re: oc asks, monster for trito and kinoga :)
monster: Is your OC monstrous in any way? Is there something that makes them monstrous? Are they aware of their own monstrosity? Do they accept it or reject it?
For both of them, I don’t really think so! “Monster” doesn’t really apply to them in any sense in either of their characters arcs or self perception. At the very least, they don’t think themselves as monsters in the sense that “monsters” are dehumanized, othered, not seen as people.
On Trito’s end, in regards to his scar, he doesn’t think it makes him monstrous or ugly or unloveable, it’s more about the pain associated with how it happened and his past life that was left behind as a result that bothers him.
On Kinoga’s end, their guilt about leaving for the surface doesn’t really manifest as thinking themself to be a monster ( but it does make them feel selfish in retrospect and they do feel terrible about it). There’s more fear directed towards the outside world and the surface than there is towards themself or that they perceive other people to think of them as monstrous.
