History ComicBook / MonetStCroix

Monet St. Croix, aka "''Penance''" was created by Scott Lodbell & artist, Chris Bachalo in 1994. She first appeared in the crossover, ''Phalanx Covenant'', before starring in ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' with her [[Characters/GenerationX classmates]] & their mentors, Banshee and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.

* PublicExposure: In X-Factor she posed nude for a Vanity Fair cover and was shown to have taken some topless photos, one of which Strong Guy secretly carried around with him.

Monet St. Croix, aka 'M' was created by Scott Lodbell & artist, Chris Bachalo in 1994. She first appeared in ''Phalanx Covenant'' before starring in ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' with her [[Characters/GenerationX classmates]] & their mentors, Banshee and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.

* ActOfTrueLove: Thought by Emplate do this for Sabretooth in [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]]. She attacks when he feeds on Creed & Callisto, telling him to deal with her & leave them alone. After she left with him, [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1321439/1321439_900.jpg he was surprised how quickly she came just to save the others & sensed affection when it came to Creed]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sabretooth in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015''.

* ActOfTrueLove: Thought by Emplate do this for Sabretooth in [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]]. Monet attacks when he feeds on Creed & Callisto, telling him to deal with her & leave them alone before she leaves with him. [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1321439/1321439_900.jpg He was surprised how quickly she came with him just to save the others & sensed affection from her when it came to Creed]].

She possesses a variety of mutant abilities which represent a near-perfect specimen, causing Jubilee to think that her power is merely being perfect.

* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler: Like the rest of Cyclops' team in''House of X'' 5, she's naked when she gets revived into a new husk body after her death.]]

** She & Jubilee competed for Synch, a competition Monet won by a landslide. When Jubilee wanted to spend time with him, [[https://i.imgur.com/w0FuFG1.png Monet made it clear in a literal case of the trope that it wasn't going to happen.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Monet is very loving toward Nicole & Claudette. Nicole says she's the only one who doesn't treat them like freaks. When they're trapped in Penance, Monet spent time making sure they are comfortable as can be.
** Zigzagged with Emplate who declares his love for Monet. He admits feeding on her wasn't his finest moment but he has to feed to stay anchored to the world. He mocked her affection for Creed and later warned her that Creed will eventually kill her.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Monet is very loving toward Nicole & Claudette. Nicole says she's the only one who doesn't treat them like freaks. When they're trapped in Penance, Monet spends her time visiting them and making sure they are comfortable as can be.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1218970/1218970_900.jpg X-Factor outfit]], which made its return in Weapon X and ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018''
* ActOfTrueLove: Thought by Emplate do this for Sabretooth in [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]]. As he's feeding on Creed & Callisto, Monet attacks, telling him to get on with trying to kill her & leave them alone -before willingly leaving with him. [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1321439/1321439_900.jpg He's surprised how quickly she came just to save the others and detected affection from her when it came to Creed]].

** Emplate follows, saying he detects what seemed like affection from Monet when it came to Creed before guessing that she's bored with handsome, cultured men. Much later, he manifests Creed's claws and threatens to gut her with a warning that Creed will do it eventually, causing Monet to snark at looking down on the guys she hangs around.
** Deathstrike comes up in Weapon X. When Creed is briefing them on Monet and the mission to save her, Deathstrike instantly notes Monet as his ex girlfriend, causing Creed to become defensive.
** Domino instantly follows as a ShipperOnDeck as soon as she hears Deathstrike's comment, thinking it adorable. When she sees Creed shyly trying to speak with Monet, she gushes, tells Monet about how he wanted to save her, and how nobody believed his [[JustFriends protests]].
** After hearing Domino summarize things, Deadpool instantly follows and asks impatiently if they're going to kiss which causes Creed & Monet to defensively tell him to shut up.
** Finally, Omega Red interrupts to tell them to focus on love after they finished with war. But later when Creed & Monet finally get to talk about what happened between them,Omega Red can be seen watching them with a coy grin.

** In X-Factor, she's critically injured during her [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown encounter]] with Pluto and is dying when she fights Strong Guy, who finishes killing her with one good blow when he gets serious.

* BadDate: With Guido in X-Factor, which is summed up [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1316662/1316662_900.png during their argument]]. Guido finally revealed he wanted to impress her, but gives up trying to explain himself or win her over and storms off. He says the date was a stupid idea, and Monet calls him a jerk and scolds herself for slumming.

