#he never really recovers from it and it prob on some level hinders his own physical recovery :'

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dewey feels immense guilt over tatum's death. 1/ as the older brother, it's obvious in the 1st film that he makes it a point to look after his sister despite her constantly pushing him away. 2/ as the police officer on duty on the night of the massacre, being physically close to the scene when the murder took place, he feels deeply responsible for her death. because of this, he became sidney prescott's surrogate big brother.

#ch. study: dewey riley #he never really recovers from it and it prob on some level hinders his own physical recovery :' #tatum's death is also the reason gale calling him out on his inexperience in her book hurt him sfm #i hc that their dad was himself an officer of the law and was killed on duty when tatum was v young #which justifies dewey's constant fussing over his sister's safety and wellbeing #trying to replace their dad for her.