Author's Note: Originally I was not going to make a sequel but I decided it was warranted given Owen never got his perspective on the whole thing. Plus it would be nice to see Owen in a more serious light for once as he has usually been reduced to fart jokes by this fanbase.
Also, Alejandro's gonna be seen as a jerk in this but since I'm focusing on Owen here, I need to show how he feels about Alejandro.
Owen's experiences on the show before World Tour were pretty similar, he was mostly along for the ride, he mostly just had fun with his friends, and made out with Izzy. The most amount of tension he suffered was when he had to play the mole for Chris to get money for his family, thankfully they recovered from their bankruptcy and everyone forgave Owen so he was able to get over it.
Though Total Drama World Tour became a different story.
Outside Total Drama Action, he had occasionally hung out with Noah due to Izzy wanting to introduce him to both Eva and Noah so they could be a big group. He didn't click well with Eva, but he seemed to get along just fine with Noah.
When it turned out there would be three teams this season, he mostly hung around Izzy and Noah due to being familiar around them. He still like Tyler and Alejandro, or how Owen called the Spaniard, Al, but he still mostly stuck around those two.
Over time, he began to feel different about both Izzy and Noah.
Izzy had started to become more wacky and insane after Action, and it wasn't really romantic to him anymore, just silly, sometimes it was even painful. Owen knew that after using him as a rowboat in the freezing Yukon waters that it was time to break up with her. Thankfully Izzy took it well, and they managed to stay on good terms. Owen was there to support Izzy after her injury in Jamaica until she inevitably had to leave.
Though Noah… was a different story. Noah and Owen began talking more and Owen got to see more of Noah's sympathetic and caring side when he broke up with Izzy, even if it wasn't much, it was still there. Noah was still there for Owen, whether it was to keep him from acting reckless, tolerating his food obsession, and even just willing to listen whenever Owen needed to vent.
Most of the cast seemed to hang out with Owen for being goofy and jolly and while that was a nice thing of them, he knew they'd sometimes be pushed away by his farts and gross habits, even if they didn't want to outright cut him off. They never had to say anything, Owen knew that.
Noah didn't seem to be turned off by him however, yes he was disgusted by Owen's farting and eating things that would probably be inedible if it wasn't him eating them but Noah still stuck around him more often than others.
Owen had started to gain feelings for Noah, he wasn't gonna deny it like he did for Justin, his parents had told him he wasn't weird for being bisexual, so he accepted he had a crush on Justin.
Though this was different from Justin, Owen only found Justin attractive and alluring, the one with Noah felt much more real and based on emotion, Owen couldn't really explain it to you well.
He was surprised, yet elated to find out Noah felt the same way about Owen in London, they ended up sharing a kiss that day.
Unfortunately, Alejandro had heard Noah talking crap about him from the monitors, and once Duncan was back, Owen became worried for his new boyfriend.
He thought back to before the elimination, Noah returned from the cargo hold and sighed sadly as he sat next to Owen in loser class.
"I guess Duncan won't vote with us?" Owen asked curiously.
"No. Alejandro already got to him." Noah put his hands on his chin.
"Oh Noah I'm so sorry, I know you wanted to win this time." Owen apologized, full of sympathy.
"It's fine. I'm more worried about you." Noah admitted solemnly, "Alejandro's mad at me and it's likely he'll take it out on you."
"Why would he take it out on me?" Owen asked curiously.
"He's all snippy because I 'spat on our companionship' or some bull crap. He was likely trying to manipulate me into leaving you or something. He seems to have this hatred for you. I noticed him being annoyed with you and I think he purposely made you hit those boulders in Germany." Noah explained to Owen.
Owen did remember that, it was odd how he kept hitting those boulders in Germany and he also thought he saw Alejandro's eye open when the caterpillars captured him but shrugged it off when Alejandro told him he didn't do such a thing.
Owen began to rethink his opinion on Alejandro and admitted, "Yeah. I did get a feeling he didn't like me in the Amazon, I guess he probably doesn't but… I'm not so sure."