* BerserkButton: She has a few

* TimeDelayedDeath: After her CurbStompBattle with Hell God, Pluto, she's slowly dying from brain hemorrhaging.[[note]]: X-Factor 252[[/note]]

* [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]]: to Jubilee's Betty for Synch. Synch chose the Veronica. To make matters worse for poor Jubilee, Synch would sometimes gush to her about Monet in addition to sometimes trying to talk to her about any awkwardness or problems he had with his relationship to Monet.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: As noted & shown above, Monet [[EatingTheEyeCandy eats the Creed eye candy]] when he's unpacking the Blackbird, then unashamedly tells him to come on so she can continue to do so while he's doing heavy lifting.
* WomanScorned: With Madrox. She thought fondly of their night together, notes it was the one thing that made her happy and that thing's were unbelievable since then. She was furious when she found out he was also with Siryn. Madrox was 90% sure his dupe slept with Monet, so wanted to pond him. Since Madrox can't will certain dupes into existence, she forces out more by pounding him, and clobbers them until she can get the right one.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Sister for Monet, who's very supportive & loving toward Nicole & Claudette. According to the former, she is the only one who doesn't treat them like freaks. When they're trapped in Penance, Monet spends her time visiting them and making sure they are as comfortable as possible.
** Zigzagged with Marius, who declares openly that he loves Monet & only ever wanted her to feel the same. He points out his abuse of her was not his finest moment, but he has to feed to stay anchored with the world and not sent away to suffer in a purgatory dimension. He notes detecting affection from her when it came to Sabretooth and later warns her that if he doesn't kill her, Sabretooth would do it.
* BunkerWoman: An extreme when she's trapped in the Penance body by Emplate, where she was imprisoned for years, unable to touch, or have her cries for help heard.
* ButNotTooBlack: When she first appeared in Phalanx Covenant in 1994, she was black with a [[https://imgur.com/uA6XcwE light brown]] and [[https://imgur.com/oGctnLR caramel complexion]], along with having notably curly hair & more full facial features. Her father was also shown to be black. But given [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1258678/1258678_900.png some depictions of her in Generation X]], it's clear some colorists & artists were practitioners of this trope.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Emplate's Cain. Monet was their father's favorite, and it didn't help their relationship.

* CloseCallHaircut: When facing Deadpool, she gets a face full of napalm which leaves singes & a huge bald spot on the right side of her head.[[note]]Weapon X #23[[/note]]
* CoversAlwaysLie: Many cases throughout the second half of X-Factor & in Weapon X where Monet is [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1274460/1274460_900.png dark-skinned]] on the covers, but [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1274829/1274829_900.png fair-skinned]] in the interiors.
* CriticalHit: She was already dying from brain hemorrhaging before she took on Strong Guy in Hell, so when he finally got serious, all it took was one good hit to finish her.
* CurbStompBattle: Given her temper and brawler nature, she's received few of these. Such as getting kicked to the moon by Hulk, manhandled by Pluto, then finally clobbered and killed by Strong Guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: One of her main traits. One example occurs when the rest of X-Factor is waiting for Siryn to have her baby.

* DeathIsCheap: As noted above, she's died a few times but won't stay dead. Strong Guy becomes ''Lord of Hell'' to revive and subsequently banish her from Hell, thus resurrecting her. [[spoiler: She's recently killed in House of X #4 when she faces an army of Orchis soldiers but House of X #5 has her revived with the rest of the killed team]]

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: With Synch. They share a passionate kiss one night in the school library before Monet suggests going someplace to be alone. [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1320268/1320268_900.png They aren't seen again after this.]] When they're seen in the next chapter, they're shown holding hands, [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1320607/1320607_900.png which is the first time they've done so]].
* DisappointingOlderSibling: An understatement. Emplate killed his mother when his power awoke and was cast out by his family. When he tries to recruit Monet, she laughs & calls him pathetic for turning into a freak for the sake of power. Many years later, nothing has changed, as she pronounces him pathetic & desperate like before.

* EffortlessAmazonianLift: She's shown to easily be able to carry Strong Guy & Sabretooth in X-Factor & Uncanny X-Men respectively.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: When it came to her & Sabretooth, a total of seven characters have pointed out that they seem to have feelings for each other, if not more going on.

* ExaggeratedTrope: Her RichBitch nature in ''X-Factor'' is dialed UpToEleven, sometimes bordering on hatefulness & cruelty. As seen in her moral debate with Siryn.

* FaceMonsterTurn: After she's merged with Emplate in ''Uncanny'' & later became the villain of ''ComicBook/GenerationX2017''. Sabretooth, Jubilee, and Paige note that her psychotic behavior is her brother, not her.

* HatesBeingTouched: Doesn't seem to be a general thing, but she's had her moments.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Reveals this during a therapy session with Doc Samson. She knows people see her as a self-absorbed bitch, but she has to be that way because she's still suffering from her time as Penance. Everyday, she has to make the choice not to kill herself and gets her strength from the arrogant 'M' persona.

