Reading both Hell hath no fury and Never Again by AyaWilliams always inspires me to draw Noah. There's something about him being a calm person who is so good at being villain that I enjoy so much.
The crumbs of Heather and Noah being villain buddies in the first season are good too. They could have been unstopable.
Bonus: Female!Noah appretiation. (Mostly redraws of screenshots and Heather/Noah besties because I love them)
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Some more TD:WT fanart for the fic im writing :3 one of the drawings has significantly less effort put into it but oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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“Izzy, Owen, and shockingly, Noah, were all piled up in a corner of the loser’s class sound asleep. Alejandro raises his eyebrow in surprise. He’d heard the rumors about Noah’s clingy tendencies from Sierra, but it’s still surprising to see the teen who was always so sarcastic and cold towards a majority of the competitors show such outward affection.
Alejandro watches the pile of sleeping teens with a plethora of mixed emotions. He can’t pinpoint any of the many muddled emotions besides irritation. (He shuts down the faint voice in the back of his mind screaming “jealousy”. He couldn’t care less what Noah does; they’re barely even friends.) Every time he thinks he understands Noah, something throws a wrench in it.
The rest of his team and the other opponents were easy enough to understand, even if some were harder to manipulate than others. Usually, he could bat his eyelashes and flash a smile, (or bribe them with a chocolate bar in Owen’s case) but with Noah, it only served to irritate him even more. No matter what he did to gain his trust, no matter how many false smiles and compliments he gave, Noah still stayed frosty towards him. He just couldn’t understand him.
Noah is lazy and does practically nothing to help if he can get away with it, yet he will fight tooth and nail to keep his friends in the game. Noah dresses like a nerdy character on a Disney channel show in well worn sweater vests and button ups, but he also never takes off his pair of designer sunglasses. Alejandro had asked him about it once, but he didn’t seem to even be aware of how expensive they were. He seems to have some sort of knowledge about the challenges but doesn’t ever try to win. He’s an enigma wrapped in a mystery and tied up with a bow of contradictions. It’s driving him crazy.
Staring at Noah, the rest of the world seemed to fade away as he loomed over them. Why was it that Noah was so much more resistent than everyone else? Why couldn’t Noah do what he tells him to like the rest of them? Why was it that the only times Noah seems to actually appreciate Alejandro’s presence when Alejandro drops the mask and stops pretending-!?
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…Alejandro clenches his fists at his sides. He inhales deeply and cuts off that train of thought immediately. He can’t think about that, not if he wants to win this game. So what if Noah thinks the comments Alejandro makes when he thinks no one is listening are funny? So what if those are some of the only times that he’s ever seen Noah smile? It doesn’t matter. He’s still useful for now, so he’ll keep Noah around until he stops proving to be useful.
He won’t lose.”
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Bowie and Noah are both gay stereotypes, just of different times
Ok hear me out. I very much agree that Noah was written as "the gay kid" archetype bc that was the gimmick for gen 1. this is ESPECIALLY apperant in s1. like 90% of his line delivery had some amount of sass to it, as apposed to a straight up a deadpan(obviously that's present but rewatch it and tell me there's not an amount of flare to the delivery). some rapid fire queercoding. 1. the way he runs and his high pitched scream 2. his aversion to physical activity to a degree that distinguishes him from the rest of the cast 3. the ear kiss/cuddle. obviously a gay joke. that only scrapes the surface too(not even getting into s2/3 where the queercoding was him just having chemistry with various male characters). so obvious stereotype that was covered up by fresh TV with emma(JUSTICE FOR EMMA TOO I LOVE HER). personally I think he's gay but I can see him as bi too. just compare him to other 2000s gay characters. very clear similarity.
bowie IS canonically gay. and while I don't think he's the "this is my only personality trait" level of gay stereotype, I think it's clear there's aspects of his writing that are that. I'd complain more but Raj kind of displays existing as a gay character without stereotypes and most TD info we talk about is fanon anyway bc ultimately this is us giving way to much depth to a fake reality TV show(/pos). anyway he is but in a very different way. the way he dresses is the modern stereotype just like how noahs(button ups and sweater vests) is for his time. his attitude has a lighter air. more fun. he's built less skinny and more lean with sports abilities.
they're both very clearly gay characters but it's so interesting how they're very clear examples of the era. which ngl all of TD is. it's like watching the passage of time at certain points.
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Day 7
Free-day (Out of order and late) Alenoah as Sherlock/Moriarty.
I like it when two characters play mind games and scheming against or with each other.
I didn`t plan to create an AU, but – my rant and bits of literature/character analysis (The Vision). Also, draw concept sketch.
Noah (Detective Sherlock Holmes). I mean, they're both geniuses, introverts who don't care about social opinion and some versions depicted him as being good with dogs. In Victorian England, I totally see Noah opening a detective agency, because you either go working on a plant or you might use your geniuses’ intelligence to solve crimes, like game puzzles, and make monies to pay bills and buy new books because in 1800 many books were expensive and produced in small quantities.
Plus! I might look at this too far, but I think the Sherlock and Watson analogy was implemented in London episode when they strip team Chris just to Noah and Owen for investigation.
Owen (Dr. Watson). Basically in the original books, Watson plays the role of the guy, your typical visual novel MC, well narrator, who has character, but his whole purpose is just to be a witness to detectives doing, asking questions for the audience. This leads to usually representing Watson as either annoyed with Sherlock's antics or (usually in kids' media) naïve but with good intentions because of this simplification, to show his kindhearted nature in cartoons and caricatures he is portrayed as chubby, which is what we need! But all of them did service in the Anglo-Afghan War, even Disney version mentioned it. (Also if you want to do Nowen version of Jhonlock I don`t mind, sure go for it)
Alejandro (professor Moriarty). Do I really need to explain? Both archvillains in their stories. Professor, respected in society for his talent and achievements, wealthy, but behind all of that façade he`s "Napoleon of crime". He doesn’t usually do crimes himself but rather, schemes, orchestrates the events, or provides the plans that will lead to a successful crime, like paying money to a court so that someone can be released from prison.
Heather (Irene Adler). OK, in the original books (all books written not by Arthur Conan Doyle are basically fanfics) her character and Sherlock don`t date (But if you like, it`s fine). She was more like “I know what you are” towards him. I want to base it more on Warner Bros Sherlock where Irene works with Moriarty, but they also try to get rid of each other. She is also famous for blackmailing royals, If it isn`t most Heather thing I don`t know what is.
Eva (Mrs. Hudson). The landlady. I think it would be funny, she yelling at them to pay their bills in time.
See you next week
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