Matilda Matkins

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## Matilda Matkins

### Relatives

Unnamed fatherUnnamed mother

Charity Ansley (great-aunt)

Mike Ansley (great-uncle)

Zoey Ansley (second cousin)

## Appearances

### Pre-Story

Matilda Matkins was born around 2033 to an unnamed father and mother. Her mother is rarely ever mentioned, though it is heavily implied that until the age of eight, when she was transferred to Althorne Asylum, she lived with her father who grew abusive after the absence of her mother.

It is mentioned in *Little Weirdos* that the name Matilda is a family name belonging to the Ansleys, and that Charity's unnamed nephew (who was four at the time) planned to name his child Matilda one day. After 2013, it can be assumed that this did end up happening.

Matilda remembers a lot from her short experiences in school, reading books and conducting experiments. Despite living at the asylum for a lot longer than she'd attended school, Matilda retains this information and uses it to assist Nick in escaping.

### Matilda and Nick

Matilda arrives at the asylum at the age of eight, not realizing at first that this is not like a day school. It can be inferred that her father told her it was to avoid conflict. However, once she meets Nick, she nearly forgets about this, and sticks around them.

Nick approaches her with the idea of escaping, to which she declines at first, but later agrees to help. Alistair joins the party along with Wylie, most likely a result of Alistair having a fondness towards Matilda.

Matilda is the second main death, following Alistair. After being tortured by guards in solitary, she uses an electric fire to trigger a fire alarm, allowing her and Nick to escape. However, her injuries are incredibly severe, and using her powers makes it much worse. When she uses her powers a final time to protect Nick against a swarm of guards that have them cornered, it is immediately fatal.

Matilda returns briefly on the rocket ship as a spirit assisting Nick in killing Althorne.

### Convergence

Until adult Nick and newcomer Ella get transported into the afterlife stasis by way of semifluid matter, Matilda is mentioned by Nick while explaining that Ella reminds them of her. She haunts the narrative in a way, before she returns as a lost soul.

In the afterlife stasis, Matilda meets Pyro, and the two of them become fast friends. It's a match no one really expects, but works fine all the same. When Matilda goes to Mars to assist Nick and Ella in battle, her injuries return, but they hurt her much less. At the end of *Convergence*, Matilda passes on with her friends and the others--but not before she reciprocates Alistair's feelings by kissing him swiftly on the cheek.

### Trivia

* Matilda is based heavily on the character of the same name written by Roald Dahl, who is a young six-year-old girl with telekinetic powers. Upon seeing the trailer for 2022's *Matilda the Musical*, the author was inspired to use her name in *Matilda and Nick*.
* The character of Matilda was received so well by readers that her death was delayed for at least five chapters.
* Matilda's design was inspired by Merida, the main character of Disney's *Brave,* but with shorter hair.