Multiverse Character Reactions to Godzilla
A/N: Consider this a brief, short break from the lore building of the TitanwatchVerse in that I will eventually get to an Overwatch Mothra one-shot which is my end goal for that universe. Nonetheless, I thought this might be a fun exercise to explore the perspectives and thoughts of the characters of their respective universes should Godzilla somehow be transported into them and cause a major ruckus with the good old city-smashing antics and spitting nuclear halitosis that have made the Monster King endearing to his fans and a bane of existence to his enemies for generations.
Synopsis: When Godzilla was resting in the very ancient Atlantean ruins that spoke of a long lost time in prehistory when man and Titan once coexisted in peaceful harmony, the ground split open with the resulting energy transforming into a portal that was created by the resurgent energies of an alien world in another dimension that once had an extraterrestrial civilization that is now extinct for reasons unknown. The still slumbering Godzilla was sucked into the portal and in there, he further mutated, growing more powerful and larger with three rows of spikier and bigger, wicked looking dorsal plates from absorbing huge amounts of cosmic radiation of the inter-dimensional portals connecting from his universe to the next. Once he has exited onto the other side of the portal into another universe different from his own, he would wake up very irate and confused, immediately sensing that the world he woke up to is not even his own anymore. Not helping him was the influx of the cosmic power that is now slowly corrupting him into a more destructive and aggressive monster. The angrier King of the Monsters would rampage about while exploring new universes while uncaringly disrupting the universe's timeline and history in the process.
GODZILLA
First Sighting:
Pacific Ocean, 1954
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Godzillasaurus rex
Monarch Classification:
Gojira/Godzilla
Nickname(s):
King of the Monsters
Atomic Dragon of the Pacific
The Ultimate Apex Predator
The Dragon Guardian of Odo Island
God of Destruction
Giant Lizard Beast
Big Guy
Big G
G-Man
Size:
150 meters (495 feet tall) (formerly)
315 meters (1,155 feet long) (formerly)
199 meters (655 feet tall) (currently)
762 meters (2,500 feet long) (currently)
Weight:
155,000 tons (formerly)
185,000 tons (currently)
Threat Rating:
High to Extreme
Species:
A giant, amphibious, bipedal archosaur-type of reptile with his genetic roots extending back to the Carboniferous Period. Possibly related to the ancestral line leading up to the divergent families of ornithodirans (dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and birds) and crocodylomorphs (crocodiles, phytosaurs, aetosaurs, and raisuchians). Godzilla's species has evolved physical characteristics convergent to other groups of the archosaur family: Having two pillar-like feet with huge toe claws and a thick yet very long, whip-like tail similar to a sauropod, three rows of large jagged, maple-shaped dorsal plates akin to that of a stegosaur, a osteoderm-laden, scaly hide similar to that of a crocodile albeit the armor plates were more tightly packed, and a proportionately small head armed with powerful jaws several times more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex, with the exception of a pair of brawny, powerful arms with hands having four sharp-clawed fingers and an opposable thumb, which allows them to grab on to their prey or surroundings; a trait normally possessed by great apes.
Nature:
Bio-atomic
Behavior:
Protector/Destroyer
Unique Features and Abilities:
His crocodilian-like scales and plates are nearly diamond-hard with some being spikier scutes. This is what makes him extremely impervious to conventional and some of the most powerful superhuman abilities, thus earning him the distinction of being the most destructive unstoppable force of nature in existence.
Equipped with powerful jaws capable of biting through the hide of Anguirus, known for their capability of withstanding a direct hit from a MOAB, a pair of strong arms to grapple and hold on to its opponent, a long whip tail capable of leveling buildings with ease and breaking the bones of other Titans, Godzilla's physical capabilities also allows him to tackle or overpower monsters that are of the same size or larger than him. Other than that, Godzilla's own roar can be heard at least 10 kilometers and can temporarily deafen his opponent, stunning them for a few minutes. This makes Godzilla and his species one of the more strength-oriented Titans.
Godzilla is specifically evolved to absorb and metabolize radiation effectively thanks to his large maple-shaped dorsal, spinal plates that store up excessive nuclear energy for further use in battle or lean times when radiation is less plentiful despite being carnivorous in nature as he had been reported to prey on whales occasionally. It is this adaptation that allowed him and other Gigafauna like him to survive.
