Fixed your quoting a bit here. You were giving me credit for things Boxilar had said in your original post.scantrontb wrote:what i find funny about this page is that Monica is VOLUNTARILY reaching out to get a HUG ...BY A GORGON.... YET ANOTHER "MONSTER" from legends... and in the back of my mind, i'm waiting for the day that M see's Euryale doing something equivalent to what she just saw Phix doing... though i do think that M will "get over" this with Phix after a while, just like she did with the GGG's, and also with Tina, after each of them revealed their true nature's...Boxilar wrote:Despite warnings from Tina that Phix was a predator with a predator's instincts, Monica has never seen anything more than vieled threats directed at Tina from Phix.sonicthunder wrote: Primarily Shelly. Shelly's given Monica the same speech of "I'm a monster / I'm a danger" more than once already, and Shelly is now generally the same species as Phix. I wouldn't be surprised to see Monica a bit hesitant around Shelly until the 'shock' wears.
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Even if Monica and Phix can renew thier relationship after Monica deals with what she's seen, there's going to be something between them that will always be broken. I think Monica always thought of Phix as a regular person who just happened to be a Sphinx. Now some part of her will always see Phix as something out of her deepest nightmares. For Monica, this is the moment Phix became a monster.
The difference here is, the GGG and Tina never pretended to be safe, as did Phix. Phix however let the cat out of the bag, and displayed her visceral side infront of Monica. Bud, Brandi, and Jin (and Shellynx for that matter) may have threatened Monica, and Eurayle and Tina may have had a few panic moments, but none of them ever got very "graphic" infront of her.
Monica's used to people like Amanda and Shelly (and certain other figures from her past) putting on a tough front and over exaggerating their feelings and abilities. Monica may know deep down how powerful her newfound friends really are, but she still seems to always view them in the same light as Amanda and Shelly. This may have been a wakeup call that her friends are in fact what they've been telling her (even harmless looking, physically weak beings like Tepoz can technically be dangerous). If nothing else, we've seen how much Monica clings to her past trauma. This may be just like the rubber room and flash in Monica's mind whenever she has cause to remember.