User blog comment:The Flaming Sword of Fury/RR Hurt and Heal/@comment-26344841-20151207105739/@comment-31556666-20151207162932

Owen may not have had a plot but he still developed 10x better than Noah ever did. You don't need a plot to develop. Due to Noah being an annoying and intolerant idiot, it caused Owen to get an understandably game caring attitude. Even when it looked like the RTV Pros were dome for, Owen took it upon himself to try and get his team to survive. Sure it ended in him getting injured in a very cringey hard to watch moment and I think Noah deserved that eye injury more but I have to give Owen props for trying. His development is along the same lines as Kitty and not only did Owen develop into a mature yet still lovable goofball but he also remained full of the joy that he's known for that kept me impressed by him.

Unlike Noah, Owen had an actual good pace to his development. He was deeply ashamed for causing a penalty in France and then later shown a more caring side by being a wingman to Noah. He also had one of the most heartfelt moments in the season and definitely in the series. His speech to Noah in Finland was gratifying and really shown to me how much of a wonderful and sincere human being Owen is. The words "You need to stop worrying about some girl's hero, and be my hero", and the "There's no one else in the world I'd rather eat eyeballs with". It may be my favourite Owen moment ever because it adds depth to him within a matter of seconds. He goes from run of the mill nice guy to fantastic human. Even when his team had a horrible send off in Got Venom, Owen still made me laugh when he understandably got really mad at Noah's unbearable incompetence - "Agh, where was that enthusiasm a minute ago?!?"

The point of this comment is to say why RR Owen makes Noah look terrible and also one way of me saying why Noah should've went in this way sooner.