#vivienne graham

[leotanaka]

just thinking about serizawa and vivienne talking about how monarch has been studying everything relating to the titans and godzilla and trying to learn more about them when ford asks why they haven't done anything to stop them in the context of shaw saying that monarch is useless because they spend all their time studying data that they don't actually do anything else.

[lisanees]

assuming this was cut from the script like most additions the novelizations include are, I'd have loved to see this scene in the film

I love the idea of all the major Monarch scientists together, maybe Monarch season 2 can pick this up

[nutzgunray-lvt]

Me when I realize the correlation between how broken Serizawa was after Vivienne's death and his decision to sacrifice himself to bring back Godzilla:

[i-mean-technically]

uhhhh have 1100 words kinda about this kinda not????? i went sorta maybe overboard lmao

putting a read more bc it's Long AF

no warnings! rated E for Everyone

“Um… Sir?”

Doctor Serizawa turned at the nervous voice, ignoring the eyes watching him. “Yes?”

The intern was sweating heavily, his shirt damp and face shiny in the overhead floodlights. Serizawa thought it was a bit warm under the buzzing lamps, but that much perspiration was concerning. “S-Sir, um, why is- are we- what-”

“There is nothing to be concerned about,” he said when the poor boy couldn’t seem to find his words, staring at something far above their heads. “We are just having a visit from upper management today.”

A quickly muffled snort let him know that Vivienne Graham was paying more attention to the conversation than she was to the tablet in her hands. He gave the intern a slight smile and turned away, stepping up next to Doctor Graham to look out over the excavation site MONARCH had taken over on the northern coast of Greenland. It was turning out to be quite the prolific find, with more being discovered every day.

“The poor thing,” Doctor Graham murmured, smiling as she flicked through several different screens.

Serizawa tilted his head in agreement, amusement mixing with the deep sense of awed delight as his eyes trailed over the immense form blocking the digsite from the worst of the wind, and blocking out what little sun they had.

Gojira was truly a titan in every sense of the word, from his colossal size to the crushing weight of his fiery gaze. A single eye was as tall as Serizawa, the smallest scale twice the size of his fist. Stretched out on his stomach as Gojira was, they were encircled by the mountain that was the King.

“They will get used to it.” All the active members of MONARCH, at least those without permanent stations like himself and Doctor Graham, had started to notice a… pattern. Whenever there was any sort of mobilization large enough Gojira seemed to become very interested in what they were doing. It started shortly after the completion of Castle Bravo, their most ambitious Titan Observation Site to date, though Serizawa had heard rumors of possible others.

(The scaled titan had of course been seen in the area during the years of construction and the leaps in technology but he had never shown much interest in what they were doing, giving it as much attention as he gave an oil rig. Which was none.)

But the moment the base came to life, powered on and staffed for the first time, Gojira seemed to realize that something else was going on. When he wasn’t patrolling, or disappearing off their radar for parts unknown, Gojira could be easily found by MONARCH. Mainly by how many of their personnel they had in any given area.

At first it had been deemed a fluke, Gojira seemed highly interested in the underwater base and had spent many days swimming all around it, making subvocal rumbles and clicks that had Serizawa almost unable to contain his excitement as they began to analyze the titan in depth now that they were on his level (so to speak). He had even come up to the observation window, his face taking up the view as Serizawa watched him study them even as they did the same.

Then it happened again.

An island had been found with ancient carvings depicting various titans, some of which they already had under observation, but many they had never seen before. It sparked a massive unit to be sent, Serizawa included, to discover everything they possibly could about what would later be called a temple. A single day after making landfall Gojira’s spines could be seen cutting through the water like a jagged knife.

It had sent everyone into a panic. Gojira never attacked despite what many of Serizawa’s fellows said. He didn’t even cause the sea to wipe out the island when he made landfall. The beach was a lost cause, but that was more due to the fact that it had a titan loafing on it more than anything. Once it was seen that the titan seemed to only be lounging on the beach did they go back to work, but it was nervously, fearfully, always with one eye on the massive creature who watched them in return.

