Gwen (Total Drama)

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.
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===
*, a community for Gwen on Fanpop.
*, a community for Geoff/Gwen on DeviantArt.
*, a community for Gwen/Tyler on DeviantArt.
=== Collections===
*, a collection for Gwen fanfiction on FanFiction.Net
===General Fanworks===
* DJ/Gwen in the Sims by 
=== Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Gwen.
*, Gwen/Zoey fanart. Both characters have different haircuts from canon in the drawing.
*, a Camp TV!AU, (Total Drama's pilot,) where Lindsay is the one to read Gwen's diary out loud instead of Heather.
*, Gwen dressed as Ashlotte from Soul Calibur 4.
*, Geoff/Gwen, Duncan/Izzy and Courtney/Trent.
===Fan Fiction===
*, an English work-in-progress Heather/Gwen series.
*, an English completed Alejandro/Gwen story with Duncan/Izzy as its second main pairing.
*, a Geoff/Gwen fic written for the 2011 Total Drama Fanfiction Exchange.
===Fanvids===
*, 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===
*, an essay on Reddit.
*, 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.
*, where Gwen writes the opening of My Immortal in her diary.
==Notes==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters