[RileyH]

sweetie ha whole character is surfing & geoff what do i write

[Epic.]

Originally Posted by Epic.

I will save MacArthur and cut Samey and make her entire write-up about Josee

1. Jacques and Josee


Josee; the best fictional character/reality tv contestant of all time? I think so! She is the Makosi to my Daniel. The Charley to my Hayden. The Saskia to my RileyH. A perfect contestant, and when I watched RR in 2015 I was genuinely overwhelmed at how often she (& Jacques too</3) blew me away. For the longest time, I was trying to find the easiest way to summarize this, but I think what makes the Ice Dancers stand out for me above others is that over the course of 26 episodes, I can't think of a single line by them that isn't funny, dramatic or hugely affects the season in some way.

They also are my favorite villains. Lots of people like to judge antagonists just based on their actions, but I think how they act on the whole and how entertaining it is should also be taken into account. Characters like Alejandro or Heather or Courtney are always playing games, but the Ice Dancers play THE game if that makes sense. Their devotion to winning the season was always full of passion and comedy, and it was breathtaking to view even though it was all animated. I think why it works so well is how much of a balance between comedy and drama that was given. When The Ice Dancers are sore losers about something, you never know if it'll be played for full-on laughs featuring Josee hurling and destroying equipment while Jacques bursts into pathetic tears (<33333), or if it's gonna be actually quite sad and reveal stuff about them. Unlike the other antagonists of the show, The Ice Dancers aren't necessarily bad people. They were just raised from childhood to be the best they can be at competition, and it's taken a toll on any sanity they have, and as funny and goofy as they both are, there's always an air of tragedy you can see about them. With Jacques, he's very effeminate and easily offended about things, and him dropping Josee at the olympics and causing them to get silver means he's always on edge, and even slightly missing being the best brings back all the PTSD he previously had. Josee is even more hard to think about. If you pay attention to the dialogue, she paraphrases her forceful and even more abusive mother and the slogans she'd be saying; 'Bronze is the medal of FAILURE!' . They also give her other vulnerabilites like her claustrophobia, how she hates getting help, how her competitive ego overpowers her own proper judgment. She's a hilarious character full of passive-aggressiveness or full-on tantrum violence, but it goes deeper than that. She feels like a real person, not just some comic relief. Even Courtney and Heather, for as complex and well-written as they are, still always have this cartoonishness to them. And don't get me wrong. Josee and Jacques are super gimmicky, but they have a read-between-the-lines feel to them that I haven't seen in really any other characters.

But apart from the complexity of both, they're still hilarious every time on screen. Even after watching RR more than three times, I still scream at the unexpected chaos they have in pretty much every comedic moment on screen.

From dyfunction

"You mean like if someone held you above their head and dropped you face first on the ice in a stadium full of people? On the most important day of their life?! THAT kind of covered in bruises?!"

To misfortune

"Bronze! It's the worst medal. The road to shame is PAVED with BRONZE!"

To motivating each other<3

"SNAP out of IT! This is a competition! Our fans are watching! EAT THE PAIN! ...and smile!"

The fact that they're so devoted to their fans and the cameras that they raise hands in victory even if they don't win



Bonding over being cheeky pricks

"I nev-ar 'ad-a prob-lam with cheat-eeng...I 'ave a prob-lem being pen-al-ized for-it."

To tolerating Don's heartbreaking abuse of them

"Ugh! What does DON have against us? Are we too talented? Too attractive? Too AAALLL of the above?!"

To their heartwarming policeophobia against the protagonists of the season

"Ha! In your face, mall cops!"

There's so many other things I hadn't even mentioned. The Ice Dancers were used in just about every possible role and excelled every time. Their rivalry with the Police Cadets is my favorite interaction in the show. Their comedy is constantly energetic when incorporated. They were used for a long number of storylines compressed within just 26 episodes; being cursed with not being able to win first place and desperately trying to re-claim it. Forming a reluctant alliance with the Police Cadets that they would inevitably break within the episode after<3. The redemption throughout the season that shows their inner struggles, like how Jacques motivated Josee to punch Kitty's flashlight while being claustrophobic, cheat, get a penalty and still get first place , and the time Jacques had to sacrifice his hair to get rid of grease so his team could catch an emu was genuinely heartbreaking, cause it really shown how much they were willing to sacrifice to win. Truth be told I was actually quite sad when they were eliminated, because even though I predicted before the season began they'd inevitably get third (silver at the olympics, bronze in RR), it still shown how much it meant to them and how much it felt like they lost. They even decide to want to become better people... followed right by Josee drowning an innocent elderly woman in a fountain .

