So obviously we've seen the immediate difference between the two brothers. We know that Matt was brought up by their mum to have a heart whereas Todd was brought up by their dad to be cold, heartless and numb. That's impacted how they are as people now for sure.
We've seen that Todd is desperately trying to get out of the gang life at the moment. He's NEVER wanted to be a gang member but kind of got shoved into it and then didn't know how to escape it. But now he's finally made the decision to just disappear as he thinks this is the best way to do it.
From my point of view, it seems like because he is so numb to any feelings, he's ended up putting sending his whole gang to their death beds and being selfish because he doesn't feel the impact of what he is doing. There are other ways he could have gone about it that may have just hurt himself a little bit yet spared the lives of those around him however, he;s been incapable of seeing that.
I think this aspect of Todd will be what makes Sophie so important. We have already seen that he had a sudden experience of feeling something when in her presence, so she is obviously the key to bringing him back to life as such and making him feel human again.
However, at the same time, Sophie is a very fiery character so they are obviously going to clash and I think thats why they never survived for long periods of times and it look until they were in their 40's to finally come together again as they had both matured.
I am excited to see how their relationship shaped itself and how things were between them. Because I feel like if Todd knew that Sophie was important for some reason, he wouldn't have treated her like he did other girls. But then I feel like if he was too nice to her, she wouldn't have fancied him as she always seems to go for the troublemakers, so who knows?
In terms of Matt, I think he will take losing Sophie to Todd hard as it will feel like a repeat of Lara. But what he won't know is that Todd isn't doing it to be spiteful this time (well he probably kind of is) - but the deeper meaning is that he just knows there is something about Sophie and he can't just let that go.
So I think because Matt is oblivious to this, that's why him and Todd were never able to reunite and just get past their difficulties. Because if you think about it, when Todd got out of the gang Matt no longer had anything to be jealous of. Todd finally had what he wanted too so they should have been able to see things differently, so it will be interesting to see how they felt during that period and why they never reconnected. Also, why Sophie never urged them to reconnect either!
Also, I think Matt losing Sophie was always going to be for the best. Even though Matt comes across with a really tough exterior, he wasn't brought up to be that way. Deep down he needed someone softer (and Sophie definitely isn't that). He needs someone who would be willing to give their whole life to him and be there to comfort him 100% through everything, even when he thinks he doesn't need it. Sophie was never going to give him that, she hasn't been brought up to be that way whereas Juliet has. That's why I feel like they definitely worked better in the end.
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