the scribbulous scrunklers

femc, throughout the entirety of the clusterfuck that was DDLC, was trapped as a catatonic husk following the commands of a script and an extradimensional being beyond her comprehension. the very idea of experiencing things, of making her own memories, of feeling and sensing on her own accord, is new to her. and it's what she needs. she craves the touch she missed out on, craves to make memories untainted by the horror of her paralysis.

similar to her is yuri. someone whose mind was warped and her behavior twisted into extremes akin to her worst nightmares. yuri, someone who once had a shred of belief in her own ability to be kind, was forced to become the absolute worst of herself, and she was never the same since.

femc yearns for touch because it's how she heals, yuri fears touch because she's terrified of hurting anyone again. they both need it.

and, as a bonus:

• femc listening to yuri's beating heart throughout every night they sleep together, because she gets bad memories anytime she sees yuri that still

• a healthy dose of "I'm sorry I let you die"

• healthier dose of yuri slowly allowing herself love and passion again

to monika, they aren’t real. we know sayori at least becomes aware, but monika DOESNT. she reads their code, to her they are and have always BEEN just ai. they were never really her friends.

i think this really depends on context we aren’t given since we don’t experience the game from monika’s pov. for example, did she try to figure out if they can also gain awareness, or did she assume she was the only one? we know by the end of the game that they can become aware through act 4, but did monika know that? did she experiment with that part of the game, or did she immediately assume she was the ‘special’ one without knowing the actual reason was the presidency and not the fact she was just like… inherently better?

but i don’t think this makes her a terrible person, on the contrary that is what makes her so interesting!! does it say something about her character, the fact she immediately assumes she’s the ‘superior’ one? definitely. does it mean she’s some evil psycho? no! i do agree with @stimmingandstruggling ‘s opinion that the assumption is an assumption that makes sense for monika to make, but what is actually interesting to me is what that tells us : monika is the type of person to make that assumption.