History Fanfic / UnbreakableRedSilkenThread

*** It was implied and later confirmed that the real reason Gwen never gave Cody a chance and the reason their friendship failed was that Gwen was projecting her negative feelings she had towards her stepfather onto Cody because of a few similarities they shared. In chapter 17, Gwen believed that Heather was manipulating Cody, sleeping with him to control both him and his money. As Gwen wondered if maybe their lives would not have gotten so bad if she gave Cody a chance, she suddenly got angry at the idea, picturing Cody into her head; he slowly morphed into an older man that was somewhat similar although slightly different. Her angry thoughts that Cody can go to Hell! He looks and acts too much like…him…and I'll be damned if I'm going to make the same mistake my mother did!' With the revelation in chapter 31 that Gwen's mother, after two failed relationships, married Derek, who at first seemed to be nice and then turned out to be a pedaphile, similar to Cody originally being someone Gwen thought to be nice, only to be revealed in World Tour that he took a picture of Gwen while she was sleeping. It is also shown that Derek has the same type of smile as Cody. Obviously, the "him" Gwen mentioned in chapter 17 was Derek and his similarity to Cody cause Gwen to distrust the geek.

** Chapter 31 revealed that the reason Gwen believes AllMenArePerverts is because when she was going through puberty during high school, she got unwanted attention from guys. Suffering from frequent harassment, she tried to keep herself covered with sweaters, and eventually attempting to fight back when neither of those things worked. It only encouraged the guys to harass her harder. She eventually just gave up and stopped caring altogether and became an antisocial goth. Her mother had three failed relationships with Gwen's father, abandoning her mother when she revealed she was pregnant with Gwen. Her brother Patrick's father was the same as Gwen's father, he too ran off when Gwen's mother got pregnant the second time. The third guy, Derek seemed to be perfect, an old friend of her mother's from back when she had been in school, and they'd reconnected while she'd been hunting for a new job. He was smart, handsome, ran his own business, spent time with Gwen and her brother Patrick and of course, showered their mother with gifts and affection. Then, a few months after the marriage and moving in without a hint of trouble by accident, Patrick tripped and dumped his entire milk-filled bowl of cereal on Gwen's report she had to do for school that morning. Gwen wouldn't have needed to reprint it. So she quickly borrowed Derek's laptop and, to her horror, discovered pictures of her naked, making sure her brother caught the bus before calling her mother, the two of them then called the police. Derek was the final incident that convinced Gwen all men were perverts.
*** It was implied and later confirmed that the real reason Gwen never gave Cody a chance and the reason their friendship failed was that Gwen was projecting her negative feelings she had towards her stepfather onto Cody because of a few similarities they shared. In chapter 17, Gwen believed that Heather was manipulating Cody, sleeping with him to control both him and his money. As Gwen wondered if maybe their lives would not have gotten so bad if she gave Cody a chance, she suddenly got angry at the idea, picturing Cody into her head; he slowly morphed into an older man that was somewhat similar although slightly different. Her angry thoughts that Cody can go to Hell! He looks and acts too much like…him…and I'll be damned if I'm going to make the same mistake my mother did!' With the revelation in chapter 31 that Gwen's mother, after two failed relationships, married Derek, who at first seemed to be nice and then turned out to be a pedaphile, . Similar to Cody originally being someone Gwen thought to be nice, only to be revealed in World Tour that he took a picture of Gwen while she was sleeping. With it It is also shown that Derek has the same type of smile as Cody, it becomes obvious that the "him" Gwen mentioned in chapter 17 was Derek, and his similarity to Cody cause Gwen to distrust the geek.

