I said their powers because the Shobijin themselves have already been introduced in the KOTM, Doctor Chen and Doctor Ling, all they need to do now is give them telepathy powers that allow them to communicate with titans. Not only them but to other human characters, the heisei era had the "T-project" which was about training kids to use their powers to control Godzilla. And btw, don't forget the credits of KOTM mentions humans mind controlling titans and using them for war, in future installments they should show that on screen. Imagine if we could have human characters that speak for the titans, just like the old days when Mothra's fairies told the humans what were her intentions. Imagine a scene where the two sisters speak for Godzilla , maybe they could do some Independence Day stuff and have Godzilla speak through them, IDK. As for the origin of the powers, maybe it could be exposure to the blue energy of Hollow Earth.
I've seen other people giving their ideas for KfaD contestants, so I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring.
Flying in from Infant Island, it's Mothra! Despite grumbling about her being "too big", the Queen of the Monsters (with her fairy companions) has joined the tournament, where she will protect not only the Earth, but your ears with some monstrous rips!
RIP SOURCES
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Rips related to the Godzilla franchise (both rips from Godzilla games and rips featuring music from Godzilla movies)
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...Or Kaiju in general (Gamera, Ultraman)
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Rips related to Toho movies (Attack on Titan, Detective Pikachu)
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Rips related to insects (Buck Bumble, Mister Mosquito, Bug!)
DUAL RIPS
(Suggested by u/AwesomeGamer101) dual rip with MissingNo. referencing the NES Godzilla Creepypasta
(Suggested by u/SML24_) dual rip with Daft Punk featuring Genesis by Justice
dual rip with Eminem featuring Godzilla (obviously)
(Suggested by u/ichwitoek) dual rip with Rhythm Masters featuring BIG from Parappa 2
Quotes:
Dr. Robotnik:
Vs - The Shobijin: You turn innocent animals into your slaves? How horrible!
Win - The Shobijin: Such disrespect for Nature must be punished!
Donkey Kong:
Vs - Mothra: (Kong? Could this be the heir of Skull Island?)
Win - Mothra: (It appears not. The son of a king would have put up more of a fight.)
I am advancing in years and have been wracking my brain for the quote they say repeatedly
What the hell was it?
Is there any difference other than city DPS? Both offer 1 moonstone every 180 seconds to start, but kilaaks has higher city DPS. Just making sure I'm not missing something.
They're a pretty integral part of Mothra's lore, but also totally inconsistent with the more "realistic" tone of the Legendary movies.
Personally, I think they could work if they were made into normal human priestesses of the Mothra-worshipping cult/civilization. Rather than possessing magic powers, their value would be in the knowledge of Mothra (And possibly other Kaiju) passed down to them by their ancestors, and they would be able to interpret her bioluminescence to determine whether she's angry/afraid/etc.
She'll probably have a strong connection to Mothra, and possibly a lesser one with Godzilla.
Mothra probably dies in KotM, she usually does actually, and is replaced or reborn. That's why she usually starts movies in caterpillar form.
If you don't know who the Shobijin are, they are the two tiny twin fairy characters that usually appear with Mothra in the Japanese produced movies.
They tie in culturally with pop idols and the Japanese concept of priestesses, and use singing to communicate with Mothra.
The Shobijin are a bit too weird for western audiences. They are extremely Asian in nature and would be seen as rather silly even in a Kaiju movie.
However, a girl with psychic powers is somewhat more acceptable in the west. We see hints of this in the trailers, but it's never confirmed.
She isn't likely going to be able to actually control any of the Kaiju. The Shobijin didn't either really and I think it will be much the same here without the musical element.
She'll act more as an intermediary between the humans and some of the ones more willing to listen. Mothra probably being the one most willing to pay her any attention.
Having her be psychic and able to communicate to a limited extent with the Kaiju would be a nice intermediary between the Asian weirdness of the Shobijin and what western audiences are willing to suspend disbelief for.
Having such a young actress in the role also fits with the tropes in Japanese Kaiju movies, as many of them feature young children in prominent roles. So I think it's a combination of that and the Shobijin that led to her part in the movie.
I think this is what they are going for with Millie Brown's character in the movie. It's probably why Vera Farmiga's character seems so interested in her in the trailers. She's trying to use her and her powers to meet her ends.
It's a way to still pay tribute to the origins of the movies, particularly the more campy and silly era, but still keep things grounded enough to take somewhat seriously for western audiences.
After reading an article with a vaguely similar theory, the idea came to me: What if this modern retelling of Mothra's "shobijin twins" are Millie Bobby Brown's character...and her missing/deceased brother?
The trailer clearly portrays some importance to the family unit in the film, with a couple shots of Millie's character longingly touching a family photo, especially near the unnamed boy. We don't know much else, except that Millie [might] have a connection to Mothra.
Family ties played a significant role in the human characters of the first film (even if the human characters were an insignificant focus), and the wife/mother figure's death was a looming motivator for the Brody family's estrangement, and Bryan Cranston's obsession with the power plant incident.
Could there be a similar backstory here, but with a deeper purpose?
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
Theyβre on standbi
Pilot on me!!
It really does, I swear!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
