Gwen (Total Drama)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gwen |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Trent (Total Drama) (ex) Courtney (Total Drama) (friend) Duncan (Total Drama) (ex) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | |
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Gwen 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 fourth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah, Duncan and Courtney. Other places where fandom lives place her on the same level of prominence.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Bisexual!Gwen
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Gwen with one or all of these attributes. Depressed!Gwen is also common, though unwrangled.
Gwen canonically has an unnamed brother. He may occasionally appear in fanworks. Kerplankk, a popular fanworker for Cody/Gwen, suggests the fanon first name Dax be used for him[1].
Gwen's Fanon Personal Name is often Ingrid. This comes from Total Drama Comeback, though Fannish Drift means much of Total Drama fandom do not know this is where the name came from. In Total Roblox Drama, she is called Gen. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame.
Her appreciation days are September 21st (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and May 1st (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
Gwanon
Gwanon is the fandom-given name to a persistent, well-known anonymous harasser and troll within the Total Drama fandom infamous for their passionate tirades against anyone they deem a "hater" of Gwen.
Relationships
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Gwen is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | Duncan/Gwen | Het | Gwuncan; DunGwen | (Seen on its page.) |
| Duncan | Duncan & Gwen | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Trent | Gwen/Trent | Het | Gwent | (Seen on its page.) |
| Trent | Gwen & Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a |
| Courtney | Courtney/Gwen | Femslash | Gwourtney; Courn; Gwentney | (Seen on its page.) |
| Courtney | Courtney & Gwen | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Courtney; Duncan | Courtney/Duncan/Gwen | Poly | Gwuncney | "Solves" the canonical love triangle. |
| Courtney; Trent | Courtney/Gwen/Trent | Poly | n/a | Brings Trent into Courtney/Gwen; Brings Courtney into Gwen/Trent. |
| Duncan; Trent | Duncan/Gwen/Trent | Poly | n/a | Brings Duncan into Gwen/Trent; Brings Trent into Gwen/Duncan. |
| Alejandro | Alejandro/Gwen | Het | Gwalejandro | Somewhat common for canon-divergence fanworks. |
| Alejandro | Alejandro & Gwen | Gen | n/a | n/a |
| Noah | Gwen/Noah | Het | Gwoah | Somewhat common for canon divergent AUs of World Tour. |
| Heather | Gwen/Heather | Femslash | Gweather | (Seen on its page.) |
| Noah | Gwen & Noah | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Cody | Cody/Gwen | Het | Gwody; Gody | (Seen on its page.) |
| Heather | Gwen & Heather | Gen | n/a | They are enemies on the show. |
| Cody | Cody & Gwen | Gen | n/a | (Seen on its page.) |
| Geoff | Geoff/Gwen | Het | Gweoff | In Total Drama's pitch, common fanon is Word of God said these two were meant to be a couple. |
| Geoff | Geoff & Gwen | Gen | n/a | n/a |
| Zoey | Gwen/Zoey | Femslash | Gwoey; Zwen | December 3rd is Gwoey Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. |
| Zoey | Gwen & Zoey | Gen | n/a | n/a |
| DJ | DJ/Gwen | Het | DJwen | (Seen on its page.) |
| Tyler | Gwen/Tyler | Het | Gwyler | Former TD BNF Winter-Rae popularized it with fans for some time. |
| Cameron | Cameron/Gwen | Het | Gwemeron | Teased during All-Stars. |
| Owen | Gwen & Owen | Gen | n/a | Both were finalists of Island and shared a duet in World Tour after Izzy broke up with Owen. |
| Lindsay | Gwen/Lindsay | Femslash | Gwendsay; Gwindsay | They were both on the Screaming Gophers team in Island. |
| Lindsay | Gwen & Lindsay | Gen | n/a | They are on good terms in canon. |
| Bridgette | Bridgette/Gwen | Femslash | Gwidgette | Opposites Attract. Gwen is goth while Bridgette is more outgoing and positive. |
| Leshawna | Gwen/Leshawna | Femslash | Gwenshawna | They are on good terms in canon. |
| a cactus | Gwen/Cactus | Cargo | Gwactus | Gwen hugged a cactus during World Tour. |
| Scott | Gwen/Scott | Het | Gwott | February 16th is Gwott Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. |
| Courtney, Heather | Courtney/Gwen/Heather | Poly | Gweathney | (Seen on its page.) |
Example/Notable Fanac
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- TDI's Gwen, Archived version, a community for Gwen on Fanpop.
- Gweoff-Club, Archived version, a community for Geoff/Gwen on DeviantArt.
- GwenxTyler-FC, Archived version, a community for Gwen/Tyler on DeviantArt.
Collections
- The Light within the Darkness: The Gwen Community, [Unable to archive] a collection for Gwen fanfiction on FanFiction.Net
General Fanworks
- DJ/Gwen in the Sims by hollowboobtheory, Archived version
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Gwen.
- lover by djsbunny, Archived version, Gwen/Zoey fanart. Both characters have different haircuts from canon in the drawing.
- Camp TV- The Diary thing by New-girl-in-town, Archived version, a Camp TV!AU, (Total Drama's pilot,) where Lindsay is the one to read Gwen's diary out loud instead of Heather.
- Iron Maiden by TaintedArtist, Archived version, Gwen dressed as Ashlotte from Soul Calibur 4.
- omgsomuchfanon by cococheese, Archived version, Geoff/Gwen, Duncan/Izzy and Courtney/Trent.
Fan Fiction
- Where The Line Blurs by SugarBones, Archived version, an English work-in-progress Heather/Gwen series.
- I'll See You Next Tuesday by rosey-sky, [Unable to archive] an English completed Alejandro/Gwen story with Duncan/Izzy as its second main pairing.
- In Your Arms Once More by Beyond The Horizon for Sakura Blossom Storm, Archived version, a Geoff/Gwen fic written for the 2011 Total Drama Fanfiction Exchange.
Fanvids
- untitled by weforgottyler, Archived version, a Geoff/Gwen fanvid set to an edited version of Bound 2 by Kanye West.
Fanmixes
- Prom Destroyer! by axdrxy (2013)
- weep for yourself by dockofkinkshame (2015)
- Gwen has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
Meta
- My UPDATED defences for Gwen in All-Stars... (NEW VERSION) by Particular_Being_269, Archived version, an essay on Reddit.
- so i have some theories by sapiosexualnoah, Archived version, an analysis on Gwen's outfit. Out of every Total Drama character, Gwen's outfit is the hardest to decipher due to the show's art style, leading to various different fan interpretations on what parts of the outfit are layered on top of one another.
- untitled by totaldramaworldtour, Archived version, where Gwen writes the opening of My Immortal in her diary.
Notes
References/Further Reading
- Gwen on Total Drama Wiki
- Gwen on the Shipping Wiki