“Noah and Saskia” is about two teenagers who deal with tough issues in their lives such as the expectations placed on them by their parents. They both meet on the internet, on a website called ‘webweeve’. Noah writes comics while Saskia loves to play the guitar. They decide to use their skills to perfect Noah’s comic. The only problem, Noah lives in England and Saskia lives in Australia. Noah and Saskia’s personas are a positive way for them to cope with the distractions of becoming an adult because they can talk about their problems and to relive stress. Throughout the essay, these positive ways will be explored such as: opening up to each other, forming a relationship and getting to know their true selves better.
Noah and Saskia both have problems in their lives. But never anyone to talk to, since their families aren’t the right people to open up to, so they can help them. When they adopt their avatars as Indy and Max they both become whoever they want to be and have the confidence to express themselves freely. “In the end people accept you for what’s on the inside “. Their best friends Clive (Max’s best friend) and Renee (Saskia’s best friend) see that has the opposite they believe that people accept you for how good looking you are or how you act around them. As they continue to talk to each other, this gives them a sense of comfort, security and belonging. Through this experience together, they begin to form a trusting friendship filled with similar interests and talents.
As the episodes continue their friendships grows and they become the best of friends. Saskia’s dream is to get a band going as she has the talent for music and Noah’s talent is HTML/comics on his website. Together they make a comic with Saskia’s music so maybe she can get recognised. Their personas online are a positive aspect because they are not able to do this offline. As they are