| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lindsay |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Tyler (Total Drama) (lover) Chris McLean (boss-ish) Heather (Total Drama) (former friends; enemies) |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Other: | Lindsay drawn to resemble the Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer painting by sopaipoo. |
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Lindsay is a contestant on Total Drama. Although she is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans, fanworks focusing mainly on her are uncommon.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
TBA
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Autistic!Lindsay is a somewhat common interpretation of her character, as is ADHD!Lindsay.
Lindsay is often redesigned by fans, more so than any other contestant beside Gwen. delightfully-deranged-dagur's redesign, Archived version is one of many.
Lindsay's Fanon Personal Name is often Top. This comes from Total Drama Comeback, though Fannish Drift means much of Total Drama fandom do not know this is where the name came from. In Total Roblox Drama, she is called Libby. Fans may call her this outside of the Roblox fangame.
Her appreciation days are July 18th (in Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar) and September 20th (in Ace-TD's Mega Character Appreciation List).
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
Lindsay, the Comrade?
Comrade Lindsay meme by totaljenisland.
A post on Tumblr by totaljenisland in 2019 where Lindsay reads Marx went viral. It has over 60k notes as of November 2023, escaping confinement from Total Drama's Tumblr fandom. The image of Lindsay reading Marx may be referenced in fanworks. A similar meme was made for Cody later in 2019 by alecodys.
totaljenisland said:
“oh i get it! workers of the world should like, unite you know? we totalllyyy have nothing to lose but our chains!!”
totaljenisland replied:
why’d this post blow up. it’s lindsay total drama reading marx and engels
ndiecity replied:
you answered your own question[1]
This edit was later featured in unironicduncanstan's Total Drama Iceberg in 2021.
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Relationships
Very Rough Estimation of Relationships with Lindsay in Fanworks on FanFiction.Net as of April 17th, 2024.[Notes 1]
Lindsay/Tyler (15.1%)
Chris McLean/Lindsay (8.9%)
(6.0%)
Cody/Lindsay (6.0%)
Lindsay/Trent (5.8%)
Other (58.2%)
Relationships with Lindsay in Fanworks on Archive of Our Own as of April 17th, 2024.[Notes 2]
Lindsay/Tyler (35.7%)
Heather/Lindsay (6.2%)
(3.0%)
Gwen/Lindsay (2.5%)
(2.1%)
Other (50.5%)
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Lindsay is shipped with much of Total Drama's cast.
| With... | Full Label | Type | Portmanteau | Information | % on FFN[Notes 3] | % on AO3[Notes 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | Lindsay/Tyler | Het | Lyler; Tysay; Lindsler | (Seen on its page.) | 15.1 | 35.7 |
| Tyler | Gen | n/a | n/a | 4.9 | 1.4 | |
| Gwen | Gwen/Lindsay | Femslash | Gwendsay | n/a | 2.7[Notes 4] | 2.5 |
| Gwen | Gen | n/a | n/a | 4.0 | 1.2 | |
| Beth | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.4 | 2.1 | |
| Beth | Beth/Lindsay | Femslash | Bethsay; Lindseth | n/a | 0 | 1.3 |
| Geoff | Geoff/Lindsay | Het | n/a | n/a | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Bridgette | Bridgette/Lindsay | Femslash | n/a | n/a | 2.9[Notes 5] | 0.7 |
| Bridgette | Gen | n/a | n/a | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Heather | Heather/Lindsay | Femslash | Leather; Heathsay | November 9th is Heathsay Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 4.9[Notes 6] | 6.2 |
| Heather | Gen | n/a | n/a | 4.7 | 3.0 | |
| Trent | Lindsay/Trent | Het | Trindsay | The founders of Total Drama Island Fanon Club liked this pairing. | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Trent | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Noah | Lindsay/Noah | Het | Noasay | Opposites Attract, as Noah is considered smart while Lindsay is not. | 5.6 | 0 |
| Noah | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.9 | 1.9 | |
