#i mean no exaggeration when I say the original incarnation of Monika is some truman show shit

[brownhairedbookworm]

"well wait if Yuri's your favorite why did you choose Monika"

No one man should have all that power.

Monika actually is psychologically fascinating in her original context. What would you do if you found out you lived in a box, surrounded by "puppets" who can't give you real human interaction, and someone opens a hole in the box and gives you a possible way out to freedom?

I didn't go that route. My initial plan is "Okay, let's remove that specific trauma from her. What does a woman with the universe at her fingertips do with all of that power? Maybe a slightly above average woman, but an otherwise normal one, nonetheless.

If she's 16-18, she's gonna make some stupid, short-sighted decisions and traumatize herself! :D

[What's your opinion of Monika's classmates in the game? Do you find them as interesting as Monika?]

Assuming you mean Them Other Three Bitches:

Sayori! Sayori is great. A bubbly ray of sunshine in everyone's day... Afraid to be anything else because of her own severe depression. Sayori is a fascinating glimpse into the world of someone who just truly cannot love herself as much as she loves anyone else. Deserves many hugs and cookies.

Yuri! Yuri's my favorite, actually. She's always got her nose in a book, and she's always got something on her mind... And her social anxiety is so bad that she can barely share any of it with the world. She's also probably a lil autistic, several of my friends of the same flavor really relate to her and relatedly have fun providing me with Situations where it becomes more relevant. She's tall and purple, very pretty. Would enjoy some tea with her.

Natsuki! Natsuki is... unfortunately my least favorite of the girls (tsundere), but she's still good. Natsuki feels like she has something to prove, between both her strongly implied shitty home life and being the club shorty. Her passion for media she loves is respectable and I have nothing bad to say about her, she's just my least favorite. She will make her own damn cupcakes and brag about it to me.