| “ | To begin with, I'm sorry for trying to kidnap you. That was wrong of me. | „ |
| ~ Scarlett attempting to make amends with Inigo even during her time in Libera. |
| “ | I want someone - anyone - to answer me this: why do we have to press on when freedom is finally within our grasp? | „ |
| ~ Scarlett addressing her Libera platoon and trying to convince them to leave the organisation with her. |
Scarlett Monarich is one of the two tritagonists of The Spectrum Game, being an antagonist-turned-ally of Inigo Lenahan. A member of the extremist group Libera, she started out trying to capture Inigo and bring him to Kotoba, only to later turn on the latter and leave the group, her moral compass having won out over her thirst for approval.
Her Good Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- Although she started out as a villain, she never did anything too bad, and would have been a Villainous Benchmark due to relying on Fridge Horror to pass the baseline. Even then, her worst crime was kidnapping, which while bad, was not often (and never successfully) attempted onscreen.
- After her redemption, she joins the heroes, and shows herself to be a pretty good friend, such as when she sincerely compliments the others - especially the self-conscious Azurine - on their new outfits. Even pre-redemption, she was a good friend to Valerie, showing support and listening to her emotional turmoil.
- Even as a villain, she made it a point to develop cordial relationships with her enemies, as she is clearly on good terms with Makoto at the start of the story and does her best to befriend Inigo; this is best shown in Chapter 26, when she encounters Inigo, who is visibly feeling down, and attempts to make him feel better even when he is being hostile and brushing her away.
- In Chapter 55, when Valerie is fighting Inigo with orders to capture him, Scarlett calls Makoto to get him to help the latter when she is unable to do so herself - this being that she is currently still officially on the former’s side, showing a willingness to rebel against a strict authority in favour of doing what is right.
- Shows sympathy for Iago when she discovers he is being tortured by Kotoba. In fact, seeing this is what encourages her to stop delaying her defection from Libera, hoping to stop his suffering by helping the heroes save him.
- After the above, she not only quits Libera in her next appearance, fully redeeming herself, but she convinces the entire platoon of Libera soldiers she was commanding at the time to do so as well.
- Manages to briefly put aside her thirst for paternal approval to defy her father when he tries to get her to hand Inigo and Makoto over, and later gets over it for good to stop said father from destroying Luster Street out of petty rage, spearheading the charge against him. Despite this, she does not kill him, instead restraining him with Natura-binding handcuffs so he is no longer a threat to anyone.
- Alongside Inigo and Makoto, she was instrumental in getting Kotoba to see the error in her ways.
- Attempted to stop Iago from killing off the leftover members of Libera following Kotoba's defeat, even giving him a chance to peacefully back down and only turning to violence when he tries to kill her.
What Prevents Her From Being Pure Good?[]
- She has retained some of her selfish tendencies from her tenure as an antagonist, as she is still rather attention-hungry and has a habit of fishing for compliments.
- She is somewhat arrogant and prone to self-aggrandization. However, this is a minor prevention as she never takes it beyond harmless boasting, in contrast to the likes of Iago and Minori, who actively look down on those around them. The one time she does, it is when she taunts her father as she puts him in handcuffs, and even that is understandable considering he is Near Pure Evil and she has very good reason to personally hate him.
- She has a perverted side to her being a seductress, as shown when she attempts to get Inigo to share a changing room with her, which, while she was most likely just teasing him, it was still a case of incredibly perverted sense of humour that was merely played for mischief.
Trivia[]
- Scarlett is one of three characters in The Spectrum Game to be Near Pure Good, with the other being Silas Landkeep and Jude Williams.
- She was initially approved as Inconsistently Admirable, only to be moved up to Near Pure Good when it was decided that some of her preventions didn't hold up, and the rest weren't too preventing for this category.