** Chapter 31 revealed that the reason Gwen believes AllMenArePerverts because when she went through puberty in high school, she got unwanted attention from guys. Suffering from guys nonstop harassment, Gwen had tried to keep herself covered with sweaters, then fighting back when neither of those things works and just encourage the guys to harass her harder. Gwen just gave up and stopped caring altogether and become a goth. Her mother had three failed relationships with Gwen's father, abandoning her mother when she revealed she was pregnant with Gwen. Her brother Patrick's father the following suit when Gwen's mother got pregnant the second time. The third guy Derek seems to be perfect, an old friend of her mother's from back when she had been in school, and they'd reconnected while she'd been hunting for a new job. He was smart, handsome, ran his own business, spent time with her and her brother, and of course, showered their mother with gifts and affection. Then, a few months after the marriage and moving in without a hint of trouble by accident, Patrick tripped and dumped his entire milk-filled bowl of cereal on Gwen's report that morning. Gwen wouldn't have needed to reprint it. So Gwen borrowed Derek's laptop and, to her horror, discover pictures of her naked, making sure her brother caught the bus before calling her mother, and then the two of them calling the police. Derek was the final incident that convinces Gwen all men were perverts.
*** It was implied and later confirmed that the real reason Gwen never give Cody a chance and the reason their friendship failed was that Gwen was projecting her negative feelings she had towards her stepfather onto Cody because of a few similarities they shared. In chapter 17, Gwen believed that Heather was manipulating Cody, sleeping with him to control both him and his money. As Gwen wonder if maybe their lives would not have gotten so bad if Gwen gives Cody a chance, Gwen suddenly got angry at the idea, picturing Cody into her head; he slowly morphed into an older man that was similar but a different person. Gwen's angry thoughts that Cody can go to Hell! He looks and acts too much like…him…and I'll be damned if I'm going to make the same mistake my mother did!' With the revelation in chapter 31 that Gwen's mother, after two failed relationships, married a man named Derek, who at first seems to be perfect, only for Gwen to discover to her horror that he was a pedophile that has been secretly filming her undress. With it show that Derek has the same type of smile as Cody, it obvious that the him Gwen that mention in chapter 17 was Derek, and his similarity to Cody cause Gwen to distrust Cody.

* FreudianExcuse: Heather's actions, especially during TDI, cemented her as a manipulative, scheming and conniving bitch that has little regard for the well-being of others. Chapter 4 makes it quite clear this is due to her parents treating everyone, including each other, exactly the same if not worse.

* DomesticAbuse: Duncan. The first scene of him in the main plot after the jump to college is him hitting Gwen.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]]. with Gwen and Cody. While CodyX might be more impolite than Cody4, they both want the same thing for Cody. Similarly with Gwen, GwenC might be nicer than GwenD, but they both want to get Gwen back to Duncan.

* NamedByTheAdapation: The characters that appear without last names in canon are given the last names of the people who provided their voices for the canon series. These include:

** Both Amy and Sammy's last name is McAuley, named after the voice actress for both of them, Bryn McAuley.

* BlandNameProduct: MyFace is a substitute for both Facebook and MySpace.
** "Frontline Warfair: Duty Of Metal Honor Calls" is this for VideoGame/MetalOfHonor and VideoGame/CallOfDuty, and also contains many reffrances to other video game franchises within it as well.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The reason Cody and Heather are nearly inseparable? [[spoiler: Starting on the final challenge of TDWT, then spending nearly a year just being there for her as a friend after the photo scandal ruined her reputation doing this.]]

* TheAllegedCar: [[PlayedWith Cody owns an original 1983 [= DeLorean=] DMC-12 with factory original specs and parts. For himself it is the definition of a CoolCar, but ask anyone else, especially Heather, and it's junk; however, even she admits that [[BoringButPractical it has some advantages;]] specifically, that it's built like a tank, so it protects the passengers from both crashing and extreme weather conditions.

* TheAllegedCar: [[PlayedWith Plays With]] Cody owns an original 1983 [= DeLorean=] DMC-12 with factory original specs and parts. For himself it is the definition of a CoolCar, but ask anyone else, especially Heather, and it's junk; however, even she admits that [[BoringButPractical it has some advantages;]] specifically, that it's built like a tank, so it protects the passengers from both crashing and extreme weather conditions.

* TheGhost: Dakota, Sam, Trent, Justin, Owen, Beth, Sierra, Lashawna, Nikki and Amy are mentioned but none have physically appeared in the story.

** Jasmine and Samey were friends much earlier in their lives, and that friendship lead to a secret relationship.

** Jasmine and Samey did not meet until the season they debuted in. In this story, they had been pen pals ever since the second grade.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Dakota is only mentioned briefly in the early chapters of the story, as a rival of Heather’s who claimed her spot at the top of their high school’s pecking order after Total Drama flushed Heather’s popularity down the toilet. Despite not actually appearing in-person, whenever she’s mentioned none of her canon counterpart’s hidden depth and compassionate side are present.

