Wow, that was some very brilliantly articulated thinking. I have never gone that far with my ideas on his emotional development. This makes a ton of sense.
Do you think he is stunted because of something internal, like autism, or do you think it was a learned thing, such as from growing up being different and having no friends and a big brother who called him stupid and said the East Wind was coming for him?
I ask, because this line caught my attention: his deeply ingrained automatic response is to see emotion as a repellent and hostile thing, which is likely to make dealing with his emotions all the more difficult for him
I found myself thinking his childhood must have been a nightmare, not fitting in, being teased. I would think he'd avoid other children and pull into himself and there he still is.
And yes, because caring and emotions are new to him I can see how integrating them into his life would be distracting, such as when he was working through the Mayfly man case in his head and Irene showed up and he had to focus and force her out. But, I think embracing them gives him a wider view of things for his cases, beyond motivators for crimes. I think it also makes him a better person, such as him understanding that it is more important to save a life than to solve a crime.
I don't think that his emotions blind him. I think that is too simplistic a view.
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Date: 2014-03-17 01:48 am (UTC)Do you think he is stunted because of something internal, like autism, or do you think it was a learned thing, such as from growing up being different and having no friends and a big brother who called him stupid and said the East Wind was coming for him?
I ask, because this line caught my attention: his deeply ingrained automatic response is to see emotion as a repellent and hostile thing, which is likely to make dealing with his emotions all the more difficult for him
I found myself thinking his childhood must have been a nightmare, not fitting in, being teased. I would think he'd avoid other children and pull into himself and there he still is.
And yes, because caring and emotions are new to him I can see how integrating them into his life would be distracting, such as when he was working through the Mayfly man case in his head and Irene showed up and he had to focus and force her out. But, I think embracing them gives him a wider view of things for his cases, beyond motivators for crimes. I think it also makes him a better person, such as him understanding that it is more important to save a life than to solve a crime.
I don't think that his emotions blind him. I think that is too simplistic a view.
Anyway, great thoughts here. I'm very impressed!