LotsChrono
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What do you think makes someone a monster? Just getting opinions for my next novella. So, just give me your honest thoughts.
Oh oh, nice perspective. Thank you for the answer~screenshotted.Monster = inhuman so I’d say...
Physically: Extraordinary size, abnormal appendages, slimy/scaly skin, etc. (Anything opposite to human textures or structures)
Emotionally/character-wise: Cruelty, selfishness (egocentrism), heartless (showing no mercy or concern for others), violence, etc. (Any behavior considered abhorrent or abnormal by societal standards).
I’m assuming by monster you mean a human being that acts abhorrently, so I will elaborate on that. I think the fundamental thing that makes a person seem like a monster isn’t necessarily their horrible deeds, but their attitude towards them. A person who is a monster does not see any fault with their decisions or thought process and will not work to change. They do not understand nor attempt to understand/care for basic morals. Because of this, the ordinary person cannot sympathize with or comprehend them, and it is this disconnect, this belief that this character/person possesses a fundamentally flawed outlook on life, that this person is “inhuman” that makes them a monster.
Nope, I have a big appetite~Thus I need a lot of different opinions.Oh, oh, I've answered this recently and I have the best answer-
Wait.
*Squints*
*Squints harder*
Lots, what a betrayal! My answer, my love, wasn't enough for you?! For shame!
I see, I see, another avenue to ponder then. Thanks for the answer.I like taking the society norms and making an extreme of it. Capitalism has Bernie Madoff, Fascists have Hitler, Authoritarians have Stalin. I have always believed the scariest monsters are the ones we make ourselves.
If you want to be literal, then stuff like vampires, werewolves, demons, witches, etc...What do you think makes someone a monster? Just getting opinions for my next novella. So, just give me your honest thoughts.
From portrayals/ideas I’ve seen, not much different from what’s already here really. Nature is scary, man. That includes humans. Beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. So, a real monster should probably be something that doesn’t make sense.What do you think makes someone a monster? Just getting opinions for my next novella. So, just give me your honest thoughts.
Writing a novella about the subject of ‘monster’, which you can think of as a short novel. Longer than most short stories, but shorter than a novel. Anyhow, need to see how different people perceive a person as a monster, that’s all.I mean, you’ve got a lot of answers here.
I mean, my personal opinion is “monster” is purely a label of adversary to self by the ‘monstee’. There can’t be a solid definition of it outside context within a universe, a culture, or really an individual opinion.
anyway. Why do you ask?
Naturally, the second of course. I want to see what people think makes an individual a monster. Everyone can objectively, in some ways, define a beast, but the second is naturally more subjective/interesting.Are we saying a monster as in, a monster, or a monster as in, someone monstrous in their actions?
If we talk about the word 'monster' in of itself, I usually think of a beast without any intelligence. Anything which blindly follows it's own predatorial instincts, attacking without logic or reason and destroying without purpose.
However, if we go a bit deeper and view it such as 'A monster of a person', then I think we can get a bit of a more interesting definition here. I personally think that the number 1 thing which makes someone a monster would be hypocrisy on a massive scale. People who will hold others to standards very different from themselves. Tbh, I think that I could understand just about any villiain and their motivations, so long as they aren't a hypocrite. If they practice what they preach and would accept the situation if they were in someone else's shoes, then that makes them a character who is truly devoted to their own practices. However if, when put into the shoes of others, they freak out and call things unfair, then it makes them nothing more than scum.