Total Drama Official Amino

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Community
Name: Total Drama Official
Date(s): Founded in May 2017
Moderator: Luminaryyyyyy, aka Jackie, (formerly, appointed head mod when Cindy stepped down in August 2021)[1]
Evan Teruhashi, aka Evan, (current, appointed head mod when Jackie stepped down in October 2023)[2]
Founder: cindywuzheer, aka Cindy
Type: Amino Community
Fandom: Total Drama
URL: Homepage on Amino, Archived version
Total Drama Official's logo, though on Amino itself, this is often replaced with fan-contributed edits of it.
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Total Drama Official is a popular Amino community for Total Drama fandom. It also has an official Instagram account.[3] [Unable to archive] As of December 2023, it has nearly 15,000 members and is the largest community for Total Drama on the platform. Although most of these members are inactive, the community is home to many fanartists, fanfic authors and roleplayers. Many members participate in Art Fight as well, and/or are fans of Danganronpa, seen when an April Fools joke by head mod Jackie in 2022 had Junko Enoshima temporarily take over the community.[4]

Before Total Drama Official was founded, there was another popular Total Drama community on Amino for the series, but a lack of moderation on the former led to Total Drama Official being created.

Total Drama Official has many challenges and contests for its members. It's recommend all new users use the links in TD Amino Important Links, Archived version to get started with the community.

Total Drama Official also has a yearly Gift Exchange called Total Drama Official Amino Winter Exchange.

History

How I became a leader

I joined the old Amino on January 2017. I quickly got adapted to it because I loved the show, I loved making posts, and I got into roleplay. I made some great friends and quickly became a part of the community.

There were many trolls and bullies on the old amino with no management team to help us. Frozenlake recruited an unofficial management team. And she recruited me as a curator. I was honoured because I didn't have a management team status on any community at the time. So I was glad that somebody had noticed me.

We had even more trolls and bullies, and the rest of the management team and I tried to handle them. After a while, I was noted for how well I handled things and how much the community seemed to enjoy my presence. I was promoted to unofficial leader.

It came time that the old community wasn't working out too well. The management team and the other members had spent too much time trying to stop all the drama. The off topic content. The rule breakers. The trolls. And the fact that we could do nothing about it. We created a new community, this community. Where our statuses, like my leader status, became official.

After Frozenlake resigned, I ended up being promoted to Agent Leader because I was the most contributing leader at the time.[5]

cindywuzheer, aka Cindy

Contests

Side Bar Contest Winners from September to December 2018.

Side Bar Contest

The side bar contest is a monthly contest for artists on the amino to have their art featured as the background of the side panel navigation and the launch image for all members to see.

Each month has a theme tied to it, and users participating must draw a piece of Total Drama Fan Art pertaining to that theme.

Their art will be shown on the side bar for the full month, and allow our Amino to get festive with the month![6]

Total Drama Official Amino community

A list of many Side Bar Contest winners can be found on the Total Drama Official Amino here, Archived version.

Edited Icon Contest

Edited Icon Contest winner Music by Pip for November 2021.
Edited Icon Contest winner Steampunk by Sasha for March 2022.
Every month, alongside the Side Bar Contest, we have a contest in which you, as members of the Amino, will edit our TD Amino icon upon a theme we give you. And the winner will be able to have their icon as the face of the Amino for the whole month![7]

Total Drama Official Instagram page

A list of many Edited Icon Contest winners can be found on the Total Drama Official Amino here, Archived version.

Themed Fanfic Contest

This contest was created by SD, leader of the fanfiction committee on this Amino.

The Themed Fanfic Contest is a contest in which each month of this Amino is given a theme. And users who choose to participate will write their own fanfiction based upon the theme of the month.

{Ex: If the theme were to be summer, users can write a fanfic of TD characters spending a day at the beach or going to a summer carnival.[8]

Total Drama Official Instagram page

A list of many Edited Icon Contest winners can be found on the Total Drama Official Amino here, Archived version.

Winning Fanfics

Challenges

Ship of the Week

See Total Drama Official Amino Ship of the Week for more information.

Character Of The Week

Character of the Week is a weekly contest on this amino where a Total Drama character is chosen by the Management Team through a randomizer.

This contest took place from April 2019-January 2021 until all the characters had their own special week.

Users can then submit blogs related to this character. It can be fan art, fan edits, fan fiction, blogs, theories, quizzes, anything you want! As long as it is related to the character of course. Entries must be submitted under the hashtag #CharacteroftheWeek

The Management Team at the end of the week votes on the best entry and that person will be crowned winner! And be able to receive prizes.[9]

Total Drama Official Amino community

A list of many works created for Character Of The Week can be found on the Total Drama Official Amino here, Archived version.

Seasonal Challenges

Challenges for special days throughout the year.

They are compiled and linked here so if you wish to refer back to one or do one, you may do so.

These were released on certain days, but you are free to do them whenever you wish. Some were judged challenges but some were not.[10]

Total Drama Official Amino community

A list of many works created for Seasonal Challenges can be found on the Total Drama Official Amino here, Archived version.

References/Further Reading