Max Palmer

Maxwell Glenn Palmer (b. June 2nd) is the narrator in Undecided and makes appearances in other Paper Cranes related works. He is perhaps the most developed character in the Paper Cranes universe, making him the designated “face” of the series.

Development & Creation
Max was created sometime in 2011, to be the stereotypical “nerdy” character that annoyed Rebecca with how much he fawns over her. However, Uschi was very intrigued with his character, as she based a lot of his dialogue off of what she would naturally say; she found that it became easier for her to write from Max’s point of view, and then decided to create a companion piece to Paper Cranes & Other Complicated Things from Max’s point of view, which she never finished.

Max 2.0
Between 2016 and 2018, Uschi re-vamped the Paper Cranes series and Max was the first character to be re-vamped. He had gone from a stereotypical nerd to someone who has more friends and more connections; he continued to be close to his cousins, but also Tate and Monty were added to his social group. The social group is referred to The Boys. One major difference between Max 1.0 and Max 2.0 is that Max is still “in love” with Rebecca, but is not strictly “Rebecca-sexual”, meaning that he’s open to having more than Rebecca being his girlfriend.