| 1 | '''[[center: [-[[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Monster X (Dr. Vivienne Graham and San)]] | [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | Titans and Other Creatures | [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Humans]]]]-]''' |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 6 | ! Monster X / Abraxas |
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| 8 | ->'''See Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX''' |
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| 10 | !Ghidorah and its Other Creations |
| 11 | [[folder:Ghidorah]] |
| 12 | ->'''See Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah''' |
| 13 | [[/folder]] |
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| 15 | [[folder:The Many -- In General ('''*Unmarked Spoilers*''')]] |
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| 17 | Monstrous undead abominations, created by Alan Jonah's experiments on Ghidorah's DNA from the decapitated head while Ghidorah was regenerating. |
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| 21 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: It threatens to go after Vivienne's human loved ones in Chapter 13, declaring it knows where they are. |
| 22 | * AnimateDead: It can reanimate dead hosts infected with its DNA as {{Artificial Zombie}}s, thanks to the PlayingWithSyringes. |
| 23 | * ApocalypseCult: They very much behave like an inhuman example. |
| 24 | * ArtificialZombie: The Many's first hosts have shades of this, being the result of Jonah and his Basement Club introducing Ghidorah's DNA samples after experimenting on them into human bodies including corpses. |
| 25 | * AssimilationPlot: This is the Many's general attitude towards anything that isn't them or their three-headed originator if it's worthy of anything other than dying. |
| 26 | * TheAssimilator: They can infect new creatures living or dead, adding them to their biomass/es and their HiveMind. |
| 27 | * AsteroidsMonster: PlayedWith. The Many are capable of splitting their {{Mind Hive}}s in two if they need to multiply or disperse, and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ Word of God]] notes that this is a useful combative tactic if a Many construct is damaged and [[LogicalWeakness runs out of excess biomass with which to repair itself]]. |
| 28 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: Slightly downplayed, but at times their psychic legion-voices and their scrawlings make clear references to Literature/TheBible. |
| 29 | * AttackTheMouth: Besides the EatTheBomb case below; Scylla drives a broken-off antler through their {{Dracolich}} form's mouth and into the skull via InertialImpalement in Chapter 15. |
| 30 | * AxCrazy: The overall gestalt and every mind that's been absorbed into it, is demented and fanatically insane, and won't hesitate to carry out its three-headed master's wishes. |
| 31 | * BewareMyStingerTail: The Skullcrawler amalgamation at one point uses the sharpened tip of its tail as an impaling weapon in Chapter 13. |
| 32 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Exaggerated. Like their master, they have a twisted idea of their HiveMind, the slowly-regenerating Ghidorah, and Ghidorah's "[[VillainousIncest sister-daughter]]" as a growing family. |
| 33 | * BodyHorror: The Many are particularly gruesome; the author having looked at bone cancer among her inspirations for their appearance. Exaggerated when they perform FusionDance. |
| 34 | * BoomHeadshot: It doesn't work on their humanoid forms. |
| 35 | * BreakThemByTalking / TrashTalk: It attempts this on Vivienne. It succeeds in [[UnstoppableRage pissing Monster X off]]. |
| 36 | * BrightIsNotGood: They partly have hard, bright golden-yellow color like Ghidorah. |
| 37 | * BurnTheUndead / KillItWithFire: Burning the Many thoroughly is a necessity to make sure that they're ''completely'' dead due to their pathogenic, [[Film/TheThing Thing]]-like nature. Rodan and Godzilla actively and respectively use their fiery {{Breath Weapon}}s to kill as much of the Many's infected tissue as possible. |
| 38 | * CaptainErsatz: As the love-baby of TheVirus and TheAssimilator with a HiveMind, MindHive and a good deal of BodyHorror thrown in, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ the author]] admits that the Many are very closely based on [[Characters/HaloOther the Flood]] and Franchise/TheThing. |
| 39 | * TheCorruption: They turn everything they infect into part of their monstrous, durable and relentless UndeadAbomination, assimilated and enslaved to their HiveMind. |
| 40 | * CreepyLongFingers: Their first forms are mentioned to have elongated digits. |
| 41 | * CutPhoneLines: They pull a variation when they cut off Castle Bravo's communications with Yonaguni in Chapter 15, rendering Bravo unable to forewarn Monster X or anyone else at Yonaguni of the Many's true intentions. |
| 42 | * TheDarknessGazesBack: They pull this off with their GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath in darkness. |
| 43 | * DecapitatedArmy: The Many are apparently reliant on [[HiveQueen Ghidorah]] for guidance, and it's indicated that if any remnants of them survived past Ghidorah's latest downfall, they'll be uncoordinated and purposeless. |
| 44 | * {{Dracolich}}: They infect the corpse of Manda's father and turn it into one of these. |
| 45 | * EatTheBomb: One of their Mind Hives tries defeating Rodan by shutting its jaws around his head in Chapter 13 -- the results are ''combustible''. |
| 46 | * EldritchTransformation: The Many gradually transform bodies into a monstrous, pulsating MindHive of BodyHorror, whilst assimilating whatever remains of the victims' consciousnesses into the UndeadAbomination[='s=] HiveMind. |
| 47 | * {{EMP}}: It's theorized by a Monarch operative in Chapter 15 that they used this to knock out Castle Bravo's power. |
| 48 | * EscapedFromTheLab: It's implied in the story and confirmed by [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/666125692087549952/ Word of God]] that the human hosts who became the first of the Many were initially kept locked up by the Basement Club, before they got out. |
| 49 | * EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: They're undead, and neither that nor the Many themselves are really a major part of the plot, save that they act as Ghidorah's main way of antagonizing the heroes during Ghidorah's DarkLordOnLifeSupport-esque state. That being said, the Many ''are'' critical to the events directly leading up to the FinalBattle. |
| 50 | * EvilSmellsBad: They may be animate, but apparently they smell overwhelmingly like death. |
| 51 | * EvilTakesANap / SealedArmyInACan: According to [[https://zerm1v0hg.tumblr.com/post/656894002539446272/ Word of God]], Ghidorah's EvilPlan involves temporarily sending the Many into dormancy whilst it takes time [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torturing Vivienne into evil]], then once it's finished with her, it'll awaken the Many again to wipe out all life in the HollowEarth. |
| 52 | * FacialHorror: Some of the human hosts infected by the Many have cancer-like growth in their skulls blinding their eyes. |
| 53 | * FasterThanTheyLook: The zombie kind. In their initial forms, they appear to be shambling, but are very fast when they want to be. |
| 54 | * FateWorseThanDeath: A reviewer pointed out it seems fair to say every victim who becomes part of the Many suffers this trope. |
| 55 | * FeelNoPain: Implicitly {{downplayed|Trope}} in their case. Injuries which would at least stun a living Titan with pain for a few moments have a much shorter-term effect on the Many if any. |
| 56 | * ForTheEvulz: Their message with the headcam footage in Chapter 7 seems like it was left purely to screw with the teams sent into their lair. |
| 57 | * FusionDance: They can perform a gruesome, ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'' variety. |
| 58 | * GhostAmnesia: ZigZagged. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/666125692087549952/ Word of God]] states that the consciousnesses of at least some of the reanimated dead such as Travis and Krupin suffer this to a degree, retaining only fragments of their former selves. |
| 59 | * GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: They're an UndeadAbomination, and their initial humanoid forms have eyeshine in the dark. |
| 60 | * GoodColorsEvilColors: Their jaundiced gold colors (like Ghidorah's) are an Evil Color to Monster X who has silver highlights in its armor. |
| 61 | * GoodLipsEvilJaws: PlayedStraight by their Dracolich form, which has exposed teeth and gums and it combats Godzilla twice. |
| 62 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: They can regenerate or reshape themselves in response to injury, and they suffer a lot of mutilations in battle which would put down an Earth-native Titan. In fact, they seem to come apart more easily than living Titans, possibly because their assimilated tissue is [[UndeadAbomination necrotic]]. |
| 63 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In Chapter 13, a Many MindHive [[AsteroidsMonster tears itself in two]] at Yonaguni, and one of the two resulting constructs is mostly an [[spoiler:infected Skullcrawler]] that's missing most of its lower body. |
| 64 | * HealingFactor: Their constructs have one like Ghidorah's which can rapidly regenerate bodily damage. |
| 65 | * HiveMind: The Many and their constructs are apparently linked to each other and to Ghidorah's minds in this way. |
| 66 | * HornsOfVillainy: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/641701739319459840/ the author's notes]], the Many cause [[spoiler:the undead Lord of Dragons]] to sprout Ghidorah-like horns when they infect him. |
| 67 | * HorrorHunger: They're driven eerily by TheAssimilator variety to ravenously seek out new biomass to assimilate and add into their HiveMind. |
| 68 | * HumanHammerThrow: San at one point grabs a Skullcrawler MindHive by its tail, spins it around and slams it into the ground, in Chapter 13. |
| 69 | * HybridsAreACrapshoot: Weld unrefined Ghidorah DNA onto human bodies, and you get an undead, part-Ghidorah CaptainErsatz of Franchise/TheThing. |
| 70 | * IAmLegion / VoicesAreMental: The psychic voice of one of the Many's constructs apparently consists of the voices of every creature assimilated into it. Some speak coherently and apparently in unison, while others are apparently babbling and wailing incoherently. |
| 71 | * IHaveYourWife: {{Downplayed}}. The Skullcrawler MindHive at Yonaguni taunts Monster X that they know where [[spoiler:Susan]] is, in Chapter 13. |
| 72 | * ImmuneToBullets: Even in their human-sized forms, bullets do little more than piss them off. |
| 73 | * ImplacableMan: They exist solely and wholly to assimilate and kill and obey Ghidorah's wishes. |
| 74 | * InertialImpalement: Scylla drives a broken-off antler through the Dracolich form's skull when it charges fast at her, in Chapter 15. |
| 75 | * InferredSurvival: The final chapter hints that not all of the Many were merged with Keizer Ghidorah, and remnants of them might still be active in Russia. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ Word of God]] later all but confirmed that remnants of the Many have survived underground. |
| 76 | * ItCanThink: At first, they seem like mindless monstrosities with certain behaviors in their initial form. Then the Theta-1 team find the helmet with a headcam, and the Many only start showing more intelligence from there. |
| 77 | * {{Jawbreaker}}: In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/13/ Chapter 13]], Monster X hits the MindHive[='s=] jaw hard enough to take it almost clean off. Not that the injury bothers it or even lasts. |
| 78 | * KeystoneArmy: {{Implied|Trope}} in Chapter 17 by the Many's POV. It's indicated that if their HiveQueen dies, they'll be left purposeless and directionless. The final chapter hints that it might actually be downplayed with remnants of the Many causing a string of disappearances after losing contact with their master. |
| 79 | * LightFlickerTeleportation: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in Chapter 7. One of the Many pulls a camera-swivel teleportation, accompanied by the sound of rubble moving and footsteps. |
| 80 | * LightIsNotGood: The mildest form. They're a yellow-ish color similar to Ghidorah's gold scales, and they're anything but good news. |
| 81 | * LogicalWeakness: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ Word of God]], the Many have to physically expend some of their own biomass when repairing damage, meaning that if a construct tanks enough damage and expends enough of itself fixing the damage without assimilating any new biomass, then it'll have no way to fix itself up. |
| 82 | * LosingYourHead: The undead Manda's head deliberately rips away to escape a fight with Godzilla and Scylla. |
| 83 | * LovecraftianSuperpower: Much like ''Film/TheThing1982'', the Many can reshape parts of their assimilated biomass into weaponized monstrous forms such as giant, flytrap-like jaws. |
| 84 | * MakeSureHesDead: The Earthborn Titans are intelligent enough to realize that they need to kill ''every last piece'' of the Many's {{Mind Hive}}s, so Rodan, Scylla and Camazotz always take extra precautions to make sure the Many's pieces are 100% dead. |
| 85 | * MakeWayForTheNewVillains: After they come into being, they rapidly (and quite literally) eclipse Jonah's paramilitary as the most foregrounded antagonists. |
| 86 | * MeaningfulName: Its name is a reference to one of Ghidorah's [[RedBaron titles]], which in turn could be interpreted as referencing Ghidorah's singular control over multiple others (the Titans) before its death. |
| 87 | * MercyKill: The victims' fate is so unpleasant that killing the Many is basically this trope by default. Mothra in particular is motivated by outrage and pity to wipe the Many out. |
| 88 | * MindHive: Their {{Fusion Dance}}s form this. |
| 89 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Particularly when they perform a FusionDance of various infected humans and Skullcrawlers. |
| 90 | * MonsterDelay: Their humanoid forms aren't fully seen the first several times they appear. |
| 91 | * MonstrousHumanoid: Their first, freshly-infected humanoid bodies. |
| 92 | * TheMorlocks: Their initial humanoid forms, though technically TheVirus, have definite shades of this. They lurk in dark underground spaces, they have very Morlock-like eyeshine, these forms are even created from the {{disposable vagrant}}s who were being used as labor. |
| 93 | * MuggingTheMonster: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ Word of God]] says that fragments of the Many might try to assimilate biomass from Camazotz's swarm of minions while he's inactive underground, only for the minions to ZergRush the instance and render it inert enough to be [[BurnTheUndead destroyed]]. |
| 94 | * MultipleHeadCase: Not as straight an example as Ghidorah and Monster X, plus the Many lack the bickering between heads. One of the Many's constructs notably has an entire, semi-autonomous upper body poking out. |
| 95 | * NonHumanUndead: They can and will infect and assimilate Titans and Skullcrawlers. |
| 96 | * NotQuiteDead: The Theta Team attempt using explosives on the Many's initial forms. It doesn't end them all. |
| 97 | * NotUsingTheZWord: {{Averted|Trope}}. They're outright compared to a ZombieApocalypse by Vivienne, Rick, Foster and the Titan forum. |
| 98 | * ObliviouslyEvil: ZigZagged. Overall, the Many's HiveMind instinctually believes it's doing everything it absorbs a favor by turning them from lost, broken fragments into complete parts of what it views as God. Bits and pieces of the minds it's assimilated, however, have at least some awareness that they're in a FateWorseThanDeath. |
| 99 | * OneWingedAngel: Their monstrous part-Titan {{Fusion Dance}}s in Chapter 13. |
| 100 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: They have yellowish-gold, mutated skin similar to Monster X's first form. They start off as {{Monstrous Humanoid}}s due to their origin, and in this form they prove to be eerily adept at stealth and surprisingly fast, immune to bullets, and inadverse to tearing apart and devouring prey; though they prefer to drag victims off to be assimilated into the Many. And ItCanThink. |
| 101 | * OutsideGenreFoe: The Titans know that Ghidorah "came from the stars", but they've never encountered an undead being before, and the dead reanimating is a completely alien concept to them. Humans express surprise that Earth is actually being threatened by what are essentially ''zombies''. |
| 102 | * PalatePropping: Viv and San at one point, when they get too close to the Many's flytrap-like jaws, are forced to hold it open with their arms to stop it snapping shut on them. |
| 103 | * ParasiticHorror: They're TheVirus and TheAssimilator, but this trope is PlayedWith by the first symptom when an undamaged body is infected. |
| 104 | --->'''Esfir:''' SNAKES IN THE BLOOD! |
| 105 | * ThePerfectionist: A pretty horrible variation. Being infected by the Many is like having a voice worming through your brain, trying to convince you that you're somehow broken and only they can fix you. |
| 106 | * PowerUpgradingDeformation: What they do to those they assimilate, especially when they fuse to form singular, even more monstrous and more powerful constructs. |
| 107 | * PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal: A variation. Scylla thoroughly spews bacteria into the torn-apart remains of one of the Many's Mind Hives, to thoroughly kill any pieces of the infected tissue that can still reanimate; in Chapter 15. |
| 108 | * ProphetEyes: The reanimated Manda has one surviving eye in its head which is blank and milky-white. More victims of the Many in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/17/ Chapter 17]] display this. |
| 109 | * ReforgedIntoAMinion: They inflict TheAssimilator variety on multiple creatures. |
| 110 | * RoomFullOfCrazy: They've carved several fanatical scrawlings into the walls of Jonah's base, as revealed in Chapter 11. |
| 111 | * SealedEvilInACan: Godzilla seals one of the Many's Mind Hives inside the subterranean tunnels near Yonaguni in Chapter 14, and it's unknown if it ever escaped. |
| 112 | * ShadowArchetype: The Many are similar to Monster X, and it's implied in Chapter 14 by Ghidorah that they're closer to what Ichi/Eldest Brother wanted to transform Vivienne into than Monster X is. Even Ghidorah nightmarishly incorporating the Many into its incomplete body seems like a reflection of Ghidorah's EvilPlan to eventually turn Vivienne into its fourth head. San and Vivienne's relationship is psychologically symbiotic, whereas the Many are slaves to Ghidorah with their humanity subsumed. Vivienne remains a ProHumanTranshuman whereas the Many experience TranshumanTreachery within the HiveMind. |
| 113 | * SinisterSilhouettes: During the MonsterDelay (see above). |
| 114 | * AStormIsComing: A minor example. Their appearance at Yonaguni is preceded by a thunderstorm apparently generated by them rolling in. |
| 115 | * SuperStrength: In their human-sized humanoid first forms, they display unnatural strength, able to lift and throw a grown man. |
| 116 | * SwallowedWhole: In Chapter 17, their Skullcrawler {{Mind Hive}}s are shown doing this when assimilating human victims. |
| 117 | * TakesOneToKillOne: Colonel Foster thinks this applies to the Many as much as it does to Titans – the Many survived efforts to put them down with manmade means no worse for wear, and it takes the efforts of the benevolent Titans to destroy the Many properly. |
| 118 | * TalkativeLoon: They love expressing how much their omnicidal, oblivion-bringing originator is absolute truth and how [[Film/AvengersEndgame Ghidorah is inevitable]]. |
| 119 | * ThereIsNoCure: Monster X at one point begs San-Who-Could-Have-Been/Youngest Brother to purge a Many-infected living Titan of the Many's cells, but San-Who-Could-Have-Been's thoughts reveal him and his brothers can't remove the infection even if they wanted to once it's set in. |
| 120 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Titans often have to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this to try and fully incapacitate the Many's Mind Hives, destroying as many leftover pieces as possible. |
| 121 | * TorturedMonster: More or less. What the Many does to the bodies of those assimilated is ''horrific'' to look at, and they're constantly compelled by a HorrorHunger that can never be satisfied. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/666125692087549952/ Word of God]] also went into detail about what becoming part of the Many is probably like for the assimilated individuals' consciousnesses from their [=P.O.V.s=], and it ain't pretty. |
| 122 | * TranshumanAbomination: The Many are created by Jonah's [[PlayingWithSyringes experimentation]] on Ghidorah's tissue samples, and the first victims to become infected and spread it are Russian {{disposable vagrant}}s. |
| 123 | * TranshumanTreachery: Due to being subordinated to the Many's HiveMind and driven insane. |
| 124 | * UncertainDoom: After the FinalBattle, it's uncertain if all of them fused with and died with Ghidorah, or if more of them are still out there assimilating people. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ Word of God]] later confirmed that remnants of the Many remain alive in hiding. |
| 125 | * UndeadAbomination: As noted by the author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/651541194447437824/ here]], they're the definition of EldritchAbomination in the Titans' eyes, as the Titans have absolutely no concept of undeath or reanimation after death. |
| 126 | * VillainExitStageLeft: They make a strategic withdrawal after their first clash with the Titans. |
| 127 | * TheVirus: They can infect and assimilate living and dead creatures, making them able to perform {{fusion dance}}s with their bodies and merging their consciousnesses into the Many's HiveMind where they're hopelessly insane. |
| 128 | * VirusVictimSymptoms: It seems to vary. According to an unreliably dazed POV in Chapter 17, a child victim had an AllergicToEvil reaction and fell sick after being infected. In the case of an infected [[spoiler:Titan]], his wound leaks pus and itches and suffers OminousHairLoss in the affected area, before Many tissue painfully bursts through the infected area and he feels the Many's HorrorHunger settling in him. Loss of color and ProphetEyes come afterwards. |
| 129 | * WallCrawl: {{Implied|Trope}} with their humanoid forms. After they get loose, there's a blood-trail leading up a wall to a ceiling, indicating one of the Many dragged a body up the wall and into a ventilation shaft; in Chapter 7. |
| 130 | * WasOnceAMan: They're TheAssimilator, and initial {{Artificial Zombie}}s were created by Jonah's organization fusing Ghidorah's experimented-on DNA to human hosts. |
| 131 | * WeatherManipulation: Not as powerful as Ghidorah's HostileWeather, but they appear to cause and sustain the thunderstorm over Yonaguni in Chapter 13. |
| 132 | * WouldHarmASenior: They threaten to go after [[spoiler:Susan Graham]]. |
| 133 | * WouldHurtAChild: Bordering on EatsBabies. They go after Manda's egg (which apparently contains a fully-formed unborn hatchling) seeking to assimilate it, and children are among the victims they assimilate in Berezniki. |
| 134 | * YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Their TheVirus and AnimateDead nature makes them very difficult to wholly kill. |