It kept happening after that, causing a joke to start circulating that Gojira was making sure that the tiny humans weren’t fucking things up, and that he had favorites. It wasn’t quite coincidence that Gojira only ever showed up at MONARCH staging sites where Serizawa was stationed.

(Serizawa personally believed that it was a mixture of boredom and loneliness that drove Gojira to seek them out. For all that many of his colleagues thought that the titan was little more than an animal there was a depth in his gaze that spoke to more. No one is meant to be alone, and Gojira had been alone for a long, long time.)

They got used to it, as much as one can get used to being stalked by a living mountain.

And now here they were, digging deeper and deeper into the partially frozen ground, unearthing more and more relics that altered what was known of human history, and watched by the god they used to worship.

Serizawa met the burning gaze of Gojira and thought it was all rather poetic.

“You know,” Doctor Graham started musingly, startling Serizawa back to the present. “This rather reminds me of the cat I had growing up.”

He looked at her curiously, finding her gaze on Gojira. “How so?”

“Well, he’s always where he’s not supposed to be,” she said dryly, turning to give Serizawa a grin. Constantly breaking things, getting into messes, always wanting attention.”

He… couldn’t really disagree with the comparison too much. Gojira was constantly breaking their observation drones even though everyone knew he could easily avoid them, being surprisingly agile in the water. And there was that one time he got a massive fishing net wrapped around his claws, leading Serizawa and a few brave others to try and carefully remove it when the titan was sleeping (he was not sleeping, but what the others didn’t know wouldn’t give them heart problems). And his current fixation on MONARCH could be explained as attention seeking.

No matter how many times Gojira showed up it always sent everyone into a flurry of activity to document as much as they could about the titan. Serizawa had noticed what could only be described as preening from him when everyone focused on the titan instead of what they were supposed to be doing.

“Catzilla,” he said quietly, and Doctor Graham choked on startled laughter.

“He even loafs like a cat,” she said between breathless giggles.

Serizawa chuckled in reply.

The worst thing that ever happens to MONARCH will be when Godzilla realizes that they're actually interesting. Like... y'all think this lizard is getting in the way now? Wait until he starts reacting to MONARCH like a giant, spoiled cat who expects them to entertain him at his leisure. Wait until any sort of mobilization results in the big honkin' son of a bitch rolling up in a tsunami on the off chance the humans do something worth seeing.

Training exercises become disasters because the newbies aren't good at keeping a low profile and it's hard to give your best performance when Godzilla is eyeballing you from half a mile away.

MONARCH won't be clandestine by choice anymore. It'll be to dodge their weird, scaly #1 Fan and his embarrassed wife.

[hrodvitnon]

Observe: Illustrations for an upcoming chapter of The Golden Demise by @the-chronomancer, featuring Ghidorah and Dr. Vivienne Graham! GO READ THE GOLDEN DEMISE. IT'S REAL GOOD.

[ollywears]

Olly Alexander wearing Vivienne Westwood S/S 2002 Roman Three Strap sandals in an interview with Graham Norton (March 1, 2024).

[earlymidsomermurders]

character: *is a weird middle-aged fat woman*

every Midsomer novel ever written:

[tiamatliar]

Do you want this duo to return ever?

[stuff-diary]

Theater Camp

Movies watched in 2024

Theater Camp (2023, USA)

Directors: Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman

Writers: Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman & Ben Platt (based on the short film by the same team)

Mini-review:

Wow, I didn't expect to love this so much. I basically watched it because I love the cast and I needed some lighthearted entertainment, but it really was much more than that. For starters, it's just so, so funny. All the jokes are clever and perfectly delivered, and they keep coming and coming, which is seriously impressive. I guess its sense of humor won't suit everybody's taste, but I completely connected with it, and I can't remember the last movie that made me laugh this much. And every single member of the cast is pitch-perfect, from the adults to the kids. You can tell just how much passion they have for the world of theatre and musicals. Speaking of musicals, there are quite a few stunning musical numbers and songs, which is particularly remarkable when you take into account this is not a big-budget movie, by any means. So yeah, Theater Camp was a very pleasant surprise, and I want to watch more. I would give anything for a sequel or some sort of TV adaptation. Don't be surprised if it ends up in my yearly top 10.

