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I was blown away the first time I met Monet during (again) the Phalanx Covenant. That truly must be my favorite major X-crossover. :) The artwork was beautiful, and I admit, I had a thing for beautiful and strong women because I wanted to be both and thought I was neither. (I am strong -- I can admit that now -- just not beautiful. LOL But then what woman IS as beautiful as the women they draw?) I also have a thing, and you can blame this on both Emma Frost and Cordelia Chase (from the Buffyverse) for strong women with a secret, soft inside to which they have layers upon layers of barriers built up. Actually, now that I think about it, I dare say this goes back even further than Emma and Cordelia, starting likely instead with Jessie Spano from Saved by the Bell (ALWAYS a favorite!) and Lorena DaCosta from California Dreams (both Peter Engel productions, might I add).





Monet stole my attention with the first few scenes and rather kept it for a long time, until I finally tired of her stealing Everett away from Jubilee. Which is kinda odd that that was what drove me away from her because I preferred Jubie with Skin and Robin even back during the day. Honestly, she's one I can pair with quite a number of folks and enjoy, and it's kinda hard for me to pick a favorite today. I like the angst that comes with Skin/Jubilee, but otherwise, I can't honestly say I have a favorite. :)





Usually, I can say there's at least one X-Man (or X-Woman) with whom I like to pair a X-Woman. I cannot, however, say that that really holds true for Monet. Back during the day, I actually filled a paper notebook with a very long winded time travel romance between her and Iolaus from Hercules the Legendary Journeys. Perhaps sadly, it never made it onto the computer, and even if I did find it today (doubtful), I doubt even more that the story would be readable. And honestly, it wasn't that good anyway. :P It was one of my earliest attempts at a long story, though, and I can honestly say that, during the time I wrote that, I had huge respect for Monet. She was another character who I yearned to be like.





I am, sadly, not a fan of the way they have handled her character since her Generation X days, and that's why you don't see me use her too often. I prefer the original strong and mysterious Monet, and honestly, I even prefer the twins storyline (at least it was original!) to most of what they've done with her as an adult. I honestly wish I could say otherwise! But with them finally expanding the X-verse again, maybe they'll pick her character back up at some point! A girl can hope, after all!





Please note that the following is VERY image-filled (heavy loading) and still under construction! This text will disappear once this post is "finished", but I'm probably going to return to it at later dates to add stuff. :)






Perhaps it also says something sad about my childhood that I always found an appeal to the mysterious, cataonic states Monet would enter. I can actually recall wishing that I had that ability to be able to so completely zone out of everything around me, to escape the pain of the world in which I was living even if it was only by receding further into my own mind. Hey, I'm the kid that the Funeral Director recognized as a grown woman waiting on him at a truck stop as the kid who always use to sit quietly in the corner at funerals and read! As Jubilee would say, 'Nuff said!

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