| 135 | * ZombifyTheLiving: They can zombify infected hosts while they're still alive. |
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| 138 | [[folder:[=MaNi=]/Elder Brother ('''*Unmarked Spoilers*''')]] |
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| 140 | The result of Ghidorah's right head creating an autonomous "patchwork body" for itself separate of Ghidorah, using the Many. Nicknamed [=MaNi=] by the author. |
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| 144 | * AlienBlood: He bleeds the same black blood as Ghidorah and Monster X. |
| 145 | * AlternateSelf: He's a "shed skin" of Ni/Elder Brother, with Ghidorah's body having regenerated its right head along with a backup of Ni's mind as of Chapter 17. [=MaNi=] acts even ''more'' AxCrazy than the Ni attached to Ghidorah -- the author explains [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656909793179631616/ here]] what causes it. |
| 146 | --->'''Monster X:''' ''[to Ghidorah's right head]'' I do hope you're more of a gentleman than your shed skin was.\ |
| 147 | '''Ni:''' UNLIKELY. I HAD SUCH DELICIOUS DREAMS OF YOUR BLOODSHED.\ |
| 148 | '''Monster X:''' At least you're consistent. |
| 149 | * AssimilationBackfire: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656909793179631616/ Word of God]] reveals that one of the reasons why he's so much more AxCrazy than the regular Ni is due to merging himself with a Skullcrawler and absorbing some of its cognitive impulses. This makes [=MaNi=] TooDumbToLive, but it unfortunately also makes him severely devoid of self-restraint when he gets violent with you. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/689317106053955584/ Another comment by the author]] reveals that [=MaNi's=] head in his new form can't store as much of his LifeEnergy in it as a pure Ghidorah head can to keep the head active if it's decapitated. |
| 150 | * AttackTheMouth: Ultimately {{downplayed}} when Vivienne violently attacks his mouth and his gullet. While it does send [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother into a panic and while she does cause quite a bit of damage to him, it doesn't kill or seriously cripple him. |
| 151 | * AxCrazy: [=MaNi=] is "batshit crazy", as the ''King of the Monsters'' director once said when referring to the movie portrayal of Ni. Beyond Ghidorah's usual penchant for violence and cruelty, [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother has a hard-on for the idea of driving Vivienne to commit mindless violence, described by [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/648508725162803200/ the author]] as a "murder boner". |
| 152 | * BaddieFlattery: He expresses admiration of Monster X's brutality when it's ripping him apart. |
| 153 | * BellyMouth: Besides the mouth on his Ghidorah head, he also has the fused-together remnants of his Skullcrawler host's mouth in his body's sternum. |
| 154 | * BewareMyStingerTail: His patchwork body has a thagomizer-like tail. |
| 155 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: He re-forms a broken bone in his arm into a retractable spike-claw. |
| 156 | * BloodKnight: Vivienne notes that Ni/Elder Brother has always relished in fighting and killing for their own sakes whilst not being quite as inclined as Ichi/Eldest Brother is to expend his mental energies on finding ways to make his prey suffer pre-mortem. [=MaNi=] is even more AxCrazy about violence than the normal Ni is. |
| 157 | * BodyHorror: His rudimentary body made from multiple creatures is no exception from this rule among the Many, causing San to recoil when the latter first sees it clearly. |
| 158 | * BreathWeapon: He retains his Gravity Beam in his current state. |
| 159 | * CombatSadomasochist: He has a "murder boner" for torturing Vivienne and the idea of driving her to mindless violence. Being on the receiving end of such violence from Monster X doesn't turn him off in the slightest. |
| 160 | * ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: PlayedWith. He doesn't say the StockPhrase, but he ends up hunting for Monster X through city ruins this way, too deranged to think about the implications that Monster X is luring him into an ambush. |
| 161 | * DetrimentalDetermination: He keeps cycling back to the idea of scrapping with Vivienne again for as long as possible so he can relish in her carnage, to a point which overrides all thoughts about [[StupidEvil long-term plans]] and [[TooDumbToLive his self-preservation]]. Ultimately, looking for a fight with Monster X without thinking through the consequences or the disadvantages he's putting himself at leads to his death. |
| 162 | * TheDragon: Pun intended, but he functions as this to Ghidorah, although he's also TheResenter. |
| 163 | * DynamicEntry: He pulls one on an unprepared Monster X in Chapter 15. |
| 164 | * EarAche: His horns are on the receiving end of [[TheDogBitesBack San-2/Youngest Brother]]'s jaws when the latter gets pissed off at this shed skin, in Chapter 16. |
| 165 | * EliteMook: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ The author]] has described him as a "weird combat form" for the Many. He has a Gravity Beam, and seemingly trades the Many's default HorrorHunger for unrestrained AxCrazy. |
| 166 | * EvilCounterpart: What he's become is a dark mirror image of San: both of them are former Ghidorah heads which have split off and become "shed skins" whom the main Ghidorah regards as {{expendable clone}}s, and both of them have merged with other creatures (the Many and their victims for [=MaNi=], Vivienne for San) in order to form their new bodies. Ghidorah's right head also shares a distaste for lies and a preference for [[BrutalHonesty blunt honesty]], according to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/697040294509690881/ Word of God]]. But whereas San has Vivienne as his sister, loves her, has made a HeelFaceTurn and has mutually disowned his brothers; [=MaNi=] has no sibling attached to him, he viciously exhibits a perverse narcissistic lust towards Vivienne when tormenting Monster X, he's still devoted to Ghidorah's OmnicidalManiac way, and [[SmallNameBigEgo he still insists he's a part of Ghidorah]]. |
| 167 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He shares this with Ichi/Eldest Brother. When the latter tells Monster X that they can leave Ghidorah's presence if they want to, [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother brutally breaks Monster X's legs and leaves them unable to crawl away while mocking them. From how synchronized [=MaNi=] and Ichi are despite the former's separation from Ghidorah, it's implied Ichi and Ni have done this before in Ghidorah's past. |
| 168 | * EvilIsBigger: His patchwork body is apparently larger than Monster X's second form. |
| 169 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: He looks as horrific as you'd expect and then some from merging with the Many. Ghidorah exploiting the Many in the first place is considered a new low even for them. |
| 170 | * EvilOverlooker: The [[ImageLinks/AbraxasHrodvitnon Chapter 17 cover art]] has an old design of [=MaNi=], in silhouette, overlooking Thor. |
| 171 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: Being a shed skin of Ni/Elder Brother, it would stand to reason that his voice also [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/623720240777412608 sounds like Steve Blum]]. |
| 172 | * ExpendableClone: As a shed skin, he's regarded by Ghidorah as nothing more than a fake of the real Elder Brother/Second, [[SmallNameBigEgo despite his denial of this]]. |
| 173 | * EyeScream: In Chapter 16, Vivienne and San slash one of his eyes in self-defense. Then in Chapter 17, they gouge out both his eyes. |
| 174 | * FatalFlaw: His sadism: like Ghidorah, [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's AxCrazy urges sometimes override pragmatism – and unlike when he was attached to Ghidorah, [=MaNi=] has no self-restraint and is consequently prone to StupidEvil. Monster X takes advantage of it to lure [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother to his doom. |
| 175 | * FullyEmbracedFiend: Like Ghidorah, he's very much this, as the tail end of his downplayed IgnoredEpiphany in Chapter 16 shows. |
| 176 | -->'''Vivienne:''' Why?\ |
| 177 | '''[=MaNi=]:''' WHY SHOULD WE NOT? |
| 178 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: {{Downplayed|Trope}} when his eyes "dimly" reflect Monster X's light, similarly to how Ghidorah's eyes glint to the point of shining out in the dark. |
| 179 | * GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy: {{Inverted}}. [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother is genuinely surprised when he realizes Monster X is VampiricDraining not just a chunk of his energy which his body can still survive without, but literally all of it. |
| 180 | * HateSink: He's arguably the biggest one in the entire story. He spends the majority of his screentime brutalizing and torturing Monster X with a sadistic grin on his face or otherwise plotting to do so; he even [[spoiler:attempts to kill San in front of Vivienne (and almost succeeds), and gleefully targets the infant Manda solely because of how it'll affect Vivienne]]. Ghidorah, as despicable as it is, still has ''some'' good degree of savage elegance as well as an admirable degree of sophisticated cunning: [=MaNi=] however is a literally slobbering-with-bloodlust, rabid beast with a rape-y maniacal streak, and he takes StupidEvil to TooDumbToLive levels. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/653738862095532032/ One reader]] gave him the Fan Nickname, Grade A [=GigaBastard=] Supreme. |
| 181 | * HornsOfVillainy: On top of retaining his original horns from when he was a Ghidorah head, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/647770483845103616/ concept art by the author]] depicts [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother with a new cranial horn, not unlike Vivienne's. |
| 182 | * HotBlooded: He's a vicious, extra-sadistic loonie who's about as calm-headed as a desert is cold; literally salivating at the prospect of getting violent with Monster X and throwing tantrums when his patience wears thin. |
| 183 | * IgnoredEpiphany: {{Downplayed}}. He seems to briefly pause and recall Ghidorah's tragic early beginnings when Vivienne says the right word with the right context, but he promptly brushes it off. |
| 184 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Getting impaled with a church steeple is just the ''start'' of Monster X's payback. |
| 185 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: Calling it "love" would be a gross misuse of the word, but otherwise this trope is PlayedStraight by him in regard to Vivienne's capacity for Ghidorah-like extreme violence. The author comments he has a "murder boner", [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/677549009646272512 and that]] he wants the copulating part even more than Ichi/Eldest Brother. |
| 186 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Ultimately the downplayed form. He remains subservient to his Eldest Brother's dominance, but now that he has a body of his own, he'll take any chance to have Vivienne all to himself away from his brothers for as long as possible. |
| 187 | * {{Jawbreaker}}: When Monster X rips his head off, they only take off the upper skull, whilst his jawbone is still attached to his body. |
| 188 | * JustDesserts: {{Downplayed}} and {{lampshaded}}. Monster X finishes his apparent RasputinianDeath by VampiricDraining his body, sucking its Many supercells dry and turning it into nothing more than food. |
| 189 | * KarmicDeath: He practically gets a RasputinianDeath at the hands of the very same Titan that he viciously tortured and hurt in a rape-like manner and whom he pulled AndYourLittleDogToo on. But more than that, Monster X finishes him off by essentially turning his body into food (exactly what he tried to do to San) while his severed head is helpless to watch (just as Vivienne was almost ForcedToWatch), and his head being ignored before it runs out of power whilst his body's destruction is assured psychologically breaks [=MaNi=] (fitting how he psychologically tortured Vivienne). The "death" part is [[UncertainDoom possibly subverted]] according to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]]. |
| 190 | * KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed. As dark as the work can be, [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother torturing Monster X is possibly [[DarkestHour the darkest moment in the entire story]]. |
| 191 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He gets a mild case in Chapter 16 – after Ni/Elder Brother abused his Youngest Brother and made him think he was scarcely above dirt for billions of years, [=MaNi=] gets treated by both Ichi/Eldest Brother and San-2/Youngest Brother as a lesser being than both of them due to now being a "shed skin". |
| 192 | * LifeEnergy: Word of God [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/689317106053955584/ here]] states that his severed upper-head has an onboard backup supply of power to keep it animate and conscious, but it isn't as powerful as that which kept San's old head running post-severing (most likely due to [=MaNi's=] mutation), and it was [=MaNi=] [[TooDumbTolive not thinking to conserve or renew that power]] that caused his severed head to rapidly black out. |
| 193 | * LosingYourHead: Monster X rips his upper-skull off his body, and it remains conscious. {{Downplayed}}, as the severed upper-head loses consciousness shortly thereafter, which [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/689317106053955584/ Word of God]] states is due to [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's upper-head using up all its limited storage of LifeEnergy which keeps a severed Ghidorah head animate. |
| 194 | * MeaningfulName: His Production Nickname, [=MaNi=], is a punny combination of Ni (the name which Vivienne gave him when he was still attached to Ghidorah, which in itself is Japanese for "Two" and denotes him as the second head who was on the middle of the trio's pecking order before becoming a shed skin); and Many (which he has merged with). He's also still referred to by Monster X and Ghidorah as Elder/Younger Brother to denote him as the middle sibling despite having become a shed skin. |
| 195 | * TheMillstone: Ironically, for all his derision of San and the Ghidorah-attached Youngest Brother, just about everything that ''[=MaNi=]'' does after he's gained his own body ultimately makes things worse for his master. Without [=MaNi's=] StupidEvil, Monster X wouldn't have gained their even more powerful final form in time for the FinalBattle, and Ghidorah in such a scenario would have probably had a lot more time to work on [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil breaking a conscious and intact Vivienne]] instead of expending precious time and energy saving an ''unconscious'' Vivienne's life. Even when [=MaNi=] infects one of Godzilla's Titan allies, this indirectly leads to Keizer Ghidorah suffering the setbacks of {{sharing a body}} with said Titan, which in turn contributes to Keizer's defeat. |
| 196 | * MonstrousCannibalism: Sort-of. Highlighting how monstrous he is, [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother has no compunctions whatsoever against eating certain pieces of Monster X (a half-Ghidorah, half-something else fusion like [=MaNi=]) just to torment them. Ultimately ZigZagged since the heroic Monster X is just fine with repaying him in kind. |
| 197 | * MoralMyopia: He has absolutely no issue with attempting to sadistically ''murder'' San due to seeing such a "[[ExpendableClone shed skin]]" the same way Ghidorah's attached heads do, denying and ignoring the fact that he's now just as much a shed skin as San is when Ghidorah itself puts [=MaNi=] down. |
| 198 | * TheNoseKnows: He catches a hint of Monster X's scent on Manda, and he follows Monster X's scent when he thinks he's hunting them, in Chapter 17. |
| 199 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He deliberately does a lot of this to Monster X in Chapter 16, mainly to get Vivienne riled up and uncomfortable. |
| 200 | * ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: He expresses derision that his Youngest Brother is more likely to make playthings out of others than get the job done, but this is exactly what ''he'' does with Monster X, in his own way, and in doing so he almost scuppers Ghidorah's plans entirely. |
| 201 | * OnlyMostlyDead: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]] indicates he might actually be in this state rather than permanent death after his head's remains expended its backup LifeEnergy and after his body was sucked dry of its energy, adding on the Many might be able to revive him. |
| 202 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: After gaining a single-headed, one-tailed body via the Many, he now possesses four crawling limbs, and also two wings apparently assimilated from a [[Film/GodzillaVsKong Warbat]]. He's even more blatantly vicious than Ni/Elder Brother usually is, and he covets Vivienne so he can torment her and revel in her violence. |
| 203 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: Vivienne knows something is wrong when Ni/Elder Brother halts his usual ferocious behaviour to gently trace her features with a claw and draw her blood. |
| 204 | * PervertedSniffing: He does this to Monster X, using his tongue to smell. |
| 205 | * PhallicWeapon: PlayedForHorror with his retractable bone blade, which is clearly intended as this both InUniverse and out-of-universe whenever he tries attacking Monster X with it. |
| 206 | * PowerGlows: He does this as part of an intimidation display in Chapter 16. |
| 207 | * PowerIncontinence: {{Averted}}. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656515418850230272/ the author]], he, uniquely among the Many, can wilfully turn his [[TheVirus Many]] tissue's infectiousness off at will if he wishes. |
| 208 | * PsychoticSmirk: He has one on his face right before he stabs Monster X in Chapter 16. |
| 209 | * QuizzicalTilt: He responds this way when Vivienne says a particular word that reminds him of before Ghidorah's SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. |
| 210 | * RasputinianDeath: He gets [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled]], paralyzed by a severed spinal chord, his tail is ripped off and [[StopHittingYourself used to beat his skull into pulp]], and ''then'' what's left of his head gets ripped off, and Monster X slowly [[VampiricDraining sucks his headless body dry of energy]] while his head's remains ''finally'' become inanimate due to expending its emergency LifeEnergy. However, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]] indicates he might be OnlyMostlyDead. |
| 211 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He participates in the one Ichi/Eldest Brother and San-2/Youngest Brother give San (see [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX San's folder]]). [=MaNi=] originally would've been on the receiving end of a succinct RYS Speech in Chapter 17, but it was cut; [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656909793179631616/ mentioned here]]. |
| 212 | * TheResenter: He's a villain-to-villain case. He's subservient to Ghidorah, but Vivienne observes that he'd rather have her all to himself to torture instead of having to share her with his brothers now that he has an independent body. |
| 213 | * RetractableAppendages: The bone spike he forms in his arm is retractable. |
| 214 | * {{Sadist}}: Although Ni/Elder Brother is usually more interested in straight-up killing than in making his prey die in pain; in Chapter 16, [=MaNi=] demonstrates that Ni can be ''just'' as creative and vicious as Ichi/Eldest Brother if not even '''worse''' when he really takes an interest in torturing Vivienne. |
| 215 | * SiblingMurder: He has absolutely no compunctions against personally trying to kill his Youngest Brother's shed skin while the latter screams in terror. |
| 216 | * SickeningCrunch: |
| 217 | ** There are several sounds of this kind when he and Monster X are fighting in Chapter 16, and it's ambiguous at times which one the sound is coming from. |
| 218 | ** He's alerted to his spine being severed by the sound of "meaty tearing" in Chapter 17. |
| 219 | ** {{Inverted}} when one of his eyes growing back in is signalled by a loud popping sound. |
| 220 | * SlasherSmile: He gives Vivienne a couple terrifyingly perverse ones. |
| 221 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He insists that he's still a part of Ghidorah, but as far as Ichi/Eldest Brother and San-2/Youngest Brother are concerned, he as a "shed skin" is only worthy to be Ghidorah's servant. |
| 222 | * SnakesAreSinister: If the fact he's a shed skin of Ghidorah isn't enough, there's also that his body incorporates both a Skullcrawler ''and'' a Warbat into it. Maybe Ghidorah just favors serpentine creatures over others as its pawns because their basic anatomy is closer to Ghidorah' image? |
| 223 | * SpikesOfVillainy: He has spikes and spines on his neck, Warbat-like spiny wings, and a thagomizer-like tail. |
| 224 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: The "without a crush" part is ''horrifically'' ZigZagged by him. The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/648508725162803200/ confirmed]] [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother has a "murder boner" but not an actual boner for the idea of successfully driving Vivienne to Ghidorah-like psychosis, and he's ''really'' enthusiastic about [[ExploitedTrope exploiting]] RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil on her. |
| 225 | * StopHittingYourself: In Chapter 17, Monster X rips his tail off and uses it to beat his skull to pulp. |
| 226 | * StupidEvil: San-2/Youngest Brother observes that him being too careless when brutalizing Monster X nearly killed Vivienne in a way that Ghidorah might've been unable to revive her from, which would've ruined [=MaNi's=] long-term desires for her as much as Ghidorah's. |
| 227 | * TargetedToHurtTheHero: He [[spoiler:rips San's head off of Monster X and attempts to [[SwallowedWhole eat him]] in front of Vivienne]]. And then in Chapter 17, he briefly targets Manda the moment he realizes Monster X cares for the infant. |
| 228 | * TeethFlying: In Chapter 17, a blow from Monster X sends teeth flying from the maw on the Skullcrawler half of his body. |
| 229 | * ThisCannotBe: He responds similarly to his Eldest Brother when he's about to die: with panicked disbelief and denial of his fate. |
| 230 | -->"''I AM... YOU CAN'T... I AM STILL PART OF...''" |
| 231 | * TongueTrauma: Vivienne inflicts some well-deserved trauma of this kind on his tongue in Chapter 16. |
| 232 | * TooDumbToLive: In Chapter 17, he's well aware Monster X is luring him into an ambush and pursues it anyway, despite having no knowledge of what Monster X in its new form is capable of. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/689317106053955584/ Word of God]] also suggests that the severed remains of [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's head could have remained animate for longer than it did if he'd just thought to conserve his head's backup LifeEnergy or renew it with ElementalAbsorption. |
