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Currently, the Monsters from A Quiet Place have reactive evolution listed as one of their abilities. This is justified by a quote by screenwriter John Krasinsky, stating that the creatures are "evolutionarily perfect."
I feel like this should go without saying, but a creature being "evolutionarily perfect" and having reactive evolution are obviously mutually exclusive. To call something "evolutionarily perfect" means that it has reached the pinnacle of evolution and no longer has anywhere to go. In short, it is done evolving. A creature with "reactive evolution," on the contrary, is evolving constantly because it is very obviously imperfect. I have a similar issue with Ultimate Kars, but the issue is much more obvious and clear-cut in the Monsters' case, as the very justification used for them having reactive evolution is the proof that they don't.
In short, saying the creature is evolutionarily perfect and was able to evolve to be immune to modern weaponry and meteoric impact doesn't mean that the creature has reactive evolution- it means that the creature one did have reactive evolution, and no longer does. Thus, being that the Monsters' profile refers only to the modern version of said Monsters on Earth, (and that the Monsters never showed any sign of evolving to resist their glaring weakness to noise) reactive evolution should obviously be removed from their profile.
I feel like this should go without saying, but a creature being "evolutionarily perfect" and having reactive evolution are obviously mutually exclusive. To call something "evolutionarily perfect" means that it has reached the pinnacle of evolution and no longer has anywhere to go. In short, it is done evolving. A creature with "reactive evolution," on the contrary, is evolving constantly because it is very obviously imperfect. I have a similar issue with Ultimate Kars, but the issue is much more obvious and clear-cut in the Monsters' case, as the very justification used for them having reactive evolution is the proof that they don't.
In short, saying the creature is evolutionarily perfect and was able to evolve to be immune to modern weaponry and meteoric impact doesn't mean that the creature has reactive evolution- it means that the creature one did have reactive evolution, and no longer does. Thus, being that the Monsters' profile refers only to the modern version of said Monsters on Earth, (and that the Monsters never showed any sign of evolving to resist their glaring weakness to noise) reactive evolution should obviously be removed from their profile.
