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Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

Source: Total Drama: Revenge of the Island

Anniversary: May 16, 2021

Why?

(Spoilers for Total Drama)

Oh, Brick... Man. Wow. I adore him to such an insane degree, and I can't believe it took two and half years for me to add him to the F/O roster. He's one of those characters I saw and said "Wow, I'm gonna fucking hate this guy!" You expect him to be the stereotypical military guy; loud, bossy, mean, overly-patriotic... Instead, we get a well-meaning, selfless, adorable guy. Thank god! There's so many little details of his character that I just lose my mind over. He loves his mom, he's afraid of the dark, he wants to be a fashion designer, he's got a hint of a southern accent, he has a canonical "need to be dominated"... He's perfect!

I've got mixed feelings on Total Drama itself (especially the later seasons), but from my completely biased standpoint, Brick is a fantastic character. It's interesting to have a competitor that outright states during his first confessional that he strives for teamwork above all else... Hell, he got eliminated because he saved the "enemy" from dying of radiation poisoning. He has literally done nothing wrong or malicious at any point in his life, and for that, he certainly stands out against both the Total Drama cast and my personal collection of awful men. He is just so genuine and sweet, he deserves the world and more. This is a cold take, but he probably deserved to be in All Stars... Then again, All Stars was so abysmal that I'm sorta glad they scrapped him from the cast. If they'd fucked him up like they did everyone else, I don't know if my gay little heart could take it... Maybe it's for the best.