Boris

Boris, labeled The Basement Dweller, was a contestant on Total Drama Lakeside who was placed on the Artisanal Cheeses.
==Biography==
Boris is in his early 20s and lives in his parents' basement. After he finished high school, he took some courses at a community college, but gave up to cultivate a career as a full-time Internet user. Over the years, he has grown a wispy beard on his neck and become a fedora enthusiast; he now owns ten different colored fedoras. He has a part-time job at a comic book shop, which is the only time he ever leaves the house, and spends many of his shifts there playing Luncheons & Laggins, a game he's incredibly passionate about. Boris doesn't have much experience with dating: he frequents dating sites and uses stock photos to masquerade as European male swimsuit models, but all of these catfishing attempts have failed. He blames the lack of girls interested in him on the fact that he's a "nice guy" and that girls only date "Chads." He once attempted to go to the gym to try and become a "Chad," but suffered an asthma attack the second he started bench-pressing, so he went back to his sedentary lifestyle. Other hobbies of Boris's include watching anime (mostly hentai), looking for "waifus" on MMORPGs, eating Doritos, drinking chocolate milk, and not bathing.
Boris signed up for Total Drama so he could get out of his basement, meet "females," and get in shape.
==Total Drama Lakeside==
==Appearances==
==Trivia==
*The character of Boris has been around for quite a while. He was first used in Survivor: India, my canceled Survivor story from 2012, and then Mt. Total Drama, the first draft of this story. He also appeared, occasionally alongside Gary, as the star of a series of comic strips I drew for my old high school newspaper.
*Boris's personality, especially his grandiose way of speaking, was modeled after Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces, whose face can be found on his sleepwear. He was also slightly inspired by Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons and Francis from Super Paper Mario, among other 'neckbeard' archetypes.
*Boris's picture, minus the fedora, was originally based on the appearance of a forum user Mana showed me who looked like an extremely stereotypical nerd. He was also meant to slightly resemble Arthur.
*Initial drafts of the story contained a female "SJW"-type character who Boris would've constantly argued with. I scrapped that character for being more stereotypical and way less funny, and I figured Boris would do better with less cliche interactions.
*While Boris was always planned to be a pre-merge boot, I tried to make it appear as if he'd go far to make his elimination more shocking. This seemed to work, as both Epic and Rhonda predicted he'd make it to the end.
*I didn't want to make Boris a one-dimensional punching bag, since I figured that'd be a bit lazy and mean-spirited. I also didn't want to portray him as a full-on misogynist/incel archetype. The gym plot with Roald was meant to humanize him.
*Boris's boot, complete with the Wildcats voting him out due to his physical prowess, was originally planned for the fourth chapter. I figured this was far too short of a time to develop the gym plot, though, and ended up liking writing for him so much that I needed to keep him in longer.
*Boris is one of the few characters in the series to have black dots for eyes, along with Gary, Arthur, Trey, Antoine, Cammy, Mattie, Vincent, Kai, Shawn, and of course, Chris McLean.
==Gallery==
BorisSwim.png|Boris in his swimwear.
BorisSleep.png|Boris in his sleepwear.
Boris24.png|Boris' appearance in 2024.
Category:Total Drama Lakeside