Alejandro/Heather

Alejandro/Heather, most known as Aleheather, is a popular pairing within Total Drama fandom. The ship is between Alejandro and Heather, both prominent characters. It has been popular since 2010 and became canon in 2013. 
Alejandro/Heather is the biggest ship for both characters. There's been some light ship war between Alejandro/Heather and Alejandro/Noah fans after the later got popular around 2021. Heather/Sierra, Heather's second most popular ship, isn't common enough to be involved in most disputes.
Alejandro & Heather, the gen interpretation of their relationship, is also popular.
==Common Tropes==
*Post-Total Drama: Many fanworks have them bond over the trauma the series gave them once they're both eliminated during All-Stars.
*Villain Couple: Both play an antagonistic role throughout the series.
*Holiday: More common for this pairing than with any other Total Drama pairing. Both Christmas and Halloween are popular. More common in fanart than fanfiction.
*Height Difference: Alejandro is taller, Heather is shorter.
==Alejandro/Heather Fandom==
The biggest Alejandro/Heather BNF back in the day was sallychanhttps://sallychanscraps.tumblr.com/. Modern BNFs include aeon-borealishttps://www.tumblr.com/aeon-borealis, theoneandonlyespahttps://theoneandonlyespa.tumblr.com/ and math-is-mathhttps://math-is-math.tumblr.com/. Overall Total Drama BNF Kika-ilahttps://www.deviantart.com/kika-ila also produces fanworks for this pairing.
In May, Aleheather Week is celebrated in r/Totaldrama. Alejandro/Heather also won TD Tumblr, a ship popularity contest, in 2014.
=== Pairing Names for Alejandro/Heather ===
The portmaneau "AleHeather" was coined as a pairing name for them in 2010 along with "AxH" and "HxA." These last two were most common on Fanpop and FanFiction.Net before _x_ ship names in the fandom practically disappeared by 2012 or so, leaving portmanteau ship names like AleHeather to became the norm. In later years, and as of 2024, spelling the name without the H capitalized is more common than not, similar to other ship names involving Alejandro.
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
*Aleheather Week (2012-2014).
*Aleheather Week 2015.
*Aleheather Week 2016.
*Aleheather Week 2020.
*Aleheather Week 2023.
*, a community on Fanpop.
===Aesthetic Edits===
*, stimboard with food, drink and candles.
===Fan Art===
* by sallychan as part of her Bouncey series (27 Nov 2013)
*, kissing.
*, Halloween fanart. Both Alejandro and Heather have different, gothic outfits for the occasion.
* AU where Alejandro is a matador and Heather is a bull. Drawn for Aleheather Week 2012.
*, Alejandro/Heather drawn in a specified color palette.
*, holiday fanart with mistletoe.
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===Fan Comic===
*, Heather calling Alejandro Te Quiero. This was drawn for Aleheather Week 2013.
*, Heather accepting Alejandro's appearance after he was scarred and burned by the ending of World Tour.
*, where Alejandro really does love Heather.
===Fan Fiction===
*Two drabbles for this pairing were featured in Total Drama Crack, one written a day before World Tour aired in the US and the other was Christmas themed.
*, hosted on Tumblr. A short English one-shot written for Aleheather Week 2012.
*, AU where All-Stars didn't happen. In English and a one-shot.
*, a collection of Espa's Alejandro/Heather fics. Their fics are some of the most kudos'd fanworks for the pairing on Archive of Our Own.
*, Alejandro has a crush on Heather. Only problem is that she's dating Justin! Eventual Alejandro/Heather. In English and complete.
===Fanmixes===
*, a fanmix on DeviantArt. Each song comes with its own explanation for why it relates to Alejandro/Heather.
*Purely Strategic by sallychan (2013)
*give me malice, give me attention by cassiesandmark, aka cleopatraphilopator (2013)
*An OTP Fanmix by fandomqueenmadi (2014)
==References/Further Reading==
* on Shipping Wiki
* on Total Drama Wiki
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