Talk:Rachel/@comment-28627855-20160602115507/@comment-26484417-20160602144332

First, some of us don't mind long posts, and those who do usually just mark them as "tl;dr" and move on.

Few points caught my attention. On the point that Rachel is more (abstractly) powerful than some give her credit for, I believe you give her a bit too much credit there. While I agree that she has an uncanny ability to get people on her side and manipulate them, her advantage over Guides and the ability to exert mass influence thorough the Tower are both facilitated by Emile; a tool that can be taken away from her by an enemy, or--more likely--an ally who grows tired of her manipulation. One could argue that the distinction between Rachel's abilities and Emile's abilities is irrelevant because Rachel sought out and "captured" Emile, but unless they merge like Baam merged--or is currently merging--with the Thorn, they remain two separate entities.

Then there is the issue of Headon's test. Now, I can understand your belief that she is a "proper" Irregular because of the seemingly individual transportation, though we can argue that the teleportation is what happens when someone touches the opened door explaining the notion of "follower" Irregulars. Regardless, Headon's test is plenty suspicious by itself, so let's focus on that. If the test is Tower's quantification of the person's inner-most motivation for climbing, then how could both of their tests be exactly the same when their motivations are so different? There are only so many ways to explain this phenomenon: (1) Their quantified motivations amount to the same test, which sounds extremely suspicious and unlikely; (2) Headon can administer tests of his choosing despite what he claims, and he's safe because no one can challenge the validity of his claims anyway; (3) the test was meant for Baam from the start, which wouldn't explain the absence of a test for Rachel; or (4) the test was meant for Baam and Rachel to take it together, but Headon tricked Rachel in order to break her.

Lastly, it's difficult to give an opinion on theory that--as you admit--basically falls apart in the Season 2, but there are some things that are worth considering anyway. For starters, we know that Baam re-/gained consciousness inside that cave and that he'd spent a lot of time in there on his own, but there has been not a single mention of food or water. This alone suggests that Baam is not a mere feral child. Another thing to consider is that there are stars in the outside world, therefore either something must have prevented Rachel from seeing the starts of the outside world, or something must have made her believe that the starts at the top of the Tower are more desirable.

My personal theory is that Rachel comes from an underground society located above Baam's cave (possibly because of the proximity to the Tower) that has either forgotten about the surface, or its people or some of its people (e.g., Rachel) aren't allowed to or simply cannot access the surface.

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