User blog:Mroddy/The Cast of Eclipse: An Overview

Hello! With Eclipse off to a great start, but also basically reusing all characters from past stories, I figured it wouldn’t be fair to make everyone read the entire Seasons chronicles. Instead I’ve made this very - VERY. Brief rundown of the Eclipse cast to try and ease the transition into the latest story!

Total Drama Frozen
Frozen’s biggest story was Jade’s (and Ivy’s). While the former doesn’t make an appearance, I think her story had lasting consequences for the rest fo the cast moving forward.

When Frozen started, Jade was Ivy’s sidekick - and Ivy was essentially Heather, down to the letter. But as eliminations went on, Jade started to transform, she picked up traits of the eliminated campers and truly became a monster. Jade betrays Ivy, by reading out her diary, where she talks about being Heather’s biggest fan, and how Jade’s been helping her plan out the eliminations. This is when Jade realizes that she doesn’t need Ivy, and that Jade is capable of winning all on her own.

Although Jade wasn’t on her own, she had Britt. With Britt by her side, the pair went on a winning spree. Britt being oblivious to all of Jade’s actions, including when she almost killed him to win a challenge. This spurred, Ivy, Rosalie and Lexi to form the Holy Trinity in an attempt to remove Jade from the competition - at the final 5 they finally completed their task.

With Britt, Ivy and Rosalie being the final 3, where Ivy ends up eliminating herself in order to spend time with her hero, Heather (and Damien.). Britt’s ex, Hannah and former friend Saber, team up in order to ensure Britt doesn’t win in the finale, and Rosalie is crowned the winner as the geeksquad sabotage the brit. Unfortunately, in a freak turn of events the prize money is lost.

Andre -
Andre was the first boot from Frozen, so not much can really be said about him. But Andre would find his way into Dania’s heart this season. During the aftermath, it’s revealed that Dania’s father doesn’t approve of Dania dating the “loser”. Andre is one of the four campers kidnapped for the sequel, Tides.

Kaleb -
Being the second boot, Kaleb is also a minor blip on the seasons timeline. Being eliminated for being rather annoying. He briefly worked with Vishal, who was just using him for a vote, and who Vishal dropped once he realized there was no saving Kaleb. During the aftermath, Kaleb is shown to have the happiest ending. Having gone on to become a minor Youtube sensation.

Dania -
Dania was the third boot, but also the first boot that gave people faith in my story. Dania was set up to be the winner, except as you can tell that clearly never happened. She had a fierce rivalry with Ivy, neither girl getting along. It was the rivalry that costs the team the challenge, and sends her home. During the eliminated camper chapters, we see Dania forgive Ivy, and act as one of her supporters when no one believes in her.

Emmett -
This is me realizing I basically brought back all of the early boots from Frozen… Emmett’s story in Frozen revolved around dating Rosalie - and then getting eliminated by his then-girlfriend. It’s with that pity, that Canada voted him into the sequel, Tides.

Hannah -
Another early boot… Hannah was Britt’s first girlfriend, and a member of the three musketeers (with Britt & Saber). However she gets feelings for Saber and starts to see him instead of Britt. Neither willing to take the blame, Hannah and Saber blame Britt for cheating on her, gaining the support of her team. This sparks the season long feud between them and Britt. However in a turn of events Hannah ends up eliminated, for being the weakest member of the team. During the aftermath it’s revealed that she and Saber were voted Canada’s most hated couple, and that the pair had broken up post-Frozen. Like Andre and Emmett, she returns for Tides.

Twilight -
This one is a little easier to explain. Twilight’s story revolved around Santa’s Elf… Frosty. I was much younger when i wrote this story don’t hate me. And her relationship with Frosty. The pair would end up leaving with Santa in the Christmas special. During the finale we see her with Frosty in the North Pole.

Vishal -
Vishal’s major interactions were actually with campers not in Eclipse. But his story revolved around getting close to people, treating them like a part of the team, and then using them to push himself forward. He was one of the bigger reasons the Britt/Saber feud went on as long as it did. Eventually people realized his tricks and he was eliminated post-merge.

