#Monster transformations used as symbolism for the bettering of one's self or the unseen struggles of others around you

[mwolf0epsilon]

There's something really rewarding about unwilling monster transformations that I feel like isn't explored enough in media. Especially if this is something that happens, not to a protagonist character, but someone they trust. A character who you've grown to know throughout the storyline, who's never quite in the spotlight but who's been consistently there for the protagonist.

Someone who serves as a gentle guide/safety line. Someone who you wouldn't want to fight, even if forced to. Someone who's thoughts and opinions were never really the focal point of the journey, but are suddenly exposed to the world in the most negative way possible.

And suddenly you realise that this friend, who is now being used against you in a monstrous form, has been helping you along on your adventure when you were in trouble or unsure of how to go on, but in turn you neglected to realise your friend never turned to you for help themselves. And you also suddenly realise that you never really thought to ask if they needed you, because to you that friend always seemed to have it figured out.

These sort of arcs feel rewarding to me because they force the protagonists to confront the reality of just how self-centred they can be, because their own lives seem hard in comparison to those of their friends because they have only ever been in their own shoes and not the shoes of others. It's the sort of story arc that can push a protagonist to grow into a less tunnel-visioned version of themselves, and begin to empathise more with those around them. Grounding them in the reality that you can't quite predict what's going on in someone's head, even if you feel like you know them like the back of your hand. Starting with repairing the damage done to their transformed friend.

Also monster transformations are cool so there's also that...

#Eps Talks About: #Storywriting #Monster transformations used as symbolism for the bettering of one's self or the unseen struggles of others around you #Meek or doormat characters suddenly coming undone at the seams #I dunno why I suddenly felt compelled to talk about this but I just really like this idea and maybe that's why I favour designing monsters