Owen (Total Drama)

Owen is a contestant on Total Drama. He is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. As of October 2023, he is the ninth most fanwork'd character from Total Drama as a whole on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives place him on the same level of prominence.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
*Bisexual!Owen
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. Other places where fandom lives may portray Owen with one or all of these attributes. Autistic!Owen is rare, though not unheard of.
Owen's Fanon Personal Name is often Waterflower. 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 Island of the Slaughtered, his last name is Burnham. In Total Roblox Drama, he is called Big-O. Fans may call him this outside of the Roblox fangame, though it should be noted that this is what Izzy also calls him throughout the series.
His appreciation days are January 11th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and July 8th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
==="It was never discussed in the room. Ever."?===
Terry McGurrin, a prominent writer for the Total Drama series, is noted as saying this on Twitter in response to a question regarding Owen. Although this response confirmed Owen is not Bisexual, it may be cited in some Total Drama fan circles as proof that he is, submitted to real-total-drama-takes, submitted to real-total-drama-takes. More than any other Total Drama character, Owen is commonly confused for being canonically Bisexual given his obvious attraction to Justin during Island, submitted to real-total-drama-takes. In a poll on the Total Drama subreddit regarding his sexuality, often considered to lean less on queer headcanon as opposed to Tumblr and Archive of Our Own, 68% of respondents said he's Bisexual. In responses, the options for "Straight" and "Pansexual" were practically tied. Straight interpretations may be disliked in some circles.
===Owen, the unlovable "Fart Monster"?===
To put things simply, Owen's weight is often used for comedy in Total Drama. As his personality is more childlike than other prominent characters, such as Courtney and Duncan, there's less in-depth fanfiction and meta for him than other contestants. Fatphobia regarding his character in Fannish circles is not to be discredited. In Total Drama fan circles which skew young, such as TikTok, it's common for inflammatory fans to hate on his character. Example TikTok post:This lack of fanfiction and meta for Owen extends to shipping. Aside from Noah and Izzy, Owen is rarely shipped with anyone. This has been the case since Total Drama debuted in 2007 and is still largely the case as of 2023. Some discussion may echo larger discussion surrounding potentially Autistic characters in fandom.Because Owen parodies a somewhat unique collection of attributes, (fat, possibly Autistic, possibly Bisexual,) he is well-liked by many fans despite falling into stereotypes regarding these sorts of characters in media.
=== ...Ok, that's great and all, but doesn't Owen have his penis modeled for the show in Flash? ===
Yes.Another fan documented themselves confirming that what CornmacOlive Tweeted was true on Tumblr. This finding may be alluded to in some fan circles as forbidden Total Drama knowledge, and was even featured in Unironicduncanstan's Total Drama Iceberg in 2021.
==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau	Information
Noah 	Noah/Owen 	Slash	Nowen 	(Seen on its page.)
Noah 	Noah & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	Works may focus on their canonical friendship. Others are friends to lovers.
Izzy 	Izzy/Owen 	Het 	Ozzy 	(Seen on its page.)
Izzy 	Izzy & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Eva; Izzy; Noah	Team E-Scope + Owen	Gen 	n/a 	(Seen on its page)
Cody 	Cody & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Duncan & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Duncan 	Duncan/Owen 	Slash	Duncowen 	n/a
Gwen 	Gwen & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	Both were finalists of Island and shared a duet in World Tour after Izzy broke up with Owen.
Kitty 	Kitty & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Kitty 	Kitty/Owen 	Het 	n/a 	Pairing Emma's sister with Noah's best friend. A companion pairing to the canonical Emma/Noah.
Lindsay 	Lindsay/Owen 	Het 	Owinsey 	n/a
Alejandro 	Alejandro & Owen 	Gen 	n/a 	n/a
Justin 	Justin/Owen 	Slash	n/a 	Owen canonically has a crush on JustinAlthough this is not earnestly shipped by many fans, it's often brought up whenever discussing queer/LGBT content on the show itself and how the fandom discusses it..
Mr. Coconut 	Mr. Coconut/Owen 	Cargo	n/a 	"Mr. Coconut" was a coconut Owen got very attached to during Island.
== Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*, a community on Fanpop.
===Fan Art===
*Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
*, Owen drawn on a boat looking at the ocean.
===Fan Fic===
*, an English one-shot for Gwen/Owen on FanFiction.Net.
*, an English one-shot for Gwen&Owen. Friendship fics are more common for Owen than other contestants.
*, a Kitty/Owen Double date fic at Disneyworld with Emma/Noah.
===General Fanworks===
*Island of the Slaughtered.
===Fan Vids===
*, a YTPMV featuring Owen clips.
===Meta===
*, a slideshow on Reddit.
==Notes==
==References/Further Reading==
* on Total Drama Wiki
* on the Shipping Wiki
Category:Total Drama Characters