Ivy -
Her story is summed up nicely above. She went from the villain to the bullied, to a hero with the Holy Trinity. She even found a boyfriend in Mitchel.

Rosalie -
The winner of Frozen. Rosalie’s story is about her losing her friends. Everytime she got close to someone they’d end up leaving her and getting eliminated. While she has a story with Emmett also, it’s minor on her end since she outlasts her boyfriend significantly. Another storyline for Rosalie was her skin condition/vampirism - who knows which! Rosalie acts and behaves much like a vampire would, and this is why Saber becomes so interested in her. With Rosalie winning the story was to show how an ordinary girl could win, you don’t need to be special at all. Which is lowkey ironic but y’know whatever. During the aftermath we learn that Rosalie making it further than Emmett was put a strain on their relationship, with the media calling Emmett the wife in the relationship.

Total Drama Tides
Even explaining this is making me annoyed. One of the biggest reasons I’d recommend not reading Tides is the entire ~Floria~ plot but that is what it is.

Tides had a lot going on, so even trying to explain the overall story is difficult. But one of the biggest story lines was the story of Floria - and Zaina. It turns out Zaina was actually a long lost princess of this small kingdom in the middle of butt-fuck no where. And so we watch as Zaina discovers her past with the help of her team - who all have connections to Floria in some way. We see Zaina meet her birth mother, the Queen of Floria, and become the crowned princess of Floria.

It should be noted that this is also Zac’s first season hosting (along side intern Mana, and temp.co-hostess Rhonda.). And Zac doesn’t hold back, His challenges include active volcanoes, pirates… the navy… more pirates… stealing, a lot of stealing. In general his challenges managed to make the inhabitants of the Forgotten Sea very upset with him. That coupled with Damien, Heather’s younger brother who is on the show with the sole purpose of destorying it for ruining his sister, and Freya (Zaina’s mother) who is upset with how weak Zaina seems to be because of the show, and Mother (the evil pirate captain), who blames the show for constantly getting in her way, means Zac has made a very powerful group of enemies. With Damien’s return to the competition, after joining Mother and Freya the show faces more pirates than ever before. Leading the dramatic finale, where Zac is kidnapped, and the finalist have to return to Floria, to stop Mother from taking over, and rescue the host.

Asides from that… interesting plot line there’s still a lot going on with the characters individually, which make Tides super interesting, but the complex nature of Floria is definitely a possible turn off.

Tides is also the first true entry in the Twinverse story. With both myself and Rhonda being fans of each others work, we ended up combining them into a giant twinverse. Hence Rhonda being on Tides before running off (literally) to host Genesis. This starts a number of references to each other's work, and of course the HUGE collab chapter.

Blake -
The first boot in Tides. His rivalry with the American Colin, and his very close bromance with Sam made him a target when his team mistook him for being gay and in an actual relationship with Sam. #Powercouple alert? Surprise surprise, Blake isn’t gay. During the elimination chapters we see Blake, Colin and Grayson become closer.

Emmett -
Ok, so Emmett was an early boot. Again. This time though, he was the captain of his very own team. His leadership style was very different than that of the other veterans, with Emmett being forceful, and commanding. He knew what it took to win, and he wanted to ensure his team won. And win, they did, going on a winning spree until his elimination. His biggest feud was with Youri, another sailor on his team looking to prove his masculinity. After winning the challenge, Emmett realizes that he doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone, but Youri will never learn to be happy with himself if he was still there, so Emmett eliminates himself. During the elimination chapters, we see Emmett discover that instead of supporting him during Tides, Rosalie went off to compete on Twin It. Frustrated he attempts to call her to break up with her, but is forced to leave a voicemail. With Rhonda’s support, Emmett and Angel begin to date.

Angel -
Another early boot from Emmett’s team. Angel’s story revolved around Malia mostly. Her much more sheltered friend, especially when compared to the crazy personality of Angel. Angel’s take on love, and her former relationship with celebrity Cody Simpson, raises on a lot of red flags for her teammates who worry she might be giving Malia some bad advice, or lying to her about herself. When Angel is eliminated it’s revealed that she wasn’t lying and in fact that she had broken up with Cody because she wasn’t able to be herself around him. During the aftermaths we see and Emmett begin to date.

