Talk:Vol.2 Ch.239: 43F - Hell Train: The Floor of Death (8)/@comment-27973430-20170227150754/@comment-26484417-20170301041705

It seemed appropriate; I suppose a viable alternative would be to ignore it entirely. After all, after I went over what we know (the objective), I even pointed out that it's pointless to argue about something as subjective as this--just in case someone may be inclined to mention their subjective perspective that leads them to disagree one way or another--, and then you went ahead and mentioned your subjective perspective. (NOTE: No, you don't know my subjective perspective beyond the fact that I liken him more to a child than to an adult.)

Anyhow, let's look at what you wrote. First, the premise is actually false; both feelings of helplessness and dependency on a caretaker are common among procedural memory amnesiacs of any age, and even episodic memory amnesiacs suffer from feelings of helplessness and tend to develop dependency if they have a designated caretaker. Second, purely for the argument's sake, we know for a fact that Baam had a tremendous feelings of helplessness upon discovering that he can never go beyond the "light", and he was hugely dependent on his caretaker (Rachel) to the point of developing a lasting and indiscriminate attachment. Therefore, since you say that a sense of helplessness and reliance on a caretaker is associated with "infant's emotional development", and that these wouldn't be present in "adult's emotional development", your own reasoning labels Baam's starting point to be that of an infant. - EDIT REPLY: And you do realise that (1) it's actually not--though you trying to play that hand feels inevitable in retrospection--, and (2) that it's a different topic where we have enough information as compared to the one at hand?