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A Rant on the Death of NoCo
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| Title: | A Rant on the Death of NoCo |
| Creator: | squandering-flibber |
| Date(s): | 09 January 2014 |
| Medium: | post on Tumblr |
| Fandom: | Total Drama |
| Topic: | Cody/Noah |
| External Links: | A Rant on the Death of NoCo, Archived version on Tumblr |
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A Rant on the Death of NoCo is a meta essay about Cody/Noah, a popular ship in the Total Drama fandom.
Topics Discussed in the Post
- NoCo fandom as it was during 2014 on Tumblr compared to how it was during 2008 on other websites, back when it was known as Nody.
- Reasons why fans discredit NoCo.
- Other ships involving Noah, (mentioned are Izzy/Noah, Duncan/Noah, Owen/Noah, Alejandro/Noah,) and his "high standards."
- The common headcanon that they wouldn't have much in common or get along.
- Who "tops" and who "bottoms," and why would it even matter.
- The common headcanon that Cody is straight.
(+ some others)
Excerpts
Beginning
Back in the grand days of 2008, when I first became a fan of total drama, Noah/Cody - which was actually called Nody strangely enough because someone coined NoCo - was a popular pairing. Okay, so we were basing it of exactly 1 incident, really, but come on. Entire ships have been based off less.After 4 more seasons and even more years, the fandom for NoCo has more or less dwindled to a couple of 14 year olds that starting watching the show in elementary. Boy that makes me feel old. I’ve seen mostly neutrality or dislike in the TD tumblr community towards noco, and I decided I wanted to pick apart the arguments against NoCo and why I (personally, so don’t be a dick about it) don’t consider these arguments that valid.(...)
Ending
I’ve loved Noco for a good six years now, and I’m not gonna stop just because Tumblr doesn’t love it. This is why I continue to believe that it works, at least as well as slash couples with little basis do, because let’s face it, slash is fantasy, not reality.