Talk:Penpal/@comment-4533241-20180507120450

Underrated plot point: the place where the stalker has himself and Josh buried is the spot where he left the author in the woods ten years earlier after realizing he couldn't go through with just killing him or kidnapping him.

Another underrated plot point: the stick figure drawing of the man holding hands with the kid with the author's initials and "15 or 16" written in the corner means "You and I will be together [hand-in-hand] when you turn 15 [or 16]." These are the respective ages Josh and the author are when Josh dies.

Both of these points connect to mean that the stalker's decision to die at that moment in that place with Josh (as a stand-in for the author) was not random at all. He'd planned it ever since the day he left the drawing for the author in the woods – the only thing that changed was who actually ended up dying.