#Shezilla

[butterflyinthewell]

I love this song for Godzilla and Shezilla, but I think it works for Mothzilla too.

[monsteriousbeat]

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[godzillakyru]

Actually, I'm here to ask if you're the same GodzillaKyru I see on KaijuGalaxy. Are you? Because if you are... Hi, I'm Cyndi. I go by Shezilla on KG. :) *waves*

Yes, yes I am! *Waves back* 

[heartofartla]

"Like a girl" #shezilla #likeagirl #booklaunch#positive#feedyourmind#heartofartgallery

[butterflyinthewell]

Lol if I threw my Shezilla OC into the Monsterverse, this would be the size difference between her and Godzilla. Just like Heisei Shezilla, she would be smaller and slimmer. Except, for Monsterverse, I imagine Shezilla being iridescent when she's underwater or in the sun where the light hits her just so.

2019 vs 2014

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcQ4pdA5mG/?igshid=1s4wggn8mlo2d

[butterflyinthewell]

Shezilla can always be differentiated from Godzilla even in images that aren’t colored.

She is shorter and her dorsal spines are noticeably smaller and rounder.

When they’re colored in, she is always lighter gray. Godzilla is charcoal gray, Shezilla is granite gray.

[heartofartla]

Open mic at #shezilla (at Non Plus Ultra)

[the-institute-of-kaijuzoolo-blog]

Titan Music Thursdays

Not really a kaiju soundtrack, but a song about the Kaiju mythos!

[butterflyinthewell]

If you wanna see how differently Godzilla and Shezilla react to a new situation, imagine them both being tiny.

As in shrunk down to action figure size. They’re together in an animal carrier of some sort and you get them home and into your bedroom.

You open the carrier and dump them as gently as you can onto the floor.

Shezilla will immediately scramble under your dresser because she sees the room, sees how huge you are compared to her, thinks DANGER and hides. Everything is a threat to her life as far as she’s concerned. She is a ‘neurotypical’ godzillasaur and she sees the forest before she sees the individual trees.

Godzilla will be roaring at you and squaring up to fight because he sees you, assumes you’re challenging him, thinks FIGHT and gets ready for one. You are a threat to his dominance as far as he’s concerned. He won’t even notice the room unless you leave and let him get a good look around. That’s how he processes info. He sees the individual trees before he sees the forest.

[butterflyinthewell]

*drops more Heisei headcanon*

Humans, on average, have a hearing range between 20 hertz and 20,000 hertz, and this tends to shrink a little as we age. Some can hear a little above or below, but that’s not typical.

Sounds below what we can hear are infrasounds, and sounds above what we can hear are ultrasounds.

Godzillasaurs have both a syrinx where their trachea splits into bronchi, and a larynx higher up near the back of their throat. The syrinx is where all vocal sounds come from. The larynx has no true vocal cords and will close off to keep water and ionized gas out of the lungs when they dive or use their atomic beam. The larynx can narrow their airway a little to change the intensity of their roars just like putting your thumb over the tip of a hose makes the water squirt harder.

To purr, godzillasaurs close the larynx about halfway and “hum” from their syrinx, which causes air turbulence in the trachea. They can only make the sound on exhale, so they don’t purr exactly like a cat. It sounds more like a chesty, low growl.

Purring is how they say they like somebody, it shows they’re content and some purr to express happiness.

The roars of male and female mutated godzillasaurs can be told apart by instrumentation that senses ultrasounds and infrasounds.

Shezilla’s roar has a screaming overtone to it because it contains more ultrasounds than infrasounds. She can generate infrasounds in her roar if she wants, but it’s like a human making their voice go lower in pitch.

Godzilla’s roar has a rumbling undertone to it because it contains more infrasounds than ultrasounds. He can generate ultrasounds if he wants, but it’s like using falsetto or screaming.

Godzillasaurs would think humans are deaf because we’re so unresponsive to all but a tiny part of their vocal range.

Their roars have harmonics that we can’t hear, so we’re not hearing what their roars actually sound like to them. They often grunt and growl at frequencies too high or low pitched for us to hear, so we may see them making faces at each other and not hear the ‘speech’ noises they’re exchanging. Someone close by might feel weirdly unsettled by the vibrations, though.

Singers, prepare to be jealous— godzillasaurs are really loud and it only requires as much effort as it takes a human to talk. Their roars reach 174 decibels easily, so they can be heard by humans from about 6 or 7 miles away if there isn’t a lot of interfering terrain and noise.

Godzillasaurs roaring on an African plain will be heard further away than if they’re roaring inside a city with a lot of noise.

In the real world, if you were standing a mere 330 feet from Godzilla or Shezilla when they roar, vibrations from the sound will shatter glass around you, rupture your eardrums and possibly kill you. Further away, you will probably be stunned by the vibrations and infrasounds.

(For contrast, a male lion’s roar is 114 decibels from 3 feet away and on flat African plains it can supposedly be heard by humans up to 5 miles away.)

Godzilla and Shezilla can hear each other from up to 50 miles away, double that underwater where sound vibrations travel even faster.

Godzilla’s roar can reverberate, vibrate and penetrate obstacles because of its infrasounds. Shezilla’s roar often bounces back to her because of its ultrasounds, which she can use like sonar to guess at terrain she can’t see yet, but the few infrasounds it still contains will allow it to travel just as far as Godzilla’s.

Male godzillasaurs go through a bit of a voice change at puberty similar to AMAB humans because their trachea and syrinx grow thicker than a female’s. They temporarily lose their voice because the syrinx becomes inflexible during the maturation growth spurt. They can only make a hoarse squawking noise that sounds vaguely like a godzillasaur roar. Then one day they wake up and let out a fearsome roar that tells the world they are growing up.

