User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Total Drama Boney Island Reunion/@comment-1153194-20100114235114

I thought about that when writing that scene, I think it's not a fear of getting near it. The incident I'm talking about was some bullies pushing him in the mud. He's not afraid of mud in the context of saving someone, though he didn't actually touch it, but the association of what happened to him. Now when writing that scene, I was trying to picture in my head if someone would associate mud with quicksand, and I also made sure he didn't use his hands to save her, but Tommy's belt.

Wow... I didn't realize how deeply I think about something seemingly minor... I kind of forgot about thinking of it like that, but it is true, and you helped me remember what I was thinking. Lol.