Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-146.135.19.252-20181116034422/@comment-2606:A000:1128:4169:8907:7512:A04E:2E-20181126022525

Also, most of this comment has absolutely nothigat all to do with this discussion topic, this has just unintentionally become my ranting space.

So, Tam. Again.

I've been thinking about how long it's going to take for him to join the Neverseen. In my opinion, it's going to take a while. It might happen in half a book, it might take two, but in the kotlc timeline, it will take a while. Here's why.

Let's talk about Lady Gisela for a second. She's the most manipulative memeber of the Neverseen. She often knows the exact thing to "motivate" (read, "threaten") people to do what she wants. She's able to read people, and understand what drives them, and then twist it to her advantage. But that's her problem. She only knows threats. She doesn't seem to understand that people do things for other reasons as well. But she's also incredibly adaptable.

Now let's talk about Tam. In my opinion, he's kind of an open book. Lady Gisela barely knew him, and she already knew exactly how to "motivate" him. He's protective, and loyal, but is also bitter, and doesn't trust easily. But there's something else I noticed.

In my view of the world, there are two kinds of people. Mirrors, and Balancers. Personally, I'm a Balancer. My personality is all over the place, I'm adaptable, and I tend to stay the opposite of whoever I'm interacting with. A lot of my friends joke about depression/are depressed, that I'm kind of forced to be optomistic and cheerful all the time at school. But when I get home, I'm surrounded around much happier people, and i become more irritable and closed off. I'm awkward around social people, and social around awkward people. I keep a balance, and make sure the scales are equal.

Tam on the other hand, is a Mirror. If you make an ugly face in a mirror, it'll make an ugly face right back at you. This is kind of what happened with Keefe. Even after Keefe came back, and their rivalry should've ended, they both kept pushing. After Tam gets to know you, and is comfortable acting like himself, and not mistrusting and bitter, he's able to relfect everything you throw at him. He talk easily with Sophie, who is awkward and not the best at reading people. He's awkward around Biana (ignoring the crush part) because she's social and an outrovert, and he doesn't quite know how to deal with that. He's annoyed with Keefe, who keeps on shooting barbs at him, and he shoots right back.

Now, back to the Neverseen. They know good and well that Tam doesn't want to be there. At first, Lady Gisela is just going to threaten Tam into doing everything she wants. But she's going to quickly realize that she can't keep doing that forever. She's going to put on an act, and pretend to be nice and care about him. Eventually, if it goes on long enough (and I mean long enough), he'll feel guilty about acting hateful towards people who weren't being hateful towards him. Lady Gisela is going to slow their plans up to earn Tam's trust and try and keep him away from all the horrible things theyre doing. This'll give Sophi and them a chance to finally get ahead. Add that to the force-fed propoganda, and you might end up with a confused Tam, torn between what he knows the Neverseen have done, and what they're claiming they're fighting for, and what that means for everyone else, including his sister.

Also, on a completely, absolutely, one-hundred-percent random note, I think that Tam and Linh were born in the fall (from what I could figure out) and somewhere between September 23 to November 22 because of the star signs. Tam is definitely a scorpius, and Linh seems like a libra, and both of these are in the fall.

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