[genevieveetguy]

Theater Camp, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman (2023)

[elita-prime1]

CATS OASIS 1ST CASTS BOOT HAS DROPEED

Cast acoording to the description: Alonzo / Rumpus Cat - Jack Butterworth Asparagus / Bustopher Jones / Growltiger - Greg Castiglioni Bombalurina - Rachael Ward Cassandra - Georgia Reid Hamilton Coricopat - James Titchener Demeter - Kelsie-Rae Marshall Grizabella - Vivienne Carlyle Jellylorum / Griddlebone - Celia Graham Jennyanydots - Erica Leigh Hansen Mistoffelees - Anthony Starr Mungojerrie - George Hankers Munkustrap - Matias Stegmann Old Deuteronomy - Trent Armand Kendall Plato / Macavity - Calvin Cooper Pouncival - Enric Marimon Rumpelteazer - Georgie Leatherland Rum Tum Tugger - Dominic Andersen Sillabub/Jemima - Tarryn Gee Skimbleshanks - Lee Greenaway Tantomile - Lydia Bannister Tumblebrutus - Aaron Hunt Victoria - Sophia McAvoy

[monarch-afterdark]

Titan History: Monster Zero/Ghidorah

Welcome once again to Monarch: After Dark, the digital gateway between you and the organisation dedicated to understanding and navigating this troubled new world we live in.

Our first entry under Crimson-level clearance, and this is one we've been wanting to get out there as soon as we could. We've covered a variety of Titans and superspecies before, each unique in their own way, but none quite like this. Today, we finally break open Pandora's Box, as we dive into The One Who is Many; Monster Zero...

(Pictured above: One of the earliest cave paintings found confirming Monster Zero's existence, circa. 1973)

Monarch Database File: Monster Zero

Monarch Designation: Monster Zero, "King Ghidorah"

Height: 521 feet

Weight: 141,056 tons

Wingspan: 1,300 feet

Nature: Bio-Electrical

Behavioural Classification: Destroyer

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A creature so dreaded by the ancient civilisations that walked this Earth before us that they tried in vain to erase it from history, Monster Zero (also known as Ghidorah) is a Titan unlike any we have encountered so far, or likely ever will. Widely considered by Monarch to be an extraterrestrial organism, Monster Zero came to Earth several millenia ago in an attempt to terraform the planet for itself. Defeated in a climactic battle with Godzilla, Monster Zero was sealed in a frozen tomb in Antarctica by the ancient Titan Shimo (as determined by new evidence), where it would lay dormant for thousands of years, awaiting the day it could rise again...

Monster Zero is a golden three-headed dragon of truly gargantuan size and strength, able to generate cataclysmic storms that it can use to conceal itself. These storms are also capable of merging with other storm systems, turning them into natural disasters, as was the case with Skull Island. Monster Zero is additionally capable of firing "gravity beams" from each of its three heads, able to push back other Titans or even disintegrate smaller creatures outright. The Titan is also capable of firing blasts from the tips of its wings after absorbing a sufficient amount of electrical energy.

A rare instance of a multi-headed organism, Monster Zero's heads each have their own individual personalities as observed by Monarch. The center head is seen as the 'leader', commanding and authoritative. The right head is particularly aggressive, while the left head is more inquistive and curious. While some took to misinterpreting the left head as being aloof and childish, all three of Monster Zero's heads display a level of malice unlike (almost) all other Titans.

Monster Zero is also an incredibly durable and resilient creature. Surviving millenia of being frozen inside Shimo's ice, immunity to the effects of the Oxygen Destroyer, and even its severed middle head surviving without its body whilst dangling from Godzilla's mouth are all testament to this creature's drive and refusal to die. Its brief posthumous resurrection inside of Mechagodzilla is additional testament.

(Pictured above: Monster Zero frozen inside of the 'Wall of Serpents', circa. 2019)

Much of Monster Zero's past is shrouded in mystery, lost to time through the efforts of the ancients to erase it from history. What was recovered, was that Monster Zero was a dragon who "fell from the stars", whose storms "swallowed both man and Gods alike". Its motives wouldn't be known until much later, but it clashed with Godzilla several times, who had seen Monster Zero as being a rival Alpha. During a final battle in Antarctica, Godzilla worked with Shimo to defeat Monster Zero, the ice Titan sealing it in a frozen tomb where it wouldn't be able to conquer Earth for itself...

