Thread:AustinDR/@comment-26205772-20160228093928/@comment-2175012-20160305041647

Now, as for the heinous standard, Andy sets it so far. A majority of the antagonists are simple jerks or bullies. You have Rachel, who was Melinda's ex-friend who dumped her after she called the police, Heather, who drops Melinda for more popular friends, etc. With Rachel (or Rachelle, as she was trying to adopt a new name), she realizes the truth about what happened at the party, and the ending implies that she might try to patch things up with Melinda.

Andy is really the only "villain" of the story as you'd expect. No other character in Speak has rape or attempted rape to their names, nor do they have a prolific history of sexual assault on their fellow students. It's probably unimportant, but Melinda was thirteen when she was raped. Given that Andy was a senior by the time that school began, I don't know if that makes him an ephebophile, particularly since he tried to make several advances towards Rachel at the senior prom. What I mean is, if there's anything that you need to know about Andy so far is that he just can't keep his hands to himself. He tried to force his hands into a girl's pants while out on a date, he groped Melinda while she was dancing with him at the part, etc.

The other thing that makes me kind of hesitant is that Andy is a young adult. I don't really think that would make much of a difference if he meets the criteria, but I'm hesitant in that regard.