Heather (Total Drama)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Heather |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Alejandro (Total Drama) (lover) Sierra (Total Drama) (acquaintance) Cody (Total Drama) (acquaintance) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | |
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Heather is a contestant on Total Drama. She is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. As of October 2023, she is the sixth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah, Duncan, Courtney, Gwen and Alejandro. Other places where fandom lives place her on the same level of prominence.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
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Popular Tropes & Fanon
Lesbian!Heather and Model!Heather are common, though unwrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Heather with one or all of these attributes. For fanworks, Heather may be described as, "nice," or, "not so bad," in summaries, and some works portray her and Cody as step-siblings. Fanworks which portray them as step-siblings are almost always Cody & Heather.
In Total Roblox Drama, she is called Heavely. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame. Her appreciation days are November 15th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and March 31st (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List). Heather also won TD Tumblr, a character popularity contest, in 2015.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
Heather's Ethnicity
Heather's ethnicity has been implied to be Biracial on the show, being both White and East Asian. Japanese is her most common fanon ethnicity. Total Drama Comeback popularized this interpretation by giving her the Fanon Personal Name Kasuga, which spread throughout the fandom. Though, due to Fannish Drift, much of Total Drama fandom don't know that Comeback was where the name came from.
Fanartists may draw upon their ethnicity headcanons for visual motif.
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Relationships
Very Rough Estimation of Relationships with Heather in Fanworks on FanFiction.Net as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 1][Notes 2][Notes 3][Notes 4][Notes 5][Notes 6]
Relationships with Heather in Fanworks on Archive of Our Own as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 7]
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Heather is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | % on FFN[Notes 8] | % on AO3[Notes 8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro | Alejandro/Heather | Het | Aleheather | (Seen on its page.) | 26.5 | 24.6 |
| Alejandro | Alejandro & Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 9.0 | 5.4 |
| Sierra | Heather/Sierra | Femslash | Heatherra | (Seen on its page.) | 0 | 5.1 |
| Alejandro; Noah | Alejandro/Heather/Noah | Poly | Alenoaheather | (Seen on its page.) | 0 | 1.5 |
| Alejandro; Sierra | Alejandro/Heather/Sierra | Poly | n/a | Brings Sierra into Alejandro/Heather; Brings Alejandro into Heather/Sierra. | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay | Heather/Lindsay | Femslash | Leather; Heathsay | November 9th is Heathsay Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 2.0[Notes 9] | 3.2 |
| Lindsay | Heather & Lindsay | Gen | n/a | They had an alliance during Total Drama: Island (2007). | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Noah | Heather/Noah | Het | Noather | This ship has fallen out of popularity, but it was once Heather's most popular pairing on YouTube. | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Noah | Heather & Noah | Gen | n/a | In Total Drama's pitch, common fanon is that Word of God said these two were meant to be in an alliance. | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| Leshawna | Heather/Leshawna | Femslash | Lesheather | March 5th is Lesheather Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 0 | 0.8 |
| Justin | Heather/Justin | Het | Jeather; JustHer | Enemies to Lovers. Heather was the reason Justin got eliminated during Island. | 4.9 | 1.3 |
| Justin | Heather & Justin | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.2 | 0 |
| Gwen | Gwen/Heather | Femslash | Gweather | (Seen on its page.) | 3.3[Notes 10] | 3.6 |
| Gwen | Gwen & Heather | Gen | n/a | They are enemies on the show. | 6.5 | 1.1 |
| Courtney | Courtney & Heather | Gen | n/a | They are enemies on the show. | 5.1 | 2.4 |
| Duncan | Duncan & Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Duncan | Duncan/Heather | Het | Deather; Dunther | February 15th is Dunther Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 6.8 | 0 |
| Cody | Cody/Heather | Het | Codeather | Popular for Canon Divergence AUs of Total Drama: World Tour. | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| Cody | Cody & Heather | Gen | n/a | More common than their romantic interpretation. Some fans believe they are sibling-coded. | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Courtney | Courtney/Heather | Femslash | Heathney | (Seen on its page.) | 2.9[Notes 11] | 4.2 |
| Harold | Harold/Heather | Het | H-Bomb | Harold was the one contestant shown to not have any major issue with Heather by the end of Island. | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Harold | Harold & Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 0 | 1.4 |
| DJ | DJ/Heather | Het | DJeather(?) | Heather is shown to care for DJ in the show, a rarity for her. | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekiel | Ezekiel/Heather | Het | Heathekiel | Notably included in Total Drama Comeback. | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette/Heather | Femslash | Seastar | Both characters are associated with beaches. They do not like each other canonically. | 1.6[Notes 12] | 0.9 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette & Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 1.8 | 0 |
Example/Notable Fanac
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- tdi heatherxnoah, Archived version, a Heather/Noah community on Fanpop.
