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chriscdcase95 · 11 months

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GOT/Godzilla: “Dragons & Monsters” World Building.

So I'm once again talking about unwritten fics I've been revisiting. Since it’s unlikely I’ll be able to write these stories entirely, I thought I’d at least share posts about them.

This time, I’m writing about Dragons & Monsters - a Godzilla AU/Canon Divergence of Game of Thrones, from season six onwards (and splintering a little from season four). As you can guess, the idea here is “What happens when Westeros has an invasion of Kaiju/Titans on their hands, on top of the Army of the Dead ?”

Having already written a layout for the story (which you can read here), today I decided to revisit it for some world building. Here's what I've been writing down for this AU. To start things off, here's the Canon Divergences...y’know besides “Godzilla exists.”

Ygritte survives Castle Black, slowly reconnecting with Jon over the altered versions of seasons five and six; by the time Jon and Sansa retake Winterfell, Ygritte is pregnant with Jon’s child. Margaery and Loras escape Kings Landing, and hide in the North, under the Stark’s protection.

Bran doesn't fully become the Three Eyed Raven; their “transfer” is interrupted, causing Bran to “flicker” back and forth. When Jon is made King of the North, he ends up sending Sansa and Margaery to Dragonstone on his behalf, with Margaery and Olenna helping bridge the Starks and Targaryens together.

As King, Jon makes controversial decisions regarding Wildlings, putting him at odds with the Northern Lords. Particularly, marrying Ygritte when she becomes pregnant to avoid having a bastard, thereby making Ygritte Queen Regent (for which, she’s a fish out of water). The main pairings include Sansaery, Jongritte and Breera. Daesansaery is teased throughout the latter half. Several events from season seven and eight remain the same, albeit with different contexts; Jon leading an expedition to capture a Wight; Sansa becoming Queen of the North; Jon abdicating his throne and settling in with the Wildlings. Kings Landing still burns.

That covers the human subplots. Now let's talk monsters!

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1. In this timeline, there were multiple specimens of Godzilla's species...key word, were. Thought by the people of Westeros and Essos as a type of sea dragon, two specimens were referred to as “Gojira” by the people of Valyria and Essos.

When word reaches Westeros, the First Men and the Andals would Romanize the name “Godzilla”.

Story goes that the Doom of Valyria was brought about by Gojira; that Old Valyria’s practices in blood magic and other abominations brought “A great fire that burned the world and poisoned what was left”.

It’s believed the habitat of these sea dragons and “creatures from the World Beneath” was destroyed by Valyria’s practices. In turn, a scarred and vengeful Gojira would lay waste to Old Valyria, and nothing they’d throw could stop him. To many, the Doom was this divine judgement, punishing Valyria for its practices and hubris.

After the Doom, Gojira would continue to scourge Valyrian settlements across Essos and Westeros. During Aegon’s conquest, a Valyrian/Yi Ti “sorcerer” would create something (believed to be a spell or substance/chemical) that could kill Gojira.

Gojira as he slept in the sea beyond the wall, but the “sorcerer” would kill himself and destroy all information on his creation, believing it was a power too destructive to be kept in human hands. For centuries, Gojira’s body would rest at the bottom of the frozen sea, thought to be the last of his kind… Then about a century later, a second specimen would resurface. Christened as “Gojira/Godzilla II”, it was believed he is a surviving offspring of the one who doomed Valyria. Later he would just be called “Godzilla” to simplify things.

This Godzilla is said to have visited Westeros at different points in the Dance of Dragons, and the years leading up to it. Though the details are murky and were omitted from the history books (prequel bait). It was during the Dance that Godzilla's visits became more aggressive and destructive.