In 2016, Monarch discovered Monster Zero frozen in Antarctica, though the organisation were aware of his existence from as early as 1973. Outpost 32 was constructed around his tomb, under the guide of Vivienne Graham, who had omninously recorded in her footnotes that "the Devil has three heads". It was Emma Russell that had designated the creature as Monster Zero.

In 2019, after awakening Mothra from her ancient temple, Alan Jonah's organisation stormed Outpost 32 and took over, planning to free Monster Zero from the ice using explosive charges. The creature was released after Monarch arrived, during a confrontation between Emma, her daughter Madison and ex-husband Mark Russell. When Monster Zero awoke, it effortlessly reduced Monarch soldiers to ash with its gravity beams, before setting sights on the survivors' Osprey.

Godzilla's arrival saved their lives, though Monster Zero soon gained the advantage and shot Godzilla down the crater it had made in its escape. The arrival of the Argo jet forced a retreat, with Godzilla chasing Monster Zero down toward Isla de Mara, Mexico. It quickly dealt with Rodan after Monarch had lured him into its storm, though Godzilla arrived before it could target the Argo.

(Pictured above: Monarch footage of Monster Zero's "alpha call", Rodan bowing to it below, circa. 2019)

Whilst Godzilla quickly gained the upper hand on Monster Zero underwater, their battle was interrupted by the Oxygen Destroyer's deployment. Godzilla became severely weakened and had to retreat, whilst Monster Zero emerged moments later unaffected by the weapon. It perched atop Rodan's volcano, absorbing energy that it used to regenerate a head that Godzilla had torn off, before emitting an "alpha call" that awakened Titans from across the world and commanded them to destroy humanity under its instruction.

Monster Zero and Rodan would later travel to Washington DC, where the former was described as roosting. Monster Zero's cataclysmic storm generation had completely destroyed the city, leaving it a flooded waste.

Madison Russell, after stealing the ORCA sonar device from under Jonah and Emma's noses, travelled to an evacuated Boston and used the device to pacify the rogue Titans. This succeeded, though Monster Zero had arrived to Boston first under the assumption that there was a rival Alpha to be eliminated. Monster Zero proceeded to hunt Madison down through Fenway Park, though the arrival of a revived Godzilla and Monarch's military forces stopped it from killing her.

Godzilla and Monster Zero's duel was brutal and long, the two Titans evenly matched until Monster Zero bit down on a power transformer and absorbed vast amounts of electrical energy, allowing it to fire a burst of lightning strikes from its wings, incapacitating Godzilla and wiping out most of the Monarch forces also attacking it. Seizing the advantage, Monster Zero carried Godzilla into the skies, almost breaching the stratosphere, and dropped him back down into Boston. Mothra attempted to shield Godzilla and charge Monster Zero, though it disintegrated her body with a powerful blast of its gravity beams.

(Pictured above: Monster Zero using its "wing beam" attack to destroy Monarch forces in Boston, circa. 2019)

Monster Zero bit down on Godzilla after Mothra's ashes rained down onto him, absorbing energy (seen as a red glow travelling along his necks) to empower himself. A desperate plan from Emma Russell to use the ORCA as a distraction to buy Godzilla time to recover, and for Mark and Madison to be evacuated. It worked, and Monster Zero was consumed by thermonuclear pulses given off by Godzilla after he entered his Burning form.

Boston was virtually wiped off the map, though Monster Zero's disembodied middle head was still alive, even as its neck hung out of Godzilla's mouth. A final blast of atomic breath destroyed the final head, and Godzilla cemeted his place as the Alpha Titan of Earth.

In Isla de Mara, Alan Jonah and his organisation acquired the severed head of Monster Zero from Isla de Mara after it had been dredged up by fishermen struggling due to the Oxygen Destroyer's effects.

(Pictured above: Monster Zero's skull in Apex Cybernetics HQ, repurposed as a control module for Mechagodzilla, circa. 2024)

At some point between 2019 and 2024, Apex Cybernetics acquired the severed Monster Zero head from Jonah's organisation, stripping it down to a skull and using it as a control module for their ultimate weapon, Mechagodzilla.

In 2021, one of Monster Zero's storms that had persisted travelled toward and merged with the residual storm system isolating Skull Island from the rest of the world. This merge plunged the island into chaos, allowing the Titan Camazotz to reawaken, and resulted in the island's destruction, necessitating Kong's removal and relocation to Hollow Earth.

In 2024, after acquiring an energy source from an ancient temple in Hollow Earth, Apex accidentally revitalised Monster Zero, whose consciousness had survived its death but remained dormant within its skull. This consciousness merged with Mechagodzilla's AI, creating a new hybrid consciousness. After killing its creators, Mechagodzilla rampaged through Hong Kong before engaging Godzilla and Kong in battle. The two Titans working together resulted in Mechagodzilla's destruction, and the final end for Monster Zero.

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And that's all she wrote on Monster Zero! The implications of extraterrestrial Titans are certainly unsettling, and the lack of attention being put toward the stars may well come around and bite humanity one day in the future, though Monster Zero currently remains the only known alien. Much of its history on Earth, or reason for coming here at all, is unknown, though Monarch are working hard to uncover the entire story.

Until next time,

Monarch: After Dark

[nutzgunray-lvt]

When Serizawa is asked by the US Military is there's anyone he needs to go with him to Stenz and he immediately thinks "There was Graham of course. That went without saying."

And then in Janjira when he thinks to himself about how he trusts Vivienne's judgement

[vesemirsexual]

Minor Women in The Witcher 3:

Note: this is not the full list of every woman found in-game, however a list of many minor woman that do appear.

• Anabelle - Plague maiden from Fyke Island. In love with a local fisherman (Graham) but her father (Lord of Velen) disapproved. During a Nilfgaardian invasion, fled to Fyke Island to hide in a mage tower with her family. Took a paralysis potion to protect herself from assault when peasants stormed the tower, however when she woke she was unable to move, everyone else was dead, and rats descended on them, hence her ghost from a grisly death.

• Anna Strenger - Wife of the Bloody Baron, mother of Tamara Strenger. Fled from the Baron, his drunken rages and beatings, with her daughter. The Crones placed a curse on her which turned her into a monster after making a pact with them to abort her pregnancy, and she is dragged into Crookback Bog to repay her debt.

• Anisse - Young Aretuza graduate.

• Aynara - orphan found in Crookback Bog.

• Bea - Barmaid in Novigrad, non-human sympathiser and a friend of Ciri.

• Bergthora - Wife of Eiric in Skellige.

• Birna Bran - Widow of the King of Skellige, engaged in a conspiracy that ends in a massacre at Kaer Trolde due to her disdain with customs and wish to establish a hereditary rulership.

• Carthia van Canten (Cantarella/Sasha) - Head of Nilfgaardian Secret Service.

• Catarina - Actor in the Foxen.

• Corinne Tilly - Oneiromancer (deciphering the past and present in dreams).

• Dolores Reardon - Old woman, ran away from her Temerian wealthy family with her lover.

• Dora - young woman harassed by thugs who Geralt walks home (even though she can take care of herself).

• Edna var Attre - Daughter of a Nilfgaardian ambassador, twin sister to Rosa.

• Elsa - Innkeeper in White Orchard.

• Eveline Gallo - Circus acrobat, accomplished thief and an elf.

• Felicia Cori - Young aspiring sorceress, former Philippa pupil, burned by the Church of the Eternal Fire.

• Gretka - Girl which Ciri saves from wolves in Velen.

• Ingrid Vegelbud - Daughter of Patricia Vegelbud.

• Irina Renarde - Leader of the Foxen (Mummers troupe), an actor.

• Jacquette - Young woman who is engaged to a knight errant of Toussaint.

• Jonna - Alchemist in Rannvaig.

• Josta - Priestess of Freya.

• Jutta an Dimun - Shield maiden on Faroe, clan Dimun.

• Karli - Mother of two sons killed by a dragon in Fyresdal.

