The Non-Malicious Monster is more along the lines of a completely instinctive beast with no sapience in other words, it's just reacting to stimulus in incredibly dangerous ways without bearing malice towards anyone. In addition, the Reluctant Monster is usually sapient or can sense people's responses to its monstrosity (see, e.g., Casper the Friendly Ghost). Note the main difference between a Reluctant Monster and a Non-Malicious Monster is that the Non-Malicious Monster is always an antagonist the Reluctant Monster can be a protagonist. Most Non-Malicious monsters fall somewhere near True Neutral in alignment. When/if they go down, expect much Sympathy for the Devil on the part of those responsible, and maybe a tear or two from you as well. If you need your hero to make some morally controversial choices that are still justified, one of these is the option du jour. A common choice for this kind of monster is some kind of Dire Beast, usually a mammal since Reptiles Are Abhorrent and thus less likely to elicit compassion from the audience, but Mutants and prehistoric relics are also popular. It's just that, in theory, options besides killing the monster exist unfortunately, it's more likely than not these solutions will either take too long (thus incurring massive Collateral Damage) or just not be realistically feasible in the setting. This is not to say that these monsters are not a threat they're usually literal monsters, and if they're not dealt with, many people will die. One step below a typical Anti-Villain (or above, depending on how you're counting): a creature that could be called monstrous, but can't actually be viewed as evil, since it lacks any actual malice or sapience.
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