Godzilla is able to expel excess radiation in the form of his Atomic Heat Ray, a Chernokov radiation-laden beam of plasma energy, resembling blue fire from his mouth thanks to his own biological nucleo-synthetic organ located between his esophagus and trachea. This attack both burns and poisons his opponents and the environment with deadly radiation, and now it is more potent thanks to the cosmic radiation of the inter-dimensional portals. He has been discovered to possess another ability, which is when he generates and releases the excess radioactive energy via battery-like muscles on his right and left flanks and through the pores existent between his scales as an EMP-like shockwave called 'Nuclear Pulse', which could short out even EMP-protected electronics within a 200 mile radius and inflict devastating stun damage on other Titans. Godzilla, however, prefers to fight up close and personal with his enemies as his brawny physical stature is more than enough to crush them.
And what remains will be torn apart by wickedly hooked claws and teeth. The force generated by his swinging tail is enough to cause shockwaves through the air, and shatter bedrock.
His eyes can be shielded by ghostly white, diamond-hard nictitating membranes that glow blue like his dorsal plates whenever he's about to charge up his Atomic Heat Ray. Most of his senses are attuned to nuclear energies, including a directional sense of smell, and an "aura-sense" similar to radar that may have evolved in response to a variety of flying enemies. He is most maneuverable in water, capable of powered cruising at over 180 knots. His tail generates moving whirlpools that aid in thrusting him forward with minimal effort, like hydraulic turbines.
Due to his amphibious nature, Godzilla possesses gills on each side of his neck that enable him to extract oxygen from the water. On land, his gills become enclosed by flexible armored scales and he will use his lungs to breathe.
Godzilla's bones are believed to be as strong and dense as titanium, steel, and tungsten alloys. It is this astonishing skeletal structure that enabled him to walk on land without collapsing from his own weight.
[Play Godzilla (feat. Serj Tankian) - Bear McCreary]
Gundam Seed Destiny:
PREHISTORIC MONSTER DESTROYS NEW YORK!
ATLANTIC FEDERATION IN DISARRAY!
DEATH TOLL MOUNTING UP TO 5,000,000!
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN ABSOLUTE CHAOS!
TWO-MILLION-YEAR OLD DINOSAUR TAKES HUGE BITE OUT OF BIG APPLE!
MANHATTAN CONTAMINATED BY ATOMIC RADIATION!
CITY TURNED INTO AN APOCALPYTIC SEA OF FIRE!
The following interviews and reactions are held with a host of different individuals. Makers of this documentary do not in any way endorse or condemn the viewpoints of any of these individuals and are strictly neutral concerning all affairs involving the Earth Alliance, ORB, and ZAFT.
ZAFT Chief Commander Kira Yamato:
"There are simply no adequate words to describe the horror that had befallen on New York. I am still trying to comprehend what I… no, we, the people of the ZAFT had just witnessed. It's one thing that if it is a pro-Natural terrorist group, a bunch of dissatisfied, militant Coordinators, or a paramilitary organization trying to plunge the world into war like what the Librarian Works attempted to do. This, however, was something else entirely."
"A prehistoric monster rising from the sea without any indication or warning sign, just stomping onto the bay, and leveling Manhattan to the ground with the power of several nuclear bombs put together. A terrifying and humbling sight to behold, and I've seen a lot of terrible things throughout my time fighting in the Freedom and the Three Ships Alliance. Many innocent lives lost…and for no reason at all other than being at the wrong place at the wrong time when it had unleashed its wrath."
(Sigh)
"Some more, today is Universal Day of Remembrance. The day that we're supposed to commemorate and honor those who had lost their lives in the Bloody Valentine Wars."
"I hope it is not a sign of more tragedies to follow with the appearance of this…dinosaur, or whatever it is. Because I, along with my colleagues and Lacus, my wife, vowed to create and uphold this peace so that nobody, especially our son and daughters, will not have to pick up a sword precisely because of the catastrophic incident like we had just witnessed."
"I don't want to fight after fighting for so long, but if that monster continues to drown the world into bloodshed for the sake of revenge for past grievances, then, like I once said to a dear friend of mine, I will take up my sword and fight so that no one else will have to suffer."
PLANT Chairwoman Lacus Clyne-Yamato:
"To all of the citizens of the PLANT homeland and Earth that are watching this interview, I am keenly aware of the catastrophic event of violence and destruction that have transpired over the eastern coast of the Atlantic Federation. I speak to you not only as the Chairwoman, but personally as a human being. I am very horrified and saddened to witness the apocalyptic destruction of New York and the unexpected bloodshed that has spilled over on the day we were supposed to remember and honor the many lives were lost in past conflicts. Conflicts that were caused by similar unreasonable, horrific tragedies."
"Even though I can only imagine why the creature would react the way it had; perhaps sympathize with how infuriated it probably felt from being out of its place and time. I cannot overlook the fact that it had claimed multitude of innocent lives, denied them forever of the chance to pursue their dreams of happiness and peace in its maddening throes of rage not seen since prehistory. In the process, birthing tragedies and sorrows that have already begun and will happen because of the terrible catastrophe that is its rampage of New York."
"A day that will live in infamy with horrific ramifications for the world that will be felt years to come."
"My heart goes out to all the soldiers down there who have lost the people dear to them and the countless families broken apart by this travesty. I have heard your prayers and your cries, and I mourn with you as do our people for some of us have also lost their families and loved ones to this vengeful monster that has turned Manhattan into a sea of fire. As a result, I, Lacus Clyne, Chairwoman of PLANT, will pursue a course of action against the atomic dinosaur who has splintered the concord that was meant to last as long as humanity exists with nothing but ferocious contempt for man in its heart."
Chief Representative of the United Emirates of ORB, Cagalli Yula Attha-Zala:
"I was truly at a loss of words when I saw this happen on the news, and I am frankly still speechless. No amount of words can truly describe the overwhelming sadness and the equally overwhelming hot rage of the Lioness that roared from within me from seeing countless innocents destroyed so heartlessly in New York under the dinosaur's tyrannical claws. This is monstrous aggression at its worst both literally and figuratively!"
"What creature on Haumea's green Earth has the ability to breath out Chernokov blue fire to decimate cities like a dragon slithering from some dark fairy tale?"
"I will never condone this unforgivable display of violence and hell inflicted upon an entire nation… an entire city filled with people that have done nothing to deserve it! The hell that had ended the true nature of peace in the world. Millions of lives stomped out. Families without homes. Innocent lives torn apart all because this angry, gigantic iguana from the Dinosaur Age happened to be pissed off waking up in the wrong era. I have already announced calling out to the citizens of the world to condemn this senseless act of bestiality and monstrosity."
(Pause)
"You're asking what I would do if that beast landed onto ORB?"
"Then let me ask you this. A rogue elephant comes charging into a pride of lion's territory to wreck the den. Guess what happens to that elephant?"
"The lions will rip it apart until it is either brought down or driven away from their territory! Likewise, ORB will not allow any intruder, even a giant nuclear lizard, to come stomping in without a fight. If that thing ever stomps on to this country's shores, we will be ready to fight it tooth and claw to the very bitter end to protect our people . And I will send that infernal lizard back into the abyss it crawled out of!"
ORB Admiral Athrun Zala:
"It's unbelievable what's happening to the Atlantic Federation after that creature nearly decimated about 70% of New York. And that's not even the saddest part of it."
"What do I mean? Well, to rephrase it, it is the most ironic in a bad way. You see, this is Universal Day of Remembrance. We were supposed to honor the lives that were needlessly lost during both Bloody Valentine Wars. And what happened? New York devastated and millions of good, decent American citizens completely wiped out and more slowly dying from radiation poisoning."
"I wholeheartedly agree with Cagalli because she and I are heavily worried for ORB in light of yesterday's events. You can talk to the ministers and ask the citizens. It's safe to say that most will tell you something similar in the regard of how they feel about an atomic mutant dinosaur swimming up to ORB and razing this island nation to the ground."
"We're already in talks with the PLANT officials and other representatives of other nations like the Atlantic Federation and the Republic of East Asia; particularly concerns regarding the fortification of coastal cities, including islands, deemed vulnerable to being attacked by this monster. That's as far as I can provide."
"ORB is still neutral and that will not change. However, that's not the point. The point is that as long this atomic prehistoric beast could swim to anywhere at any time, we cannot afford to take any chances. We're going to have to put everything on the table, but before you get any wrong ideas, nuclear bombs are out of the question."
(Pause)
"Why, you ask? If you have seen the tremendous hits it had tanked from being bombarded by the artillery from the Destroy Gundams, you would understand why a nuke would be such a bad idea on many levels. Not to mention we already had enough of nuclear warfare from the two Bloody Valentine Wars and seen enough of the greater devastation they caused more so than the monster itself."
"To answer your other question, just like what the Chief Representative said, I will fight along with every one of my soldiers in ORB to our last breath against that creature should it decide to land on Onogoro. Our duty is to ensure the safety of my country's citizens and I will be damned if I let that reptile step all over me for even an inch."
Captain of the third-generation Minerva-class ship, Ares, Shinn Asuka:
"While I have no love for the Atlantic Federation for all the crimes and horrific shit they have pulled off in the name of preserving their blue beautiful world, it angers me that a lot of good innocent people perished for no good reason other than a giant sea monster being all grumpy and riled up."
