Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25367317-20170620005544/@comment-366087-20170627221501

We *don't know* if the Barracuda *can* talk or not. Its narrative did not inform us if it could, or not. So ALL WE KNOW is that it attacked and feed. Could it have ever joined Bruce's group? Dunno. The franchise does not tell us one way or the other.

Anything beyond what the Narrative tells us is Our Own Interpretation and as such Original Research.

Marlin was indeed traumatised. But nothing about his narrative says he was never neurotic. No one else on the reef was anything like him, which, with the Barracuda a resident, tells us that Marlin's personality and neuroses are distinctly unique among the reef's community as highlighted by how the other "School" parents deal with him.