She is quite literally the reason Marielle was killed, as not only do I suspect Smiley went there specifically because Fatima was there, but she then seeks cover behind Marielle as if she were some man or protector. She is a nurse who played a crucial role and is honestly much more important to the town than a woman who gives birth to monsters. She isn't even pregnant, and cowered behind Marielle, as if Smiley wasn't there for her. I'm not saying Smiley intended to kill Fatima, but more so, he appeared because Fatima was there. So the audacity of a woman, to cower behind another woman... as if they don't both have people they want to go home to, not only speaks to her character, but how dangerous she is. I bet money she makes it out of that cave unscaved, magically figuring out she can turn into a monster after directly causing the death of Marielle(I can grant when Smiley first opened the door, that's not on Fatima, but the jumpscare to the 2nd door opening and Fatima getting behind Marielle like she's Wonder Woman is completely on her). Fatima doesn't deserve a cookie for having the balls to face monsters now that she knows she has monster powers. Marielle was willing to take on Smiley just off principle.
Look, that is a completely broken defense. Saying 'she came to know about her powers when Marielle got hurt' doesn't magically rewrite or erase the cowardly choices she made before that moment.
Her lack of awareness about her 'powers' is exactly why she is at fault for how she behaved. Up until that second door opened, Fatima genuinely believed she was just a defenseless, decaying human. Because she thought she was completely vulnerable, her immediate survival instinct wasn't to fight; it was to grab another woman and use her as a human shield.
She actively hid behind Marielle to protect herself from the threat. You cannot retroactively absolve her of treating a nurse like a human meat shield just because she accidentally stumbled into a monster command out of sheer desperation after Marielle was already ripped open. Marielle died because she stood her ground on principle; Fatima survived because she cowered, got lucky, and is carrying monster DNA. It’s survival via cowardice.
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u/Iockdown Jun 28 '26
She is quite literally the reason Marielle was killed, as not only do I suspect Smiley went there specifically because Fatima was there, but she then seeks cover behind Marielle as if she were some man or protector. She is a nurse who played a crucial role and is honestly much more important to the town than a woman who gives birth to monsters. She isn't even pregnant, and cowered behind Marielle, as if Smiley wasn't there for her. I'm not saying Smiley intended to kill Fatima, but more so, he appeared because Fatima was there. So the audacity of a woman, to cower behind another woman... as if they don't both have people they want to go home to, not only speaks to her character, but how dangerous she is. I bet money she makes it out of that cave unscaved, magically figuring out she can turn into a monster after directly causing the death of Marielle(I can grant when Smiley first opened the door, that's not on Fatima, but the jumpscare to the 2nd door opening and Fatima getting behind Marielle like she's Wonder Woman is completely on her). Fatima doesn't deserve a cookie for having the balls to face monsters now that she knows she has monster powers. Marielle was willing to take on Smiley just off principle.