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idreamedmusic September 30 2010, 23:44:13 UTC
Aaah, thank you for the explanation. I somehow did not make the connection to the belt.

And I definitely think that Ben's a victim of child abuse, hence the personas. As you mention below, Sam only comes out when someone else is threatened (ep one, the kid calling Amy a bitch, ep 2 the bodyguard getting physical, etc, etc). That's the part of Ben that maybe couldn't fight back as a kid.
Leoben!Ben is the one that intellectualizes what happened to him, Harry is the doesn't give a shit part in order to not remember, and child!Ben is, well, Ben regressing into his childhood.
Which also also explains his talk with Simone about not remembering vs wanting to forget (he almost had a tear in his eye when she admitted that she couldn't forget!) - and that pushing memories away will result in them coming out anyways in some other manifestation. Which is what is happening to Ben.

This season will probably be about Ben's exploration of his past - which also explains the notes tracing his triggers, as you said.

I just think he'll have to hit rock bottom before he lets the Doc dig deeper. He'll have to lose himself in order to find himself in a Zen-like way.

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