To say that the break up between Duncan and Courtney disappointed some people, it would be an understatement and this fic was born as an one-shot due to the frustation of this event by a DxC shipper. But the most interesting thing is that this is not a bad thing, with Cody helping Courtney to get over it, and there is lots of appropriate angst and fluffines in their relationship. The fic was so well-received that the author decided to write a In Spite Of A Nail fic and it is awesome! The challenges in Australia and China are completely different than canon (and arguablyBetter Than Canon) and the author invested very well in Character Development and Crowning Music Of Awesome. The only point that most readers did not like was the reason of why Sierra liked Cody, it seemed an Ass Pull, but in this troper's opinion, this is a fic that is in the same level of Total Drama Comeback, sometimes better! AndAlien Codygets more screen time!
Quality and a change of pace
To say that the break up between Duncan and Courtney disappointed some people, it would be an understatement and this fic was born as an one-shot due to the frustation of this event by a DxC shipper. But the most interesting thing is that this is not a bad thing, with Cody helping Courtney to get over it, and there is lots of appropriate angst and fluffines in their relationship. The fic was so well-received that the author decided to write a In Spite Of A Nail fic and it is awesome! The challenges in Australia and China are completely different than canon (and arguably Better Than Canon) and the author invested very well in Character Development and Crowning Music Of Awesome. The only point that most readers did not like was the reason of why Sierra liked Cody, it seemed an Ass Pull, but in this troper's opinion, this is a fic that is in the same level of Total Drama Comeback, sometimes better! And Alien Cody gets more screen time!