#Tours and Tastings

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Sabrina Carpenter performing Taste

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“you have good music taste” - dan howell to me october 25th 2024

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Osheaga || 08/04/2024

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Victory Tastes So Sweet

Is this another?

Yes.

It's another TDWT au.

Don't look at me.

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A TDWT where Noah joined Team Victory instead.

Eva is on Team Chris.

Izzy is on Team Amazon.

Chris made his husband "randomly" roll a D6 Dice. To be fair, he did roll for everyone except for select people.

Chris does not allow Sierra and Izzy to switch because he will absolutely not put any of Team E-Scope together. One member with Owen is fine, except Noah, because those two work together a little too well, but other than that, Team E-Scope is not allowed together. They would dominate the game, and as funny as that would be, he can't do it. He wants the competition to actually last, plus it may or may not be a punishment for Noah since the little shit messed with hair care products! Admittedly, it was Chris's fault since he was maybe the one to start their little prank war when the kid was his assistant, but come on! You don't mess with a man's hair routine! The jerk replaced the product in his very expensive bottles of shampoo and conditioner with a 3-in-1 set!!! A 3-IN-1!!!

But, anyway, he does allow Sierra to switch with a different person on Team Amazon...

Cody!

Yeah. Chris would not subject the boy to a crazy stalker because he knows how that is, but Chris also can't just get rid of Sierra because of the producers. Well, not till he can make it seem natural and something out of his control.

Teams:

Team Victory - Noah, Lindsay, Ezekiel, Bridgette, DJ, Harold, and Duncan until he quit.

Team Amazon - Izzy, Gwen, Courtney, Sierra, Heather, Beth, and Leshawna

Team Chris - Eva, Cody, Alejandro, Owen, Tyler, Justin, and Trent

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I really like the idea of Noah being in Team Victory that some fics do. It would be really fun to figure out how that affects the team dynamics.

Because Duncan quit, Team Victory is at a number disadvantage, and it is one of the main reasons Alejandro targets them. Another reason is that he had already been working on his relationships with Lindsay and Bridgette, and since they weren't on his team and couldn't be of much use to him, they had to go. He knew he was good at pretending and keeping up appearances, but he also knew he couldn't do it forever because, at a point, it became exhausting. Which is another reason why the girls had to go.

Noah was pissed! He knew Chris put him on a team with Harold and without Izzy, Eva, or Owen in retaliation for the 3-in-1 prank. It was hilarious! It was also ridiculous how Chris knew as soon as he started putting the product in his hair because of the smell and the way it felt. Now he was going to suffer. Was it bad of him to hope they lost so he could throw Harold out the plane. They had only been a team officially for like ten minutes, and he was already done with the guy. He kept trying to take charge because he "knew more about Egypt than anyone here,gosh!" Then he kept interrupting Noah and Lindsay when they tried to make a plan. And THEN he kept throwing out random facts at the worst times. AND THEN he decided that wasn't enough and had to correct Noah when Noah was right. It took Ezekiel (EZEKIEL) snapping at him for the ginger to shut up and let Noah and Lindsay plan.

He was finally able to let his team know that their stick was, in fact, a dowsing rod. When they reached the river, Lindsay helped direct them on weaving their boat, Noah had some experience with weaving as his grandma did it frequently and taught all her kids and grandkids.

Once again, he lucked out as he stopped Ezekiel from trying to shoo away the crocodiles with their dowsing rod given he knew Chris, and he just knew if they came empty-handed they would be penalized or they would lose. The Amazon's still won, but thankfully, the challenge was declared a reward given Duncan had quit.

He didn't know that Alejandro had been observing his team during the challenge and specifically himself. Alejandro had seen how he let Lindsay lead, but how even she looked to him for information. It was like he naturally took up the position of leader and merely delegated tasks. Then he saw them on their boat and how he stopped his teammate from making a mistake.

Noah, as he remembered Chris introducing him as (he was great with memorizing faces and names), was harsh from what he'd seen and overly sarcastic. How these people listened to him, he didn't know. What he did know was that he was now on his list because he could already see how the boy would stray Lindsay and Bridgette from his influence by being a bigger influence given they are on the same team.

He also noted that there was already tension in the group.

He could work with that.

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Noah on Team Victory!

Beth, Eva, Justin and Trent joining the game!

Noah and Lindsay iconic leader duo!

Alliance Team E-Scope + Owen, Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel!

Friendship trio Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel!

Ezekiel staying in the game and getting character growth!

Alenoah shenanigans way sooner! Because Alejandro sees Noah as a threat! Owen accidentally told the new guy too much about his Little Buddy because he was trying to be a wingman!

Lindsay getting to keep her character arc from season two!

No forgetting Tyler!

Leshawna, Heather, Gwen, and Courtney butting heads!

Added in challenges by me! Some inspired from Ridonculous Race!

Parental Chris and Chef! Of course!

Noah becoming reluctantly protective of his team (besides Harold)!

Team E-Scope being protective of each other! Of course!

Noah becoming a reluctant villain to protect his friends and team!

Alenoah threatening each other! I mean heavy flirting!

Owen trying to be a wingman for Noah!

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Short n’ sweet tour

First night! 💋

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you make me wanna make you fall in love, ah!

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Oooh More VTSS please!

Of course!

I'll give random headcanons!

Random Victory Tastes So Sweet:

• Noah still cuddles with Team E-Scope + Owen of they are in economy class with Team Chris, but if not, he cuddles with Lindsay. Though sometimes he just cuddles with her because he's too tired to seek out his other friends.

• Alejandro saw this and pointed it out to Tyler, thinking the jock would be mad or hurt and had put on his most sympathetic face. To his surprise, Tyler just cooed. "Oh man, is it time for a Noah sandwich, babe?"

