No give me more. I want more Ghidorah Headcanons
Weeeell lets see, this one is more about their general dealing with love/attraction? I'm not gonna mention an specific kaiju/mecha/whatever but I will write it from my standpoint as a ✨ Rodorah gremlin ✨
"Love??? what love!? we just reeeeeeally like this one stupid thingy, like... it's no big deal BUT DON'T YOU DARE TAKE IT AWAY FROM US"
They have 0 experience when it comes to actual relationships, and may have been somewhat in love a couple of times in the past but where way too proud, too cowardly, too stupid and too anxious to let those feelings grow. Then, one day the love nation attacked for real and Ghidorah's live along side their pride and everything they stand for went down the drainage~
My favorite scenario so far is that they meet their partner as yet another victim of one of their many conquests: they're breaking sh*t somewhere and suddenly this strange, unusual and pretty curious thingy comes into view. Most probable scenario: they yoink it after it looses it's battle with them (but I also like the archenemies to lovers scenario, where they constantly pick fights as an excuse to see and touch their love interest~ it works better for certain ships).
They're now in possession of one (or more, depends on the ship) ✨critter✨ and they will try and act like this thingy is just another fleeting entertainment for them (they're dragon-like after all, sometimes it feels nice to hoard stuff). However, as time goes by, the three brothers ―individually and in secret― start to feel more and more draw and attached to their prisoner/minion/servant/toy/whatever and will act ridiculous from a villain's perspective. Ghido will get overly defensive and protective of their creature, all the while they're still trying to pretend is just a normal boss-minion or master-property thingy (.... it's not, they're down bad for it). The're pretty good and being delusional, so it's only a matter of time for them to start making any short of absurd excuse to justify their maddening love interest in this new toy.
May even sideline their main quest as world-ending war machine, since all they want to do now is to play with this new amusing entity.
Adobe it all, their first sign of showing love for something will be the fact that they're:
They will die before admitting it of course, not even in a million eons, but is so fucking obvious it would be hilarious if they're weren't a mass extinction event with paws. Also, they will get jealous over the most unexpended and trivial things ever, which is even more annoying. Even more, they're usually jealous of each other... it's sooo fun dating an literal hydra with trust issues among it's own heads~ Ghidorah just doesn't know how to express love at the beginning (they don't even understand that they're in love) so, all they do is voice, very loudly, how much anger and distress they feel when their thingy is not with them, or does not pay them enough attention. It will be pretty messy if a third party dares to point out just how much they're attached to their creature, never in their lives have they feel so ashamed and offended....(even worst, 'cause it's true)~
Once they get more confortable with their feelings ―they will not speak about them out loud tho―, their love language (besides not killing or torturing their lover) will be acts of service, surprisingly: Ghido will bathe, feed, heal, look after and generally care for their partner whatever they want it or no, and in their vision of how this things are done. They will hunt what to them is a perfectly acceptable meal and sit in front of their partner eagerly waiting from them to devour it (I dare you to say "no thank you" to these golden noodles).
Their second favorite love language is physical tough, specially for Ni and San, they just won't leave their poor partner be: biting, licking, squeezing, you name it! and worst still, they're like sharks so they tend to use their mouth as a primary source of interacting with their lover victim . Will act VERY offended if their partner doesn't let them groom them or rub their pheromones on them. Of course, they will expect their partner to do all of that and much more for them, and may not even properly communicate it; they will just... lay on their back, belly up with an expectant (and increasingly frustrated) look on their faces... and that could mean anything from "groom us", or "we got hurt and want to be comforted", to "cuddle us", to "we wanna take a nap with you" all the way to "we're horny, get us off". They can also be very "Momonga" like, demanding love in the most absurd ways... just because they're mimicking what they see in other couples.
Speaking of communication... they utterly suck a it. Untold eras of living on their own and talking only among themselves makes them really bad at dealing with the fact that there's a 4th individual they should be asking and informing of their decisions (also there's the fact that it will take millennia for them to see their partner as an equal that deserves to be included, and it's opinion taken into account).
Also, their spatial awareness is not the best... again, they're not used to have someone else around, and usually their massive size even by kaiju standards (and how destructive it is) was rarely a concern for a world destroyer. Now they have to remember there's a little something around them, that may be in a lot of pain if they step or roll over it... for the 11th time that week~
Another fun fact: they may be this terrible, terrible creature, destroyer of worlds and doom of civilizations.... but Ghidorah (all three in their own ways) is insanely emotional and can get nasty mood swings, mostly because they don't properly voice their needs... or don't understand they have to do it or how to got about it. They want their partner to love, understand and accept them adobe all, to make them feel wanted and safe enough to relish on these strange feelings, but their awful communication skills, their trust issues and massive ego tend to get in way, especially at the very beginning of the relationship.