* IGaveMyWord: She'll keep her word, even if she makes a deal with a super-villain.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She always had shades of this, but ''X-Factor'' dials it UpToEleven. During her date with Guido, he ended up apprehending villains & she was pissed that her company was apparently not enough to keep him focused strictly on their date.
* KarmicTransformation: Courtesy of Emplate when he finally becomes fed-up with her superior attitude.

** Creed was a villain [[HeelFaceBrainwashing morally inverted]] by a spell that wasn't permanent. She reunited with him after they were separated for a while, only to lose him again when he was sent to Hell and [[FaceHeelTurn reverted]] to his evil self, leaving her to sadly question his fate.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: If they had ever gotten to [[RelationshipUpgrade move passed]] ShipTease, she & Sabretooth would've fit.

* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: When Nicole & Claudette think she's dead, they merged to form a lookalike so their father wouldn't notice the absence of his favorite. When the truth is revealed, they feel guilty for taking their sister's life as their own and free her from Penance by switching places with her.
* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler: Like the rest of Cyclops' team, she's naked when she gets revived into a new husk body after their deaths in ''House of X'' #5.]]

** In Bunn's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Creed pushed her & Elixir out of the way of gunfire, getting shot in the back as he holds on to her. She yells for him to get off because he's bleeding all over her.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Madrox, Synch, & Strong Guy, and Inverted Sabretooth.

''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018''.

** During Bunn's Uncanny, Storm has a brief reunion with her & Spylcoke. The latter hugs her, but when she puts supportive hands on Monet, she's promptly snubbed.
** [[spoiler: Storm reaches out for her & asks she prove she's the real deal after her resurrection in House of X 5. Monet instantly withdraws & tell her "No touching", which was all the proof Storm needed.]]

* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler: Recently revealed she can transform into her Penance form at will, and as such she now goes by the alias ''Penance'' rather than ''M''.]]

* StatusQuoIsGod:
** She was cursed by Emplate in ''Uncanny'', but has been cured as of Strain's ''Generation X''.
** She went back to her cleaveage X-Factor outfit as of Weapon X & ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018''.

* NakedOnRevival: [[Spoiler: Like the rest of Cyclops' team, she's naked when she gets revived into a new husk body after their deaths in ''House of X'' #5.]]

** While she & Jubilee liked Synch, Monet won by a landslide and their relationship progresed slowly much to Jubilee's ire. When Jubilee wanted to spend time with Synch, Monet grabbed his arm & dragged him away, telling Jubilee that Synch is coming with her.
** Creed & Rachel try to find the missing Inhumans in limbo. But the former goes to find Monet instead. When Monet asks where Rachel is so she can "catch up", Creed says he sent her back & Monet asks if he's protecting his new friend, warning him she that she doesn't like it.

Over the years, she's worked with many teams since Generation X, such as [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen Banshee's X-Corps]]''',''' [[ComicBook/MultipleMan Multiple Man's]] [[ComicBook/XFactor X-Factor Investigations]]''',''' [[{{ComicBook/Storm}} Storm's]] [[ComicBook/XMen X-Women]]''',''' [[{{ComicBook/Magneto}} Magneto's]] [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 X-Men]]''',''' [[{{ComicBook/Sabretooth}} Sabretooth's]] [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X-Force]], and [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Cyclops']] [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen search & destroy team]] for Mother Mold.

* SexGod: After having sex with her & Siryn the same night, Madrox says Monet was the wilder ride, being the monsoon to Siryn's ocean wave.
* ShipSinking:

* SexForSolace: With Darwin in X-Factor. She was numb after being brought back from the dead, and used him as a way to feel something again.

** Monet outright ogling Creed while he's unpacking the blackbird. See WomenPreferStrongMen below.

* WomenPreferStrongMen: Strong Guy & Creed. She shows it very blatantly for the latter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1203430/1203430_900.png when he's carrying crates while unpacking their aircraft]].

Monet St. Croix, aka 'M' is one of Marvel's first Muslim superheroes, created by Scott Lodbell & artist, Chris Bachalo in 1994. She first appeared in ''Phalanx Covenant'' before starring in ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' with her [[Characters/GenerationX classmates]] & their mentors, Banshee and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.

She possesses variety of mutant abilities which represent a near-perfect specimen, causing Jubilee to think that her power is merely being perfect.

* SuddenlyEthnicity: In ''COmicBook/XFactor'', she defends her religion at an anti-Muslim protest. She openly identifies herself as Muslim, saying her mother was Algerian and most Algerians are Muslims, do the math. Other than this, she shows no Muslim practices or beliefs.

** Psylocke was the first in issue one when she notes how much they bicker, suggests they get a room, and concludes they may be flirting. After the team disbands, Creed & Monet had left together, and she compares them to [[OutLawCouple Starkweather & Fugate]].