Godzillasaurs roar for some of the same reasons lions do— to indicate territory, to communicate with each other over long distances and to warn enemies away.

Other reasons to roar include:

Announcing an approach (males do this more than females). It basically means “square up, because I’m coming to fight you for this territory!”

Announcing they killed an opponent. It basically means “I just wiped this loser off the map and I’ll wipe you off too if you challenge me!”

Announcing themselves to an unfamiliar presence coming into their territory. It basically means “Come at me, bro, I’m ready to pulverize you for coming here uninvited.”

To warn other pod members of danger. It basically means “Don’t come this way, it’s bad here! / I’m sick and will make you sick, stay away!”

To call the rest of the pod together to eat / feed. “Hey, I got dinner for us! / Hey, I found a reactor, come take a drag!”

To express emotions. Unlike humans, they state how they feel. Basically, it’s them calling out, “I’m angry!” “I’m sad!” “I’m happy!” “I’m scared!” “I find this funny!” “That surprised me!” “I am so confused right now!”

Because that’s their personality, so they ‘talk’ more.

Humans may detect differences in the volume and intensities of roars indicating emotion, but they have to look with their eyes at a godzillasaur’s expression and body language to assess moods. Godzillasaurs can hear those indicators and read them like tones of voice without having to see each other.

Kaijuologist studies indicate godzillasaurs have a sarcasm equivalent, where they roar at frequencies opposite to how they would normally feel in a situation, but their body language indicates their true feelings.

So a godzillasaur will display angry body language and let out a happy roar. It’s as if one is saying to another, “Oh, I’m just so happy that you ate the whale I was saving for later! Thanks, you jerk!”

When Godzilla is announcing his approach to a location, he listens for any loud response that indicates another creature is present and whether or not it’s familiar or unfamiliar. A loud noise like a clock tower bell, a fog horn, a train horn or even a loud rock concert sounds like a challenger to him and he’ll go find the source.

Shezilla isn’t as likely to announce her approach. She roars less often in dense city areas because she gets a lot of echo returns. If she is fighting an opponent in a downtown or a mountainous area, she will roar to confuse them, because if she is out of sight it’s hard to tell exactly where the sound is coming from. This can make it hard to tell which way she’s entering a city from, too, so a spotter has to confirm her location.

Godzilla and Shezilla will often call to each other if they’re not together when foraging for reactors in a city.

The harmonics for each godzillasaur’s roar is distinct to instruments capable of detecting ultrasounds and infrasounds. Roar profiles can be used to identify individuals.

Interestingly, the same is also true for their purrs! Some godzillasaurs have a higher, faster purr than others. Humans may find the sound unnerving if they don’t know what it means.

Godzillasaurs distinguish each other’s vocalizations the same way humans distinguish between other human voices.

Certain frequencies irritate godzillasaurs. This happens to be exactly the frequencies baby godzillasaurs having a tantrum will screech at, but they also screech at this frequency when in distress, too.

Roars are just a portion of godzillasaur communication. Old Tongue utilizes much more than that! Old Tongue is a combination of sounds, facial expressions and body language that may go unnoticed by all but the closest pattern-recognizing observers.

In closing: Godzillasaur roars are awesome.

[butterflyinthewell]

Ya know, if Shezilla understood the concept of human fashion and beauty stuff, she would totally go for a mani and a pedi and paint her claws pretty colors with nail art. The glitzier, the better.

Heck, she would probably be a trendsetter by getting the bony parts of her dorsal spines painted and done up with art too!

[butterflyinthewell]

Godzilla isn’t gonna respond to somebody calling him stupid, but call Shezilla ugly in his earshot and he will blast them so hard their ancestors feel the burn.

Shezilla isn’t gonna respond to somebody calling her ugly, but call Godzilla stupid in her earshot and she will blast them so hard their ancestors feel the burn.

[butterflyinthewell]

How Godzilla and Shezilla kiss!

They smooch by touching noses. A little nose to nose tap is like a little “hi, honey” love peck on the lips. Holding hands and rubbing their noses against each other more intimate and deep. They exchange scent when they do this, which lets them check on each others’ health and whether or not they’ve absorbed radiation recently.

Their snouts have a lot of nerve endings that respond to pressure and vibrations. A good long nuzzle causes their brains to release serotonin and oxytocin. So kissing feels really good to them the same way a hug and kiss feels good to humans.

They kiss for many of the reasons humans in romantic relationships do, too. Godzilla gives Shezilla a little nose tap before he heads off to forage for radiation. Shezilla nose nuzzles him when he comes back. They smooch before they cuddle up to sleep and they smooch again when they wake up together. Sometimes they kiss for no reason at all other than they want to.

[butterflyinthewell]

This was something I drew for Valentine’s day a long long long time ago. It’s the sappiest cute thing of Godzilla and Shezilla cuddling in the surf while watching the sunset. Note that Venus (the Wishing Star to them) is up in the sky. 

I could not resist the tail heart thing.

Shezilla is the perfect height for Godzilla to put his arm around her shoulders. She’s holding his hand so he doesn’t accidentally choke-hold her, but the angle hides that mostly (their backs are to us). She accommodates his issues like it’s no big deal.

I’m aware that it’s a really human looking gesture. They do a lot of things that mimic human movements, like holding hands and snuggling up to each other. They would be just as shocked to know humans do those things.

Here is the song the lyrics are from. It’s Valentine by Martina McBride. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkQPofh_wT0

And btw, Godzilla is 328 feet tall. Shezilla is 320 feet tall. :P

Most of my digital fanart was drawn on paper via pencil, scanned onto my computer and colored using Open Canvas.