What was the purpose of having Heather in Total Drama Action, for so long, anyway?
She hadn’t really done anything… not been particularly evil, but hadn’t really bettered herself, either. She just seemed kind of “there.” • I imagine the writers felt that fans would expect her, but also knew that she couldn’t realistically continue her manipulation for another season with people who all knew her. They took the lazy approach to it and just made her a gag source and elimination fodder. • In a dramatic sense, it kinda does. The first time her team lost, she would have been eliminated had it not been for Gwen feeling guilty. They built up Gwen’s conflict over the previous episodes. The next loss for the team was DJ, who also had his personal drama building up for the previous few eps. He was also eliminated on another teams loss. The first time they lost, Heather was voted off, and it was this close between her and Leshawna because Leshawna had been acting bitchy. If the other team hadn’t lost so often, we probably wouldn’t have seen her stick around quite as long. • Je