All in all, the Ice Dancers, particularly Josee, are still my favorite contestants/characters to ever grace my screen and I can never get tired of them. I challenge anyone rewatching RR to keep special attention on them because there's so many empowering and iconic moments that require hindsight to really enjoy, which can't be said for most characters, and mont and blurry are putrid COWS for what they did and i hope they know how silly they look now!



oh i'm meant to do a samey write-up here.

samey is a bland, forgettable character who relies on her sister to be remotely interesting. The idea of a good and evil twin with one stealing the other's identity sounds like an interesting idea, but it being done in a 13 episode season with 14 contestants just makes the whole thing rushed for me. we're also meant to think samey is some sort of likeable character, but is she ever exactly nice? we're only meant to feel sorry for her, and that doesn't make for a rootable character. Their dynamic was pretty funny on rare occasions, but the only times I actually liked Samey were situationally where she did random **** like poisoning her sister, or the amount of drags her team always threw about her while she pretended to be Amy. But she's still an utterly mediocre character around far too long. Josee would frown upon such forgettability!

[Morgan.]

Dwayne:

I'm honestly surprised he's the last cut before the final? Was Dwayne really worthy of being one elimination away from the final? (THAT'S RHETORICAL DON'T ANSWER THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE CHALLENGING ME!!!) He was problematic and a nice contrast to Junior, a and so they worked well together. For when there was a moment you wanted to shout "YOU FOOL!" to Dwayne through the TV screen, there was another moment were you sympathise with him, because he clearly tried with his son. And we actually got to see that be paid off in their elimination, with a mutual respect between the two was established.
I kinda wish we saw more of Dwayne and Kelly, because they were a laugh together for the very few scenes we saw them in


Is Dwayne bad? Not at all. A messy dad who tries his best with his son. I just couldn't justify putting him in the final above Ryan, Alejandro or DAWN! (-flashes a picture certifying that the Total Drama Tumblr fandom ranked Dawn as the best character in 2013 to Epic... and then shows him another screencap in which the fandom ranked Noah as the best character the following year ... but in all seriousness I'll get to Dawn in my rankdown because I do agree with you on some grounds Epic see ya in 5 days x)

[Epic.]

Morgan you made my Ice Dancers write up be your Josee write up in the contents?

imma hope that's intentional

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Epic.

Morgan you made my Ice Dancers write up be your Josee write up in the contents?

imma hope that's intentional

I mean nothing is gonna top that essay you just put out

[Morgan.]

So we have hit the Top 24 and it's time to find a winner.

The 24 are in the OP. I need everyone to PM me using the template below. 1 point goes to your least favourite character, and 24 to your favourite. The character with the most points at the end - wins.

Because I don't want to be editing in 100 writeups every time, you will post the Writeup you wish to give when the ranking is announced.

And Ive already ranked mine so there's no host bias

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[montblanc]

not josee's wonderful write up ending with the samey drag

[Morgan.]

I never added a template

[Morgan.]

Added

[Morgan.]

Hurreh up

[Morgan.]

Bumping

[Epic.]

I'm confused, do we do write ups or not? The BB rankdown we all had to give a short opinion on everyone but I don't follow what it is here.

I have all my spots prepared to send though

[sleleen]

Originally Posted by Epic.

I'm confused, do we do write ups or not? The BB rankdown we all had to give a short opinion on everyone but I don't follow what it is here.

I have all my spots prepared to send though

they will be announced in 24th, 23rd etc and you post a writeup after they have been eliminated so you just send in your spots for now

[Epic.]

omg i just noticed im the same age as josee, i'm stunned

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by SlayBB

they will be announced in 24th, 23rd etc and you post a writeup after they have been eliminated so you just send in your spots for now

This basically. Because I know people ugh want to say more than the 'short' opinion allows - especially as these are the finalists.

Also worth noting that the current leader is at 90 points and the current last place at 28. This is after 4 votes.

[Epic.]

I dunno how many of you already saw this thing I saw a couple years back.



It was canon that Jacques and Josee trained together for 14 years, meaning they've been at this life since 8 and 6 years old, acting older than they actually are</3

The Stepbrothers being SEVENTEEN years old somehow makes them even more intolerable on the flip slide

[Morgan.]

Can RileyH and Slay get rankings in over this weekend please? Thanks

[RileyH]

omg sorry i'll do it tonight

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by RileyH

omg sorry i'll do it tonight

[RileyH]

ranking them was so hard I really like all of them bar a few </3

[Ant.]

Um I didn't sign up to this? I've not even seen this until now? Morgan didn't ask me to take part...he's clearly used my identity so he gets two votes each round. I certainly wouldn't have voted to final pass Gwen... Yikes...

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Ant.

Um I didn't sign up to this? I've not even seen this until now? Morgan didn't ask me to take part...he's clearly used my identity so he gets two votes each round. I certainly wouldn't have voted to final pass Gwen... Yikes...

Bitch

[Morgan.]

Also SlayBB needs to hurreh ha ass up

[Ant.]

Slag sweety this isn't GAME you can't just disappear for one week

[sleleen]

done x