I read Luca's 6th letter and try to paraphrase, Then a thought lead me to speak to you with various Hopefully unique questions related to Luca Balsa.
• There's a particular part mentioning a damage in the brain to the left on the paragraph, could this be related to his Brain damage or Hemiplegia that ( in old descriptions ) affected his thinking and cognitive memories right?
• Something about Luca and Love... Has he never felt nor believed that he's loved after leaving home to pursue that dying dream?
• " Hate changes people ", Perhaps the death of Gordana Balsa sets point of fate onto Luca and cause an intwine chaos that cursed Him and Alva onto this harrowing fate?
Apologies for the vague words, my curiosity wants to seek an answer
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What a surprise, thank you for choosing me to answer these questions, and at the same time, I must admit that I don't have the depth of knowledge to provide a truly reliable answer! I'm guided primarily by my artistic preferences and authorial instincts, and sometimes this puts me at odds with the canon. . .
But let me answer as best I can with with artistic accompaniment, if you don't mind my inspiration!
•Brain Damage. These are the results of a thousand electric volts... Damage resulting from a known incident. I immediately linked it to the traits of "poor memory" and "slow-wit"(jittery maybe as well, but I think it was always with him) which, despite everything, do not detract from Subject 10-0-2's "skillfulness". A cognitive dysfunction, and in my understanding, it affected memory, attention, and, of course, mental state. It could as well cause Slowed Reaction:
Living with such inconvenient traits isn't easy.
If the injury were more severe, the Prisoner's mobility and intellectual abilities might have been impaired, but his investigative file doesn't indicate such a thing (it notes high intelligence instead), which means it's definitely not hemiplegia or worse.
We remember that after Game 10, Mr. Balsa has had problems with his left arm, but it was something inside the events at the manor that had an impact on this, because if it were related to a left hemisphere brain injury, it would have been reflected on the right side of his limbs (but according to his diary notes, they are fine, and hemiplegia paralyzes leg too, so definitely not this).
I will add on my own behalf that I really hope that not all is lost and that memory can still be saved!
•Love. Oh, love, there's nothing more complex, incomprehensible, or perfect... Stop, there's also perpetual motion machine! =D
Okay, I know, it's a hackneyed joke, but can you really argue with the words of a genius himself?
—I knew if since I first saw it that I'd never fall in love with anything else.
The very concept of expressing love for the idea of some invention speaks volumes about the inventor's values. The entire black-and-white concept of love was built around the young man's family, and when it all fell apart, love itself apparently became nothing more than a pursuit of a scientific miracle. But surely love isn't a mechanism for controlling it or dictating its rules? Oh, I think I've gone on and about something you already know, really...
It was his beliefs of love, but what about the love Luca ever felt or recieved? It must be true that he left home after a personal loss probably speaks to the severing of the last thread holding him there—the only person who truly loved him. I don't recall any mention of close friends, and Mrs. Stojanović's care must have seemed like a kind of duty to his mother.
After... This may seem biased, but I was really hooked on the pre-update version of the Character Introduction of Hermit after reading the old version on Identity V Wiki. As well as it could have been hyperbole to emphasize the emotional structure of the sentence, the use of the words "beloved student" carried weight and significance for me, thus built certain perception. Even based on the current version, the very idea of passing on all one's accomplishments to someone else is indicative of affection or recognition on a grand scale. Although, perhaps Alva never managed to express this more clearly (for me, it's a two-sided emotional conflict), so that their trust would be stronger than at the moment of "betrayal".
Sometimes these things are difficult to say in person. And for some, even to put in order on paper.
Then the story moves on to prison and the manor, places that clearly don't promise even a glimmer of care, let alone love... Although, who knows! But that would be pure speculation—my powers here seem to end, I've already gone off to some kind of dance around the bush.
I'll answer the question: perhaps, yes, the fear of losing someone again (like his mother) or being abandoned (like by his father) led Luca to seek out warmth more as energy released through fuel combustion or the friction of mechanical parts—you can't argue with physics! Still, I believe those years of studying and working with his master could have left a small glimmer of light in the dark events that followed.
•Hate "that keeps man alive..." I'm somewhat sentimental when it comes to maternal figures in narrative, so I'd like to avoid the phrasing that Madam Balsa could have left Luca a legacy of hatred after her death that determined his fate. Absolutely not! Rather, it warms my heart to think that the 6th letter didn't destroy my idea—she might not have been the ideal woman, but that she remained a shining figure in memories that, I think, even with amnesia, should have been retained, or at least warmly felt, by young Mr. Balsa!
Rather, hatred was rooted in the cause of her death, the neglect they both faced, and subsequently, his own lost hopes of recognition—and all of this is tied to the one person who would be far more fitting as an example of a bringer of chaos. Lady Gordana(beatiful name, I must admit) here, on the contrary, should be a kind of counterbalance, since Luca's ONCE is precisely the path "according to his mother's expectations," dictating the condition of leaving behind hatred... And therefore, the opposite of canon?
Fate is a complex concept, and everyone decides for themselves whether it was the butterfly effect, Chekhov's gun, or simply the author who was drunk while writing the characters' story. I can only hope that even in the tragic narrative of Luca Balsa, despite all his flaws and mistakes, there will still be "love that will set him free." Or he will achieve freedom through his own efforts, because it was the strive to invent that was the driving force all alone, wasn't it?
Thank you so much for the questions—for the opportunity to reflect and draw on these three topics. Sorry if the text was too abstract, but I hope at least something from this helped you on your journey to find answers. In any case, everyone has their own truth. Oh! And thanks for the cake and cup of tea! I'll be sure to pass this on to the right place...
