He did, and upon this reread, I was shocked that he actually becomes a nothlit in the first book.
I felt like so much happened in the series before he gets stuck, and a lot does happen because the first book is so dense, but it is insane that he gets trapped immediately and then the entire series is him wrestling grappling with that identity crisis.
Glad to have you, there is some fun fan art throughout the community, and there's a really great tobias and Rachel picture that was the first thing I posted.