"Disassociation" ends with Donna in the bathtub, having a dissociative episode.She later shows up single and happily pregnant. Babies Make Everything Better: Sierra is so dead-set on having children that she breaks up with Cody because she realizes she may not have loved him, she just loved having something to take care of.Vocaloid, especially Hatsune Miku also tends to show up a lot, with Zoey wearing an outfit from Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA in "A Question of Worth" and a Miku cosplayer showing up in "When They Heard.".For example, Harold and Leshawna are in cosplay as Sollux and Aradia when they get the phone call about Duncan's suicide attempt. Wyatt is a big fan of Homestuck, so references sometimes show up in the comic.Pri even redid some of the early comics in the updated style to make them more dynamic. Art Evolution: As the comic progressed, Wyatt employed more stylization and branched out beyond the conventions of the Total Drama style, adding more shading, more complex facial expressions, and using the panel space in more creative ways.Art-Style Dissonance: The comic is drawn in the exact same style as the original show, which clashes heavily with the incredibly depressing subject matters explored in the comic."Clinically Cynical" has some panels done in the crayon style from World Tour's song "Oh My Izzy," drawn by a guest artist."The Phone Calls" is in black and white and appears to be drawn on notebook paper (though the lineart is still digital).An Arm and a Leg: While Duncan is ultimately revealed to have survived his suicide attempt, it came at the cost of his legs, which had to be amputated.It was not unlike being in a coma, comatose and immobile and yet fully aware and desperate for contact. Other days I prayed to die.I was without the agency even to end my torturous life. Ambiguous Gender Identity: Harold, as discussed here.Īlejandro: Some days I prayed to be rescued.As a result, he threw himself into traffic. Due to Duncan's delinquent reputation and the fact he blew up Chris' mansion in All Stars, when he gets out of jail, nobody really wants anything to do with him.As such, she had to change her name to Donna. Lindsay's reputation of the Dumb Blonde has made it next to impossible for her to get a job.Because the contestants were all pigeonholed into certain stereotypes as teenagers, they find themselves challenged and damaged as adults to the point of several of them completely changing their identities after the series' cancellation. Heather points out that Courtney's other exes (barring Duncan) were also all younger than her, and theorizes that she seeks out younger partners on purpose because they're more likely to look up to her and less likely to point out her flaws. Gwen and Heather find the age gap unsettling, especially due to Cecily having such little experience with relationships. Age-Gap Romance: Deconstructed with Courtney and Cecily, the former being twenty-four and the latter being nineteen.Harold is reimagined as nonbinary, though their exact identity is unclear when asked they simply refer to themself as "a Homestuck".Cody is reimagined as a transgender man, which provides conflict as he can't have a biological child with Sierra.Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Many of the unsettling moments that were brushed aside in canon are expanded upon here, such as Duncan's arrest, Alejandro's mutilation, Mike's disorder, and the general idea that millions of people are watching teenagers undergo traumatic experiences before their sense of self has developed.It leads to Alejandro disowning his family, stating that he sees Heather as his "family" now. Following his failure on Total Drama, they became cold and neglectful towards him, and demean him for "disgracing" their family name. Alejandro's parents are another implied example.Vito was born from Mike's attempts to cope with his childhood PTSD, and indeed, many of Mike's flashbacks regarding Angela are told from Vito's POV. Angela, one of Mike's foster mothers, sexually abused him as a child.Margot's immediate reaction to seeing him at her doorstep is to send him away before his dad sees him, and she comes up with flimsy excuses to leave the hospital he's staying at while acting condescending towards Courtney when she calls her out on it. Duncan's parents are heavily implied to be this.Abusive Parents: A few characters come from broken homes, which informs their present-day behavior.It follows the contestants, now in their mid-twenties, coping with the aftermath of millions of viewers having seen them undergo serious emotional trauma as teenagers. Total Trauma is a Total Drama deconstruction dramedy fancomic by Wyatt Sheppard published on Tumblr following the initial cancellation of the original series.
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