Helen's relationship with Barton seems to be one of faint antagonism, which is revealed in detail in Helen's Adventure Novel. He also served as director of the National Association for the Study of Hypnosis. He discovered Edward was Scissorman, viewing Edward as a research subject, but eventually fell under Edward's sway, and the two began to collaborate.īarton had studied hypnotherapy at Stanford University in the United States and was the youngest to graduate with a diploma in a hypnosis major. The novelization explains his motives more. As such, he hides a rather demented and dark personality who seems to be fascinated by the occult underneath his professional guise, although the game never really explains much behind this beyond being attracted by the darkness. If the player does the Helen route, Barton is Scissorman. His innocence depends on the route the player does. When she came to understand that his idea of a wife was "a cross between a maid and a whore," she made up her mind to leave him.ĭespite being a psychologist, as well as an intelligent man himself, he was very mentally ill himself. Helen learned that in the short time she was with him. Test subjects to be observed and analyzed, nothing capable of "emotion." Or love. To him, hearts were akin to the bacteria cultivated in the agar of a Petri dish. A notable except from the novel:īarton had a reputation among the aides as a psychoanalyst with no understanding of the human heart. He once got intimate with Helen, despite that she is about 22 years younger than him, which resulted in eventual failure. Barton's seeming difficult with connecting to people may be the reason he is a psychologist in the first place: to try to comprehend humans. It is implied Barton is a rather lonely man who finds it hard to connect with people. While those who do not know him very well respect him due to his contributions in the field of psychological research, those who have to deal with him on a closer basis like Helen find him rather condescending and annoying to deal with. He also tells Helen that if she does not agree with his hypnotherapy methods, she can quit her job. He does not want his assistants to interfere with his work, so he tends to shut down every single one of their proposals at their very start. In the novelization, it is mentioned Barton fancies himself as a genius and hates being told what to do by other people. By tending to Jennifer and Edward, he hopes to do just that. He does seem to become obsessed with the case at some points, as seen by interactions with Jennifer and Helen Maxwell throughout the game, but he is very interested in getting to the bottom of the story. Barton is very interested in the Clock Tower case, even having a replica of the giant scissors Bobby Barrows used to murder his victims sitting on his desk.
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