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Hey, this is already going where I didn’t expect it. I actually really liked Matt. 😁Well, particularly his younger self, but the older self was fine too. It’s fascinating how we read the same things differently. @taylorclogston, the lines you quoted, I actually accredited to hypersensitivity rather than insensitivity. I saw him as someone who wanted to save people badly but his lack of life experience made him awkward and way too obvious about it. I wish I had a better grip on what makes readers interpret events differently.

You all are totally right Matt’s family and church’s resistance to Jesse and Dickie making their friendship special. That more than anything kept me turning the pages.

One thing I like about this friendship is that Jesse and Dickie bring Matt’s faults to the surface and force him to face them.

I hadn’t thought of that. I should use that more in my own stories…