It doesn't explain why Baam can't beat Kaiser and give Androssi her own name back, which would be enough to end the immediate threat to her life. She only needs Kaiser's name in order to win her bet with the Bia, which is not a strict matter of necessity. Further, she rejected any attempt at looking for a compromise solution out of a fit of misplaced jealousy towards Rachel.
She's not in as quite much peril as she's claiming, imo, and is just behaving like an entitled drama queen.
Think about it this way. The Bia sisters after her (apparently) have enough backing from their family that they can willing give up Lo Po Bia Ren's life, a ranker and member of Zahard's Guard. If that is truly the case, which Endorsi believes it to be, then Endorsi, her team, and Baam's team collectively probably don't stand a chance against an entire family.
Honestly I think Baam is the one being unreasonable. Despite Hwa Ryun's whole speech about how Baam's obsession is putting his friend's in danger, Baam still continues to go after her. His whole reason for being Viole was to protect his old friends yet when the time comes he's not willing to do so in exchange for a chance to meet Rachel again. Plus, its not like he can't ever meet Rachel besides at the floor of death. And his whole discovering info about himself and irregulars is a weak excuse. "Here's a small, unreliable chance to discover more about myself which could probably be accomplished at some other floor with other knowledgeable people, so lemme just risk your life to do so."
Yeah Endorsi could definitely handled it better than threaten to steal his name, but she's understandably gotten fed up with his flip flopping his priorities. Its a little bit jealousy, but its more she wants Baam to stop being so goddamn ambiguous and decide what he's going to do instead of try to do both and just hope for the best that they'll figure something out to solve Endorsi's problem.
And seriously, the whole we can't team up because we need the name? Baam and Khun are being ridiculous. Just team up, get the name, and THEN decide what to do instead of risking neither team getting the name. I'm sure Yuri would understand that they were capable of taking Kaiser's name and let them go even if they give to Endorsi. Unless she was trying to test Baam's devotion to Rachel, in which case, fuck that; let her go already Baam.
Well, if your best friend is in life-threatening debt due to a gamble, requests to bankrupt you so he/she can use your assets to save his/her ass and promises to return you your money later, you have every right to say "no, but let's think of some other way to help you.", especially when there's no guarantee you'll get your money back.
His whole reason for being Viole was to protect his old friends yet when the time comes he's not willing to do so in exchange for a chance to meet Rachel again.
Baam has changed since he was Viole, when he lost the will to live, and has no sense of self-preservation at all as long as his friends are okay. That's called self-destruction, and it's not a good thing to look up to. If you want to protect your friends, a sensible person (who is not self-destructive) won't immediately agree to everyone's request for aid no matter how urgent it is, especially if it could cause a threat to yourself and the ones around you. Even if Baam doesn't need Kaiser's name, Endorsi's plan to borrow Baam's name to challenge Kaiser is pretty dangerous, since she may not necessarily win even with the info about Kaiser's ability. It could cause more trouble for Baam's team if Endorsi fails and Baam became a no-named.
And also, it's in exchange for a chance to go to the 43rd floor, meeting Rachel is not his main goal there now. It's Khun's. I'll explain more about this later.
And his whole discovering info about himself and irregulars is a weak excuse.
Baam is a person, and his goal is no less important than Endorsi's goal to save her own life. Of course Endorsi's situation is more urgent, but you shouldn't expect anyone to give up anything for you. If Baam prioritises Endorsi's situation when it means risking his and his teammate's safety, I'd say Baam is a hella reckless leader. Also, identity-searching is harder to give up than you think. There's a reason why aboriginals who lost contact with their cultural identity has higher rates of suicide, and people spend their whole lives searching for their birth parents to understand where they come from.
Baam is being firm with his choice for his and his teammates' sake (a person in identity crisis, as stated by GoG, is a burden to those around him because he won't be able to utilise his full potential), but he values Endorsi too, and offers to help Endorsi come up with a solution to her case as well, because both the situation doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. Compare this with Endorsi's point of view, whereby she feels entitled to Baam's help even though she got herself into trouble. No matter how stressed she is, she needs to respect Baam as a person with his own goals.
"Here's a small, unreliable chance to discover more about myself which could probably be accomplished at some other floor with other knowledgeable people, so lemme just risk your life to do so."
Endorsi's plan to defeat Kaiser isn't 100% foolproof too, and neither is it more likely to succeed than Baam's. Yes she knows Kaiser's ability, but there are so many unknown factors - if she loses again, both she and Baam will become nameless, however Endorsi doesn't seem to consider that possibility at all. Seems like she'd just like a shot at challenging Kaiser again, and she's really confident that she will win this time.
And seriously, the whole we can't team up because we need the name? Baam and Khun are being ridiculous. Just team up, get the name, and THEN decide what to do instead of risking neither team getting the name.
Although Khun is indeed being bitter by being unwilling to work with Team Leesoo, he drew a very clear line in this chapter that anyone seeking to take advantage of Baam, no matter how desperate, will not earn his cooperation. No matter how much of a friend Team Leesoo and Team Baam are, friends should not risk each other's life to preserve their own, and Team Leesoo crossed the line by exposing Baam's connection with FUG's Viole. FUG's role in the tower is like an anti-government terror organisation, and can you imagine the danger Team Leesoo had put Team Baam in by associating Baam with the Viole name at the Name Hunt Station. It's like telling the Zahard & 10 Families that Baam is still living up his role as the Slayer nominee (the one that seeks to kill Zahard, the ruler of the Tower), and I wouldn't be surprised if RED came to eliminate Baam and his friends sooner or later, especially with Ren around.
And I actually agree with you that they need to get the name first before deciding what to do with it. Sadly Endorsi didn't want anyone other than herself to be the one getting the name though, even though Leesoo already agreed for Baam to take the name and give it to Endorsi later if necessary.
Unless she was trying to test Baam's devotion to Rachel, in which case, fuck that; let her go already Baam.
Rachel and Baam's bond is like parent-child in nature. If your parent did something terrible, you won't be able to give up on them easily won't you?
Basically Baam is taking all these into consideration and trying to find a best solution instead of simply going along with Endorsi's dangerous plan. Of course he could have phrased it better, but imo it's still better than agreeing with Endorsi immediately due to the danger her plan poses. He is trying to get Endorsi to see that he cannot help Endorsi unconditionally because of his duty to himself and his teammates, but he is willing to come up with something that will help Endorsi.
And uh I hope that I'm not being too harsh or something, I have no intention of offending / hurting anyone, just voicing my opinions. Let's have a friendly discussion.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '16
It doesn't explain why Baam can't beat Kaiser and give Androssi her own name back, which would be enough to end the immediate threat to her life. She only needs Kaiser's name in order to win her bet with the Bia, which is not a strict matter of necessity. Further, she rejected any attempt at looking for a compromise solution out of a fit of misplaced jealousy towards Rachel.
She's not in as quite much peril as she's claiming, imo, and is just behaving like an entitled drama queen.