User blog comment:The Flaming Sword of Fury/RR Hurt and Heal/@comment-2114961-20151206190408/@comment-2114961-20151206214837

Except he isnt a dave copy? I'll agree, even before his attratiob to emma happened, he lost his sarcastic edge and was more of a bored wet blanket. I saw it as a sign of maturity since he was so focused on winning. And while his antics during the whole romance plot was pretty cringe worthy It's harsh to say that it completely broke his character and broght him tothe likes of Dave

Unlike Dave, he wasn't obsessively on her back 24/7. He oggeled over her and ad a personality shift. But it was clear that this is his first time fallnig for someone, so he didn't know what to do. DAVE on the other hand, pretty much tried to force the relationship on her and while she did sort of string him along with her wishy washyness, he went completely mental when she said no, voted himself off, and went even more demented  in the finale. Noah, while heartbroken for a whole episode after she said no, still kept his sanity in the end, and yes, got the girl.

So basically what I'm saying is,  maturity and a relationship doesn't make a character go TDAS levels of derailed. Was he the ideal Noah? No, but I believed they salvaged him in the end, and if/when we see him again he'll still be the same old Noah. (sorry that went so long)