the fact that when melanie got the poisoned coffee she assumed elias likes it the same way as jon… his little AMUSED confirmation that she was right before he goes “ik youre attempting murder but nice try”
what makes it so interesting for me is that it wasn’t necessary to specify what kind of coffee she brought and why, and it definitely wasn’t necessary to confirm that yes, we do take our coffee the same way, thank you very much. besides, wouldn’t it make more sense for Elias to say that he doesn’t like it and ask Melanie to drink it? so why add this in the first place?
I thought about it a lot, and I don’t know if I’m going somewhere with this, or am I just too obsessed with them, but this little remark could be about Jon’s loss of humanity
why would Melanie assume they like the same type of coffee? well, that’s because they are the same to her. she sees both of them as eye monsters, one of which is arguably worse, but she hates Jon too and thinks it’s his fault that she’s trapped here. they are the same kind of evil for her at that point. they might as well be the same in this for all she cares
and they are. this unconscious assumption immediately gets confirmed by Elias. it’s a tiny off-hand remark, but it shows just how similar they are even in these mundane details
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#I always actually thought of it from the other way around #in their little mundane very human things Jon and Elias are so similar. so she made the assumption #before they’re evil Eye monsters they’re my boring old bosses #also nudge nudge wink wink are they you know… drinking the same sort of coffee
your point of view does make sense! it’s reasonable to assume that at that moment she thought about them from a more mundane standpoint because coffee is a very mundane thing. I do, however, think that for her they are cryptids before they are human, which is where my point stems from (and also because I like to be dramatic. as a treat)
it’s still interesting, though, isn’t it? Jon thinks that trying to anchor him in his humanity will separate him from the monstrous, from Elias. he might even think that there’s a clear distinction between a human and a monster, and as long as he has these mundane traits, he’s safe. but no. not only Elias also has his little quirks, but they are the same as Jon’s
ultimately, it doesn’t matter whether she thinks if they are similar in their human traits or nonhuman traits. both are true and equally devastating to Jon: no matter where he looks, he will always see Elias’ reflection in him