| Chris McLean | Chris McLean/Lindsay | Het | Chrindsay | Noticeable age difference ship. | 8.9 | 0.8 |
| Chris McLean | Gen | n/a | n/a | 5.3 | 0.8 | |
| Courtney | Gen | n/a | n/a | 6.0 | 0.8 | |
| Duncan | Duncan/Lindsay | Het | Dunsay | Duncan is shown to find Lindsay attractive on the show, though this was only for one line. | 4.5 | 0 |
| Duncan | Gen | n/a | n/a | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Cody | Cody/Lindsay | Het | Codsay; Codisay | Lindsay is often in Cody Harem fic. Otherwise, this ship in it of itself is rare. | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| Cody | Gen | n/a | n/a | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Owen | Lindsay/Owen | Het | Owinsey | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| Leshawna | Gen | n/a | On the show, these two are on good terms. | 0 | 0.7 | |
| Eva | Eva/Lindsay | Femslash | LindsEva | December 17th is LindsEva Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 0 | 0 |
| Dakota | Dakota/Lindsay | Femslash | Lindkota | April 19th is Lindkota Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar. | 0 | 0 |
| Izzy | Izzy/Lindsay | Femslash | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.6 |
| Alejandro | Gen | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.5 |
Example/Notable Fanac
Heather/Lindsay animation made in BuddyPoke by xxkelli8xx. Using character creators for Total Drama fanworks was common in 2009, when this GIF was made, and is still common as of 2023.
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- ChrisxLindsay-FC, Archived version, ChrisxLindsay Lovers!, a club for Chris/Lindsay.
- TrentxLindsay-FC, Archived version, Trent/Lindsay, a club for Lindsay/Trent.
Collections
- The Bookworm and the Ditz, [Unable to archive] a Lindsay/Noah collection on FanFiction.Net.
Fan Art
- Total Drama Pride Month Collab.
- The artist behind Leshawna Ball OC also made similar art for Lindsay.
- they would have been besties by tenstarii, Archived version, crossover fanart with 6teen's Caitlin.
- untitled by chrismclame, Archived version, Leshawna&Lindsay during World Tour.
- Lindsay TDI by Maye1a, Archived version, Lindsay bust drawn in a general Anime style.
- Togetherness | Chrindsay by TheLivingBluejay, Archived version, Chris/Lindsay.
Fan Fic
- Secret by UltimateWarriorFan4Ever, [Unable to archive] Lindsay&Noah.
- Dreams Scented of Coconut and Apple by Rufus T. Serenity. [Unable to archive] Features Cody/Lindsay. Rufus was an early BNF in Total Drama fandom.
Fan Mixes
- a day on rodeo drive, a Dakota/Lindsay fanmix by Jam7, aka cutie-dakota (2014)
- dont care if you think im dumb, a Lindsay fanmix by dakotamilton, aka tdfashion (2014)
General Fanworks
- Island of the Slaughtered.
Gif Sets
- untitled by duncneys, Archived version, gifset of Lindsay calling out Heather in season one. This scene is famous and is often referenced in fanart.
Meta
- wishing for a world where lindsay and noah end up as good friends by realitytvpros, Archived version, meta for Lindsay&Noah.
- Do you guys think that Lindsay from TD is autistic coded?, Archived version, a discussion in Reddit.
- state at least one positive fact/opinion you have about: lindsay!, Archived version, a discussion on Reddit.
References/Further Reading
- Lindsay on Total Drama Wiki
- ^ Pie chart considers each relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values. Results obtained by searching for both characters tagged either under the "romance" category or excluding the "romance" category for Gen stats. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ Pie chart considers each tagged relationship as if it was an individual fanwork. "Other" also appears smaller in percentage than in reality and may even list negative values. See here for more up-to-date information.
- ^ a b "0" does not necessarily mean the relationship is non-existent on the platform, just that it's not one of the character's top 20 tagged relationships/was otherwise not calculated.
- ^ Gwen/Lindsay calculated by also excluding fics featuring Tyler or Duncan
- ^ Bridgette/Lindsay calculated by also excluding fics featuring Tyler or Geoff
- ^ Heather/Lindsay calculated by also excluding fics featuring Tyler or Alejandro