| 233 | * TookALevelInBadass: {{Inverted}}. He used to be part of Ghidorah, but not only is his current patchwork body smaller and seemingly incapable of flight; according to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/689317106053955584/ Word of God]], his fusion with the Many likely also made him unable to store as much emergency LifeEnergy in [[LosingYourHead his head]]. |
| 234 | * TookALevelInDumbass: [=MaNi=] is much more prone to StupidEvil and TooDumbToLive than the version of him attached to Ghidorah is. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656909793179631616/ Word of God]], this is due to both his lack of a RestrainingBolt and AssimilationBackfire. |
| 235 | * TortureTechnician: PlayedWith. In Ghidorah's lair, he's the one who does the physical work of inflicting ColdBloodedTorture on Monster X. |
| 236 | * TraumaButton: Downplayed when Vivienne asks him the same one-word question that he and his brothers used to desperately ask themselves before Ghidorah's [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil slow descent into evil]] was complete. His first reaction is a ''[[DownplayedTrope very slight]] '' {{ignored epiphany}}. |
| 237 | * UncertainDoom: {{Inverted}}. The last that's seen of him is what's left of his severed head becoming inanimate due to overusing its LifeEnergy reserve, and his body getting completely sucked dry of its own energy. However, we never see whether or not [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother's remains were subsequently incinerated to render him permanently dead, and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]] has hinted that if they ''weren't'', then [=MaNi=] remains OnlyMostlyDead and could come back. |
| 238 | * UndignifiedDeath: The final phase of his defeat by Monster X is an InUniverse case from his perspective, partly because he's being deprived the over-the-top CombatSadomasochist violence he craved. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]] indicates the "death" part might be a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] though. |
| 239 | * VillainousBreakdown: He loses all glee during his UndignifiedDeath (see above). |
| 240 | ---> '''[=MaNi=]:''' I AM... YOU CAN'T... [[SmallNameBigEgo I AM STILL PART OF]]...\ |
| 241 | '''Monster X:''' You are food. Nothing more. |
| 242 | * VillainousIncest: He's ''more than happy'' to thoroughly torment and traumatize Vivienne in a manner humans consider sexual in order to drive her to psychotic rage, despite considering Monster X both a [[BrotherSisterIncest sibling]] and an [[ParentalIncest offspring]]. |
| 243 | * VirtueIsWeakness: He calls San-Who-Could-Have-Been/Youngest Brother's protectiveness of Vivienne softness. |
| 244 | * WallCrawl: It makes sense he'd be able to do this, since his patchwork body is part-Skullcrawler. He's able to fluidly climb atop an apartment block in Berezniki. |
| 245 | * WeCanRebuildHim: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690163715553820672/ Word of God]] suggests he might be on the receiving end of a variation: surviving pieces of [[TheAssimilator the Many]] might have taken his remains away, looking to resurrect him in some form. |
| 246 | * WouldHitAGirl: In Chapter 16, he viciously breaks Monster X's legs and inflicts more ColdBloodedTorture on them all for his own pleasure, looking to make the Vivienne half in particular suffer and snap. |
| 247 | * WouldHurtAChild: He has zero compunctions against targeting a defenceless infant in Chapter 17 – if anything, it being a defenceless infant ''encourages'' this Grade A [=GigaBastard=] Supreme. |
| 248 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Downplayed. |
| 249 | ** Vivienne realizes that [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother desires her and wants to torture her because he sees something of Ghidorah and himself in her, in Chapter 16. |
| 250 | ** [=MaNi=] is reminded of his and his brothers' encounter with ancient Bone Singers when he hears Monster X's final form's murmurs. |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!The Zmeyevich (*'''Unmarked Spoilers'''*) |
| 254 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 255 | The result of human women being inseminated with a biological fertility treatment directly derived from Ghidorah's DNA. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | |
| 259 | * ABNegative: {{Inverted}}. It's speculated in the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline that one of the techniques used to create the fertility treatment which causes Zmeyevich pregnancies involves bonding O Negative blood (the "universal blood type") to Ghidorah's DNA. |
| 260 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Do they even know what they are and what their fathers have planned for them? Are they AlwaysChaoticEvil or do they have the potential to be the AntiAntichrist like Monster X under the right circumstances? [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ Word of God]] currently leans towards the latter interpretation. The [[invoked]]AscendedFanon RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'' provides more answers to these questions. |
| 261 | * TheAntichrist: They're technically the offspring of Ghidorah, and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/640777942233939968/ Word of God]] says Ghidorah has long-term plans for them. Throughout the main fic, they're FetusTerrible before [[TheEndOrIsIt two of them are born at the end with more on the way]]. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Don and Meg play this trope straight, trying to aid Ghidorah's return and the destruction of Earth; while Aleksandra is the AntiAntichrist and [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ Word of God]] indicated that other Zmeyevich can be similarly benevolent depending. |
| 262 | * BodyHorror: They're described as looking like hideous, malformed things that should barely even be viable with life when they're first born. In the [[invoked]][[AscendedFanon ascended]] RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'', the matured Don and Meg exhibit disfigurements, including vestigial, draconic-looking skulls inside either of their chests, which are capable of coming to life and animating their vegetative bodies. |
| 263 | * ChildByRape: Nadezhda, Esfir and Lubyov were all impregnated with Zmeyevich without their consent or knowledge. |
| 264 | * DefusingTheTykeBomb: The [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline reveals Monarch are attempting to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] {{nurture over nature}} on the Zmeyevich in their custody in case they've inherited any of Ghidorah's biologically-ingrained violent impulses. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', they've succeeded with Aleksandra at least. |
| 265 | * DisasterScavengers: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/749668728464097280/ Word of God]] hints that some of the Zmeyevich might become scavengers on the outskirts of cities that were abandoned after the Mass Awakening. |
| 266 | * EvilCounterpartRace: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/677549009646272512/ Word of God]] indicates Ghidorah made them to be a counterpart to humanity – what humans are to the terrestrial Titans with their symbiotic relationships, the Zmeyevich are also meant to be to Ghidorah. |
| 267 | * FetusTerrible: Not-entirely-human pregnancies which act as Ghidorah's long game plan. Human women unwittingly become pregnant with Zmeyevich by taking fertility treatments that were secretly made via experiments on Ghidorah's tissue. |
| 268 | * GottaCatchThemAll: InUniverse. The [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline confirms Monarch make it their mission to locate and round up as many of the scattered Zmeyevich as possible, but they've been largely unsuccessful. ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'' features an armed terrorist organization called ZCHEI (Zmeyevich Containment and Human Environmental Intelligence) whom are committed to finding and neutralizing all the unaccounted-for Zmeyevich "by any means necessary". |
| 269 | * HalfHumanHybrid: They're born of human mothers, conceived using Ghidorah's altered biological material, and consequently Ghidorah is considered their [[MultipleHeadCase (three) father(s)]]. |
| 270 | * HumanoidAbomination: They're highly-telepathic {{monstrous humanoid}}s, resembling a primate crossed with Ghidorah's reptilian characteristics, and it's implied they're Ghidorah's emergency backup way of coming BackFromTheDead. It's implied that Ghidorah intended them to look ''just'' humanoid enough to blend in with a crowd or appear inconspicuous at a distance. |
| 271 | * HybridsAreACrapshoot: Downplayed. They're fully functional creatures from what we see, and they lack BodyHorror to the extent of the Many or Monster X's crippled first form, but they certainly didn't inherit [[BeautyIsBad Ghidorah's good looks]]. |
| 272 | * LivingAphrodisiac: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ Word of God]] says they can emit a pheromone which causes a dopamine rush in humans, and this enables even the ugliest or most inhuman-looking Zmeyevich to seem larger-than-life and appealing. Interbreeding with humans is the express purpose that Ghidorah created the Zmeyevich for, and though the Zmeyevich's own wants vary between individuals, Word of God says that some of them ''do'' want partners and sex. |
| 273 | * LongGame: Alan Jonah's EvilGloating in Chapter 13 implies that the Zmeyevich are this, meant to integrate into humanity's world slowly and catch the world with its guard down. |
| 274 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 275 | ** InUniverse, their name comes from Russian folk tales of the offspring of a mythical, many-headed dragon called Zmei. (Can you see yet why this is their namesake?) In RealLife Russian folklore, Tugarin Zmeyevich or Zmey Tugarin was a highly antagonistic dragon who, in some versions of the famous tale about his duel with Aloysha, bedded the king's wife and thus she was distraught at Tugarin's passing. |
| 276 | ** The individual Zmeyevich's names are quite fitting with what we know about them, and leave a lot to the imagination about what might happen with them [[LeftHanging after the canon timeline's end point]]: |
| 277 | * NotAlwaysEvil: Monarch are trying to [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defuse the tyke bomb]] with the three Zmeyevich that were born in their custody, and according to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ Word of God]], some of the overall Zmeyevich will grow up inclined to serve Ghidorah's {{long game}} while others won't -- in ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Aleksandra is outright heroic. |
| 278 | * NothingIsScarier: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. We get the general idea of their appearance and anatomy, but the description of them is otherwise quite limited in the main fic. |
| 279 | * PossessionBurnout: A FetusTerrible variant, but they cause at least some of their inseminated mothers' health to decline and their strength to wane, with potentially fatal consequences for those mothers. |
| 280 | * PsychicLink: It's implied at the main fic's end that they share some telepathic link to their three-headed originator and can transfer this to their mothers while in the womb. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Ghidorah can outright communicate with Don and Meg much like it did with Monster X in the main fic, and the twins can also psychically sense each-other. The author stated in a [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ lore dump]] that Zmeyevich can telepathically transmit messages amongst themselves varying from brief words to entire sentences depending on how many Zmeyevich are gathered in a single area. |
| 281 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ Word of God]] says that ''all'' the Zmeyevich, once they reach a certain age, begin to fiercely desire something for themselves; whether that something is sex, followers, knowledge, material gain or love varies between individuals. |
| 282 | * TheSleepless: Downplayed in ''The Clash of Silver'', which states that Aleksandra, and presumably other Zmeyevich, only need to sleep for five hours a night instead of eight hours. |
| 283 | * {{Telepathy}}: As embryos, they apparently gave the mothers carrying them to term a degree of extrasensory perception towards Ghidorah. The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735730101033025536/ confirmed]] that the Zmeyevich inherit some of Ghidorah's telepathy which enables them to communicate with each-other and Titans to a limited degree. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Don and Meg's telepathic DNA is being used to pilot Project Talos in place of a Ghidorah skull, and Don and Meg have a {{psychic link}} to each-other and to Ghidorah. |
| 284 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: It's hinted that Ghidorah intends for the Zmeyevich to become ''so'' human-like that they'll seamlessly blend in with the human population after several generations, giving Ghidorah a backdoor to sabotage humanity from within. |
| 285 | * TykeBomb: |
| 286 | ** They're created by Jonah's Basement Club in their SanitySlippage and by Bio-Major in reckless arrogance, using Ghidorah's altered DNA. Ghidorah takes advantage of this to make the Zmeyevich part of its LongGame. |
| 287 | ** In ''The Clash of Silver'', Walter Simmons ''attempts'' to make Don and Meg his own tyke-bombs, having them raised in Apex custody and calling them his children, but it doesn't work due to Ghidorah already having its teeth in them. |
| 288 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: In the vein of [[Literature/TheDunwichHorror Wilbur Whateley]], two newborn Zmeyevich are built more like toddlers than any remotely human newborns, similar to how lizards are born fully mobile. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Aleksandra]] |
| 292 | A female Zmeyevich birthed by Nadezhda, and the adoptive daughter of Zima, being raised in Monarch custody. She interfaces with Kiryu MK I. |
| 293 | |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | |
| 296 | * AntiAntichrist: Aleksandra has no intention of being a willing part of Ghidorah's intentions for the Zmeyevich. Instead, she interfaces with Kiryu and helps him to fight the Ghidorah-aligned Mechagodzilla in defence of the Earth. |
| 297 | * ChildByRape: She was conceived by her mother being [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate artificially inseminated]] without her knowledge, much less her consent. |
| 298 | * DefusingTheTykeBomb: She's been raised in secret at a Monarch outpost to neutralize any malignant influence that her three-headed draconic father might have over her. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', she's grown into a good person who defies the Zmeyevich-controlled, Ghidorah-aligned Mechagodzilla to defend the Earth. |
| 299 | * MeaningfulName: Aleksandra's name, meaning "defender/helper of mankind", retroactively becomes meaningful due to her role in the [[invoked]]AscendedFanon [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fic]] ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'', where she actively helps Kiryu to defend mankind and the world against the threat of Mechagodzilla. |
| 300 | * NotEvenHuman: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Nadezhda and Zima's discovery that what Nadezhda thought was an ordinary pregnancy fathered by Zima is actually a part-Ghidorah creature does not make them less determined to carry the pregnancy to term. |
| 301 | * PossessionBurnout: Not intentionally on Aleksandra's part, but Nadezhda's pregnancy with her costs Nadezhda's health in the main fic, and causes her to die in childbirth according to ''The Clash of Silver''. |
| 302 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Aleksandra and the Zmeyevich twins Don and Meg, in their own ways, seem to share a propensity for going behind their respective hired parental substitutes' backs for their own ends, and both parties in the end respectively interface with a Project Talos mech. |
| 303 | * TheSleepless: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the [[invoked]]AscendedFanon [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fic]], ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'', where Aleksandra only needs to sleep for five hours a night compared to a human's eight-hour sleep cycle. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Abaddon and Megiddo (Don and Meg)]] |
| 307 | A pair of Zmeyevich twins birthed by a customer of Bio-Major and subsequently acquired by Apex Cybernetics. They're being used by Walter Simmons as pilots for Mechagodzilla, but they have their own plans. |
| 308 | |
| 309 | ---- |
| 310 | |
| 311 | * TheAntichrist: They've been raised in Apex custody to be Walter Simmons' [[TykeBomb tyke-bombs]] who'll help him achieve his plan to topple the Earthborn Titans, but they're actually acting in service to Ghidorah. They take control of Mechagodzilla for themselves, using it to devastate Hong Kong, and they almost use it to kill Godzilla while aiming to decimate humanity and attempting to hasten Ghidorah's regeneration. |
| 312 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'' mentions that Don once squashed a spider just because it was there. |
| 313 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the [[invoked]][[AscendedFanon ascended]] RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'', they contrast Ghidorah from the main fic. Whereas Ghidorah is an ancient, alien Titan with three sibling heads sharing a single body, and it's a BigBad; Don and Meg are a pair of human-sized, half-human Zmeyevich siblings with separate bodies (initially) and [[PsychicLink psychically-linked minds]], they're {{younger than they look}} at only a few years old, and they're TheHeavy. Ghidorah transforms itself into an organic, BodyHorror-laden [[CompositeCharacter Keizer Ghidorah]] via merging its body with [[UndeadAbomination the Many]], becoming [[EvilMakesYouUgly more hideous]] in the process; whereas Don and Meg transform themselves into the purely mechanical-bodied and robust-looking Mechagodzilla via transferring their consciousnesses out of their deformed original bodies and into the Mecha. Where Ghidorah plans to eventually assimilate Vivienne Graham into itself as a new addition to its {{mind hive}}, Don and Meg as Mechagodzilla outright succeed in doing the same to Ren Serizawa by accident. |
| 314 | * EnfantTerrible: Abaddon and Megiddo when they're still infants apparently bit a security officer badly enough that said officer needed to seek a hospital's medical attention. |
| 315 | * EvilCounterpart: To Aleksandra. Like their half-sister, Don and Meg are among the Zmeyevich that were birthed by Alan Jonah and Bio-Major's misuse of Ghidorah's DNA at tragic cost; and like Aleks, Don and Meg psionically connect themselves to one of the two {{humongous mecha}}s that were developed for Project Talos, in a way that was never intended by the builders to happen. However, Aleksandra was [[DefusingTheTykeBomb raised right]] in Monarch by a loving carer, while Don and Meg were raised in Apex to be nothing more than a glorified means to achieve Walter Simmons' ambitions [[spoiler:and have further been psychically groomed by Ghidorah]]. Aleksandra rejects her genetic source Ghidorah and is firmly on humanity's side, whereas Don and Meg are fully committed to Ghidorah's omnicidal agenda. |
| 316 | * FreudianExcuse: Considering they were raised from birth in captivity in an underground laboratory, being groomed by a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{narcissist}} on one side to aid his evil plan, [[spoiler:and being psychically groomed by Ghidorah on the other side to aid ''Ghidorah's'' evil plan]], it's no wonder they've turned out the way that they have. |
| 317 | * TheHeavy: They're the main and active antagonists of ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', but they're entirely subservient to Ghidorah, who cannot act itself as it apparently hasn't recovered yet from the events of the main fic. |
| 318 | * MeaningfulName: They're both named after biblical places of destruction, with the latter being believed by scholars to be the site of the FinalBattle between good and evil in Armageddon (fitting how their namer, Walter Simmons, implicitly [[KnightTemplar sees himself as the good to all Titans' evil]] and sees his plan to [[MugglePower conquer them]] as a proverbial Last Judgment -- it also retroactively fits how, in ''The Clash of Silver'', Abaddon and Megiddo destroy Hong Kong and then engage Godzilla, Kong and other benevolent Titans in a fight to the death in the ruins). The former name also refers to an archangel of the bottomless pit, fitting the Zmeyevich's origin from [[SatanicArchetype Ghidorah]], which rose from a pit in Antarctica to bring apocalyptic destruction -- it also fits how in ''The Clash of Silver'', Abaddon and his sister retreat into hiding in the HollowEarth. |
| 319 | * PossessionBurnout: A FetusTerrible variation. Carrying them to term causes their mother's health to decline and she dies during childbirth. |
| 320 | * PsychicLink: In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Ghidorah can telepathically communicate with Don and Meg much like it did with Monster X in the main fic. The twins can also psychically sense each-other. |
| 321 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', the twins and Aleksandra, in their own ways, seem to share a propensity for going behind their respective hired parental substitutes' backs for their own ends, and both parties in the end respectively interface with a Project Talos mech. |
| 322 | * SiblingFusion: In ''The Clash of Silver'', Don and Meg effectively turn themselves into a single creature with two consciousnesses inside it when they both transfer their consciousnesses into Mechagodzilla. They also unintentionally assimilate a duplicate of Ren Serizawa's consciousness, which they refer to as their new brother. |
| 323 | * SomeCallMeTim: Abaddon and Megiddo are nicknamed Don and Meg respectively, to avoid raising red flags about their true nature. |
| 324 | * TykeBomb: Twofold in ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver''. The twins are actively serving Ghidorah just as Ghidorah intended the Zmeyevich to, planning to use Mechagodzilla to destroy Ghidorah's enemies, ravage the Earth in tribute, and hasten Ghidorah's resurrection. Walter Simmons thinks the twins are ''his'' tyke-bombs for his plan to usurp Godzilla and rule the world, using the twins to control Mechagodzilla, but he's oblivious to the twins' true loyalties. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Ivanna]] |
| 328 | A female Zmeyevich birthed by Lubyov. |
| 329 | |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | |
| 332 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Her morality and the success of Monarch's efforts to [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defuse]] her are ambiguous in both the timeline and ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver''. |
| 333 | * ChildByRape: Her mother was impregnated with her via forced insemination. |
| 334 | * DefusingTheTykeBomb: She's being raised by Monarch like a human child alongside Aleksandra and Kazimir at an undisclosed Monarch outpost, in the hopes that it'll overcome any negative influences from Ghidorah. |
