Slippery Slopes

Slippery Slopes by courtney-deserved-better (persephones_garden) is an English canon-divergence fix-it AU fic for Total Drama: World Tour. In the story, Heather is eliminated in I See London... instead of Noah. Spurred by nearly being eliminated, Noah becomes determined to truly challenge Alejandro in winning the million dollar prize for himself like never before. Eventual Alejandro/Noah, the relationship is a slow-build. Slippery Slopes is Alejandro/Noah's most well-known fanfiction, and it convinced many of the pairing's potential, particularly existing Cody/Noah shippers, posted to Tumblr on May 22nd, 2023. It elevated its author, courtney-deserved-better, to BNF status in the fandom. The fanfiction is the most kudos'd fanwork in Total Drama's Archive of Our Own tag as of February 2024. It has produced a considerable amount of fanac, shared primarily on Tumblr and TikTok, where the fic itself is frequently recommended for both Alejandro/Noah and Total Drama fans alike as a must read in the fandom. Along with Alejandro and Noah, Courtney and Sierra are also prominent characters. 
Slippery Slopes is sometimes shorted to Slip Slop.
In December 2023, courtney-deserved-better wrote a retrospective of the fic, how they thought about it, and its reception by the fandom. (17 Dec 2023)
==Influence on Total Drama Fanon==
Elements from Slippery Slopes are sometimes seen in other Total Drama fanworks created since its completion.
*Noah "Mudaliar": the last name Mudaliar for Noah came from Slippery Slopes. Notably included in Island of the Slaughtered.
*Noah can bake: particularly cakes and deserts.
*Noah once competed on game shows for prize money.
*Noah's golden retriever is named Ark: Noah having a golden retriever is canon, "Ark" is not.
*Noah has 8 sisters: Noah having 8 older siblings is canon, but their genders are unknown.
*Abigail "Abs" Paine is Noah's sister: Abs is a character from Total Dramarama and not related to Noah in canon.
These elements are found in other fanworks, but were popularized partially because of Slippery Slopes.
*Alejandro vs his family: in canon, it's implied Alejandro likes his family aside from José and he is respected. In Slippery Slopes, they disown him after he fails to win the million, and he's only particularly close to Carlos.
*Alejandro wears the dress: seen in Niagara Brawls, Alejandro doesn't mind wearing the wedding dress.
*Courtney can speak Spanish.
=="First Step Down a Slippery Slope"?==
The fic's beginnings were on a Tumblr post between Alejandro/Noah BNF alenoah and an anon discussing the potential for, at the time, rarepair Alejandro/Noah. The quote, "intellect and witty charm," was said by Alejandro's voice actor Marco Grazzini in a Reddit AMA and is elaborated further in the ship's article.
courtney-deserved-better's reply was a long piece speculative writing, where this idea was put to the test in the event Heather was eliminated in I see London... instead of Noah. The writing was well received, giving them inspiration to write Slippery Slopes. First Step Down a Slippery Slope was the label given to this conversation by the mod behind real-td-heritage-posts, a heritage post blog for the series as a whole.
==Reviews==
==Example/Notable Recursive Fanac==
===Fan Art===
*, fanart of Slippery Slope's sister story, Hawaiian Style. Featuring Alejandro, Duncan and Izzy.
*, fanart of a particular scene.
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===Fan Comics===
*, illustrating the scene where Noah shouts at Alejandro for voting Owen off and Alejandro rescuing Noah after he is wedged in a hole.
===Fan Videos===
* , an Alejandro/Noah fanedit on TikTok which is tagged with #slipperyslopes and #noahmudaliar.
* , a video animated in Gacha Life where Owen support-teases Alejandro and Noah's relationship before they begin dating.
* , an Alejandro/Noah video unrelated to Slippery Slopes, though several commenters reference it.
===Meta===
*, someone suggests a zine for Slippery Slopes to the fic's author.
*, a short piece of humorous writing by a fan for the story featuring Alejandro, Duncan and Noah.
*, can someone explain how i read through a 125k word alenoah fic in less than 24 hours with no problems but cannot figure out what i'm supposed to do on a simple school assignment i've had for a week (many commenters realized it was Slippery Slopes and that they've done similar things for Alejandro/Noah fic.)
==References/Further Reading==
* on TVTropes
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