‘Flying Monkey’ is the term given to those ‘agents‘ and allies that collude with an ‘abusive’ person or “In-Group”.

The role of each ‘Flying Monkey’ is to continue carrying out an ancient initial abuse by tormenting the ‘victim’ on the abuser’s behalf. The abuser gets to ‘abuse by proxy’ since it is the ‘Flying Monkeys’ that are getting their hands dirty, while the abuser wears a ‘mask’ of innocence. See: DARVO

It is a way of perpetuating normalized multi-generational abuse.  Again, the abuser’s hands appear to be ‘clean’ since the ‘Flying Monkeys’ are doing the ‘dirty work’ for the abuser.

So why does the narcissist need allies?

First of all, regardless of what happened, narcissists believe their victim deserves ‘punishment’.  Narcissists do not accept any responsibility for their actions, but neither do they want to accept the consequences.  Narcissists believe they are right, justified, and entitled. To the Narcissist, it is ‘always’ the victim’s fault, and in their world, winning is never enough. They desire to destroy the victim, their support network, self-esteem, reputation, and anything else they can ruin.

Narcissists live in a make-believe world, but they need others to believe in that world too. By recruiting flying monkeys, they are creating a cult around themselves with them at the center as the worshipful leader.

So they recruit others to do their dirty work for them, people who collude with them, and act as agents on their behalf. People who subscribe to their false version of reality.

Since the abuser carefully controls the information each ‘agent’ gets, they get to control the reality of their ‘cult’.

The more people they recruit to their ’cause’, the more they believe their own false narrative. They live in their own world of entitlement, self-righteousness, and false innocence.

The flying monkey’s main role is to discredit their victim.

REF: https://empathymatters.org/now/flying-monkeys/

SOURCE: https://sentientcounselling.co.uk/2020/08/14/flying-monkeys-agents-of-the-narcissist/

Image: jerome-k-moore.deviantart.com

When a narcissist attacks another person by name and asserts coercive control, the “Smear Campaign” begins. (scape-goating)

Flying monkeys often have strong narcissistic traits themselves, including a desire for attention, a lack of empathy, and a desire to bully and manipulate others. They may be involved in a family, work, or other situation in which they know that their best opportunity to fulfill their narcissistic desires comes from allying themselves with a more powerful narcissist.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-autism-spectrum-disorder/202010/are-you-narcissist-s-flying-monkey