Many believed that like his supposed father, this Godzilla sought to destroy the last of the Valyrians, or punish one side for some atrocity or blasphemy. This could be chalked up to zealots projecting their views onto Godzilla, as it’s said he was usually aloof, but would attack armies and dragons on both sides without distinction. It’s said that both Aemond and Daemon Targaryen had this Ahab-like fixation on Godzilla, and both wanted to slay him as a show of power and pride. There are some who believed that Godzilla was a third party in “The Battle Above The God’s Eye”.

Whatever this Godzilla's reasons, he would depart to the sea following Rhaenrya's death, but would return a century or so later, when Cersei was plotting to destroy the Sept.

Godzilla would make landfall in King's Landing the day of her intended trial, leaving destruction in his wake. In the confusion, Margaery and Loras Tyrell successfully escape Kings Landing (albeit, not unscathed) and are thought dead by the Kingdom. 3. There is also a third specimen of the Godzilla species, a Hatchling that is born and grows over D&M. The Hatchling is believed to be another surviving offspring of the “original” Gojira, born from a dormant egg near the Wall.

During the Battle of Castle Black, this egg would hatch, and the Hatchling would be drawn to the battle, only to burrow under/through the wall in a moment of panic. It's appearance ultimately cut the battle short, and is the reason Yigritte survives in this AU, but is captured with the rest of her people.

The Hatchling would be loose in the North for about a year, keeping to itself besides experimentally eating trees and livestock. The Hatchling was also reported as observing Stannis Baratheon’s camps from a distance, but would flee when approached.

Ramsay Snow would lead hunting parties for the Hatchling; while their weapons would do little serious harm to it, Ramsay got a kick in terrorizing the Hatchling. The Hatchling also witnessed at least two of Ramsay's women hunting “games”, which explains the following encounter.

When Sansa and Theon escape Ramsay, and meet Brienne and Pod, they encounter the Hatchling, who would devour Ramsay's dogs as they corner Sansa. At this point, the Hatchling can still be considered an infant, but has grown enough to defend itself and retaliate...and smart enough to recognize others.

The minute it heard Ramsay's hounds, and saw the men with Bolton's banners, chasing down Sansa and Theon ? It was on sight!

Sansa and Theon, having heard Ramsay bragging about tormenting the Hatchling, end up empathizing with the creature, and would removes spears that hunting parties injured it with, and while the Hatchling fixates on Sansa, it departs without further incident.

The Hatchling, having grown a little bigger, would later appear during the Battle of the Bastards, seemingly fixated on Ramsay's army, attacking them head on and picking off stragglers after Ramsay is beaten. It is by this point, the adult Godzilla would sense the Hatchling's presence and would soon make landfall in King's Landing.

From there, the Hatchling continues wandering the North, but stays close to Winterfell. When Jon is named King, the subject of what to do about the Hatchling often comes up with the Northern lords. Though it usually takes a back seat to more “pressing” matters, such as Jon allowing Wildlings into the North, marrying and fathering a child with a Wildling, and Sansa (and Margaery) brokering with Daenerys.

The Hatchling itself would have passive encounters with the Stark's, mainly Sansa, who develops this near motherly affection for it. It would follow Sansa and Margaery's ships to Dragonstone, where it makes landfall (to everyone's absolute chagrin), and would follow Jon's wight hunt.

During it's ventures, the Hatchling would encounter the adult Godzilla, and while initially afraid, would soon bond and depart with the adult...That is until the Long Night.

3. Besides Godzilla, we got other monsters in the pantheon. Dragons & Monsters would also feature Anguirus, Baragon and Varan. Their nature and origins are unknown to the Westerosi people. Old Valryian iconography depicts them as being from “The World Beneath”.

The more superstitious regard them as "Guardian Monsters" sent to punish and protect the world from mankind's hubris. These beliefs are not taken seriously in the present day. In Westeros, Baragon is nicknamed “The Rose Dragon”; his name being a portmanteau of “Dragon” and "Bara", the Japanese word for “Rose”.

