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Subject: I saw seeds of redemption in Malone's writing from the outset

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Holly

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Date Posted: 09:31:33 08/27/03 Wed
In reply to: A7sogno 's message, "Pychopath is too one dimensional" on 01:57:41 08/27/03 Wed

And, yes, it had to do with RH, but it also was the story itself.

Malone didn't start out writing Todd as just plain bad. There was depth to the character, even though he was meant to be a throwaway plot device to sanctify Martyr. We saw Todd feeling conflicted about leaving Marty after they had casual sex and feeling angry about his grade because Malone wrote it that way. We saw that Todd was an asshole, at least in part, because his "father" raised him to be one and because Todd clearly craved Peter's approval. Why? Because that's how it was written. Those are humanizing touches. I don't have a point. I'm just rambling.

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Todd needed to grow	OTWB	08:07:05 08/28/03 Thu

Here's hoping he has. One thing MM and JG have in spades...	Holly	09:09:47 08/28/03 Thu