| 335 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible Ivan the Terrible]] as an insult. Eerily enough, it fits with how Ivan came into rulership very young (just like the Zmeyevich are YoungerThanTheyLook) and how Ivan's father was dead in his early life just like Ivanna's fathers. |
| 336 | * ParasiticHorror: In the final chapter, Lubyov's child "kicking" inside her belly is visible through her hospital gown, and it greatly disturbs Zima. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Kazimir]] |
| 340 | A male Zmeyevich birthed by Esfir. |
| 341 | |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | |
| 344 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: His morality and the success of Monarch's efforts to [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defuse]] him are ambiguous in both the timeline and ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver''. |
| 345 | * ChildByRape: Esfir was [[MedicalRapeAndImpregnate artificially inseminated without consent]] to conceive Kazimir. |
| 346 | * DefusingTheTykeBomb: He's being raised by Monarch like a human child alongside Aleksandra and Ivanna at an undisclosed Monarch outpost, in the hopes that it'll overcome any negative influences from Ghidorah. |
| 347 | * MeaningfulName: Kazimir means "destroyer of peace". [[SarcasmMode That's not foreboding at all]]. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !Godzilla and His Followers |
| 351 | [[folder:Thor]] |
| 352 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus þunraz'' |
| 353 | A bio-electrical Titan who rejected King Ghidorah's summons during the Mass Awakening, and aids Viv and San. He is loyal to Godzilla and Mothra. His kind are known among the Titans as the Thunderers. |
| 354 | |
| 355 | ---- |
| 356 | |
| 357 | * TwentyOneGunSalute: [[spoiler:The Russian Ground Forces and Monarch's military volunteers honor his HeroicSacrifice with precisely this]]. |
| 358 | * BeardOfSorrow: {{Implied}}. It's unknown whether or not he grew his beard after the deaths of his kin, but nevertheless he has a long beard and a lot to be sorrowful about. |
| 359 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: The details aren't explained within the story's narrative, but he influenced the [[StockUnsolvedMysteries Dyatlov Pass Incident]] before awakening in modern times, with [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/662352391279149056/ Word of God]] elaborating. |
| 360 | * BigOlEyebrows: The author's artwork shows he has these kinds of eyebrows underneath his mask. |
| 361 | * BlueIsHeroic: His electrical powers specifically produce [[YellowLightningBlueLightning blue lightning]], and he has blue eyes. |
| 362 | * BottomlessBladder: It's never mentioned what his diet consists of or if he consumes anything at all [[spoiler:between his awakening and his death]]. |
| 363 | * BridalCarry: A platonic case when he carries Monster X away to safety, as depicted in the [[ImageLinks/AbraxasHrodvitnon Chapter 6 cover art]]. |
| 364 | * BringIt: PlayedWith when he tries to goad [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]] into fighting him with a taunt about how perhaps [[spoiler:Keizer]] thinks Thor is too much for it to take on. Played with in the sense that [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah [[NobodyCallsMeChicken is angered]] but doesn't take the bait, and]] it's implied that Thor is acting on RevengeBeforeReason rather than overconfidence. |
| 365 | * BrownNote: His calls, particularly when he's dreaming, can escalate into having this effect on humans, according to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/662352391279149056/ Word of God]]. |
| 366 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: A fierce, highly-muscular Titan who is protective of humans (though not afraid to scare them into backing off), has a soft spot for Vivienne and is a grieving LastOfHisKind. |
| 367 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/674866733284294656/ Word of God]], he basically has the voice of Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson. |
| 368 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He's agonized by the Many's infection brutally reshaping his body and Keizer Ghidorah partly assimilating him, all whilst his pain receptors are still online]]. |
| 369 | * DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: He reacts this way when he first enters daylight after centuries underground. |
| 370 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:He continues ferociously resisting Keizer Ghidorah with HeroicWillpower even when he's partly assimilated into it, pulling a TakingYouWithMe]]. |
| 371 | * DentedIron: {{Downplayed}}. Monster X observes when seeing Thor's mask up close that it has nicks and scratches from a multitude of past battles, recent and ancient. |
| 372 | * DugTooDeep: {{Averted}}. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/662352391279149056/ Word of God]], he was originally discovered hibernating by a construction operation, but his slumber wasn't disturbed in the process. |
| 373 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: He recalls that his cub had blue eyes just like his, in a context which implies that eye colors can vary among the ''Titanus þunraz'' species. |
| 374 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Like the other Titans, he's been asleep for millennia, and is surprised in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/7 Chapter 7]] at the world's modern state. He's also dismayed in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/12 Chapter 12]] that humans' knowledge of him and of the Bone Singer/Grave Chanters' ways have largely died out. |
| 375 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 376 | ** To Vivienne. They both tragically lost a loved one (Thor's [[spoiler:son]], Vivienne's [[ParentalSubstitute father-figure]]), but [[spoiler:whereas Vivienne's will to live is wholly reinvigorated by San, Thor has implicitly been waiting to rejoin his lost loved ones in death]]. Vivienne's an ArtificialHybrid whilst Thor is a [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix-and-Match Critter]]. Vivienne is curious about the old ways and rediscovering them, while Thor is a relic of said old ways. |
| 377 | ** He can also be seen as one to Mark Russell when they briefly interact. Mark held MisplacedRetribution towards Godzilla for years after the latter unintentionally caused his son's death; whereas Thor[[spoiler:'s son was intentionally and viciously killed by Ghidorah, but Thor found it in himself to take a SparedButNotForgiven attitude towards San]]. |
| 378 | * FourFingeredHands: He explicitly has four fingers on each hand, which underneath his gauntlets are probably like a goat's hoof-toes based on [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/646473689669533696/ the author's artwork]]. |
| 379 | * FriendToAllChildren: Threatening "young ones" that he cares about is apparently a surefire way to put you on his kill list. |
| 380 | * GiantEyeOfDoom: When Viv and San meet him in person, the first they see of him besides his gauntlet is one of his glowing eyes, peering in at them through a hole he made. He almost turns hostile once he recognizes San, but Vivienne narrowly saves herself and her brother. |
| 381 | * HeartbrokenBadass: He's a seasoned Titan who's willing to fight Ghidorah or its spawn when necessary. He's also heartbroken over the extinction of the rest of his species, [[spoiler:including the deaths of his family]]. |
| 382 | * HeldGaze: In Chapter 17, he locks gazes with Mothra in a moment of vulnerability, and the latter comforts him. [[spoiler:He subsequently holds Monster X's gaze to comfort them amidst his HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 383 | * HeroicBuild: The author's artwork shows he has a bodybuilder-like torso and limbs. |
| 384 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After getting infected by the Many, he charges Keizer Ghidorah and lets it partly assimilate him. Using HeroicWillpower, he wrestles with Keizer for control of its forelegs long enough to help the other Titans vaporize them both]]. |
| 385 | * HeroicWillpower: In Chapter 17, [[spoiler:despite being infected by the Many and agonized by his partial assimilation into Keizer Ghidorah; by reciting an ancient galdr, he uses this trope to turn parts of Ghidorah's own body against it and aid the heroes to the end]]. |
| 386 | * HoldingHands: In Chapter 13, Monster X begins tracing their fingertips along the underside of Thor's hand, but Thor grips the tips of their fingers [[spoiler:because he's emotional over his son's death by Ghidorah]]. |
| 387 | * HornedHumanoid: He has an overall humanoid/primate build and ram-like horns curling from his head. He also has a red coloration, and at one point in the fic he's compared by a character to a horned beast from the Book of Revelation, but he's unambiguously a benevolent Titan. |
| 388 | * ItsPersonal: He hates Ghidorah because it exterminated the rest of his kind [[spoiler:including his son]], which is part of what motivates him to join the fight against [[spoiler:a resurrected Ghidorah]]. |
| 389 | * LastOfHisKind: He's the only known survivor of his kind, the rest having been wiped out by Ghidorah in ancient times. |
| 390 | * TheLostLenore: His mate died at some point long ago, and it becomes clear towards the story's end that he never really got over it. |
| 391 | * MeaningfulLook: In Chapter 17, he gives Monster X a comforting look during [[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 392 | * MirrorCharacter: |
| 393 | ** It turns out imprinting on a ReplacementGoldfish to ease the tragic loss he suffered is something Thor has in common with Vivienne. Both are technically hybrids (an ArtificialHybrid and a [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix-and-Match Critter]]), and they're both only just getting up-to-date on what's happened in the world while they were away. |
| 394 | ** Both Thor and Mark [[spoiler:lost their son to a Titan and have to in some way make peace with their son's killer when it becomes their ally]]. In both their cases, it's the presence of their child or someone they see as a surrogate child that helps them through their grief. |
| 395 | * MixAndMatchCritters: He's overall primate-like, but also has traits of caprinae such as goats. |
| 396 | * MyBelovedSmother: {{Downplayed}} in Chapter 13, when he takes issue with Monster X entering a fight when he thinks Vivienne isn't ready. |
| 397 | * NoNeedForNames: He was given his name by humans rather than by his kindred. |
| 398 | * TheNoseKnows: He can smell Vivienne's Bone Singer blood (from afar), and he can identify San's Ghidorah scent in the Vivienne-San hybrid. He can generally identify the specific scents of Ghidorah-derived creatures if he's familiarized himself with them. |
| 399 | * NotSoExtinct: Downplayed. Mothra admits upon seeing him that she believed all of his kind were wiped out long ago. Although Thor survived Ghidorah's genocide, he's the {{last of his kind}}. |
| 400 | * OminousHairLoss: [[spoiler:One of the VirusVictimSymptoms when he's infected by the Many]]. |
| 401 | * OriginalCharacter: He's an original Kaiju of the author's creation. |
| 402 | * PapaWolf: It's hinted that he feels quite paternal towards Vivienne from the moment he's awoken by her call. There's a reason for this. |
| 403 | * ParentalSubstitute: {{Inverted}}. It's revealed in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/13 Chapter 13]] that he's protective of Vivienne because of his own son's brutal death in combat. |
| 404 | * PastExperienceNightmare: He likely caused the [[StockUnsolvedMysteries Dyatlov Pass Incident]] just by having this kind of nightmare when he was hibernating. ItMakesSenseInContext. |
| 405 | * PrimaryColorChampion: A general trend among the heroic Titans, but Thor gets special attention for being a heroic Titan with [[BlueIsHeroic eyes]] and [[RedIsHeroic fur]] in Optimus Prime's colors. |
| 406 | * PrimateVersusReptile: During the FinalBattle, he fights [=MaNi=]/Elder Brother in a one-on-one, [[spoiler:and he physically and ''mentally'' grapples with Keizer Ghidorah]]. |
| 407 | * QuizzicalTilt: Somewhat in Chapter 10, tilting his head in concern more than anything else before asking Vivienne if she's ready to fight. In Chapter 12, he has a head-tilt of curiosity when watching Vivienne collect debris. |
| 408 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:His arm gets torn apart by the Many infecting it, he gets partly and gruesomely assimilated into Keizer Ghidorah, and at one point he's still alive even with his ''neck snapped'' before he and Keizer are vaporized]]. Likely {{justified}} by [[spoiler:the reanimating effects of the Many]]. |
| 409 | * RedIsHeroic: He has red-colored hair. |
| 410 | * RelativeButton: [[spoiler:Ichi/Eldest Brother and Ni/Elder Brother]] successfully goad him to rage by unfavourably contrasting his desertion against [[spoiler:his son]]'s valiant death. |
| 411 | * RevengeBeforeReason: When it comes to San, this trope is {{averted}} by him. However, in Chapter 17, vengeance for [[spoiler:his son's death]] overtakes him and he [[spoiler:charges ahead looking to kill Ghidorah -- this ultimately leads to his death]]. |
| 412 | * ShockAndAwe: Has bio-electrical powers, which he can use offensively by releasing electrical arcs or as a form of communication with other bio-electrical Titans. |
| 413 | * SilenceOfSadness: When Thor is talking with Monster X about the ancient peoples who worshipped him, Vivienne admits that their languages and the ways of the Bone Singers have mostly been forgotten, and this causes Thor to go mournfully silent for a while; to a point where Vivienne considers departing to give him some space. |
| 414 | * SparedButNotForgiven: He chooses to help Viv and San, despite having a personal reason to hold a grudge against the latter head, but he makes it clear that he still can't bring himself to forgive San. |
| 415 | * SurvivorGuilt: Has a small amount concerning the genocide of the rest of his species, because he knows he went into hibernation as much to preserve his own life as to prevent Ghidorah from using his powers for its own ends. |
| 416 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A Titan resembling a giant ape who's fierce yet seems to have a stronger emotional connection to humans because they're primates, is protective of the female protagonist in an almost paternal manner, personally hates a reptilian BigBad (due to [[spoiler:them killing his family in the past no less]]); and was able to stubbornly reject Ghidorah's alpha call during the Mass Awakening. Sound like anyone? The [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline and further [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656635359659180032 Word of God]] even suggest that the two characters' species share a history. |
| 417 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:He uses this rationalization in his final moments when fighting Keizer Ghidorah with HeroicWillpower to help the other Titans finish the monster off]]. |
| 418 | * TerseTalker: A little bit, noticeably when he's enraged or agitated. Or at least, what he's saying in [[AnimalTalk Kaiju Talk]] approximates to Terse Talk when translated to English. |
| 419 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: If he hadn't been spurred by RevengeBeforeReason to charge into the caves, [[spoiler:he might not have died]]. |
| 420 | * UniformityException: Methuselah reveals that Thor's species usually have gray coats, and Thor's red coat is unusual. |
| 421 | * WarMemorial: His mask [[spoiler:(or rather its remains)]] becomes a makeshift memorial to the lives lost in the One Night War. |
| 422 | * WildHair: He's a Titan with an ancient connection to Old Norse people, who has long and shaggy hair. |
| 423 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: He demonstrates some wrestler and wrestler-like moves when fighting in Chapter 17. |
| 424 | * YouAreNotReady: He says as much to Monster X, insisting they're not ready to face [[spoiler:Ghidorah]] even if the latter is diminished. |
| 425 | * ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:PlayedWith. In Chapter 17, he gets infected by the Many, but he genuinely doesn't know it and he's unconvinced when Scylla tells him so, until Mothra confirms Scylla's statement. Mothra trusts Thor to continue fighting with her until his HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Mothra]] |
| 429 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Mosura'' |
| 430 | The Queen of the Monsters, who is responsible for transforming San and Vivienne into their second form. |
| 431 | |
| 432 | ---- |
| 433 | |
| 434 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/117962629 Sermones ad Mortuos]]", she pats Manda on the head with one of her forelimbs when she's calming him. |
| 435 | * AllLovingHero: She's implied to be this by her interactions with humans and Titans in the story. |
| 436 | * AlternateAnimalAffection: She does a bit of Type 2 with Godzilla in the final chapter, poking her tongue and playfully jabbing a couple times whilst she's grooming his back. |
| 437 | * BerserkButton: Harming those whom she considers her children is a sure way to at best give you a clear glimpse of her wrathful side or at worst end in your demise. |
| 438 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She's angelic and benevolent, but you do ''not'' want to cause a harmful ruckus involving those she considers her children. It reflects her personality that her imago form is beautiful, elegant and has a powerful stinger. |
| 439 | * BattleCouple: {{Implied}}. See Godzilla's folder for details. |
| 440 | * BizarreAlienSenses: She can [[SeeTheInvisible uniquely perceive]] "Life-Strands", as described under TheEmpath, and she can even sense the UndeadAbomination state of the Many's victims from afar when she's inside her cocoon. |
| 441 | * BlindedByTheLight: In her imago form, she temporarily stuns her enemy at close range by weaponizing a flash of her Beta-Wave Bioluminescence, in Chapter 17. |
| 442 | * BornAgainImmortality: How she's BackFromTheDead in the fic's main time frame. |
| 443 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: She's the Gentle Girl to Godzilla's Brooding Boy, something which comes across particularly during their interactions in Chapter 18. |
| 444 | * CombinationAttack: In Chapter 17, besides participating in [[spoiler:the battle by multiple Titans against Keizer Ghidorah]], she unlocks Godzilla's [[spoiler:Spiral Heat Ray]] via their symbiotic relationship. |
| 445 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: The author's headcanon voice for what Mothra's translated voice sounds like is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNkTKfHFLZg Samara]] from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', as stated [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/742493948705210368/ here]]. |
| 446 | * DestructiveSaviour: She shares this with Godzilla. See his folder for details. |
| 447 | * DoingInTheScientist: In an inversion of her DoingInTheWizard in ''King of the Monsters'', it's confirmed Mothra remembers what happened to her previous incarnation in Boston after it laid her current incarnation's egg, in contrast to how Ghidorah's shed skins and regenerated heads only share pre-severing memories with their counterparts and separately make new memories afterwards. This heavily implies there's more to Mothra's BornAgainImmortality than just an advanced GeneticMemory. |
| 448 | * DopeSlap: She gives Scylla one in Chapter 17 when breaking up a fight between her and [[spoiler:Thor]] amidst the FinalBattle. |
| 449 | * TheEmpath: She senses the hell that Viv and San have been through when she first meets them in person. It's also worth noting, she can sense the emotions of other beings across far distances, from their cries or by reading the impacts they have on "Life-Strand" currents. |
| 450 | * FauxFlame: When she [[spoiler:reaches her imago form]], she produces "an afterimage like lashing sparks of fire" in her fury. |
| 451 | * HeadbuttOfLove: She gives Godzilla a couple such nuzzles, and she gives Monster X one whilst comforting them in Chapter 17. |
| 452 | * HealingHands: How Mothra influenced Monster X's second {{Metamorphosis}}, according to the author [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/278183722 here]]. |
| 453 | * HeldGaze: |
| 454 | ** She gives Viv and San a couple looks when trying to comfort them. It's mostly the Platonic version of this trope, but it also ends up being the Supernatural version when one such gaze gives Viv and San a brief vision of the then-larval Mothra's imago form. |
| 455 | ** She also locks gazes with Thor and gives him a softening look in Chapter 17. [[spoiler:It comes after Thor has realized that he's going to die]]. |
| 456 | * HitAndRunTactics: She uses her agility, speed, and long-range ProjectileWebbing against [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]], only getting in close for brief periods except for when the monster is downed. |
| 457 | * TheIdealist: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/678283285035630592/ Word of God]] says she's naturally biased towards the good side of humanity over the bad. |
| 458 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: She can aim her ProjectileWebbing with enough precision to hit Rodan's muzzle even when she's the same distance away from him that several of Godzilla's strides would cover. |
| 459 | * InterspeciesRomance: Her symbiotic relationship with Godzilla is implied even more than in ''King of the Monsters'' to also be emotional and romantic. |
| 460 | * KlingonsLoveShakespeare: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/657013082755842048/ The author]] [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/716723671129014273/ imagines]] that Mothra would have an appreciation for humans' wall murals and garden sculpting, and would spend her free time observing and awing over humans and our architecture whilst flying around the world. |
| 461 | * LightEmUp: It's revealed that Mothra's God Rays can burn her enemies' flesh when she weaponizes them. |
| 462 | * MaleMightFemaleFinesse: She's once more the Finesse to Godzilla's Might, using basic HitAndRunTactics in the Chapter 17 battle. |
| 463 | * MamaBear: She counts San and Vivienne among her children after Monster X comes into her care, and she's pretty scary when someone's driven Vivienne into a PTSD episode. |
| 464 | * MasterOfYourDomain: When she's pupating during the story, it's noted that she's taking longer to hatch than she did when King Ghidorah's takeover during the Mass Awakening forced her to speed up the metamorphosis. [[spoiler:Monster X's distress call and/or humans' prayers to her pupa prompt Mothra's timely hatching]]. |
| 465 | * MetamorphosisMonster: Like in canon. In her larval form, her carapace becomes discolored when she's overdue to begin her metamorphosis. |
| 466 | * MotherNature: She's described in Chapter 17 as the mother to all life on Earth, and she considers the Many, as an UndeadAbomination which pulls her children into an unnatural FateWorseThanDeath, to be an unacceptable blasphemy. |
| 467 | * OverlyLongTongue: She apparently shows she has one of these when cleaning Godzilla's spines. |
| 468 | * PowerUpFullColorChange: PlayedWith. When she and Godzilla are glowing together whilst working in symbiosis, their glows' respective colors synchronize and cycle through a couple singular colors. |
