i think in the comedy version of tma we would get snippets of elias providing monster factory-esque commentary on jon’s descent into becoming an avatar. he’d be like “now this is TOO many eyes. bad to look at but the best at looking so we gotta keep em. of course more eyes means less ribs so we’re just gonna get rid of a few of those bad boys, yoink. and voila, he’s a genuine eyeball boy!”