Toad-al Drama Reload

So earlier in the MKPC News topic, I announced I would be writing a new reality TV fanfic in the summer, and I've decided that would be an all-new season of Toad-al Drama. I'm not hyping it up this time, 'cause seasons 2 (Odyssey) and 5 (Inferno) were both hyped up to be the best seasons ever and they both failed massively. On the flip side, the season I wasn't sure would work (Sunshine) actually turned out really well. The reason I'm announcing this season a couple months before writing is because I want plenty of time to put together a team of co-writers. There are a few issues from previous seasons that I'm sure more writers could fix.
1. Gameplay
A pattern from season to season is how before the merge, there is really interesting gameplay, and then it starts to slow down a bit after the merge. Then once the semi-finals round comes, there's not really a game to be played since it comes down to a couple challenges. You'd better hope the challenges are really good those last two episodes, or else they're just filler. And then there's Inferno. The awful Toad-al Drama Inferno. The pre-merge was really promising, and there were a ton of villains in the post-merge. Unfortunately, I turned that into nobody wanting to talk to each other, and when they did talk, it was nothing but strategy, meaning it got very stale, and derailed characters like Nick and Violet. This lead to Toad-al Drama Mini: Hectic Holiday, a short-lived spinoff that didn't even have a competition. It didn't even last two episodes before I cancelled it. More creative minds would definitely fix this problem.
2. Challenge Variety
The challenges are a very important part of Toad-al Drama, and a lot of the time, I suck at writing them. A lot of the same challenges are carried over between seasons, and ever since Odyssey, every season's had at least one challenge that's just "spin a wheel and pray." I even used this challenge to eliminate Brittany and Furry Bro. from Sunshine since I didn't know how else to eliminate them. So yeah, a lot more variety would come from having a team.
3. Relationships
This is one I really struggle with, and I don't even know where to begin. I'm just gonna start by saying that I don't write hookups and breakups very well. There are only two couples I can remember. The first is Wendy and Boshi from Odyssey, which might've just been a joke. I don't actually know if I had any plans on developing them as a couple, and they probably just existed to fuel Yoshi and Boshi's rivalry even more after Yoshi and Birdo's breakup. The second is Nick and Shelly from Sunshine and Inferno, and they were made to be a cute couple from the very beginning. I'm never gonna break them up, and that's the problem. Across five seasons, both couples I brought together have stayed together, which gives the false idea that relationships always last. I've written a lot more friendships than couples, such as Daisy and Sticks in Crossover, Min and Lizzy in Sunshine, and Danny and Rocky in Sunshine and Inferno. They had some rocky roads, but always stayed together in the end, which is just completely unrealistic. I think this is something for me to improve on, and I don't necessarily need a writing team to fix this issue.
4. LGBT Representation
Toad-al Drama's only had 3 LGBT characters. The first one was Birdo in the first 3 seasons, and she was just your typical Birdo. Not a whole lot to say about her. The second was Min from Sunshine and Inferno, and I'm not joking, I looked at her, thought about her tough feminist personality, and said, "She's a lesbian." Probably the most homophobic thing I've ever done. I didn't even do anything with it other than use it to create an alliance between her and Flambo in her second season. Speaking of Flambo, he was just a sassy gay stereotype. If Min wasn't me being homophobic, than Flambo definitely was. I've also been scared to write a trans OC, since I'm one of those people who believe that if you were born one gender, you can't be the other unless you've gotten your parts replaced. But considering I've been raised by a guy who once said, "June is Pride Month, and I have pride in my country; my flag only needs three colors," I have no clue where my morals lie. I'd probably eliminate the character so early that they wouldn't really matter, or keep them around long enough for my unpopular ideas to seep into the story. (I feel like looking as conservative stereotypes on Reddit has ruined me.) So having a few LGBT people to keep my straight Christian ass in check and write more accurate LGBT characters would be a big help.

So yeah, if you wanna help write this new Toad-al Drama season, please let me know. I'll set up a Google Doc for all of us to put our thoughts on.

new character idea

name: shy guy

Personilty: bassicly gwen and Ella mixed and is also shy and there for comeidic relive

we need a realshinship with this guy

Applications for OCs are officially open for Toad-al Drama Reload! Just fill out the following survey.
Name: Character's name
Species: Open to any non-human Mario species with arms and a face
Age: At first, I only allowed 16-year-olds like in Total Drama, but for the revival, I'll allow anyone ages 12-17
Gender: Character's gender
Personality: Description of character's personality in as much detail as possible
Strengths: What your character has or does that might allow them to win
Weaknesses: What your character has or does that might allow them to fail
Picture of character: You can draw it from scratch, or use a vector art template from mariowiki.com (Just look in Gallery:*character/species*)

THINGS TO NOTE:
I've gotten names like Rainbow Toad and Shy Guy. Those won't cut it. I'm looking for actual names. Yes, I did accept Furry Bro. once, but only because applications were extremely low. And if you need inspiration for characters, check out Toad-al Drama Sunshine and Inferno, (I made most of those characters so don't try to copy them) and even the first two Paper Mario games. Whatever gives you ideas. Finally, character names from the past two seasons that kickstarted the OC trend:

Name: Twilight
Species: furry Cube cat thing
Age: 14
Gender: Nonbinary
Personality: Brave, introverted and uplifting
Strengths: Good at using technology
Weaknesses: Is very sensitive towards any insults or jokes
Picture:
(click image for better view)

Name: Chilli
Species: Yoshi
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Personality: Gamer, can really annoy people sometimes, can roast other people like there's no tomorrow
Strengths: Fire breath, expert in tech, decent running speed, not easily disturbed
Weaknesses: Losing anything, getting hit in the kneecaps, has a little less stamina than average

Decided to cancel the new season and just rewrite the first one.


































































































































































































































































































Read the date by the way.

name: Marty
species: Wubba
strengths: super fast
weaknesses: scared of heights and the dark
apearance: a wubba with a red hat and Cyan good skin
age: like 13
personolity: lucky and dumb, also has a crush on ella from pakatew and refuses to belive the shows not real

also hes tere for comidic relive

PRODUCTION UPDATE!
I'm very behind schedule right now. As far as putting together a cast goes, I have 12 tropes to base characters off of, and currently have 5 characters in mind. Only one of them has an in-depth personality written right now. I also have 1 fan-made character officially cast, with slots for 2 more. The plan was to have a full cast of 15 by the end of April and put together a writing team in May. That way, by the time they start pre-writing in May, and writing the actual season in June-July, they'll already have a cast to work with. But at the rate I'm going, it's not gonna happen very soon, and I might have to push everything back a month. THE SEASON IS STILL HAPPENING! I just felt I had to put that out there, 'cause it feels like whenever I put out a production update for something like this, it means the season is cancelled.
REMINDER FOR APPLICANTS
I'm looking for non-human Mario species (for consistency) with arms and a face. If your character's species doesn't meet those requirements, they won't be cast, unless I like them enough to make an exception. (Such as the Wubba I'm considering casting.)

so non- human huh

name: Obadiah
personality: was bullied in school for not having arms, kinda and relatable, though he stands up to manipulators cause his favorite show is BFDI
sickness: ADHD
strength: way too relatable and kind to vote
weekness: EXTREMLY picky and ADHD could caused problems
species: Urchin

So I just got advertised on the MKPC Nightly News. Nice. I've decided to tease the first 3 campers. One was submitted by another MKPC member, while the other 2 are made by me.



Keep the fan characters coming! Since I don't know when I'll be done putting the cast together, I might as well open up applications for co-writers. I'll have brainstorming sections in a Google Doc open to everyone, so don't worry about listing specific skills. I trust you to do what you can. But if you're able to help write a French translation, (the first since the original Toad-al Drama Island,) please let me know.

I can already tell that my redesign looks amazing

Full Name: Scorchy Red
Species: Pikmin
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Personality: Kind, but is pretty timid
Strengths: He is brave and will never give up and will always try
Weakness: Is a little weak
Appearance/Picture

Name: Blume
Color: black
Personally: kind but anxious and secretive
Also has ADHD
Strength: energetic
Weakness: weak knees
Species: shy guy

Name: Dan
Species: Goomba
Personality: Pretty laid-back, quick to jump to conclusions, and hard to make friends with, but does try to help
Strength: Can jump high and is immune to being squashed by being stepped on, so he can be used as a platform.
Weaknesses: No arms.
Image:

So, I'll do two and you decide which one is the best:

Name:Tim Dasher
Species: Koopa (Chargin' Chuck, or better saying, Chargin' Tim)
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Personality: A douchebag that gets angry when fails, has a very high ego and do things just to look like the cool guy that he's not, but he also is very protective of his family
Strenghts: Let's say that he is in smash bros, he does a lot of damage and don't get launched too far, what this means? idk
Weaknesses: Tries to solve everything by fighting and he is dumb
Drawing:

Name: Marie Dasher (yes, they are brothers)
Species: Koopa (Sumo Bro, or better saying, Sumo Sis)
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Personality: Shy, but very smart, know most things related to STEM and with that comes her interest in coding, is kind, but normally befriends bad people
Strenghts: Intelligence and is able to plan great strategies to win, oh and she can generate lighting/fire with her body
Weaknesses: Being bad at P.E.
Drawing:

Does it have to be a Mario species, or can it be a species from another game, or a real life species, or even a robot?

It has to be a Mario species.

exploshi
yoshi
12
male
has ADHD and can be very protective of himself and friends
wears a backpack with unlimited space
just a cyan yoshi wearing a red backpack
very slow due to his bag and will be not very willing to share his items

The cast is 1/3 complete! I have two more characters to tease. One was submitted by another member, (leaving just one more fan-submitted slot) and the other was made by me. And I just got an INSANEly cool applicant, so get your characters in before they take the final slot.