#i just find it interesting how they are portraying toralei here

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Manny’s Broken Horn Theories

Now that we know that Manny will get some kind of focus episode(s) in the near future, I’ll jot down some of my theories on how his left horn got broken.

Established Facts

Some information courtesy of Shea Fontana’s Twitter that will help inform these theories:

Manny “was raised by his grandmoo and grandbull”

Manny wants to be a veterinarian

Upcoming episodes will reveal that some currently established characters have invisible disabilities

Manny’s new iteration was designed with a conscious effort not to equate being large with being a jerk

Theories

Currently, the theory I find most likely is that Manny was involved in some kind of accident or targeted attack that both broke his horn and killed his parents, thus explaining why he’s been raised by his grandparents. This incident could have thus left him with lasting trauma that gives him nightmares, which could be something Twyla sees and helps him with when she enters his dreams in “Boogey Nightmare”. As seen with Lagoona’s strained family, the show isn’t averse to portraying unfortunate familial circumstances that real kids that watch the show have to live with, so having lost both of one’s parents fits in my opinion. Maybe the accident/attack somehow involved an animal (the equivalent of hitting a deer?), and it ties into his desire to be a veterinarian?

Second theory is that Manny’s effeminate mannerisms (you all saw the way he ran does the stairs and squeed in “The Case of the Missing Squeak”) made his father abuse him for not being masculine enough, to the point of breaking his horn. Eventually his father lost custody and Manny lived with his grandparents since. I find this theory less likely because it feels a bit too much for the show to delve into, even with the above point (especially with how Toralei’s mother & Heath’s fathers are most certainly getting improvement arcs, so an unredeemed abuser feels out of place).

Least compelling & interesting theory was just that Manny was bullied by monsters even bigger than him and they broke his horn. Shrug.

This is an outdated theory now that I’ve gotten to see Manny some more and learned that he was specifically designed with a conscious effort not to equate being large with being a jerk, but I figure I’d include it here for AU fuel and posterity: in the past, Manny used to be more like his G1 counterpart, a bully. Eventually he got into a fight with someone that could hit back, and his horn was broken. After some kind of wake-up call, he turned himself around and became a kind academic.

#Monster high #manny taur #monster high 2022 #monster high g3 #manny taur g3 #mh 2022 #mh g3 #theory #Monster high theory #original #if any of these turn out to be true especially the fatal accident one I’m gonna be so sad for Manny #it’ll be amazing character depth but I love this boy so much #of course it’s debatable how sad it would actually be given that multiple episodes have now established #that not only do ghosts just exist but spirits can be summoned and interacted with through rituals #so if Manny’s parents ARE dead they’d have to go out of their way to explain why they’re not still around