#Steve harrington he is not (Steve is actually extraordinary though he too is real boy)
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Matthew Saracen is one of the most real boy characters ever created.
#both the sweet cute sides and the real life ugly sides too#people love to romanticize him because they want the cinnamon roll types from lesser tv shows#but that discredits Zach Gilford’s incredibly nuanced performance#and the show’s instinct for truth#he is SO. real.#they all are but Matt is someone who could and does exist in the real world#he loves his grandma!!!!!!! he loves Coach!!!!!! Boy has a solid grain of loyalty and common sense!!!!!!!#he also likes Julie which displays his shocking bad taste and sometimes he has a nasty little attitude towards Coach#he takes on more responsibilities than any 16 year old kid should ever have to#he’s still selfish a lot of the time and incapable of seeing the big picture#he’s sometimes so whiny#he’s not that smart but he will on occasion have hilarious moments of insight or wit#sometimes he’ll bully the wrong person sometimes the right one#he is a) a wonderfully truthful character b) not who fandom or anyone thinks he is#because he’s TOO real boy and we’re actually used to seeing only extraordinary boys#or boys who are total fantasies#Steve harrington he is not (Steve is actually extraordinary though he too is real boy)#Matt is someone who was just bumming his way through the hallways of life (a phrased I coined to my students the other day)#and then circumstances call him to greater things and he does his best to respond (most of the time)#and it changes him (but not in all ways)#honestly I love to see it! the truth of it all!#matt saracen#friday night lights
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