Noah Smith

**Noah Smith** is conservative christian teenager and classmate/enemy of Luz Noceda at Gravesfield High. He’s a character in my TOH prequel fanfiction *The Cheerleader and the Nerd*; and will probably appear in future post-season 2 fanfiction featuring Luz, Amity, Gus, Willow, Hunter, and Vee attending Gravesfield High.

## Role in the Story of "the Cheerleader and the Nerd"

Noah Smith tutored and kept Luz company when nobody else would; claiming that it was his Christian duty. When Noah Smith discovered Luz was queer, he not only stopped tutoring and hanging out with her but he outed her as gay (Noah apparently either doesn't draw a distinction between homosexuality and bisexuality or doesn't believe bisexuality exists) to the entire school. Noah claims he'll pray for her soul but otherwise has given up on trying to help her.

When Luz is trying to find a date for a dance, Noah sees Luz asking out other girls (girls that Noah assumes are straight) he yells at Luz and tells her not to "corrupt" any of her fellow students.

Later on in the story, Noah returns to tell Luz that her life is only going to get better if she "repents for the sin of lusting after women" and stops "acting like a fucking weirdo" and that if she isn't willing to do that then she she should just kill herself.

## Personality

Noah Smith is a studious, self-righteous, and conservative young man. Noah apparently does sometimes use/allow the Bible to call him to act better and do good work; assuming his claim is true that he tutored and kept Luz company because he saw it as his Christian duty. On the other hand Noah Smith is also bigoted and ignorant against the LGBT+ community; and uses the Bible to justify his prejudice.

Noah always got pretty good grades but was never the best at any subject, and never once scored higher than Dakota Evergreen. Dakota enjoyed casting shade at Noah for this and watching him be angry and jealous. Dakota Evergreen doesn't believe Noah's stated motives for helping Luz; Dakota sees Noah helping her enemy (Luz) succeed as being Noah's way of taking revenge. It's unclear if this is true or just a narcissistic fantasy.

Luz believed that Noah was her friend, but in truth he never actually liked her. Noah winced anytime Luz mentioned witchcraft and disapproved of her love of fantasy and was made uncomfortable by her public displays of affection. When one of Noah’s friends asked him how he could stand being around Luz, Noah responded “did disgust stop Jesus from healing the lepers?”

When Noah discovers Luz is attracted to other girls, he stops tutoring or spending time with her. From that point on, Noah decides that whatever suffering Luz endures is her just punishment from God. Each time Noah appears in the story after his introductory chapter, he gets progressively crueler towards Luz.

## Relationships

### Dakota Evergreen

Noah always got pretty good grades but never once scored higher than Dakota Evergreen. Dakota took special joy in casting shade and watching Noah seeth in jealousy. Dakota is also an atheist where Noah is a Christian. To Dakota Evergreen, the Bible is just as fictional as the Good Witch Azura, so from Dakota's perspective both Noah and Luz "relied in made up bullshit to escape their sad reality." Noah never retaliated against Dakota for mocking him, except possibly by helping Luz.