school (since Sierra and Cody are genuine people).

Cody does hangout with the Drama Brothers, making songs with them still, but takes more hands off the fan interactions as he doesn’t want another crazed fan, and he doesn’t show his face anymore, opting to edit music videos with Sierra

Heather is a little bit distraught that Alejandro never contacted her after the show, not knowing that he was unable to due to being hospitalized

Sierra left her fan blog on hiatus since she’s now enjoying living the moment with her friends from the show, and while she still keeps up to date with them, she keeps it to herself, going on to have new hyperfixations on things like Doctor Who and musical theatre (You know she gets Heather into the musical Heathers)

Duncan is back in juvie and Gwen writes him letters about home, how school’s going, and how she misses him. She also writes in the details of how she crashed her prom, Duncan writes back he wishes he could’ve crashed it with her. He also brings up in his letter about this new runner of juvie, Mal, who has given him some ideas of how to mess with the other contestants once they go back on the show. Gwen just admits she hopes she’s able to win so she can go to art school without having to worry about Student loans

It’s a long-distance relationship, and they think it’s working but once they see each other again they both expect different things of the other only for it to fall apart (which sets up the fuel for the fire when Courtney drama happens)

Leshawna is grasping for straws for fame, feeling like fans are forgetting about her, going as far as making her own rap videos with her gal pals back home who are doing it with her to get famous themselves, however, it kinda goes nowhere once her pals get noticed and they leave her behind for pursuit of their upcoming career. She calls up Harold when she’s down (they are also long distance), and he brings her back up, she thanks him, saying she appreciates him and how she can always count on him. She asks Harold to be her date to her prom which he happily agrees to, and even if she doesn’t have anyone there who supports her, Harold is all she needs that night

Harold is doing alright, the Drama Brothers are kinda divided, Trent and Cody are taking a faceless approach to their name while Harold and Justin stay on the covers and music videos. He’s the one who helps Trent compose the music files together and then sends them to Cody. He’s a little burnt out from all the work being the middle man (and Justin’s not helping) and he misses seeing Leshawna since she’s the only girl who liked him while he was nerdy, so he’s ready to get on the next season since he’ll get to see her again and not have to worry about working on a computer all day, also he wants to stick it to Alejandro

Ezekiel made such a stellar performance for acting like a feral creature on the show that he’s been scouted for other various feral roles. Giving great performances for each, but he is beginning to get tired of constantly getting the same archetype and wants something else so he thinks the next season will be his chance to showcase what else he can do

Tyler and Lindsay are a celebrity couple now, both appearing in magazines and modelling for big fashion designers. They go on double dates with Beth and her boyfriend. They talk about old times (TDI) and how they miss being on the show together, Beth mentions she would like to spend time with some of the cast members again as she doesn’t get to interact with them as much as she’d want to on the Aftermath. Once they find out it’s gonna be about Pop Culture, they all double down on wanting to be on the next show

Geoff and Bridgette are doing great, Bridgette has sorta moved on from the show busi, focusing on school (and she gets that scholarship) and having a great time doing sports. Geoff on the other hand is cashing it in on his time for hosting the Aftermath, taking up gigs for hosting other shows or guest star appearances, at least until he messes up big time and blows up a set, costing a studio big money and gets fired, hence fueling his desire to be a contestant on the next season

DJ is not having the best time, he still believes he got the animal curse, but thanks to Geoff, he got a few gigs to at least have some money to make sure he and his mama are living in an apartment (unfortunately a lot of those minor roles for horror movies where he gets no memo it is a horror movie until the horror is playing out in the scene and he screams bloody murder, money’s too good to deny it tho) He just hopes he actually makes it this season though, and he trains a bit since the only reason he ever gets out is because of the challenges and not the voting

Courtney is a complete social mess. She’s graduated and moving on to Law school, but oh is she isolated. She trusts no one but herself to get where she wants to be, earning her scholarship through hard work and determination, her once school friends are all concerned and have tried to reach out to her but she pushes them away not trusting anyone. She finds herself dreaming about Alejandro since her lack of socializing with people and his sweet interactions with her cause these little fantasies to be created. She also has bad dreams about Duncan and Gwen from time to time. She regularly visits her therapist and it helps her keep level-headed enough to work and study just fine, but when she is advised to sit the next season out she storms out of the office, fuming that her therapist would even suggest the idea. She still has so much to prove and she’s not quitting until the million is hers!

Alejandro gets regular visits from his family (specifically his mama and Jose). His mother really helps him relax and eases him about all his worries, he feels like he’s healing faster when his mother is there. Jose, however, is nothing but a nuisance. His brother visits him to gloat at how he lost a million to a volcano, bringing up his most embarrassing moments on TV, and saying “Maybe I should’ve been on the show, I would’ve done so much better than you, Al.” all the while drinking in Alejandro’s rage. Alejandro is determined to win more than anything now to spite his brother.

Once it’s announced that Noah is on the next season (and Eva), the fandom blows up with those outside his fanbase betting when he’ll get eliminated, many pointing out how he is always the first to be voted out on his team (and they’re betting Eva will be an early boot too). So out of spite, goes up to Izzy, with Eva, and tells her they’re getting serious and making a game plan to get to the top 3. Izzy trains them with mini-challenges, making sure they’re good at it but making sure to scold them to not show off (Izzy tells Eva that even though she can’t hide her strength, she can hide other things aka taking team orders and not taking leadership since the “smart” players are gonna want to keep pawns to use). She tells them to look for loopholes and exploit them, bringing up how she exploited her Escope elimination. She also brings up a chart of alliances they’ll need to make, enemies to stay close (Heather and Alejandro are highlighted), and enemies they need to take out immediately (Leshawna, Beth, Duncan, Gwen, and Courtney are highlighted), she even lists each players’ strengths and weaknesses. Noah and Eva are surprised and impressed, they know she is smarter than she lets on and the crazy persona is nothing but an act, this just takes the cake with how much she strategizes and takes the game seriously, and they feel confident with their leader.

Also, Izzy is her real self around them (not crazy) since they’re not around the other contestants and away from the cameras. Izzy is aware that her biggest setback in her previous seasons was that she kept her smart strategy to herself and working solo hasn’t gotten her the million, hence why she is showing her genuine intellect self to Team E-scope, two heads are better than one and you always need brawn to go with the brain. With all three working together, she believes the million is guaranteed to be theirs, and they all agreed to split the money anyway

Chris notices Noah is fitter and him testing out small manipulations on his co-workers (who don’t realize), and knows something is up

To throw off everyone and their strategies, Chris introduces new contestants to the show

#morning reblog #total drama world tour #total drama #tdwt

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