>>117254983I feel like there's a slight misunderstanding in what I'm saying.
I'm not saying the kids are beyond help with their problems before they step on the train. Far from it. I'm saying that, from a psychological stand point, the train would do so much more harm than what could ever be considered any "good" it did with solving comparatively minor issues when contrasted with its methods which would with a great deal of certainty cause trauma.
Like if we take cartoon logic out of the equation?
Those kids are fucked up for sure. Everyone who steps on that train is going to come home with severe mental issues as a direct result of what they experienced since every single time those kids have been pushed through literal psyche-scarring near-death situations that, in the real world, mentally fuck you up for life for lack of a better set of words.
>Is true that the train was what actually caused Simon dependency of Grace and his emotional fuckery, but that doesn't mean he was a traumatized child beforeHe most emphatically probably wasn't traumatized before he stepped on the train. After what, 8 years? 10 years of that? I mean one DAY on that train could destroy your psyche for a long time if you were a healthy adult. I can't imagine what it would do to a small child, let alone what it would do to someone after that much time.
If you're asking why Grace wasn't screwed up? Same reason why Tulip and Jesse weren't fucked up permanently: Cartoon logic. Adventures make you a better person emotionally in cartoons! Not bog you down for the rest of your life with emotional baggage.
But I'm kind of negating the premise here. In the scheme of things, who can say why Grace was saved mentally and emotionally and not Simon? Who can say? Again dragging real world into this, some people are mentally and emotionally, for some reason or another, more resilient. Some just aren't and break under pressure. Can't say for sure. Comment's too long at this point anyway.