* BatmanGambit: Both Heather and Scarlett thrive off of these. Heather is very quickly able to get a solid read on most people who she interacts within the time of a single conversation. And she often uses that to her advantage when their talents would benefit her most. But Scarlett's skill at these makes
Heather look like an amature at best. For example, after meeting Heather one time the night before, Scarlett is able to chart out the general script of a conversation between her and Heather when the latter shows up at her door with no warning the next morning. And not just chart it out, but also play on Heather's flaws to ensure that she gets double what Heather would prefer to pay for dance lessons. Before Heather even brought up money, she knew it would involve money.

* Batman Gambit: Both Heather and Scarlett thrive off of these. Heather is very quickly able to get a solid read on most people who she interacts within the time of a single conversation. And she often uses that to her advantage when their talents would benefit her most. But Scarlett's skill at these makes

* TheGhost: Dakota, Sam, Trent, Justin, Owen, Beth, Sierra, Lashawna, Nikki and Amy are mentioned but none has physically appeared in the story yet.

* TheGhost: Dakota, Sam, Trent, Justin, Owen, Beth, Sierra, Nikki and Amy are mentioned but none has physically appeared in the story yet.

* TheGhost: Dakota, Sam, Trent, Owen, Beth, Sierra, Nikki and Amy are mentioned but none has physically appeared in the story yet.

* GeniusDitz: Lindsay, despite still being mostly the same lovable ditz, has become a surprisingly good business woman. Justified as she puts honest effort on her online classes, and she focuses on the fashion industry, an area she enjoys and knows quite well.

* BlandNameProdict: MyFace is a substitute for both Facebook and MySpace.

** Gwen's mother being unable to accept Duncan resulted in a falling out between them, which culminated in Gwen being kicked out of her home. Then there's the fact Gwen's stepfather was a pediphile that secretly filmed her private moments.

* HiddenDepths: Cody and Heather, all the way. While Heather oftentimes appears to be the more dominate of the two, Cody has made it pretty clear on a few occasions that this is by choice, his choice to be exact, and he has no problem standing up to her or calling her out. Heather likewise has proven to be surprisingly empathetic towards others, especially those in situations or circumstances they have no control over, something she is quite familiar with.
* Lindsay's immense knowledge of business also qualifys.

** Although not shown in person, Dakota Milton seems to be this too once she took Heather's spot as queen bee at their high school based on what Heather said about her.
* AlternateUniverseFic: In this story, Total Drama ended after the third season. Cody and Heather go to the same high school. After a few months they start a relationship. When they graduated from high school, they go to college where they meet people who were in Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island and Total Drama Pahkitew Island in canon, as well as Kitty and Emma from Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race showing up later .

* TheGhost: Dakota, Lindsay, Tyler, Nikki and Amy are mentioned but none has physically appeared in the story yet.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Heather, the girl whose tag on Total Drama Island was 'The Queen Bee' decides to date the guy whose tag on the show was 'The Geek'.

* LighterAndSofter: The upcoming 32nd and 33rd chapters in contrast with the rather heavy 31st.

** Lindsay and Tyler, mentioned several times in passing though not (yet) shown, are still the same as they were back during ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''.

* OppositesAttract: Cody and Heather. Though it takes years for the attraction to form, it does eventually occur. Jasmine and Sammy also fit this as well to a lesser extent.

* TrueCompanions: Cody and Heather, also Jasmine and Sammy, Brick and Jo, Dawn and Zoey and Cameron and Shawn. Be it couples or just roommates it's easy to tell just how strong the bonds of friendship between these characters are. Cody and Noah as well, Kitty even calls Noah Cody's best friend.

* DoorStopper: The story is 403,765 words long, with 31 chapters. And according to the author, the story may in fact become the longest ''Total Drama'' fanfiction on the website.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The reason Cody and Heather are nearly inseparable? [[spoiler: Starting on the final challenge of TDWT, then spending nearly a year just being there for her as a friend after the photo scandal ruined her reputation doing this.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: The core reason behind [[spoiler: Heather and Cody]]'s breakup. Though they were able to overcome the issue it has left its scars on both of them. [[spoiler:Heather]] rarely if ever drinks alcohol anymore as a result and [[spoiler:Cody]] still struggles with trust issues. Then again, given that it is [[spoiler: Heather]], those are probably warranted.