Fleur -
Yet another pre-merge boot. And one I almost got murdered for. Fleur was an angel (not Angel) but an angel. She was the glue that brought her team together, and the center of a love… web, unknowingly. While being super sweet, we also see Fleur lie and scheme when it suits her. When the other teams had the chance to vote her off, she was eliminated. Leaving heartbreak for her entire team - they would spend an entire chapter mourning her loss. In the finale we see Fleur finally dating Colin.

Hannah -
At least she made the merge this time? Hannah took the least captain-liek role of all of the vets. Mostly letting her team run free with their hormones. Hence the large majority of internal conflicts over who is crushing on who. She had an intense rivalry with Sam while the pair fought over Colin, and then she teamed up with Sam to get Colin jealous by dating, which didn’t work because Colin was busy with Fleur, so they end up teaming up to destroy Fleur. Which also doesn’t work because Fleur is too precious. Hannah’s story, much like Zaina, and Emmett before he ends when she realizes she can do something good if she eliminates herself. In Hannah’s case she gave Grayson and Sam another chance to work through their relationship troubles.

Grayson -
So Grayson may have been eliminated directly after Hannah, so her sacrifice may have been in vain. Grayson’s story was one of the bigger ones in Tides IMO. He came in dating Kimmi, and then cheating on her with Cherry… Only for it to be revealed that he was gay the entire time! Queue Sam/Grayson romance. Followed by heartbreak when we learn that Sam actually has a fiance out there. Queue Hannah’s elimination. And it all comes to a dramatic conclusion when Sam sees Grayson kissing a pirate (who was totes kissing him btw!) In the last moments when Grayson is about to forgive Sam for not telling him about his fiance, Sam knocks grayson out with a paddle - eliminating him. But all is not lost! During the aftermaths we see Blake convince Grayson to fight for Sam, and to find his fiance. And in the finale, we watch as Grayson makes the sweetest apology, only for Sam to reject it…. But don’t worry after Sam is humiliated by losing in the finale, we see Sam ask grayson out on a real date, one without cameras.

Andre -
The person who most thought I would bring to the finale. But no, Andre placed 7th. Making him the last remaining veteran in Tides. Andre’s story in Tides was about him learning to believe in himself, and his own abilities. He was told he can’t date Dania, so he fought tooth and nail to make it… to 7th place where he was eliminated for being a social, and challenge threat. Cherry however manages to convince him that it’s a good thing, and that he needs to stop moping around like a lost puppy dog.

Damien -
Vomit. Damien fun fact is one of my least favorite characters in all of Seasons! (and yet I brought him back??) Anywho. Damien came to Tides to seek vengeance on Total Drama. And he does that by almost getting his fellow competitors killer, kidnapped, drowned.. Burnt alive…. He was a very busy man, although all of that was Mother’s doing. When the loved ones come to visit, heather sets him straight, and tells him that the show can’t make you look like something unless you give them a reason, and that right now Damien looks like a villain. With that in mind, Damien spends the remaining time trying to change his ways.

Alfie -
So… Alfie has a girlfriend, Trixie. Yeah, that’s not complicated at all. Except he also has a candy addiction… Still not so bad, right? You’re still following. Well, he and Trixie were on and off again… A lot (thanks Cherry.) Which made Alfie feel really insecure about himself… Which led Alfie to drinking a lot of water from the Forget-Me-Not-Lagoon… Which made him lost a lot of his memories. Including that of basically everyone around him, including his girlfriend, so he eliminates her. In the penultimate challenge, when the sailors are faced with statues of the eliminated sailors, Alfie is unable to complete the challenge when he’s faced with statues of people who he can’t remember. Luckily for Alfie he remembers Grayson (IDK why) and Weston! The now-detective from the crossover chapter!