| 469 | * PsychicLink: The story continues building on the implications in ''King of the Monsters'' that the Chens and Madison might have a telepathic connection to Mothra, with [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/694435146019078144/ Word of God]] outright confirming the former. |
| 470 | * PurpleIsPowerful: When she and Godzilla combine their powers in Chapter 17, purple is the penultimate color their bioluminescence cycle through. |
| 471 | * RedBaron: She's also known as the All-Mother, Life Bringer or Giver of Life. |
| 472 | * RedIsViolent: Like in ''King of the Monsters'', her LivingMoodRing bioluminescence flashes red when she's ''really'' furious. Red is also the final color her and Godzilla's symbiosis cycles through, and boy are they pissed when that happens. |
| 473 | * RedOniBlueOni: {{Lampshaded}} and ZigZagged in Chapter 17. Mothra is usually the Blue Oni to Godzilla's Red Oni, but [[BewareTheNiceOnes she can be every bit as ferocious as her King when she's sufficiently pissed off]]. |
| 474 | * ReligionIsMagic: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/694435146019078144/ Word of God]] indicates that she tends to form {{psychic link}}s with humans who worship her. |
| 475 | %%* ShoulderTeammate |
| 476 | * WallCrawl: In her larva form, she can apparently climb the waterfall at her shrine with ease. |
| 477 | * WhatIsGoingOn: When she and Godzilla intervene in Monster X, Rodan and Thor's first fight, Mothra demands an explanation from the two Titans who are still able to speak, in a tone which can't be refused. |
| 478 | -->"''WHAT. HAPPENED''" |
| 479 | [[/folder]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[folder:Godzilla (Gojira)]] |
| 482 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Gojira'' |
| 483 | The King of the Monsters and Ghidorah's ArchEnemy, whom Earth's Titans answer to alongside Mothra. |
| 484 | |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | |
| 487 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: During the FinalBattle, his symbiosis with Mothra unlocks his [[spoiler:Spiral Heat Ray]]. |
| 488 | * AlternateAnimalAffection: On top of Mothra's Type 2, Godzilla gives her nibbles and licks in Chapter 18. |
| 489 | * AmbiguouslyBi: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/673121730966978560/ Word of God]] has suggested he probably enjoyed the company of males and females before he met Mothra. |
| 490 | * AndroclesLion: {{Inverted}}. Godzilla firmly believes that for all of humans' faults, if a Titan comes to their aid then those humans will respond in kind in said Titan's time of need. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/678283285035630592/ Word of God]] even indicates Godzilla heard of the original TropeNamer from Bone Singers in ancient times. |
| 491 | * AnthropomorphicShift: PlayedWith. Not physically but in terms of sentience. The [=MonsterVerse's=] {{novelization}}s and the ''Godzilla Dominion'' graphic novel have portrayed Godzilla's POV as being rather inhuman and almost like an EldritchAbomination clothed in animal flesh, comparative to his FurryReminder characterization in [=AbraxasVerse=]. |
| 492 | * BattleCouple: It's ''heavily'' implied that Barnes got it right in ''King of the Monsters'' when he assumed Godzilla and Mothra's symbiotic relationship meant their relationship was also romantic. [[https://www.tumblr.com/hrodvitnon/699677927317569536/ Word of God]] even comments that Mothra's worst fear is "the day her King will fall". |
| 493 | * BloodKnight: {{Discussed}}; in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/9 Chapter 9]], Vivienne blurts to Godzilla's face that he seems to enjoy a fight[[note]] which is a fair assumption, considering the 'smile'/'smirk' he bears at various points in the three {{Franchise/Monsterverse}} movies he's appeared in to date[[/note]], prompting him to draw the line between TranquilFury and TheBerserker for her. |
| 494 | * BreathWeapon: Besides his standard Atomic Breath (which [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/661353979839741952/ Word of God]] states is composed of the HollowEarth energy source like in ''Godzilla vs. Kong''), Godzilla also eventually unlocks his [[spoiler:[[Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah Spiral Heat Ray]]]]. |
| 495 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy to Mothra's Gentle Girl. See Mothra's folder for details. |
| 496 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: A massive GoodIsNotSoft who reigns as the King of the Monsters, but has genuine affection for Mothra and shows signs of developing fondness for Monster X. |
| 497 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:The Timeline reveals that within a year following Keizer Ghidorah's death, Godzilla seeks out a new lair and goes into dormancy until his global territory needs him to maintain the balance again]]. |
| 498 | * CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's a Captain Smooth towards Monster X when the latter is being trained by the Titans. |
| 499 | * CatlikeDragons: {{Downplayed}}, but he produces a purr-like growl as an expression of affection or reassurance, which Vivienne compares to a cat purring to its kittens when she observes it. |
| 500 | * CombinationAttack: He and several other Titans work together against [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]] in this way. Mothra personally uses her and Godzilla's symbiosis to unlock Godzilla's [[spoiler:Spiral Heat Ray]]. |
| 501 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/623720240777412608 According to the author]], Kratos from ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 God of War (2018)]]'' is her headcanon voice for Godzilla when he communicates with Monster X. |
| 502 | * CoolOldGuy: He's something of an OldSoldier who's weary and ancient, but he's not without a sense of humor at times. It's also indicated that he's somewhat mellowed with age compared to what he used to be like in his youth. |
| 503 | * CounterAttack: When he's fighting Monster X, he tries to lure them in with a couple false openings which will enable him to land a countering blow on them whilst they're exposed. |
| 504 | * DeadpanSnarker: {{Downplayed}}. He seldom makes such remarks but not never, and his ComicBookFantasyCasting will definitely make any Snarks sound Deadpan. |
| 505 | * DeathGlare: Naturally, he has this look reserved for when he's facing down [[spoiler:his old enemy Ghidorah again]] in Chapter 17. |
| 506 | * DeepSleep: [[spoiler:In 2021, he goes into dormancy for the next three years so he can rest after all the fighting of the preceding two years]]. |
| 507 | * DemotedToExtra: A minor case in its scope, as he's still a secondary character in the story once he becomes a part of present events rather than a mere background character. |
| 508 | * DestructiveSaviour: True to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} franchise]] form, his and Mothra's symbiosis [[spoiler:unlocking his Spiral Heat Ray]] saves the world from [[spoiler:Ghidorah]], but it also glasses the (fortunately uninhabited) city and heavily irradiates the area to the point it likely won't be habitable to humans again for a long time. |
| 509 | * DisappearedDad: PlayedStraight. It's revealed in Chapter 18 that he never knew his father, but he suspects it was another ''Titanus Gojira'' he saw in his youth. |
| 510 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Downplayed when he tells Monster X to not give him reason to "rough [them] up" for disrupting the natural balance in future. |
| 511 | * DynamicEntry: In Chapter 17, Godzilla's arrival on the scene is marked by his Atomic Breath exploding through the underground rock to destroy and open up the tunnels that [[spoiler:the regenerated Ghidorah]] is hiding within. |
| 512 | * EmergingFromTheShadows: He pulls this trope off underwater when he arrives outside Castle Bravo, seeming to materialize from the darkness, in Chapter 15. |
| 513 | * {{Foil}}: To Monster X. Both of them are reptilian Titans who are ultimately protective of the world, but Godzilla is positively ancient and experienced whereas Monster X is essentially a newborn. Godzilla is the King of the Monsters whereas Monster X is essentially a pup among the Titans; whereas Godzilla is a MessianicArchetype, Monster X is the AntiAntichrist. |
| 514 | * GeniusBruiser: Like in canon, he's a cunning and tactical combatant even by Titan standards. |
| 515 | * GoodIsNotSoft: He tells Vivienne in Chapter 9 that he might have to "rough [her] up" if she and San cause trouble as if it would be nothing more serious than holding a drunk friend back from starting a fist-fight. |
| 516 | * TheGoodKing: Personality-wise, he has GoodIsNotSoft shades of this. |
| 517 | * GoodLipsEvilJaws: He's the Good Lips to the Evil Jaws of the Many's {{Dracolich}} form when he fights it. |
| 518 | * HatesBeingAlone: Mentally {{discussed}} by him. He's heard other creatures crying out desperately for others of their kind multiple times before, although he refuses to experience such a feeling himself. |
| 519 | * HeadbuttOfLove: He gives Mothra a couple such headbutts during the story. |
| 520 | * HeldGaze: He meaningfully locks gazes with San in Chapter 9. [[spoiler:Despite their Antagonistic past from when the latter was part of Ghidorah, neither of them are confrontational, with Godzilla simply telling San to be better than Ghidorah for his sister's sake]]. |
| 521 | * HoldingHands: In Chapter 15, Vivienne desperately grasps Godzilla's finger, trying to warn the Titan that she spent much of her human life worshipping [[spoiler:about the Many targeting Castle Bravo]]. |
| 522 | * HopeBringer: He's the BigGood, and his arrival on the scene early during the FinalBattle prompts a HellYesMoment among the humans. |
| 523 | * IllKillYou: He speaks a positively chilling version of this trope when combating the Many, in Chapter 14: |
| 524 | -->"''Come on out, so I may kill you.''" |
| 525 | * ImmortalityThroughMemory: He believes that lost loved ones still live on so long as those they leave behind carry on their memory. |
| 526 | -->"''Everything dies. Everything comes back. Life is lost, but those most precious to us... they are never lost. They live on here... ''[scratches near his heart]'' Or find new life.''" |
| 527 | * InterspeciesRomance: See Mothra's folder for details. |
| 528 | * IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore: As old and experienced as he is, he has this reaction to hearing the Many's {{Dracolich}} form's cry. |
| 529 | * LastOfHisKind: Like Thor. It's heavily implied Ghidorah is partly or wholly responsible for Godzilla becoming this. |
| 530 | * MaleMightFemaleFinesse: Once again he's the Male Might to Mothra's Female Finesse, during the Titan battle against [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]]. |
| 531 | * {{Mangst}}: He's lamentful when mentioning his late friend, the Lord of Dragons, in Chapter 13. |
| 532 | * MirrorCharacter: To Monster X as more details of his personality and past come to light. Being tired and world-weary from having lived so long, fought so many foes and having outlived ''all'' his kin and many of his old friends; Godzilla is arguably a reflection of what [[LongLived Monster X]] will be like after thousands or millions of years. |
| 533 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[https://www.tumblr.com/hrodvitnon/699677927317569536/ Word of God]] says that he's failed multiple times in his past, and he fears seeing those failures repeat themselves. |
| 534 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: Him and Rodan, similarly to in ''King of the Monsters''. [[spoiler:Godzilla is once again the Noble Male: committed to maintaining the natural balance, patient and reasonable, and lecturing Vivienne on the importance of self-control]]. |
| 535 | * NoNeedForNames: He's dismissive of the concept of naming young. |
| 536 | * NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: Godzilla a couple times fires his Atomic Breath at monstrous foes when he's literally close enough to grapple them; namely [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah's head or wing]] and the undead [[spoiler:elder Manda]]. |
| 537 | * TheNoseKnows: He can smell Viv and San's part-Ghidorah scent from a distance, but he also notes when smelling them up close that they have some of the same human scent on them that Serizawa did. |
| 538 | * OldSoldier: PlayedWith. He's an ancient and tired being who's still fighting strong and maintaining his dominance among the Titans. |
| 539 | * OneHitKill: Once unlocked, the [[spoiler:Spiral Heat Ray]] is this, thoroughly melting and vaporizing [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]]. |
| 540 | * PapaWolf: He's shown hints of this towards Monster X, such as comforting them and even letting them near his vulnerable gills. |
| 541 | * ParentalAbandonment: {{Downplayed}}. His species apparently didn't retain social contact with their mothers past subadulthood, and he never knew his father but suspects it was a certain ''Titanus Gojira'' bull he saw. |
| 542 | * ParentalSubstitute: He, Monster X and Rodan seem to be juggling the duty of initially caring for the newborn Manda. |
| 543 | * PillarOfLight: He blasts his Atomic Breath into the sky from ''underground'' at the FinalBattle. |
| 544 | * PowerUpFullColorChange: PlayedWith. See Mothra's folder for details. |
| 545 | * PrimaryColorChampion: His [[PowerGlows bioluminescence]] and Atomic Breath are blue, the same as in ''King of the Monsters'', [[spoiler:and he [[RedIsViolent glows red again]] when he and Mothra have activated their symbiosis to unlock a new power for him]]. |
| 546 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Besides the example listed under Mothra's folder, [[spoiler:his Spiral Heat Ray]] produces purple electrical arcs. |
| 547 | * QuizzicalTilt: He responds this way to hearing [[spoiler:the ORCA]]'s signal in Chapter 11, being bemused by the sound more than anything else due to being an Alpha Titan. |
| 548 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He keeps his reservations in check and doesn't jump to any conclusions in Chapter 9 when first meeting Monster X. |
| 549 | * RedBaron: He's known among Titans as the Deep One and Great King Gojira. |
| 550 | * RedIsViolent: See the above folder for details. |
| 551 | * RedOniBlueOni: He usually has this dynamic with Mothra. See her folder for details. |
| 552 | * RoarBeforeBeating: The tradition continues, this time when he's training Monster X in a fight in Chapter 9. |
| 553 | * RunningOnAllFours: [[spoiler:At one point, he charges into the fray this way in Chapter 17]]. |
| 554 | * SlasherSmile: He has two in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/17/ Chapter 17]]: one is his reaction to the prospect of getting to hunt with Mothra for the first time in ages, and he spares another when he and the other Titans are in the middle of tearing [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]] a few new ones. |
| 555 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He essentially kicked off the plot of the entire fic when he decapitated San's head at Isla de Mara. |
| 556 | * StealthyColossus: His arrival initially goes practically unnoticed by the other Titans present at his destination, in Chapter 9. |
| 557 | * TheStoic: It's implied this is why he's accepting of San's atonement and doesn't hold any ill will towards him. |
| 558 | * TailSlap: Like in canon, he favors using this as a destructive combative maneuvre. [[PlayedForLaughs Or just to shut Rodan up]] in Chapter 9. |
| 559 | * ThousandYardStare: Vivienne notes he has a world-weary gaze which at times appears to look right through one. |
| 560 | * TranquilFury: He utilizes this to fight effectively. |
| 561 | * UseYourHead: In Chapter 13, he rams himself head-first into the Many construct in the sea, which is enough for him to make it lose its grip on Monster X. |
| 562 | [[/folder]] |
| 563 | |
| 564 | [[folder:Rodan]] |
| 565 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Rodan'' |
| 566 | A bio-volcanic avian Titan, who hates Ghidorah for taking his volcano and taking control of him during the Mass Awakening. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | ---- |
| 569 | |
| 570 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In Franchise/MonsterVerse canon, Rodan is seen with yellow eyes, whereas in this continuity, he's described as having orange eyes. |
| 571 | * AdaptationalHeroism: He displays loyalty to Godzilla in the fight against the Many and [[spoiler:Ghidorah]] that he hasn't displayed in Franchise/MonsterVerse canon, and here he's implicitly not malevolent unless provoked (even if it does take little to provoke him); whereas in the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' novelization he's outright listed as one of the nastier Titans. |
| 572 | * AdaptationalSympathy: Sort of. In the [=MonsterVerse=] canon, Rodan joined King Ghidorah, and is made out to be a WildCard who has no fixed loyalties and an ambiguous morality. In this fic, it's made clear that Rodan only joined Ghidorah because the latter dominated and enthralled him, and he apparently didn't enjoy being slave to an OmnicidalManiac one bit, to the point where he carries a grudge. He still has a genuine temper and an attitude problem, though. |
| 573 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: His scar might be an AchillesHeel. |
| 574 | * BelligerentSexualTension: He shows definite signs of this with Monster X as the story progresses, actively being eager to have a proper fight with them and prove which Titan is more skilled once the new threat is vanquished. [[spoiler:The Timeline reveals that by 2022, Rodan and Monster X have reportedly become a mated pair]]. |
| 575 | * BerserkButton: Getting a whiff of Ghidorah's scent makes him forget about everything else in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/8 Chapter 8]], and he seems to have a bit of a grudge towards San over Ghidorah's fight with him at Isla de Mara. |
| 576 | * BloodKnight: He really looks forward to a fight, and more often than not, having a one-on-one [[{{Pun}} clash of Titans]] seems to be his idea of the best way to solve a problem he's confronted with. |
| 577 | * BloodSplatteredWarrior: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Yonaguni battle leaves him covered in specks of the Many's gore, which he's quick to clean himself of, in Chapter 13. |
| 578 | * BreathWeapon: He can spit fireballs from his maw, like in unused ''King of the Monsters'' concept art and further hints in the [=MonsterVerse=]. |
| 579 | * ButtMonkey: A mild case, but he tends to be on the receiving end of various indignities which make him stand out among the Titans: getting silenced by his Alpha via an offhand {{tail slap}} when he jeers at Viv and San, getting his head trapped in the Many's jaws and flailing to escape until he causes the trap to explode with his bio-volcanic heat, and [[spoiler:being in the middle of helping the other Titans beat down Keizer Ghidorah when]] Monster X just ''forces his beak shut'' and pins him with a glare [[spoiler:for bringing Manda to the FinalBattle]]. [[spoiler:And then of course there's the time that he performs a full-blown courtship display in front of Monster X, only to discover midway through that Monster X [[MistakenForFlirting had no idea that they'd been sending him signals which led him to believe they desired him]], even if this still worked out in the end]]. |
| 580 | * CantTakeCriticism: Comparing him to [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmSmaug Smaug]] isn't all that inaccurate, but less psychopathic and with a bit of JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 581 | * CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's the Sergeant Rough when tutoring Monster X. |
| 582 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: The author described [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/674866733284294656/ here]] who she imagines as Rodan's voice. |
| 583 | * CommanderContrarian: He seems to have mild shades of this. Besides initially resenting being a mentor to Monster X, his personality seems more inclined to react than to act in advance; unlike Monster X, Mothra and Godzilla. |
| 584 | * CounterAttack: As an experienced fighter, he pulls off a few of these. When Thor charges at him, Rodan gracefully dodges and blasts Thor's exposed flank with a fireball powerful enough to stun Thor for several seconds, in Chapter 8. Rodan also waits for Monster X to make a move and give him an opening when he's scrapping with them, in Chapter 10. |
| 585 | * CowardiceCallout: He directly calls Thor a coward almost as soon as they see each-other for the first time since the Mass Awakening, referring to how Thor preserved his own life in hiding whilst the rest of his kind died fighting Ghidorah. This enrages Thor. |
| 586 | * DynamicEntry: He pulls one on Monster X in Chapter 18, appearing almost out of nowhere and knocking them down. |
| 587 | * EasilyForgiven: Not directly to his face, but Lauren Griffin in Chapter 14 doesn't seem to hold any grudge for his massacre of the Raptors before he fell under Ghidorah's control during the movie. This is especially noteworthy, since Griffin's profile on the movie's official website said that she was skeptical of coexisting with Titans before the Mass Awakening precisely because of the mass destruction they could wreak. |
| 588 | * EnemyEatsYourLunch: PlayedWith. He brings Monster X a shark for them to eat, but he expects them to fight him off for the right to have it, in Chapter 10. |
| 589 | * FantasticRomance: The Timeline reveals [[spoiler:he reportedly becomes Monster X's mate in the future, something which could only have happened due to San fusing with Vivienne and Vivienne getting transformed into a Titan]]. |
| 590 | * {{Fireballs}}: He can shoot balls and plumes of fire from his mouth. |
| 591 | * FriendlyRivalry: He develops a downplayed one with Monster X, dueling with them more for the exertion and physical training than anything else. |
| 592 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Saying the Earthborn Titans are all "friends" might be a ''slight'' exaggeration anyway in most baseline Titans' cases, but it's nevertheless hinted a few times, and further indicated by [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/688251237000462336/ Word of God]], that Rodan getting chided by Godzilla or his allies is ''not'' an uncommon occurrence when he interacts with them. [[spoiler:Even Rodan's relationship with Monster X is initially laden with BelligerentSexualTension]]. |
| 593 | * GoodIsNotNice: He's firmly opposed to Ghidorah so long as Godzilla remains in charge, but his personality is mostly unpleasant and HotBlooded. |
| 594 | * GrinOfAudacity: He has one in response to Monster X giving him the idea to seek out a vengeful rematch, in Chapter 13. |
| 595 | * HalfBreedDiscrimination: {{Downplayed}}. He expresses disgust at the idea of mentoring Monster X, a "half-breed whelp", in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/9 Chapter 9]]. |
| 596 | * HatesBeingTouched: Highly {{downplayed}}, but he reacts awkwardly to being casually punched in his chest in Chapter 13, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/662855620668653568/ since that's an intimate zone in his species]]. |
