Total Drama FanFic Awards 2023

Total Drama FanFic Awards 2023 was a competition on Tumblr for the Total Drama fandom. It was a collection of polls to see what were the most well-regarded fics made for the fandom in 2023 on Archive of Our Own. Categories were similar in style to yearbook superlatives, with categories such as "Funniest Fic of 2023," and "Best Oneshot for 2023." The selection of fic available to vote from were gathered from a Google Forms sheet, along with "Editor's Choice" that were picked from the awards' host. There was also a poll for the best ship and for the best fanfic writers.
== Controversy ==
== Categories & Winners ==
=== Saddest Fic of 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "I tried not to spoil anything so I’m sorry if the descriptions are too short 😭."
# A Bit More Time by seas1de, with 39.7% of the vote.
#* ABMT: Alejandro gets stuck in a time loop unbeknownst to everyone, starting right before I See London after passing away in the robot suit. He goes through A LOT.
# Famous by straight_up_geek, with 10.7% of the vote.
#* Famous: Geoff and Gwen, Courtney and Duncan, and Heather and Alejandro are all trying to navigate a life of fame. Their encounters with the paparazzi and each other causes many problems though.
# Death Cast by nocopops, with 27.3% of the vote.
#* Death Cast: An IOTs rewrite. Dives deep into everyone’s emotions, both dead and alive, and it’s sad man.
# Concrete Slab by WriterQuil, with 7.4% of the vote.
#* Concrete Slab: A oneshot, Noah has been kidnapped but at least he has company of good old Alejandro.
# Muddy Canvas by cocorng, with 0.8% of the vote.
#* Muddy Canvas: Post TD Gwen fic. Gwen tries to right the wrongs of her past, and her overall regret of ever going on Total Drama.
# Rolling In The Deep by So_Mediocre_its_painful, with 5.8% of the vote.
#* RITD: An one shot of Noah’s death and his thoughts in the IOTS AU. Noco centered.
# EDITORS CHOICE: We’ll Never Be Those Kids Again by Bootysucker2000, with 8.3% of the vote.
#* EDITORS CHOICE: WNBTK: I love this one so much: An IOTS AU where Duncan saves Courtney from dying, so she gets to live past the island! She never gets to live in anything.
=== Happiest Fic of 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "Y’all submitted fics about Heather getting domestically abused for HAPPIEST FIC. PLEASE READ."
# Definitive Proof by courtney-deserved-better, with 12.5% of the vote.
#* Definitive Proof: Zemma’s owner courtney-deserves-betterPJ (courtney-deserves-better) is a BNF in the fandom and are big fans of this rarepair, thus they are its "owner" delivers a Zemma oneshot.
# The Other Side by WeirdNCrazy, with 21.9% of the vote.
#* The Other Side: A canon rewrite that focuses on AleNoah with Noah in his slutty assistant costume.
# The wrong hand by AyaWilliams, with 9.4% of the vote.
#* The wrong hand: A one shot that goes from Aleheather to…Alenoahether? idk
# Summer Camp Wawanakwa by Scalene_Waffles, with 31.3% of the vote.
#* Summer Camp Wawanakwa: Chris and Chef have to deal with tweens instead of teens. Bless their hearts.
# what it’s like by saarrraaaahhh, with 18.8% of the vote.
#* What it’s like: Bowie and Raj ❤️ (it’s just them for 20,000 words its great)
# EDITORS CHOICE: Question…? by dumbestgothalive, with 6.3% of the vote.
#* EDITORS CHOICE: Question…?: I’m so normal about this oneshot I swear (I LOVE GWEATHNEY KISSING) The characterization is so beautiful and after reading I need to jump around for a second.
=== Funniest Fic of 2023? ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "STOP NOMINATING FICS WITH “panic attacks” AND “depression” AS FUNNY! AJWJJWKKWKEKKEMEMMEME
anywho."
# Gwen’s Baby by beckinheck, with 9.6% of the vote.
#* Gwen’s Baby: Duncan’s out of jail, reuniting with the crazy people of his past, include sociopath Courtney. Chaos ensues.
# Celebrity Manhunt 2023 by sheepdotgov, with 17.8% of the vote.
#* Celebrity Manhunt 2023: Ever wonder what the cast of 2023 was doing in the off season?
