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hey guys

its been 1 year since i was on tumblr!!!!!

woo!!!!!!

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Rewatched Scott Pilgrim and this scene just really reminded me of them (Noah, Cody, and Sierra) so I drew it 😛

THE SCENE:

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genuinely this is the same character to me just from different things

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the rust community is kinda dead rn,,,,, what kinda content r yall lookin 4

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what if. what if.

show for slightly older audiences. we get a look at the characters’ lives.

we see their social lives, how they keep in contact with fellow td contestants, their relations with family, what they’re like in private, maybe looks at their childhoods?

imagine the angst that could come of a series like that.

also imagine how fucking SAD a cody episode would be. the angst potential!

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Noah is canonically the youngest of eight sibling. Eight.

You don't grow up in a family that large, as the youngest and therefore the favourite victim, and not have a super casual relationship with touch.

This guy is light enough to be literally blown away by a strong breeze; if you think even for a second that his family didn't take turns carrying him around like a briefcase and abducting him from whatever he was doing into a Family Pile™ then you're objectively wrong.

(You also can't convince me that he wasn't spoiled rotten as the baby of the family.)

So frequent platonic touching is pretty normal for him, expected even, and he tends to be more tactile than his personality or demeanour would suggest.

He gives Owen side-hugs and pats on the arm every time the two interact, and wilfully flops himself onto Eva whenever he's overwhelmed and wants the company of someone comparatively quiet (she always uses it as an excuse to carry him to the gym and encourage him to bulk up, though it never works). He tries to tire out Izzy's boundless energy by play-fighting and grappling with her (much to his chagrin) despite him essentially ending up as her glorified chew toy, and often times passes out due to being a stick insect in human form.

It's unexpected, just how casually clingy he is to the people he trusts/likes.

But you know who isn't used to physical contact?

Cody E.J. "my parents forgot my birthday" Anderson

This wet noodle of a boy bigs himself up as a ladies' man and a hot commodity but wouldn't know what to do with himself if someone held his hand. The concept of affection of any kind is so foreign to him, especially positive physical contact- I wouldn't be surprised if he could count the amount of hugs his parents had given him on one hand.

And this is backed by his canonical desperation for acknowledgement! Every time he pursues Gwen, even when he's directly shot down and sometimes harshly rejected, he still tries to win her affections and festers the delusion that she likes him. After all, everyone who's supposed to care about him does the same! His parents, 'friends' or lack thereof, ect.; they all ignore/rebuff him so it must be a sign of endearment.

Additionally, he sleeps with a stuffed emu at the ripe age of 16/17- as stated by Sierra, which he never denies (not that there's anything wrong with that, stuffed animals are top tier imho). You know who else sleeps with stuffed animals? Touch-starved people.

Cody is incredibly attention-starved, touch-starved and, post World Tour, in all likelihood somewhat touch-averse- at least when it comes to other people initiating contact.

To elaborate; Sierra is constantly breaching his personal bubble non-consensually, which would inadvertently condition anyone into being at least a little haphephobic, but Cody himself is more than happy to instigate contact with people he trusts (i.e. hugging Alejandro when he protects Cody from Sierra overnight in Rapa Phooey!).

...See where I'm going with this?

We see these two cuddling twice in canon; once in the Awake-a-thon and again in the Celebrity Manhunt. Once is happenstance, but twice indicates a pattern or coincidence but I'm going to gloss over that for the sake of this post.

Plus, with their consistent proximity during Action, they had plenty of time to form some type of relationship be it friendly or more.

(Wouldn't you want to at the very least get some closure from the guy who kissed you/you kissed for the world to see? It would be awkward to completely ignore each other, and they literally shared a cabin at one point so it's not like they were strangers either. So of course they're at least cordial from Action onwards.)

Then, as Noah becomes more comfortable around Cody, his tactile tendancies come to play.

