User blog:Stolen5487/PE Removal: Montgomery de la Cruz

Who is he?

Montgomery "Monty" de la Cruz is the secondary antagonist of 13 Reasons Why. He is a sadistic, violemt bully. While in the first season he was a standard asshat. He became much worse in the second season where he committed several despicae acts in order to protect Bryce from facing legal consequences such as intentionally attempting to hit Clay with a jeep, tormenting Bryce's rape victims, sending Alex a gun and note instructing him to kill himself, and of course the infamous bathroom rape of Tyler by broomstick.

Why he doesn't count?

In the third season, he does nothing evil and is given redeeming qualities and moments where you are meant to feel sorry for him (not exactly to the extent of Bryce but still quite a few).

It turns out his care/friendship with Bryce was genuine after all. Monty attended Bryce's funeral after he died and was hurt by his death to the point where he could hardly talk when one of the coach's asked him about the funeral. He also got offended when Clay accused him of being Bryce's killer, replying that Bryce was "his best friend" in a genuinly hurt tone.

His relationship witb Winston is genuine. Although he beat him up after having sex with him, it was out of trauma of his father's abuse and internalized homophobia that his father made him believe. He apologized to Winston afterward.

Speaking of his father, the abuse is expanded on this season, and it is severe. Monty apparenly has to keep a nightstick on him to fibd his father off, and has left him genuinly scared of being who he wants to be.

His death scene (or offscreen death scene) is also played for sympathy. His last scene is his father spiting in his face after Monty comes out to him witb Monty being hurt claiming that at least the inmates beating him up won't be his own father beating him for a change.

He is then killed offscreen, shortly before being framed for Bryce's murder. With the show portraying Ani as being on the wrong for framing him as he was still a "human being" as Winston and even Ani mourning his passing claiming that he didn't deserve to die.