Guess who just watched Godzilla x Kong?!
⚠️This is my review, so please beware of Spoilers ahead ⚠️
*Inhales* AAAAAAAAA YEAH BOIIIIII
This was definitely worth the wait! When I saw Shimo (my bbg… my precious ice iguana grandma) I legit cheered! And Suko being used as nunchucks had me laughing.
But ngl, I wish Scylla and Tiamat didn’t meet their fate like that and survived (especially Scylla, she was my favorite KOTM addition, but you know what they say, if you’re the fan favorite… you die)
to celebrate this, here are some sketches I made of BloodFox featuring @magic-thing’s ShiMom AU! Shimo:
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Scylla I think is the most thematic of the titans, really good for fan universes
Its combination of association with diseases and implied freezing powers in the newspaper article in the credits make her easy to repurpose as the "the climate change kaiju"
Remember, there are fears of microbes trapped in ice emerging into modern day ecosystem, and Scylla can bring that close to home. And her freezing powers can stand in for disruption of the polar vortex bringing chilling winds to places.
I am considering adding her to my own Godzilla fan universe as a kaiju that is not a frequent combatant, but a b-plot like you see in Marc Cerasini's novels where he had monsters like Baragon or Varan causing trouble far away from Godzilla and forcing humans to divide resources and making everything more tense.
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The Fire Monster from Godzilla the Series I could see redesigned as a possible relative of hers (possibly by genetic engineering)
It would be funny to have it first be named "Gigantis" when it creates its illusionary larger flame body , as a reference to an Easter Egg in the Godzilla PS4 video game Kaiju Guide for Anguirus' bio.
[Once, ages ago, Anguirus battled a mysterious fire monster named “Gigantis” who has since been banished from this plane of existence.]
This is a reference to the first dub of Godzilla Raids Again that tried to hide being a sequel to Godzilla and had Godzilla renamed "Gigantis", thinking American audiences wouldn't be excited for a sequel.
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Titan History: Scylla
Welcome once again to Monarch: After Dark, the digital gateway between you and the organisation dedicated to understanding and navigating this troubled new world we live in.
While our inquiry into Janos Biotech continues, we return to the regularly scheduled "Titan History" series, where we break down all you need to know about the creatures we now share our world with. For today's communication, we look to the most recent Titan crisis and examine one of the casualties; the Lovecraftian scavenger, Scylla.
(Pictured above: Scylla rampaging through Rome, prior to being confronted and executed by Godzilla, circa. 2027)
Monarch Database File: Scylla
Monarch Designation: Titanus Scylla
Height: 341 feet
Weight: 20,000 tons
Nature: Bio-Corrosive
Behavioural Classification: Destroyer
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A colossal cephalopod Titan that appears to have crawled out from the depths of the Cthulhu Mythos, Scylla is among one of Monarch's more recent discoveries, noted as 'Titan 024' in our database. Her discovery was recent enough that, during the construction of Monarch Outpost 55, a proper containment field for Scylla was unable to be constructed. Some of the outpost's operatives erroneously believed she was dead when they found her dormant in Arizona.
Scylla is known to us as a Titan scavenger, able to break down the carcasses of deceased Titans and convert the nutrients into a lethal waterborne bacteria. This ability led to the implementation of new protocols for Monarch's pathology teams when cleaning and disposing of Titan remains. She can also emit an incredibly dense fog-like pollutant, which she uses to feed on radiation sources or cover her while she evades an attacker, and can emit liquid nitrogen from her body. The latter ability in particular has been cited for cooling down the Antarctic ice and stabilizing global sea levels.
Scylla is also surprisingly intelligent, able to take the wreckages of ships and craft them into temporary shells for her body, and is remarkably agile in her movements, enabling her to take on opponents such as Godzilla with ease.
(Pictured above: The Moai statues of Easter Island. It is believed by Monarch these were built by the Rapa Nui people to ward off Titans like Scylla)
Like with most Titans, not much is known about Scylla's activities prior to 2019 outside of what mythological records allow. It is known that, at some point, Scylla made landfall on Easter Island. Feared by the Rapa Nui people, they erected the Moai status as megalithic scarecrows to deter her, and presumably other Titans as well.
When Scylla was awakened by Monster Zero in 2019, she erupted from beneath Monarch Outpost 55 and made her way to Arizona's capital Phoenix, where she rampaged through the city. She was pacified by the ORCA device's activation in Boston, and was among the few Titans present to witness Godzilla become the new Alpha, bowing down to him as he roared into the sky.
Between this and her next known sighting, Scylla enjoyed a deal of popularity among humanity once Monarch's record of her went public, even becoming a trending topic on social media platform Twitter once her Greek origins were confirmed.
(Pictured above: Artistic rendition of Scylla engaging the United States Coast Guard and Godzilla over possession of a nuclear warhead, circa. 2020)
Around the end of 2020, Scylla appeared off the coast of Savannah, Georgia in search of food. Her hunger led her to a discarded nuclear warhead, which she fought with the US Coast Guard for possession of. Godzilla arrived shortly after and successfully drove Scylla away after a short brawl. She then made her way to a frozen lake at the tip of South America, claiming it as her new territory. Like with all other Titans, Scylla then returned to dormancy, seemingly under Godzilla's instruction.
She did not stay dormant, however. In 2027, Scylla was lured to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India by a reactor beacon created by Skull Island trophy hunter Raymond Martin, who (as Monarch later discovered) wanted to use her to occupy Godzilla's attention so he could proceed with his plans for Hollow Earth. After feeding on the radiation there, she would travel to other locations around the world and feed there, Godzilla always one step behind her.
Scylla attacked the United Kingdom Nuclear Labs in Preston and the Aviano Air Base in Italy, feasting off whatever she could find. Her ravenous feeding had caused her to cease cooling the planet's oceans, and Monarch instead found that she was heating the areas she attacked, causing damage to the ozone layer. After an attempted trap by Monarch failed, she was finally cornered by Godzilla in Rome and killed by a point-blank blast of his atomic breath following a short skirmish.
(Pictured above: An X-Ray scan of Scylla, part of a compiled bioacoustic database Monarch has on all Titans, circa. 2019)
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And there you go! While Scylla's passing means we may not be able to learn more about her, unless new data is found or another of her species emerge in the future, we do take some pride in knowing some people out there came to embrace Scylla, rather than fear her as most would.
Until next time,
Monarch: After Dark
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Saw Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire yesterday.
Excellent Film, highly recommended; minor nitpicks on details of scale in some stills, wish it had a slightly longer running time, very disappointed that Scylla and Tiamat were killed off so quickly, hopefully they’ll correct this mistake in future films.
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