- the *eternal girl* / *eternal boy* is marked by statis in a child*ish* [[{1.5a} conscious attitude]]. - that is: being fearful of, or outright rejecting, their own capacity for growth, individuation, and being in active service of something greater than themselves. - they are youthful and creative, but that energy is filtered through the lens of an indignant child. - *indignant* refers to anger or frustration over a perceived injustice. - the puella aeterna feels hyper-attuned to injustice: she knows what is wrong with the world, and believes that has has been especially victimized within it. - her unique suffering allows her to both (a) be perceived as fragile, and (b) believe that she knows more and better than everyone else trapped in the “system”. - her fragility gives her permission to deny her capacity to take true responsibility for her life and decisions. - when one’s capacity – and so autonomy? – is repressed, “a sense of inferiority and self-accusation naturally emerges”, further justifying the diminishment of one’s self and the perpetuation of maladaptive or destructive patterns. - to compensate for a self-diminishing life without taking ownership over her choices, puella may be [[to compensate for this mediocre life they're abducted by the intoxicating realm of possibilities|”abducted by the intoxicating realm of possibilities”]] where she can be the hero of her grandiose, hypothetical fantasies without ever having to overcome her perfectionism and procrastination to make them real. - puella lives a [[{1.4a3c1} provisional life]].