Talk:White/@comment-5693502-20151209230514/@comment-16674955-20151210180036

I feel the thorn is only a tool to dismnish Baam's apparent power. It unlocks his potential and permits him to "harness" his "irregular power". What I mean is:


 * The thorn "unlocks" a lock on Baam's power, permitting him to access more (already existing, but dormant) power, it's an amplifier but it amplifies his control like a wand or a lighthouse. It really is his power, but he uses the thorn to access it instead of getting better himself, which makes him stagnant (because he no longer controls his own power).
 * What I mean by "harnessing his irregular's power" is that the thorn permits him to do things impossible from a tower's inhabitant point of view. Stopping Reflejo should be impossible. It is not that the thorn is the one doing it, it just helps Baam do it. It "takes Baam's hand and guides him to use his 'irregularity'". Making the shinsu move like it has a soul... And breaking the chains is impossible. Killing Zahard should be impossible for non-irregulars, but Baam doesn't have control over his "irregularity" yet, like he still can't use the thorn properly. The only time he did something irregular he didn't on purpose (shinsu reacting on its own on 2f, also using shinsu without a contract something that is considered impossible and only irregulars are known for this although siu said it wasn't impossible).

So I think the thorn is an excuse for not making Baam too godly but in the end it turned out something that the thorn became a deus ex machina that Baam overuses. It shouldn't be a problem if he uses it, it was given to him for that purpose but Baam isn't doing it right.