2x07, "Smoke & Mirrors"

[kayjayoh]

I'm thinking that he wouldn't really want to stop at only 2.3 kids either.

Yeah. After all, being a .3 is kind of tough.

[Lioness]

But it's going to completely trash his monster self image if he ever finds out!

Slipping into seriousness here, no, I don't think so. Because finding out you're not a bad boy is nothing like finding out you're not a monster. And most people who are afraid they are monsters? Well, I kinda think they don't get off on playing the bad boy.

Then again, I may be generalizing from a small sample. But, still being serious, I will say that a person I loved very much was afraid that he was a monster. And he would not have made a good bad boy at all. Wicked, now, that's another matter. Wicked looked good on him. But not bad.

Bad's way too tame for monsters. No, not tame -- it's playing at something that's too dead serious to play with.

I've been searching for the right metaphor, and all I can come up with is that to somebody who's afraid they're a monster, just being a bad boy would be doing a kind of poorly done, half-hearted drag. 

[John Campbell]

I'm thinking that he wouldn't really want to stop at only 2.3 kids either.

Yeah. After all, being a .3 is kind of tough.

But you're the only one who can drive half a car!

[jimsmyth]

But it's going to completely trash his monster self image if he ever finds out!

Slipping into seriousness here, no, I don't think so. Because finding out you're not a bad boy is nothing like finding out you're not a monster. And most people who are afraid they are monsters? Well, I kinda think they don't get off on playing the bad boy.

Then again, I may be generalizing from a small sample. But, still being serious, I will say that a person I loved very much was afraid that he was a monster. And he would not have made a good bad boy at all. Wicked, now, that's another matter. Wicked looked good on him. But not bad.

Bad's way too tame for monsters. No, not tame -- it's playing at something that's too dead serious to play with.

I've been searching for the right metaphor, and all I can come up with is that to somebody who's afraid they're a monster, just being a bad boy would be doing a kind of poorly done, half-hearted drag. 

Nicely said!

The closest I could get was that he would still see himself a monster, just one who had deceived her into thinking he wasn't innately evil.  Or he wasn't even good at being a monster.  Or something.  And none of those options felt right.

Chaz doesn't need someone who thinks he's Bad.  He needs someone who believes he's Good.  Or someone who loves him, whatever he is.




And why am I starting all my sentences with conjuctions?

[Lioness]

But it's going to completely trash his monster self image if he ever finds out!

Slipping into seriousness here, no, I don't think so. Because finding out you're not a bad boy is nothing like finding out you're not a monster. And most people who are afraid they are monsters? Well, I kinda think they don't get off on playing the bad boy.

Then again, I may be generalizing from a small sample. But, still being serious, I will say that a person I loved very much was afraid that he was a monster. And he would not have made a good bad boy at all. Wicked, now, that's another matter. Wicked looked good on him. But not bad.

Bad's way too tame for monsters. No, not tame -- it's playing at something that's too dead serious to play with.

I've been searching for the right metaphor, and all I can come up with is that to somebody who's afraid they're a monster, just being a bad boy would be doing a kind of poorly done, half-hearted drag. 

Nicely said!

The closest I could get was that he would still see himself a monster, just one who had deceived her into thinking he wasn't innately evil.  Or he wasn't even good at being a monster.  Or something.  And none of those options felt right.

Chaz doesn't need someone who thinks he's Bad.  He needs someone who believes he's Good.  Or someone who loves him, whatever he is.

My beloved monster once said to me, "How can you love me?  I'm a monster."

And I said back, "I know. Heeeere, monster.... nice monster....."

The shocked look, and then
the smile blooming, like the rain
after the lightning.

[haycorn]

But you're the only one who can drive half a car!

<3 <3 <3   He's one of my favorite side characters in Tollbooth.