| 597 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his snarky and blusterous behaviour towards Monster X; [[NoodleIncident he's apparently reared Titan/s outside his own species before]], he has some genuine words of wisdom and good advice in that skull of his, and he knows how to be a charismatic and appealing prospective mate when he's looking to court someone in "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/120253627 Ain't That a Kick in the Head]]". |
| 598 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: A variation. Even ''he'' is impressed when witnessing what Monster X is capable of in an UnstoppableRage. |
| 599 | * HotBlooded: Unsurprising, given his characterization in the movie. Mothra comments in Chapter 9 that he's a fine teacher but lacks restraint. |
| 600 | * InterspeciesRomance: He has some BelligerentSexualTension with the half-human, half-Ghidorah Monster X, [[spoiler:and the Timeline indicates they become mates in the future]]. |
| 601 | * ItsPersonal: He's eager to get another shot at kicking Ghidorah's ass in some form or another after it bested and enslaved him during ''King of the Monsters''. |
| 602 | * JerkassGod: Downplayed, but when looking at his actions, he overall seems to be the most indifferent to the damage he can cause to human settlements amongst the major heroic Titans, on top of his JerkWithAHeartOfGold personality. |
| 603 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's the most unpleasant towards San and Vivienne out of the Titans they've interacted with so far, but he also stays true to his duty to mentor them in his own snarky way. He continues to show a caring and empathetic side [[spoiler:towards Monster X and Manda]] veiled under brusqueness and snark, as time goes on. |
| 604 | * LoveIsAWeakness: According to [[https://www.tumblr.com/hrodvitnon/699677927317569536/ Word of God]], he'll never admit it, but he fears that if he ever grows too emotionally attached to another, an enemy could target that other to weaken him. |
| 605 | * MatingDance: [[spoiler:His duel with Monster X ends up looking more and more like this as it goes on]], in Chapter 18. |
| 606 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Aside from his [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan canon physical traits]] from ''Pteranodon'', tyrannosaurids, bats and birds of prey carrying over, Rodan's chest is revealed to be an erogenous zone in his species, similarly to in birds like parrots. |
| 607 | * NobleBirdOfPrey: Somewhat. He's subservient and isn't always the most pleasant Titan, but he's overall a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and a fierce BloodKnight. |
| 608 | * NobleMaleRoguishMale: No prizes for guessing which Male he is comparative to Godzilla. [[spoiler:He's a proud, HotBlooded and somewhat crass creature who's prone to acting on impulse, and he's fine to sit back if he feels his services aren't needed and he doesn't have a vested interest]]. |
| 609 | * TheNoseKnows: He can smell Ghidorah's "[[AlienBlood blood]] and [[ShockAndAwe thunder]]" in Viv and San from a distance. |
| 610 | * NotAMorningPerson: It's mentioned in the (non-canon) ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' HalloweenEpisode "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/127672459 Come Little Monster, I'll Take Thee Away]]" that Rodan is very grouchy early in the morning and he hates getting up. |
| 611 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/117962629 Sermones ad Mortuos]]" in ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' reveals that Rodan has outlived his own chicks. |
| 612 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: In "Sermones ad Mortuos", Monster X notices that the usually proud and boastful raptor Titan seems unsure of himself around them, [[spoiler:cluing them in that Rodan is the one who brought Monster X's grieving troubles to Mothra's attention]]. |
| 613 | * ParentalSubstitute: He seems to be juggling the duty of caring for the newborn Manda with Godzilla and Monster X. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/709158137834471424/ this non-canon drabble]] by the author, Manda eventually recognizes Rodan as his father [[spoiler:after he mates with Monster X]]. |
| 614 | * PowerGlows: In "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", his chest glows with a fiery light when he expands it during a mating display. |
| 615 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Not only is he the type to not back down from a fight, but it was apparently a common trait among his species when others of his kind were around. |
| 616 | * PsychoactivePowers: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" reveals that if he's feeling negative, his mood can activate any volcano in his immediate vicinity and cause an eruption. This is based on the ''King of the Monsters'' novelization's statement that Rodan, while enslaved to Ghidorah, causes multiple volcanoes to erupt when he flies over them. |
| 617 | * QuizzicalTilt: He has one when he's confused by Monster X going from trying to avoid a fight to flying into a rage state, in Chapter 9. |
| 618 | * RedBaron: He's also known as the Fire Demon, the One Born From Fire and the King Of The Sky. |
| 619 | * RedIsHeroic: Although he's not the most pleasant Titan to be around nor the most philanthropic, he is firmly on Godzilla's side in this story. |
| 620 | * RunningOnAllFours: In "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", Monster X gets him worked up and he tries to run after them, only to trip and start running on all fours along the ground. |
| 621 | * ScarsAreForever: It's mentioned in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/10/ Chapter 10]] that he has a scar in his rocky skin where Mothra impaled him during the film. |
| 622 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to San's Sensitive Guy. He's a confrontational, hot-headed BloodKnight, and if "rough, aggressive, and strong (or at least that's how he sees himself)" don't describe Rodan then nothing does. |
| 623 | * SmallNameBigEgo: [[https://www.tumblr.com/hrodvitnon/703365355024859136/ Word of God]] explains that Rodan, despite being a baseline/omega Titan, likes to think he's better than Godzilla's other subordinates due to his more frequent interactions with him, Mothra, [[spoiler:and later Monster X]]. |
| 624 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: He shares some with Monster X before [[spoiler:fighting them]]: |
| 625 | -->'''Rodan:''' Only half of you can say that. The other can just bluster and marvel at my skill while I leave you in the dust.\ |
| 626 | '''Monster X:''' Try it, spring chicken. I'm going to show you how to ''really'' fly. |
| 627 | * SoreLoser: He's outraged to calling Monster X a cheat when Monster X doesn't hold back during a duel. |
| 628 | * SpectacularSpinning: He's fond of pulling aerial manoeuvres with this theme, whether it's an aileron roll like the one he pulled in ''King of the Monsters'' or it's vertically spinning whilst using Monster X as a flail in Chapter 13. |
| 629 | * TailSlap: Downplayed in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/15/ Chapter 15]] when his short, fan-like tail almost slaps Viv and San in their faces, implicitly deliberately. |
| 630 | * {{Troll}}: Milder than he could be, but he does get a kick out of pushing Monster X's buttons even after he's gotten over his grudge against San. |
| 631 | * {{Tsundere}}: In "Sermones ad Mortuos", Rodan showcases a caring side towards a grieving Monster X, while trying to come off as merely annoyed and exasperated. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/687445875345309696/ Word of God]] also says that both he and Monster X [[spoiler:([[TwoBeingsOneBody half of them]] anyway)]] will "go full Tsundere mode" if someone points out their BelligerentSexualTension. |
| 632 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: He's confident he can match Monster X in a fight when he first encounters them. Later, he finds himself both disturbed and impressed by San and Vivienne's ferocity when they're truly pissed off. |
| 633 | * VitriolicBestBuds: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/688251237000462336/ The author]] says she likes to think that Rodan has this kind of relationship with his Titan allies generally: they don't exactly act friendly towards him nor he to them, but they ''will'' watch his back. |
| 634 | * WhatTheHellHero: {{Downplayed}} in Chapter 17, when Monster X is pissed at Rodan for bringing Manda to a Titan battlefield, even if Monster X does concede that he did the right thing given the danger that the alternative would've placed Manda in. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/688251237000462336/ Word of God]] says Godzilla's fiery avian ally frequently gets "ragged on" by the Earth-native Titans. |
| 635 | * WindFromBeneathMyWings: His wings' sonic winds cause collateral damage at the Yonaguni battle. |
| 636 | * WouldntHurtAChild: The ''Empty Fullness'' one-shot "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" reveals that some Titans aren't above killing another Titan's pre-existing offspring in order to get their own shot at mating with them -- this is a behaviour which occurs in several real-life mammals. Rodan is ''not'' one of the Titans who would do this, and he considers it barbaric to boot; even if ''human'' children [[ZigZagged aren't safe from being collateral damage of his presence]], as his awakening in ''King of the Monsters'' showed. |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder:Scylla]] |
| 640 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Scylla'' |
| 641 | A semi-aquatic Titan resembling a cross between an ammonite and an arachnid, who aids Godzilla. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | |
| 645 | * AdaptationalHeroism: She's firmly on Godzilla's side when [[spoiler:Ghidorah reemerges]], in contrast to how her canon portrayal in the Franchise/MonsterVerse is one of the nastier Titans outright and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder one of the least loyal to Godzilla]] to the point where he eventually kills her. |
| 646 | * AnimalsRespectNature: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/678283285035630592/ the author]], she's irate at the damage manmade GlobalWarming has done to the ice caps, which [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/708630548038500352/ further Word of God]] says her environmental effects work to reverse. |
| 647 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: Sort-of. She's responsible for causing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction 2021 Suez Canal Blockage]]. |
| 648 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: She uses her sharp-bladed legs to combatively slice openings in her foe's skin. |
| 649 | * TheCameo: She has a cameo in a news report in the opening of the [[invoked]]{{ascended fanon}} RecursiveFanfiction, ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver''. |
| 650 | * CloseRangeCombatant: She relies on her sharp legs and beak-concealing tentacles to fight and kill. |
| 651 | * CombatTentacles: Downplayed, but she uses the tentacles at her mouth as secondary, strong grasping limbs alongside her legs. |
| 652 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: The [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656925774619738112/ author]] imagines her as having the voice of a certain female Spartan in ''VideoGame/HaloReach''. |
| 653 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider: {{Downplayed}}. She aids Godzilla and Mothra in the war against [[spoiler:the Many and Ghidorah]], but besides her GoodIsNotNice / GoodIsNotSoft personality, apparently she genuinely has destructive urges. |
| 654 | * GoodIsNotNice: She's somewhat abrasive and... |
| 655 | * GoodIsNotSoft: ...besides being a ruthless combatant, she will not waste time arguing about putting down [[spoiler:a fellow Titan who's been infected by the Many]]. |
| 656 | * HitAndRunTactics: She notably uses these against [[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]] in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907/17/ Chapter 17]]. |
| 657 | * ImprovisedWeapon: In Chapter 15, she at one point uses a broken-off antler as a stabbing weapon, using her mouth of tentacles as grasping appendages. |
| 658 | * OCStandIn: In personality at least, getting some characterization in this story whereas she was practically a kaiju background extra in ''King of the Monsters''. |
| 659 | * SneakySpider: The [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/657013082755842048/ author]] claims Scylla in [=AbraxasVerse=] enjoys sneaking up on trawler traffic and playing havoc with them. |
| 660 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/746325000481636352/ Word of God]] says that Scylla in the [=AbraxasVerse=] avoids the course of events and poor choices on her end that get her canon self killed by Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire''. |
| 661 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: She's revolted by a dead Many construct to the point that she makes no attempt to eat it. Bear in mind that Scylla's profile in [=MonsterVerse=] supplementary material describes her as usually being a carrion-eater. |
| 662 | * ZombiePukeAttack: She's ironically a living, breathing creature who uses this trick against an ''actual'' zombie, sterilizing a Many-infected carcass via vomiting on it. |
| 663 | [[/folder]] |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[folder:Methuselah]] |
| 666 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Methuselah'' |
| 667 | A giant, wizened, part-rock and part-animal Titan. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | ---- |
| 670 | |
| 671 | * EleventhHourRanger: He shares this role with [[spoiler:the MUTO Queen]], only entering the story as one of Godzilla's allies at the FinalBattle. |
| 672 | * TheCameo: He has a cameo in a news report in the opening of the [[invoked]]{{ascended fanon}} RecursiveFanfiction, ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver''. |
| 673 | * CloseRangeCombatant: He seemingly doesn't have much if anything in the way of long-range attacks, but he can fight ferociously when up-close. |
| 674 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: The author discussed her thoughts about who Methuselah's voice sounds like [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/656925774619738112/ here]]. |
| 675 | * FeelingTheirAge: He shows signs of this, stretching his joints and resting after a battle. |
| 676 | * OCStandIn: His personality gets some further characterization, whereas in [=MonsterVerse=] canon only the basics of his behaviour are known and he's practically a background extra in ''King of the Monsters''. |
| 677 | * KlingonsLoveShakespeare: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/716723671129014273/ Word of God]] says that he would probably be impressed by humans' creativity in building wildlife bridges over highways. |
| 678 | * TheNoseKnows: His nose is sharp enough to pick up and identify second-hand traces of Monster X's scent [[spoiler:on Thor's mask]]. |
| 679 | * ProphetEyes: It's confirmed in this story that his milky eyes are a sign he has poor vision. |
| 680 | [[/folder]] |
| 681 | |
| 682 | [[folder:The Queen MUTO]] |
| 683 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Jinshin-Mushi'' |
| 684 | A Titan, who's of the same species as the Titan pair which caused the devastation of San Francisco in 2014 and the Prime which came after them. Unlike the previous members of her brethren, she coexists with the Earth's current natural order instead of destroying it, making her an ally to Godzilla instead of an enemy. |
| 685 | |
| 686 | ---- |
| 687 | |
| 688 | * EleventhHourRanger: She only turns up for the FinalBattle in the main fic, when Mothra summons her. |
| 689 | * AllThereInTheManual: She has a fairly minor role in the main fic, so her personality is mostly known from Word of God on [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/ the author's Tumblr]]. |
| 690 | * {{EMP}}: Like the male member of her species, she can trigger an electricity-dampening blast by [[GroundPunch punching the ground]] after charging up her forelimb. [[spoiler:It can even shut down Ghidorah's bio-electricity]]. |
| 691 | * EnemyMine: Downplayed. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/740810976672317440/ Word of God]], she and Godzilla don't like each-other and they barely even tolerate the other's presence, but they have a mutual understanding that the Queen MUTO will run to Godzilla's aid if it's called for, and the rest of the time she'll mind her own business. |
| 692 | * ParasitesAreEvil: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/740810976672317440/ Word of God]] says that Barb is viewed by other Titans with some degree of prejudice due to the MUTO species' reputation as "parasites" because of their destructive life cycle, and it frustrates and limits her ability to vent her emotions. |
| 693 | * TheResenter: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/740810976672317440/ Word of God]] says she's bitter that she can't sire children without endangering the world, [[spoiler:especially after Godzilla, also an endling Titan like her (and hailing from her own species' natural enemy at that), gets to rear Titan children of his own in the future]]. |
| 694 | * TheVoiceless: She doesn't communicate at all during her appearance in the main fic. |
| 695 | [[/folder]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[folder:Manda (Mandazawa) ('''*Unmarked Spoilers*''')]] |
| 698 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/185769385301 Titanus Manda]]'' |
| 699 | A newborn marine serpentine Titan and the offspring of a long-dead old friend of Godzilla. |
| 700 | |
| 701 | ---- |
| 702 | |
| 703 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Compared to the original [[Film/{{Atragon}} Showa incarnation]] and subsequent appearances where Manda was an AntiVillain or BrainwashedAndCrazy at best; this version is a sweet, innocent child, and a TagalongKid to the heroic Titans during the FinalBattle. |
| 704 | * AgeLift: Manda is a newborn baby, with the only other adult being his long-dead father. |
| 705 | * AlternateAnimalAffection: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/709158137834471424/ these]] [[https://tardisspacemug.tumblr.com/post/718261959084097536/ works]], his physical displays of affection include slithering up one's arm and booping heads. |
| 706 | * AndYourRewardIsInfancy: {{Implied|Trope}} by [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637226140951625728/ Word of God]] – assuming that Manda's pre-birth origin is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Magic rather than Mundane]], it's suggested that Serizawa ended up [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnating]] in this creature as a sort of reward for him essentially sacrificing himself to save a god. |
| 707 | * BewareMyStingerTail: A rather literal case. Even as a baby, he already has a venomous sting in his tail like the adults of his kind. |
| 708 | * BioluminescenceIsCool: "Sermones ad Mortuos" reveals that he can flash bioluminescent light depending on his emotions. |
| 709 | * BlueIsHeroic: He has a blue coloration, and although he's only a baby, he has a remarkably brave and kind personality. |
| 710 | * CatlikeDragons: His physical body language as an infant is a lot like a kitten, which gets briefly {{lampshaded}}. The author even calls him an "[[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/704531515544092672/ overgrown noodle cat]]". |
| 711 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: He's a baby {{Protectorate}} who is adorably innocent and sweet-natured. He'll still try and stand up for others if need be and potentially end up picking a fight with something seriously dangerous. |
| 712 | * CowerPower: Being a baby, he retreats against the bodies of trusted adult Titans when he fears a threat a couple times. |
| 713 | * CutenessProximity: Slightly downplayed, but he tends to make those human members of the cast who encounter him up close feel both honoured and delighted. |
| 714 | * DeadGuyJunior: He's named after his biological father, who died centuries before his egg hatched. |
| 715 | * ADogNamedDog: He's named after his father the Lord of Dragons, and his species. |
| 716 | * DragonsAreDivine: He's a friendly, marine Protector Titan who closely resembles the traditional depiction of eastern dragons as short-legged, snake-bodied creatures, he's born in and sets up his territory in the Pacific/East China Sea, and he overall seems set to follow in his benevolent forebears' footsteps. |
| 717 | * ExpressiveHair: The tendrils growing on his jawline quiver to express his mood. "Sermones ad Mortuos" indicates that after Manda matures, the other tendrils along his body will undulate in specific ways to reflect his mood. |
| 718 | * EyeScream: The author made a [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/623852414750113792/ gijinka picture of Mandazawa]] in which his adult self has suffered [[PlayingWith/EyeScream the basic form of this trope]] and wears an EyepatchOfPower. |
| 719 | * {{Foil}}: To Monster X. Monster X is an ArtificialHybrid created by [[SatanicArchetype Ghidorah]] (and half of them is a BackFromTheDead former-human with their memories intact) with a ton of trauma, whereas Manda is a possible {{Reincarnation}} of a former-human as a divine reward and is innocent. |
| 720 | * GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Notably {{averted|Trope}}. Even when he's a newborn, Manda is huge enough that he could fit a grown man inside his mouth if he chose to. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/636605607736180736/ This]] is the author's rough estimate of baby Manda's size. |
| 721 | * HappilyAdopted: Come Chapter 17 and he's come to regard Vivienne as his mother and San as his uncle respectively. |
| 722 | * HeadbuttOfLove: He gives Monster X one in Chapter 17. |
| 723 | * HeldGaze: |
| 724 | ** When he first meets Monster X in Chapter 13, he directly holds Vivienne's gaze. [[spoiler:Vivienne thinks she briefly sees an odd flash of recognition in Manda's eyes, hinting that he's probably a {{reincarnation}} of Vivienne's original [[PlatonicLifePartners Platonic Life-Partner]]]]. |
| 725 | ** In Chapter 14, Manda locks gazes with an awestruck Ren Serizawa, fitting how Ren grows fond of the baby Titan. |
| 726 | * InterspeciesAdoption: He gets PlatonicCoParenting from multiple Titans, who are all of different species to him. |
| 727 | * JuniorCounterpart: He has shades of this comparative to San. Both of them are and have always been insatiably curious which made them difficult for their elder caregivers to keep track of, but Manda's innocence is intact comparative to how San has [[DarkAndTroubledPast billions of years of abuse, tragedy and darkness]] behind him. |
| 728 | * LineageComesFromTheFather: His father was the protector of Mu and an old friend to Godzilla, but next to nothing is canonically known about his mother except that she and the Lord of Dragons had intended to start a nest. |
| 729 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637226140951625728/ The author's intention]] is to make his {{Reincarnation}} this: is Manda truly Serizawa reborn or a different entity entirely? |
| 730 | * MirrorCharacter: Manda and his adoptive mother are both "newborn" Titans, and possibly both of them were formerly-human. |
