Leshawna

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]
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==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===
 
===[Name of Subject #]===
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==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Leshawna is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Harold 	Harold/Leshawna 	Het 	Lesharold; LeHarold	(Seen on its page.)
Harold 	Harold & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Harold; Heather	Harold/Heather/Leshawna	Poly 	n/a 	Brings Heather into Harold/Leshawna; Brings Harold into Heather/Leshawna.
Duncan 	Duncan/Leshawna 	Het 	Ledunca 	Former Total Drama BNF Winter-Rae liked this pairing and popularized it for a time.
Duncan 	Duncan & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They were both on the Screaming Gaffers team in Total Drama: Action.
Heather 	Heather/Leshawna 	Femslash	Lesheather 	March 5th is Lesheather Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Heather 	Heather & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	Works may focus on their canonical rivalry. Others are enemies to lovers.
Cody 	Cody/Leshawna 	Het 	n/a 	n/a
Cody 	Cody & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They were both on the Screaming Gophers team in Total Drama: Island (2007).
Gwen 	Gwen/Leshawna 	Femslash	Gwenshawna 	Friends to Lovers.
Gwen 	Gwen & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They are good friends in canon, especially during Island.
Courtney 	Courtney & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies in canon.
Tyler 	Leshawna & Tyler 	Gen 	n/a 	They are seen competing in reality shows together during the Total Drama: Action special.
Trent 	Leshawna/Trent 	Het 	n/a 	On the show, these two are on alright terms.
Lindsay 	Leshawna & Lindsay 	Gen 	n/a 	On the show, these two are on good terms.
Bridgette 	Bridgette & Leshawna 	Gen 	n/a 	On the show, these two are on good terms.
Alejandro 	Alejandro/Leshawna 	Het 	Aleshawna 	Alejandro successfully makes Leshawna develop a crush on him on the show.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, Proud LeDunca fans!, a community for Duncan/Leshawna on DeviantArt.
*, a club on DeviantArt for Leshawna.
*, a spot on Fanpop for Leshawna.
===Fan Art===
* Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*Leshawna Ball OC.
* (2010)
* (2023)
* (2024), Gwen/Leshawna fanart.
* (2020), Gwen/Leshawna fanart.
=== General Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
=== Fan Mixes ===
* Leshawna has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
===Meta===
*, 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.
*, an essay on Reddit for Heather & Leshawna.
*, fans reacting on r/TotalDrama when Todd Kauffman told a fan about the original script for Haute Camp-ture.
* (2014)
*A guide to drawing, discussing, and writing black characters (because apparently none of you know how to act right) by taiboboisland has a section about Leshawna (2024)
==Notes ==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters