#Mr. Komos

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

monster high (live action) + text posts (pt 3)

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[idleglowingpixels]

I was rewatching Monster High: The Movie (2022) cause the sequel's coming out next week and upon rewatch, the fucking signs that Komos was actually Hyde's son not from the writing but from the COSTUME DESIGN for him was so striking to me that I'm pissed I didn't realize sooner.

Not only does he have the glasses, sideswept bangs and general human appearance of Jackson (minus the horns, I think in this universe Komos's mom was like a centaur or something, would explain why he's still so human-looking besides the horns), but there's nods to Jackson and Holt specifically all throughout his outfits in the movie.

(Also for the sake of ease I'm referring to the teacher as Komos cause typing Hyde Jr. or something constantly is gonna drive me nuts)

First, there's his main outfit which we see across the film as well as in promotional images, and YOU CANNOT FUCKING TELL ME the posing for his promo pic wasn't an intentional nod to Jackson LIKE LOOK AT THIS SHIT!!

The main thing that strikes me is the inversion of the yellow/gold and blue with Komos's tie and shirt, also the fact the colors are significantly desaturated in comparison to Jackson's flashy yellow and blue. My interpretation of this is that it's representative of the bad-guy/villainous interpretation Komos represents, in comparison to Jackson/Holt which seem to be a rare good-guy/positive interpretation of Jekyll and Hyde. It's like, yes this is the Jekyll/Hyde guy of this gen, his outfits are nods to G1 but is otherwise an entirely different character than Jackson/Holt. Which I mean, I do respect the writers for not having Komos be this gen's Holt Hyde and just as "Hyde's son," I feel like separating the two (three??) characters is and was the best decision. Just two different interpretations of the "descendant of Jekyll and Hyde" thing.

Another part of the decision to go with Jackson's more traditionally nerdy or professional type of fashion style is interesting to me. Komos does not want to be perceived as his Jekyll half, he wants to just be Hyde, hence why he refers to himself as Hyde's son not Jekyll and Hyde's son. And yet, it's like he can't deny his human Jekyll side. To be honest Jekyll's only referenced a few times in the movie (which okay, Hyde's the monster half, I get that, but you'd think he'd be a little more important yeah??) so it makes sense they're focusing on Hyde more but I did find it an interesting decision.

Next there's THIS OUTFIT which on rewatch made me audibly point like that soyjak meme like "THAT'S A REFERENCE TO JACKSON AND HOLT CAUSE OF THE YIN YANG DUAL COLOR SHIT"

Red and blue are mainly Holt's colors, but Holt's signature outfit's shirt is also dual-toned, split through the middle.

It's just with Komos, there's less of an emphasis on the yin-yang thing Jackson & Holt had in their interpretation of Jekyll & Hyde -- he's unbalanced in comparison to them -- hence it's not a black and white cardigan. Also, THE BOWTIE! Can't get more obvious with the Jackson nods than that.

There's also this outfit I wanted to mention, the one he wears during the Founders' dinner toward the end of the movie. Notice It's fully red-toned, where his initial outfit was mainly blue-toned, and the cardigan showed the transition between. It's like at first, he's studious and mellow-natured with a bit of flare but nothing too crazy -- Jekyll. Then when he's wearing the cardigan, he asks Clawdeen about her research, almost insisting she provide him the information she's gathered because of his desperation to lose the duality going on with him. And finally, at the end, he takes the potion his father made, fully embracing Hyde and abandoning Jekyll once and for all.

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That's pretty much all I wanted to mention regarding the outfits, but I remember when I first watched the movie, I was severely disappointed that Jackson/Holt were basically confirmed to not be making a return in this generation (or at least in the live-action films but I imagine it'd be pretty confusing to have two characters represent the same specific monster character in the same gen). They were a really underutilized character concept outside of Ghouls Rule, and I feel like especially with Clawdeen being half human in this version that they could've been friends or something!

Maybe Jackson/Holt could've served as the antagonist of the film in Komos's position, but not out of malice, moreso misguidance. Holt was kinda hinted at in his diaries to have depressive symptoms, it would've been interesting to explore that with how he might have low self-esteem because of his half-human-ness. Also, apparently Deuce in G1/G2 was half human too? Why did they get rid of that this gen??? I don't know why they keep shifting representation around at times.

Questionable decision making aside, I actually did enjoy this movie a lot. From an objective standpoint it's a DCOM-quality movie with average writing (except Frankie bro they were funny as hell in this movie), slightly more fashionable outfits than DCOMs, and a basic self-acceptance plot. There's several movies, including one or two in G1, with similar but better-executed writing and storytelling and similar themes. But DAMMIT I can't get enough of this movie when I see it. It's a comfort movie. :'D

I could go ON about the Jackson/Holt erasure all throughout this movie, especially with the rumors it was based off an abandoned movie concept for the two back in G1, but this post is too long already and I've distracted myself from my work enough. :'D If anyone on this side of Tumblr wants to hear that ramble, I shall ramble about it another day.

Also, HAPPY SPOOKY MONTH!!! My Monster High AU is beginning this month with the main 5 ghouls' designs as well as a one-shot I've written. Maybe stick around for that if you want to idk! :D

[nae-vis33]

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Mr. Komos x Oc

Fanfiction:

[wernevergrowingup]

Komos? More like KomNO I want JACKSON BACK!

[beetlesanbutterflies]

I’m sorry....WHAT!

YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A HOLT AND JACKSON CENTERED MOVIE! I COULD HAVE HAD MH 2022 PLOT BUT WITH MY FAVORITE BOYS! I COULD HAVE GOTTEN A HOLT AND JACKSON MUSICAL! THATS ALL IVE EVER WANTED. 

it all makes perfect sense, the plot of MH 2022 fits them perfectly. I was even planning on doing a fic rewrite that just switches out clawdeen with the boys. AND THEY HAD THE NEVER TO ESSENTIALLY TURN THEIR MONSTER STORY INTO THE VILLAIN! EVEN THAT WOULD HAVE MADE MORE SENSE IF JJ AND HH WERE THE MAIN CHARACTERS. 

I could have been about generational trauma, showing a family that's divided because of the injustice that they faced in the past and how they all reacted to it. Komos not being able to move on, focused on getting revenge for his family. Whereas Holt’s parents from that side had accepted that the monsters and humans won’t ever accept them, but they have each other and is more focused on raising their sons. Holt and Jackson going undercover like clawdeen and making friends, learning about their grandfather and in the end convincing their uncle that revenge isn’t the way, and while yes the monsters were wrong, these aren’t those same monsters, these monsters have accepted them even with their half human genes,  and instead of hurting them, he could educate them on how to be more accepting. Jackson and Holt showing the family that they were both wrong. Komos finally getting to see his family accepted in a place that meant so much to his father. 

I should really just write that fanfic 

Finding out the ORIGINAL Monster High live action movie (2013) was supposed to center around Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde

Me @ Mattel & Universal:

Where is the Screenplay?! We need the damn Screenplay! 😤

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They took the ideas from the OG script and turned it into the MH 2022 version we have today.

The premise of the OG was about JJ/HH being half normies!

They literally just gave that plot line to Clawdeen, changing the lore and shoving compelling characters out of the way!!!

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Why is the universe so cruel??? 🥲😭

[toby-or-not-toby]

... hear me out guys work with me here. Mr Komos in the monster high movie is implied to be the son of The Edward Hyde/Henry Jekyll, right? Great. Thats established. Cool. So.

Holt and Jackson. In g1 he's the great grandson of EH/HJ. We're going to disregard the great part because the point is more that he's descended from, rather than directly their son. Anyways.

I propose to you: Holt/Jackson being related to Mr Komos. There's no precedent for this beyond the shared scaritage, but also: It would allow them to give Jackson and Holt a new conflict since Clawdeen has the human/monster thing now.

(The conflict in question being attending a school his parent/relative tried to like. Murder. As well as the legacy EH/HJ left by being shunned by monsters and humans and then straight up killed. Have Jackson be what Komos wasn't, where instead of straight up revenge he wants just like... idk, change, for the better, yk? Let him and Clawdeen work together or something.)

This is probs incoherent btw its 2am and the thohght came to my brain in about 30 seconds. So my idea? Half baked. Idc I needed to share the thought with The People. Maybe someone will be inspired by it who has a bigger brain than me? Idk. If anyone sees this feel free to steal my ideas tbh. Idk if its a good idea bc im half consciohs but yk.

[luminol-of-the-stars]

The Uncle Komos concept still keeps the J/H boys and him in the lore, so I like it.

Komos is that weird uncle who is oddly cheerful and randomly breaks into musical songs. He always has his guitar with him (THAT HE PULLS OUT OF NO WHERE) and loves to infodump about history.

I'm pretty sure he was a one-off character who we're never gonna see again, but I just wanted a reason for the boys and him to coexist.

Also, he looks scarily similar to Jackson (especially in style and appearance) but he has the same musical interest as Holt.

[magpiemagica]

Monster High Reboot Movie Antagonist Appreciation Post ❤️

I’m not a big fan of either reboot (for different reasons I will not get into) but the movie antagonists always stood out as strong and interesting to me. This is my opinion; feel free to disagree.

Moanica D’Kay🪱 stands out in her movies; her evil intentions and antagonistic demeanor really make her a memorable threat, especially in contrast to the more kiddy world of G2. She commands an army of zombie boys (Zomboys) and is strong leader. Her main goal is to terrorize mankind as vengeance for humans forcing monsters to live in hiding. Moanica has been hurt so much in the past that she wants others to feel the pain she has. She doesn’t want peace; she wants havoc and destruction. Because of this, Moanica doesn’t understand why Draculaura would rather educate and befriend the humans rather than harm them. She is overall pretty f*cked up, even compared to G1 villains, and that’s what makes her so interesting.

Some other interesting facts about Moanica is that her favorite food is vermicelli pasta; she finds it “a scream that the name means “little worms”. She is from South America, more specifically Peru 🇵🇪. Moanica D’Kay is the last doll designed Garrett Sanders, Monster High’s creator.

Mr. Komos 👔 (legal name Eddy Hyde Jr.) is a teacher who serves as the twist antagonist of the first G3 live action movie. He seeks revenge against the monsters of Monster High for exiling, discriminated against, and expelling his father, Eddy Hyde, for being half human. This discrimination by the school led to his father being killed. Eddy teaches anti human sentiment in his class, despite his heritage (True Monster Heart). The movie ends with him being turned to stone by Clawdeen. What interests me about Komos is that the movie tries to sell us on him being a big bad villain. I could never really see his motivations as evil? He is a pretty regular guy. Taking his anger on our main characters was the most cruel thing he did; besides that, he seems more justified than not? If an institution killed my father and spread lies about people like him, I would be pissed too. The fact that Komos wasn't redeemed, even though it would have been so simple as an exchange of apologies, confuses me. He could have been a great resource in making sure half humans feel welcome at Monster High. It would have been such a more satisfying conclusion than literally killing him??

Eddy/Mr. Komos is a intriguing character who could have been so much better if given better writing :(

Toralei Stripe😼 is a foil for Clawdeen and the second G3 movie's secondary antagonist (The main antagonists/villains of the movie, the witches, sucked). She is loyal to monster kind, has a grudge against humans and half humans like Clawdeen, and is Clawdeen's election rival. She is pretty toned down and likable here compared to her (in my opinion more annoying) G3 animated counterpart. Toralei is wrong for her prejudice of Clawdeen yet very sympathetic in her motivations to keep monsters/students safe from human witches. She seems realistic as a character and has a natural charisma to her. A pleasant surprise from a not so good movie.

The writers sometimes miss the mark with her (mischaracterize her very valid concerns about witchcraft as bigoted) but I hope that she continues to be present in the inevitable Monster High movies to come.

[mistasangel]

Also adding to his Nincompoopery, he stole Deuce's power to turn people to stone, turns poor Deuce to stone and when Cleo gives Clawdeen her phone which she has on video the ding bat looks at himself activating Deuce's glare turning himself to stone,lol he should of shut his eyes or looked away the Nincompoop. (Spoiler!)

Monster High the Movie Review Part 10

Spoilers ahead!

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Clawdeen has figured out how to turn her human-ness on and off (?) and uses her hand to unlock the lab.

I have been wondering why Frankie is the only one using their flashlight and then it hit me: Frankie isn't nocturnal. Vampires and Werewolves can see in the dark! but artificial reanimated humans? not so much.

Also: Frankie touched a dead mans eye ball. it made a squish noise.

Hyde's podunk lab that has been abandoned for decades is cleaner than the school archives that are currently being used by students.

Clawdeen finds the formula that will make her 100% monster and just as she is about to take it she thinks of her Human father, (His name is Apollo BTW, it's on his name tag when he gets home from work) She says "If I drink this, it's like I'm erasing him, my secret half is my dad" and I can't cry anymore, I had my tear ducts welded shut in the war- but if I could? I would have sobbed here. I know exactly how she feels - but in a bad way. Unlike Clawdeen I loath my father, he is the walking embodiment of pure evil. Now- we don't have time to unpack all of that, but I have frequently wished I could purge all of his foul DNA from my person and if it was possible? I would without a moments hesitation. But Clawdeen? loves her father and she is proud to be part of him. She never had an issue with being half human it's always been outside influences telling her it's a bad thing.

Mr. Komos shows up to prove what we knew all along, that he is not to be trusted! he starts out giving Clawdeen good advice, like "you don't want to do this, it's wrong to give up who you are" only to be like SIKE! and takes the potion himself like the hypocritical hemorrhoid he is.

He admits that Komos was his mothers maiden name and that his real name is Hyde Jr. after he drinks the potion he instantly begins to retch and suffer. Since Hyde was half monster and Komos is a Minotaur I'm going to take a wild guess and say he's half Hyde and half Minotaur which means he was only 25% human, which was why he couldn't open the lab door. Komos is a name in Greek mythology which fits with his Mom being the Minotaur.

Yeah! now that's what I'm talking about! that is a Minotaur! ... Though, now I feel bad for making fun of him earlier for not looking like one... knowing he's mixed changes things. that does not excuse him from being a butt hole, but... I understand him a little better now. He wants to be fully monster not so he can stay at Monster High, but so he can destroy it...and I mean... His anger is justified but it's misdirected.

After "True Monster Heart" his own words were a mob of humans killed his father. So I understand wanting to reject the parts of him that are human. And I understand why he blames Monster High, if they didn't expel his father he would have been safe from a murderous mob of humans.

He has every right to be as pissed as he is, but this is not the answer. This is Freddy Kruger logic "You hurt me so I'm going to take it out on your kids who did nothing wrong". I'm all for revenge but not when it involves innocent bystanders. If he wanted to go toe to toe with Bloodgood for example I would let him.

Apparently the potion also gave him the power to suck out the powers from other monsters. He steals Draculaura's essence and he can instantly turn into a bat at will. Then he promises that once he's done with Monster High he will go after the ones who killed his father: humans... not specific humans, his plan seems to be to just kill everyone.

10/?

[beetlejuice-01]

komos appreciation post

[imsosocold]

Unpopular opinion but I like Mr. Komos. While there was little time dedicated to him and while the twist was incredibly obvious but he was still actually fleshed out through it and came off as very realistic. There is clear purpose behind his character, his existence adds thematic weight to the overall franchise. However, I still want Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde, maybe as his child? Whatever I want both.

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

monster high (live action) + text posts (pt 2)

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[idleglowingpixels]

I kinda realised that Mr Komos' song, True Monster Heart follows the same beat as the Monster High Fright song, but the lyrics are like the corrupted version of the original.

Monster High Fright is about accepting

True Monster Heart is about rejecting

Kinda interesting when you think about it

AHHHHHH WHEN I SAW I GOT AN ASK RELATED TO THIS I FREAKED OUT DFGHNBGVFDSF TY FOR GIVING ME SOMETHING TO RAMBLE SOME MORE ABOUT ANON FOR REAL! (Also sorry for the late response, this post has been developing in my drafts for like at least a week now dfgfhng)

I absolutely agree with the conflicting messages between the two songs! I know the song focuses on the story of this universe's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the main verses, but the main focus of the song is that message of rejection of anything and everything human.

Also, because of the Jekyll/Hyde bits, it could represent the duality of where the story starts and ends in its interpretation of a "true monster heart." Instead of Mr. Hyde's human-ness making his heart "untrue," it was his utter rejection of & research into ridding himself of his Jekyll, as well as his hiding of the truth in the first place that caused him to be found out and exiled.

