Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-4141313-20190124132157

HotSwappableGaming wrote: BlizzardDragon wrote: How many panic attacks did Yang actually have though, as a result of Adam? Four, if you count the dream and Brunswick.

One from the glass.

One from the nightmare.

One from Brunswick Farms.

One from the fight.

Notice the first one was from cracking glass and when she was at her lowest, the next she still didn't freeze up in during the dream, the next she stumbled for a sec then took a fighting stance, and the last was only when Adam specifically brought up the night they first fought.

If anything, Adam isn't the source of her PTSD, the night at Beacon is. Notice back in Volume 4, when she's watching the news and Lisa Lavender begins talking about Adam. Her eyes widen for a second, but she just turns the tv off after, a look of annoyance on her face. If Adam was the source of her PTSD, then she wouldn't have just turned off her tv and look annoyed.

Then notice the glass breaking. What does she hear? Adam's sword. She doesn't flashback to him, just the sword.

Now look at her nightmare. She sees Adam walking towards her, and her first response is to open fire on him, until she realizes she's missing an arm. Before she jolts awake, the last thing she hears in Adam draw his sword before she wakes up.

Then notice at Brunswick Farm, which I might add only happened because the Apathy was affecting her. In the split second she thought she saw Adam, he drew his sword. But thats it.

And when she froze during the fight, what happened? She only froze when he brought up Beacon, and right after Adam drew his sword.

All of these signs point to Adam not being the route of the PTSD, he's simply a lesser stressor. No, it was losing her arm that gave her PTSD, hence why all signs of her Panic Attacks had to do with either the Sword that took it being heard, or the night being brought up.

And even if it is Adam, Yang still did the same thing Trunks did with the Androids. She charged in, without a solid plan. She may have become more tactical, but she still drove her bike off a cliff and into Adam without any idea of the current situation until after landing.

Also, even if you used the Panic Attack argument, how long did any of Yang's attacks actually last? The first lasted about half a minute, but that was at her lowest. The second, she was dreaming, so we have no way of knowing. The third, lasted about ten seconds before she went back to trembling. The fourth, again lasted only a few seconds.

So its still consistent with what was shown.

And again, on the topic of no two PTSD acting the same, even if one starts on Panic Attacks, they don't simply stay that way the entire time. Healing is a thing, something that did happen with Yang via Tai to some extent. So to use an example of a Panic Attack from before she healed, then applying it to her after she's somewhat healed is a tad flawed.

And from a narrative perspective, we couldn't waste anymore time on Adam since we have a Leviathan to deal with. Any alterations to what happened risk dragging the fight out longer, meaning either the Leviathan fight gets shafted, or it doesn't finish by the Volume's end. They had to wrap up Adam's story since he is ultimately superfluous to the overall story, and if he didn't die, then he ends up with a constant window to return, and rabid fans demanding he return. As such, killing him was the only way to ensure his story was over and done with.