- teacher: why weren't you at school today?
- me: do you ever think about how much stick must have damaged matt emotionally? i mean here's a kid who's maybe 11 or 12, recently blinded and trying to cope with the death of the one person who really loved him. he's completely overwhelmed by his senses to the point of agony. can you imagine having everything too loud all the time? feeling like everyone's screaming? even soft cotton sheets are too rough for him. he's beyond vulnerable, and finally he meets someone else who's like him, someone who can show him how to control his abilities. so he does what any regular kid would do - he reaches out to the one person in his life who seems to care about him at all. and what happens? stick abandons him, essentially punishing him for showing any kind of healthy emotional attachment. how do you think matt reacted? did he refuse to get close to anyone or form any friendships because he believed if he loved someone, they'd leave him? given his experience with his father and stick, that wouldn't be a big leap. do you think matt had any real friends before he met foggy? and was he resistant to bonding with foggy? did foggy have to keep trying to be his friend until matt finally caved? why did foggy keep trying? did he sense that matt needed a friend? is this why matt has never had any long lasting romantic relationships? when will matt learn to accept love?
iscribble from yesterday ^_<
