#post-gorath

[connorricks]

POST-GORATH SHOCKIRUS

Mentioned this fellow back in that Post-Gorath Toho World map. Upon a flooded Earth that was nearly destroyed by the rogue star Gorath, one of Godzilla's skin parasites is possessed by Yog the Space Amoeba and grows to colossal size. What is Yog's plan? And how was Red Bamboo able to cut a deal with it? What did they offer it?

Also liked the idea of combining Showa and Heisei sensibilities. The Space Amoeba monsters are as Showa as you can get, and what's more Heisei than Shockirus? I became a Godzilla fan back in 2001 or so, back when it was only those two seemingly diametrically opposed eras (and Godzilla 2000). But that didn't stop people from mixing them together anyways into a interesting little hoodsie of a universe.

[connorricks]

I completely forgot I set the Post-Gorath map in 2024 until just now. Honestly I don't really remember why, I think because Final Wars was the last film to mention Gorath, and then set twenty years later.

[connorricks]

That post-Gorath setting packs some glorious worldbuilding, albeit 'building' ain't the best choice of words. Some dubious observations: (1) Battra needs Zilla-season backup yesterday; (2) ditto for Dagarah, as its sea stars were never bioengineered for pollution with a Hedorah's moxie; (3) warped climax proposal for the (Mecha)G-War: Kiryu Squad, absorbing a near-meltdown Godzilla's excess juice, wind up 'rejecting' their cybernetic bits for a fresh lease on life. Hail to the new Royal Clan.

Thanks!

I can image there’s a squad of ’Lizard Slayer’ mechs at work in the US protecting the inland communities from the more aggressive and intrusive Zillas. And possibly from DRAGMAs as well. Considering that three of these mechs were unable to defeat one Zilla in Godzilla: The Series, I can’t imagine their success rate being very high. Still, the engineers diligently reassemble the robots out of both new and partially destroyed parts and send them back out, driven by pilots trying their best.

Dagahra is on its own, though. There’s no Mothra Leo to magic away all the pollution at that point. Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Dagahra became Rainbow Dagahra or Armor Dagahra somehow?

As for the Mechagodzillas, while all three of them reviving is an interesting prospect (especially if you take into account they may not all be on the same side), I was thinking along the lines of that old “Godzilla vs. Berserk” concept. Basically one Mechagodzilla develops a virus or partially revives and becomes a hulking mass of assimilated machinery and regrown organic matter.