Both Baragon and Varan are portrayed as animalistic: acting out of instinct, claiming territory and hunting prey as such. It just so happens they picked Westeros as their territory, while the Hatchling is their apparent prey.

Like the adult Godzilla, the Hatchling’s presence is what drove them to Westeros in the first place Anguirus is another story; thought to be the last of it's species, Anguirus sleeps beyond the wall, not too far off from the Three Eyed Raven’s cave.

During his time there, Brynden Rivers would use warging to keep Anguirus in a hibernation state, only awakening him when the Army of the Dead finally reached his cave (this timelines version of “The Door”). Despite Anguirus’ interference, Bran is awoken before Brynden could fully transfer his power, and Willis still ends up having to hold the door.

When Anguirus is portrayed as only ever attacks others in defense. It's unclear if Anguirus is naturally docile or if Rivers inadvertently tamed him through warging, but when loose onto Westeros, he normally avoids human settlements.

Most destruction he causes is accidental. Angurius would have encounters with Godzilla, before “befriending” him (for lack of a better word). The two soon would attack Euron Greyjoy’s fleet, obliviously killing Euron himself. Of these monsters, Baragon and Varan are fighting fodder for the adult Godzilla, and to include more monster action amidst the Targaryen/Lannister war. But who is the top threat ? 4. When Jon leads an expedition to capture a "live" wight, they are followed by both the Hatchling, and in turn, the adult Godzilla. Despite/because of their interference, things go south pretty fast.

But in the confusion, the frozen remains of the “original” Gojira are found in the sea After Daenerys' rescues the expedition, the Night King not only claims Viserion, but gets the bright idea to resurrect Gojira as a wight. Unlike other wights, it's implied a bit of Gojira's consciousness is in the passenger seat, and even more vengeful and angry than he was in life.

Sensing something is up, the now adolescent Hatchling returns to the North, along with Godzilla and Angurius. Unlike the more aloof Godzilla, the Hatchling still has his attachment to humans (especially Sansa), while Godzilla and Angurius are just trying to clean up this mess. Though Godzilla is also protecting the Hatchling.

During this version of “The Long Night”, the three monsters step in and quickly turn the tides against the Army of the Dead, even forcing the Night King back down... or so they thought. In truth, the Night King was calling upon the Wight!Gojira, which overpowers the exhausted Godzilla and Angirus, and drives off the Hatchling.

The survivors of the battle are forced to flee the North, eventually reaching Kings Landing. Throughout, the Wight!Gojira would lay waste to Westeros, with the Night King and his army in tow. During one encounter, the Wight would kill Angiurus at sea, and would soon reach King's Landing after Daenerys, the Starks and their allies are forced to conquer it.

The climax of D&M would be a battle with the dead, with non combatants trying to flee by boat. The adult Godzilla and the Hatchling would turn up and face Wight!Gojira, who would mortally wound the adult, but would soon be destroyed by an empowered Hatchling through three nuclear pulses.

With both the Night King and Wight!Gojira slain, King's Landing is ultimately destroyed, and the survivors barely manage to escape the worst of it.

While the adult Godzilla dies, the Hatchling would depart to the sea after giving his regards to his mother, Sansa the survivors. A time skip would reveal that the Hatchling would eventually become the Godzilla of a modern seeming era.

5. Even if they don't appear in this story, here's other monsters I had in mind. There is an island off Yi-Ti which tells of a demigoddess/nature spirit, which is depicted through butterfly and moth iconography.

Some describe encounters of giant spider or mantis-like creatures, reported to reach the height of small castles. There are others that tell of beetle-like creatures that rival the heights of the ”sea dragons”. Some are known to fly, others to crawl.

No one presently believes these creatures exist; when the locals are asked where these beings are, the answer is said to be “Sleeping, waiting to be born.”

There is also an island, resting between Essos and Sothyros. The island is surrounded by a perpetual fog and storm.Two known voyages were known to visit the Island and live to tell about it; describing the island's largest mountain, carved in the shape of a skull, not by the people living there, but “the apes” whose size range from “large houses to small castles”.

Besides the apes, the islanders are said to live under all sorts of creatures and megafauna; notably including krakens; horse-sized bugs and worrms; “lizard snakes”; and “lesser dragons”.

These “Lesser dragons” refer to creatures that died out before mankind was born, though it's believed dragons are their living descendants. Multiple species are said to have existed, and their bones are sometimes found across the known world. But this “Skull Island” is said to have living specimens.

Yeah...they're dinosaurs.

Other monsters I considered include Gigan, despite/because of how out of place he'd be in this setting. And yes, Gigan would 100% remain an alien cyborg, just to embrace the weird. Biollante was also considered in connection to Margaery and House Tyrell...but I scrapped that idea. Bagan is also jokingly mentioned. For those who don't know, Bagan was a monster with multiple planned but scrapped appearances in Godzilla's Heisei era. While there are variations in his concepts, Bagan's “canon” backstory describes him as a “demonic dragon god”.

Anyways, the joke is that Bagan apparently appeared in Westeros during Rhaenerya's lifetime, but nothing was written of this encounter beyond that passing mention. 6. And now, we have Ghidorah.

I wanted to feature this eldritch dragon in Dragons & Monsters itself, but couldn’t find a spot for him beyond an epilogue cameo. Towards the end, Bran has a flash-forward into the far future; not only revealing the Hatchling becomes the Godzilla of a modern age, but he would be facing down a three–headed dragon in a burning city.

This vision of the future is brought about when Bran and Meera glimpse what appears to be a golden shooting star landing far off the horizon, indicating that Westeros will have Ghidorah on their hands in the near future.

Besides the sequel hook, here’s some of what I have in mind for this AU’s Ghidorah. Its unclear whether Ghidorah is just now coming to this world, or if he did in the past, but implied that Old Valyria at least knew of him or predicted him. The three headed dragon sigil of House Targaryen was not a coincidence. If you dig deep enough you’ll find a fifteenth god in the Valyrian pantheon; the god of the void and lord of the abyss. There’s some who believe that Balerion, the god of death, may be an appropriation of Ghidorah. Others believe Ghidorah was their top god.

Anyone who heard of Ghidorah may see him as this Satan or Demiurge-like figure, but to Old Valyria, he was a being to live up to. Valyria was ultimately made in Ghidorah’s image, especially their practices in blood magic. It is said the first dragons were born from the blood of this god, and that same blood is what gave the Valyrians their power. And it flows in the beings of every Targaryen and their descendants.

And it was through this, the values of Old Valyria were instilled; conquest, destruction to those they can’t rule, and the belief that they were closer to the gods. The “purer” the Valyrian Blood, the closer they are to Ghidorah. Supposedly, there was a time where Ghidorah was called upon. It was said the Valyrians called upon a great power from the stars; that same power that devastated the World Below, killing many of its creatures, and left Gojira scared and vengeful. The sole illustration of this event depicts a fiery “storm cloud” engulfing the land.

The cloud is curiously shaped like a mushroom. The “lighting” from this cloud resembles three golden-horned serpents. Following the Doom, many doubted the actual existence of Ghidorah, preferring to see him as a symbol of Valyria’s pride and power, or their hubris to the non believers. Whether you believe Ghidorah is a genuine deity or no, the fact remains that a three headed golden dragon came from the stars, will be paying Westeros a visit in the near future, and will apparently live well into a modern era….

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HE'S SO OBSESSED WITH ME, AND BOY I UNDERSTAND

☾♔; June 8, 2022 ☾♔; 6:32pm ☾♔; sotd: River - Ochman ☾♔; cotd: Kamala Khan ☾♔; Boyfriend Material ☾♔; High Fashion Layout (I Guess)

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: yeah, the title is a lie, I'm the one who's obsessed. lyrics from Taylor's "I Think He knows"

literally had to make a fucking template in photoshop, and it still took forever! at least this set is better than the celene and andreas one. yikes.

side note, this form was such a fun dive, because I never really think about what my characters want in like a romantic partner, or even a friend, I sort of design them to be what I like in relationship dynamics and think how they should be. so this was fun to try and expand my thinking.