| 731 | * MixAndMatchCritters: He's a mostly reptilian-looking SeaSerpent who has four limbs for land-crawling, mammalian-looking antlers, catfish-like whiskers, and cerata-like appendages similar to some deep sea invertebrates. According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/695791825354620928/ Word of God]], Manda is similar to crocodiles and snakes in that he's born self-sufficient enough to be able to gather and eat food on his own. Godzilla recalls that various specimens of Manda's kind could vary in appearance. |
| 732 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: He apparently knew immediately upon waking from a nap that something bad had happened to Monster X while he'd been separated from it. |
| 733 | * {{Nephewism}}: {{Downplayed}}. He's as close to his adoptive uncle San as he is to his adoptive mother Vivienne. |
| 734 | * TheNoseKnows: It's by scent that he recognizes Viv and San following their {{Metamorphosis}} into their final form, it's by their scent being on Thor that he identifies the latter as kin, and it's by scent that he recognizes [[spoiler:Elle Brody]] as being affiliated with [[spoiler:Ford]]. |
| 735 | * NotSoExtinct: Godzilla assumed that the previous Manda and his kind were extinct before becoming aware of Manda's egg. |
| 736 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: The last survivor of an ancient, draconic Titan species which lived around Yonaguni and resemble eastern dragons quite closely in appearance and behavior. Manda (and his kind) have a very snake-like body shape with green or blue scales, crystalline-looking spines, horns in the females and antlers in the males, and cerata appendages vaguely resembling wings, and they mature relatively quickly. |
| 737 | * PlatonicCoParenting: He has this kind of ParentalSubstitute dynamic with Monster X, Godzilla and Rodan. |
| 738 | * {{Protectorate}}: His egg before he's born, in Chapter 13. |
| 739 | * QuizzicalTilt: He has a few over the story. He has one when he first sees Viv and San in Chapter 13; then another when he's curious upon seeing an Osprey in the air; another when Viv and San are recovering from a violent psychic episode; and another when he first sees Monster X's final form (having always known Viv and San in Monster X's second form). |
| 740 | * RageBreakingPoint: In the ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' one-shot "Sermones ad Mortuos", Manda is dismayed at Monster X's grief-fueled enervation but doesn't know how to fix it. Although Manda doesn't anger easily, he gets furious when he believes Rodan isn't going to do anything to help Monster X after Manda turned to the latter for help. |
| 741 | * RainbowMotif: Downplayed. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/709158137834471424/ This]] post by the author states that Manda's scales can give off all the colors of the rainbow when they catch the light of an aurora. |
| 742 | * RedBaron: Possibly. His father is described by Godzilla as "Lord of Dragons". |
| 743 | * {{Reincarnation}}: It's implied he might be (see MaybeMagicMaybeMundane) a reincarnation of Dr. Serizawa, though without memory of his past life unlike Mothra. The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/637226140951625728/ suggested]] it might be a cosmic reward to Serizawa for making a HeroicSacrifice to a [[BigGood god]]. |
| 744 | * ReincarnationFriendship: Assuming he is Serizawa reincarnated, him imprinting on Monster X (particularly Vivienne's head) as a surrogate mother seems like this, considering Serizawa and Vivienne had the same kind of relationship with the roles reversed. Manda also seems particularly fascinated by Ren, hinting at another familial variation. |
| 745 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's only comparatively small by Titan standards, but the infant Manda fits this trope to a T. |
| 746 | * [[SeaSerpents Sea Serpent]]: A rather draconic example (his species are outright described as dragons), although his father was benevolent towards human seafarers, and it looks like he'll be following the same route. |
| 747 | %%* ShoulderTeammate |
| 748 | * SpinAttack: He performs a small, playful form of this by swimming in a circle to splash Monster X with water. |
| 749 | * StockSoundEffects: As a baby, he has a certain chirping sound effect, [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/631248784044736512/ according to the author]]. |
| 750 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has amber-gold eyes. The "supernatural" part becomes more relevant due to the hints that he might be Dr. Serizawa reincarnated. |
| 751 | * TagalongKid: In Chapter 17, he goes against Rodan's effort to keep him out of trouble and tries getting involved in the immediate Titan war on Thor and Monster X's behalfs, despite not fully knowing what's going on. |
| 752 | * TailSlap: He can deliver a venomous sting with a whip of his tail. |
| 753 | * ThemeNaming: Manda's name continues the ADogNamedDog tradition among Titans. |
| 754 | * WalkingSpoiler: Technically averted, as the author wasn't secretive on her Tumblr about [=Manda=]/Mandazawa's nature. |
| 755 | * WallCrawl: {{Implied}}. He has a vaguely salamander-like body and has an easy time of climbing on Monster X. |
| 756 | [[/folder]] |
| 757 | |
| 758 | !Project Talos ('''*Unmarked spoilers*''') |
| 759 | [[folder:The Prototype]] |
| 760 | !! '''Kiryu MK I''' |
| 761 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' TBA |
| 762 | A man-made, cybernetic Titan in Godzilla's image which is being constructed in the Philippines. It uses a supercomputer called the Encephalon as its brain. Unbeknownst to most, it was constructed around the skeleton of the long-dead ''Titanus Gojira'' Dagon. |
| 763 | |
| 764 | ---- |
| 765 | |
| 766 | * AllThereInTheManual: All canon information on him currently comes from the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline and other posts by the author on her Tumblr, since Project Talos doesn't even begin until after the main ''Fanfic/{{Abraxas|Hrodvitnon}}'' story's end-point, although Kiryu will likely at least be referenced in an upcoming ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/722475109016797184/ story]] focused on Ladon. |
| 767 | * ArtificialZombie: In a sense, he becomes this when he gains sentience. He has the long-dead Dagon's bones inside him as a bare endoskeleton, and the author states that Kiryu gains some of Dagon's tics and fragment memories from the bones' {{genetic memory}}, but is ultimately a brand-new consciousness formed from the genetic memory, the Encephalon, and possibly other sources like the Zmeyevich [[FusionDance merging together]]. |
| 768 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: Ren discovers that the Encephalon has been secretly encoded with verses 17:45-47 in the Book of Samuel, in which David fights Goliath. He switches it out for the Elder Futhark incantation used during Operation Dragon Slayer. |
| 769 | * BreathWeapon: He has a Proton Scream-adjacent energy cannon in his mouth, which fires a rainbow-colored energy beam similarly to the Showa Mechagodzilla's Space Beam and the Heisei Mechagodzilla's Mega Buster. |
| 770 | * DisneyDeath: In the [[invoked]]AscendedFanon RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'', his body is crushed and broken when Mechagodzilla takes him out of the Hong Kong battle, but the ending reveals that his Encephalon has survived and retained his consciousness, and he's gradually being rebuilt. |
| 771 | * FullConversionCyborg: Kiryu is this as far as we know, being a supercomputer-brained mechanical construct with Titan bones integrated as the basic framework. |
| 772 | * FusionDance: Word of God states that Kiryu will become sentient, and its personality and consciousness will be a Frankenstein of Dagon's bones' faint {{genetic memory}}, the Encephalon's artificial intelligence, and possibly other factors like the Zmeyevich's DNA and/or the connected pilot's mind. |
| 773 | * GeneticMemory: According to Word of God ([[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736280271902703616/ 1]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736386104247369728/ 2]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736371211145216000/ 3]]), Kiryu upon gaining sentience inherits fragmented memories and personality tics from Dagon via the genetic memory stored in Dagon's bones, but he's still a completely separate entity who could only inherit limited bits and pieces of Dagon's psyche from the millennia-old, long-decayed bones. |
| 774 | * HumongousMecha: A Godzilla-sized and Godzilla-shaped machine, being designed to combat Titans after the Mass Awakening, with a supercomputer brain and a human pilot controlling it. |
| 775 | * MeaningfulName: The Encephalon's name. See NamesGivenToComputers. |
| 776 | * MechaEnablingPhlebotinum: See Dagon's folder for details. |
| 777 | * MoralityChip: The Encephalon software was apparently designed with a villainous MC in the form of biblical verses encrypted in its software, meant to influence [[spoiler:Kiryu]]'s subconsciousness according to [[spoiler:Walter Simmons]]' design. Ren Serizawa switches the original Chip out with a new one in the form of [[spoiler:the Elder Futhark; an act which implicitly will give Kiryu a chance of rebelling against Apex and/or the entity haunting Mechagodzilla, and will likely influence his personality for the better once he gains sentience]]. |
| 778 | * NamesGivenToComputers: Its supercomputer brain is named Encephalon, which is Latin for "brain". |
| 779 | * RainbowMotif: His energy breath weapon is multicoloured like a rainbow, in reference to the original Toho portrayals of Mechagodzilla. |
| 780 | * RobotBuddy: He forms a special bond with the Zmeyevich Aleksandra after becoming self-aware, and he doesn't let anyone except her to psionically interface with him safely. |
| 781 | %%* RobotMe |
| 782 | * SoulFragment: Word of God says that he inherits some personality tics and memories from the Titan GeneticMemory in Dagon's bones upon gaining his own consciousness, but ultimately, Kiryu is a separate entity from Dagon. |
| 783 | * VirtuousCharacterCopy: He's essentially one to the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla portrayal of Mechagodzilla]] due to the parallel origins of their respective sentiences. Whereas the ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' Mechagodzilla gains consciousness via ''Titanus Ghidorah''[='s=] bone's SoulFragment fusing with its A.I. and it becomes a RoboticPsychopath as a result, Kiryu gains consciousness via a ''Titanus Gojira''[='s=] bones' SoulFragment fusing with his A.I., and he implicitly becomes a benevolent being. |
| 784 | * YellowPurpleContrast: In ''The Clash of Silver'', Kiryu's first body emits yellow light and energy in contrast to the more villainous Mechagodzilla's [[AdaptationDyeJob purple light and energy]] when they fight. |
| 785 | [[/folder]] |
| 786 | |
| 787 | [[folder:The Secret Weapon]] |
| 788 | !! '''Mechagodzilla''' |
| 789 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' TBA |
| 790 | A man-made, cybernetic Titan in Godzilla's image which is being secretly constructed in Hong Kong as part of the Collaborators' secret agenda. However, the Collaborators themselves underestimate just how much, or rather how little, control they truly have over this creation. |
| 791 | |
| 792 | ---- |
| 793 | |
| 794 | * AdaptationDyeJob: It's based on the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla incarnation of the character]], except it's established on the author's Tumblr that this version glows with [[PurpleIsPowerful purple light]] instead of [[RedIsViolent red light]]. |
| 795 | * AllThereInTheManual: All canon information on it currently comes from the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline, since Project Talos doesn't even begin until after the main ''Fanfic/{{Abraxas|Hrodvitnon}}'' story's end-point, although Mechagodzilla will likely at least be referenced in an upcoming ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/722475109016797184/ story]] focused on Ladon. |
| 796 | * AmbiguousRobot: This version of Mechagodzilla [[AlternateUniverseFic doesn't have a Ghidorah skull as its controller]], but it's still clear in the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline that ''something'' which is related to Ghidorah or Ghidorah's children has some control and influence in the mech, making it ambiguous how much this version is robotic and how much it's a cyborg. The [[invoked]][[AscendedFanon ascended]] RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver'' reveals that the machine has organic Zmeyevich DNA inside it as a telepathic receiver, much like how the ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' version used Ghidorah's telepathic remains, which enables the Zmeyevich Don and Meg to permanently transfer their consciousnesses into the machine, and it enables the organic component to break ''out'' of the machine's remains with its consciousnesses in tow. |
| 797 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear as of the Timeline's end-point precisely ''what'' the entity that took over Mechagodzilla during its test run really is or how it did so, especially since there's no leftover Ghidorah skull for Apex Cybernetics to use as part of Mechagodzilla in this timeline, but it's clear that the entity has control of the mech's systems and that it's in some way related to Ghidorah and/or the Many. It could be Ghidorah itself, the Many, Don and Meg, or something else. ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver''[='s=] explanation for what was going on was eventually declared canon by Hrodvitnon. |
| 798 | * BreathWeapon: It has the Proton Scream the same as its [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla MonsterVerse portrayal]], although the beam is now colored [[AdaptationDyeJob purple instead of crimson]]. |
| 799 | * {{Cyborg}}: In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Mechagodzilla has an organic piece of the Zmeyevich inside it acting as a telepathic receiver, and Don and Meg use it to transfer their consciousnesses into Mechagodzilla permanently. This organic component later mutates into ''something'' and breaks its way out of the mech, taking the Zmeyevich's consciousnesses away with it. |
| 800 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 801 | ** To its prototype, Kiryu, in ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver''. They're both {{humongous mecha}}s made by Project Talos in Godzilla's likeness as a human means of combating hostile Titan threats, they both break away from their builders' intentions and go rogue partly due to the Zmeyevich's genetic influence, and both are directly influenced by a Zmeyevich from there on. However, where Kiryu has a symbiotic mental relationship with the benevolent Zmeyevich Aleksandra, and he ultimately sides with humanity, Godzilla and the Earth against existential threats; Mechagodzilla's sentience comes entirely from it being possessed by the malevolent Zmeyevich Don and Meg, who side with Ghidorah, aim to commit mass genocide against humanity, and succeed in decimating Hong Kong with the machine. Even the mechas' differing constructions reflect this: Kiryu was built by the Apex-Monarch collaboration while Monarch was under the belief he'd be used as an ally for Godzilla in defending the Earth, whereas Mechagodzilla was built exclusively by Apex in secret to realize their dreams of usurping and enslaving the Earthborn Titans. |
| 802 | ** It also functions as an evil counterpart of Monster X after the consciousness transferral. Both are effectively newborn, transhuman Titans with two consciousnesses inside a single body, and both are "children" of Ghidorah. Both were also imprisoned underground by arrogant human {{big bad wannabe}}s who thought they could control them (Alan Jonah and his paramilitary for Monster X, Walter Simmons and Apex Cybernetics for Mechagodzilla). But where Monster X despises and turns its back on Ghidorah to live its own life in peace while protecting the world, Mechagodzilla is completely devoted to pleasing Ghidorah via devastating the world. |
| 803 | %%* EvilKnockoff |
| 804 | * TheHeavy: According to ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', Don and Meg when they possess Mechagodzilla and become the ultimate antagonistic force of that fic are under the psychic influence of Ghidorah, who does not physically appear and is implied to still be recovering from the events of the main fic, and they're serving Ghidorah's agenda. |
| 805 | * HiddenVillain: PlayedWith. It isn't initially canonically explained just ''what'' is possessing/haunting Mechagodzilla, but the author drops hints in the Timeline for RecursiveFanfiction to explore which make it clear that it's a Ghidorah-related or -derived entity which intends to continue Ghidorah's work. It could be the Many, Abaddon and Megiddo, Ghidorah itself, or a new entity. ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'' provides an official explanation after Hrodvitnon [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747017348233543680/ canonized]] it. |
| 806 | * HumongousMecha: A Godzilla-sized and Godzilla-shaped superpowerful machine, designed to combat Titans after the Mass Awakening, with a human (or potentially [[HalfHumanHybrid human-ish]]) pilot or pilots remotely controlling it. |
| 807 | * MysteriousPurple: It's been established on the author's Tumblr that Mechagodzilla emanates purple light, and it's initially shrouded in mystery in the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline, as described under AmbiguousRobot and AmbiguousSituation. |
| 808 | * OurClonesAreDifferent: A copy of Ren Serizawa's mind is apparently created inside Mechagodzilla/Don and Meg's neurology, when Ren is hooked up to Apex Cybernetics' psionic network while the twins' consciousnesses are in the process of overriding the system. |
| 809 | * PurpleIsPowerful: It's widely accepted that Mechagodzilla emits purple light instead of the movie version's crimson light, differentiating it from the similarly San/Ghidorah-derived, crimson-glowing and silver-color schemed Monster X which already existed in the [=AbraxasVerse=]. Purple, besides matching Apex Cybernetics' main color motif in the movie, is a color that can represent royalty, ambition and power (Mechagodzilla's builders made it to overpower and usurp Godzilla's kingship so that they could rule the Earth), and also mystery (it's initially shrouded in a lot of mystery at the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline's end-point, like who its final pilot(s) will be and precisely ''what'' is controlling it without its builders' knowledge and how). |
| 810 | %%* RobotMe |
| 811 | * SerratedBladeOfPain: Like the [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla MonsterVerse version]]'s design, Mechagodzilla has buzzsaws in its claws and inside its mouth for cutting into Titans that it gets a hold of. Unlike in the movie, they actually see use in the [[invoked]][[AscendedFanon ascended]] RecursiveFanfiction ''Fanfic/AbraxasTheClashOfSilver''. |
| 812 | * SuperiorSuccessor: Mechagodzilla is intended to be an "improved" counterpart to Kiryu MK I. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', they fight each-other, and although Kiryu puts up a good fight, Mechagodzilla defeats him. |
| 813 | * {{Technopath}}: In the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline, Mechagodzilla's computers suffer a seeming glitch which implies that something sentient, malevolent and Ghidorah-related is secretly possessing it or has at least hijacked it. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', the Zmeyevich pilots Don and Meg are behind this due to their telepathic link, and after they possess Mechagodzilla permanently, it's able to remotely control Apex's technology at all their facilities in China. |
| 814 | * YellowPurpleContrast: It emits [[PurpleIsPowerful purple light and energy]] in this version. In ''Abraxas: The Clash of Silver'', its counterpart and enemy Kiryu emits yellow light. |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:Ladon]] |
| 818 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Gojira'' |
| 819 | A genetic clone of Godzilla that's being grown by Apex Cybernetics' Third R&D Division from dorsal spine fragments, scales, blood and other pieces that Godzilla has shed over the years. Ostensibly engineered to provide an emergency replacement heir if the King of the Monsters ever falls in battle against a hostile threat, Apex's true plans for the clone are much less pleasant. |
| 820 | |
| 821 | ---- |
| 822 | |
| 823 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: He's based the most closely on Godzilla Jr. from the Heisei movie continuity, but whereas Godzilla Jr. came naturally from a ''Godzillasaurus'' egg that was seized off an island by scientists before hatching, Ladon was artificially cloned from Godzilla's shed DNA samples that had been confiscated over the years. |
| 824 | * AdaptationNameChange: He's basically [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII Godzilla Jr.]] in all but name, down to being locked up by humans at the start of his life. |
| 825 | * AllThereInTheManual: All canon information on him currently comes from the [=AbraxasVerse=] Timeline and other posts by the author on Tumblr, since Project Talos doesn't even begin until after the main ''Abraxas'' story's end-point, although Ladon is set to appear in an upcoming ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/722475109016797184/ story]]. |
| 826 | * FreudianExcuse: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736416447128043520/ Word of God]] says that he's not the most temperate Godzilla, even comparing him to a watered-down version of the ''[[Film/GodzillaMinusOne Minus One]]'' Godzilla iteration, on account of him having spent his start to life locked up underground and being treated like a labrat at best. |
| 827 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after a draconic monster from Greek mythology, fitting for a ''Titanus Gojira''. However, his namesake's role in the myth foreshadows Apex's true intentions for the clone: in the myth, the divine hero Heracles kills Ladon as one of his last tasks in service to his mortal king and cousin before he attains immortality, foreshadowing that Ladon is intended by Walter Simmons to be killed by Mechagodzilla as a special test before he has the Mecha realize his ambitions. |
| 828 | * OurClonesAreDifferent: He's being artificially created using shed pieces of the otherwise-LastOfHisKind Godzilla's body, like Godzilla's blood, scales and dorsal spine fragments. |
| 829 | %%* RaisedInALab |
| 830 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: It's hinted in the timeline, and confirmed by [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736416447128043520/ Word of God]], that Ladon is named after the Greek mythological beast, which Heracles slays as his penultimate labor before he attains immortality. Apex Cybernetics intend to be Heracles via Mechagodzilla. |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | !Other Titans |
| 834 | [[folder:Skullcrawlers]] |
| 835 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Cranium Reptant'' |
| 836 | |
| 837 | An aggressive species of giant serpentine predators which are normally found on Skull Island, although several specimens escaped into the Hollow Earth's tunnels during the Mass Awakening. |
| 838 | |
| 839 | ---- |
| 840 | |
