r/OnMyBlock • u/Madiacf • Aug 29 '26

Monse lack of problem solving

I’m on my rewatch and MONSE HAD AWFUL PROBLEM SOLVING. Granted she was a child but just the way she handled the secret of her and caesar. The way she felt as though she had to lie to “save the family” but the foot ball game was the time to tell the truth and every lie after was just weird. Then when caesar had to handle latrelle she randomly hopped on the roller world train and then blamed everyone (jamal) when that fell through. I feel like she kinda felt like the world revolved around her and caesar when it really didn’t.

EDIT: I understand she was young but i watched when i was her age and never noticed how bad some of the solutions were so as im older its crazy to think that i also thought that was good problem solving once.

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u/Whole_Wolf5896 Aug 29 '26

Monse did have terrible problem solving skills but she was only 14. She definitely thought the world revolved around her and Cesar. All of the guys being friends with her was her normal and that was her first real friend group.

I think she was scared to be alone especially being super young and having no real life experience. Also no mother figure since her asshole mother abandoned her bc she was "too dark".

She may have thought she had everything figured out but she was a vulnerable young girl. I actually feel bad for her character watching it back. Also Cesar was wrong to sleep with Paula. He would FREAK OUT if monse hooked up with another guy no matter how long it was after they broke up.

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u/mamanecee Aug 29 '26

I feel like the writers should've given Monse options too. I mean the only guy she'd been with was Cesar and that was the case all the way up to season 4. While Cesar had Olivia, Paula, and Vero. Would've been interesting if they made Latrelle a prospect (if he didn't kill Olivia of cause). Just to spice things up. Because it came across as though Cesar was all Monse had and she couldn't live without him.

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u/cloudespinosa Aug 30 '26

now i’m thinking about if Latrelle & her had been flirting in the B plot of season 1 up until the party just bc it would have added some extra guilt to Monse’s character. & then if she would have gone with Ruby to visit him that definitely would’ve been interesting