Aww I thought it was really funny personally. :P That's pretty amazing that I managed to find the one thing that worked then. If it helps, I used the "Optimize" feature for him and it just did that.
Np at all, and I've honestly been enjoying the writing a ton. Writing - especially smut - can be very hit or miss for me since I'm a writer myself, know exactly what I'm looking for, and am passionate about my primary craft.
For me, I definitely relate to Mezz a lot, and I appreciate that he has a personality outside of just heroboy, but that being a heroboy currently is what he does best. Given the stressful nature of the world, it's pretty reasonable he'd have such an ideological sense about him as well as stubbornness. But with that stubbornness and constant fighting comes the desperate desire to let go from time to time and let yourself become simpleminded. The more easily you focus on an ideal and an endeavor, the more likely you are to want your focus fractured.