Lindsay giggled from where she held onto Noah. "Looks like it!"

Then Alejandro watched in total befuddlement as Tyler eagerly ran over towards the cuddling duo and started cuddling Noah from the other side, effectively making the aforementioned 'Noah Sandwich.'

• Noah's revenge on Chris for making be on a team with Harold and without anyone from Team E-Scope or Owen was to bribe the interns into giving Chris false information on the places they were going so he would embarrass himself. Chris didn't catch on until Paris, to which he had this weird feeling and narrowed his eyes at Noah, whose smirk grew three sizes that day and mouthed, "Get humbled."

• Chris threw a fit that night before laughing. He went to the interns and convinced them to give him the real information on their destinations in return for being paid for the rest of the season. They agreed.

• His revenge was making Noah interact with Jerd in the next challenge as he knew his cousin annoyed Noah the few times his assistant had to interact with him.

• Noah and Ezekiel are made to follow a beauty/ skin care routine with Lindsay at night, and she makes sure they moisturize in the mornings. She also makes sure they are equipped with chapstick.

• Noah braids her hair at night for her before they go to sleep.

• Noah and Ezekiel surprisingly bond over all the languages they know. Ezekiel made for better conversation this season as Lindsay and Beth had adopted the kid and were helping him be better at social interactions. It has paid off an amazing amount Noah would admit. Behind Ezekiel's need to fit in, the guy is actually really smart.

• Noah realizes a bit too late he has adopted Ezekiel as well.

• Bridgette and Lindsay are still attracted to Alejandro, but like the charmer predicted, Noah got his claws into them, and while they still blushed, both would gush about their boyfriends. Bridgette would go on and on about how he'd love Geoff once he met him, and Lindsay would thank him for being such a good friend to Tyler. But she also threatened him to never hurt her boyfriend, and Alejandro would never admit he actually felt a slight shiver of fear.

• Izzy is sad she's not with her friends on a team, but she's making friends with Beth once the glasses-wearing girl got over being afraid of her.

• But also, her moral compasses aren't close enough by and she gets into way more shenanigans. She definitely messes with Sierra any chance she gets. She also instigates fights between Gwen, Heather, Courtney, and Leshawna.

• I forgot to mention that Justin also joined, and he's on Team Chris. I accidentally put Sierra on Amazon and Team Chris in the original post, but it's actually Justin. That will be edited later.

• Eva is protective of Owen, Cody, and Tyler on her team. She was already protective of Owen, but Cody's slim frame reminded her of Noah, then they started talking, and she emotionally adopted him along with Tyler.

• When Alejandro asked Owen about Noah, it was in hopes that the butter donkey would spill something embarrassing or a secret given how loose-lipped he was. But Owen had only gone on to talk about how great Noah was! It was frustrating!

• He now knows only useless things like the fact Noah has eight sisters, which is a ridiculous amount. He has a golden retriever that he loves dearly and who he buys matching sweaters for, which is tacky and not at all cute. He's very family oriented. He's great at cuddling. He's a very adventurous eater. He's great at hacking. That last one, at least, could be useful but only against Alejandro, which was infuriating!

• Owen smiles smugly to himself because he thinks he's being such a great wingman for his little buddy.

• I told y'all that Noah is almost always responsible for Harold's elimination. Especially in this au he does. He is so motivated to get the ginger outta here.

• His plan starts with manipulating Alejandro first. He makes sure the charmer sees some conflict between Harold and Noah. Noah somehow makes it seem like Harold wants Noah gone (which is most likely true), and all he needs is the courage to take control over the team.

Next, he makes sure to complain as much as possible about Harold and how worried he was that if Harold took over the team then Noah would be gone to Izzy and Eva when he dragged them down to the cargo hold right after he saw the eel walk into there to snoop probably. He plays the conflict up! He even alludes to the fact that Leshawna obviously likes Alejandro's confidence, and if Harold had that confidence, they would get back together, and Harold would be like a new guy to show Leshawna that confidence will win him the game.

• Alejandro thinks this is his change to get the snark off because with how the guy is playing, he could very well get in the way of Alejandro's game. So he flirts extra with Leshawna to show Harold he has the confidence and the Geek could learn something from him. Really make the ginger value his opinion.

He also notices that Harold is someone who thinks highly of themself but still needs the affirmation. So, he makes sure to compliment him and blow up his self-esteem in Japan.

He fell perfectly into Noah's trap.

• Noah had to hold in his grins and laughs when he saw how much Alejandro was getting into Harold's head. He loved when his calculations were proven right. Alejandro wasn't a narcissistic person, but he was someone who fell to their own hubris.

He nearly coughed up a lung holding in a cackle when Harold became so bossy and took over their commercial. He made sure to seem reluctantly submissive yet annoyed. He knew their commercial was going to be a disaster by ohoho boy. He did not think it would suck as bad as it did. He saw the rest of his teammates looking especially irritated and knew he would have the support to vote out Harold.

• No DJ wanting to go home because Noah helped him with his "curse." Look, Noah definitely didn't believe the guy was cursed, but they needed DJ on the team, and the poor dude was miserable. So Noah pulled out the works his grandma, one of his aunties, and some of his sisters showed him and practiced. He gave DJ a salt cleansing, and he made him a simple Araignan Kayiru (black thread worn at the waist or left ankle to protect the wearer) to wear which DJ chose to wear on both his waist and left ankle.

• Once Harold was gone, Alejandro was so confused, but Noah wanted to gloat, so he tracked down the eel and happily thanked him for his help.

• Que Alejandro cursing up a Spanish storm in the confessional.

"That conniving little-! He's good."

Little does he know how wide he's smiling.

"Well played zorro. Well played."