His heart being "untrue" had nothing to do with the fact he was half-human, because if it were, then Clawdeen and Komos's presence in and of itself within the school would've triggered its self-destruction. That was proven as a false interpretation by the story in the movie, so it's self-explanatory. A true monster heart is one of self-acceptance, despite one's flaws or differences. That's what Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Komos thereafter, had neglected to realize before Clawdeen proved the point.

Though, I've listened to both True Monster Heart and Fright Song a few times back-to-back, to try and get where you're thinking as far as the beat, but I don't hear it unfortunately (unless you meant the tempo of the song, then yes they do follow the same 120 beats per minute!).

The closest thing I can think of as far as melodic parallels between the songs is the chanting sections. The Fright Song chant is much quicker in the way it's sung compared to the chant in True Monster Heart, however. The whole of Fright Song's chant goes in 16 beats/4 measures, whereas True Monster Heart's chant takes twice as long at 32 beats/8 measures (I was a band/choir kid lol). It's mainly due to how the song kinda drags out the point, and it definitely feels like a nod to Fright Song for sure. Fright Song's chant is only there because 4/5 of the main ghouls were fearleaders, so it was sort of characterizing the cast before actually showing their characters in the webisodes.

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Fun little headcanon/ramble that I forget if I ever mentioned about Fright Song, but with Holt Hyde being released in the 1st Signature wave with the rest of the the main ghouls and all, I think it was because he's intended to be the singer of the rap section before any subsequent content with the character was released (No offense but I don't think Holt DJs because he's a good singer sdfgbfds). This would line up with his current crush in canon with Frankie, as well as his former crush on Draculaura from either the diaries or books, maybe both? I forget. :'D Also I feel like Holt wouldn't hesitate to call Cleo vile immediately after saying she's charming either, he's very direct with his words. (I also interpret Jackson/Holt as bisexual because Deuce is included in the rap I DON'T CARE Y'ALL IT MAKES SENSE!)

Also I always interpreted the howl-like sound at the end of the rap as "Holt ran outta time/battery power for his music and transforms back to Jackson as it transitions to the rest of the song." It kinda works with how the beat kinda drops down with the howl, like a TV being shut off or something idk.

Ghoulia also debuted with Signature Wave 1 but she's only in like a second of the music video in the background, I figure it could've been budgetary reasons for the animation, to save on animating an extra character. Also I imagine flame-y hair wouldn't be very fun to animate in 2D, and Deuce's snakes moving on their own were bad enough I imagine to animate, so it begrudgingly checks out as to why Holt isn't in the animated bits with everyone else.

BUT I JUST WATCHED THE MUSIC VIDEO BECAUSE I WANTED TO FOR THE SAKE OF THIS POST AND THE GUY SINGING THE RAPPING BIT HAS, YOU GUESSED IT, A BRIGHT FRICKIN NEON RED LEATHER JACKET. He doesn't have the dual-toned shirt BUT IT'S WHITE AND THIS IS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME Y'ALL! XD

If any straws for these dumbasses can be found I SHALL GRASP THEM fr they're my blorbos :'D

[skyesu]

I don’t care if nobody else cares about him he’s MY silly and I get to purposefully mischaracterize him.

I discovered earlier that people hated this movie so much that Komos doesn’t even have his own tag on instagram and……………………..fair

Anw this dude is just so fundamentally different from Jackson/Holt from G1 that I don’t even see his existence as character assassination, he’s just some other more stupid guy that I can make fun of. And I count that as a win.

MH the movie is still ultra mid but this image wouldn’t leave my psyche until I drew it so here ^_^

[fabledenigma]

In the Source Link, you will find a complete gif pack of Kyle Selig in Monster High 2022. Kyle plays the role of Mr Komos.

Mr Komos is a new teacher in the film, he displays a happygolucky personality but is in reality, hiding a secret. His mother is a minotaur and his father is kept a secret until later on in the film.

Source - FabledEnigma

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If there's zero chance that the writers would be able to actually bring back Jackson and Holt in G3 then I want for just a background document or something to reveal that Mr Komos' first name is Holt. This would be hilarious for many reasons.

It would be absolutely infuriating

It would imply that either Jackson does not exist or their mother managed to keep it a secret well into their adult life (girlboss move)

Jackson/Holt would be have taken over Manny's role as mean, anti-normie Minotaur

I don't want to say it would be better than nothing, in fact it would be much, much worse than nothing, but I would get a kick out of it, at least.