"Owen. Promise me you won't let your guard down around him." Noah gripped Owen's shirt seriously so he'd face him, "I think he messed with Bridgette and Leshawna, and I feel he was messing with me too. Just… don't let him hurt you."
Owen was surprised to see Noah act this emotional about anyone, and serious to add on to it, "Okay, I'll keep an eye out."
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After Noah was eliminated, Owen felt his heart was stomped on. As he silently cried in the elimination room, he felt Alejandro smirk, and looked down, he was played for a fool. Alejandro truly did hate him.
He didn't sleep much that night, the plane scared him, and he kept having nightmares about Noah being hurt in some way. Probably separation anxiety, they did just start going out and he just learned that Alejandro wasn't truly his friend. So yeah, he didn't rest easy.
He woke up to see the glares of Alejandro and Tyler, much to his nervousness, "Oh. Was I talking in my sleep?"
"Sorry, I'll just… go… away." Owen said sadly as he walked off.
He walked into the confessional and started to vent, "Tyler and Al have gotten tight since they spent all that time together in London, worst of all they voted Noah off. Noah! I miss him so much! Not only did I just learn that Al practically hates me, Tyler probably doesn't like me anymore either, Duncan hasn't even talked to me since he returned, and Gwen and Cody don't even seem to acknowledge me. I feel so alone!" Owen felt tears brimming in his eyes.
He then left the confessional and wiped his eyes before he ran into Duncan, "Oh hey Duncan." Owen smiled sheepishly.
"Uh… hey Owen. Are you okay? You seem a lot less… happy than normal." Duncan said awkwardly.
"Oh I'm fine. I just… miss Noah." Owen admitted, sniffling a bit, he didn't wanna cry in front of Duncan, he knew the punk wasn't good with his emotions.
"Oh. Well… I'm gonna make a confessional." Duncan told the big guy, still feeling awkward, before he went inside, Owen immediately moved out of his way.
Owen sighed sadly, his first conversation with Duncan, and it was so awkward. He missed his little bud…
"Noah" He softly teared up.
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Owen felt a little better when competing in the Olympic challenge and winning two medals. He was also happy to finally be competing like he dreamed of.
He was shocked to hear about Duncan and Gwen's kiss like all the others but he wasn't too mad at Duncan, Courtney was crazy after all.
Despite Owen wanting to adhere to voting off Alejandro, he knew Duncan would be mad at Tyler so he voted for him instead, though Chris called it a non-elimination round.
In the next flight, Alejandro had offered to hypnotize Owen to rid himself of his flying phobia. He declined, he didn't trust Alejandro, for all he knew, he'd end up kissing Duncan or something. Yes, hypnotism doesn't trigger you to do things you wouldn't otherwise do but Owen couldn't risk it.
Either way, when it came time to vote, Duncan immediately asked him to vote for Tyler and told him Alejandro was doing the same, he wanted so badly to tell Duncan to vote for Alejandro instead, but the punk was pleading and Tyler was already in bad condition, so with a sigh he agreed.
At the flight to Australia, he had suggested to Alejandro to seduce Heather like he did with Bridgette and Leshawna, he did this to catch Duncan's attention, and Alejandro ended up slithering his way out of it, and ended up targeting Courtney instead. Owen felt bad, but not too much, she had abused his friend for a year after all.
In the flight to Sweden, Owen had decided to speak with Duncan about how he felt about Alejandro and Courtney being together, he wanted to make sure the punk wasn't feeling awkward.
"So… Al and Courtney? Is that weird for you?" Owen asked curiously.
"Whatever man." Duncan scoffed.
"Yeah. It's funny because Noah said Al was into Heather big time." Owen smiled brightly, remembering one of his boyfriend's rants.
"Huh? What else did Noah say?" Duncan asked curiously.
Owen realized something, he could finally tell Duncan the truth about Alejandro.
"I…I have to tell you something Duncan." Owen gulped nervously, "I don't like Al. I mean I used to, but then in London I formed a relationship with Noah and it was the happiest moment of my life." Owen admitted as he smiled fondly at remembering his relationship with Noah, "But then Al ruined everything, he got mad at Noah for his so-called betrayal and voted him out, and…" Owen sniffed as he teared up, "I saw him smirk at my weeping state Duncan. He thrived to make me miserable. I swear, he'd probably drink my tears if he wanted to, that's how awful I feel about him."