# So Sick of You by Brick_bronze165, with 17.8% of the vote.
#* So Sick of You: Canon rewrite of I See London, Alenoah focused. More chaos ensues.
# Total Drama Groupchat by sleppaddict, with 23.3% of the vote.
#* Total Drama Groupchat: Post All Stars, but no one hates each other. In fact, they would like to kiss.
# Reprised by courtney-deserved-better, with 26% of the vote.
#* Reprised: What if we put the Reboot cast on a plane and make them world tour?
# EDITORS CHOICE: girls girls girls by ArtificialFlavorz, with 5.5% of the vote.
#* EDITORS CHOICE: GGG: I CANT. I would never put cartoon characters in a strip club and write 29 chapters about them, but WHO KNEW IT COULD BE SO INTERESTING.
=== Worst cliffhanger :( ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "these could or could no longer exist btw
No information for these, I don’t want to spoil anything for potential readers. If you know and like the fic but hate where it ended vote for it!"
At the time of this poll, Collateral was one of the top 10 most kudos'd works in Total Drama's AO3 tag, but had been in a short hiatus for a few months. It was later updated with chapter 4 in January 2024.
# Famous Ch.13 by straight_up_geek, with 14% of the vote.
# Dark Myth Ch.6 by Sugarlesswriting, with 1.8% of the vote.
# Total Drama: Overboard Ch.13 by labeastfan9240, with 11.8% of the vote.
# The Half One Ch.2 by Caseythesilly, with 1.8% of the vote.
# Collateral Ch.3 by astrokyle, with 68.4% of the vote.
# EDITORS CHOICE: Total Drama Rewind: Reimagined by RCR9921, with 12.3% of the vote.
=== Best ship of 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "NO VOTES FOR DUNCNEY OR NOCO! Are we progressing as a society?"
# Alejandro x Noah, with 34.4% of the vote.
#* Alenoah: If you haven't been sleeping under a rock, you have seen the effect of Alenoah on the total drama fandom. Most of the fanfics are about them, so much fan art, etc. It's winning.
# Gwen x Courtney, with 7.7% of the vote.
#* Gwourtney: The most popular wlw ship of the fandom, Gwen and her frenemy Courtney. They had a rocky time during world tour and all-stars, but FUCK DUNCAN GET BITCHES.
# Alejandro x Heather, with 7.4% of the vote.
#* Aleheather: The only lasting canon ship of the first five seasons, surprisingly. They are both toxic, manipulative, and perfect for each other. Ugh, true love.
# Millie x Ripper, with 2.7% of the vote.
#* Milripper?: I didn't know this existed till it was nominated a lot, which is surprising, but Ripper and the new ripper have chemistry!
# Ripper x Axel, with 9.4% of the vote.
#* Ripaxel: *SPOILERS* A new ship, girl boss queer icon decides that she likes the boy fail fart machine that wrote a poem for her, and they kiss the entire next episode.
# Justin x Ezekiel, with 5.7% of the vote.
#* Justzeke: Homeschool freakazoid x the hot shot model? I've seen the cutest fan art for this, it lowkey goes hard.
# EDITORS CHOICE: MK x Julia, with 32.8% of the vote.
#* EDITORS CHOICE: MKULIA!!: Okay, I'm a slut for Duncney, but 2023 was NOT their year, but Mkulia has been DOMINATING this last month with fan art, cute oneshots, and predictions for when they will kiss in the newest season (please please please).
=== Best Fanfic writers of 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "guys I'm so sorry i forgot to change the time of each poll LMAO
also two editor choices bc i can"
# courtney-deserved-better, with 38% of the vote.
#* ever heard of slippery slopes? yea. they own Alenoah, Gwourtney, and Zemma. be warned.
#* rec from this year: Amicus Curiae
# SwinginSpaceAgeBachelorette, with 12% of the vote.
#* swap au queen! Whether it's evil Sierra or indie Mike, they know how to write it.
#* rec from this year: The Tales of an Arch Villianess and a Super Fanboy
# AyaWilliams, with 11% of the vote.
#* 260 TD fics. INSANE. Rare pair and oneshot fanatic, the fics are always a fun read.
#* rec from this year: RR-Team Frenemies
# Sugarlesswriting, with 10% of the vote.
#* Ever heard of a 10000+ one-shots? They have like, 10 of them. Specializes in the KB5 + Gwent. 
