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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Arrival
Naruto_The_Ninja — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 04:24 PM)
Why did we not see her talk to another person who was in non-linear time (Besides the Aliens, of course)? It just seemed weird that she was the only one, in all the future scenes we saw
For that reason, why did she not teach her daughter it as her first language? I mean that way her daughter herself would never Truly die in the sense that linear time percepting beings do It seems kinda mean to not do so. -
Puzzlerff — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 04:36 PM)
For all we know, she does speak with them. But the movie can only cover so much.
Additionally, we can assume she's an expert at languages, which means she's spent most of her life studying and trying to understand. Most people have not, hence it will take a LONG time for most people to comprehend it enough to grasp the basics. Which, as the movie states, once you know the language it unlocks time. We can assume this means a total grasp of the language, meaning it'll take awhile for most people.
We don't know that she didn't try to teach her daughter. It can also be seen as cruel to teach her daughter time sight so that the daughter know's she's going to die. Is it better to let the daughter live a normal life and enjoy it, or live a life knowing when and how your going to die, to always be afraid of it?