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So lately I've been thinking about the Monsterverse, and Pacific Rim, partially because those where the new movies my family has been marathoning the past view weeks, and also because of how many fans are hoping for a potential crossover between the two series.

Anyways, since I have a hobby post prompts, headcanons and fanon on my blog, I figure I could do a change of pace, and share how I would handle such a crossover. Originally I wanted to do a post on a Godzilla crossover fic with ATLA/LOK with Star Wars I’m considering to write, but it was a little fucking out there, so I decided to go with this. I only ever talked about that one with a friend.

1. First and foremost, I'd probably make it make it a duology or trilogy; there'd be so much ground to cover that I don't think they could fit into one movie without it being a rushed messed.

2. Considering how incompatible the two timelines are, as well as their respective worlds, what I would do is a multiverse crossover. Something like Into the Spiderverse or Crisis on Infinite Earths. As of Godzilla vs Kong, the Monsterverse is clearly taking a more sci-fi direction, and Pacific Rim introduced the concept of other dimensions in it's very first movie.

What I'd do is pick up where Uprising left off; with Jake Pentecost, Amara Namani, and Nathan Lambert, among others planning and attempting an Jaeger strike against the Precursor's dimension; something goes wrong in the mission, and the bulk of the PPDC end up on a parallel earth - the one the Monsterverse takes place on. It not only lays the ground work, but it also picks up where Uprising's stinger ended, and explains where it's characters disappeared to at the time of Pacific Rim: The Black, without Fridging them. And of course, the Precursors would set their sites on that earth too.

3. As far as the incompatibilities go, I think this could work to the stories advantage. Just play up the foil aspects; The Titans are natural species who were always part of their Earth's ecosystem, while the Kaiju are artifical monstrosities created by aliens; there would be how Monarch and the PPDC contrast each other in their goals and methods; there would be how their two worlds perceive giant monsters and mechs, especially after Mecagodzilla's rampage.

This would be part of what drives the human storyline, as we have one set of protagonists and another that probably should be working together, end up butting heads due to their conflicting worldviews and how to solve eachothers problems. It could even trigger the monster conflict, as the Jaeger's would also end up on Monsterverse!Earth, which provokes a reaction from Godzilla (and maybe Kong). After Mechagodzilla's previous rampage, mechs would be a divisive figure to the public, and the public would be split on "Is Godzilla a threat that needs to be taken care of, or is the threat yet again these people who provoked him ?"

Not helping their case is the only solution the PPDC can think of is trying to combat Godzilla.

4. As far as returning characters go, especially protagonists, we'd at least have Jake, Nathan and Amara on the PPDC side of things, while we'd yet again follow Mark and Madison Russell, perhaps Bernie from GVK, and the Monarch crew from King of the Monsters. 

I’d include Jia and Dr. Andrews, but I couldn’t think of a good enough Kong related subplot as of yet. I did however think of one gag where Jia tries to communicate to Monarch’s people or the PPDC’s people, but due to a sign/language barrier, they either don’t know what she’s saying or are distracted by how cute she is.

As for returning  human antagonists ? Maybe Jonah Allen, if only to resolve that subplot, but the brainwashed Newt would be more plot relevant to what I have in mind. Apex could also serve as antagonists yet again, presenting themselves as "necessary allies" to the PPDC in rebuilding Jaeger's, with the lingering threat of Mechagodzilla being restored; this would also further pit the protags against each other. In addition to rebuilding Mechagodzilla, the Apex Jaeger's would include drones with an interconnected AI, much like the Shao Corporation (You can see where this is going...)

5. For the new Kaiju that would appear in this crossover, I would go with revivals of the big three from the Hesei era. The Hesei era gave us a plethora of artificial monsters, that became icons (despite most of them only appearing in one movie respectively). Since Pacific Rim's Kaiju are artificial, it would be the perfect opportunity to introduce Biollante, Destroyah and Spacegodzilla to the mix. I can even see Gigan appearing here.

Destroyah was the one I put the most thought into, besides Spacegodzilla. Destroyah would be the main threat in movie one. Born from Newt's reverse engineering the Precursor's methods, and small mutations created by the Oxygen Destroyer, Destroyah would be another example of the Megakaiju seen in Uprising, with it's three stages menacing humans throughout while humanity is focused on Godzilla. The threat of Destroyah would culminate in a fight between him, Godzilla, and the non drone Jaeger's

Spacegodzilla is a different beast all together which segways too...

6. I got this idea of how Ghidorah would play into this. It'd also turn the Showa idea of “Ghidorah being enslaved by aliens” onto it's head.

While Earth had it's Old God's in the Titans, other worlds had Ghidroah, including the Precursors. The Precursor's similarly once worshiped Ghidroah and were with him in trying to terraform Earth. That was until Ghidorah became a threat even to them; they came up with a plan to trap Ghidorah on one earth, while they conquered another. Even after exiling their "god", they'd use Ghidorah's DNA residue to create their Kaiju. Since their Kaiju are genetically linked to Ghidorah, their Hive Mind is susceptible to being overtaken by Ghidorah should he awaken...which is exactly what happens when Godzilla's DNA, and Ghidorah's remaining neurons are used to create "Spacegodzilla".

Now the reason I went with this idea is A; if you take Hesei!Spacegodzilla and Monsterverse!Ghidorah, aside from the differences in species, they are pretty much the same in characterization. And B: Ghidorah was reincarnated into a body resembling Godzilla ? It'd be weird if it happened twice, right ? And once Space-Ghid-Zilla comes into the picture, he would hijack the hivemind of the Percursor's, the Kaiju, even Newt's mind control. Juries out on if he would remain Spacegodzilla throughout, or if Spacegodzilla would be a "cocoon" for a fully resurrected Ghidorah to emerge from.

7. And if that wasn't enough, the PPDC teams would have been duped in restoring Mechagodzilla, along with it's AI/more of Ghidorah's lingering consciousness, which ends up hijacking the drones AI.

The end result is Ghidorah's consciousness being controlling two bodies at once (three if you count Newt), using one to control the Kaiju and the other to control the Jaeger's.

8. I think that would above cover the first movie in this hypothetical duology or trilogy. With Mechagodzilla’s recreation and Spacegodzilla’s creation setting off the cliffhanger.

I currently don't have that many ideas of where to go from there, other than the following movie(s) would focus on the resulting war between Earth's Titans, the Precursors' Kaiju, the rogue Jaeger's and the few still controlled by the PPCD. It would be here we finally get both protagonist factions coming and working together as a team, and where we would get the Destroy All Monsters/Final Wars storyline.

Stacker & Herc are judges

Tendo & Newt host

Everyone else is a contestant 

Newt constantly accuses Stacker of playing favorites with Mako & Jake

Herc is never accused of playing favorites with Chuck. Herc constantly insists that Chuck go home

Stacker’s handshake means everything

Herc loves booze in the baked treats

Hermann has like three rulers and timers

Raleigh is the person in the first episode that says “i swore i wouldn’t sit on the floor” while sitting on the floor in front of the oven

Nates are always fine but a little safe :(