Blake

**Blake Fowler** is a competitor on ***Total Drama Winter Games.***

He is a formidable competitor adept in the art of wilderness survival, participating *initially* as a member of **Team Pionsmann.**

After a team swap in **Episode 4:** ***Going for the D'oh!*** — Blake is now competing on **Team Ig Lun** as its ***appointed captain.***

## Interactions

### Friends

Hyo (Alliance)
Amancio (Alliance)

Roxanne ("Love Interest")

Dorian (Tolerant)

### Enemies

William Smith
Vincent

Colt

## Other

### Family

Konrad Fechner (Father, Deceased)
Maryam Fowler (Mother, Deceased)

Hendrix Fowler (Older Brother)

## Appearance

Blake appears as a fit young man at a height of 5'11" *(180.34 cm)* with an average physique and a tan complexion. He sports a medium length hairstyle of dark, wavy locks reaching just by his shoulders. Normally, Blake sports an unassuming and rather plain outfit — nothing more extravagant than a plaid-patterned maroon top and navy blue jeans, with the occasional open leather jacket, should the outside climate allow one to be worn comfortably. Both ears carry small silver piercings, accentuating his outfit ever so slightly. Overall, Blake is not usually one to stand out from the crowd upon first impression.

The young Hunter's face and body are surprisingly littered with scars beneath his apparel — each one holding its own mysterious tale behind its origin, yet never divulged. Blake's expression can be typically described as cold, unflinching, spectral, and generally detached; The Hunter's sunken, gray irises can easily dig into one's soul, unusually piercing and observant. It's not often that light can be seen reflected in his eyes no matter the change in demeanor when he speaks, as if his very soul has seen past the veil many years ago, yet is kept chained to this tangible realm. Simply put, taking a deeper glance unto Blake could reveal a much more haunting energy than many would care to try and digest.

## Personality

Regarding Blake's personality, he has the tendency to behave as a social chameleon, preferring to camouflage in the shadows instead of placing himself in the spotlight. He is generally neutral with his disposition towards others, and has the ability to exude charisma, seemingly able to pick up on the psychological needs and desires from others almost as a second nature. However, Blake holds a deep scorn towards characters with egotistical, holier-than-thou demeanors, and is not afraid to express this when he deems necessary. He may, at times, have a one-track mind — making Blake incredibly goal oriented, whether or not his peers may agree with his plans or methods of achieving personal success.

Due to Blake's history of living in isolation with his father in the Black forest of Germany, he has developed incredible independence, as well as a sharp intellect and a fondness for engineering basic hunting traps. He did not receive a formal education, however — causing Blake in his early youth to rely on vintage and antique publishings within his father's extensive book collection, in order to evolve his understanding of basic academics, human psychology, and general social constructs.

Living with his mother and older brother in later years, after his father's unexpected passing, was quite heavily sheltered and restrictive in comparison. This implies that Blake's comprehension of society is quite heavily fabricated. He may not respond to certain social cues as others would expect: for example, Blake may react to intentional provocation with a sudden or calculated outburst of violence; or, in the face of emotional adversity, he may shut down, or respond to the situation with shocking callousness. Needless to say — his sense of empathy is not nearly as fully intact as it should be, despite his capabilities of gaining others' trust through displays of charm.

Blake is a highly reserved individual regardless of his initial ability to work cooperatively. Excessive socialization may enable tension and stress to arise within him, which can manifest in several ways. For one — Blake may turn to common, addictive vices, such as smoking or alcoholism. For two — he may become recluse and rely on self-soothing hobbies, such as wood carving or trap building. For three — the most destructive of all — he may take out his anger on others, should push ultimately come to shove.

While the Hunter has no current diagnoses available, it is speculated that Blake may suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive symptoms. This is mostly due to Blake holding a tendency of ritualism; meaning, he prefers to perform certain actions in a highly specific ordered or repetitive manner, and can become quite distressed when his personal conditions are not able to be met.

Altogether, Blake Fowler is a highly cryptic and enigmatic individual, who bestows very interesting possibilities for this Season.

## Total Drama Winter Games

### **Let the Games Begin! :**

Blake makes his haunting debut from the jet plane, wearing a large, dark grey winter coat, and a black scarf covering the lower half of his facial features. Upon his back, he wore a black survival bag, carrying a plethora of various tools at his disposal — which, was considered separate from the remainder of his luggage.

During the first challenge, the goal here was to last as long as possible on a glacier, avoiding the glacier hole towards the center while navigating the icy surface. Blake made use of his tools by utilizing an ice pick, much to the chagrin and jealousy of other competitors, as well as marching in a similar fashion as a penguin across the frigid glaze to minimize slippage.

