Alejandro/Noah
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Alejandro (Total Drama)/Noah (Total Drama) |
| Alternative name(s): | Alenoah, AleNoah |
| Gender category: | Slash |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Canonical?: | Fanon |
| Prevalence: | Popular Pairing |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | Enemies to Lovers |
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Alejandro/Noah, also known as Alenoah, is a popular pairing within Total Drama fandom. The ship is between Alejandro and Noah, both prominent characters. Although the pairing has existed since 2010, when Alejandro was introduced as a contestant, it only became popular around 2021[1] following a Renaissance within the fandom at large, particularity for its Slash pairings.
Alejandro/Noah is Total Drama's second/third most fanwork'd ship on Archive of Our Own as of September 2023, neck-to-neck in popularity with Cody/Noah, the coupling of Cody and Noah. There is light ship war between Alejandro/Noah, Cody/Noah and Alejandro/Heather fans, though Owen/Noah shippers are not to be ignored from the equation.
Slippery Slopes by courtney-deserved-better is Alejandro/Noah's most well-known fanfiction. It convinced many of the pairing's potential, particularly existing Cody/Noah shippers[2]. The fanfiction is the most kudos'd fanwork in Total Drama's Archive of Our Own tag as of September 2023. Pretty Poisonous, Archived version by G4Y began two years prior in 2019 and is a fanfiction also credited with popularizing Alejandro/Noah.
Common Tropes
- Total Drama Dirtbags!Alejandro and Assistant!Noah AU - Because Alejandro and Noah were once both employed by Chris McLean between the events of Total Drama: Action and Total Drama: World Tour, as a contestant on Total Drama Dirtbags and as Chris's assistant respectively, fanworks may explore interactions they could've had. In-universe, they do not meet until World Tour.
- Noah and "the Robot" - After Alejandro is trapped within the Drama Machine by the end of World Tour, fanworks may depict Noah interacting with the robot, something that does not happen in canon.
- Fix-it - Noah is not eliminated in I See London...
- Height Difference - Alejandro is taller, Noah is shorter. It's not far-fetched to consider the pairing Big Guy, Little Guy.
- Eels: Noah is unique in comparing Alejandro to an eel on the show. Because of this, many fanworks for Alejandro/Noah involve eels in some way, particularly fanart.
Alejandro/Noah Fandom
Some BNFs for Alejandro/Noah fandom include alenoah[3], courtney-deserved-better, ayawilliams[4], astrokyle[5], scepterno, braindos[6], alejandros.hubby[7] and tincannedcrow[8].
writerquil said:
ayawilliams shoulders must be aching from carrying alenoah
junibgoode replied:imagine this. first thing I see. alejandro/Noah. awesome..banger time. my eyes wander upwards to find Ayawilliams written as the author. I shouldve known. the monopoly of alenoah strikes again(love their stuff lol)[9]
courtney-deserved-better is a BNF in Total Drama fandom as a whole. Overall Total Drama BNF eavee-ry[10] also produces fanart of this pairing.
sheerturmoil[11] and gataboricua[12] made many fanworks for this pairing before 2021.
May 2nd is Alenoah Day on Chefhatchet's Appreciation Calendar.
Alejandro/Noah also won "best ship of 2023" during Total Drama FanFic Awards 2023 with 34.4% of the vote, narrowly beating Julia/MK.
Pairing Names for Alejandro/Noah
The portmaneau "AleNoah" was coined as a pairing name for them in 2010. In later years, and as of 2024, spelling the name without the N capitalized is more common than not, similar to other ship names involving Alejandro.
Fan Opinions
Some claim that Alejandro/Noah and Alejandro/Heather have the same dynamic, as they are both Enemies to Lovers pairings. Some Alejandro/Noah fanarts are screenshots from the show featuring both Alejandro and Heather redrawn to be Alejandro and Noah instead[13]. Slippery Slopes also takes place in a Canon Divergence AU where Heather was eliminated in World Tour instead of Noah, further supporting this theory to some fans.
On TikTok, this has led to some ship war between the two pairings.