On a brighter side, they will feel an inmense sense of pride and satisfaction on making their partner happy. It's both very silly and cute, but these guys will raise as a peacock at receiving the minimal amount of praise after they have done something nice for their love interest. They're used at people groveling and begging for their lives, or giving them false compliments to get on their good side, but a genuine "thank you" from their special person? they're on cloud N° 9 for the rest of the week. It also will be very common that they go nuts once they find something their partner likes: "you like rocks?, well, how about this one, and that one, and these ones, and all those!!! Look we found cool rocks!!! for you!!.......... *give us love, now*" and before their partner realizes their nest is littered with random crap.
Ghidorah will take a loooooong time to fully and actually understand their partner, including their interests, and actually appreciate them instead of just seeing everything as an opportunity to get more affection.
However, just as they get a huge boost of happy chemicals every time their partner is happy because of them, it will become a huge source of distress and torment if their lover get's angry at them. Usually they will try to play dumb, ghido-explain their way out of the problem or even try to gaslight their partner... and when it's not working well, time to panic. The three, especially Ni and Ichi will try to use anger as a shield to deflect blame... but then it will still not work, so they inevitably turn against each other. It will be a HUGE mess, their lover will have to stop their infighting and confort them afterwards... and they will probably end up learning little to nothing from it, and will have to repeat that terrible process until their peanut brains finally get why their actions were wrong or why they caused pain/anger/discomfort to their partner.
Ichi: At the very beginning, it will be just unthinkable that he can feel anything close to love for anybody that is not his brothers. In fact, it took him a few eons to fully accept he loved his brothers and a couple more to verbally express that to them... and is not something he will say often afterwards~ From his perspective, his affection towards his brothers is a perfectly natural and understandable thing, necessary for their survival and generally speaking, the only possibly source of affection he will have needs.
Then the critter... the object of discord appeared, oh no....
He will not even notice something is amiss at the very beginning, I mean, is not the first time he finds another entity's presence or interactions pleasant or stimulating in some short of way, out side the thrill of dominating a lesser life form. However, something is a bit different this time, and he really, reaaaally enjoys this critter for some reason. An idea pops in his mind: well, it's just a good little and exotic trinket to savor for the time we're in this planet/galaxy/etc.
Ichi will still consider it a momentary distraction, a temporal entertainment before they have to destroy and kill it along side the planet, heck! maybe this thing is far more resistant than it looks, maybe it can follow them into space or survive in the terraformed world so they can go back to see it again when they feel bored....
But the feeling grows and grows, and suddenly he finds himself worrying if this thing is eating properly, ―and sure it makes sense to worry about that, a weak minion is no use―, but will it be too beneath them to share some of their food? just this once? then something happens and it gets hurt, ugh... we will have to look after it!... yes, it's a good investment, they're an interesting thingy there's no harm in trying, also they look kinda cute sleeping like tha―....... OH CRAP
He will have a momentary panic, probably will made them leave whatever nest, den or lair they're sharing with their little underling, under the guise of a patrol or hunting. While his brothers are busy doing his usual shenanigans, he is lost in thought, sweating (?) bullets and wondering what, how and when it happened??? when did he got so attached to this critter!!! He will run a million scenarios on his head: ignoring it, banishing it from their presence, leaving the planet, sending another minion to kill ti.... killing it....
He will feel an unsettling, ignominious feeling just by thinking of it but that will one scare him more and in a burst of impulsive terror he will force them turn back (much to the confusion of the other two), with the full intent of not loosing momentum an erasing the source of this wrongful disequilibrium... only to see the critter again and fail miserably at executing the sentence. He may retry again, and when that fails he will act distant and irascible against their minion... but as time goes on own his manipulative brain turns against him, "it is really that bad?, it's yours! you fought with it, and you won, and it submitted to you! it's yours to take!" Ichi will start to make excuses for his own feelings, accommodating his ego so this strange and unnatural affection can make sense in his worldview.
He will not openly accept, not even in his own thoughts, that he is in love, heck no, from his point of view, he has a favorite servant that he won't give up unless he gets tired of it somehow (hasn't happened in millions on years tho).
After that he fully expects his partner to do all the work, really~ From his point of (very delulu) view he's such a perfect creature, that honestly, who wouldn't want to date him or be his mate? it's a mystery there aren't more proposals/candidates, but meh, surely they're just intimidated by his power and beauty (?)
This wrapped idea of his usually makes flirting with him an one sided nightmare, since he will gladly accept the compliments... but don't expect much in return. Ichi will be very flirty in his answers but is more of a game than anything, to make the hopes of the other one go up only to cut the fun and relish on their disappointment/frustration. On this same line, he will never initiate any show of affection or romantic gesture, not even a hug... so his brothers inevitably get ahead in courting their (often) shared love interest.