- TDI Heather, Archived version, a community for Heather on Fanpop.
- TDI DuncanxHeather, Archived version, a community for Duncan/Heather on Fanpop.
- Heathekiel-FC, Archived version, Prairie boy + Queen Bee = <3, a community for Ezekiel/Heather on DeviantArt.
- ProtectHeatherClub, Archived version, We ♥ The Queen Bee, a community for Heather on DeviantArt.
- TheHeatherShrine, Archived version, Just You Wait..., a community for Heather on DeviantArt.
- HeatherxLindsayFC, Archived version, HeatherxLindsay, a club for Lindsay/Heather on DeviantArt.
- DuncanxHeather-FC, Archived version, Queen Bee X Juvenile Delinquent, a club for Duncan/Heather on DeviantArt.
Collections
- The Jeather Compliation, [Unable to archive] a Heather/Justin fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net.
- For Heather, [Unable to archive] a Heather fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net. Featured are various pairings popular before the release of World Tour.
- The Mean Girl and The Wimp, [Unable to archive] a DJ/Heather fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Heather.
- Mirror's edge by VaultMan, Archived version, Heather crossed with Mirror's Edge.
- *SLLUUURRPPPPPPPP* by totallydramarific, Archived version, Heather drinking juice labeled, "join my alliance juice."
- See you never! by transtrent, Archived version, Heather with a modified outfit from canon with Beth, Justin, Gwen, Duncan, Cody, Lindsay, Leshawna and Trent, all of whom she targeted in the series for elimination. Leshawna is drawn with dreadlocks.
- Heather: TDI VaultMan's Pin-up Contest by blackdog393, Archived version, a pin-up for Heather which depicts her as a geisha.
General Fanworks
- Island of the Slaughtered.
- boring. by notevenmaybe (2013), a fanmix.
Meta
- Meta by cerendaroth, Archived version, showcasing a little-known character trait of Heather, comparing and contrasting Island and World Tour.
- Wow I'm watching this show and man I always forgot that Heather was racist..., Archived version, a discussion on Reddit regarding Heather's racism to Leshawna during Island. It was removed by Action, both because Heather was called out for this by other contestants and by Fresh TV to make the show more tolerable to all audiences. Fanworks often retcon this aspect of Heather if it takes place during Island.
- Heather's best character dynamics Part 1: Heather and Leshawna by beanoamy, Archived version, an essay on Reddit for Heather & Leshawna.
- Ranking The TDWT Characters Day 18(THE BIG ONE) by twofacedflyer, Archived version, an essay on Reddit for Heather.
- Lets start a war… by FTG227, Archived version, comparing Heather with Justin.
- Do people actually, like, hate Heather? by erikagada, Archived version, wondering if Heather is liked by Total Drama's fandom or not. It's spit in some fan-circles due to her actions.
- Heather's familial abuse/neglect: a much needed thread by screaminggaffer, Archived version, an analysis on Heather's home life.
Notes
- ^ Pie chart considers each relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values. Results obtained by searching for both characters tagged either under the "romance" category or excluding the "romance" category for Gen stats. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ Gwen/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Duncan or Alejandro
- ^ Courtney/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Duncan or Alejandro
- ^ Heather/Lindsay calculated by also excluding fics featuring Tyler or Alejandro
- ^ Bridgette/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Geoff or Alejandro
- ^ Gen for Chris McLean & any contestant in particular is rare on FFN so no interlink here on Fanlore
- ^ Pie chart considers each tagged relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ a b "0" does not necessarily mean the relationship is non-existent on the platform, just that it's not one of the character's top 20 tagged relationships/was otherwise not calculated.
- ^ Heather/Lindsay calculated by also excluding fics featuring Tyler or Alejandro
- ^ Gwen/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Duncan or Alejandro
- ^ Courtney/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Duncan or Alejandro
- ^ Bridgette/Heather calculated by also excluding fics featuring Geoff or Alejandro
References/Further Reading
- Heather on Total Drama Wiki
- Heather on the Shipping Wiki