"What I would say? (sigh) Listen, I am not really good with words. The best I can think of is pick yourself up to fight back for another day because that's what I had to do when I lost my family in Onogoro in the First Bloody Valentine War. Not something I want to talk about."
"If given the choice, I would've been down there when that happened and New York wouldn't have suffered as much. I would have piloted the Destiny, cut that T. Rex right in the tail and shove it right into his mouth! Ugh...now even thinking about it makes me frustrated at how things could have turned out differently!"
Captain of the third-generation Minerva-class ship, Athena, Lunamaria Hawke-Asuka:
"When I watched the entirety of New York's destruction by that dinosaur unfold, I was honestly frightened. I didn't look like that on the outside in front of the crew, but I was internally because I kept thinking that could have been me and everyone else, the Chairwoman, Chief Commander, Meyrin, my children, and Shinn. That could have been us that suffered from that monster that day as crazy as it sounds when we're up in space."
"Don't get me wrong! We have the technology and the mobile suits to put a stop to that thing's tracks if planned and executed right, but..."
(Lunamaria drank some water from glass cup.)
"...this is not like an army of mobile suits or some giant mobile armor that at least, we have something familiar to work with. This is literally an entirely different beast altogether. And one I don't see being easy to kill, let alone wound it judging on how insanely durable that T. Rex with those Stegosaurus plates was going up against a whole bombardment from EA's mobile suits with even the Destroys thrown in for desperate measure."
"I can only tell you we will just have to work with whatever we have with the best we can until further notice. I know it's not a promising answer, but that's all I can say for now. Besides, I have to check up on our younger son, Hayato, after school soon. It's been a pleasure talking with you, but please excuse me."
ZAFT Strategic Commander, Yzak Joule:
"I would have run circles around an animal that immense and I'd order my men use the buildings to lay traps for it while using guerrilla tactics as to not give the monster any chance to blast them outright. The way those idiots at the Atlantic Federation handled the situation like it's some siege battle from the Bloody Valentine War baffles me to no end!"
"I don't care if those bigwigs in that local chain of command in New York worked their lazy heads off! I like some parts about it like constructing a long wall of giant electric towers across much of the bay as possible to deter it away with enough electric current to fry even a Gundam. That, I will give them some credit for that, but that's not saying much regarding how that shockingly failed. The damned dinosaur incinerated the rest of that defense strategy into ashes afterwards with a lot of people dead and dying in the streets for whatever little good that plan even had to begin with. So poorly thought of and so ill-executed that it makes the Battle of JOSH-A look like a master strategy no matter how screwed up that one was."
"I hope that answers your questions, gentlemen, because I have a lot of paperwork to cover and I am packed in a very tight schedule. Have a good day."
Atlantic Federation President, David Edwards:
"If I had known in the beginning that General Howards would have proven to be such an incompetent, arrogant man, whose only goal was to use his military standing to further his own political aspirations, that created such a half-hearted defense plan for New York that resulted in 70% of the infrastructure being destroyed and five million of our citizens of this once-beautiful city dead, I would have not hired him. Regretfully, I probably should have seen beyond his polished resume and looked more into the merit or lack of thereof his character."
"Still what's done is done and what has happened has transpired."
"I am told by Secretary Stuart that the Department of Defense is placing him under martial court and currently reviewing his track record. We will just have to see how this plays out. I can only wish him luck."
(Pause)
"I am going to go down there and directly speak to the people that have been adversely affected by this catastrophe. This is a disaster our country shouldn't have to experience when we're working hard to help our economy recover from the unmitigated stains that were the two Blood Valentine Wars that my predecessors had so foolishly engaged in. I will make a speech announcing to the people the Atlantic Federation's intentions regarding the very single perpetrator responsible for inflicting such a black eye to the United States, for the deaths of countless innocent men and women, as unbelievable as it is to comprehend."
"I will see you all later in New York!"
The President boards Air Force One.
Mu La Flaga, retired Admiral, ORB Military Fighting Instructor, and father of John, Mary, and Keagan la Flaga:
"I may have been out of the loop for what's going on in the EA for quite some time since mine and Murrue's semi-retirement from military in general, but I can definitely smell a lot of bureaucratic interference in that mess. Yeah, very typical of them to try getting everything according to their machinations not without screwing things up in the process."
"Oh...sorry about me going into old man rambling, but if you have lived enough through war like I have, you're bound to learn to see some things in a certain..."
"How do I put it? Ah, yes! In a certain skeptical light. Look, I know you're not here to listen to politics from the man who can make the impossible possible. You wanna know my thoughts on the dinosaur wrecking down the Big Apple?"
