Talk:Ozpin/@comment-32541097-20180206011816/@comment-34633327-20180206224134

Not really. Like you said, experiences shape who you are, but the older you are, the more experiences you'll go through, and if you don't have the mental capacity or physical strength to deal with it all, you either break down or become jaded.

Oscar is still a kid, plain and simple. Even when Ozpin inevitably merges with Oscar, regardless of who is dominent, Oscar's body will indeed need alot of time to handle all the damage it will take in fights, and will more than likely bear a few scars. And unless Ozpin can fend of hormones, his body will still continue through puberty. And mental wise, that depends on who is the dominent personality.

If Ozpin, then he may hold little regard for the damage he takes and push himself much farther past what he is capable of. We already saw this when he fought Hazel. Oscar's body couldn't naturally keep up, and by pushing it too far, Ozpin left Oscar near comatose when he shifted control. And even with muscle memory, that doesn't change durability, musculature, bone structure. Ozpin could continuously damage himself but be too focused on stopping Salem to care about his well being.

If Oscar, its even worse. The memories and experiences of countless lifetimes would weigh a massive amount of stress on him, and he may become broken from all the crap the world really is. Memory is one thing, living it an entirely different matter.

Plus, the fact that he would still be a 14 year dealing with hormones and mental capability of a 14 year old. Just having the memories won't age his psyche. Tons of reincarnation stories tend to have the current incarnation unable to handle the memories of past lives or even be confused by them, thinking they don't fit their character. So it would not surprise me if Oscar wouldn't be able to reconcile the memories he inherited with his actual personality.

So age does play a factor based on who is in control. If Ozpin, then his age may numb him to the pain he feels in the name of completely the mission. If Oscar, then his age may make it harder for him to perform the tasks due to the dissonance between his memories and his own personality; not Ozpin's or the older incarnations, his own. So one mentally breaks down, the other physically break down.