He held up on his own quite well, even extending aid to Amancio upon the other floating away on a segmented part of the glacier. After catching sight of Roxanne hunched over and possibly injured after shoving and dodging Milk — who had been frozen solid — Blake made the attempt to approach her, making a misstep leading into swift collapse. This led to Blake slipping and nearly falling into the glacier hole; yet, he heroically saved himself using the ice pick at the last moment, dangling over the freezing water below. In an act of irony and competitive aggression, Roxas took advantage of this moment by throwing a heel at Blake. It impacted the Hunter's head and caused him to descend into the water, outing him from the challenge. His innovative techniques and adaptability placed him high on Dorian's priority list while selecting members for Team Pionsmann.

### **Oh Snow! :**

The 2nd challenge of the Season involved a classic competition, being a *Snowball "War".* Dorian and Blake discussed strategies together for the sake of victory; and the remainder of Team Pionsmann followed this protocol, while taking their own personal measures to secure their safety throughout the chaotic event. Blake's scheme was rather barbaric and cunning; while the opposing Team Ig Lun had taken the same tactic of packing rocks into their snowballs, he remained hidden behind a large formation of rocks, and supplied his own collection of snowballs with assortments of fox teeth, sharp animal bone fragments, and other detrimental materials.

In addition, various animal snares and other hunting traps were littered around the field prior to the tournament — which greatly hindered several contestants — namely, Vincent & Hyo, and even fellow Pionsmann members, such as Olivia & Roxanne.

Nearing the conclusion of the match, Dorian broke away from the established plan by sacrificing himself; notably, propelling himself at full speed towards the remaining opponents. While his effort was valiant, this did eventually lead to his own elimination — as well as Blake getting hit in the returned crossfire during an attempt to stalk & ambush William Smith.

### **Greenlandic Idol :**

This episode's challenge required a show-stopping trio of performances from either respective team. Team Pionsmann selected Olivia, Logan, and a duet featuring Roxanne & Dorian to compete against Team Ig Lun. Unfortunately — Olivia's shot at performing was cut short as she sustained an injury while demonstrating her gymnastic skills to the team captain; resulted in slipping upon the ice and breaking fingers on either of her hands. An emergency trip to the Infirmary meant that she needed a replacement — and Blake obliged to take her place as a backup.

His presentation involved a display of both ruggedness and grace; as the Hunter was provided an immense log of Ponderosa pinewood to sculpt into, utilizing a chainsaw as the primary tool for his artistic expression. With ease and diligence, Blake executed his obscured talents down to the last fiber of tree bark, exhibiting perfection in every guided move with his apparatus of choice under impressive timing. The final product displayed to the judges an imposing sculpture of a dragon — in which Blake interpreted as a mirror image of his true self, showing the equivalent likeness of his scale of superiority over the animal kingdom and other people alike. This stunning and horrifying matinee earned his team a total of **23 out of 30** possible points.

### **Going for the D'oh! :**

A reflex-oriented challenge took place during the course of episode 4, involving a test of endurance & agility during the three-segment trial of skiing, bobsledding, and ice skating. Blake sustained himself in the background for the duration of this episode; however, this lack of direct input certainly didn't detract from him posing as a threat to its outcome.

Prior to the event, Blake discovered the early camera setup of the skiing & bobsledding race tracks, while travelling the Greenlandic peaks in search of a decent spot to hunt for game. He utilized this find to his full advantage, instead deciding to bide his time in pursuit of materials to build sabotaging traps. The Hunter put plenty of effort and consideration into deciding where those ambushes would be located — engrossing his full attention into the natural surrounding environment to make the most use of his devious plans.

Come the day of the challenge, his traps worked like a charm; particularly, during the 1st segment. Dorian faced head to head against William in the skiing challenge — ensuing with plenty of smack-talking, and inevitably distracting Ig Lun's frustrated captain. Right at the climax of the event, one of Blake's traps fired off — a well-hidden trip wire, *which triggered a Pine tree that had been partially axed,* to come crashing down onto the playing field. William held insufficient time to react, and collided right into the dense mass of tree bark, giving Team Pionsmann an undeniable triumph — as well as for himself, a beelined trip to the Infirmary.

Similarly applied to the bobsledding challenge; except, much to Blake's unsurprising indifference, Lucy and Logan Hudson's team-up for Pionsmann's team resulted poorly. The two peers had wrecked their sled into a tree stump, rendering it unusable, after attempting to sabotage the other team by throwing items — in which, the obstacle in place had nothing zero relation with the Hunter's prior intervention. Blake's traps remained unfettered within that respective field.

Upon Pionsmann's consecutive winning streak, the victorious team was then forced to swap one teammate onto Ig Lun by the hosts' discretion — resulting in Blake's immediate transfer.