#* rec from this year: Dark Myth
# Not_Eli, with 15% of the vote.
#* Aleheather? Oneshots? They FEED us, everyday, since September. <333
#* rec from this year: Closet Activities :)
# beckinheck, with 3% of the vote.
#* Imagine if all the characters were just even more awful versions of themselves. Good stuff! Also, djwen?
#* rec from this year: gwen's baby/The Popularity Game
# EDITORS CHOICE: artificialflavorz, with 11% of the vote.
#* Insane how I have to put her here because her AUs are amazing. Ever wonder if Courtney worked at a strip club? Or if she worked on a spaceship? Look no further!
#* rec from this year: girls girls girls/printessa
# EDITORS CHOICE: dumbestgothalive, with 0% of the vote.
#* dumbestgothalive: underrated, and most of y'all probably don't even know who I'm talking about, but like, gweathney. It goes hard.
#* rec from this year: Question...?/karma and other sweet thing
=== Best Oneshot for 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "Honorable mention to all of the Gwourtney oneshots and recent mkulia oneshots KEEP YURI ALIVE"
# A Class of Her Own by courtney-deserved-better, with 17.5% of the vote.
#* ACoHO: Harold x Lightning? YA.
# Celebrity Manhunt 2023 by SheepDotGov, with 12.7% of the vote.
#* CM23: Sierra's always doing something, and this time she's kidnapping sixteen-year-olds and interrogating them on their whereabouts.
# closet activites by Not_Eli, with 4.8% of the vote.
#* Closet activites: It's not safe for work.
# Baby Steps by Sugarlesswriting, with 7.9% of the vote.
#* Baby Steps: Courtney + Duncan + Gigette's children
# To Catch an Eel by Brick_bronze165, with 49.2% of the vote.
#* TCaE: "Noah didn't mean to flirt with Alejandro, it was all Owen's fault that Alejandro got the idea in the first place"
# EDITORS CHOICE: I Can't Escape The Way I Love You by mapetitecherie, with 7.9% of the vote.
#* EDITORS CHOICE: ICETWILY: mmmmm Aleheather angst.
=== Best multichapter fic of 2023 ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "SO MANY GOOD ONES got left out of this."
# A Bit More Time by seas1de, with 18.7% of the vote.
## ABMT: One of the contenders for saddest fic, alenoah timebending angst goes hard.
# Amicus Curiae by courtney-deserved-better, with 52% of the vote.
#* Amicus Curiae: courtemma+alenoah+alecourtney platonic+angst+rr=yummy
# Printessa by artificalflavorz, with 4% of the vote.
#* Printessa: Duncan hot mafia boss
# Famous by straight_up_geek, with 2.7% of the vote.
#* [n/a]Summary appears to not be included in the poll post for this one
# Tales of an Arch-Villainess and a Super Fanboy by SwinginSpaceBachelorette, with 8% of the vote.
#* ToaAVaaSFB: long name, but who doesn't love a good long, swap AU canon rewrite!
# Death Cast by nocopops, with 13.3% of the vote.
#* Death Cast: IOTS....*sobs violently*
# EDITORS CHOICE: Choose Your Drama: Island by Anonimo_Black_Fire, Atocheg, with 1.3% of the vote.
#* EDITOR'S CHOICE: CYDI: I am such a slut for these CYOA fics, and I love Danielle so much. All the other ones are great, I just love how this updates frequently and we didn't randomly turn into a bunny!
=== Best Fic for 2023? ===
In the caption for this poll, the editor said: "Noah has rotted your brains and I am ashamed." 
There are also no summaries for this poll provided.
# Amicus Curiae by courtney-deserved-better, with 36.5% of the vote.
# An Insulting Indifference by drowzee, with 31.1% of the vote.
# Tales of an Arch-Villainess and a Super Fanboy by swinginspaceagebachelorette, with 9.5% of the vote.
# Dig A Mace Into His Chest And A Shotgun Into Mine by WriterQuil, with 9.5% of the vote.
# A Bit More Time by seas1de, with 9.5% of the vote.
# EDITORS CHOICE: The Scales of Judgement by shianen, with 4.1% of the vote.
== References/Further Reading ==
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