This fear of rejection might be the cause for his peter pan syndrome. He mentions that he is not "plugged in" to life. Will avoids staying in people's lives for a while, and making any non-superficial connections. I mean, if you never really get involved emotionally, you don't get hurt when things don't work out.
The question is... where does this fear come from? Maybe it plays into the peter pan/daddy issues idea. From the description of Will's father at Christmastime, he doesn't seem like a very jolly guy. Understandable for him at the time, but maybe he was like that all the time. If Will's dad was unhappy, he probably wasn't very supportive of Will. His unsupportiveness of Will made him feel insecure about himself.
As a result, during his childhood he bullied in order to feel good about himself. As he grew up (well, didn't grow up) he became a peter pan sort of character.
I think that now that Marcus has entered his life, he feels compelled to father him. Marcus has nobody other than his mother -- what are the chances that he will reject Will? It's a safe bet that if Will wanted to become attached, Marcus would be virtually riskless. In a way, that would also kind of resolve the sin of his bullying when he was younger.
Do you think agree? Do you think that Will is thinking along these lines -- either consciously or subconsciously.
The question is... where does this fear come from? Maybe it plays into the peter pan/daddy issues idea. From the description of Will's father at Christmastime, he doesn't seem like a very jolly guy. Understandable for him at the time, but maybe he was like that all the time. If Will's dad was unhappy, he probably wasn't very supportive of Will. His unsupportiveness of Will made him feel insecure about himself.
As a result, during his childhood he bullied in order to feel good about himself. As he grew up (well, didn't grow up) he became a peter pan sort of character.
I think that now that Marcus has entered his life, he feels compelled to father him. Marcus has nobody other than his mother -- what are the chances that he will reject Will? It's a safe bet that if Will wanted to become attached, Marcus would be virtually riskless. In a way, that would also kind of resolve the sin of his bullying when he was younger.
Do you think agree? Do you think that Will is thinking along these lines -- either consciously or subconsciously.