A deadly monster with a terrifying appearance bonds with a small child and protects the small child with its life.
An injured hero comes upon a monster, or a hero comes upon an injured monster, and they have a Moment where they understand each other.
Giant vicious-looking monsters that answer to names you would give a pet dog.
A character rescues or spares the life of a wounded or infant monster; later, the fully-grown/recovered creature returns the favor.
A monster is only behaving aggressively to defend its young; the heroes realize this and make piece with the creature before leaving it be.
Similarly, a monster is only behaving aggressively because it is displaced and frightened; the heroes realize this, and help it to return home.
The horrifying eldritch creature that has been stalking the heroes turns out to be wholly benevolent, and its previously menacing behavior is revealed to be its attempts to protect them from something far deadlier.
BENEVOLENT MONSTERS!!!! BENIGN MONSTERS!!!! MONSTERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT!!!
wade wilson is such a treasure like he wears socks with sandals and kitten shirts and likes my little pony and wears heels to kill horrible men and he called out xmen’s sexism and racism and he has an adventure time watch and a hello kitty gym bag and he suffers from clinical depression and mania and he enjoys being pegged and being submissive and he just has so much love to give but doesn’t think he’s deserving of love himself and he supported negasonic and yukio’s relationship and he doesn’t put up with people being abused or hurt and he called peter sugarbear and told him that he wasn’t going to let anything happen to him when peter was scared and he was sogentle when he saw the bruises on russell’s neck an-