This is when things get really weird, you see: Ichi may cover himself up with this "unbothered diva" mask, but he's insanely insecure. He loves attention, and once an individual (that he likes) gave him that sweet, sweet attention, he will not let go of it so easily. The presence of his brothers is pretty much the only thing that keeps him from going full "tell me I'm pretty, TELL ME I'M PRETTY!!!" mode, and the moment Ni and San are temporally out of picture he starts to crack really fast, specially if this megalomaniacal looser feels like his object of affection has been giving his brothers, ―or anything else―, more attention than him (how DARE you?). He will start slow and casual, may even use the "silent treatment" or the "you know what you did" strategy, but if things are really bad Ichi will definitely act far more unhinged and even violent.
By the way, he is just as manipulative with his partner if not more, dude can't take a no, and is prone to see everything as very personal. However, his calculative and overly controlling self usually wants his partner (and brothers) agreeing with him rather than forcing them to comply, so he will try to gaslight his partner into his side of any argument. Also, Ichi will swear up and down that he's NOT jealous, like, how he of all creatures could be fearful of losing to anything? there's nothing to be jealous about! people are jealous of him! don't be silly! ⁽ᶦᵗ'ˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ʲᵉᵃˡᵒᵘˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉ⁾
Ni: poor emotionally stunted snake-thingy, can't recognize his own growing feelings, even if they bite him in the nose. Ni usually understands the world through aggression, so, when this new gooey, giddy and fluffy feeling invades him like an infectious disease his first reaction is to panic... hard. He will not notice the "problem" until it already has him on choke hold, "so what if I really like playing with our new servant/slave/victim, uh? that's why we have them!", "yes I like the noises it makes when is happy they're funny!", "well, sleeping with them is better!! I just fall asleep faster that's all!" all the way to "sharpening my fangs in their thick hide feels nice, that's all! also they're very soft... what?? it just feels good!!!". Things keep escalating until one... he catches himself purring when his "plaything" giggles after he nibbles it (it's not even real bites anymore).
From then on, he makes a sharp turn: from confident and dominant, to panicky cornered wet cat. Ni may start avoiding his love interest all together, trying to put distance between him and the apparent source of all that mess, heck, he probably will get reactive and distant even with his own brothers. The poor fool will spiral in panic thinking just what is happening to him?, what're his brothers (specially Ichi) gonna do or think of him if they find out??, and even worst, why can he bring himself to kill or hurt the source of his problems??? To put things in perspective, it's like if Gordon Ramsay wakes up one day and he can't cook for sh*t, instant utter panic. Killing and destroying are Ni's favorite activities, he's a warrior far more than a conqueror like Ichi, and suddenly his claws are tied. In fact, it will be even more funny if something tries to hurt or take away his object of affection, because he will lunge at it with maniacally hatred and fury, only to wake up later and panic even more thinking what is going on with him... he just protected this... this thing!!!
Now, it will take him a loooong character arc to slowly get at peace with his new feelings. He will get very jealous of his two brothers, specially San, since they don't seem to have any short of problem with whatever is this new strange feeling (they're just better at pretending tho). Maybe that's what makes him finally calm down a little, seeing than even Ichi is ok with this strange chapter in their lives. If he's the first one to fall for their new accidental mate... oh boy, the angst, and normally, he will be the first to start falling in love along with Ichi, they're just too... stupid with feelings to notice.
One he accepts his feelings for their mate, Ni will be... too much, obscene even. From his point of view he's just being honest and direct; from everyone else's pov, he is inappropriate or down right a pervert. Taking into consideration other people's feelings is not exactly his strong point, and will probably double down on whatever "compliment" he just burped out. Deep down tho, he's dying for feeling appreciated and corresponded.
He's used to take and do whatever he wants and having boundaries is a bit of a foreign concept (even among them... I mean, they share a body, there isn't much privacy, sometimes not even in their own minds). It will require tremendous amounts of patience's to deal with him or his brothers, but using his pride and his desire to surpass his siblings works like a charm most of the time.
San: it's an emotional rollercoaster mixed with an affection starved sneaky creature who will stop at nothing to get what he wants! yay!
The youngest of the trio will be the first one to drop the "almighty world destroyer" act and start conversation with their new, and very unfortunate, captive. It's not an abnormal thing for him, he's very social unlike his brothers (for a murderous hydra that's it) and loves novelty in any form so a chance to talk with an stranger is always welcomed (even if they have to kill said stranger later). Ichi usually lets him be since he knows San is quite good at getting people into a false sense of security (so they start talking) and Ni enjoys having San be entertained with someone else that's not him for once (his endless chatting had made him try to cut his own neck... more than once).