Cody, predictably, reacts skittishly at the alien phenomenon known as friendly touch and tries to play it off to preserve his cool-guy image. Except Noah's not falling for it. He's observant, if emotionally illiterate, and watching the guy you just backpatted in greeting jump five feet into the air and screech like a falcon is a flashing red alarm for even the most empathetically challenged people.

Eventually, Noah gets Cody to divulge his issues with human contact and offers his assistance to the brunette. If giving his pal a hug every now and then, and letting him in turn initiate whatever he's comfortable with, would help him overcome his rocky relationship with touch then Noah is more than happy to oblige. It's not like it's out of the norm for him, so he doesn't mind at all.

Then, gradually, Cody loses his touch aversion.

But a lifetime of isolation won't be magically cured that easily, and he finds himself craving Noah's embrace more and more. Again, the taller of the two is content to give him what he wants. Their agreement evolves into the duo napping together and feeding into Noah's sleep-hugging habit, or just spending quality time in a heap of pretzeled limbs under a weighted blanket.

(Whether their relationship is platonic or romantic is entirely up to interpretation, though I'm partial to the two being friends who are just Like That since it allows for the funniest potential character interactions. The bromance is real.)

That's as good a place as any to end the post, before I end up writing a whole drabble.

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special sunshine chori over here, I can't stop thinking about these two... we're all so normal about noco over here! haha..

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Noah’s family adores Cody, which sends Cody for a loop. I hc that Cody’s parents suck (something kind of implied in cannon), so he’s kind of overwhelmed when he almost immediately gets accepted into the Sterecra family. Cody would also absolutely take Noah’s surname if they were to marry.

Sterecra isn't a real name. Noah does not have a canon last name. No wait, his last name is Total Drama

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yeah noah is totally head over heels for cody. heart eyes in love. sorry

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♪ Perfect Day (A True Story) ♪

Gabbie Hanna

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FINALLY at the big reveal! So happy to be here!!

I don't know if I've made it clear, but Sierra has heavily tinted rose-colored glasses when it comes to Cody. She sees him with a dopey smile, she assumes she's won him over. She sees him blush and stumble through the challenges, she assumes his feelings for her are too overwhelming. And when she hears Cody and Noah kissed... It must've been Noah's fault. Noah must of manipulated him somehow. Noah must've gotten in his head, cause there's no way Cody would ever like anyone that wasn't her. Right...?

She's not right. It's gonna take a while for her to come to terms with it, though.

Bonus dialogue between team Chris I had to cut in favor of Noah chewing Sierra out:

Noah: He’s NOT a boyfriend and I didn’t do anything WRONG!!

Duncan: You don’t think kissing another girl’s guy is WRONG?

Owen: Woah woah woah, hold on! Noah wouldn’t do something like that! And he *just* said Cody’s not her boyfriend!

Noah: She’s only saying he is cause she’s DELUSIONAL.

Noah: He doesn’t even LIKE HER!

Duncan: How would you know?? How long have you been doing this [song and dance] exactly?

Owen: It couldn’t have been long! I would have known something about it, right?

Noah: …

Owen: NOAH!?

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"Alright Campers! In today's challenge, Cody will attempt to escape the electric chair! If he doesn't get out in time he'll fucking die!"

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Cody bc like I haven't posted in a while😭 also I'm still obsessed with Cody and Noah so.

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More of my Noco edits cause y’all seemed to like the last one (let me know if you want to see other ships :3)

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Little Noco edit I made :3 (this was a surprise for a friend of mine who ships noco :D)

The video for proof I did it too :p

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Total drama but it’s only when Noah and Cody are both in frame

I was gonna do the whole series, but halfway through making this I realized it was incredibly stupid! So you only get island!!! Five whole minutes of my nonsense!!!!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

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This is so refreshing. It’s so nice hearing TOTAL DRAMA say the words Gay and Bi. Unabashedly. I’m never gonna be over this

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hey silly little guys cory here …

nocovember 2023 week 4 canon divergence !

wanted to draw world tour noco in first class together bc the world tour brainrot is real