...the amount of people in the tdi fandom/community who say alenoah is proship/comship is actually hilarious. people r fr acting like they've never been in a fandom before, also here is why it is literally everything BUT comship;first of all alenoah is not illegal at all. it is a teenager x a teenager, which is completely fine. and "oh but they hate each other!" its called enemies to lovers dumbass. also heather and alejandro hated each other and the only difference is that aleheather ended up canon and isnt a queer ship. also just because they both have canon girlfriends does NOT mean i or anyone else is going to immediately stop shipping them.
and i hear ppl say that noah looks like a child while alejandro looks 23, and no the tf they dont?? they both look appropriate for their age, they just have different body types, noah being skinny and weak with alejandro being more muscular and manly. theres nothing wrong w that either
people will do anything to find reasons to hate on rarepairs/crackships istg, especially queer ones... "it doesnt make sense!" yes it does, again, enemies to lovers. theyve also had many interactions so dont even start. and no ones forcing you to like alenoah, just stop being an asshole about it...[14]
Also on TikTok, some[15] may claim Alejandro and Noah look like brothers, thus should not be shipped. Although this is an uncommon opinion, a Tumblr post by milksteakkk, which aimed to debunk this theory, has nearly 1,000 notes as of October 2023.
There's also been some wank regarding Noah's height and overall size in relation to Alejandro, more so than with any other pairing involving him. Total Drama's artstyle exaggerates Noah's forehead, and in other art styles, its up to fan discretion whether the top of his model's forehead should be judged as his true height or not. Claims some Alejandro/Noah fanartists draw Noah overly short[16] are common.
"Noah's intellect and witty charm"?
Alejandro's voice actor Marco Grazzini said this in his Reddit AMA on the main Total Drama subreddit, r/Totaldrama. The phrasing may be parroted in Alejandro/Noah fancircles or otherwise alluded to, such as in the Tumblr post which inspired the creation of Slippery Slopes.
tdshawnn · May 29th, 2021
Hey Marco! I was a huge fan of your Alejandro in WT. I only really have 1 question for you I’ve been pressured by some friends to ask 😅. Could you see Alejandro having a relationship with any of the other contestants- specifically, Noah?
MarcoGrazzini Op · May 29th, 2021Yeah I could definitely see Al being attracted to Noah's intellect and witty charm!
Azim999999 · May 30th, 2021
That was unexpected.[17]
Example/Notable Fanac
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Alenoah Week
- Alenoah Week 2022, Archived version, a fanweek hosted on Tumblr. Ran from December 11th to the 17th.
- alenoah, Archived version, a community on DeviantART.
Blogs
- alenoah-appericiation, Archived version, somewhat of a time capsule to pre-2021 Alejandro/Noah fanworks on Tumblr, as the blog is no longer updated.
Fan Art
- Sleeping - Alejandro x Noah by Krixtina, Archived version (2010), early fanart.
- Art for Day 3 by sheerturmoil, Archived version (2016), personality swap drawn for Total Drama Unpopular Ship Week.
Fan Comic
- Alechairo by doglover502, Archived version (2021), where Alejandro is a chair. The phrase, "my little porpoise," was said by Alejandro in the show and may be referenced in fanac, such as this one.
Fan Fiction
Most Alejandro/Noah longfics are slow burn.
- Pretty Poisonous by G4Y, Archived version, an English work-in-progress AU of The Ridonculous Race where Alejandro competes alongside his brother José.
- Slippery Slopes.
- Stakes.
- Collateral by astrokyle, Archived version, an English work-in-progress illustrated AU of World Tour where there is a challenge making contestants be handcuffed to one another.
- An Insulting Indifference, Archived version by Scepterno, an English illustrated Reunion fic which is somewhat controversial because of its author.
- 1 Mile To Go by SerenaCypher, Archived version, an English completed Holidayfic for Halloween. It is also illustrated.