So, the blorbo won't see his own curiosity as a sign of anything, this new stranger is just more interesting that the rest! and that's amazing, he can't remember the last time he had so much fun, maybe he can "baby brother" his way into convincing Ichi to let him keep this one as pet of shorts~ it's strong so it shouldn't be a problem, right?, maybe they can take it into space with them!
Something funny about this: San is unintentionally flirty, sometimes he doesn't mean it and when he finds out their captive gets flustered or answers back in that funny and curious tone (aka they flirt back), he likes it... so he keeps going and for sooome strange reason his brothers seem overly reactive to this? why are they suddenly so angry?!, it's just games!!
He's also very touchy, but not necessarily out of affection, he just... doesn't have hands/arms so poking something with his snout, biting and licking are the usual ways he can interact and touch things without having to ask/fight his more dominant brothers over the control of their shared parts. He finds it cute when the prisoner makes little noises as a reaction to any of the aforementioned "interactions". In fact he starts to pay attention to all the different reactions this new curious thingy has, and what makes them do or say what, almost as if he was collecting them. San will then pay actual attention to all the details of their new toy: how do they smell, how they look when they sleep, what do they like to eat, etc. He was always been quite observant, and all this information just makes it easier to interact with them... plus he really likes and enjoys it for some reason
Even then, San doesn't think anything strange of his new fascination, as he as always loved to learn new fun things, and this is so much fun!!! Besides, this new stranger has to pay him attention all the time unlike his brothers, and it doesn't seem bothered by his constant yapping... actually, they're quite good at talking, and they will soon become the person San goes to when his brothers had been mean to him and he needs to vent.
He will definitely play-fight with his new buddy (may start a bit rough, but he latter finds out that going soft is just as fun), heck he will even whine and pout if something interrupts their fun, and feels jealous if his brothers take his new toy away from him for whatever reason. San will soon start to escalate fights with Ni, accusing him of being too violent with their plaything and that he's going to break it!! or that it was his turn to sleep with the critter!
i like an scenario where both Ichi and Ni fall first and hard for their new captive/minion/whatever, while San is blissfully unaware of it, and it's just very confused at his brother's strange mood swings or barely veiled anxiety. Especially their sudden anger at his closeness with the critter, he has always been more social and can interact normally (for their standards) with others, why can't he freely show "affection" for it?, since in his mind, he is just taking proper care of an interesting thingy.
When will San find out he had actually developed feelings for someone? I like to think it will take a long time for him to actually be in love, maybe over the course of feeling genuine love and care from this individual, seeing them as a source of confort, acceptance and safety far more reliable than his competitive and authoritative brothers. Then, is when he makes the shift from "oh, this is just a exiting new experience!" to "I need this person in my life".
After he realices that, everything makes a click in his brain: why his brothers suddenly started acting so strange, why they fight him so much over this one critter when they're usually indifferent at best, homicidal at worst when it comes to strangers. He feels so smug about it all, ―oh, ho, ho, he's the closest one to their lover and they trust him the most he, he―, but then....the insecurities hit him like and atomic bomb... his brothers are... far more fearless, imposing, smart, cunning and adobe it all, they decide over his life, even if he usually prefers not to dwell on that thought. San then feels dread, not panic, fucking dread, that his eldest siblings will take over his object of affection, and really, who are they gonna prefer? a cry-baby like him? or his much more cooler brothers??
He may suddenly act more nervous and needy, very needy: he wants attention constantly, and will react with fear, distress and anger if he feels ignored for too long. If his brothers make open fun of his bluntness, especially Ichi ―chastising him for acting improper as a head of Ghidorah ᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵘᵍᵉ ʰʸᵖᵒᶜʳᶦᵗᵉ ʰᵉ ᶦˢ―, San will calm down a little and try to manipulate his way into their partner's heart. He's already got lots of practice with his own siblings, and putting on the act of the neglected and abused baby brother is no problem (pride? what fucking pride?? I want my cuddles!!!).
He's also much more lustful than his other two brothers, but unlike Ni who just does not know how to properly flirt so he ends up looking like degenerate weirdo, San is veeery sneaky and likes to play the "innocent" one and pretend he does not know what he is doing. He will blatantly lie out of his teeth and cry rivers if that get's him some action and will push and push boundaries to see if he can get even more out of their partner.
Aaaand thats it for the moment! ᴵ ᵐᵃʸ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵇᵘᵗ ᶦᵗ'ˢ ¹³⁰ ᴬᴹ ᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃⁿᵈ ᴵ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ʷᵒʳᵏ ᵗᵒᵐᵒʳʳᵒʷ~ these three idiots are an absolute ✨ mess ✨ 10/10 do not recommend dating them....
Rodan... I'm sorry, it's too late for you, boo~
"......oh great, the crazy ones like me"
