Leshawna
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Leshawna or LeShawna |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Harold (Total Drama) (semi-canonical lover) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | |
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Leshawna is a contestant on Total Drama. Although she is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans, fanworks focusing mainly on her are uncommon.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Leshawna's Fanon Personal Name is often Olongola. 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 Leanna. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame.
Her appreciation days are January 13th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and January 29th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
Haute Camp-ture Original Script
Yeah. So in the original outline Leshawna gives her “invincibility” to Gwen thinking she’ll vote Heather off. In the end Gwen flops and votes Leshawana off. Heather says anyone who’d give their invincibility away deserves to lose. Heather wins. [Unable to archive]
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Relationships
Very Rough Estimation of Relationships with Leshawna in Fanworks on FanFiction.Net as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 1]
Relationships with Leshawna in Fanworks on Archive of Our Own as of April 10th, 2024.[Notes 2]
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Leshawna is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | % on FFN[Notes 3] | % on AO3[Notes 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold | Harold/Leshawna | Het | Lesharold; LeHarold | (Seen on its page.) | 15.3 | 26.3 |
| Harold | Harold & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | n/a | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| Harold; Heather | Harold/Heather/Leshawna | Poly | n/a | Brings Heather into Harold/Leshawna; Brings Harold into Heather/Leshawna. | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan | Duncan/Leshawna | Het | Ledunca | Former Total Drama BNF Winter-Rae liked this pairing and popularized it for a time. | 2.4 | 0 |
| Duncan | Duncan & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | They were both on the Screaming Gaffers team in Total Drama: Action. | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Heather | Heather/Leshawna | Femslash | Lesheather | March 5th is Lesheather Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 2.0[Notes 4] | 1.7 |
| Heather | Heather & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | Works may focus on their canonical rivalry. Others are enemies to lovers. | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Cody | Cody/Leshawna | Het | n/a | n/a | 4.8 | 0 |
| Cody | Cody & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | They were both on the Screaming Gophers team in Total Drama: Island (2007). | 2.0 | 0 |
| Gwen | Gwen/Leshawna | Femslash | Gwenshawna | Friends to Lovers. | 2.0[Notes 5] | 0.7 |
| Gwen | Gwen & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | They are good friends in canon, especially during Island. | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| Courtney | Courtney & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | They are enemies in canon. | 0 | 1.1 |
| Tyler | Leshawna & Tyler | Gen | n/a | They are seen competing in reality shows together during the Total Drama: Action special. | 0 | 0 |
| Trent | Leshawna/Trent | Het | n/a | On the show, these two are on alright terms. | 2.8 | 0 |
| Lindsay | Leshawna & Lindsay | Gen | n/a | On the show, these two are on good terms. | 0 | 0.9 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette & Leshawna | Gen | n/a | On the show, these two are on good terms. | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro | Alejandro/Leshawna | Het | Aleshawna | Alejandro successfully makes Leshawna develop a crush on him on the show. | 0 | 0 |
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- LeShawnaXDuncan-FC, Archived version, Proud LeDunca fans!, a community for Duncan/Leshawna on DeviantArt.
- TheLeShawnaShrine, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt for Leshawna.
- tdi leshawna, Archived version, a spot on Fanpop for Leshawna.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- Leshawna Ball OC.
- LeShawna, the Dreamgirl by Cid-Vicious, Archived version (2010)
- TikTok dragged me into Total Drama hell and I cannot escape! by anim-crim, Archived version (2023)
- wanted to do some ship art of these two! it’s so underrated 🫶 by mikatoonist, Archived version (2024), Gwen/Leshawna fanart.
- of course! looking back their interactions were so sweet ;-; by realitytvpros, Archived version (2020), Gwen/Leshawna fanart.
General Fanworks
Meta
- 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.
- In the original script of Haute Campture Gwen betrayed Leshawna by Stolen5487, Archived version, fans reacting on r/TotalDrama when Todd Kauffman told a fan about the original script for Haute Camp-ture.
- there’s a lot of leshawna hate going around and i guess i should shed some light for the ignrorant by hurricaneclouds, Archived version (2014)
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.
- ^ 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/Leshawna calculated by also excluding fics featuring Alejandro and Harold
- ^ Gwen/Leshawna calculated by also excluding fics featuring Duncan and Harold