| 841 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: {{Downplayed}}. The ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' title sequence indicates they've been classified as a Titan species in [=MonsterVerse=] canon; whereas in this story, Chapter 17 explicitly shows that Thor himself doesn't consider Skullcrawlers to be in the same class as Titans and indicates there is a distinct class difference. |
| 842 | * TheBusCameBack: Their entrance into the story at around Chapter [[spoiler:11]], having gotten off Skull Island, is an Unexpected Character moment. |
| 843 | * DeathByIrony: Vicious beasts whose drive is HorrorHunger are consumed by monstrosities with an even less natural Horror Hunger. |
| 844 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: As mean and HorrorHunger-driven as Skullcrawlers are, the Many and/or the [[spoiler:partly-regenerated Ghidorah]] send them ''fleeing for their lives''. |
| 845 | * ImplacableMan: In Chapter 11, torching them with flamethrowers and incendiary grenades doesn't impede them. Note that in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', a gas explosion proved to be capable of dealing mortal harm to a Skullcrawler – these Crawlers are just ''that'' desperate to escape [[spoiler:the Many and/or Ghidorah]]. |
| 846 | * SoundOnlyDeath: The last we see of two Crawlers is them being violently pulled out of sight through a hole, followed by the sounds of them being mutilated [[spoiler:and assimilated into the Many]]. |
| 847 | * WallCrawl: One of them scales a cave wall to reach a hole a significant distance above ground level. |
| 848 | * TheWorfEffect: They're on the lower end from the Many or [[spoiler:a partly-regenerated Ghidorah]]. The antagonists of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' positively ''flee'' from these new monsters, which dispatch them with frightening swiftness. |
| 849 | [[/folder]] |
| 850 | |
| 851 | [[folder:Dagon (Adam, Raijin) ('''*Unmarked spoilers*''')]] |
| 852 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Gojira'' |
| 853 | |
| 854 | Another male of Godzilla's species who Godzilla knew when alive. He died after being parasitized by the MUTO Prime millennia ago. Project Talos builds a dome around his grave in what is now the Philippines. |
| 855 | |
| 856 | ---- |
| 857 | |
| 858 | * DisappearedDad: It's [[LukeIMightBeYourFather ambiguous]], but Godzilla suspects he was the bull who conceived him, although Dagon was never involved in Godzilla's upbringing and was only seen by him from a distance, and it's implied this wasn't unusual behaviour among their kind. |
| 859 | * FullConversionCyborg: If only in post-mortem physical remains and GeneticMemory. See the Prototype's folder for details. |
| 860 | * GeneticMemory: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736280271902703616/ Word of God]] says that some components of his psyche are still ingrained within his bones millennia after his death, similarly to [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong Kong]]'s canon genetic memory guiding him to his ancestors' ruins, and those elements can be transferred and act like a SoulFragment for the formation of Kiryu's consciousness after the bones are incorporated in the mech's construction. |
| 861 | * LukeIMightBeYourFather: Godzilla has suspected since his youth that Dagon/Raijin/Adam was his biological DisappearedDad, but he can't be sure. |
| 862 | * MechaEnablingPhlebotinum: His ancient bones are the Phlebotinum, being cannibalized as an organic endoskeleton which the Kiryu MK I is built around, with the side-effect that his {{genetic memory}} acts as a SoulFragment affecting the mech's ascension to sentience. |
| 863 | * SoulFragment: Word of God ([[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736280271902703616/ 1]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736386104247369728/ 2]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736371211145216000/ 3]]) says that Dagon's GeneticMemory will likely contribute to the FusionDance formation of the Kiryu MK I's own consciousness and cause it to inherit a few of Dagon's mental tics. |
| 864 | * PosthumousCharacter: He died thousands of years ago, but Godzilla still thinks of him once in a while, and his fossilized bones are being used to construct Kiryu, with Word of God furthermore stating that his bones' GeneticMemory will likely influence Kiryu's own mind like a SoulFragment. |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | [[folder:Camazotz and his Swarm ('''*Unmarked Spoilers*''')]] |
| 868 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' ''Titanus Camazotz'' |
| 869 | |
| 870 | A bat-like Destroyer Titan which attacked San Diego during the Mass Awakening. He's transcribed in ancient hieroglyphs on Skull Island. |
| 871 | |
| 872 | ---- |
| 873 | |
| 874 | * ContinuityCameo: He only appears in the main story's final chapter, in the form of photographed hieroglyphs. |
| 875 | * DarkIsEvil: He tries to conquer Skull Island for himself, darkening the sky by causing the {{perpetual storm}} to close in, and he's disoriented by [[WeakenedByTheLight sunlight]]. |
| 876 | * TheDreaded: The Iwi refuse to so much as approach a cave where ancient writings on him are transcribed, and Dr. Brooks feels a knot in his stomach when contemplating his return. |
| 877 | * EvilTakesANap: The author stated in [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ this]] post that he's largely gone lethargic underground after his failure to conquer Skull Island. |
| 878 | * PassiveAggressiveKombat: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ Word of God]], after Monster X helped Kong to fight off Camazotz's conquest of Skull Island, Camazotz and Monster X are willing to interact civilly when neutralizing Many instances, but it's always full of barbs and snarks. |
| 879 | * TheSwarm: Like his [=MonsterVerse=] portrayal, Camazotz is surrounded by a swarm of smaller, bat-like creatures like himself who have a symbiotic relationship with him as his minions. |
| 880 | * TokenHeroicOrc: {{Inverted}}. While most of the awakened Titans have fallen in line under Godzilla, Camazotz disappeared shortly after the Battle at Boston, and he re-emerges solely looking to usurp Kong's territory for himself. {{Subverted|Trope}}, as later asks and replies by the author on her Tumblr have since made it clear that Camazotz can be negotiated with, and that he's not the only Earthborn Titan awakened during the Mass Awakening who is inclined to cause trouble. |
| 881 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Unlike in the [=MonsterVerse=] graphic novel, here his aversion to sunlight is put on display when Monster X causes sunlight to break through his storm. |
| 882 | * ZergRush: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747931705213583360/ Word of God]] notes that Camazotz's minions, though they will suffer individual casualties, can collectively overwhelm and incapacitate any Many instances that try to assimilate some of their own while they're sleeping underground. |
| 883 | [[/folder]] |
| 884 | |
| 885 | [[folder:The Fleet's God ('''*Unmarked Spoilers*''')]] |
| 886 | !! '''Gigan''' |
| 887 | !!!'''Scientific name:''' TBA |
| 888 | |
| 889 | A malevolent and extremely depraved extraterrestrial cyborg Titan, who commands a horde of demented, spacefaring alien worshippers. He might have encountered Ghidorah before its arrival on Earth, and he or his worshippers might be responsible for a ''Titanus Gojira'' formerly known as Ozymandias becoming Spacegodzilla via infecting him with a cordyceps-like crystalline parasite. |
| 890 | |
| 891 | ---- |
| 892 | |
| 893 | * AdaptationalBadass: In most incarnations, including his [[Film/GodzillaVsGigan first ever appearance]], Gigan was the puppet or at the very most the PsychoForHire to technologically-advanced, human-sized aliens who were the true masterminds. In this incarnation, the hierarchy is reversed, with Gigan being the one in charge and the advanced spacefaring aliens being his thralls and worshippers. |
| 894 | * AliensAreBastards: He's a destructive Titan of extraterrestrial origin like Ghidorah, and as vile as Ghidorah is, Gigan is ''at '''least''' as sadistic as it was''. |
| 895 | * AllThereInTheManual: He has yet to appear in any [=AbraxasVerse=] stories or the timeline at all, but his existence in the setting has been confirmed by the author. The Earthborn Titans' encounter with him is set to be referenced in an upcoming ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' story. |
| 896 | * AxCrazy: The author has said ([[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/654201501637656576/ 1]], [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/739105487568715776/ 2]]) that Gigan's behavior will be comparable to [[Characters/{{Xenosaga}} Albedo Piazzolla]] from the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' franchise. For the record, that's a cackling, semi-coherent CombatSadomasochist who tears his own head off and gleefully crushes it in front of a small girl, and who massacres small girls and breaks the joints in their corpses, that the author's comparing Gigan to. |
| 897 | * {{Cyborg}}: He's apparently a part-organic creature modified with cybernetics body-parts, much like his ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' incarnation and like his demented little followers. |
| 898 | * EvilEvolves: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747230403316826112/ Word of God]] says that he improves his cybernetic technology and fighting technique with every new fighting experience. |
| 899 | * EvilVersusEvil: Offscreen. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747230403316826112/ Word of God]] states that he and [[OmnicidalManiac Ghidorah]] are rivals who have encountered and clashed with each-other multiple times in Ghidorah's pre-Earth backstory. |
| 900 | * {{Sadist}}: Gigan is in some ways more sadistic than even '''Ghidorah''' was. Not unlike Ghidorah, Gigan revels in torturing and dismembering his foes and any innocents in sight, looking to have as much fun as possible along the way; but relative to Ghidorah, Gigan is slightly less focused on the "death and extinction" parts and he's slightly ''more'' focused on drawing out his victims' agony and bodily mutilation as much as possible for his own satisfaction. Speaking of which… what Gigan turns the sapient aliens that he encounters into makes being gleefully exterminated by Ghidorah look ''preferable'' as an alternative. |
| 901 | * TaughtByExperience: The author said that he learns to hone his fighting technique with every new experience. |
| 902 | [[/folder]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | !Miscellaneous ('''*Unmarked spoilers*''') |
| 905 | |
| 906 | [[folder:The Makers]] |
| 907 | An advanced alien civilization who created Ghidorah to be their weapon billions of years ago… and were promptly destroyed by it. |
| 908 | |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | |
| 911 | * AbusivePrecursors: They're a technologically-advanced civilization which existed billions of years ago: they created [[DraconicAbomination Ghidorah]] specifically to wipe out all life on another civilization's planet in response to the latter civilization rejecting the Makers' alternative "offers" one time too many, and the Makers cruelly abducted, brutalized, experimented on and tortured three innocent wild animals to an ultimately '''horrific''' degree to get their planet-ending BioweaponBeast. After they set Ghidorah loose, it [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters became their]] [[PrecursorKillers Precursor Killer]]. |
| 912 | * AliensAreBastards: Sapient aliens whom were scientifically and technologically far ahead of today's human race. And they used their intellects to inhumanely transform three wild animals into an apocalyptic TorturedMonster with both the ability and the inhumanely-ingrained ''need'' to inflict [[ApocalypseHow planet-wide extinction]], then they set it loose on another sapient planet to do just that. |
| 913 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: What they did to San and his brothers when the three of them were just innocent wild animals was pretty horrible and barbaric, and it's really hard to blame Ghidorah for killing them all in revenge. The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/645147573238333440/ once commented]] that the Makers probably enjoyed taking [[ShockStick electric prods]] to whatever animal equated to puppies in their home. |
| 914 | * ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/690309147799011328/ Word of God]] suggests that after Ghidorah [[PrecursorKillers exterminated the Makers]] off of the place where they made Ghidorah, Ghidorah subsequently discovered smaller colonies of the Makers' species were alive on other worlds. Alive until Ghidorah got to them. |
| 915 | * CreativeSterility: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/645147573238333440/ the author]], they only had it in them to think of ways to inflict violence – they literally couldn't imagine anything else. |
| 916 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: They apparently didn't realize that once Ghidorah was done annihilating its intended target, Ghidorah with its new capabilities and powers of mass destruction would be all too capable of and motivated to return to the Makers' location and exterminate ''them'' after all the suffering they inflicted on it. |
| 917 | * FinalSolution: They explicitly made Ghidorah the way that it is to completely eradicate an enigmatic civilization on another planet, setting Ghidorah loose on the planet to obliterate everything on a planet-wide scale. |
| 918 | * GoneHorriblyRight: They turned Ghidorah into what it is now to be a BioweaponBeast so powerful that it could annihilate an enemy civilization on a planetary scale, with the [[TerribleTicking Old Noise]] torturing Ghidorah into doing just that until every visible thing on the targeted planet was dead. Problem was, Ghidorah was still alive, and it still had the Old Noise in its heads tormenting it if it didn't kill something. And the Makers' experiments apparently made Ghidorah able to travel through and survive in space to escape the targeted planet. And Ghidorah's minds had every reason to want revenge on the Makers for the suffering they'd caused it. |
| 919 | * HazmatSuit: When they venture out into the wilderness where the Dorats live, they wear full-body protective suits which obscure their true features. |
| 920 | * HumanoidAliens: It's all but stated they were vaguely human-like in shape and technology, enough so that the human race on Earth reminds Ghidorah of them billions of years after the Makers were wiped out and this is the main reason why Ghidorah despises humans on sight so murderously. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/674295714930671616/ Word of God]] furthermore compares the Makers to a much more malevolent version of the [[Characters/HaloForerunners Forerunners]]. |
| 921 | * InscrutableAliens: Information on them is kept vague. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/674216378268549120/ Word of God]] has described the Makers as intelligent but very inhuman in mind and has also [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/730833917979115520/ compared]] [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/674295714930671616/ them to]] the Forerunners in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. "Damnatio Memoriae" reveals that the Makers know the concept of mythical gods and deities but they "have [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions long since abandoned superstition]]", and it's revealed that they created Ghidorah to annihilate an enigmatic "Enemy" civilization which had rejected the Makers' previous "offers"; making Ghidorah a three-headed SiblingFusion in acknowledgement of both the number of refusals and the RuleOfThree[='s=] religious significance to the Enemy. But that's about all we know. |
| 922 | * KarmaHoudini: Some generations apparently passed the Makers by while Ghidorah was growing in their captivity, meaning that some of the Makers involved in the cruel experiments that had the mandate to inflict [[FinalSolution complete genocide]] on another sapient planet lived and died without facing punishment. |
| 923 | * KarmicDeath: They, or at least members of their kind with the power to do so, engineered a colossal BioweaponBeast with the power to obliterate all visible life on an entire planet (horribly torturing three innocent animals to form it), and then the Makers set said beast loose on another planet's sapient inhabitants [[FinalSolution to do just that]]. That same beast, vengeful for the torture inflicted on its original animal forms, then turned around and inflicted the same omnicide on the Makers. |
| 924 | * LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: They were scientifically and technologically far superior to humanity, being capable of interstellar travel and extensively transmutating Ghidorah into the planetary extinction-bringing DraconicAbomination that it is now, and what little we know of the Makers themselves paints them as cold and inhuman in their morality but sophisticated. However, they apparently weren't prepared for Ghidorah turning against them and using the very world-ending powers they gave it to annihilate them – "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/122322187 Damnatio Memoriae]]" further indicates that the Makers weren't expecting Ghidorah to be quite as powerful as it ended up being. |
| 925 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. They're a technologically-advanced alien race who have a dubious concept of morality, deliberately inflicting a global extinction event on another sapient planet. The Makers' atheism is ''not'' used by the author to paint them as enlightened or rational, given how the [=AbraxasVerse=] continues to run with the ''King of the Monsters'' movie's thematic comparison of the Titans to old gods, plus it's hinted that the Makers' anti-spiritualist attitude contributed to their failure to realize [[DraconicAbomination just how powerful and dangerous their creation was until it was too late]]. |
| 926 | * PlayingWithSyringes: They converted the Dorats into Ghidorah via brutal, inhumane experiments. |
| 927 | * ShockStick: They use what appear to be electrical prods to violently shock the Dorats, both during and after their capture. |
| 928 | * StarfishLanguage: According to [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/653745095218266112/ the author]], the original [[TerribleTicking Old Noise]]'s message which the Makers originally coded into Ghidorah as a "standing order" is almost impossible for Vivienne to comprehend as a human fused with a former part of Ghidorah, although she can still get a sense of the general meaning. |
| 929 | * TranquilizerDart: They fire paralyzing darts at the Dorats in the process of capturing them, bringing the Dorat who would become San down with one. |
| 930 | * WouldHurtAChild: Specifically, Would Hurt a [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals Baby Animal]]. "Damnatio Memoriae" confirms that the Dorats they turned into Ghidorah were still small juveniles of their species when the Makers violently captured them and started cruelly experimenting on them. |
| 931 | [[/folder]] |
| 932 | |
| 933 | [[folder:The Fleet]] |
| 934 | |
| 935 | Technologically-advanced and space-faring but utterly deranged alien beings in the service of Gigan, who they worship as a god. They apparently know of and fear Ghidorah. Gigan might be responsible for driving them to their deranged mindsets. They might be responsible for a ''Titanus Gojira'' formerly known as Ozymandias becoming Spacegodzilla via infecting him with a cordyceps-like crystalline parasite. |
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| 938 | |
| 939 | * AliensAreBastards: Horrific, self-mutilating {{sense freak}}s which worship [[{{Sadist}} Gigan]] and support his incursions and atrocities on other innocent worlds. Although it's implied they might have been forcibly turned into this by Gigan when he invaded their original homeworld(s) rather than having always been this way or chosen it. |
| 940 | * AllThereInTheManual: They have yet to appear in any [=AbraxasVerse=] stories or the timeline at all, but their existence in the setting has been confirmed by the author. Their invasion of Earth is set to be referenced in an upcoming ''Fanfic/AbraxasEmptyFullness'' story. |
| 941 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: As [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735206743682990080/ explained by the author]], they genuinely believe that experiencing as much pain and pleasure as possible to build up their experiences of every sensation possible is the key to a life well-lived. |
| 942 | * BodyHorror: They modify themselves with genetic alterations and cybernetic implants throughout their entire lives to heighten their sensations, to the point where they're almost unrecognizable as the single or multiple species that they originally hailed from. |
| 943 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: {{Inverted}}. The cybernetics that they integrate into themselves are specifically added to ''heighten'' sensations rather than in any way take away from them, since these aliens believe that to lose any sensation is to lose one's self. |
| 944 | * {{Cyborg}}: They modify themselves with a mix of genetic alterations and cybernetic implants throughout their lives (the latter in particular they take on in imitation and admiration of Gigan), to the point where they're almost unrecognizable as whatever species they originally hailed from in its or their natural state(s). |
| 945 | * DesignerBabies: These creatures' BodyHorror modifications? Offspring receive their first ones in utero. |
| 946 | * FlayingAlive: The author [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/735206743682990080/ says]] that when one of their own kind is on the point of death, their brethren peels their skin off them ''while they're still alive'' to be sown into a family tapestry, and they even use the dying alien's cybernetics and life-supporting chemicals to ''heighten'' the sensations. |
| 947 | * GenuineHumanHide: A variation. They have a custom where they make leather tapestries representing their family trees out of the skin of their deceased relatives. And they take that skin off for the tapestry ''[[FlayingAlive before]]'' [[FlayingAlive they're dead]]. |
| 948 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/736744231470759936/ Word of God]] says they have some past history with Ghidorah, and whatever it was, even ''they'' despite their nature have since feared the sapient-exterminating OmnicidalManiac for generations. [[https://hrodvitnon.tumblr.com/post/747230403316826112/ This]] is at least in part because being unable to leave a lasting record of experiencing Ghidorah's omnicide (naturally), renders the experience meaningless to the fleet's culture, and it's partly because Ghidorah came very close to killing Gigan himself. |
| 949 | * SenseFreak: They believe that the best way to live one's life is by experiencing as many sensations both positive and negative as possible. To the point where they extensively modify themselves and their offspring with cybernetic implants and genetic experiments to ''heighten'' sensation, and they literally allow themselves in their dying moments to be {{flayed alive}} while ''under the influence of '''sensation-heightening''' chemicals and implants''. |
| 950 | [[/folder]] |
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