Theconfessioncam

theconfessioncam was an infamous anonymous submissions blog on Tumblr for the Total Drama fandom. It harbored harassment about BNFs in the fandom at the time, (some of whom were minors), ship hate, and confessions focused only on the show. Over time, the blog became mostly for BNF bashing and practically created a fandom war between the "td populars" and the "anti td populars." 
The term td populars was coined by the anons on this blogas said here: Hey I'm newish to the td fandom so do mind me asking who Tasha is? for fans they deemed to be social justice warriors who bullied other fans for their ships and favorite characters. One character, Mike, essentially split the fandom in half. "Mike haters" were td populars and "Mike fans"/fans who were neutral were anti td populars/unaligned. This fandom war would last throughout 2014. When it was all but official that cherriquitecontrary ran the blog on 20 January, a so called "anti td popular," the fandom war began.
The blog, who ran it, and why, casted a shadow on the fandom for years. Although the blog supposedly had multiple mods, most fans at the time believed that it was solely ran by Cherri, and that she shifted blame towards "the other mods" to save face. The same may be said for the anons themselves, especially later on, since the majority of harassing confessions would only target particular td populars instead of a wide range of them, and the fandom war, "against the populars," was largely confined to Cherri and her circle of friends. It wasn't until around 2016 that the fandom fully moved on from it, and even as of the 2020s, theconfessioncam is still referenced in discussion as one of the fandom's biggest dramas on Tumblr.
Most fans also believe that Cherri was a sockpuppet for "Tasha," an infamous harasser in the fandom. For more information, see Hey I'm newish to the td fandom so do mind me asking who Tasha is?
A few days before theconfessioncam deactivated, a copycat blog known as antitotaldramapopulars sprang up to be all for BNF bashing. The two blogs deactivated on 17 February. Later, tdgossipgirl would be created, a rebranding of an already existing anonymous confessional blog. They have both since deactivated, and tdgossipgirl infamously lasted for only around two hours after rebranding itself. (25 Feb 2014) 
theconfessioncam would inspire other fans to create similar anonymous confession blogs for Total Drama, such as and , before and after its deactivation. As of 2024, Total Drama Takes is the most popular anonymous confession blog for the show.
==Example Confessions==
* (before/on 03 Feb 2014)
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* (before/on 28 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 22 Jan 2014)
* (before/on before 21 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 20 Jan 2014. This confession may have been the tipping point for fans who just saw theconfessioncam as a nuisance before, since this sexually harassed a BNF.)
* (before/on 09 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 07 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 03 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 02 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 01 Jan 2014)
* (before/on 29 Dec 2013)
* (before/on 27 Dec 2013)
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* (before/on 24 Dec 2013)
* (before/on 22 Dec 2013)
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* (before/on 14 Dec 2013)
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==Meta==
Many fans spammed the Bee Movie and Shrek scripts into the submissions box, slowing down the rate submission were posted by February considerably compared to December and January (on/before 03 Feb 2014).
* (before 29 Dec 2013)
* (29 Dec 2013)
* (20 Jan 2014, an outsider's point of view)
* (20 Jan 2014)
* (20 Jan 2014, the differences between desktop and mobile show that Cherri was head mod of the blog.)
* (20 Jan 2014)
* (20 Jan 2014, post is lost but portion of it still remains)
* (21 Jan 2014)
* (22 Jan 2014)
* (24 Jan 2014)
*What I learned from the Total Drama fandom on Tumblr (24 Jan 2014)
* (06 Feb 2014)
* (06 Feb 2014, OC RP blog being roped in by anons asking them if they supported Cherri, who they didn't know about.)
* (15 Feb 2014)
* (around 16 Feb 2014)
* (16 Feb 2014)
* (01 March 2014)
* (07 March 2014)
* (before 29 Aug 2014, about new fans in the fandom who joined post-theconfessioncam.)
*2013-14 td fandom aesthetic (2016)
*Hey I'm newish to the td fandom so do mind me asking who Tasha is? (2017; 2021)
==References/Further Reading==
Category:2013 Tumblr
Category:2014 Tumblr
Category:Tasha and the Total Drama Fandom