User blog:Sprinklemist/Main Story Six (and some other) Announcements. Opinions Wanted!

Story
Okay, so it's almost that time, again, for a new story page to go up once TD:TAS reaches the final five. I've had an idea for a little while, but I want to run it by my readers. I had a theme for the story that is sports/athletics based. I realize that not everyone likes that kind of thing, and while each contestant would have some sort of athletic ability, it won't be 20 jocks. They'll have other interests, as well, and ones I've thought up have some pretty interesting backgrounds. The cast will be diverse like any other cast.

The main way the story will be about sports is with the challenges. I'll try to cover all sorts of sports, but that doesn't mean that every challenge will be the contestants doing a sport. There are a few other challenge ideas that I've had that are sports related, but not actually a sport. Personally, I feel that my story's challenges are better when there's a theme. Total Drama Reality, Total Drama Wilderness, and Total Drama: The All-Stars all have themes with the challenges that didn't really effect the overall story, and it made it easier to come with challenges, as well.

The reason I'm asking for opinions on this, and even revealing it is to find out if this theme might alienate any readers who aren't exactly athletically inclined. I don't think it will, but I want to make sure. Let me know what you thik, and I'll see if I can adjust it.

Character Help
Another thing I need help with is deciding on which design to go with for a spot on the show. I have three options, and will give slight details as to what they would be like.



First, I showed a preview of this guy among my sketchbook sketches. His personality would be pretty friendly, and his main sport would be basketball. If he is chosen, I plan to make him leaner and taller, and his lips will be less round. He would be black (if that's not obvious), but there is another black male character planned, in case you planned to select him so the story has a black male.



I just randomly drew this guy, yesterday. His personality would be... Let's just say, he's really intimidating. He's unlike any character I've written before, but I don't want to reveal why. :P Anyway, his sport of choice is wrestling/weightlifting. Personally, this is the character idea I like most of the options, but since I'm going back and forth in trying to figure out which of these three to use, I thought I would open it up to the wiki.



This is the one that I've been planning on putting in the story the longest of these three. His sport of choice would be the manly track and field sports, shotput and discuss throw, as well as wrestling. He's a super friendly guy who cares very much about other people and their well-being. I don't know why I'm having second thoughts on him, as his idea is solid. I just feel like his image is my least favorite of the three, but that's just me.

Now, it doesn't matter who wins the poll, as in placement. It's not that they each fill the same role, but story-wise their plots would be similar-ish. Just pick the one you think sounds or looks most interesting.

Which character would you most like to see in the sixth story? The first option The second option The third option

Disclaimer: If I so choose, I could override the results of the poll if I see fit, or feel compelled to. While I doubt this will happen, I just want to put that out there, just in case.

Character Design
I like making my casts nice and diverse in appearance. While I feel I'm doing a pretty good job with what I've sketched so far, I was wondering if there were any sorts of looks you guys would like to see. It can be nearly anything, as I can give some sort of sport to nearly any body type. I'm wondering about things like clothes, head shapes, and hairstyles that you guys might like to see, as well as skin type/color in combination with certain things. Also stuff like facial features are welcome, too. Let me know if there is anything you guys want to see in that regard.

All-Stars 2
Now, after story six, I'm planning my second All-Star story. I want to know who you guys would like to see compete. Try to keep your choices limited to a few, and not a list of thirty or so. XD I want to start thinking about plots and such, so seeing who is wanted will help me out a little. This story will have four from each season (besides first all-stars), including the sixth main canon story. No All-Stars from the first all-star story will be included. This is to give other characters a chance to compete.

Okay, thanks for whatever you give an opinion on. XD