"(sigh) For all of the shady stuff the Earth Alliance did to their own citizens and to me when they brainwashed me into Neo Roanoke when they found me floating unconscious in Jachin Due, I sympathize for the average-day joes that just want to go about their own business and enjoy life as much as possible only to have something tragic like that atomic dinosaur going on a rampage dropped onto their heads."
(Pause)
"Of course, I feared for our oldest son when we realized that John just happened to be posted in the Earth Alliance base nearby. I knew he could take care of himself with the newest Strike Gundam, but we can't help it as parents, especially Murrue, to worry for him when he's up against something that no one has a clue on what the heck it is."
"Oh I remember spitting out my coffee, the beverage I drink to keep my nerves calm, when that dinosaur spat out fire and John almost got roasted until he forced his Strike Eagle out of harm's way at the last second. I am just glad he managed to hack out the odds for slimly surviving from such a monstrous disaster. Like I said to him, 'The only one who can make the impossible possible is you.'."
Murrue Ramius-La Flaga, retired Captain of the Archangel, and mother of John, Mary, and Keagan la Flaga:
"I almost had a heart attack seeing John, our oldest son who pilots the Strike Eagle, nearly burned into crisp when he got too close to the dinosaur when it breathed out some kind of plasma heat ray. I was at the supermarket in Onogoro along with Mary and our grandchildren, Adrian and Sayla, as we were finished buying groceries at the time when we saw live feed on the big holographic screen just outside."
"I would have fainted right there and then if it weren't for my daughter, but that was the least of my worries. I remember coming home so worried to death that Mu thought I was a vampire. Not that I could blame him as I lost so much color just from the shock of it all and how I thought I almost lost my son the same way I thought I had lost my husband."
"I was more than happy that he survived the devastating loss of New York, but..."
(Drinking her tea before setting her teacup down)
"...he had lost his wing mates, the best friends that were like brothers to him like Keagan is to him biologically. To see him so disconsolate reminded me of how downtrodden and shaken I was from the first time seeing many of my friends that I had known for so long die at once from a ZAFT-conducted raid. I just hope he has the strength to pull through such a trauma of seeing his friends die on the battlefield right in front of him."
Kuzzey Buskirk:
"I am more concerned with where the hell that giant superpowered T. rex popped out from. I mean, nothing ever surfaces into existence just out from the middle of the nowhere in the ocean. It had to come from somewhere. Some place of origin where it grew up away from human eyes, right?"
Sai Argyle:
"What is even more fascinating to me is how could a dinosaur that is bipedal, clearly meat-eating, and bigger than a four-story building function on land, let alone walk without collapsing from its own mass and weight with the forces of gravity taken into consideration? And I know that's surprising considering the world we live in, but let's be real, that'd be a scientific question physicists and biologists would certainly have a field day or two trying to answer that question regarding our reptilian mystery monster."
Miriallia Haw-Elsman, freelance journalist:
"I have seen and taken pictures for a lot of unusual and terrifying things across the world as a journalist. But... what happened in New York and the appearance of a giant bipedal dinosaur that can breathe fire, tank barrage after barrage like they were mosquito bites, topple and crush buildings as if they were nothing, and is bigger than a five-story skyscraper?"
(Pause)
"It's as if the laws of physics decided to go on vacation or something."
Ledonir Kisaka, father of Hammond Kisaka, retired co-captain of the Kusanagi:
"I have nothing else to say other than I have great confidence that Chief Representative Attha and Admiral Zala will do whatever it takes to protect ORB from this new, unexpected scourge of the abyss."
Andrew Waltfeld, father of Jackson Waltfeld, and retired veteran:
"I know an alpha predator when I see one. That dinosaur certainly has that gleam and aura around him that screams "I am the alpha, mess with me and you will die!" kind of look and...probably much more. It's hard to tell from the footage, but when I take a second and a third look at that T. Rex's face, it's like I am seeing some spark of the divine in those angry, yet noble eyes."
Hilda Harken, Mars Simeon, and Herbert von Reinhard, personal elite bodyguards of Chairwoman Lacus Clyne-Yamato and pilots of the ZGMF-XX09T DOM Trooper:
Hilda: "Hah! As if I would allow myself to be intimidated by an irradiated prehistoric leftover from some ancient bygone era of pea-brained dinosaurs."
Mars: "Let me tell you, son. That mammoth T. Rex would probably not stand a chance against our Jet Stream Attack."
Herbert: "And you can bet twenty bucks that lizard will rendered extinct by the time we're done hunting it down the next time it stomps into a major city even if it had a second brain in its butt to compensate for its dismally small brain in the head."
End of Part 1