Heather (Total Drama)

Heather 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 sixth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own, behind Noah, Duncan, Courtney, Gwen and Alejandro. Other places where fandom lives place her on the same level of prominence.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
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== Popular Tropes & Fanon==
Lesbian!Heather and Model!Heather are common, though unwrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Heather with one or all of these attributes. For fanworks, Heather may be described as, "nice," or, "not so bad," in summaries, and some works portray her and Cody as step-siblings. Fanworks which portray them as step-siblings are almost always Cody & Heather.
In Total Roblox Drama, she is called Heavely. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame. Her appreciation days are November 15th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and March 31st (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List). Heather also won TD Tumblr, a character popularity contest, in 2015.
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
===Heather's Ethnicity===
Heather's ethnicity has been implied to be Biracial on the show, being both White and East Asian. Japanese is her most common fanon ethnicity. Total Drama Comeback popularized this interpretation by giving her the Fanon Personal Name Kasuga, which spread throughout the fandom. Though, due to Fannish Drift, much of Total Drama fandom don't know that Comeback was where the name came from.
Fanartists may draw upon their ethnicity headcanons for visual motif.
===[Name of Subject #]===
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==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Heather is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau 	Information
Alejandro 	Alejandro/Heather 	Het 	Aleheather 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro 	Alejandro & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Sierra 	Heather/Sierra 	Femslash	Heatherra 	(Seen on its page.)
Alejandro; Noah	Alejandro/Heather/Noah	Poly 	Alenoaheather 	(Seen on its page.)
Lindsay 	Heather/Lindsay 	Femslash	Leather; Heathsay	n/a
Lindsay 	Heather & Lindsay 	Gen 	n/a 	They had an alliance during Total Drama: Island (2007).
Noah 	Heather/Noah 	Het 	Noather 	This ship has fallen out of popularity, but it was once Heather's most popular pairing on YouTube.
Noah 	Heather & Noah 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Leshawna 	Heather/Leshawna 	Femslash	Lesheather 	March 5th is Lesheather Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Justin 	Heather/Justin 	Het 	Jeather; JustHer 	Enemies to Lovers. Heather was the reason Justin got eliminated during Island.
Justin 	Heather & Justin 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Gwen 	Gwen/Heather 	Femslash	Gweather 	(Seen on its page.)
Gwen 	Gwen & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies on the show.
Courtney 	Courtney & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	They are enemies on the show.
Duncan 	Duncan & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Duncan/Heather 	Het 	Deather; Dunther 	February 15th is Dunther Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Cody 	Cody/Heather 	Het 	Codeather 	Popular for Canon Divergence AUs of Total Drama: World Tour.
Cody 	Cody & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Courtney 	Courtney/Heather 	Femslash	Heathney 	(Seen on its page.)
Harold 	Harold/Heather 	Het 	H-Bomb 	Harold was the one contestant shown to not have any major issue with Heather by the end of Island.
Harold 	Harold & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
DJ 	DJ/Heather 	Het 	DJeather(?) 	Heather is shown to care for DJ in the show, a rarity for her.
Ezekiel 	Ezekiel/Heather 	Het 	Heathekiel 	Notably included in Total Drama Comeback.
Bridgette 	Bridgette/Heather 	Femslash	Seastar 	Both characters are associated with beaches. They do not like each other canonically.
Bridgette 	Bridgette & Heather 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Courtney, Gwen 	Courtney/Gwen/Heather 	Poly 	Gweathney 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a Heather/Noah community on Fanpop.
*, a community for Heather on Fanpop.
*, a community for Duncan/Heather on Fanpop.
*, Prairie boy + Queen Bee = <3, a community for Ezekiel/Heather on DeviantArt.
*, We ♥ The Queen Bee, a community for Heather on DeviantArt.
*, Just You Wait..., a community for Heather on DeviantArt.
*, HeatherxLindsay, a club for Lindsay/Heather on DeviantArt.
*, Queen Bee X Juvenile Delinquent, a club for Duncan/Heather on DeviantArt.
===Collections===
*, a Heather/Justin fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net.
*, a Heather fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net. Featured are various pairings popular before the release of World Tour.
*, a DJ/Heather fanfiction collection on FanFiction.Net.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Heather.
*, Heather crossed with Mirror's Edge.
*, Heather drinking juice labeled, "join my alliance juice."
*, Heather with a modified outfit from canon with Beth, Justin, Gwen, Duncan, Cody, Lindsay, Leshawna and Trent, all of whom she targeted in the series for elimination. Leshawna is drawn with dreadlocks.
*, a pin-up for Heather which depicts her as a geisha.
=== Fan Mixes ===
* boring. by notevenmaybe (2013)
* Heather has a playlist in Straight up geek's Total Drama Playlists (2023)
=== General Fanworks ===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
===Meta===
*, showcasing a little-known character trait of Heather, comparing and contrasting Island and World Tour.
*, 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.
*, an essay on Reddit for Heather.
*, comparing Heather with Justin.
*, wondering if Heather is liked by Total Drama's fandom or not. It's spit in some fan-circles due to her actions.
*, an analysis on Heather's home life.
==Notes ==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters