Ever since the title ofGodzilla X Kong: Supernovawas revealed, theories have flown about significant plot points, one of which could revolve around the death of one of the Monsterverse’s most powerful Titans.Godzilla X Kong: The New Empiresaw the Monsterverse’s two alpha Titans take on a doppelgänger duo in Skar King and Shimo, another Great Ape Titan and an ice dragon Titan. The conflict resulted in Skar King’s death and Shimo’s liberation from Skar King’s control and alliance with Kong, leaving all the Monsterverse’s main characters with a happy ending.
However, the upcoming movie’s title hints towards a far less enjoyable future for both Godzilla and Kong. While virtually nothing has been revealed aside from someteaser footage that appeared with the title announcement,Godzilla X Kong: Supernova’s title hints that acosmic villain could find its way to Earth. If it’s one of the existing cosmic villains from Godzilla’s rogues' gallery, then the alpha Titans will be faced with their biggest threat since Ghidorah was released from Antarctica. Unfortunately, that could make the death of one of the planet’s strongest Titans more likely.
Shimo Likely Doesn’t Survive Godzilla X Kong: Supernova
Kong’s New Sidekick Is Too Great An Asset
The ending ofGodzilla X Kong: The New Empiresaw the newly-freed Shimo essentially become a pet for Kong, nuzzling him while he scratched her chin like a faithful dog. After centuries of torturous servitude under Skar King’s nefarious rule, Shimo is now free to make her own choices, but she doesn’t seem to have a ton of autonomy when compared to the more intelligent Titans like Godzilla, Kong, or Mothra.Shimo now seems like she’s little more than a point-and-shoot weapon for Kong, albeit as a result of kindness instead of pain.
That level of power in the hands of one of the smartest (and certainly one of the strongest) Titans on the planet is too great an advantage for any villain to be taken seriously as a threat. With Shimo allied with Kong and theoretically Evolved Godzilla against a common enemy (although he may need to power up again), it would be difficult for any monster to truly stand against them. That makes Shimo suddenly seem extremely expendable, andtaking her away from Kong and Godzilla as an ally would help make a new villain more viable as a world-destroyer.
Shimo’s Death Actually Makes Sense For The Story
Killing Shimo Would Establish The Next Great Threat
In fact, Shimo’s death might be the best thing for the overall narrative.The New Empiremade it explicitly clear that Shimo was one of the strongest Titans to ever walk the Earth, and that her Frost Bite Blast was the single most devastating attack in the Monsterverse. Her icy breath was responsible for the last Ice Age, and she was on her way towards creating another in Rio before Godzilla and Kong stopped her.She was even strong enough to defeat Ghidorah, as it was Shimo who froze Ghidorah in Antarctica centuries beforeGodzilla: King of the Monsters.
Shimo’s existence was first teased as a cave drawing on a wall in theCall of Dutyvideo game franchise’s 2022 collaboration withGodzilla vs. Kong.
What better way to establish a new threat than by having them take out the single greatest non-Godzilla threat to their conquest of Earth? Whether thenew villain is SpaceGodzilla, Gigan, Hedorah, or a new space Titan, killing Shimo right from the jump would be a brilliant way to paint them as a greater threat than anything the Monsterverse has seen yet. That’s an admittedly high bar with Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla already represented, soa new villain would need to do something drastic to justify another Godzilla and Kong team-up; killing Shimo would certainly accomplish that.
A Major Titan Death Would Enhance The Monsterverse
The Monsterverse Needs To Establish Some Stakes
The madcap monster melees ofGodzilla X Kong: The New Empireare a far cry from the relatively groundedGodzillaof 2014, and as a result,the Monsterverse has gotten a little off the rails as far as stakes are concerned. To be clear, that’s the whole point and charm of the Monsterverse: it shows a different side of Godzilla and his Titanic chums when compared to the exquisite drama ofGodzilla Minus One, for example. But after a zero-gravity tag-team battle and a Titan-sized robotic weaponized gauntlet, the Monsterverse could use a splash of cold reality.
A major Titan deathcould be exactly what the Monsterverse needs to ground it a little bit without sacrificing the immersive, entertaining fun of Legendary’s shared cinematic universe. It seems unlikely that Kong or Godzilla would die given their status as box office darlings, butkilling a side character like Shimo would still provide the necessary gravitas of a major death, especially given the bond that she shares with Kong. It’s still too early for real details aboutGodzilla X Kong: Supernova, but the death of Shimo seems like a legitimate possibility.
