User blog comment:ForeverAloneTV/TD Character Review-Rant - Noah/@comment-5221692-20151224071455/@comment-31556666-20151228225947

@CoGreen Sorry it took me so long to reply. I forgot to check this blog.

I know why they had Noah act like this to Owen but the difference is that you genuinely see Emma evolve in appreciating her sister more and learning to not take her for granted. With Noah, he jumps from interacting with Owen to interacting with Emma. I could tell it was a parallel but Emma having more growth happen to her kind of stings the appeal of this parallel for me.

I'll admit your right about Owen being ridiculous and Noah wasn't mean to him. I can admit to being wrong there.

I did not have specific expectations for Noah, but the point I'm making is that there were several moments that looked like a setup for what was to come in future for Noah and I never saw it tapped into. I also don't mind if Owen is sidelined since I still loved him and his purpose in this season. The problem that I have is the imbalance. Every other RR team had some sort of balance with who the focus was on. And that's why Noah came across as repetitive to me. He has all of the limelight in his favour and after a while there's not much more new things he can really do with that spotlight.

Okay, I'll explain. Noah became a stale monotonous mess for me in this season as soon as he became by the book, which I thought happened in his last four episodes. His interactions with Emma are almost always the same kind of conversation with not much variation. Plus all I saw to him was this repetitiveness, which is what made him forgettable for me. I can't make the same complaint about Emma because with her, there's at least some backstory. She's already established to be clingy, which is why her ex broke up with her, and there's more of a three dimensional thing going on between her and Kitty since you see Emma go back and forth in choosing between Noah and the game. That has some weight to it.

Compare this to Noah, who I felt had just been written into a random relationship with not much complexity. There's not much variation with him, you don't really see his thought process about choosing between Emma and the competition, and that's what made him monotone for me, not to mention the fact that there's nothing about Nemma that makes them bounce off of each other, decreasing my interest.

Oh and another thing, I get a personal vendetta against Noah in his final scene. Owen rushes to try and save Noah but then after they lose, Emma rushes to Noah, wishing to kiss him, making him scream "Here I am!" Owen's reaction to this is mine to it and it just makes Noah look pathetic.

I get that Noah couldn't get Owen out of the komodo dragon incident but he's so one-dimensional here for me. Worst case scenario, his friend could be murdered, and Noah just stands there with some quip to him. Another example of why I feel he's monotone for me.

I like that Kitty and Owen shared my uncomfortableness as it added some relatability but I have to keep in mind that this whole lovey dovey talk lasted four episodes (technically 3 since Noah had one line in Lord of the Ring Toss). By that longevity, it doesn't seem intriguing for me. It just comes across as a cringey, rushed gag.

You've made excellent points. I was not expecting there to be a way of positively looking at Noah and most of what I'm said here is opinionated.

TL;DR: I love you too

TL;DR: I don't dislike Noah in RR, but I feel he could've been much better, though I see why you like him.