### **A Holiday in Hell's Kitchen :**

This 5th challenge was much more unexpected than the others up to this point, leading to an impromptu cooking face-off involving the creation of a 3-course meal: An appetizer, a main entrée, and a dessert. Team Pionsmann seemed comparatively disorganized and indecisive with their game plan as Blake swiftly took charge over Ig Lun's remaining cast. Amancio was tasked to create light, flaky, and crispy ***Calamari Bites*** with generous seasonings, served alongside a tangy dipping sauce — and Hyo held the task of assisting others in the kitchen, as well as serving their completed dishes to the judges. Meanwhile, William deliberately worked independently to avoid Blake's command; and, upon his own efforts, baked a beautiful golden brown, citrusy, and creamy ***Treacle Tart*** for dessert.

Prior to the episode, Hyo had affirmed his place in an alliance with the Hunter; as per Blake's terms of agreement, Hyo was required to entrap a wild animal — and the young man met these conditions, capturing a hare with utmost dread and self-directed scorn towards this act. This same symbolic sacrifice was used in Blake's main choice of entrée, being ***Hasenpfeffer*** — otherwise known as a hearty, robust, and piquant Germanic style of *Rabbit Stew.*

As it sadly appeared, *Milk did not like Calamari* — but felt intimidated by Blake's demeanor, as well as forced to ingest the dish. He gave the team a generous score of **6 points.** Colt was not the biggest sea food enthusiast, but enjoyed the flavors of the fried octopus, giving a score of a neutral **7 points.** Kirk provided his positive opinion on the appetizer's texture and savor, offering a strong **8 points** — making their total with the first dish **21 of 30** possible points.

Their main course was served by Blake himself, as he presented the dish to the judges and explained that the meal took great inspiration from his Germanic heritage. Provided the stew's delectable and homely display, the hosts were reasonably conflicted between Blake's intimidating aura, and the Hasenpfeffer's alluring and spicy fragrance.

Milk's judgement on the entrée was piqued by Blake's use of one of the chef's finer wines, yet his input was *impeded by Blake's sharp, passive stare;* eventually, folding him over into granting the team **10 points** — even though he *initially intended to give a score of 8.* On the other hand, Kirk was absolutely mesmerized by the flavors of the Hasenpfeffer Stew and thoroughly enjoyed the perfect tenderness of the rabbit meat, enthusiastically giving Ig Lun **another** **perfect 10.** Colt was taken aback by the incredible flavors of the dish's spice factor, albeit having a lesser tolerance to the savor than he anticipated — though, before he could give an opinion, Blake's ominous presence subdued the host into giving a score of **9 points** — resulting ultimately in a score of **29 out of 30 points.**

Their final course involved the serving of William's Treacle Tart; in which Hyo presented to the hosts. This famous and syrupy British delicacy met a mixture of responses from the judges. Milk's opinion was suspenseful as his expressions changed like the tides; though enjoying the flaky and gooey consistency, his input fell flat simply upon the origin of the pastry, providing it with a **score of 7.** Kirk appeared thoroughly delighted by the buttery caramelized flavors of the Tart, complimenting William on a job well done before giving the team **9 points.** Colt's taste towards the dish was mostly palatable — the host swiftly consumed his portion of the saccharine delicacy, and provided a word of praise — although upon his dislike of whip cream, his originally charitable score of 8 was docked to a **score of 7.5 points.**

The overall score for Team Ig Lun's participation resulted in a score of **73.5.** Met with Team Pionsmann's score of **76,** the team unfortunately lost, despite their greatly concentrated efforts. William's following elimination and departure from the group, due to his seemingly poor leadership abilities, led to Blake's reign over the ***"Ig Lun Trio"*** inevitably solidifying with an iron grip.

## Appearances

### **TDWG:**

4.5x01 - Let the Games Begin!

4.5x02 - Oh Snow!

4.5x03 - Greenlandic Idol

4.5x04 - Going for the D’oh!

4.5x05 - A Holiday in Hell's Kitchen

## Trivia

* Blake was born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, home to the Black Forest's vast evergreens.
* He lived solely with his father, Konrad Fechner, up until the age of 10, when he passed away from an undetermined illness.
* Afterwards, Blake was transferred to live with his mother and older brother in Hawkshead, UK.
* His mother, Maryam Fowler, passed away when he was 15 from indeterminate cause. Blake's older brother Hendrix became his legal guardian.
* Blake holds an interest in taxidermy animals, and as a result, keeps several of them in his quarters. He considers this a form of appreciation towards his prey.
* Primarily, Blake's motivation to sign up for **Total Drama Winter Games** was invoked by **Hawke.**
* Wherever he goes, Blake keeps a switchblade and lighter on hand at all times.
* Unbeknownst to most others, Blake firmly holds a morbid fixation on **Chris McLean.**