- Inescapable by fluidfox, Archived version, years after Total Drama ends, Alejandro meets Noah again, who's working at a smoothie shop and is a college student. In English and completed. It has a sister fic named Inevitable, which focuses on Eva/Izzy
- The Other Side by WeirdNCrazy, Archived version, where Noah is not a contestant during World Tour, instead continuing to be Chris' assistant. In English and completed. WeirdNCrazy cites Stunfiskz's art of Assistant!Noah, Archived version as inspiration for making the fic.
- Tolerable by courtney-deserved-better, Archived version, where Alejandro and Noah meet on the set of Total Drama Dirtbags. An English one-shot.
- Alenoah Fic Recs by writerquil, Archived version, a well-put-together rec list for Alejandro/Noah fanfiction, ranging from longfic to one-shots.
Fan Vids
- untitled by rennypennyskateboard, Archived version. Of note is the caption including, "IF I SEE A SINGLE COMMENT STARTING SHIP WARS OR BEING LIKE “They hate each other!” ILL SCREAM."
- Untitled by alejandros.hubby, Archived version, which recommends An Insulting Indifference in its caption.
- Some alenoah fics are wild asf ngl by totaldramaticloser, Archived version, a video where Alejandro and Noah bicker. Inspired by Stakes.
- finally reading stakes bye ew fake fan by curtisvspp, Archived version, vid also inspired by Stakes.
Fan Animation
- This is canon I was the poorly drawn table by localcryyptid, Archived version, where Noah "likes them rugged," and Alejandro isn't rugged enough.
- my alenoah au's animation by mqi.keru, Archived version, a 30 second animated short featuring deadmxnparty's vampire AU, TDI band AU by itsalixxxx and 6jesters and Slime Rancher fusion AU by braindos.
Fanmixes
- Love, become a serpent I'll lead you into a saccharine trap by cinnamonangel (2018)
- Glory and Gore by pinksushi28-832 (2016)
Meta
- Is Noah into Alejandro?, Archived version, a discussion on DeviantArt dating to 2010.
- Fanfiction mention are (all on ao3) by cutepastelstarsalior, a meme collection for the fics:
- Slippery Slopes by courtney-deserved-better
- Dig a mace into his chest and a shotgun into mine by WriterQuil
- A bit of time by seas1de
- An insulting indifference by drowzeee
- Curl up like a bug by honeyhoneypot
- High off vertigo (where you’re close) by lonleybrachiobrute
- DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY GOOD ALENOAH FANFIC RECOMMENDTIONS PLEASE I AM STRUGGLING OUT HERE(...) by redclipjesse, Archived version, commenters recommend fics mentioned above as well as Bittersweet Love by SplatTunes, I See London in You Eyes by BrickBronze_165, Red Handed by MaxxandCheese, Inescapable by fluidfox and Burial by terribleflu.
References/Further Reading
- ^ (...)there were only about thirty when slippery slopes was first posted(...), Archived version (referring to the amount of fanworks for the pairing on Archive of Our Own as of 23 October 2021)
- ^ I just had a thought. What if the reason Noco shippers hardly exist anymore is because they read Slippery Slopes and either were obliterated by it's sheer power, or converted to AleNoah, Archived version
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/alenoah
- ^ https://archiveofourown.org/users/AyaWilliams
- ^ https://linktr.ee/astrokyle
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/braindos
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/@alejandros.hubby
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/tincannedcrow
- ^ ayawilliams shoulders must be aching from carrying alenoah by writerquil, Archived version posted September 15th, 2023 on Tumblr
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/eavee-ry
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/sheerturmoil
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/gataboricua
- ^ #ALENOAH - My alrnoah vdieos get a lotta virws soo.., Archived version posted August 30th, 2023 on TikTok
- ^ im very fluent in yapping, as you can see by teymnio_, Archived version posted September 24th, 2023 on Tiktok
- ^ Replying to @AA what do we do now, Archived version posted September 20th 2023 on TikTok
- ^ joining tiktok was a mistake, Archived version posted September 25th, 2023 on Tumblr
- ^ Hey Marco! I was a huge fan of your Alejandro in WT, Archived version