Cherry -
The winner of Tides. Cherry was actually eliminated very early on, but then returned at the merge. Cherry was eliminated during the Incan chapter, and managed to convince them that she was their goddess. And proceeded to make them into her army, where she created a coffee chain. (I’m not kidding, this actually happened.) That’s when her story really started to take place. She formed the Unholy Trinity, with Damien and Yasmin, and causes chaos wherever she went. She turned Malia from a sweet girl to a carbon copy of herself. She pulled Alfie from Trixie. Put doubt into Andre’s heart. Sadly though, her alliance was just terrible at the game. Cherry would go on, surprisingly, and most likely by pure luck to make it to the finals without winning a single challenge. Her closest ally, and friend being Sam, who was also an outcast.

During the final arc of the story we see Cherry prove she isn’t completely selfish. We see her bond with Trixie, and forces Trixie to see that she’s the selfish one, she gives hope back to Andre, she gives Sam a friend, she even saves Alfie and Viola! All the while we learn about her sister, Strawberry, who her parents adore, and constantly compare Cherry to. During the finale when she was ready to give up, her team comes in to support her, and cheer her on. She realizes that she doesn’t have to be the best to win, she just needs to try, and since Viola/Sam are busy fighting each other she takes an early lead. Using her own skills and talents, Cherry makes it to the last stage of the finale, where Viola trips her. Giving Sam the lead, sadly though, Sam picks the wrong person to rescue, saving Rhonda instead of Zac because Sam is BLIND apparently?! Giving Cherry just enough time to save Zac, and win Total Drama Tides. Shocking everyone, including herself, in her victory speech she reveals that Strawberry was in fact Strawberry Shortcake, the cartoon character

Twin It to Win it
Not much to say about this since… It’s still not fully written but it does have some consequences for Eclipse so here goes nothing! (the character bios are in no particular order.)

Dania -
Competing with the very man who forbids her relationship with Andre. Dania works hard to convince her father that Andre isn’t bad, and that she is deserving of his love. In the end she manages to convince him, and she moves on to date, and tour with Andre after Twin It.

Twilight -
Sad life for Twilight. She and Frosty are now on the run from the big man himself, after he discovers that Twilight isn’t an elf. (Apparently he’s a little slow because it’s not like she’s been there for months or anything?) Anywhom, in the end Twilight sees how lost Frosty is without the North Pole. They break up, and Twilight is left confused in what she’s meant to believe in.

Rosalie -
Rosalie competes with Cristen, her sister… of sorts. And she shows why she won Frozen in the first place. She’s a competitor, and she’s here to stay.

Other
Some characters end up popping up in the Twinverse, and actually end up on Eclipse anyways so here they are….

Fynn -
Fynn is Sam’s younger brother. We see him during a couple of aftermaths in Tides. He’s a surfer kid, who has a tendency to lose his clothes….

Payton -
Grayson’s twin (younger) sister. We see her during an aftermath in Tides where she argues with her parents about Sam’s and Grayson’s relationship. Payton is a reporter, and lowkey social warrior. She fights for what she believes is right, and doesn’t stand for things that aren’t. She carries her camera with her everywhere for more reasons than you think ;)

Weston -
The other twin from Genesis! I love Weston, so it’s no doubt he would appear in Eclipse. Weston learnt to be himself and jump out of Easton’s shadow during Total Drama Genesis. He starts to date Cynthia, and finds his calling to become a detective! During the crossover, he and Alfie become SUPER close. And in the finale of Tides, we learn that Alfie still remembers Weston, of all people.

Isabella -
Yes. Isabella, from Total Drama Lakeside has a second shot at the prize on Eclipse. She ends up on the campus after Total Drama Lakeside, thinking it’s the afterparty, luckily for us it’s not and she joins the Eclipse cast!

Fin
Not Fynn, the stripper surfer dude. But fin, as in I’m finished. There’s still two more character who you’ll get to meet during Eclipse, and I can’t wait for you to! They’re created by Mana and Rhonda so you know they’re going to be interesting!

But that’s all you need to know, I think in order to read Eclipse. The first chapter is already up, and I think it lowkey introduces everyone in a fun and creative way that should help you get to know the characters anyways. I hope you enjoy, because this season is going to be great!