#jo is (wo)mansplain manipulate and brick is malewife

[total-drama-brainrot]

Ohhh I have to hear your opinion on brick x jo!

Pretty much canon. They were practically built up as narrative foils to each other. Yin and Yang, if you will.

Jo's perpetual need to be the leader of the group despite not being very good at organising her team, paired with Brick's "need to be dominated" (thanks, Dawn) oftentimes outweighing his own natural leadership skills; Jo's fiercely independent and self-servient mindset contrasting with Brick's "leave no man behind" mentality; Jo's hypermasculinity 'disguising' her hidden wishes to be more feminine, compared to Brick's near constant emasculation and traditionally feminine interests. The list goes on.

Then they had their whole rivalry with the initial team swap, which gave Brick a chance to shine as A Leader instead of Jo's peon, proving himself as at least somewhat equal to her in terms of proficiency and ability. Plus, Brick seems to be one of the few campers Jo actually has some respect for!

Their dynamic was fun when it was allowed to play out, and it was nice to see a tomboy/non-feminine girl be treated with actual decency by the show; I love Eva to pieces, but she's only ever been done dirty by the show. I'd like to say that Brick was also treated well as an 'effeminate' guy, but. Well. He wasn't exactly treated kindly by the writers- I don't think I need to elaborate.

I'm surprised that the show itself didn't even hint at anything romantic between the two (I say 'hint', but Total Drama is never subtle enough for their 'hints' to be anything less than a banner on the screen that says "these two are into each other"), but I guess the narrative was too focused on the inferior Zoke plotline to squeeze in any Jo x Brick crumbs. And also, the show would never have let two GNC characters have a relationship, at least not pre-reboot.

I'd have to re-watch the series to give you a definitive answer but I think that just about sums up my thoughts.

#jo is (wo)mansplain manipulate and brick is malewife #brick x jo would've been canon if jo wasn't as butch as she is. that's my hot take. #also brick pees himself an uncomfortable amount of times. like. an UNCOMFORTABLE amount of times. as a “running gag”. #all i'm saying is someone on the writing team has a Thing for pi💥 #total drama #td brick #td jo #td jock #ophe rambling #replies