#there’s more than enough time for an esgy teen to get their shadow the hedgehog on

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Bestie I have got to tell you Mal TD totally listens to the Shadow the Hedgehog OST, and depending on the Total Drama timeline it would literally be perfect timing like- you can’t tell me this edgy teen nerd didn’t see a Sonic character with a gun and DIDN’T think it was cool, come on!

#mal td #td mal #total drama #canon mal may not seem the type but we all agree that canon mal was bad(ly written) #make him an edgy teen that may or may not have engaged in teenage delinquency that may or may not have gotten juvie time #previous juvie attendee duncan certainly wasn’t supervillain even if he’s not nice #give mal some teenage cringe to revel in like come on #shadow the hedgehog came out in 2005 (good for him) and apparently the first show was canonically set or at least filmed in 2007 #tdi and tda take place vaguely one after the other so that’s within the same year #tdwt come a year later making the gen 1 cast probably between 16-17 now m #tdroti comes out during the candian summer later in the year fit for island weather aka in 2008 tdroti cast are 15-16 #gen 1 and sierra are maybe 16-17 gen 2 and alejndro are maybe 15-16 #mike and maybe mal given teen awkwardness/angst respectively are probably also 15-16 #2008 for 15-16y/o = 1993 or 1992 aka 12-13y/o during 2005 #baby- between duncan escaping juvie during his audition tape and the 3 year gap of mal being juvie free #there’s more than enough time for an esgy teen to get their shadow the hedgehog on #did i just spend the entire tags rambling about a timeline? maybe #i just want mal to have ‘being a kid’ moments okay 😩?