Talk:Stereotype/@comment-31077845-20170324042958/@comment-24833538-20170324062609

Hey, thanks for the comment!

As far as "moral of the story" is considered, there really was none that I planned to have. I basically just wanted to write a story that was a modern-day take on "The Cask of Amontillado" along with some other Poe references, so yes, Gary being stupid enough to follow just as  Fortunado was drunk enough to follow, was on purpose. d

Hating Matt was what I wanted readers to do actually. He is so lost in his own beliefs that he thinks that by killing Greg that the others will see him as some sort of Alph-Male and learn to respect and fear him. The bullying didn't actually drive him insane. He was already insane and just used this as a way to justify the means. However, I did notice that you said that you couldn't relate the Gary, and you said that your feelings toward the characters were more of an opinion than a critique but I actually disagree. If a reader can't connect to a character in some way, or even connect the character to real life in general, it's not an effective character. So I'm glad you pointed that out to me. I think I may have rushed the story a bit and may have made it more effective if I had included some insight as to how Matt was treated.

Again, thanks.