Duncan looked aghast at what he just heard, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, "Dude, if he had that effect on you, why didn't you say something?!" He asked incredulously.
"You already wanted Tyler gone and he was in a weakened state. I felt it wasn't the best time, ever since all this happened, I felt like I was alone." Owen said as tears fell from his eyes.
"Look Owen, I'm sorry I voted for Noah." Duncan apologized with a sigh, "I… I'll admit, I was afraid he would hurt you in some way and this was all just some fling for him, but now I see this relationship is very real for you."
"Thank you Duncan." Owen smiled as he wiped his eyes, "Thank you."
Owen gave Duncan a hug, which the punk awkwardly returned, he no longer felt alone.
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After Sweden, he went to Niagara Falls and ended up getting partnered with the newest entry known as Blaineley. Her complaining and the fact that the challenge was based on a wedding made Owen miss Noah all the more, maybe they'd be happy together doing this challenge instead of him having to suffer through this newbie's complaining.
He had lost the challenge that day, and unfortunately it seemed like the odds were against him. Alejandro and Courtney hated him, Blaineley was mad at him, and he doubted Heather was a big fan of him.
It was certain to him. Owen wouldn't be surviving much longer.
He then stopped by the cargo hold to recollect his thoughts, only to see Alejandro was in there. He gave a chivalrous smirk as he noticed his presence though Owen knew there was malice behind it.
"Ah Owen. What seems to be troubling you my friend?" Alejandro asked.
"Just drop the act Al. Only the two of us are here." Owen sighed bitterly.
Alejandro's smirk grew more sinister as he spoke up, "Took you long enough to figure me out. I will admit you aren't a complete imbecile after all."
Owen wanted to yell, he wanted to scream at him but then realized something, he didn't want to be like that. He didn't want Alejandro to have the satisfaction.
"You're pathetic." Owen spoke softly.
"Excuse me?" Alejandro asked angrily.
"I said you're pathetic." Owen glared at the Spaniard as he kept his tone level, "You're seriously so vain and so bitter that you have to take your hatred out on me. And for what? Because I'm dating Noah? Bad news buddy, with the way you are, I doubt Noah would want to be with you." He laughed bitterly.
"You act as if you deserve Noah. You're the embodiment of immaturity and idiocy." Alejandro spoke lowly.
"And he accepts me anyway, and I accept him too." Owen said firmly, "I'm not dumb Al, I'm aware I gotta work on some flaws I have, but at least I have my dignity. I bet you don't even care that you likely destroyed a relationship."
Alejandro widened his eyes before raising an eyebrow, "And what are you talking about?"
"Bridgette and Geoff." Owen answered, "Noah says you messed with Bridgette, if you did, then I hope you're proud of yourself. They might be broken up because of you, even Heather couldn't do that. Congratulations, you are clearly the bigger man here." He said condescendingly.
Alejandro seemed to stammer incoherently before regaining his bearings, "I'm done with this conversation. You'll be leaving soon anyway. Adios Butterdonkey."
He then left the hold, leaving Owen alone, he just stood up to Alejandro, the most manipulative and brutal player in the show thus far and literally tore him up a new one. Should he feel bad about it?
Owen smiled to himself proudly, he didn't regret a thing, not even as he put on his parachute and plunged to the skies, he didn't care about what he said, he didn't care about the money, he didn't care about Alejandro. He only cared about one thing.
"I'm coming back buddy!" Owen cheered giddily.
Author's Note: If you feel I villainized Alejandro too much, I'm sorry but I feel it's warranted given he's canonically the main villain and he's going through a bitter stage, given Noah had rejected him after he opened up for the first time.
Honestly, Owen probably suffered a good deal under Alejandro's hand. Imagine being hated by someone who you thought was your friend and it turned out to be fake and said person had a vehement hatred for you. I figured a lot of Alejandro's victims got to give him "The Reason You Suck" speech, now Owen gets to as well.