𝗕𝗢𝗬𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜: 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗘 urstyle.fashion/contest/5974-introduce-your-couple

𝗬𝗢𝗨

𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘: Alexis de Angelis

𝗔𝗚𝗘: 26

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: a song of ice and fire, daenerys targaryen, dragons, winter, blizzards, maple syrup, the raptors (go raptors go), tolkien, dostoyevsky, tolstoy, history, cities, cars, driving, astronomy, space, the moon, disney, lilo & stitch, anime (big time nerd), sci-fi, fantasy, EUROVISION, peonies, rose gold, blue, pink, purple, sailor moon, the mandalorian and ONLY the mandalorian, the rest of star wars does not exist.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: americans, anti-dany's, stansa's (not sansa stark, but her psycho fans), game of thrones, conservatives, quebec, instagram/tiktok (aka influencers, urg, the scourge of the earth), woods, "nature" (she's glad it exists, she just doesn't want to be in it), bugs, slow internet, the goddamn patriarchy, and the fucking TTC.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: a wife guy, if you're not obsessed with your partner you're doing it wrong. aside from that, someone... dreamy and enchanting, not a literal like fairy prince, but someone who makes the rest of the world invisible from just their presence alone. someone with a good heart, nice hair (jk, mostly), someone who will be there, no matter what, and who will always show up. she's prefers and honestly just needs someone mature and put together, at the very least someone who can stay calm and rational so that she can do the freaking out and the yelling.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: an american. lmfao, can you imagine? that'd be a fucking nightmare (yeah, that's more clara than her oc's, but also all my oc's, we all hate america together). apart from clara's anti-american bias, someone who mansplains. there's being explainary, and then there's acting like the authority on a subject the other person has a fucking degree in, shut the fuck up. someone who is disloyal, gaslights, and is a fucking dick. being a bitch on it's own is fine, fun even, but to your friends, family, the people you're supposed to care about? you don't fuck them over, that's how relationships work. don't be a douchebag, that's why you're alone and no one likes you.

also, anyone who says bullshit like "girls don't like me because I'm a nerd and don't look like thor," no, girls don't like you because an asshole. and newsflash, only one person looks like thor, thor! idiots.

𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡��𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥

𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘: Sebastian Piper

𝗔𝗚𝗘: 31

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: coffee, cooking, history, magic, taylor swift (don't lie, she makes everyone feel things and there is no shame about it), tv shows about witches and magic (they're kinda funny and he's definitely not totally actually obsessed with the original charmed - he very much is), reading, wikipedia deep dives, mythology, autumn, halloween, monster movies, godzilla, carrie, stephen king, britney spears, kafka, kazka

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: summer, mornings, kale, clients (god, they're the worst), annoying people (no, he will not spell out what he finds annoying, good luck to you), his little sister's mean streak (she was so nice when she was little and now she's so mean, and he's so shocked about it, like she didn't pick up that bitch ass behaviour from him), "rare" meat (it's literally just uncooked, you freaks), america

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: he thinks he doesn't have a type, but it's definitely the type of woman who could kick his ass, and kick your ass. an "in love with your carnage" boy.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: an insufferable know-it-all, and someone too gossipy, like, tv mean girls who make their whole personality about shit talking, that's so boring, you have nothing else to do with your life? delusionally self-centred people, the world revolves around the sun, not you, get some damn perspective.

#urstyle #high fashion layout #I guess #mine #boyfriend material (ocbg)#la paura del buio (rp)#alexis de angelis #sebastian piper #contest entry #jcb cinematic universe

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