• Kurisu - Kidnapped by pirates, escapes and is found around Freyas Temple.

• Lena - Young woman attacked by a griffin while sneaking out to meet her Nilfgaardian lover.

• Liesje - Farmer and wife in White Orchard.

• Marabella - Teacher in Novigrad, poet and fond of horses.

• Margrit (Margaret) - Sister of Niellen's missing wife.

• Maria Louisa La Valette - Foltests mistress. A baroness, has two illegitimate children by Foltest.

• Marlene de Trastamara - Noble woman who turns away the wrong beggar and is cursed.

• Marquise Serenity - Madame at the Passiflora.

• Matilda de Vermentino - Owner of the Vermentino vineyard.

• Molly - Maid or noblewoman, depending on previous player choices.

• Nissa - Elven comedienne in The Puffins troupe.

• Patricia Vegelbud - Matriach of the Vegelbud family.

• Pinastri - Lapsed Eighth Day Flagellant, herbalist.

• Polly - Choreogapher in Novigrad. Dandelion used to hide out in her house.

• Rosa var Attre - Daughter of the Nilfgaardian ambassador, twin sister of Edna. Fencer.

• Sara - Godling "haunting" a house in Novigrad.

• Sweet Nettie - Sex worker, potential serial killer victim.

• Tamara Strenger - Witch hunter, daughter of the Bloody Baron. Fled with her mother, and joined the witcher hunters so she would be able to survive trekking into the bog to save her.

• Thecla - Wise woman in the village below Bald Mountain. Seeress.

• Vernossiel - Leader of a small Scoia'tael commando group.

• Viki - Shipwreck survivor, sheltering a young boy in Widows grotto.

• Vivienne de Tabris - Lady in waiting to Anna Henrietta. Cursed to turn into a bird when the moon is out.

[hrodvitnon]

In the footstep of shammat au

Kong: i tried doing something nice for ilene

Godzilla: really? Like what?

Kong: i offered her the decapitated heads of all her enemies

Godzilla: and she didnt accept?

Kong: no.

Godzilla: huh. Weird.

Kong: maybe i'm just not understanding this "romance stuff"

Godzilla: hmmm, have you tried offering their hearts instead of their heads?

Rodan: You knuckleheads, the way to a woman's heart is with the blood of her enemies!

Kong: And how would you know that?

Vivienne: *slowly sipping from a wine glass filled with a red liquid*

Goji:

Kong:

Vivienne: ...I like the taste...

[godzilla-and-friends]

Dadzilla is important to me, along with Fazdad soooo here's some stuffs about them meeting their kids!

Godzilla and Maddie

Godzilla doesn't meet Maddie until after the merger and the new 'Monster Park' is almost ready to open. Emma and Mark Russell (Maddie's parents) are going through a very difficult divorce and Vivienne Graham takes her while they... sort their differences. Serizawa is Godzilla's handler/behavorist/mechanic/whatever you want to call it, and ofc introduces his Favorite Niece to his greatest creation.

Maddie is 12ish years old, and all of 4'10". Animatronic Godzilla is around 14' tall. But she's a fearless little thing, and leans right over the railing to pet G's snout.

He's smitten from the get-go. His mechanical heart belongs to her now, This Is His Child.

Freddy and Gregory

Going into canon divergence here (obviously), and having Gregory living at the 'plex for a while before he's caught by Bonnie sneaking around after hours. But Gregory is smart and has befriended the wet floor signs, who cause distractions/something to hide behind.

Bonnie is slowly believing that the 'plex is haunted bc Gregory just seems to appear and only shows up when its extremely crowded or in the dead of night. Freddy is having to go to increasing lengths to reassure Bonnie that ghosts don't exist (HA!).

Gregory is 10, and small for his age at around 4 foot nothing. Freddy is around 7'8" in this au. They meet in... similar circumstances as the game. Gregory is hiding from someone, and ended up in Freddy's stomach hatch.

Since Gregory looks like a pathetic waif of a wet cat, Freddy was immediately like "Don't worry, Small Child! I will protect you! :D" when really its everyone else that needs to be guarded from Gregory alkdal

He's feral.