Heya!
Sorry to hear you're not enjoying it too much right now. I understand Matt's general personality doesn't mesh as well for some people--though find it fits best for the femdom sort of story I wanted to create. I'd like to think Matt does grow in some ways--but he never becomes a super competent warrior that can handle fights on his own or anything like that. 'Cuz I feel that might defeat the point of 'Quest Failed', haha. I like the idea that he instead grows in other ways, where he can rely on his friends to pull him out of dangerous binds as his relationship deepens with them.